Monthly Archives: June 2012

Immortality is Still a Divine Gift

Posted on June 28, 2012 by rjs5

Death is a big issue for many people when confronted by the evidence for an old earth and evolutionary creation. I’ve received a number of e-mails from people wrestling with this issue. Paul tells us that “sin entered the world … Continue reading →

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Creation By God … According to Wisdom

Posted on June 26, 2012 by rjs5

One of The Seven Pillars of Creation discussed by William P. Brown is found in the book of Proverbs. Brown looks specifically at ch. 8:22-31, which we’ll get to below, and also at ch.  3:19-20. I’ve expanded the selection below … Continue reading →

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How Would You Respond?

Posted on June 21, 2012 by rjs5

Tuesday I posted on an article by Justin Barrett contained in The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity. This book, edited by J. B. Stump and Alan Padgett, consists of scholarly essays covering a variety of topics relating to the … Continue reading →

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Is Religion (Merely) a Natural Phenomenon?

Posted on June 19, 2012 by rjs5

I recently received a copy of The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity. This book, edited by J. B. Stump and Alan Padgett, consists of scholarly essays covering a variety of topics relating to the discussion of science and the … Continue reading →

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Is It All Imagination?

Posted on June 14, 2012 by rjs5

This post today finishes up our series on God and the Cosmos: Divine Activity in Space, Time, and History by Harry Lee Poe and Jimmy H. Davis. The eighth chapter of the book looks at the involvement of God in … Continue reading →

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Conversations in Creation … We Can Make a Difference!

Posted on June 12, 2012 by rjs5

Scot put up an interesting post yesterday Among Creationists commenting on a book  Among the Creationists: Dispatches from the Anti-Evolutionist Front Line by Jason Rosenhouse. The impact that creationism with its focus on a culture war has within the church … Continue reading →

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Creation According to God … as Told to Job

Posted on June 7, 2012 by rjs5

Much of the ink spilled over questions of science and creation concentrates on the interpretation of Genesis 1-3 with a nod to Romans 5 (and perhaps to Romans 8). Creation in scripture isn’t limited to these passages though.  A couple … Continue reading →

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Evolution and the Creativity of God

Posted on June 5, 2012 by rjs5

Chapter 7 of God and the Cosmos: Divine Activity in Space, Time and History by Harry Lee Poe and Jimmy H. Davis is titled simply God and Life. Harry Lee Poe is the Charles Colson Professor of Faith and Culture … Continue reading →

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