Mar 9, 2018 | Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Biblical Literalism, Bryan Osborne, Creation Science, Creationism, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Righting America, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger In the end, is the point to make it possible for evangelicals not to think? Bryan Osborne of Answers in Genesis (AiG) has recently explained the organization’s purpose thusly: The revelation that the Bible’s plain history is true, that...
Jan 5, 2018 | Answers in Genesis, BioLogos, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Evangelicals, History, Ken Ham, Museums, Politics, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Well, that was fun! At yesterday’s American Society of Church History session here in Washington on “Christianity in 20th Century American Politics” – which was ably and energetically chaired by Rebecca Koerselman (Northwestern College) – our...
Jul 3, 2017 | Age of the Earth, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Cedarville University, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Culture War, Evangelical Education, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Science, Secularism, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger According to Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis (AiG), the nation is in the midst of a terrible spiritual struggle, as true Bible-believing Christians valiantly fight the forces of secularism and atheism in a desperate attempt to save the soul of...
Jun 29, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Creationism, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger In 1994 historian Mark Noll published The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, which he famously begins with the devastating assertion that “the scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind” (3). While Noll gives...
Jun 5, 2017 | Age of the Earth, Amish, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Creationism, Evolution, Flood Geology, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Noah's Flood, Young Earth Creationism |
by Susan Trollinger Last Wednesday, Sue presented our co-authored paper, “Sacred Rhetoric Turned into Culture War Rhetoric at the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter,” at the Sacred Rhetorics conference, which was held at Winebrenner Theological Seminary in Findlay,...
May 29, 2017 | AiG Finances, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Christian Right, Creationism, Culture War, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalism, intolerance, Ken Ham, Persecution, TIF Bonds, Williamstown, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger On the face of it, the notion that evangelicals in the United States are being persecuted seems absurd. Just look at the 2016 election. Donald Trump becomes president, thanks in good part to the support of 81% of white evangelicals. His Vice...
