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Review — The Genealogical Adam and Eve 

The GeoChristian [2019-12-28 02:07:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (319 visits) info
Swamidass, S. Joshua, 2019, The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry, IVP Academic, 246 p. There have been many books written on origins, most of which don’t have anything new to say. The Genealogical Adam and Eve by S. Joshua Swamidass is a book that has some new things to say … Continue reading Review — The Genealogical Adam and Eve

Earth Day 2018 — My guest editorial 

The GeoChristian [2018-04-22 17:33:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (671 visits) info
There is a perception among conservative Reformation and Evangelical Christians that placing a high priority on Earth care is for theological and political liberals, new age pantheists, and “tree huggers,” and has little to do with Christian discipleship. In response, environmentalists often view Evangelicals as being opposed to many environmental causes, and therefore as enemies. … Continue reading Earth Day 2018 — My guest editorial

Attempting to respond to hostility with grace 

The GeoChristian [2017-04-26 05:28:46]  recommend  recommend this post  (212 visits) info
I get called all sorts of names by some of my young-Earth brothers and sisters in Christ: Liar, Compromiser, Rabid Theistic Evolutionist, So-Called Christian. I am accused of listening to the hissing of the serpent, of following Baal rather than Yahweh, and of denying the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am sorry that […]

Welcome to The GeoChristian 

The GeoChristian [2016-05-31 00:40:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (195 visits) info
The Earth. Christianity. They go together. Welcome to The GeoChristian, a blog primarily about the relationship between the Earth sciences and Christianity. My name is Kevin Nelstead, and I have been writing at geochristian.com since 2006. The most important thing about me is that I am a Christian. The passage of Scripture that opened up my

Lessons from the friendship between a Christian and an atheist 

The GeoChristian [2016-03-28 06:36:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (182 visits) info
In the early 2000s, a new movement of vocal atheists arose, committed with religious fervor to the propagation of their faith that there is no God, and imagining that the world would be a much better place if religion would just go away. One event that vitalized this crusade of “New Atheists” was the September

If there were no other options than Ken Ham’s way or Bill Nye’s way, I would choose… 

The GeoChristian [2015-02-04 06:34:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (141 visits) info
Today, February 4, 2015, marks the one-year anniversary of the Ken Ham vs. Bill Nye “Is creation a viable model of origins?” debate. After the debate, I wrote a post-debate analysis, in which I pointed out that both speakers made some valid points, and both speakers made some blunders. Ken Ham believes that the Bible

A reminder — The GeoChristian is now on FaceBook 

The GeoChristian [2015-01-30 21:43:52]  recommend  recommend this post  (166 visits) info
Just a reminder: The GeoChristian is now on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-GeoChristian/224603031042432 Filed under: Age of the Earth, Apologetics, Creation Care, Creation in the Bible, Creationism, Old-Earth creationism, Young-Earth creationism Tagged:

Video — Can you be good without God? 

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“Can you be good without believing in God?” is a different question than “Can you be good without God?” Clearly, an atheist can do good things and abhor certain evil things. But can an atheist make a case that some things are inherently good, and other things are inherently evil? Or is Richard Dawkins correct, when

Doubting your doubts 

The GeoChristian [2015-01-19 18:32:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (164 visits) info
I wish to expand a bit on the concept of “doubting your doubts.” I first read came across this phrase in The Reason for God by Timothy Keller. Here is a quote from the introduction (I hope you will purchase the book and read it for yourself): A faith without some doubts is like a

Advice for Christians who have doubts 

The GeoChristian [2015-01-17 19:27:35]  recommend  recommend this post  (129 visits) info

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Many Christians go through a time when they are troubled in their faith when confronted with challenges from skeptics and unbelievers. Christianity today has posted the testimony of Gregory Alan Thornbury, who almost gave up his faith when challenged by the teachings of people beyond the liberal fringe of Christianity such as Marcus Borg, a member of the Jesus

