Archive for September, 2007

Advice to Atheists

Friday, September 28th, 2007

One of the most common arguments that Atheists use against Christianity is what to do about about all of the senseless evil, violence and suffering in a world governed by a good and gracious God.  Indeed this is a serious problem with no easy answers.  But I can’t really understand why a true atheist would even care about […]

Science and Providence

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

The main reason I started a companion website and blog for BTF was to provide a forum to discuss issues related to the book.  I’ve spent a lot of time discussing these things with friends and family members over the last year or two, but now I’ve got a specific discussion topic from a reader.  […]

Lawyers and Scientists

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

What do Trial Lawyers have in common with Creation Scientists?  Probably not a whole lot.  But I did think of a useful analogy the other day that ties these two groups together in a strange way.
For anyone who has kept up with the ongoing creation/evolution debate, you’ve probably seen hundreds of books and videos that claim to present […]

Book Reviews

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Cliff Martin over at Outside the Box has reviewed Beyond the Firmament for his blog readers.  Click here to visit his site and read the review.  Cliff has also promised to provide some BTF discussion topics that we will be discussing here.  Stay tuned for that! 
 Also, the generous folks over at Perspectives on Theistic Evolution have reviewed […]

Climbing the Charts

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

We are in our second week of publication, and have some more good news to report.  According to a recent press release (click here read), BTF reached #3 on Amazon’s “Hot New Releases” chart for general Christian books, and #20 on cosmology bestsellers!  Strange, since the focus of the book really isn’t about cosmology, per se.  Of […]