Book Review – Evolution and the Fall
November 5, 2017
Evolution And the Fall, edited by William T. Cavanaugh & James K.A. Smith This collection of essays addresses the apparent conflict between the increasingly credible evidence for evolution and the Biblical doctrine of the Fall. The contributors are cross-denominational Christian theologians, ethicists, and philosophers; there is one scientist (biology) and one historian. One of the […]
Book Review – Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture After Genetic Science
February 19, 2017
Two world-class scholars, biologist Dennis Venema (Ph.D, University of British Columbia) and theologian Scot McKnight (Ph.D, University of Nottingham) team up to provide a defense for the compatibility of God and evolution in the book Adam and the Genome. Their shared thesis is that God and evolution are not necessarily mutually exclusive, that it is […]
How I Changed My Mind About Evolution
February 26, 2017
The authors of Adam and the Genome each share their personal story about how they came to believe that God could have created via evolution. In fact, their stories are included in the book How I Changed My Mind About Evolution: Evangelicals Reflect on Faith and Science. Here is my story: Although my father was […]
You Can Believe in God and Evolution Too
February 27, 2017
I’ve blogged elsewhere about my personal journey to acceptance of evolution, and about the books that I’ve found helpful along the way. To accept the Truth of both evolution and a divine Creator, we must think differently about some things. First, we must engage the possibility that God uses evolutionary processes to create and sustain […]