Category: Science and the Church

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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Part 3 – Four Questions – “Were Adam and Eve Real People.”

Part 3 – Four Questions – “Were Adam and Eve Real People.”

| October 19, 2012

This is the third installment answering questions posted by a Christian University student on evolution and the Bible.  He posed four questions and a series of follow up questions.  These questions were assigned to him at his school, which holds an anti-evolutionary, young-earth view. Part 1 covered the first of those questions.  Part 2 covered […]

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Common Ground.  Beliefs that are shared by Christians who accept evolution and those who do not.

Common Ground. Beliefs that are shared by Christians who accept evolution and those who do not.

| October 15, 2012

I’ve been referred to as a “heretic” and an “apostate” on a number of occasions, because I accept evolution as  science and as a part of Gods creation. I find this ironic as much of the anti-evolutionary and particularly young-earth doctrines and interpretations are very recent additions to Christianity.  Anti-evolutionary ideas are not accepted by […]

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Molecular Genetics and Primate Evolution By David Layzell and Graeme Finlay

Molecular Genetics and Primate Evolution By David Layzell and Graeme Finlay

| September 27, 2012

Molecular Genetics and Primate Evolution By David Layzell and Graeme Finlay Background This paper came out of two lectures run on 14th and 21st August 2010 by Graeme Finlay, Senior Lecturer in Scientific Pathology, University of Auckland, as part of the Continuing Education Programme of the University of Auckland. The lectures were entitled “The Human […]

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Four Questions – Part 2 – How Old is the Earth and Why?  Did Man and apes come from a common ancestor?

Four Questions – Part 2 – How Old is the Earth and Why? Did Man and apes come from a common ancestor?

| September 26, 2012

This is the second part of a series of articles addressing the questions of a Bible college student.  The student asked the following four questions and a series of follow-up questions of a facebook page  Theistic Evolution and a facebook group named Celebrating Creation through Natural Selection.  I compiled the answers given by many members […]

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Just a Hopeful Thought or my journey

Just a Hopeful Thought or my journey

| August 30, 2012

I grew up hearing sermons about the dangers of popular music styles and being present at record burnings. When I first started hearing artists like Steve Taylor and Petra, there were many sermons, tracts and books claiming that a Christian could not play rock music. There were a ton of ridiculous scare messages circulating, such […]

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