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Paul Believed in Adam, and So Should You (?): latest slideshow from Denis Lamoureux

May 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Today we continue Denis Lamoureux’s series of brief slideshows on his popular book I Love Jesus & I Accept Evolution. In the previous five slideshows, Lamoureux covered chapters 1 and 2, chapter 3, a supplement to chapter 4 (the sources of Genesis), chapter 4 (“Biblical Accounts of Origins”), and the first portion of  chapter 6  on human evolution. In today’s installment, Lamoureux continues his summary [...]

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Christians Playing Power Games (but Jesus doesn’t play by the rules)

May 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment

At GospelFutures, Neil Williams has a very thoughtful piece on game theory and it’s relevance for Christian theology. Game theory is the study of strategic decision making and shows the importance of trust, forgiveness, and even repentance in the development of cooperation between people and societies. Game theory originally started in mathematics, but expanded to other disciplines including psychology, economics, politics, evolutionary [...]

British Radio Interview on Evolution and Adam

May 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Last month I was a guest on Unbelievable?, a British radio show hosted by Justin Brierly, to discuss evolution and Christianity, specifically the historicity of Adam. The show just aired and you can listen to the show here. On the show, too, were Denis Alexander and Fuz Rana. Denis, a molecular biologist, is the former director of [...]

“You Are Boring” and Other Friendly Writing Tips

May 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment

I really don’t think of myself as a writer. I’ve written a bunch of books, but that doesn’t make me writer. It just means I type a lot. Writing is different. I know good writers, and they intimidate me. They think about what they are going to say, organize their thoughts, use adjectives, and spell-check, all the things I don’t want to [...]

Ancient Biology in Genesis (or Goats Begat Goats): Slideshow 6 from Denis Lamoureux

May 17, 2013 By 13 Comments

Today we continue Denis Lamoureux’s series of brief slideshows on his popular book I Love Jesus & I Accept Evolution. In the previous four slideshows, Lamoureux covered chapters 1 and 2, chapter 3, a supplement to chapter 4 (the sources of Genesis) and chapter 4 (“Biblical Accounts of Origins”). Today’s post summarizes chapter 6 of his book: Genesis contains not only an ”ancient [...]

Is God Out to Get You or Forgive You? Retributive Violence and the Gospel

May 16, 2013 By 37 Comments

I’ve been doing some writing lately, and a nagging topic keeps coming up in one way or another and won’t leave me alone. Last year, I put up a few posts on divine violence against Canaanites in the Old Testament (here, here, here, here, and more recently here), which is enough of a topic to [...]

Helping Friends in Need: A Fundraiser for the Bohannons

May 14, 2013 By 1 Comment

Two dear friends of mine, Steve and April Bohannon, have had more than their share of challenges, struggles, and fears. For the past decade, April has had recurring bouts with brain cancer (see her brief story below). Beyond the worries that accompany such trials, the financial strain of medical costs have been oppressive. April has [...]

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Does Evolution Cancel Out the Fall of Adam? Depends on Whose Adam You Have in Mind

May 13, 2013 By 63 Comments

John Schneider (former professor of theology at Calvin College) recently posted an article online: “The Fall of ‘Augustinian Adam’: Original Fragility and Supralapsarian Purpose.”  The title is a mouthful, but his basic point is whether Adam in any sense is compatible with evolution. His answer is yes, provided it is not the Adam the western church has [...]

Episcopalians on Science and Faith: gettin’ it done (evangelicals could learn something)

May 11, 2013 By 35 Comments

“The goal of human knowing is neither to exalt science over other forms of inquiry nor to use theology as a magic wand to make things we can’t otherwise explain vanish. The goal of human knowing is instead to seek to engage God, the world, and ourselves in one unified frame of meaning.” ~The Very [...]

Learn about the Cultural Background to the Bible (with pictures and everything)

May 9, 2013 By 6 Comments

In 2009, Zondervan released the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary. The Old Testament portion of this set is a massive 5-volume, 3000+ page, hard cover boxed set that cost about as much as my first car. (The New Testament set is a mere 4 volumes.) The dilemma is that this heavy and expensive set (about [...]

Thoughts on Teaching Bible at a Christian College

May 8, 2013 By 14 Comments

After teaching almost entirely at the seminary and doctoral levels for eighteen years, I’ve been teaching Bible courses to college students at Eastern University for the last three semesters. So, of course, this makes me an expert. All kidding aside, I’ve had to do some thinking about how to pull this off. Teaching Bible in a [...]

Biblical Accounts of Origins: Slideshow 4 from Denis Lamoureux

May 7, 2013 By 7 Comments

Today we continue Denis Lamoureux’s series of brief slideshows on his popular book I Love Jesus & I Accept Evolution. In the previous three slideshows, Lamoureux covered chapters 1 and 2, chapter 3, and a supplement to chapter 4 where he looked at the sources of Genesis. Today’s lesson covers chapter 4 of his book, “Biblical Accounts of Origins.” [...]