Beyond the Firmament: Understanding Science and the Theology of CreationAs debates within the Church over the scientific details of creation become more frequent, the experts seem to grow more entrenched while the rest of us only become more confused. Somewhere between the endless arguments over distant starlight and Carbon-14 dating, calculating the mathematical improbabilities of things that already exist, and parsing ancient Hebrew and Greek, somebody needs to ask the simple question, If 3,500 years of scientific progress can't help modern Christians figure out Genesis, then how could the ancient Israelities possibly have understood it so well? What secret did this newly liberated gaggle of Hebrew nomads take with them out of Egypt that holds the key to understanding God's telling of His own creation story? Beyond the Firmament challenges all creationist camps --whether Young-Earth, Old-Earth, or Theistic Evolutionist -- to step outside of traditional paradigms and recognize how our modern, Western, post-Enlightenment scientific worldview actually blinds us from seeing the simple truth of Creation as it was originally intended, and how our failure to grasp the theological significance of the Biblical creation model puts science and faith on a collision course. |
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The book's greatest strengths are its down-to-earth style and Glover's unique ability to communicate scientific, theological, and historical truths in a way that no author to date has done in the creation/evolution debate.
The book's greatest strengths are its down-to-earth style and Glover's unique ability to communicate scientific, theological, and historical truths in a way that no author to date has done in the creation/evolution debate.
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... or to something that was “created” naturally, by the laws of nature acting on pre-existing matter (like you and me for instance). 5 Nancy Pearcey, Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural BEYOND THE FIRMAMENT 3.
... or to something that was “created” naturally, by the laws of nature acting on pre-existing matter (like you and me for instance). 5 Nancy Pearcey, Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural BEYOND THE FIRMAMENT 3.
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We have bought the post-Enlightenment lie that truth is most accurately expressed in rational scientific terms. So naturally, we feel compelled to comb through the ancient Scriptures, meticulously looking for any text that can be ...
We have bought the post-Enlightenment lie that truth is most accurately expressed in rational scientific terms. So naturally, we feel compelled to comb through the ancient Scriptures, meticulously looking for any text that can be ...
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The sad irony is that these statements only undermine the transcendent status of biblical truth. In our zeal to ensure that the Bible remains relevant today, we are actually subverting its timeless message. Like a short sighted person ...
The sad irony is that these statements only undermine the transcendent status of biblical truth. In our zeal to ensure that the Bible remains relevant today, we are actually subverting its timeless message. Like a short sighted person ...
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It was also exciting to think that new scientific discoveries could prove God's existence, the truth of His Word, and that He created the universe according to the Scriptures. What a powerful statement Christians could make by showing ...
It was also exciting to think that new scientific discoveries could prove God's existence, the truth of His Word, and that He created the universe according to the Scriptures. What a powerful statement Christians could make by showing ...
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Contents
Natural Revelation | 17 |
Special Revelation | 35 |
What Can the Bible Tell Us about Nature? | 50 |
The Context of Creation | 51 |
Missing the Point of Genesis | 75 |
Learning from Our Mistakes | 93 |
What Can Nature Tell Us about Itself? | 110 |
The Apparent Age of the Universe | 111 |
The Challenges of Cosmic History | 131 |
The Challenge of Geologic History | 151 |
What about Evolution? | 172 |
A Record of Creation | 173 |
The Universe Tree of Life | 193 |
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