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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 [...]

Randomness in Nature

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Here is another reader question that was submitted through my website: 

“You seem to argue against I.D. and other notions of special creation based on what appears to be randomness in evolution. so, if randomness argues against special creation, wouldn’t it also argue against providentially guided evolution?”

Wow!  Another great question.  First I have to clarify my [...]

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.  [...]

Right on Schedule

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Well, it’s August 30th and Beyond the Firmamentis actually starting to ship.  I got my copies yesterday.  If you haven’t pre-ordered your copy yet, now is the time!
I’m posting this in the “book discussion” category rather than the “news and events” category to remind folks who read the book and have questions that the primary [...]

About this category

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

This category is reserved for posts that deal with reader submitted comments and questions about the book.  For most thoughtful Christians who read Beyond the Firmament, there are two more questions raised for every one answered.  This is a common problem when dealing with complex issues that have no easy answers.
While I definitely think that the overall approach to issues [...]