The opening chapters of Genesis have likely had more written about them than most any other section of the Bible. Especially in the modern world the question of how to interpret these chapters is seen as especially pressing in the light of claims that the theories of science call into question and influence how they … Continue reading Book Review: In the Beginning – By Henri Blocher
Perhaps there is no topic more widely and hotly debated in the past century of Christianity - and especially in the past few decades - is that of creation and evolution as it relates to Genesis. The Lost World of Genesis One is one of John H. Walton's multiple contributions to this discussion. This is … Continue reading Book Review: The Lost World of Genesis One – By John H. Walton
Imagine for a moment being told that your history book is wrong because archaeologists digging in Georgia have discovered evidence that the United States previously allowed slavery. You would rightly scratch your head, because anybody who knows anything about U.S. history knows that slavery has always been one of its defining features. A similar scenario … Continue reading “The Bible was WRONG”… or Not; Religious Illiteracy in West Reaches New Low
There is no shortage of speculation today as to whether science - most often, neuroscience or quantum physics - has successfully disproven the idea of free will. "Free will might be an illusion created by our brains, scientists might have proved," or so the commentary would have us believe. Philosophers and theologians have said much on the topic, … Continue reading FATQ: Can Science Disprove Free Will?
The topic of homosexuality has been discussed from a variety of angles from within the Christian context. Some scholars seek to address the ancient near-Eastern and Greco-Roman contexts in which the Scriptures were written to best understand their injunctions, others attempt to deal directly with and exegete the Biblical texts. The goal of Stanton Jones … Continue reading Book Review: Homosexuality – By Stanton L. Jones & Mark A. Yarhouse
In recent news, Congress has passed a bill (S.3346) which is being hailed as "a solid commitment" towards the goal of having a manned mission to mars within the next 25 years. The bipartisan bill authorized a budget increase for NASA, taking their total budget up to "$19.5 billion." This raises the question in many minds: Is there any biblical justification … Continue reading FATQ: Is there any biblical justification for exploring space?
Every now and then I browse for a book to read outside my normal discipline, and this was the one I chose for my quarterly dose of science. In this I have to say that I was only partially successful, and it’s only tenuously that I actually categorize this as a scientific text. While science … Continue reading Book Review: The Meaning of It All – By Richard P. Feynman
ABrief History of Time is Stephen Hawking's attempt at taking the advances of science throughout history and presenting them in a readable fashion for the layman. In a very readable and even often humorous manner Hawking lays out this history, tracing its roots all the way back to Aristotle, through Galileo to Newton all the … Continue reading Book Review: A Brief History of Time – By Stephen Hawking
od and Philosophy is author Etienne Gilson's history of philosophy as regards its relationship with the idea of God and the demonstration of his existence. The text is divided into four sections: God and Greek Philosophy, God and Christian Philosophy, God and Modern Philosophy, and Contemporary Thought, roughly following the progression of thought from the … Continue reading Book Review: God and Philosophy – By Etienne Gilson
I. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TERM Since Planck (1794) and Schleiermacher (1811), "apologetics" has been the accepted name of one of the theological disciplines or departments of theological science. The term is derived from the Greek apologeisthai, which embodies as its central notion the idea of "defense." In its present application, however, it has somewhat shifted … Continue reading Apologetics — B.B. Warfield
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