Here are some quotes from pastor and author John Piper: Sheer existence is, perhaps, the greatest mystery of all. What God has made is like a toy compared to the complexity and depth of who God is. All the sciences that scratch the surface of the created universe are mere ABCs compared to Christ's exhaustive …
Category: Age of the Earth
Creation creeds
Creation creed -- short version As an old-Earth creationist I believe that the universe was created by the triune God of the Bible I believe that the Bible does not dictate when this creation took place I believe in a real Adam in a real garden in a real fall into sin in real consequences …
The best of young Earth creationism — part 2
Back in July I listed three blogs by young-Earth creationists that I think are pretty good. Of course I disagree with these brothers in Christ regarding the age of the Earth and the extent and work of Noah's flood, but I appreciate them because they hold firmly to the Bible, have a good background in …
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Creation Geology Society 2010 abstracts
The leading young-Earth creationist geologists (the Creation Geology Society) met in Georgia this summer, and they have released abstracts of the following thirteen talks. Submarine Liquefied Sediment Gravity Currents: Understanding the Mechanics of the Major Sediment Transportation and Deposition Agent during the Global Flood (S.A. Austin, Institute for Creation Research) Persistence of Dolomite in the …
“Apologetics Study Bible for Students” on the age of the Earth
I recently paged through the Apologetics Study Bible for Students from the Southern Baptist B&H Publishing Group, and was pleased to see a balanced approach to the questions of the age of the Earth, the extent of the flood, and even somewhat on the role of biological evolution. Here's the section on the age of …
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St. Louis creation museum?
Here's a listing from an internet classified ad site: Seeking Board Members for Group (Advocates for Creation Science) A newly formed organization is seeking those who would serve on the board of directors. This organization, "Advocates of Creation Science" or "ACS" is the dream of Michael Douthat, a retired engineer. His ultimate desire is to …
The best of young Earth creationism
I've added three links on my blogroll: "The best of young-Earth creationism." I strongly disagree with these guys on geological issues, but admire them for: Being bold in their convictions and commitment to Biblical Christianity Being willing to confront some of the problems with young-Earth creationism Being respectful of those who disagree with them Being …
Perhaps the oceans haven’t been created yet
Last year I published a blog post regarding young-Earth creationists' use of seawater composition to "prove" that Earth is nowhere near 4.5 billion years old (Aluminum and the 100-year old oceans). This argument is one that needs to be added to their growing "Arguments creationists should not use" page, but it continues to make the …
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Has Science Disproved Christianity?
I highly recommend "Has Science Disproved Christianity?", a talk given by Dr. Charles Kankelborg at the Evangelical Free Church of Bozeman, Montana earlier this month. Dr. Kankelborg is a professor of physics at Montana State University. The audio file is available from the Bozeman Evangelical Free Church site (Scroll down to November 1, 2009) Here …
Book Review: Beyond Creation Science (part 2)
In part one of my book review of Beyond Creation Science by Timothy Martin and Jeffrey Vaughn, I stated that the authors succeeded admirably in one of their objectives, which was to present a Biblical case against young-Earth creationism, with its 6000-year old Earth and global flood. Their second, and perhaps primary, objective was to …
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The ESV Study Bible on creation — Genesis 1
A few weeks ago, I looked at what the ESV Study Bible had to say about the doctrine of creation in its introduction to the book of Genesis (click here). The ESV Study Bible Introduction to Genesis gives an overview of the various interpretations (calendar-day, day-age, etc.), a discussion about the relationship between Genesis and …
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Book Review: Beyond Creation Science (part 1)
Two popular topics among Evangelical Christians for the past several decades have been origins---especially young-Earth creationism---and dispensational end-times eschatology (eschatology is the doctrine of the last things, including the return of Christ and the final judgment). Young-earth creationism has certainly been the prevailing dogma in Evangelical Christian education and in many churches and Christian colleges. …
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Answers in Genesis conference — day 2
I wasn't really happy with the first iteration of my "Answers in Genesis conference -- day 2" post" so I have rewritten it. Here it is again, hopefully somewhat improved. On Sunday night, I attended part of day two of the Answers in Genesis "special outreach" with Dr. Terry Mortenson (PhD in the History of …
The ESV Study Bible on creation — Introduction and Introduction to Genesis
The ESV Study Bible (ESV is the English Standard Version translation) is a masterpiece of conservative Evangelical scholarship. The scholars who put this volume together are highly-qualified Bible experts who have a high respect for the Bible as the Word of God. For those of you not familiar with the concept of a study Bible, …
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Answers in Genesis conference — day 1
I went to an Answers in Genesis "special outreach" conference today. The speaker was Terry Mortenson, and the topic was "Was Darwin Right?" (though the AiG web site said the topic would be "The Age of the Earth & Why it Matters"). Here are some things that stood out to me: A common young-Earth strategy …
iMonk: Why I’m Not a Young Earth Creationist
The Internet Monk hit another home run today: iMonk 101: To Be or Not To Be or Why I’m Not A Young Earth Creationist. This is written by a Bible teacher who has no science training that I know of (but who gets his science right when he brings it in). His reasons for rejecting …
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The tragedy of “creation evangelism”
Creation evangelism: using young-Earth creationism (Earth < 10,000 years old, most of geology is the product of Noah's flood) to win people to faith in Christ. There are many people who have come to faith in Christ through young-Earth creation ministries such as Answers in Genesis, the Institute for Creation Research, and a multitude of …
Earth’s Catastrophic Past?
I'm almost done with part six of my "Six bad answers from Answers in Genesis" series, in which I analyze Andrew Snelling's Six main geologic evidences for the Genesis Flood. "Flood geology" as taught by organizations such as Answers in Genesis and the Intitute for Creation Research doesn't work geologically, isn't necessary Biblically, and serves …
A young-Earth biologist’s perspective on evolution
I believe young-Earth creationism is wrong, but there are a couple of young-Earth creationists who (whom?) I have a lot of respect for. Two of them are Todd Wood at Todd's Blog, and Paul Garner at The New Creationism. I think they are completely wrong about Earth history---I believe this for both scientific and Biblical …
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October poll — creation and evolution
P.S. A reader pointed out that someone like Michael Behe (Darwin's Black Box) would probably fall somewhere between 2 and 3. If that is where you are at, you will have to make a difficult choice. My apologies.
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