Tag: Age of the earth

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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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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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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Four Questions – Part 1- How long are the days in Genesis

Four Questions – Part 1- How long are the days in Genesis

| September 9, 2012

A student at Liberty University was given the following four questions as part of a required class.  He sought my answers.  With his permission, I am sharing his questions and the combined answers, including mine, from the members of the “Celebrating Creation through Natural Selection” Facebook group.   The Liberty university student also had a few […]

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Why I am a Darwinist – Mary Catherine Watson

Why I am a Darwinist – Mary Catherine Watson

| July 12, 2012

Why I am a Darwinist – by Mary Catherine Watson Believe it or not I used to be a die-hard six-day creationist. I had read all the books, collected articles, bookmarked all the websites proving that all this “evolution” stuff was a hoax, promoted by the media and government to eliminate our need for God. […]

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4 1/2 Billion years.  – Inspirational Poster

4 1/2 Billion years. – Inspirational Poster

| July 12, 2012

I was thinking about my daughter and it occurred to me that if the time and patience that God put into creating in the matter that God did indicates that she is indeed worth the effort to God. When I designed this poster, I was aware that I could have used the minimum age of […]

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Review of Young and Stearley, The Bible, Rocks and Time

Review of Young and Stearley, The Bible, Rocks and Time

| July 10, 2012

Review of  “The Bible, Rocks and Time” (reviewed by Dr. James F. McGrath, Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University, Indianapolis.) Saying that  by Davis A. Young and Ralph F. Stearley (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2008) is probably the best book of its kind would not be saying enough, […]

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Does the bible suggest an age for the earth?

Does the bible suggest an age for the earth?

| June 25, 2012

I do not expect scripture to describe science, such as Gods’ means of creation or the age of the earth, nor do I expect it to provide proof of how creation was done. Those are, by definition, extra-biblical concerns and the Bible is clear that we are given the book of Gods’ works (creation) to […]

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