Let me tell you about everything I did yesterday. I woke up at 5:45 and read thirty-two chapters in my Bible. After that, I did my regular thirty-mile bike ride, then gathered eggs from the henhouse and butchered a pig so I could fix myself bacon and eggs for breakfast. After breakfast I went to …
Category: Apologetics
The Age of the Earth is Important, But Some Things Are More Important
"I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and …
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Bad Badlands Science – A Review of an ICR Geology Article
Makoshika State Park near Glendive, Montana, has a semiarid climate with hot summers and very cold winters, but a long time ago it had the perfect climate for dinosaurs. Lots of dinosaurs. And then they died. Makoshika badlands. Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons Makoshika (emphasis on the KO syllable) is known for its …
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New Series – Truths Worth Repeating
One thing I’m self-conscious about in social interactions is when I am uncertain about whether I’ve already told someone a certain story. Like about the time I clipped the corner of a parked car while attempting parallel parking in Bucharest, Romania, and spent hours in the police station waiting to submit my paperwork. Or about …
Review — Coming to Faith Through Dawkins
Alexander, Denis, & McGrath, Alister (Eds.). (2023). Coming to Faith Through Dawkins: 12 Essays on the Pathway from New Atheism to Christianity. Kregel. https://www.kregel.com/biography/coming-to-faith-through-dawkins/ The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ – Psalm 14:1 (ESV) This problem of meaning was what truly laid bare the poverty of atheism. – Sarah Irving-Stonebraker What …
Post-Flood Residual Catastrophism: A Response to Episode 112 of the “Let’s Talk Creation” Podcast
A major problem with young-Earth creationist (YEC) flood geology—aside from it not being taught in Genesis—is the sheer number of geological events that need to be squeezed into a very short period of time. When one considers the numbers and diversity of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock bodies; the complex nature of the fossil record, …
Book Review – Rethinking Radiometric Dating
Rethinking Radiometric Dating: Evidence for a Young Earth from a Nuclear Physicist by Vernon Cupps was published in 2019 and is part of the Institute for Creation Research’s “In-Depth Science” series of books. The book has 19 short chapters spread over 138 pages. Six of the chapters have only three pages of text, and none …
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Answering Bad Memes
Social media, such as Facebook, is replete with memes, which are captioned pictures that often rapidly spread from one user to another. Many of these are humorous; others seek to inform. I'll start with a fun meme to start things off: With memes like this, there is no need for me to point out that …
Review – The Manifold Beauty of Genesis One
Davidson, Gregg, and Turner, Kenneth. The Manifold Beauty of Genesis One: A Multi-Layered Approach. Kregel Academic, 2021, 210 p. There are many Bible-believing Christians who see no conflict between the opening chapters of Genesis and acceptance of an ancient Earth and universe. There are also many ways in which these old-Earth Christians interpret Genesis. A …
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Analysis of an Answers in Genesis Cartoon
My young-Earth creationist (YEC) friends often have misconceptions about how old-Earth Christians (OECs) such as myself interpret the book of Genesis. Sometimes they are simply a bit bewildered, wondering how any Christian could interpret Genesis in any other way than how they do. Some YECs, on the other hand, are much more blunt, accusing OECs …
What does Mt St Helens teach us about Noah’s flood? Almost nothing.
All I got from Mt St Helens (MSH) in the days following its May 18, 1980 eruption was a few pretty sunsets. I was an undergraduate student in my first year at the University of Utah, and most of the ash cloud passed far north of Salt Lake City. MSH became more significant for me …
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Review – The Fool and the Heretic
The Fool and the Heretic by Todd Charles Wood & Darrel R. Falk, Zondervan, 2019. Are young-Earth creationists intellectual fools? Are theistic evolutionists heretics? More fundamentally, can two Christians, one who is an ardent young-Earth creationist, and the other a committed theistic evolutionist, learn to respectfully dialogue and even love one another deeply as brothers …
A catastrophic video
This five-minute "Noah's Flood and Catastrophic Plate Tectonics" video was recently released by Genesis Apologetics. It has as shown up in my Facebook feed several times this week, so I decided to watch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V68p75xhrSk I have no doubt that the producer(s) of this video mean well. They believe the Bible, and want to provide …
Six Geological Reasons Why I am Not a Young-Earth Creationist Part 1 — Igneous Rocks
This is the first in a planned six-part series of Six Geological Reasons Why I am Not a Young-Earth Creationist. I am a Christian who holds to the inerrancy and authority of the Bible, and who also has a master’s degree in geology. I have previously given my biblical and theological reasons why I believe …
Review — The Genealogical Adam and Eve
Swamidass, S. Joshua, 2019, The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry, IVP Academic, 246 p. There have been many books written on origins, most of which don’t have anything new to say. The Genealogical Adam and Eve by S. Joshua Swamidass is a book that has some new things to say …
Book review — Friend of Science, Friend of Faith
Davidson, Gregg, 2019, Friend of Science, Friend of Faith: Listening to God in His Works and Word, Kregel Academic, 297 p. Gregg Davidson, a Christian, is Chair of Geology and Geological Engineering at the University of Mississippi. Friend of Science, Friend of Faith opens with the story of Riley, a Christian college student working toward …
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Five reasons young-Earth creationism is not biblically necessary
I was a young-Earth creationist (YEC) during my first few years as an undergraduate geology major, believing that the Bible required that the universe is no older than about 10,000 years, and that geology, properly understood, supported that position. I was a student member of the Creation Research Society, and looked forward to the day …
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Review – Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins
Bishop, R.C., Funck, L.L., Lewis, R.J., Moshier, S.O., and Walton, J.H, 2018, Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins: Cosmology, Geology, and Biology in Christian Perspective, Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 659 p. https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Scientific-Theories-Origins-Christianity/dp/0830852913/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547601156&sr=8-1&keywords=understanding+scientific+theories+of+origins Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins is authored by five professors from Wheaton College. Wheaton is an Evangelical institution with rigorous admissions standards, and therefore …
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Book Review – Two young-Earth creationist books about Yellowstone expose how YECs cannot explain Yellowstone geology
Your Guide to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks: A Different Perspective, by John Hergenrather, Tom Vail, Mike Oard, and Dennis Bokovoy The Geology of Yellowstone: A Biblical Guide, by Patrick Nurre Young-Earth creationists (YECs) believe that the Bible requires that almost all features of Earth’s crust are the result of Noah’s Flood about 4300 …
Review – A Reformed Approach to Science and Scripture
A Reformed Approach to Science and Scripture is largely a summary of the insights of the late theologian R.C. Sproul on the topic of the relationship between science and Christian faith. The author is Keith Mathison, professor of systematic theology at Reformation Bible College in Florida, and the book is available as a free Kindle …
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