Archive for the 'Book Discussion' Category

PCA Report on Creation

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

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 […]

Help Spread the Word!

Friday, January 25th, 2008

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.
A […]

Atheist Reviews BTF

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

My first book reveiw from a YEC-turned atheist. 
http://recoveringyoungearthers.blogspot.com/2007/12/beyond-firmament-book-review.html
-GJG

Imago Dei

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Heather from Peru (Christian missionary from Texas) emailed me a very good question about the image of God in man. 

Help me on how those in support of macro-evolution and who love God and His Word reconcile being “made in God’s image”.  This is not a trick - I have no argument in the back of […]

Can God Tell Lies?

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

 OK - Time to catch up on reader questions.  Here is another great point for discussion by Cliff from Oregon: 

“In Chapter four, and your discussion of accommodation, you seem to present us with a false dilemma: that God had to choose between revealing truths to Moses within the context of his (mistaken) cosmogony, or introducing a […]