I didn't get as much reading done in July as I would have liked, but here's the one book I did finish: The Reason for God, by Timothy Keller. The chapters address: The idea that there cannot be only one true religion The problem of evil -- how can a good God allow suffering? The …
Tag: Creationism
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
Conversations in progress
I've had a number of good comments in the past month on the following posts. Feel free to join in. Dr. Dino still in prison -- I consider the teachings of Kent Hovind ("Dr. Dino") to be anti-apologetics that has no place in our churches and Christian schools. Not everyone agrees. Augustine and Darwin -- …
Six bad arguments from Answers in Genesis (Part 3)
This is part three 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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Six bad arguments from Answers in Genesis (Part 2)
This is part two 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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Marcus Ross review of The Bible, Rocks and Time
Christianity Today has a review The Bible, Rocks and Time, the recent book written by Christian geologists Davis Young and Ralph Stearley. I've written about this excellent book here and here. The review is by young-Earth creationist Marcus Ross, who earned his PhD in geology from the University of Rhode Island a few years ago, …
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Six bad arguments from Answers in Genesis (Part 1)
This is part one of a six-part series examining supposed evidences for a global flood that have recently appeared on the Answers in Genesis web site. Part one -- This article. Part two examines the YEC argument that sedimentary rocks that contain dense accumulations of fossils can best be described by the action of Noah's Flood. Part …
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Spurgeon distorted
Apparently, the young-Earth organization Answers in Genesis doesn't want its readers to know that 19th century preacher Charles Spurgeon had no problem with an Earth that is millions of years old. AiG is posting Spurgeon sermons on its web site, but has edited at least one sermon to remove references to an old Earth. A …
Dr. Dino still in prison
Welcome to The GeoChristian. Out of over 1000 posts on my blog, this one on Dr. Dino is visited by more people than any other. The primary objective of The GeoChristian is to increase science literacy among Evangelical Christians, especially in the areas of the Earth and environmental sciences. I aim to discuss controversial topics …
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