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July 2015

July 26, 2015

Cain the Drama Queen (YEC Version of Genesis 4)

The image comes from God of Evolution on Facebook. Obviously young-earth creationists can explain away...

July 25, 2015

Science and Christianity in the U. S.

I've been meaning for a while to share this visual depiction of the stance of...

July 24, 2015

Sacred Selfies

I learned that the last supper selfie I shared recently is by artist Gunduz Agayev, who...

July 22, 2015

Biblical Scholars Fighting Creationism

Hector Avalos has a new article in The Bible and Interpretation about the need for Biblical scholars...

July 03, 2015

No Adam, No Christ?

I was asked a question on Facebook, and thought I would share the answer I...

July 01, 2015

Translating Genesis 19

There has been a significant amount of discussion online in recent days about the way...

May 2015

May 20, 2015

Genesis 1 (Fixed It For You)

So-called "literal" interpreters of Genesis are often blind to the things they read into the...

May 07, 2015

Isaac, I Am Your Father

The image is by Matt Page and has the title "The Faith of Anakin." I...

April 2015

April 21, 2015

Genesis 2 is Not Literal (The Bible Tells Me So)

The quote comes from my recent post "Marriage is Sacred." The point is one that...

April 21, 2015

Marriage is Sacred

I talked about this topic in my Sunday school class this past Sunday, as we reached...

March 2015

March 22, 2015

A Comparison of Flood Details

From Bible Study and the Christian Life

March 13, 2015

Review of The Lost World of Adam and Eve

I'm delighted to be a participant in the Patheos Book Club about John Walton's latest...

March 01, 2015

#NoahWins

Saturday's Non Sequitur connected Noah and Twitter. It isn't the first time such a connection...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

A Missing Page From Genesis

A friend drew my attention to this cartoon from People in White Coats. I'm a...

February 23, 2015

David Clines on the Varieties of Biblical Creation

Biblical Studies Online shared the above lecture by David Clines, which is about the variety...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

Some Say

Historically, there have been a variety of explanations for the way things are. Most of...

January 25, 2015

Importing Modern-Day Science Into Ancient Texts

I shared a long quote from Mike Beidler a while back, and a discussion occurred...

January 19, 2015

Genesis 3 Paradox

Yuriy Stasyuk made the meme above, to highlight the apparent paradox in Genesis 3. If...

January 16, 2015

Which Biblical Patriarch Are You?

Don't worry, this isn't one of those Buzzfeed quizzes - although perhaps I should make...

January 11, 2015

Doctor Who: The Ark in Space

Doctor Who had explored the scenario of humans sending an ark into space to survive the...

January 08, 2015

Genesis 37:3 (Whovian Version)

January 08, 2015

John Walton on Genesis and Ancient Creation Ideas

I became aware today of two talks by John Walton. The first is primarily about...

January 03, 2015

Origen on Adam (Corrected)

Ken Brown pointed out that the image I shared misattributed the quotation to the wrong...

January 02, 2015

Origen on Adam

Of related interest, see Jared Calaway's recent blog post about what Origen wrote about animal...

December 2014

December 04, 2014

Adam and Eve’s Neighbors

From today's Bizarro

December 01, 2014

Explaining the Fossil Evidence from a YEC Perspective

Via Michael Roberts

November 2014

November 25, 2014

If the Flood was Global, the Mormons are Right!

I had an interesting thought when a commenter shared how they respond to the claim that...

November 23, 2014

The Nippur Flood Tablet and Genesis

Peter Bekins sent me the following by e-mail, and I thought I should share it...

November 20, 2014

Geology is the Least of the Flood’s Problems

Someone commented on a post I shared on Facebook, "The Bible gives clear evidence of...

November 06, 2014

Patience

Via Episcopal Church Memes on Facebook.

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