http://biologos.org/resources/find/Essay/any/Earth_ Universe & Time,Pastors,Creation & Origins/sort-by-Newest?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication This is a custom feed of BioLogos resources. Make a new feed at http://biologos.org/resources/find en Copyright 2013 2013-05-19T00:51:40-08:00 http://biologos.org/essays/the-biologos-foundation-and-darwins-pious-idea?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/the-biologos-foundation-and-darwins-pious-idea?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this paper, theologian John Wesley Wright reviews Connor Cunningham's book Darwin's Pious Idea, a work that deeply explores the integration of Darwinian evolutionary theory and Christian faith. Darwin's Pious Idea, a work that deeply explores the integration of Darwinian evolutionary theory and Christian faith.]]> Wed, 19 Oct 11 13:50:46 -0700 John Wesley Wright http://biologos.org/essays/understanding-adam?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/understanding-adam?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this paper, Pete Enns looks at from a unique angle to some: Adam is the beginning of Israel, not humanity. He follows through with how this line of thinking affects our reading of the Genesis account. Wed, 19 Oct 11 13:33:48 -0700 Pete Enns http://biologos.org/essays/come-and-see?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/come-and-see?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication This chapter from Mark Noll's book Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind seeks to understand science through a Christ-centered lens. Overall, if one accepts that nature is created and sustained by Jesus Christ, the author explains, then one must conclude that looking at nature is, in fact, the best way to learn about nature. Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind seeks to understand science through a Christ-centered lens. Overall, if one accepts that nature is created and sustained by Jesus Christ, the author explains, then one must conclude that looking at nature is, in fact, the best way to learn about nature.]]> Wed, 19 Oct 11 12:43:35 -0700 Mark Noll http://biologos.org/essays/the-collapsing-universe-in-the-bible?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/the-collapsing-universe-in-the-bible?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this essay, Godawa argues that the decreation language of a collapsing universe with falling stars and signs in the heavens was actually symbolic discourse about world-changing events and powers related to the end of the old covenant and the coming of the new covenant as God’s “new world order.” In this interpretation, predictions of the collapsing universe were figuratively fulfilled in the historic past of the first century. Wed, 19 Oct 11 12:25:42 -0700 Brian Godawa http://biologos.org/essays/science-as-an-instrument-of-worship?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/science-as-an-instrument-of-worship?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication NASA astronomer Jennifer Wiseman asserts that studying creation can show us the nature of God; science can inform us of what we need to do as stewards of God’s creation; understanding the natural world gives us a deeper knowledge of Jesus Christ; and science can give us a better understanding of ourselves. This essay was presented at the November 2009 Theology of Celebration Workshop. Mon, 02 May 11 19:10:34 -0700 Jennifer Wiseman http://biologos.org/essays/barriers-to-accepting-creation-by-an-evolutionary-process-I?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/barriers-to-accepting-creation-by-an-evolutionary-process-I?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Renowned Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke considers eleven barriers that prevent evangelical theologians from accepting evolution as a possible means of creation and what these barriers tell us about the tensions perceived by many Evangelicals between science and faith. Waltke's work was based on a survey sent to members of the Fellowship of Evangelical Seminary Presidents and their faculty. Mon, 02 May 11 19:04:27 -0700 Bruce Waltke http://biologos.org/essays/an-evangelical-geneticists-critique-of-reasons-to-believes-testable-creatio?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/an-evangelical-geneticists-critique-of-reasons-to-believes-testable-creatio?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Biologist and BioLogos Senior Fellow Denis Venema examines the interaction between RTB literature and several lines of genetics-based evidence for common ancestry. In so doing, he also addresses the scientific robustness and reliability of the RTB model. Mon, 02 May 11 19:02:57 -0700 Dennis Venema http://biologos.org/essays/metaphor-mystery-and-paradox-at-the-confluence-of-science-and-faith?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/metaphor-mystery-and-paradox-at-the-confluence-of-science-and-faith?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Artist and BioLogos Senior Fellow Mark Sprinkle considers the role mystery plays in both science and faith, and why basing one's faith purely on reason in fact contributes to a rationalist view of the world rejected by many Christians. Mon, 02 May 11 19:00:40 -0700 Mark Sprinkle http://biologos.org/essays/faithful-poetics-and-christian-knowledge-of-the-world?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/faithful-poetics-and-christian-knowledge-of-the-world?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Artist and BioLogos Senior Fellow Mark Sprinkle describes the importance of acknowledging the creative and subjective aspects of human knowledge in the midst of the debates about the relationship between science and faith. Mon, 02 May 11 18:59:47 -0700 Mark Sprinkle http://biologos.org/essays/evangelicals-creation-and-scripture-an-overview?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/evangelicals-creation-and-scripture-an-overview?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Mark Noll, historian and author of The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, enumerates 15 attitudes, assumptions, and convictions he considers to be most influential in inciting anti-intellectual sentiment among evangelical Christians. The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, enumerates 15 attitudes, assumptions, and convictions he considers to be most influential in inciting anti-intellectual sentiment among evangelical Christians.]]