Theology
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RELIGIONS: Special Issue
Read more: RELIGIONS: Special Issue“Exploring Science from a Biblical Perspective,” a special issue of the online, open-access journal Religions, for which I was the invited guest editor, has been completed. The articles cover a range of topics, from the Big Bang to the Panda’s Thumb. A brief Introduction with links to all of the articles is here: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/8/1023 .…
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Details of the upcoming meeting on “Is the natural world good or bad?”
Read more: Details of the upcoming meeting on “Is the natural world good or bad?”We are excited to announce our upcoming one-day seminar slated for this coming Saturday, October 24, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern US time. The title will be “Is the natural world good or bad?” and will address the general question of whether nature is “fallen,” and if so, what that means. Many Christians…
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responding to Tim McGrew
Read more: responding to Tim McGrewTim’s talk on Tuesday night was my first exposure to his work and thought. I found his presentation well reasoned, clear, and helpful to me in a number of ways. That said, I think there is more going on when a person comes to faith than “rational process” as described in this lecture. While a…
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Southern California Meeting, January 26-27, on Natural Evil
Read more: Southern California Meeting, January 26-27, on Natural EvilWe will be meeting on the campus of Biola University, January 26-27, on the topic of “Natural Evil.” Many evolutionists point to “bad design” in nature, or predators, etc., as evidence of evolution by undirected processes. Many Christians also accept that these things are “bad,” and argue that they are a result of the Curse…
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The problem of evil
Read more: The problem of evil[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] A new article by David Snoke is now available, on the problem of evil. The article looks at what we can know from logic and Scripture, and what we must leave as a mystery. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
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Book Review: Critiquing the theology of theistic evolution
Read more: Book Review: Critiquing the theology of theistic evolutionShadow of Oz, by Wayne Rossiter (Wipf and Stock, 2015) does something that should have been done a long time ago: it takes a direct and critical look at the theology of theistic evolution. Often the debate over intelligent design (ID) has been cast in terms of questioning the theological premises of ID, e.g., accusations of…