I was interested to see where you started. On the blog site I recently started in which I hope to discuss science and theology, I started out with posts on General Revelation, Special Revelation, and Progressive Revelation. Epistemology is the necessary starting point. Thank you for giving us yours.

As a former Calvinist, I may take exception to some of your comments about Providence, Divine Intervention, etc. You and I may share some friendly iron sharpening. But for the most part, I love what you are doing in this book!

Believe it or not, I’m actually working on a children’s book that does this very thing for kids. More on that later!

I wrestled with whether or not to bring my Reformed views into the discussion, since you don’t have to be a Calvinist to accept my arguments on science and faith. But I actually came to the conclusion while writing this book that a Reformed view of providence helps to give the natural sciences a context from which to operate. Things like chance, chaos, and complexity are just as much a part of the mystery of providence as are Newton’s laws of motion. Again, not a central issue - and hopefully it won’t destract non-Calvinists from my arguments.

Of course, this is just the way I currently see it and there could be other ways of looking at it that I have yet to consider. I’ve changed my mind on things too many times to rest comfortably with any ideas! Semper Reformada!

I look forward to hearing more from your perspective. I’ve really enjoyed what I’ve seen from your blog so far and I’m honored that you will recommend BTF to your audience. I also look forward to jumping into the discussions over on “Outside the Box” as things come up.

-GJG