June 30th
Does the 'evidence' point to common ancestry? Maybe so, if you disregard the written explanation that God has already given us. And if it looks like the evidence points to common ancestry, in...
In order to truly understand, it is first necessary to believe. I believe that God's Word is truth, and that all of the evidence He gives in creation must be filtered through that truth....
Next, I take issue with Dr. Van der Meer's assertion that 'the Creator does not deceive us.' Certainly, the Lord declares in His Word that He is the God of truth. In Isaiah 45:19, for example, He...
The first statement that Dr. Van der Meer makes that I find myself disagreeing with is this one:
If people living today would have been created by fiat creation rather than by evolutionary...
I will continue my response to Dr. Van der Meer's paper as time allows, but here are two more responses:
http://agricola.blogspot.com/2009/06/primate-ancestors.html...
June 28th
Today, as we welcomed two families into the communion of the church, I preached on 1 John 1:3 -
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us....
In my spare time, I have been struggling my way through a paper entitled, Primate Ancestors: Evidence From DNA Comparison . If you are interested in reading it, it is linked in the 'Collected...
June 24th
Just a note on the comments - every once in a while you may read the comments and see "Comment pending moderation." I don't moderate comments - they come in as they come in, but the program I use...
June 22nd
Pete commented on my previous post, and I'll respond to it here, since it's a lot simpler and easier to read. Here's the comment:
Hi Jim, I have a couple of comments. I agree that those who...
June 21st
In a recent post on the 'Reformed Academic' blog, the following questions were asked:
If common ancestry is the best explanation of the data, what are the theological implications? How would...
June 18th
To add to the joyful news I posted here earlier this month, I'm happy to announce that June 28th will be an even more exciting day than originally planned.
On that day, if the Lord is willing,...
As is my usual morning habit, I checked out the latest news on www.canrc.org first thing this morning whilst drinking my first coffee (the word "whilst" in this sentence is deliberately employed...
June 17th
Over on Pastor Wes Bredenhof's blog, one commentator left the following comment:
'Some students will think that any objection or alternative to young-earth creationism, which is a recent...
If this is working, you should be able to access the sermon I preached this past Sunday morning, on Exodus 4:10-18. It's the fifth message in a series of sermons on the first part of Exodus. Thanks...
June 9th
The score is Reactine 1, Allegra 0, for those keeping track. I got desperate on Saturday and went back to the pharmacy, made another random choice from the seemingly hundreds of available allergy...
June 4th
On Sunday, June 28th, the Lord willing, the Prince George mission will be celebrating the entrance of six new members into the Church of Christ. Martin and Shelley Kerbrat will publicly profess...