Romans 14 is primarily about how Christians should handle differences over "disputable matters" (v. 1, NIV 1984). In this chapter, the apostle Paul writes about issues that were important to the church of the first century A.D., such as dietary questions and observance of special days, such as the Sabbath. Paul urged the believers to …
Category: Creation in the Bible
Poll: Understanding Genesis 1
Welcome readers from Skepchick. I invite you to look around; a good place to start would be my Best of The GeoChristian page, which is only partially complete.There are newer posts beneath this one. Ever since eighteenth century geologists suggested that the Earth might be older than 6000 years, Biblical scholars have attempted to reconcile …
The ESV Study Bible on creation — Noah’s flood
The ESV Study Bible is a theologically conservative Evangelical work, and is certainly one of the most comprehensive study Bibles ever produced. It has been out for only three years, but it looks like it will be a highly influential reference work for decades to come. One potential positive impact of the ESVSB relates to …
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Why can’t I just believe the Bible?
I've had a number of young-Earth creationists ask me, "Why can't you just believe the Bible?" My answer is, "I do believe the Bible. I just don't believe Answers in Genesis." Their assumption is because I don't believe the Earth is only 6000 years old, or that Noah's flood created most of Earth's geological features, …
The ESV Study Bible on creation — Genesis 1
The following item was originally posted on The GeoChristian in November 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, with some editing. I am re-using this post about the ESV Study …
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EFCA Theology Conference — Genesis 1-3
A brief note about the Evangelical Free Church of America Theology Conference was posted on Facebook this morning: EFCA - Evangelical Free Church of America With wit and wisdom, Dr. Kaiser opened the EFCA Theology Conference with three principles required by a study of Genesis 1-3 which must inform our theology of creation. 1) This …
Pleistocene Park
From Yahoo! News/AP -- One scientist's hobby: recreating the ice age CHERSKY, Russia – Wild horses have returned to northern Siberia. So have musk oxen, hairy beasts that once shared this icy land with woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Moose and reindeer are here, and may one day be joined by Canadian bison and deer. …
Did Ann Coulter really say “Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It’s yours”?
4/22/2013 -- For a much more Biblical view of nature than what you will hear from Ann Coulter, see my Earth Day 2013 entry: The goodness and fruitfulness of creation. See also the environmental quotes from Christian authors Francis Schaeffer and Steven Bouma-Prediger. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've seen this quote from conservative commentator Ann Coulter in several places, and I'm curious about …
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John Chrysostom on creation
"There is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all." -- St. John Chrysostom (ca. 354-407), Homilies on Genesis
John Piper and the age of the Earth — part 2
The Bible does not teach that the Earth is only 6000 years old. It isn't just me and others who have a science background who are saying this. It isn't just theological liberals who deny the inspiration and authority of the Bible who are saying this. A number of Bible believing Christian scholars and pastors …
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Man
"Whatever else is true of man, man is not what he was meant to be." -- G.K. Chesterton.
Last night: Missouri Association for Creation — How Scriptural is Old-Earth Creationism?
I attended the monthly meeting of the Missouri Association for Creation last night, and promised here on The GeoChristian that I would report on it. John Chaikowsky (a friend of mine) spoke on the topic "How Scriptural is Old-Earth Creationism?" Falling in line with Answers in Genesis, John cannot fathom how a Bible-believing Christian (such …
Missouri Association for Creation — How Scriptural is Old-Earth Creationism?
I've been invited to attend the monthly meeting of the Missouri Association for Creation tonight. The topic is "How Scriptural is Old-Earth Creationism?" Here's the description: How Scriptural is Old-Earth Creationism? by John Chaikowsky It is surprising how many people and colleges consider themselves Bible believing evangelicals and yet doubt the historicity of the very …
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The ESV Study Bible on creation — Introduction and Introduction to Genesis
The ESV Study Bible is a theologically conservative Evangelical work, and is certainly one of the most comprehensive study Bibles ever produced. It has been out for only three years, but it looks like it will be a highly influential reference work for decades to come.One potential positive impact of the ESVSB relates to its …
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The GeoChristian on Ken Ham’s blog
Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis, blogged about our point of agreement today: Do Old Earthers and Young Earthers Agree on Anything? Ham wrote: Recently, a blogger commented on my recent blog post about a religion professor at Butler University and his testimony of how he became a “born-again Christian.” Frankly, I saw little …
The importance of humility regarding “the creation-evolution circus”
C. Michael Patton at the Parchment & Pen blog (Credo House Ministries) writes Where I Stand on the Creation Evolution Circus. Patton is a young-Earth creationist, but holds to that position loosely, and doesn't like the tone of many YEC advocates, as well as that of the other end of the spectrum, many theistic evolutionists. …
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The YEC “Did God really say…?” tactic
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?" -- Gen 3:1 NIV The root of human sin, whether we look back to Adam and Eve in the …
Three Piper quotes
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 …
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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