Forget Halloween; October 31st is Reformation Day! On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the doors of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. The 95 Theses were Luther’s arguments against the selling of indulgences, which were documents declaring forgiveness of sins granted by the church as a result of some act …
Ice on the Moon
From Astronomy Picture of the Day 10/25/2010: Water Ice Detected Beneath Moon's Surface Blue is hydrogen-rich (probably water ice) and red is hydrogen-poor. The explanation from the APOD site: Is there enough water on the moon to sustain future astronauts? The question has important implications if humanity hopes to use the Moon as a future …
The books that have most influenced me
Here are my "top 10" books that have had an impact on my life. Some of them have impacted millions of other people; a few may not be on the "top 10" list of anyone else on the planet. I would put the Bible as the #1 book, but it needs to be on its …
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 …
Christ-centered creation care
Why should Christians be interested in the health of the environment? Is it only for some pragmatic reason, such as "clean air is good for us" or is there a Biblical support for stewardship of the environment? Many believers are put off by the new age-iness of some "tree huggers;" is this sufficient reason to …
Environmental philosophies – some preliminary thoughts
I was reading sections out of Principles of Conservation Biology (Meffe et al., I have the 2nd edition) tonight just for fun*. The first two chapters lay a philosophical foundation for conservation biology, exploring various perspectives on environmental ethics and biodiversity. In chapter 1---What is Conservation Biology?---the authors discuss the philosophical movements that have led …
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Billings house demolished by rock slide
People like to build in pretty places. In Billings, Montana (where I spent the first eighteen years of my life), there are plenty of big houses along the Rimrocks, a cliff that forms the northern border of much of the city. Part of the landscaping for these expensive homes is the sandstone boulders, many of …
Toxic sludge in Hungary
From NASA's Earth Observatory: Toxic Sludge in Hungary ---
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 …
Ronald Reagan on the role of government in environmental protection
"I'm proud of having been one of the first to recognize that States and the Federal Government have a duty to protect our natural resources from the damaging effects of pollution that can accompany industrial development." -- Ronald Reagan The quote is taken from It's conservative to conserve by Rob Sisson, president of Republicans for …
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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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Dietrich Bonhoeffer — Life Together
I spent the weekend at a retreat in the St. Francois "Mountains" in southeastern Missouri with the members of my church, Christ Community Church in St. Louis. Our speaker was Glandion Carney, an Anglican priest and conference speaker with Renovaré. The theme of the retreat was All in: "All in" for discipleship and spiritual formation, …
Creation Geology Society 2010 abstracts
The leading young-Earth creationist geologists (the Creation Geology Society) met in Georgia this summer, and they have released abstracts of the following thirteen talks. Submarine Liquefied Sediment Gravity Currents: Understanding the Mechanics of the Major Sediment Transportation and Deposition Agent during the Global Flood (S.A. Austin, Institute for Creation Research) Persistence of Dolomite in the …
Geocentrism lives
Here's a conference I'm not going to: Galileo Was Wrong: The Church Was Right -- First Annual Catholic Conference on Geocentrism. Here are the talks: Geocentrism: They Know It But They're Hiding It Introduction to the Mechanics of Geocentrism Scientific Experiments Showing Earth Motionless in Space Scientific Evidence: Earth in the Center of the Universe …
Dinosaur footprints part 4
About two years ago I wrote three posts on young-Earth creationist (YEC) claims of human footprints being found with dinosaur footprints, and the problems that footprint fossils in general cause for the young-Earth catastrophic "flood geology" model. Following the wrong footprints Following more wrong footprints Dinosaur footprints part 3 To their credit, the major YEC …
Stephen Hawking’s mistake
When Stephen Hawking writes a book, people pay attention. His latest volume, The Grand Design, coauthored by Leonard Mlodinow, has made a media splash because Hawking, who used "god language" in his earlier works, has come to the conclusion that there is no need for any sort of god to explain the origin of the …
The Reason for God — the open-mindedness of Christians
A common misconception among skeptics is that Christians are narrow-minded and ignorant, and that skeptics and atheists are open-minded "free thinkers." Perhaps these generalizations are true in some cases, but it was my pleasure Sunday morning to spend an hour with a group of fifteen Christians who certainly don't fit the narrow-minded stereotype. Yesterday at …
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“Apologetics Study Bible for Students” on the age of the Earth
I recently paged through the Apologetics Study Bible for Students from the Southern Baptist B&H Publishing Group, and was pleased to see a balanced approach to the questions of the age of the Earth, the extent of the flood, and even somewhat on the role of biological evolution. Here's the section on the age of …
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A liberation theology of the right
Arrrrgh. I'm writing about politics again. Or am I writing about religion? Here is a section from "God, the Gospel, and Glenn Beck" by Southern Baptist pastor/seminary professor Russell Moore: It’s taken us a long time to get here, in this plummet from Francis Schaeffer to Glenn Beck. In order to be this gullible, American …
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