Protestant Evangelical theology continues to struggle with the fact of evolution. Why? One reason is that the groundwork of Evangelical theology was laid centuries ago in the wake of the […]
Continue ReadingThe “fall” of humanity, as some Christians understand it, completely dependent on Augustine’s misreading of one verse in the book of Romans.
Continue ReadingThe fact that evolution causes a theological problem does not mean evolution is wrong. It means we have a theological problem.
Continue ReadingTo reject evolution on Christian grounds would be to claim some superhuman insight into scientific matters that can only be described as idiosyncratic bordering on delusional, to misunderstand the nature of Scripture they are trying to protect, and to sport a heretical Christology that doesn’t take seriously Jesus’s full humanity.
Continue ReadingSimply put, seeing the need to move beyond biblical categories is biblical—and as such poses a wonderful model, even divine permission—shall I say “mandate”—to move beyond the Bible when the need arises and reason dictates.
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