Climbing the Charts
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 course these things fluctuate daily, but so for these are good numbers. Thanks for buying the book!
-GJG
September 16th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
I’ve started to read the book. Thank you! I will be recommending it my friends. Your strength, I believe, is analogy and metaphor. Your analogies open delightful windows upon the truth.
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!
September 16th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Thanks Cliff, it’s great to get feedback. I do love to draw analogies and to put complicated ideas in simple terms. That was one of the primary reasons why I decided to write the book - since I’m not really going to add anything scientific or theological to the debate that hasn’t already been said a hundred times over.
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
September 20th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Got the book today, and it looks good! Since I just got a few books at the same time, I can’t jump right into it, but skimming through gives me a good feeling!
September 20th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Thanks Vance. I’m looking forward to your feedback!