From the European Space Agency: Battered Tharsis Tholus volcano on Mars The latest image released from Mars Express reveals a large extinct volcano that has been battered and deformed over the aeons. By Earthly standards, Tharsis Tholus is a giant, towering 8 km above the surrounding terrain, with a base stretching over 155 x 125 …
Job 28 — Mining for gold, mining for wisdom
From the 28th chapter of Job --- 1 “There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined. 2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore. 3 Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness. 4 Far …
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C.S. Lewis, evolutionist
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 …
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 …
Sounds from the past
This brings back memories:
Chrysostom on creation and ignorance
"There is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all." -- John Chrysostom (c. 347-407, Archbishop of Constantinople), Homilies on Genesis 7.14
Free thinkers?
Why do "free-thinkers" all come to the same conclusions? Is it permissible for a skeptic to be skeptical about skepticism? Is it rational to believe that "In the beginning nothing created everything?" Can science prove that science is the only way to know anything? How can an atheist know that God doesn't exist without being …
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 …
Thin ice and the importance of Quaternary geology
From NASA Earth Observatory: 2011 Sea Ice Minimum From the description (emphasis added): In September 2011, sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record. Satellite data from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) showed that the summertime ice cover narrowly avoided a new record low. [...] …
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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 …
Gneiss Chert
I haven't been blogging lately, but I have been enjoying being back home in Montana. Here I am with my "Gneiss Chert" t-shirt that I got for my birthday a few months ago. The waterfall is Undine Falls in northern Yellowstone National Park. Grace and Peace P.S. This waterfall was on the cover of the …
Look beneath your feet
From XKCD, HT: Webmonk
Seven billion
Depending on who's counting, the planet's human population either just hit seven billion or will some time soon (my desktop gadget says 6,925,052,273). Glenn, at Be Bold, Be Gentle, passes along a quote from Dupont VP Jim Borel: "This month, the global population reached 7 billion. Each year, the world population grows by about 78 …
Home in Montana
I have a new home and a new job in a new state. It is good to be back home in Montana. And it is good to be able to enjoy snow in June. Here I am as close to Beartooth Pass on the Montana-Wyoming border northwest of Yellowstone National Park as we could get …
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