Recently there was a large march in Washington, D.C. called the March for Science. I love science. God is the author of science. But if the march participants hold to these statements, I really question their view of science. What is science? Simply stated, science is knowledge. More specifically, science is "systematized knowledge derived from [...]
God sent air-breathing animals onto Noah's Ark (Gen 6:20, 7:15). The “unclean” (see Deuteronomy 14:7-19 & Leviticus 11:2-31) came in pairs (a male and female) and the clean animals came in sevens – probably three male-female pairs plus one extra for Noah’s first sacrifice (Gen 8:20). This is the workweek and Sabbath pattern. As Matthew [...]
The fossil record is often cited as evidence for evolution. But actually it provides support for a biblical creationist worldview. As in all aspects of the Creation vs. Evolution debate, each side follows certain pre-suppositions. The creationist presupposes an eternal supernatural Creator God, design, thousands of years, abrupt changes, and catastrophism. While the evolutionist presupposes [...]
What is a biblical perspective of environmentalism? God as the Creator and owner of the earth (Isaiah 45:12, Psalm 24:1) has mandated that mankind should take stewardship or dominion over the earth’s physical and biological realms. A good term for this is conservation - the act of preserving, protecting and properly managing the earth’s natural [...]
The question of evil is a classic issue that some people use as an excuse to reject the existence of a loving God. We often cannot explain why things happen – especially if we try to know the mind of God, who said, my ways are not your ways, Isa 55:7-9. But the Bible gives [...]
In our world today, almost everyone is taught that the universe and the earth are billions of years old. The Big Bang Theory puts the origin of the universe at 15 to 20 billion years. Matter was originally compressed into a singularity – a small dot! From this explosion (or rapid expansion), all the stars [...]
This is the third and last in a series concerning Theistic Evolution. The term Theistic Evolution is used here as an umbrella term for attempts, mostly by Christians, to combine evolution or millions and billions of years of earth history with the Bible. Although, some of the proponents claim to reject evolution, they open the [...]
This is the second in a series about attempts to reconcile a supposed ancient earth (millions or billions of years old) with the Bible. One of these attempts is the Gap Theory, which after two centuries is still popular today, even among conservative Christians. As mentioned in the first blog, by the end of the 18th [...]
If we believe Jesus when He said Adam and Eve were created “at the beginning” (i.e., the sixth day of creation – Matthew 19:4), and we take the genealogies of chapters 5 and 11 of Genesis literally as historical narrative, we see that the earth is about 6,000 years old. Yet today, most Christian theologians, [...]
Some people argue that God must not be just because He allows so much evil in the world. But then many of these same people cling to the philosophy of evolution, rejecting God as their judge. The fact is that God is our sovereign Creator exercising perfect justice over all the earth for all time. [...]