> Mon, 02 May 11 18:50:53 -0700 Mark Noll http://biologos.org/essays/human-evolution-in-theological-context?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/human-evolution-in-theological-context?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this scholarly paper, physicist, theologian, and minister George Murphy offers a theological look at human evolution and the implications it has for Christianity. Mon, 02 May 11 18:46:30 -0700 George Murphy http://biologos.org/essays/evolutionary-creation-a-christian-approach-to-evolution?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/evolutionary-creation-a-christian-approach-to-evolution?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Professor Denis Lamoureux presents the theory of evolutionary creation, which claims that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit created the universe and life through an ordained, sustained, and design-reflecting evolutionary process. The view of origins, says Lamoureux, fully embraces both the religious beliefs of biblical Christianity and the scientific theories of cosmological, geological, and biological evolution. Mon, 25 Apr 11 18:35:05 -0700 Denis Lamoureux http://biologos.org/essays/the-biblical-creation-in-its-ancient-near-eastern-context?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/the-biblical-creation-in-its-ancient-near-eastern-context?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication "As a Christian and a biblical scholar, I care both about Scripture as truth and about the ongoing scholarly conversation regarding the composition of the Hebrew Scriptures. And so, when I was asked to speak on the story of creation in Genesis 1, I welcomed the opportunity to give my thoughts on the interaction between this text and its ancient Near Eastern context." Mon, 25 Apr 11 18:33:35 -0700 Joseph Lam http://biologos.org/essays/concerns-of-the-typical-parishonerquot-or-quotcreation-evolution-and-christ?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/concerns-of-the-typical-parishonerquot-or-quotcreation-evolution-and-christ?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this paper, Keller considers three main clusters of questions lay people raise when they learn of anyone teaching that biological evolution and biblical orthodoxy can be compatible. Keller offers some ideas on how to provide responses that take these concerns seriously. Mon, 25 Apr 11 18:17:57 -0700 Tim Keller http://biologos.org/essays/engaging-todays-militant-atheist-arguments?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/engaging-todays-militant-atheist-arguments?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this paper, MIT professor Ian Hutchinson addresses the question of how to engage arguments put forward by the New Atheists. In doing so, he offers a critique of scientism, the assumption that scientific knowledge is all the real knowledge there is. scientism, the assumption that scientific knowledge is all the real knowledge there is.]]> Mon, 25 Apr 11 18:14:01 -0700 Ian Hutchinson http://biologos.org/essays/the-how-of-creation-parameters-and-nodes-for-gracious-and-fruitful-dialogue?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/the-how-of-creation-parameters-and-nodes-for-gracious-and-fruitful-dialogue?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Hastings provides a biblical and theological basis for healthy and fruitful dialogue on the theology and science of origins. Mon, 25 Apr 11 18:13:55 -0700 Ross Hastings http://biologos.org/essays/mesopotamian-cosmic-geography-in-the-bible?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/mesopotamian-cosmic-geography-in-the-bible?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Brian Godawa looks at several aspects of ancient cosmography (descriptions of the universe) that also appear in the Bible, and what these aspects of the text mean for our understanding of Scripture. Mon, 25 Apr 11 17:55:57 -0700 Brian Godawa http://biologos.org/essays/biblical-creation-and-storytelling-cosmogony-combat-and-covenant?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/biblical-creation-and-storytelling-cosmogony-combat-and-covenant?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication The literary conventions employed in Genesis chapter 1 mark it out, not as a scientific document describing material origins, but as a theological polemic against surrounding ancient Near Eastern pagan religions. Creation language here and elsewhere in Scripture is not about establishing scientific origins of material substance and structure but about covenantal establishment and worldview. Mon, 25 Apr 11 17:53:38 -0700 Brian Godawa http://biologos.org/essays/adventist-origins-of-young-earth-creationism?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/adventist-origins-of-young-earth-creationism?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Many evangelicals believe that Young Earth Creationism is the only authentic, biblical way for Christians to understand origins, and that until the advent of Darwin's theory of evolution, it was the only view held by Christians. However, in this excerpt from Saving Darwin, Karl Giberson explains that Young Earth Creationism's origins are surprisingly recent. only view held by Christians. However, in this excerpt from Saving Darwin, Karl Giberson explains that Young Earth Creationism's origins are surprisingly recent. ]]> Mon, 25 Apr 11 17:36:54 -0700 Karl Giberson http://biologos.org/essays/concerns-of-the-typical-agnostic-scientist?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/concerns-of-the-typical-agnostic-scientist?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Falk's paper asks evangelical Christians to explore whether they are propping up a bubble that they, not God, have created, thereby isolating themselves from the world of academics. The essay describes five layers that may play a role in unnecessarily blocking entry, or reentry, of agnostic scientists into the realm of evangelicalism. Mon, 25 Apr 11 17:17:59 -0700 Darrel Falk