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Comments photo © 2006 Tom Martin | more info (via: Wylio) Last week Al Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, wrote an excellent blog post about intellectual discipleship and the importance of loving God with our minds. I actually agreed with quite a few of his conclusions, including this one: A robust and rich model of Christian thinking—the quality of thinking that culminates in a God-centered worldview—requires that we see all truth as interc... read moreAl Mohler Responds
Comments Al Mohler has responded to my piece on the Washington Post’s religion blog about evolution and Christianity. Read my piece: When Atheists and Baptists Agree Read Mohler’s response: Evolution – When Atheists and Baptists Agree? Mohler seems to agree with my premise (that both atheists and young earth creationists present faith and evolutionary theory as incompatible), but not my conclusions (that perpetuating this dichotomy is harmful to the future of the church).... read moreWhen Atheists and Baptists Agree
Comments I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord and that the earth is roughly 4.5 billion years old. This position routinely puts me at odds with two groups of people—atheists and Baptists... [Read the rest on my article on the Washington Post’s religion blog!] Do you ever find yourself drawing fire from both sides of an argument after staking some middle ground?... read moreA Response to Ken Ham: Let’s Make Peace
Comments Evolving in Monkey Town made national news last week when it was featured in a Nashville Tennessean story that was picked up by USA Today. The story described various views regarding the evolution-creationism debate and included my perspective that young Christians long for a more nuanced, constructive approach to this issue. “My generation of evangelicals is ready to call a truce on the culture wars,” I said. “We are ready to move on." This quote caught the... read moreHelp me pass as an intellectual at the BioLogos Conference
Comments On Wednesday I head to Boston to attend “A Dialog on Creation”—a workshop hosted by the BioLogos Foundation and Gordon College that explores questions at the intersection of science & faith. Among those in attendance will be Peter Enns, (a biblical scholar and Harvard Ph.D. who has authored multiple books, including the controversial Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament), Karl Giberson, (a physicist and scholar who has published o... read moreStudents are the real victims of Waltke’s resignation
Comments * See my first comment for updated information on this story. As you may have heard, renowned Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke resigned from his position at Reformed Theological Seminary last week amidst controversy surrounding statements he made in support of evolutionary theory in a video posted by the BioLogos foundation. Conservatives are praising the decision as a firm stand against liberalism, while progressives are hailing Waltke as a martyr for the cause of truth and free thought. N... read moreShould Christian colleges teach evolution?
Comments So my dad just returned from the International Forum on Higher Education for the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities held in Atlanta, where the hot topic of the week was teaching evolution in Christian colleges. Francis Collins, author of The Language of God and founder of the BioLogos Foundation, spoke at the conference, urging professors and administrators to beware of placing students in the position of having to choose between their intellectual integrity and their faith. I t... read moreEight Reasons to Give Evolution a Second Chance
Comments If you have already embraced evolution as a credible explanation for why life on earth is the way it is, I hope you will find the resources below useful in helping to harmonize this view with your faith. If you still aren’t sure what to make of evolution or if you have always been suspicious of it, I hope these ideas will inspire you to at least give the theory second chance. They certainly inspired me. 1. I recently discovered The Biologos Foundation and have been really impressed w... read moreThe Missing Link?
Comments This week I recorded and watched the History Channel documentary, “The Link,” which featured the recent scientific findings surrounding a miraculously intact primate fossil, estimated to be about 47-million years old. The documentary was interesting, but far too long. I’ll save you some time and summarize the two-hour presentation in two sentences: The fossil, (discovered in the Messel Shale Pit in Germany), appears to be a transitional species that shows characteristic... read moreSo I Want to Buy a Billboard...
Comments Although the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 ended long ago, tensions between religious fundamentalists and secularist still run high here in Dayton. Passions were recently reignited by a local billboard war. First, the Freedom from Religion Foundation put this billboard up just outside the Dayton city limits: Then, local activist June Griffin put this one up in town: The billboard wars have left Dayton residents with two equally ill-informed choices. The first advocates sacri... read moreMaking Peace with Science
Comments In belated recognition of Darwin’s 200th birthday, I thought I’d post a series on faith and science, culminating with a really fun post on Friday that you’re not going to want to miss. (Hint: It’s about the billboard war in Dayton.) I thought I’d start by sharing my own story of how I came to respect evolutionary theory as a viable explanation for how God created the heavens and the earth, and how this position has enriched rather than destroyed my faith. Defacing... read moreLook What Showed Up in Dayton
Comments I did a double-take on the way home from Chattanooga the other day when I noticed this billboard just outside the county line. The Freedom From Religion Foundation chose just a few locations for the board: Madison, Wisconsin, (where the organization is based), Dayton, Tennessee, (where the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 was held, of course), and Dover, Pennsylvania, (where a local school board sought to integrate the concept of intelligent design into science classes in 2005).Apparently, it w... read moreGays, Buddhists, and Scientists: Will Evangelicals Change Their Minds?
Comments In the 16th century, John Calvin argued on theological grounds that anyone who believed that the earth moved in space was “motivated by a spirit of bitterness, contradiction, and faultfinding; possessed by the devil.” * In the 17th century, both Catholics and Protestants systematically executed Anabaptists for holding to the “heresy” that a confession of faith should precede baptism. Here in America, the original Southern Baptist Convention was organized, in part, b... read moreStein takes on Darwinism
Comments As you may have heard, Ben Stein (remember Ferris Bueller's Day Off?) is trying his hand at documentary filmmaking with the April 18 opening of “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.” The film is bound to have the intelligent design community buzzing, as it criticizes what Stein sees as Darwinism’s monopoly on academia. In an interview with Newsweek, Stein says, “Darwinism is a brilliant theory, but to say it has all the answers would not be truthful or sensible. And today&r... read moreA few more thoughts on evolution
Comments Your responses to my recent posts about evolution were so stimulating, I thought I’d add a few more comments and some suggested online reading. I liked what Leah (our biologist/young earth creationist) said about the importance of educating Christians about this issue. Leah wrote: “I've had several uncomfortable conversations with pastors who have decried the evils of evolution because when I was teaching labs in graduate school I taught evolution. I had to tell the pastor that after... read moreShowing 1 - 16 of 16 Articles | Page 1 of 1
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