One of the most illuminating, albeit frustrating, intellectual exercises one can do is to read something by someone with whom you completely disagree, and then write about what they claim and why you disagree with them. It sharpens the intellect to force yourself to not only articulate an opposing view, but to then articulate precisely…
A long, long time ago, before the scandalous and now discredited Buzzfeed article, and before the instant outrage and back-peddling regarding the tribal chieftain and Covington Catholic teenagers on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, there was yet another outrage blowing up on social media regarding the recent Gillette advertisement about “toxic masculinity.” Now, when…
Earlier today, in one of the creation/evolution Facebook groups I am in, someone posted an article from last year by ICR (The Institute of Creation Research) regarding a recent archeological find in Jerusalem. The article, by Brian Thomas, was entitled, “Archeological Evidence for Isaiah.” In short, it was about a clay seal that was discovered…
I have long said that atheists like Richard Dawkins and YECists like Ken Ham are each other’s doppleganger, and actually share the same fundamental worldview, despite being on completely opposites ends of the so-called “creation/evolution debate.” And every now and then, another piece of evidence presents itself to further solidify my view. In this case,…
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…