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Are there only two positions on origins: either “evolution” or “creation”? This presentation is an introduction to professional terminology, science-religion dialogue, and various views on origins (young earth creation, progressive creation, evolutionary creation, deistic evolution, and atheistic evolution). Presenter also shares his personal story in coming to terms with evolution. |
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Basic Concepts & 5 Positions |
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1 min to 24 min mark |
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Personal Story |
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25 min to 42 min mark |
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Conclusions |
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43 min to 45 min mark |
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Resource Materials |
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46 min to 48 min mark |
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Template for suggested small group discussion. Click Here |
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Are there only two positions on origins: either “evolution” or “creation”? This presentation is an introduction to professional terminology, science-religion dialogue, and various views on origins (young earth creation, progressive creation, evolutionary creation, deistic evolution, and atheistic evolution). Presenter also shares his personal story in coming to terms with evolution. |
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2. Terms & Science-Religion Relationship |
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9 mins |
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For all 5 episodes |
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3. Views on the Origin of Universe & Life |
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21 mins |
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4. My Personal Story |
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16 mins |
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5. Summary & Conclusions |
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7 mins |
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personal story of struggling with evolution appears in a chapter of R.J. Berry's Christians and Evolution: Christian Scholars Change Their Mind (Monarch Books, 2014). Click Here |
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Template for suggested small group discussion. Click Here |
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The Bible & Ancient Science |
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Many Christians assume that God revealed basic scientific facts about nature in the Bible. Known as “scientific concordism” or simply “concordism,” this approach attempts to align and harmonize modern science and Scripture. This presentation examines a number of biblical passages dealing with the natural world. It proposes that the Holy Spirit accommodated in the revelatory process and allowed the use of an incidental ancient understanding of nature (ie, an ancient science) as an incidental vessel to deliver inerrant Spiritual Truths. |
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For an introduction to the ancient science in Scripture also appears in my book
I Love Jesus & I Accept Evolution (2009) Click Here |
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For three excepts from my book The Bible & Ancient Science: Principles of Interpretation (2020) Click Here |
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Intelligent Design: Delusion, Uncertainty, or Divine Revelation? |
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Do beauty, complexity & functionality in the world reflect the mind of a creative intelligence? Or is design in nature merely a delusion of the human mind? This presentation begins by examining the views of skeptics. Richard Dawkins rejects design, and Charles Darwin was mostly agnostic toward it. Biblical passages (Psalm 19 and Romans 1) affirming design are then presented and complemented by Wisdom 13 of the Apocrypha. Lastly, a model for intelligent design is proposed based on Scripture. |
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2. Richard Dawkins: ID an Delusion |
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5 mins |
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For all 3 episodes |
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3. Charles Darwin: ID an Uncertainty |
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9 mins |
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4. The Bible: ID a Divine Revelation |
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16 mins |
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5. ID Arguments of Skeptics & Believers |
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5 mins |
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6. Toward A Model of ID |
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21 mins |
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For my paper entitled "Do the Heavens Declare the Glory of God? Toward a Biblical Model of Intelligent Design" (2015) Click Here |
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The most challenging issue in the origins debate today is the creation of humanity. This presentation introduces an evolutionary creationist view of human origins that asserts the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit created men and women through an ordained, sustained, and design-reflecting evolutionary process. Topics include the interpretation of biblical creation accounts dealing with human origins, the theological challenges regarding the manifestation of the Image of God and human sin, and the doctrine of original sin. |
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2. Adam & the Bible |
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23 mins |
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For all 6 episodes |
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3. The Apostle Paul & Adam |
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19 mins |
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4. Original Sin & Christian Tradition |
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18 mins |
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5. Human Evolution & Christian Faith |
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24 mins |
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For my paper entitled "Was Adam a Real Person?" (2011) Click Here |
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