Last month, the conservative Reformed theologian Douglas Wilson wrote a blog post entitled, “Those BioLogos Unbelievers.” I was made aware of it when someone shared it in one of the Science/Christianity Facebook groups I am in. The gist of the post was this: If you claim to believe Jesus, then you’ll believe what the Bible…
We now come to Part 3 three of my analysis of Ken Ham’s most recent book, Gospel Reset: Salvation Made Relevant. In his book, he attempts to make the case that the American culture of yesteryear (i.e. 1950s) was much more Christian, and in this respect was much more like the Jewish culture of the…
In my previous post, I began to look at the most recent book by Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis (AiG), Gospel Reset: Salvation Made Relevant. In that post, I looked at Ham’s initial analysis regarding the current state of our culture and noted that his basic thesis can be boiled down to viewing the…
Earlier this year, Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis sent out to countless pastors and churches throughout the country their new short book entitled, Gospel Reset: Salvation Made Relevant. All in all, it was a little over 100 pages, had quite a few of the standard cartoons and charts that AiG peppers all its publications…
Genesis 1-11 ends with the famous story of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9—which surprisingly takes up only nine verses), and then yet one more genealogy, this time of Shem’s offspring up to Abram (Genesis 11:10-32). Most people are familiar with the story of the Tower of Babel, but again we need to ask, “What’s…
Genesis 9 is a fun chapter. Yes, the actual flood story in Genesis 6-8 tends to get the most attention, but at least as far as I’m concerned, Genesis 9 has two real gems in it for consideration. One involves clear literary parallels to the original creation story in Genesis 1-2. After seeing the flood…
Compared to everyone else in Genesis 1-11, Noah gets the most ink by far. The story of Noah’s flood goes from Genesis 6:5 to the end of chapter 8. And then, Noah even gets another chapter after the flood is over, in Genesis 9. Now, the interesting thing about the story of Noah and the…
I haven’t been writing on my blog much for the past month. In fact, I think this is only the second post in the past 4-5 weeks. Part of the reason for that is because I’ve been busy with the courses I am currently teaching. Another reason is that I’ve been busy editing my Worldview…
You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept bribes, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right. Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and occupy the land that the LORD…
Before we get to Noah, I want to address that curious little story in Genesis 6:1-4. It is one of those passages that leaves most people scratching their heads. Here’s what it says: 1When people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them, 2the sons of God saw…