From today's Astronomy Picture of the Day: Erupting Volcano Anak Krakatau. You will have to go to APOD to see it in all its glory. Grace and Peace
J. Gresham Machen on the age of the Earth
John Gresham Machen was a professor at Princeton Seminary in the early 1900s, and was founder of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is best known as a defender of Christian orthodoxy in the face of rising theological liberalism in the churches of his day. Perhaps his most famous book was Christianity and Liberalism, in …
The Lord Will Provide
Unemployment isn't easy, but as a Christian I have to trust that God is my provider. I have work to do to find a job, but even then it is God who is in ultimate control. I have been comforted and encouraged lately by the song "The Lord Will Provide" by Matthew Smith, which is …
Atheist summer camp
From Albert Mohler: Richard Dawkins Jumps The Shark. News out of Great Britain indicates that Richard Dawkins, perhaps the world's most famous living atheist, is setting up a summer camp intended to help children and teenagers adopt atheism. As The Times [London] reports: "Give Richard Dawkins a child for a week's summer camp and he will …
Paleontologists visit the Answers in Genesis museum
The Answers in Genesis Creation Museum in Kentucky apparently has a nest of dinosaur eggs on display (here and here). If you are a regular reader of The GeoChristian, you know that I believe that the Bible is the Word of God. I don't believe much of what Answers in Genesis has to say about …
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K-T iridium layer, Raton NM
The first concrete evidence that an asteroid impact ended the Cretaceous Period was the discovery of an iridium-rich layer marking the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary by a team led by Luis Alvarez in the early 1980s. Iridium is very rare in Earth's crust, but is considerably more abundant in asteroids, leading geologists to conclude that the …
Another fundamentalist for an old Earth
A commenter on this blog recently implied that I am just a "so called Christian" because I accept an old Earth and evolution. On a young-Earth blog that I have been commenting on, those who accept an old age for the Earth (including myself) have been accused of "listening to the serpent." I try to …
Reading — June 2009
"When my sons complain that a good book is hard to read, I say, 'Raking is easy, but all you get is leaves; digging is hard, but you might find diamonds.'" -- John Piper, Future Grace, p. 16. Books I finished in June: Thousands... Not Billions, by Donald DeYoung. This is the latest on radiometric …
Six bad arguments from Answers in Genesis (Part 4)
This is part four of a six-part series examining supposed evidences for a global flood that have recently appeared on the Answers in Genesis web site. The people at AiG are my brothers and sisters in Christ, and I share their love for the Lord Jesus Christ, their respect for the Bible as the Word …
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John Piper and the age of the Earth
To repeat a common theme of The GeoChristian blog: One can be a committed Christian with a very high view of the Bible, and yet hold to a 4.5 billion year-old Earth and evolution. John Piper is pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, and is a leading author and speaker within the Evangelical and …
Camping — Great Sand Dunes National Park
The family had the opportunity to camp at Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado this week. The Great Sand Dunes are the tallest dunes in North America. Here are a few pictures: We think the alternate name for the park is "Great Mosquito Swarms National Park," but we couldn't find that in the literature the …
The Reason for God — interview excerpt
One of the best new books on apologetics (the defense of the Christian faith) is The Reason for God by Timothy Keller. I haven't read it yet, but it has received good reviews from theologically conservative reviewers. Here's an excerpt from an interview of Timothy Keller from First Things which touches on evolution and the …
Sarychev Peak eruption
From NASA's Earth Observatory: Sarychev Peak Eruption, Kuril Islands, Russia. From the Earth Observatory description: A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev Volcano (Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. [...] Ash from the multi-day eruption has been …
Drought and recovery
These images from the NASA Earth Observatory show areas of drought (brown = below average plant growth) and excess plant growth (green = above average plant growth). Northern Iraq is suffering a severe drought. Much of the country's grain is dependent on seasonal rainfall rather than irrigation: Grain-producing regions of Afghanistan, on the other hand, …
Christian or hippie — which would you choose?
One of the pastors at my church passed along a story from Dry Bones Denver: “Ask Me Why You Deserve HELL”: Reflections on the DNC. It is a bit dated, being from the Democratic National Convention here in Denver last summer, but it is also timeless. The author was with friends in the downtown area …
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Father’s Day 2009 #2
One thing I do to “tell the story” to my children is send an email to the whole family several times per week, with insights I have had from the Scriptures. Here is an example of the "A Note From Dad" emails that I send (and that my kids---soon all four will be teenagers---actually read …
Father’s Day 2009 #1
The following item was originally posted in June 2006. 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. In my wide margin Bible, I mark an "F" in the margin to denote verses about …
Melting glaciers, changing borders
Video from BBC News: Glacier melt changes Italian border. I can't embed it, so you will have to go to the link. This reflects a different view of borders than what we have in the United States. In the US, if a river that marks a boundary changes course (e.g. the Mississippi), then the border …
What to get Dad for Father’s Day: a goat
From World Vision: On June 21, honor your Dad with a meaningful gift in his name from the World Vision Gift Catalog. Because let's face it --- Dad doesn't want more stuff. He wants the satisfaction of making a difference. Supply self-sufficiency. Goats nourish families with protein-rich milk, cheese, and yoghurt, and can offer a …
Hunger increases
For most of my lifetime, world hunger has been decreasing. It has still been a serious issue, but many countries like China and India have been able to increase their food production at rates that exceeded their population growth. The current global economic situation, however has reversed that trend. From Yahoo News: World hunger reaches …
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