Saturday was the beginning of Cedarville’s Reclaiming Wisdom conference. The conference was a success; I would like to see a similar conference at Bryan sometime. A personal highlight of the third day was catching up with an old friend, Mike Bowling of Cincinnati. Sometime after I left Cincinnati Mike began a several year ordeal with... Continue Reading →
Origins 2019-Second Day
The CBS/CGS conference began Friday. The first speaker was Doug Smith. Doug spoke on the vowels, accents, and paragraph construction of the Hebrew for Genesis 1:1. His lecture was a lesson in the subtlety of Hebrew phrases. The following phrases are potentially similar, depending on subtle differences: In the beginning God created… In a beginning... Continue Reading →
Do We Now Have Scientific Evidence of the Earthquake after Jesus was Crucified? Easter Reflection: The Earthquake of 33 A.D
An earthquake struck Jerusalem the moment Jesus died on the cross. The event caused the watching Centurion to proclaim Jesus was truly the Son of God (Matt. 27:50-51, 54). Steven A. Austin recently found evidence for the earthquake; it can be seen in an online abstract (Geological Society of America, 2012 National Meeting). The importance... Continue Reading →
The Great Cambrian Debate: Information, Evolution, and Creation
Why did so many complex creatures appear so suddenly in the Cambrian Period? And what does this mean for how we think about life’s origins? The Cambrian Period remains one of the most puzzling episodes in Earth’s history. In a geological instant, multicellular life forms appeared in astonishing diversity. Charles Darwin admitted in 1859 that... Continue Reading →