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Young-earthism cost her faith.

Young-earthism cost her faith.

| June 3, 2013

Editor’s note: What follows is the personal account of a young woman who lost her Christian faith after learning, in college, that the young-earth creationism view she had been raised in was based on scientific and factual untruths. All emphases were added by the editor.  The journey to finding how biblical Christianity and truth fit together is […]

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Confronting Our Fears, Part 5: Losing Peace

Confronting Our Fears, Part 5: Losing Peace

| June 3, 2013

Editors Note:  This is the 5th and final part of a series by Mike Beidler.  It was originally published in the Biologos forum here.  Our publication of the prior parts can be found at the following links.  Part 1.  Part 2.  Part 3.  and Part 4. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? […]

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Confronting Our Fears, Part 4: Losing Face

Confronting Our Fears, Part 4: Losing Face

| June 3, 2013

Editors note: The following is the fourth part of a series by Mike Beidler.  It was originally published by the Biologos forum here.   The first part of the series is here.  The second part is here.  And, the third part is here. As we continue our tour of fears that confront evangelicals considering evolutionary […]

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Confronting Our Fears, Part 3: Losing Our Savior

Confronting Our Fears, Part 3: Losing Our Savior

| June 3, 2013

Editors note:  The following is the third part of a series written by Mike Beidler.  It was originally published by the Biologos forum and  here.   Part one of the series is here.  Part two is here. For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive […]

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Confronting Our Fears, Part 2:  Losing Biblical Authority

Confronting Our Fears, Part 2: Losing Biblical Authority

| June 3, 2013

This is the second part of a series by commander Mike Beidler.  It is reprinted from the Biologos forum with the permission of the author.  The original is found here.  Part 1 of the series is here. Confronting Our Fears, Part 2:  Losing Biblical Authority All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for […]

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A Sunday Sermon  – Pastor Tim Rauk on science & faith

A Sunday Sermon – Pastor Tim Rauk on science & faith

| February 14, 2013

The following is from Pastor Tim Rauk, of WoodDale Evangelical Lutheran Church (St. Louis). Upon blogging my name, I was surprised to find my name on a list of “looneys” because I happen to believe that the story of Creation and evolution are not contradictory. Upon reading your blog site, you seemed interested in hearing […]

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Confronting Our Fears, Part 1

Confronting Our Fears, Part 1

| December 5, 2012

Mike Beidler wrote this series for publication in the Biologos forum.  We are republishing it here.  Mike previously contributed this Declaration of Evangelical Indepence from the Anti-Evolutionists on this evolving creation site.  He is also an admin of our Celebrating Creation through Natural Selection facebook discussion group and a contributor to our Celebrating Evolving Creation […]

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Evolution and Christian Faith Chapter (From “The Christian College Phenomenon”) by Dr. Richard Colling

Evolution and Christian Faith Chapter (From “The Christian College Phenomenon”) by Dr. Richard Colling

| December 5, 2012

Richard Colling is a former chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences at  Olivet Nazarene University and the author of the book Random Designer: Created From Chaos, To Connect With the Creator   This chapter is reprinted from hi blog with his permission. Dr. Collings blog can be found at http://randomdesigner.com/ Evolution and Christian Faith Chapter  […]

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Part IV- Four Questions – Does Evolution lead to atheism & genocide

Part IV- Four Questions – Does Evolution lead to atheism & genocide

| October 24, 2012

Part IV- Four Questions –A Follow Up Question This articles is part of a series covering questions that were given to a University student at a young-earth Christian college. This is the answer to a follow up question. Parts 1-3 covered his initial four questions.  Earlier articles can be found here – Article 1 (How […]

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Review of Howard Van Till’s  “The Fourth Day: What the Bible and the Heavens are Telling Us About the Creation”

Review of Howard Van Till’s “The Fourth Day: What the Bible and the Heavens are Telling Us About the Creation”

| October 19, 2012

The following review was written by Joe Childers.  Joe is a science educator and an evangelical Christian. I’d like to recommend the book “The Fourth Day: What the Bible and the Heavens are Telling Us About the Creation” by Howard van Till and to discuss a concept that he describes better than any other author […]

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