Dr. Jay Wile has an excellent summary of C.S. Lewis's beliefs about evolution on his Proslogion blog: Another Point About C.S. Lewis. To summarize the summary: Lewis refused to join or endorse the Evolution Protest Movement, even though it was led by a personal friend. His writings state acceptance of biological evolution [and, I should …
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The tragedy of “creation evangelism”
The following item was originally posted in October 2009, and I have added it to my blog recycling program. Because I have new readers of The GeoChristian, I will occasionally go back and re-use some of my favorite blog entries (sometimes with a little editing). This post quotes from Michael Spencer, the late author of …
Peace?
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. -- Matthew 5:9 (NIV 1984) ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace. -- Jeremiah 6:14 (NIV 1984) Is the world getting to be a better place, or are we just in the calm between storms? From Yahoo News/AP --- Bombings, beheadings? …
All truth is God’s truth — Arthur Holmes
From Christianity Today: Arthur Holmes, Author of 'All Truth is God's Truth' Has Died (emphasis added): Arthur Holmes, author of All Truth is Gods Truth who promoted the idea of integrating faith and learning, died October 8. The Wheaton College philosophy professor authored several books related to faith and learning, including The Idea of a …
The Genesis Flood — 50th anniversary
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Genesis Flood, by Henry Morris and John Whitcomb. This was, perhaps, the most influential young-Earth creationist book of the twentieth century, and was listed at #22 on Christianity Today's Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals. Morris (a hydraulic engineering professor at the time) …
Reality
A quote from Eugene Peterson: I'm always in danger of losing my grip on reality. The reality, of course, is that God is sovereign and Christ is savior. The reality is that prayer is my mother tongue and the eucharist my basic food. The reality is that baptism, not Myers-Briggs, defines who I am. From …
There is probably no Dawkins
From Stand to Reason blog: I've written about Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, before (e.g. here here and here). Grace and Peace
The other book that saved me
"So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ." -- Romans 10:17 ESV I became a Christian through the proclamation of God's word. The Law was proclaimed and I was convicted of my sin and need for a savior. The Gospel was proclaimed and I was drawn to the Lord Jesus Christ, …
500,000
Sometime back in May or June, The GeoChristian had its 500,000th page view. I don't completely understand what WordPress counts as a "hit," and I know that many of these hits are from people who spend about three seconds on the site and decide it isn't what they were looking for. But still, I am …
The end-times predictions continue
Harold Camping was wrong; the rapture did not occur on May 21, 2011. As shown in the graphic, the Rapture countdown on http://www.wecanknow.com is down to 0 months 0 days, and 200,000,000 Christians did not mysteriously disappear from the planet. A few, however, were quite a bit poorer after spending money on Rapture billboards and …
Harold Camping, the return of Christ, and my plans for May 22nd
Jesus: "But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only." (Matthew 24:36 ESV) Harold Camping of Family Radio: The Rapture will be on May 21, 2011 (The "rapture" is the idea that Jesus will take his Church off the Earth before judging …
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Stephen Hawking, eternal life, and fairy tales
I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. --Nicene Creed Stephen Hawking, physicist and author of A Brief History of Time, recently had this to say about the notions of heaven and eternal life: I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its …
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Ken Ham and Richard Dawkins agree with each other, but they are both wrong
Ken Ham is an Evangelical Christian and is perhaps the world's most prominent anti-evolutionist and advocate of young-Earth creationism. Richard Dawkins, author of the best-selling book The God Delusion, is perhaps the world's most prominent proselytizer for atheism. The two men are worlds apart on a number of important issues, but they seem to be …
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The reality of the resurrection
What really happened on the first Easter, when Christians claim that Jesus Christ rose from the dead? Most skeptics assume that the complete burden of proof for this claim is on Christianity. From all that we know about life, history, biology, and so forth, dead people don't come back to life again. Therefore, it is …
The meaning of the resurrection
Some quotes from The Reason for God by Timothy Keller: Sometimes people approach me and say, "I really struggle with this aspect of Christian teaching. I like this part of Christian belief, but I don't think I can accept that part." I usually respond: "If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept …
Hristos a înviat!
Hristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!
Does dirt have the same value as a human? Some thoughts on Bolivian Mother Earthism
From FoxNews: U.N. Prepares to Debate Whether 'Mother Earth' Deserves Human Rights Status United Nations diplomats on Wednesday will set aside pressing issues of international peace and security to devote an entire day debating the rights of “Mother Earth.” A bloc of mostly socialist governments lead by Bolivia have put the issue on the General …
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Ken Ham, home schooling, and theological orthodoxy
From Christianity Today: Creation Museum Founder Disinvited from Homeschooling Conferences Ken Ham, founder and president of Answers in Genesis, was disinvited from several homeschooling conferences after he criticized a fellow speaker at two Great Homeschool Conventions conferences and on his blog. "The Board believes that Ken's public criticism of the convention itself and other speakers …
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Japan tsunami propagation video and graphic
From the NOAA Center for Tsunami Research --- Honshu Tsunami Propagation Animation showing the spread of the March 11 tsunami: Note how the waves reflect and refract, just like you learned about in high school physics. Also from NOAA, a plot of the maximum amplitude of the tsunami: Note the faint gray contours; they represent …
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Skepchick
An atheist writer has an entry on her blog today about The GeoChristian (see Skepchick: Genesis and Geology). She obviously has more readers than I do, and she has sent them in droves to click on "Myth" on my Understanding Genesis 1 poll. Skepchick started her blog entry by saying some nice things about me …
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