Category: God’s Work and the Natural World

The Grandeur of Evolution and the Grace of God

The Grandeur of Evolution and the Grace of God

| January 5, 2014

Learning about the grandeur of the theory of evolution, about its function and the long record of its development, the inter-connectivity of all Earthly life having descended from a common ancestor (we are all family), and of evolution on a macro cosmic scale ~ the evolution of stars and galaxies and the fact that we […]

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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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G.O.I.N.G.  G.A.G.A.  Christians against Atomic Theory

G.O.I.N.G. G.A.G.A. Christians against Atomic Theory

| August 31, 2012

The following is parody.  I think it is effective and informative parody, as the movement that attempts to rescind the theory of evolution follows this guideline fairly directly. This is reposted from the blog of James McGrath Exploring Our Matrix .   I, David, am responsible for the addition of the images and their titles.  The […]

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Should we look to nature to help interpret scripture?

Should we look to nature to help interpret scripture?

| August 17, 2012

Scriptures suggests that we should look to Gods’ creation to help understand God. This is a view that has been held by generations of theologians, scientists and lay people. This has sometimes been described as the ”two books” doctrine. This doctrine holds that we have at least two witnesses to God, the Bible words, inspired […]

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Hoyle’s Junkyard and the Origin of Life

Hoyle’s Junkyard and the Origin of Life

| July 22, 2012

A prominent Christian website promoting Biblical Creationism has asked its followers to challenge teachers, professors and anyone else with 15 Questions about the Theory of Evolution.   Their campaign is called Question Evolution. Although the questions do not actually challenge the Theory of Evolution, they are questions that certainly deserve carefully thought out answers.   We hope to provide a […]

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How Does Evolution Really Work? – Chapter III of True Creation

How Does Evolution Really Work? – Chapter III of True Creation

| June 28, 2012

The following is a Chapter from “True Creation” a web book by Jude George. The full book can be read at no charge here http://truecreation.info I highly recommend it as an introduction to evolution as a tool of Gods’ creation. -David Evarts True Creation by Jude George III. How Does Evolution Really Work? “How can […]

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Evolution and the Christian View of God

Evolution and the Christian View of God

| June 17, 2012

The traditional Christian view of God is that God is constantly involved with his creation on an intimate and routine level. At the same time, theologians have held that “miracles” in which God sets aside the routine workings of nature he devised are infrequent. By the way, I use “he” only in the universal sense […]

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Theistic Evolution

Theistic Evolution

| May 29, 2012 | Reply

What is theistic evolution?  What is this site about? Theistic evolution, also known as evolutionary creationism is the idea that evolution is a creative tool of God and is fully compatible with the Bible.  This idea is unsurprising to Christians from traditional denominations, but is shocking to people who have only been exposed to the […]

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