Biblical Archaeology: Year 2007 in review
It’s been a big year for biblical archaeology, from the seal of Jezebel to the discovery of Nehemiah’s wall.
Christmas and Genesis
How does creation relate to this season? Because the babe in Bethlehem was the Creator
of the Universe!
Does gene duplication provide the engine for evolution?
There are a number of problems with evolution by gene duplication and mutation.
Hibernation, Migration and the Ark
A tiny marsupial that can hibernate for over a year—should we use this to help ‘explain’ the feasibility of a year-long journey by animals on the Ark?
Defending vital doctrines and the deity of Christ
Do we really confess Jesus as God? To understand New Testament confessions, it is important to understand the Old Testament basis. Many Old Testament references to God/YHWH/Jehovah are applied to Jesus.
Christians, planning your next retreat? How about an advance instead?
Calvin Smith makes a sobering assessment of Christianity in Western society today and issues a clear challenge to action.
Life in a test-tube
Many think that Stanley Miller’s famous 1953 experiment showed that life could arise from non-living chemicals. But real chemistry shows that the chemicals Miller produced would react in the wrong way for life to form.
Is Genesis poetry / figurative, a theological argument (polemic) and thus not history?
The ‘Genesis is poetry’ (Framework Hypothesis) idea is thoroughly self-inconsistent and nebulous, but also undermines the Gospel at its foundations.
Believe it or not—the earth is young!
Evidence mounts that the earth is not millions of years old. What does that mean for me?
The old ‘Who created God?’ canard revisited
Who designed the Designer?
The uniformitarian challenge of ultrahigh-pressure minerals
They challenge uniformitarian pictures of continental drift, but what do they mean for creationist models?
Fossil ant found alive!
Better watch where you walk … lest you tread on an ‘extinct’ ant!