Category: Creation
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the biblical case for patriarchy briefly outlined
I have been involved in an online discussion among evangelicals regarding whether the Bible teaches patriarchy or egalitarianism. *Patriarchy believes that the Bible, while viewing male and female as equal in worth and dignity, teaches in the family and the church God has granted leadership responsibility to the male. Egalitarianism recognises there are differences between…
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the bible’s big story
Below is an attempt to summarise the Bible’s ‘Big Story’ in a few paragraphs. Among the many waypoints it is difficult to know which to include and which to miss out. My summary will not satisfy everyone (it doesn’t really satisfy me). Perhaps you may find it useful to write your own summary. As a…
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jesus, the logos, the word of god
Christianity is Christ. A Christian is someone who has faith in Christ. He has come to see the glory of Christ and to be enthralled. The glory of Christ is all he is and all he has accomplished. There are many facets to this glory and Scripture uses many images or better, concepts, to describe…
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chalke turns the grace of God into licence
Steve Chalke recently, ‘conducted a dedication and blessing service following the Civil Partnership of two wonderful gay Christians.’ Why? He wanted, ‘to extend to these people what I would do to others: the love and support of our local church. Too often, those who seek to enter an exclusive, same-sex relationship have found themselves stigmatised…
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new year… new creation
The new year has arrived. I hope you will find it a year when you prosper in body and soul. I hope it will be a year when the righteous flourish and the wicked fall. I hope it will be a year when nations experience God’s goodness as a faithful Creator and his saving grace…
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the story’s end is vital to rightly read the story
Douglas Green, in discussing Psalm 8 (here) makes this important and wise observation: ‘biblical texts should be read (by and large) in the context of the unfolding story of redemption. The meaning of a text varies depending on the way it is related to the larger story in which it is embedded. Each part of…
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a real adam and eve
Evangelicals are now being pressed by other evangelicals not only to jettison the literal historicity of the creation narrative but also the historicity of Adam and Eve. The first is just conceivable but the second seriously strains any integrity in biblical interpretation and seriously compromises the biblical salvation narrative. A few blogs consider some of…
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living as new creation… in old creation (2)
Col 3:3 (RSV) For you have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. In a previous post I argued that the fundamental reality that shapes our attitude as believers in this world is that we have died to it. Our new creation status teaches us that through death to the old creation…
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does god care more for people or plants?
The malevolent ingenuity of Satan and the muggable incredulity of Christians never ceases to amaze. If there is a cockeyed way of thinking then Satan will suggest it and we will embrace it. One that deserves a place in Satan’s Hall of Fame for C21 delusions is the idea that somehow God cares more about…
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old earth, young earth…
I know next to nothing about cosmology. Indeed, I know next to nothing about science itself. I am glad that many Christians with a science bent and an able mind give themselves to wrestling with the questions involved in relating the current cosmologies of science to that of the Bible. The issues are not incidental.…
Cave Adullam 