I have been musing lately about how my stance on the creation/evolution controversy would impact other areas of theology if applied consistently. The stance I’m referring to is my conviction that viewing the history of the natural universe as a string of miraculous interventions into nature is hopelessly misguided. I have argued that the atheistic [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Covenant Creation'
The place of God’s providence in my theology
August 21st, 2008 · 11 Comments · Covenant Creation, Evolution/origins, Hermeneutics, Scripture, Theology
Tags: Theology
Life in God’s Garden
May 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Covenant Creation, Hermeneutics, Preterism, Scripture, The Fall, Theology
Summary of Part One
God the Gardener created a son (Lk 3.38) to tend the garden.
God, as a father, was training up his children Adam and Eve in the garden.
Adam was put in a garden for instruction because gardening requires faith: both faithfulness in tending day by day and faith that what is planted and cultivated [...]
The Garden of Eden: thoughts from Tim Martin
May 2nd, 2008 · 7 Comments · Ancient Near East, Covenant Creation, Scripture, Theology
When I was at Truthvoice 2008 a month ago, the co-author of Beyond Creation Science, Tim Martin, gave two talks that I thought were worthy of discussion on my blog. Here are my thoughts on the first talk.
[Note: I am summarizing based on the notes I took, and I honestly hope I misrepresent nothing he [...]
Tags: Ancient Near East·Theology