Dr Paul Allen

PhotonQ-Homer' s Evolution Theory (Photo credit: PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE ) In 2012, a Gallup poll found that 46 percent of U.S. adults believed " God created humans pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so." Thirty-two percent believed humans evolved with God's guidance, and 15 percent believed humans evolved with no divine guidance at all. The responses to this question, which Gallup has included 11 times on polls since 1982, have been remarkably stable over a 30-year period of time. The findings , showing a public evenly split over the issue of human evolution , have been corroborated in several other national surveys. These surveys portray a deeply divided and polarized public. Even among the majority who believe that God created humans, the chasm separating creationist and evolutionist views appears to be gargantuan. Are Americans really this divided over human origins? As a social scientist, I am skeptical about these find

Jesus is LORD(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) “Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God , so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” ( Hebrews 11:3 ) This is the very first object and example of faith in the Bible ’s great “faith chapter,” Hebrews 11 . This fact strongly argues that any truly meaningful and effective faith must be founded, first of all, on the revealed fact of special creation — creation ex nihilo —not creation through some protracted, naturalistic, imaginary process of evolution. All of the “worlds” (Greek aion—that is, the “space/times”—the continuum of space and time which constitutes the physical cosmos) were simply called into existence by God’s omnipotent Word. “He spake, and it was done” ( Psalm 33:9 ). In no way did He have to start with some chaotic form of matter already in existence. Jesus Christ —the Word of God ( John 1:14 )—created space and time as well as matter/energy. “By him were all thi

English: Al Mohler, President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Author: Carl Truemen. It is encouraging to see that Dr. Albert Mohler is one of the two leaders of the TGC seminar on Adam (the other being Dr. Bryan Chapell ). Kudos to TGC for a very good choice.   Dr. Mohler has made it clear that evolution is not simply wrong but has gone so far as to describe it as a myth which is 'not only incompatible with any historical affirmation of Genesis , but ... also with the claim that all humanity is descended from Adam and the claim that in Adam all humanity fell into sin and guilt.'   He has also stated that '[t]he Bible 's account of the Fall and its consequences is utterly incompatible with evolutionary theory .  The third chapter of Genesis is as problematic for evolutionary theory as the first two.'  In other words, he thinks that evolution excludes the biblical view of an historical Adam and therefore of original sin.  I

English: An image of Psalm 23 (King James' Version), frontispiece to the 1880 omnibus printing of The Sunday at Home. Scanned at 800 dpi. Français : Illustration du Psaume 23 (version autorisée par le roi Jacques), en frontispice de l'édition omnibus du Sunday at home. Version numérisée à 800 dpi. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) "Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created." ( Psalm 148:5 ) Certain Christian intellectuals today are promoting the concept of what they call "process creation," a euphemism for theistic evolution . This is a contradiction in terms , however, for creation by definition is supernatural and instantaneous. The Bible makes this plain. Our text is in one of the beautiful "hallelujah" psalms in which the entire creation is exhorted to praise the Lord . The sun, moon, and all the heavens are included, and then the testimony of our text is given. As soon as God commanded, they were created,

The logo for the BioLogos Foundation (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Christians are accustomed to treating evolution as an account of the world’s origins that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever and something that a person could only believe in the absence of God or in the absence of faith. But this is not quite fair. There are now many Christians—Christians who treasure the Bible and who affirm the truths of the historic Christian faith—who do believe that the evidence for evolution is too compelling to ignore. It is telling that, as far as I can see, the vast majority of Christian scientists (not to be confused with Christian Scientists ) hold to evolution. In the face of modern science, those of us who still cling to a literal six day creation may seem to be increasingly stubborn and outdated. Certainly the world perceives us this way. So, too, today, do many in the church. There is very real pressure to conform. The stakes are high. As Christians we believe that God is honored w

Image via Wikipedia "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead ; so that they are without excuse." ( Romans 1:20 )   This powerful verse introduces Paul's burning description of the descent of ancient human societies that once "knew God " ( Romans 1:21 ) into evolutionary paganism, idolatry, and wickedness.  This deterioration was willful and inexcusable, for they had abundant evidence of God's nature and power in the very creation which they had chosen to worship instead of the Creator ( Romans 1:25 ).   Even though God Himself was invisible (being omnipresent), they could easily see the evidence of His existence and His grace in creating and sustaining all things, "for God hath shewed it unto them" ( Romans 1:19 ). "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork" ( Psalm 19:1 ).   Sin