Yesterday, free copies of a new edition of Darwin’s groundbreaking On the Origin of Species were distributed at the entrances to Harvard Yard on Massachusetts Avenue. I was pleasantly surprised to receive the book (even though the text is available online), because it may be one of the most influential works of all time. But
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Last week, I pointed out a recurring inconsistency in contemporary Evangelical thought. The inconsistency was this: many Evangelicals accept as valid or even base historical arguments on the results of scientific inquiry, while at the same time denying the relevance of scientific findings in certain fields (e.g. biology, geology, astrophysics). Today I want to press
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To what extent should science inform our understanding of scripture? Always and not at all, if we are to believe the pronouncements of most contemporary Evangelical thinkers. I present as a starting point the following series of short excerpts from a systematic theology by John Feinberg, Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical
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“[R]ejection of the supernatural should not be a part of scientific methodology…. [S]cientists should be free to pursue hypotheses as they see fit, without being constrained by a particular philosophical account of what science is…. If science really is permanently committed to methodological naturalism, it follows that the aim of science is not generating true
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I can’t imagine a more beautiful place to write than where I’m currently sitting, in the lounge of Grand Teton National Park’s Jackson Lake Lodge. The view from here steals your breath away, especially at sunset when the mountains glow from behind with a golden halo and the sky turns a profound royal purple. If
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“Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster.” -Bobby Henderson, Pastafarian Prophet and Satirist Extraordinaire I admit that I used to be rather taken with Church of the Flying Spaghetti
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“…and in him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:17) As a student of biology, I love to think and write about Francis Collins, former Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, Director-to-be of the NIH, and outspoken Christian. Collins is a rare find in the world of contemporary evangelicalism because of his staunch support
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