Category Archives: Humanness

Lines and Circles?

Posted on October 17, 2019 by rjs5

We all prefer friends who are just like us … personality, age, education, social class, marital status, politics. This is simply human nature it appears – with both good and bad consequences. We tend to self-segregate. Should the church be … Continue reading →

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Surely the People are Grass

Posted on October 8, 2019 by rjs5

It has been a very busy start to the academic year. I’ve been planning to dig into the book (and video course) by Doug and Jonathan Moo Creation Care: A Biblical Theology of the Natural World, but haven’t had the … Continue reading →

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Who Are We?

Posted on March 26, 2019 by rjs5

Human identity is one of the big questions – and the second question posed to Prof. Heidi Maibom (Philosophy, University of Cincinnati) and Prof. N. T. Wright (Theology and New Testament Studies, University of St. Andrews) in their 2017 Veritas … Continue reading →

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Evidence for (Human) Evolution

Posted on May 8, 2018 by rjs5

Why do scientists – even Christian scientists – find evolution convincing? What is the evidence for common descent, the relatedness of humans and great apes with a common ancestor millions of years ago? Darrel Falk, professor emeritus at Point Loma … Continue reading →

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The Power of Language

Posted on April 26, 2018 by rjs5

Human language. However many other aspects of human nature and behavior we find among animals on earth, human capacity for language remains unique. The capacity for language and the capacity for abstract thought are intimately connected. We communicate complex ideas … Continue reading →

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The Image of God

Posted on July 11, 2017 by rjs5

The next five theses on the Adam and Eve of Genesis in their context (Adam and the Genome) develop the significance of humanity created in the image and likeness of God. Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our … Continue reading →

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The Culmination of Creation

Posted on June 13, 2017 by rjs5

There is a fundamental difference between the biblical stories of creation in Genesis 1 and in Genesis 2 and the secular materialist narrative common in our modern Western culture. Justo González emphasizes this his short book [Creation] The Apple of … Continue reading →

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A Matter of Providence

Posted on May 9, 2017 by rjs5

Human life isn’t random luck. Rather it is the result of divine providence. Darrel R. Falk, former president of BioLogos and emeritus professor of biology at Point Loma Nazarene University agrees with Dennis Venema (Adam and the Genome) when it … Continue reading →

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The Bush of Hominins

Posted on May 4, 2017 by rjs5

The bush of hominins … a rather cryptic title for this post. The term hominin refers to modern humans and groups affiliated with our immediate ancestors. In the figure this is certainly everything from Australopithecus up, and possibly everything from … Continue reading →

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Consider the Devil(s)

Posted on April 20, 2017 by rjs5

When my son was in third or fourth grade he gave a year end report on Tasmanian Devils (image credit). These are fascinating carnivorous marsupials now found only on on the Australian Island state of Tasmania. But it wasn’t all … Continue reading →

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