Monthly Archives: July 2010

Should Pollsters Go to Seminary?

Posted on July 27, 2010 by rjs5

Pete Enns has a new article up at the Huffington Post: Evolution and Religion: Why Religion Pollsters Should Go to Seminary First. Ignore the forum (especially the ads on the sidebar) and read the article – this is an interesting … Continue reading →

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Did Jesus really walk on water?

Posted on July 22, 2010 by rjs5

Although I have often interacted here with posts on other blogs, I have not generally paid a great deal of attention to the comments on those other blogs. There was an interesting comment on Peter Enns’s post Jesus and the … Continue reading →

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Sin, Suffering, and the Fall

Posted on July 20, 2010 by rjs5

We had some excellent conversations last week centered on my post Houston, Here’s the Situation and T’s post The Credibility of Our Christian Faith. A regular reader commented on both of these posts suggesting that we should refocus the conversation … Continue reading →

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The Miracles of Creation?

Posted on July 15, 2010 by rjs5

There have been a number of interesting posts on the Biologos blog recently; a series of three posts by Ard Louis on Miracles and Science (Part 3 here) extracted from his scholarly essay, and a post just yesterday by Pete … Continue reading →

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Houston, Here’s the Situation

Posted on July 13, 2010 by rjs5

We had a couple of good conversations last week centered on the difficulties introduced into our faith by the scientific evidence for evolution and the age of the earth. (Posts here: Houston, We’ve Had a Problem and Houston, We Still … Continue reading →

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Houston, We Still Have a Problem

Posted on July 8, 2010 by rjs5

We had an interesting discussion Tuesday centered on scripture, the reliability of scripture, and the foundation of our faith: Houston, We’ve Had a Problem. One of the key aspects of this conversation was how we view scripture as reliable in … Continue reading →

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Houston, We’ve Had a Problem

Posted on July 6, 2010 by rjs5

Scot forwarded this letter, with permission of the author to post. I am putting it up for consideration because it fits with the general topics I’ve posted on for the last several years. We’ve had a problem – and this … Continue reading →

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Evolution in the Key of D: Descent and Drama

Posted on July 1, 2010 by rjs5

I recently received a copy of John F. Haught‘s new book Making Sense of Evolution: Darwin, God, and the Drama of Life. Haught is a Senior Fellow in Science and Religion at Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University and Professor of … Continue reading →

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