Why the latest Newsweek blast against Christianity is nonsense 

The GeoChristian [2015-01-04 07:49:40]  recommend  recommend this post  (592 visits) info
Think of some idea that you think is loony that other people believe in and adamantly support. My list would include alien abductions, the face on Mars, conspiracy theories about the Apollo moon landings, and thinking that Che Guevara or Hugh Hefner are cool. Your list would probably differ from mine. That’s OK; I hope we can still have

Observations about commenting on young earth creationist Facebook pages 

The GeoChristian [2014-12-28 06:37:02]  recommend  recommend this post  (188 visits) info
I’m not sure what gave me the urge, but I spent quite a bit of time in late November and early December commenting on young Earth creationist (YEC) Facebook pages. I limited myself to the Big Three: Answers in Genesis, the Institute for Creation Research, and Creation Ministries International. Here’s what I learned: 1. Answers

Do you believe in human rights? Then it makes more sense to believe in God than to believe that God does not exist. 

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Timothy Keller, in his book The Reason for God, demonstrates that while it is fairly straight-forward to make a religious case for human rights, it has proven very difficult to construct a case for human rights from a purely secular foundation. If the cosmos is all there is, all there ever was, and all there

The camel that broke the Bible’s back? 

The GeoChristian [2014-02-17 06:11:47]  recommend  recommend this post  (642 visits) info
Here’s another “science proves the Bible wrong” story that has been in the news lately, in which science does not prove the Bible wrong. In this case, it has to do with archeology and the domestication of the camel. The first mention of camels in the Old Testament is in Genesis 12, where Abram is

Days, nights, Jonah, and Jesus 

The GeoChristian [2013-10-16 23:51:56]  recommend  recommend this post  (66 visits) info
I recently had a GeoChristian reader raise the issue of “Bible inconsistencies and errors” in a comment. Specifically, they brought up the reference in the Gospel of Matthew to “Jesus being in the tomb for ‘three’ nights.” If Jesus was crucified on Friday and resurrected on Sunday, isn’t it an error to say that he

Who created God? An answer from John Lennox 

The GeoChristian [2013-10-10 19:29:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (79 visits) info
One argument for the existence of God involves the impossibility of an actual infinite past. We cannot trace a pattern of cause and effect back into an eternal past. One difficulty is that we could never have arrived at the present point of time. What created the universe? The big bang. What caused the big

Analyzing an atheist ad campaign 

The GeoChristian [2013-10-09 00:33:38]  recommend  recommend this post  (166 visits) info
The following item was originally posted in November 2010, and I have added it to my blog recycling program. Because I have new readers of The GeoChristian, I will occasionally go back and re-use some of my favorite blog entries. Yesterday, I wrote about a new advertising campaign from Answers in Genesis. In this present

It is more reasonable to believe that God exists than to believe that he does not 

The GeoChristian [2013-08-30 07:10:18]  recommend  recommend this post  (1132 visits) info
Skeptics and atheists like to present their side as that of reason, and the religious side as that of faith. But it just isn’t so. It is, in fact, quite reasonable to believe that there is a God who is is spaceless, timeless, immaterial, uncaused, and incredibly powerful. One of the most convincing arguments for

Dead Reckoning TV on the renewal of creation 

The GeoChristian [2013-08-15 05:35:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (91 visits) info
One cannot have a complete biblical doctrine of creation without incorporating what one believes about the future of creation. Some Christians believe in the utter annihilation of the present world when Christ returns; that God will completely destroy Earth before establishing the eternal order. This doctrine can, unfortunately, lead to what some have called “disposable

Around the web 8/11/2013 — YEC problems with poop, having the flying spaghetti monster for lunch, and more 

The GeoChristian [2013-08-12 06:03:01]  recommend  recommend this post  (96 visits) info
YEC ARGUMENTS BURIED IN DEEP DOO-DOO — The Natural Historian has written a post I wish I had written: Dino Doo-Doo (Coprolites) and the Genesis Flood. Coprolites are pieces of fossilized excrement (and back when I was in graduate school, also the name of my geology department’s intramural softball team). The fossil record has an abundance
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