May 2, 2017 | Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalism, Righting America |
by William Trollinger Once again, this blog writes itself. This spring Cedarville University implemented a “Biblically Consistent Curriculum Policy,” in which all that “is examined and taught in the classroom or through co-curricular activites” is to be...
Apr 29, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Christian Right, Creation Museum, Creationism, Culture War, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Ken Ham, Righting America, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Given that so many people – including many Christians – find fundamentalism and creationism bewildering and bizarre, who is the audience for contemporary fundamentalist leaders and organizations? When Bill spoke last Sunday at Westminster...
Apr 26, 2017 | Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy |
by William Trollinger How do people hold on to ideas that seem to be illogical, and how do they hold on to them with fervor? Last Sunday Bill talked about biblical inerrancy and the origins of fundamentalism at Westminster Presbyterian Church here in Dayton. It was...
Dec 5, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Creationism, Ken Ham, Patrick Thomas, Righting America |
by Patrick Thomas In this post, Patrick Thomas critiques the “plain sense” of AiG’s literal reading of Genesis on display at the Creation Museum. To accept a literalist reading of Genesis means that you must also take a number of suppositions as...
Oct 28, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Creation Museum, Creationism, Patrick Thomas |
by Patrick Thomas In this post, Patrick Thomas examines the process of re-configuring the word of God into a multimedia experience for Creation Museum visitors. Each time I have left the Creation Museum, I have felt dizzy and a bit overwhelmed. Part of the reason is...
Oct 25, 2016 | Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Christian Colleges, Creationism, Evangelical Education, Frederick W. Schmidt, Young Earth Creationism |
by Frederick Schmidt Frederick W. Schmidt is the Rueben P. Job Chair in Spiritual Formation at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL and blogs at Patheos.com From the vantage point of exegetical scholarship, one of the most troubling phrases in the...
