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Monthly Archives: November 2018
The Grand Narrative
It is common to use concepts such as purposeless and random to describe biological evolution. Stephen Jay Gould famously describes evolution as a tape which if run over would reach an entirely different result. We are a contingent accident in … Continue reading
Posted in Evolution
Tagged Denis Alexander
A Matter of Grace
Andy Walsh, Faith Across the Multiverse mixes fiction (usually science fiction of a sort), math, science, and the bible to explore our understanding of the Christian faith and the ways it can be made to live in our times. This … Continue reading
Posted in Problems for Faith
Tagged Andy Walsh
Amen … So Be It
Amen. The Apostles’ Creed ends with a simple word. Ben Myers (The Apostles’ Creed) reflects on this last word: “To say amen to the creed is to sign my name to it. I confirm the truth of this: I authorize … Continue reading
Posted in Apostles' Creed
Tagged Ben Myers, Michael Bird
Climate Change Deniers?
Earlier this year I looked at the first several chapters in Elaine Ecklund’s new book with Christopher Scheitle: Religion vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think. After looking at the issue of creationism and evolution it moved to the back … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Environmentalism
Tagged Christopher Scheitle, Elaine Ecklund
The Best is Yet to Come
I believe in … the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. The Apostles’ Creed ends on a note of hope, bringing the brief synopsis of the biblical story to a close. Christian hope culminates in the age to … Continue reading
Posted in Apostles' Creed
Tagged Ben Myers, Derek Vreeland, J. I. Packer, Michael Bird
Mercy, Justice, and Mars
Mark Watney was stranded – on Mars in a rather barren environment. The image above (Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) from the Mars Rover Curiosity can be found along with many others at the NASA Website. Mark Watney, for those who don’t know, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Science
Tagged Andy Walsh
The Forgiveness of Sins
I believe in … the forgiveness of sins, On this statement, toward the end of the Apostles’ Creed, J.I. Packer (Affirming the Apostles’ Creed), Ben Myers (The Apostles’ Creed), Michael Bird (What Christians ought to Believe) and Derek Vreeland (primal … Continue reading
Posted in Apostles' Creed
Tagged Ben Myers, Derek Vreeland, J. I. Packer, Michael Bird
One Church for the World
I believe in … the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, Earlier this year my husband and I took a trip to Germany and visited a number of churches as well as Veste Coburg and Schloss Wartburg where Luther … Continue reading
Posted in Apostles' Creed
Tagged Derek Vreeland, Michael Bird
