Monthly Archives: April 2012

God and the Cosmos … Intelligent Design?

Posted on April 26, 2012 by rjs5

I was recently sent by the publisher a copy of the new book by Harry Lee Poe and Jimmy H. Davis God and the Cosmos: Divine Activity in Space, Time and History. Harry Lee Poe (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) … Continue reading →

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Genesis For Normal People

Posted on April 24, 2012 by rjs5

Peter Enns and Jared Byas have a new e-book published through Patheos that is designed to introduce normal people (whatever this means) to the book of Genesis … the most controversial, misunderstood, and abused book of the Bible. Genesis for … Continue reading →

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Theology … The Queen of the Sciences?

Posted on April 19, 2012 by rjs5

In today’s post I would like to put forth a few ideas for discussion, all related to the claim that theology is the queen of the sciences and how this could or should play out. This isn’t a polished argument, … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of the Soul

Posted on April 17, 2012 by rjs5

I was given a book recently,  Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson, that connects with ideas we have discussed in a number of different posts – from those on Joel Green’s book Body, Soul, and Human Life to  a … Continue reading →

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Evangelical Evolutionists … and an Opportunity

Posted on April 12, 2012 by rjs5

Tim Stafford wrote a short, but nice, piece for the web-only edition of Christianity Today Evangelical Evolutionists Meet in New York on the recent BioLogos Theology of Celebration III Workshop in New York City. I don’t really like the phrase … Continue reading →

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Free Will is an Illusion?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by rjs5

I have been moving of late to include some administrative roles in my duties – and this has led me to receive and even read with interest The Chronicle of Higher Education. The March 23 issue of The Chronicle Review … Continue reading →

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Should We Teach the Storehouse Theory?

Posted on April 5, 2012 by rjs5

The Bible teaches that God governs the weather including the rain (image to the right from wikipedia). Many passages make this quite clear.  Not only this he keeps rain, wind, snow and hail in his storehouses to be sent forth … Continue reading →

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Can We Find God Through Nature?

Posted on April 3, 2012 by rjs5

Part Two of Karl Giberson’s new book, The Wonder of the Universe: Hints of God in Our Fine-Tuned World, looks at design arguments and considers the pros and cons of possible interpretations of scientific data that either suggest or eliminate … Continue reading →

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