97% of scientists accept some form of evolution (there must be something wrong with them)

April 12, 2013 By 91 Comments

A few days ago I posted the main bullet points for the lecture I gave at the Evangelical Theological Society on April 6. Some of the responses perpetuate common yet unconvincing lines of defense. For example, I began my talk by saying that I accept the scientific consensus as a staring point when discussing the question of [...]

Filed Under: creation, evolution, science and faith 91 Comments

Framing the Evangelical Discussion of Adam and Evolution

April 8, 2013 By 103 Comments

This past Saturday, I gave a paper at the northeast regional meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, which met on the campus of Alliance Theological Seminary, Nyack, NY. I was asked to talk about my book The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins. It’s no surprise that how I [...]

Filed Under: Adam, Evangelicalism, evolution, inerrancy, Inspiration and Incarnation, The Evolution of Adam 103 Comments

Tim Keller on Homosexuality and Biblical Authority: Different Crisis, Same Problem.

April 1, 2013 By 162 Comments

In a recent Ethics and Public Policy Center forum, Tim Keller spoke to a group of journalists and was asked about his views on gay marriage and homosexuality. Keller’s response included the following prediction of how evangelicals will make peace with this issue:  ”Large numbers of evangelical Christians, even younger ones…will continue to hold the view [...]

Filed Under: biblical authority, Evangelicalism, evolution, homosexuality, inerrancy, Tim Keller 162 Comments

Uh Oh, What if God Actually DOES Play Dice (or, Is Evolution Random?)

March 23, 2013 By 18 Comments

Helen De Cruz (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Institute of Philosophy), recently posted a brief article “A Darwinian Dilemma for the Theist Who Accepts Evolutionary Theory.” Despite the fact that Dr. De Cruz is clearly one of the brighter bulbs in the chandelier (she has PhDs in philosophy and archaeology, her areas of interestes are things like Cognitive [...]

Filed Under: evolution, The Evolution of Adam 18 Comments

Exploring Evolution and Christianity with an Agnostic

February 7, 2013 By 51 Comments

Over the next few weeks, I plan to host several interviews of authors who are writing on Christianity and evolution.  As readers of the blog well know, I sort of think this conversation is important, I’m pretty sure it ain’t goin’ away, and more and more thinkers are entering the conversation. In today’s post, I [...]

Filed Under: Bruce Glass, evolution, Faith and Reason, science and faith 51 Comments
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