Posts Tagged ‘Evolution’
Evolution and Music
Some weeks ago, I posted an article called, Evolution and Marriage. The basis for that article and this is reading various histories that assume Darwinian progression in every aspect of human existence. In that article, I pointed out that if you hold a Darwinian/Materialist point of view, the notion of gay marriage is just one…
Read MoreThe Conversion of an Evolutionist: Chief Obstacles
Priorities in Presenting the Faith: an apologetic of evangelism (Part 2) In Part 1, Dr. Whitcomb recounted his eagerness to win the lost to Christ immediately after his conversion at Princeton University. To his chagrin, he found the effort very frustrating. He constantly searched for some new answer or proof that would bring about repentance,…
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Priorities in Presenting the Faith: an apologetic of evangelism (Part 1) With this post, we begin a series by Dr. John C. Whitcomb on evangelism. He begins with some personal stories, talking about his own conversion and early work in evangelizing the lost. From that introduction, he will turn to a discussion of what evangelism…
Read MoreEvolution and Marriage
Don Johnson Recent reading reminds me how thoroughly our world is committed to Darwinism. We see its effects in theories on a wide variety of subjects in the human experience. One such is the subject of marriage. I suppose we should not be surprised, but most of my reading focuses on Christian themes and literature,…
Read MoreImplications of Interpretation
The Effects of Accommodation to Evolutionary Thought Brian Collins FrontLine • July/August 2016 The interpretation of the opening chapters of Genesis is at the forefront of biblical and theological discussion once again. Evangelical scholars have recently put forward new interpretations of those chapters that attempt to harmonize Scripture with the evolutionary account of origins. The…
Read MoreThe Bible at the Center of the Modern University (2)
A. C. Dixon, D. D. Professor, The Bible Institute, Los Angeles, Calif. Editorial note: We are in the midst of a series of posts from the messages delivered at the Pre-Convention Conference of the Northern Baptist Convention, 1920. From the Conference the Fundamental Fellowship was formed which is today known as the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship…
Read MoreThe Bible at the Center of the Modern University
A. C. Dixon, D. D. Professor, The Bible Institute, Los Angeles, Calif. Editorial note: We are in the midst of a series of posts from the messages delivered at the Pre-Convention Conference of the Northern Baptist Convention, 1920. From the Conference the Fundamental Fellowship was formed which is today known as the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship…
Read MorePiltdown Chicken
Stephen Caesar In November 1999, National Geographic published photographs of what it claimed was incontrovertible proof that birds evolved from dinosaurs. In an article titled “Feathers for T. Rex?” the magazine announced, “New Birdlike Fossils Are Missing Links in Dinosaur Evolution” (Sloan 99). The article featured a photograph, taken under ultraviolet light, of a creature…
Read MoreThree Views of Science (1)
Al Isaak When you feel the sting of sleet on your face, you are a participant in scientific activity. Perhaps you have always thought of a scientist as someone surrounded by test tubes, bunsen burners, and chemicals. But science, by definition, is a compilation of observable phenomena, or more accurately, those events and processes which…
Read MoreFaith in Fact or Fairy Tale (2)
Emmett L Williams From Part 1: Is Science Bad? Many Fundamentalists look askance at anyone with a scientific background. Immediately the theory of evolution looms in their minds. Since this anti-Biblical theory has been used to destroy the faith of many, this suspicion may be justified. But should the complete area of science be condemned…
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