I'll break out of my semi-monastic lifestyle for a few moments to pass on some good GeoChristian kinds of links... Old-Earth Classical Christian Middle School Earth Science Textbook -- Novare Science and Math, a relatively new Christian curriculum publisher, has announced that they will publish an old-Earth middle school Earth science textbook in time for the …
Continue reading Around the Web 10/23/2014 — Old Earth textbook, No Ham for dinner, inverted smileys
A promising alternative for science in Christian schools and home schools? -- Christian educators generally have had two choices when looking for secondary-level science curricula -- young-Earth creationist material or secular curriculum packages. When I was a high school science teacher, I always opted for the secular. It was much easier to integrate biblical principles …
Continue reading Around the web 7/4/2014 — Science curricula, ichthyosaurs, and antipodes
TURNING A YEC ARGUMENT ON ITS HEAD -- Young-Earth creationists like to tout soft tissues preserved in the fossil record as one of their prime evidences for a young Earth. A closely related issue is the preservation of ancient complex biomolecules, such as DNA, in the fossil record. The Natural Historian blog brilliantly turns this …
CARBONATE ≠ CARBONATITE! -- Back in March, I wrote a critique of a young-Earth creationist proposal that evaporite deposits, such as thick layers of halite (rock salt), were actually formed during Noah's flood by crystallization from gigantic eruptions of salt lavas. I would have ignored this proposal completely if it had come from the fringe of …
AN INVENTED JESUS? -- The media has started giving publicity to the latest Jesus conspiracy theory: Story of Jesus Christ was 'fabricated to pacify the poor', claims controversial Biblical scholar: Christianity was a sophisticated government propaganda exercise used to pacify the subjects of a the Roman Empire, claims scholar. So, the Romans invented a story in …
KEN HAM, PROFESSING CHRISTIAN? -- To Answers in Genesis president Ken Ham, any Christian who disagrees with young-Earth creationism is a compromiser who undermines the authority of the Bible. In a recent blog post---Never-ending List of Christians Who Compromise---Ham wrote about a Christian biology professor who is an advocate for theistic evolution, referring to him as …
LETS MAKE A DEAL? -- A lot of atheists like of Richard Dawkins; many others find him to be an embarrassment (here and here). A lot of Christians like ____________; many others find him to be an embarrassment. Rachel Held Evans suggests that both Christians and atheists stop using silly statements from the other side as …
READING DAWKINS LEADS THINKERS TO CHRIST -- Jay Wile tells of two people who came to faith in Christ through reading the The God Delusion and other works by the New Atheists: Richard Dawkins Produces Another Theist. The woman Wile highlights in his article is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin. FIRE BREATHING DRAGONS PROVE THE BIBLE IS …
This week, my "Around the Web" wrap-up doesn't have anything about creationism, the environment, or geology. I've put in a few 100-hour work weeks lately, and it is nice to finally have a little bit of time for The GeoChristian blog. THE EXTINCTION OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST? -- In the second century, the …
Continue reading Around the web 8/27/2013 — A crazy, mixed-up world
WHO'S SHAKING THE FOUNDATIONS? -- What will shake the foundations of a young person's faith more: 1. Believing that biological evolution is largely true and not contradictory to the Bible 2. or being told that biological evolution is unbiblical and a lie of the devil and then discovering that much of biological evolution is indeed true? …
YEC ARGUMENTS BURIED IN DEEP DOO-DOO -- The Natural Historian has written a post I wish I had written: Dino Doo-Doo (Coprolites) and the Genesis Flood. Coprolites are pieces of fossilized excrement (and back when I was in graduate school, also the name of my geology department's intramural softball team). The fossil record has an abundance …
ANOTHER REASON WHY GOING TO COLLEGE INCREASES YOUR CHANCES OF RETAINING YOUR CHRISTIAN FAITH -- A couple weeks ago I reported on a study that showed that going to college, even a secular state university, actually increases one's chances of keeping one's Christian faith (see Staying Christian at the university). The Gospel Coalition suggested three …
It has been a while time since my last "Around the web" post, and I have bookmarked more articles than I can reasonably make brief comments on. Here are a few... THE DEATH OF GOOGLE READER -- Since the untimely demise of Google Reader a couple weeks ago, I haven't been keeping up on the …
TO REJECT YEC IS LIKE BAAL WORSHIP? -- If you don't agree with Answers in Genesis president Ken Ham, you are a compromiser. You might even be a closet Baal worshiper. Mr. Ham recently singled out Hank Hanegraff (who is "The Bible Answer Man" on the radio) as a compromiser because he doesn't believe that …
I'D RATHER TALK ABOUT JESUS -- Theologian and apologist C. Michael Patton made an important discovery about the "what about evolution?" question back when he was still a young-Earth creationist. Rather than trying to convince an atheist that the earth was only a few thousand years old or that evolution was a big lie, he decided …
DEATH OF A SAVED SINNER -- From Christianity Today: Died: Brennan Manning, Author of The Ragamuffin Gospel. Manning was a sinner, having gone through alcoholism and divorce, among other things. Manning was very open about his failures, which is part of what made his books so worthwhile. "Don't think I'm a saint. I'm a ragamuffin, you're …
Continue reading Around the web 4/14/2013 — Death of a sinner, fornication, horsing around, and more
Jellied jellyfish -- The cover of the April 2013 Journal of Creation has a picture of a jellyfish, with a caption that states "Fossil Jellyfish from Western Australia: Challenging Geological Chronology." The article is "Fossil jellyfish from the Pilbara, Western Australia" by Philip Worts. The article is not available online yet, but I assume there …
Hristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! The empty tomb -- Here are 14 Evidences for the Resurrection. This is a central teaching of Christianity. Put all other issues aside for a while---questions about evolution, biblical inerrancy, gay rights, or whatever else keeps you from Christ---and give some thought to …
There have been a number of articles on the web the past few weeks that deserve a long analysis, but some short notes will have to do. THE ICE AGE (SINGULAR) OCCURRED BETWEEN 2250 AND 2000 B.C. -- Answers in Genesis posted an article in February by Andrew Snelling and Mike Matthews entitled When Was …
I'm enjoying a good thundersnow (or some call it a snunderstorm); the first blizzard thunderstorm I have experienced in Montana (I have seen it happen in Utah, Colorado, and I think Missouri). The temperature dropped from 59°F to 32° in less than thirty minutes, and it started to snow and blow really hard. I love …
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