30
Aug 2019
The first main thing to consider in the Genesis narrative of creation is the simple fact of creation and the meaning of the distinction of things and their goodness. I have written about that during the course of the last three Sundays. Now it is time to address the second main point of the creation narrative, the special status of man, created male and female, in the image and likeness of God. In today’s world the special status of man has been under a sustained attack for more than a century, indeed......
Read More
August 23, 2019
Creation and the Origin of Evil
I have been writing about the account of creation given in the first chapter of Genesis. Today, I plan to address some subtleties that will expose some common errors and misconceptions of our own day....
August 16, 2019
The distinction and goodness of created things
Last Sunday, continuing the theme of faith and science, I began writing about the meaning of the 1st chapter of Genesis. This brief passage is one of the most important and profound writings in the...
August 09, 2019
The Meaning of Creation
Continuing on the subject of faith and science we are finally ready to take a look at the actual meaning of the creation story of Genesis. We need to begin with the fundamental truths that...
August 02, 2019
The Seven Days of Creation: Fact or Myth or Something Else?
I have been writing about faith and science and last week I wrote about how much of the perceived opposition between faith and science comes not from the scientific facts themselves, but from the impact...
July 26, 2019
Science and the Popular Stories
After writing about the limitations of modern science and giving a fuller view of human knowing through the distinction between understanding, knowledge, belief, opinion, and suspicion or conjecture, I wrote last week about how the...
July 19, 2019
Science actually points to God
I have been writing rather critically of the dominance of the ‘scientific mentality’ in preparation for writing about God the Creator and his creation. It is important to keep in mind here that science, as...
July 12, 2019
A mind made to grasp reality, Part II
After criticizing the misleading and insidious distinction between ‘fact’ and ‘opinion’ that pervades our educational system, corrupting the minds of youth, and destroying the capacity for real thought, I noted that it was not enough...
July 05, 2019
A mind made to grasp reality, Part I
Last week, writing about the distortions produced by the exaltation of science I described the insidious distinction between ‘fact’ and ‘opinion’. It is one of these seemingly innocuous and evident ‘axioms’ that already contain hidden...
June 28, 2019
The Deception of “Fact and Opinion”
Last Sunday, I began a new series on the foundational importance of faith in God the Creator. During the past couple of centuries, at least, faith in the Creator has been undermined by a perceived...