From The Wonder of Creation: Evangelicals, evangelism, and the environment. As an evangelical who writes and speaks on the wonder of creation and the care of creation, I’ve often been asked the question, “Isn’t evangelism—saving human souls—more important than caring for the earth?” This issue is probably number 1 in calling into question the validity …
The Bible and the environment
From Gordon Wenham, British Old Testament scholar: The Bible and the Environment. (I've read one book by Wenham -- Christ and the Bible -- which unfortunately is out of print. His approach to Biblical authority is the most Christ-centered that I have read. It is worth a re-read sometime soon.) Here are some quotes: It …
Geological map of the Arctic
From Natural Resources Canada: Geological map of the Arctic. As I've said before, a good geologic map is a work of art. According to the US Geological Survey, up to 25% of Earth's remaining oil and gas reserves could be in the Arctic region. Grace and Peace
Worship?
A good cartoon from Internet Monk: The Big Worship Goof. Grace and Peace
Solar evaporation ponds, Chile
From NASA's Earth Observatory: Solar Evaporation Ponds, Atacama Desert, Chile Grace and Peace
Death before the fall — an old-Earth Biblical perspective
The topic of death before Adam's fall into sin is a common area of debate between Christians who accept an old Earth and those who insist that the Bible requires a young Earth. Old-Earth creationists (whether or not they are theistic evolutionists) have to accept animal death before the fall. After all, the fossil record …
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Aluminum and the 100-year old oceans
I've spent more time commenting on other people's blogs this week than working on my own. I wrote some rather lengthy comments, so I'm going to post them here with some editing. I've recently come across several young-Earth creationist recommendations for the book Old Earth Creationism on Trial by Tim Chaffey and and Jason Lisle. …
Resolving the tension
A week or two there was a post on InternetMonk.com asking for comments from Christian scientists and science-educated Christians about how they had resolved the tension between science and faith. Here's my comment from that post, with a little editing: I am “The GeoChristian” that someone else referred to earlier. I have an M.S. and …
AAPG Convention — Short resume
Here's my short resume that I'll have posted on the AAPG Career Center bulletin board, with pull-off tabs at the bottom with my name, email, and cell phone number. I have a more detailed resume, of course, for those who are interested. Kevin Nelstead Education: M.S. in Geology, Washington State University Coursework included Sedimentary Petrology, …
AAPG Convention
I'll be at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists national convention Saturday through Wednesday here in Denver, and might not do much blogging. I've got a full-day short course on Saturday (Applied Geology and Geochemistry of Gas Shales) and will be attending the technical program and visiting the exhibitors' booths Monday through Wednesday. It should …
Geoscience employment
From Yahoo Hotjobs: The Hottest $40-an-Hour Careers Geoscientist Too grounded for the arts? Geoscientists are some of the earthiest people around, and they work in one of the many fields about to take off, thanks to stimulus moneys coming down the pike. From searching for natural resources to cleaning up environmental disasters, geoscientists make going …
Preconceptual science
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How to fight
A pro-life activist has shot an abortionist. Gun-rights activists (many of whom are conservative Christians) are stockpiling ammunition. Why? What are they going to do with it? The political and moral battles we are engaged in are of a spiritual nature, and will not be won with guns. The use of violence only links us …
Multiple evils
In Kansas, late-term abortionist George Tiller was murdered in church today. From World Magazine (conservative, Christian): Anti-abortion groups have denounced the killing. Operation Rescue President Troy Newman said in a statement, “We are shocked at this morning’s disturbing news that Mr. Tiller was gunned down. Operation Rescue has worked for years through peaceful, legal means, …
Reading — May 2009
"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes." -- Erasmus (Roman Catholic theologian of the Reformation era). Books I finished in May: A Biblical Case for an Old Earth, by David Snoke. The best chapter in the book was the one on animal death …
Internet Monk: Stories of science/faith resolution
Michael Spencer (a.k.a. The Internet Monk) has a post asking for comments from Christians who are scientists or trained in science. They are to answer the following question: How have you resolved the tensions in your own life and thinking between science and your faith? What has been your journey? What was particularly significant in …
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The new atheists: summary of arguments
Rev. Cwirla, in his review of the Charlotte Allen article on atheism that I linked to in my previous post, summarizes the new atheist (Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, Dennett, Myers, et al.) arguments as follows: 1. The existence of God can't be proven scientifically, therefore there is no God. 2. Religious people do bad things, therefore …
The new atheists: “primitive opposition to faith and reason”
From the LA Times: Atheists: No God, no reason, just whining, by Charlotte Allen Subtitle: Superstar atheists are motivated by anger -- and boohoo victimhood. Here are a few quotes: I can't stand atheists -- but it's not because they don't believe in God. It's because they're crashing bores. Other people, most recently the British …
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A field trip I wish I had been on
From the Billings Gazette: Geologists witness Y'stone explosion Yellowstone National Park geologist Hank Heasler was lecturing a group of colleagues in Biscuit Basin on the rarity of hydrothermal explosions last week when Boom! A hot pool behind him exploded, spewing mud, rocks and hot water 50 feet in the air. Geologists know of only a …
A cheaper way to get humans to Mars: One-way tickets
NASA's Astrobiology Magazine has the text of a presentation given by physicist Paul Davies: A One-way Ticket to Mars. The greatest expense in sending a group of astronauts to Mars is actually getting them back to Earth. Davies estimates that we may be able to save up to 80% of the costs by sending a …
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