What comes to mind when you think of “The Garden of Eden”? Chances are that your mind will immediately jump to some picture you saw from a 3rd grade Sunday School class. Right now, you are imagining it: a lush, Amazon-like jungle, filled with a whole bunch of different animals: a gazelle here, a lion…
Some of the most hotly-contested chapters in the entire Bible these days are those found in Genesis 1-11. Young Earth Creationists argue that they are literal history and that to question that means you are undermining not only Scripture, but ultimately the Gospel itself. On the other side of the spectrum, you have militant atheists…
Allow me to begin this post with a brief re-telling of Genesis 2-3… A Truncated Telling of Genesis 2-3 As God was showing the man around the garden, He pointed out all the various fruit trees the man could eat from. “And here we have an apple tree, over there is a pear tree, and…
Jordan Peterson’s third rule in his book 12 Rules for Life–Make Friends with People Who Want the Best for You–reflects the concerns of every parent for their child as soon as they get into junior high and high school: you don’t want your child to “get into the wrong crowd.” We all realize, because we’ve…
In his book, 12 Rules for Life, Jordan Peterson’s second rule is, “Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping.” Basically, it means you should take care of yourself, respect yourself, and see yourself—despite all your faults and fears—as someone worthy of a good life. If you do that, then you will make better…
A couple of months ago, Andy Walsh contacted me and asked if I would do a book review of his upcoming book, Faith Across the Multiverse: Parables from Modern Science. I agreed, but quite honestly, I was a bit hesitant. Yes, over the past three years I have written quite a lot about the creation/evolution…
In my last post, I discussed Jordan Peterson’s first rule in his book 12 Rules for Life: “Stand up straight, with your shoulders back.” In that chapter, he used the example of a lobster to make a rather obvious, but often over-looked point: life is full of challenges, and you are bound to find yourself…
We now come to addressing the first of Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life. His first rule (and hence the title of his first chapter) is Stand up straight with your shoulders back. When it comes right down to it, this rule is fairly straightforward: it is telling you to be prepared to take life…
Based on Jordan Peterson’s various lectures and debates, if I was to crystalize what I felt he was really all about at a fundamental level, it would have to be these two things: (1) Peterson really, really does not like it when people hold a blind allegiance to any particular ideology—he sees that as dehumanizing…
Now that summer is coming to a close, my son will soon be back in school and I will be getting back into my routine as an adjunct instructor at my local university, as well as to being able to get back to writing on my blog with a bit more consistency again. In addition…