In Institute for Creation Research Graduate School v. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, (WD TX, June 18, 2010), a Texas federal district court upheld the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s refusal to grant the Institute of Creation Research Graduate School a certificate of authority to offer a Master of Science degree with a major in ...
The avoidance of this question about the age of the universe will come at the cost of our own credibility. But disaster ensues when the book of natural revelation is used to trump the book of special revelation. We would not be having this discussion today if these questions were not being posed to us ...
I linked to a post the other day about babies and morality. Now the New York Times carries a much longer story. All of this research, taken together, supports a general picture of baby morality. It’s even possible, as a thought experiment, to ask what it would be like to see the world in the ...
If we deny the historicity of Adam, “then the question will never allow itself to be finally suppressed: Is not Christ in his resurrection also a ‘teaching model’…?” (6) If the historicity of the first Adam is considered irrelevant to us, why then should the historicity of the second Adam not also be irrelevant to ...
Theophilus was a Christian in the second century. We are blessed to have some of his writings with us today. Here are his comments concerning the flood and the age of the earth. Chapter 19 (Click here for online version.) Accurate Account Of The Deluge And neither does he make out that there was a ...
It seems fashionable today for a person to state that creationism is of recent origin. In fact, those who claim this often take their claim further and state that it began with E.G. White and the Seventh Day Adventists. Is this so? What does history tell us about this? Consider: We know from Moses that ...
As scholars, teachers, preachers, professors, et al discuss the Genesis creation account there are varied perspectives. An age old joke asks “What do you get when you put three Baptists in a room?” Answer: “Five opinions.” The opinions concerning Genesis chapters 1-2 (and sometimes expanding to chapter 11) are proliferating in like manner. In fact, ...
It seems that the going thing for many is to draw parallels between the Genesis Creation account and various myths from the ancient Near East. I have not read much from the ancient Near East, but what I have read seems to be more dis-similar than similar. Why the parallelism/parallelomania? Are there truly parallels to ...
Bible believers are often ridiculed because it is assumed that the Bible teaches geocentricity instead of heliocentricity. It is now interesting to read that relativity may be the true answer. “Einstein’s theory of general relativity adds further to the debate. It asserts that it is impossible for a human observer to determine whether any material ...
GE 17:15-16, 20:11-12, 22:17 Abraham and his half sister, Sarai, are married and receive God’s blessings. LE 20:17, DT 27:20-23 Incest is wrong. What is the true issue here? Is it that there is an inconsistency in the Scriptures, or is it that there is a misunderstanding of the nature of revelation on the part ...