about 11 months ago - 7 comments
I've been pondering the issue of creation and evolution for years, and I thought it was about time to set out my current thinking on the area. This is all provisional and subject to change, but the points below are things that I'm fairly sure about. If you desperately want to label me with one…
about 1 year ago - 12 comments
Have a quick look at this, and then read on: Does God have body parts? An idea... We could speak about different "domains" of reality. Some of these domains are readily accessible to our senses, and some are not. Let D be a domain of reality. Then in the world of the Hebrew Scriptures, we…
about 3 years ago - No comments
I could be wrong, but there seems to have been more discussion recently amongst Christians within the evangelical church about how to fit Adam and Eve into an evolutionary framework. I think the historical progression of thought has been something like this: Of course, Adam and Eve were specially created by God, and were the…
about 3 years ago - No comments
Lots of little gems on the Vimeo page for A Passion for Life. Here's my favourite, featuring the legendary Don Carson on fine form:
about 4 years ago - No comments
So if the Christian God is entirely different to whatever God anyone else worships, then what - or who - is this God? Mike Reeves, part 2 (with a bit of help from the Cappadocian Fathers): God is Father, Son and Spirit loving each other. That's it. Okay, that's a bit more appealing than Aristotle's…
about 4 years ago - 1 comment
Do you believe in God? Yes? Whoa, hold on a minute! Which God are we talking about? Sorry? Which God do you believe in? You see, the assumption is that we all know what God is; we may differ on the details, but there's no dispute about the fundamental definition. So if you were of…
about 6 years ago - 3 comments
Six-minute mini-debate on the Today Programme this morning, featuring William Lane Craig and Lewis Wolpert. I'm hoping to get to the real thing this evening.