On more than one occasion, someone has asked how my views on Genesis square with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) Report of the Creation Study Committee on the days of creation. In my own local PCA congregation, we recently did a fascinating study on how Genesis relates to each of the four views presented [...]

When Watertree Press released Beyond the Firmament last summer, we were counting on finding some favor with sympathetic audiences, but we were also bracing for the possibility of harsh criticism from some conservative evangelicals.  So far, this hasn’t happened.  In fact, all 6 of my Amazon.com reviews are “5-stars” which is quite surprising given how contentious the creation/evolution controversy can be.
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I haven’t posted anything here in a while because most of “blog-time” lately has been spent over at Mychurch.org debating the merits of YEC, Big Bang Theory, and common descent. 
If any of my readers are interested in reading a lively discussion, you can read the comments here: http://www.mychurch.org/blog/116018/What-other-kind-of-day-is-there?  My comments start at “January 01, 2008 at [...]

Young-Earth Creationists (YECs) will often use the “appearance of age” argument to completely dismiss any scientific evidence of an old earth.  It’s actually a very difficult thing to argue against.  After all, imagine Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.  They would have immediately appeared as fully-formed adults.  A forensic investigation into their apparent [...]