Science and Faith
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Creation And Last Things
$17.00Add to cartIn this well-written and concise volume, Gregory Cootsona explores the doctrines of creation and eschatology (the end of days) in light of contemporary science. He addresses what the relationship is between creation in the beginning and the new creation at the end of time, how the docrtine of creation informs our lives as Christians, and how we grow in faith and love in light of these doctrines.
The Foundations of Christian Faith series enables readers to learn about contemporary theology in ways that are clear, enjoyable, and meaningful. It examines the doctrines of the Christian faith and stimulates readers not only to think more deeply about their faith but also to understand it in relation to contemporary challenges and questions. Individuals and study groups alike will find these guides invaluable in their search for depth and integrity in their Christian faith.
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Karl Barths Anthropology In Light Of Modern Thought
$38.99Add to cartThis compelling book explores Karl Barth’s view of human beings, finding in the thought of this monumental Christian thinker new possibilities for dialogue between religion and modern science. Covering all of Barth’s writings, Daniel Price clearly pieces together Barth’s anthropology, showing that Barth’s view of persons is built on his understanding of the Trinity. Rather than stressing bodily and soulish substances or innately endowed faculties, Barth emphasized that people are composed of vital relations–to God, to self, and to others. With Barth’s theology firmly in hand, Price builds a case for the position that Barth’s dynamic anthropology bears certain intriguing analogies to modern object relations psychology. These analogies show that instead of seeing Barth’s theology as alien to scientific perspectives, his work actually opens up the possibility of increased dialogue between Christian thought and branches of the human sciences. Of value to anyone interested in Barth or the intersection of religion and science, this unique book will renew discussion of the twentieth century’s most influential Christian thinker.
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Toward A Christian View Of A Scientific World
$14.95Add to cartModern science and science-based technology have changed traditional understandings of the world in profound ways. A pastor who is also a trained scientist draws on his diverse background to help readers put today’s scientific knowledge in the context of Christian faith. Murphy sees the world described by today’s science as the creation of God revealed in Jesus Christ, and technology and modern medicine as ways to carry out God’s purpose for the world. This book is a useful tool for introducing readers to the crucial conversations and interactions now occurring between the fields of science, theology, technology, and ethics. It’s a clear and accessible text that’s appropriate for adult classes and lay groups of all levels.
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Scientific Facts In The Bible
$8.99Add to cartIf the Bible proves itself to be the Word of the One who created all things, doesn’t it make sense to search its pages? If there is a one-in-a-million chance that the Bible’s promise of immortality and the avoidance of eternal damnation is true, we owe it to our common sense to take a look.
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Earth Habitat : Eco Injustice And The Churchs Response
$21.00Add to cartThis single volume gathers theologians from around the world to address three pressing questions: How can Christianity and Christian churches rethink themselves and their roles in light of the endangered earth? What “earth-honoring” elements does justice- oriented Christianity have to contribute to the common good? And how can communities and churches respond creatively and constructively on a local level to these vast global forces? This volume captures the chief themes and presentations from the October 1998 conference on social justice, ecology, and church entitled “Ecumenical Earth” and held at Union Theological Seminary. Among the 18 contributors to this trailblazing conference are Rasmussen and Hessel, James Cone, Kusumita Pedersen, Brigitte Kahl, Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi, Steven Rockefeller, Havid Hallman, Ernst Conradie, Peggy Shepard, and Troy Messenger.
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And God Created Darwin
$16.49Add to cartTo many people, Charles Darwin isGod. Because of Darwin, many believe mankind was once primate, and that all living creatures evolved from a single organism. Darwin’s theory of evolution is accepted as the truth, not as a mere premise or hypothesis. Duane Schmidt believes otherwise. Schmidt believes Darwin-not God- is dead. In clear and simple terms, he gives a compelling expose on Darwin’s theory of evolution, a theory he calls one of history’s most subversive scientific lies. Duane Schmidt has a knack for explaining important things without losing the common touch. Many people will benefit from his personable yet learned way of explaining what is wrong with Darwinian evolution. -Phillip Johnson, author, Darwin On Trial and The Wedge of Truth Dr. Schmidt has the extraordinary ability to expose the faulty logic of evolution in concise and clear English…His ability to see the inconsistencies is uncanny. -Robert Kohl, Professor of Geology, South Dakota State University Succinct,logical, and systematic…an eye-opener for those who think evolutional theory can felicitously coexist with true science and belief in the God who purposed it. -Julie Hamel, home-school parent, Cedarburg, Wisconsin I’ve read hundreds of books on both sides…Dr. Schmidt does a good job simplifying the complex. I highly recommend this book! -Charles Snodgrass, Electrical Engineer, North American Rockwell
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Wrestling With The Divine
$20.00Add to cartIn this important and enlightening book, Christopher Knight advances the work of John Polkinghorne and Arthur Peacocke and explores exciting new possibilities for the notion of revelation. Knight shows how natural processes are the form of divine immanence and the locus of divine action. He probes the psychology of religious experience as a medium of divine revelation. Employing the paradigmatic instance of revelation–the early Christian experience of the risen Jesus–to investigate the psychological basis of revelatory experience, Knight goes on to address its referentiality, authentication, implications for propositional truth, and historical models of revelation. Knight’s affirmation of the sacramental and revelatory potential of creation yields a new understanding of natural theology and opens up to other faiths of the world.
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Creation According To The Scriptures
$19.95Add to cartSubtitled A Presuppositional Defense of Literal Six-Day Creation, this symposium by thirteen authors is a direct frontal assault on all latitudinarian and otherwise waffling views of Biblical Creation. It expldes the “Framework Hypothesis,” so dear to the hearts of many respectability-hungry Calvinists, and it throws down the gauntlet to all who believe they can maintain a consistent view of Biblical infallibility while abandoning literal, six-day creation. It is a must reading for all who are observing closely the gradual defection of many allegedly conservative churches and denominations, or who simply want a greater grasp of an orthodox, God-honoring view of the Bible.
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Face That Demonstrates The Farce Of Evolution
$18.99Add to cartLooking into the face of our alleged ape ancestor, popular Christian apologist Hank Hanegraaff dissects and debunks the astonishingly weak arguments for the evolutionary theory, revealing it as nothing more than a “fairy tale for grown-ups.” The author uses his own Memory Dynamics to make it easy for Christians to speak intelligently about evolution and speak persuasively about the Creator.
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Sleuthing The Divine
$17.00Add to cartCurious about the religious relevance of contemporary science? Sharpe provides insight into how the latest developments in physics, cosmology, biology, and neuroscience expand our concept of reality; then explores divine action, immanence and transcendence, human freedom, morality, the presence of evil, and the origins of the universe.
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Life Abundant : Rethinking Theology And Economy For A Planet In Peril
$29.00Add to cart1. A Brief Credo
2. Theology Matters
3. The Matter Of Theology
4. The Contemporary Economic Model And Worldview
5. The Ecological Economic Model And Worldview
6. God And The World
7. Christ And Salvation
8. Life In The SpiritAdditional Info
In this splendidly crafted work, McFague argues for theology as an ethical imperative for all thinking Christians: Responsible discipleship today entails disciplined religious reflection. Moreover, theology matters: Without serious reflection on their worldview, ultimate commitments, and lifestyle, North American Christians cannot hope to contribute to ensuring the “good life” for people or the planet. To live differently we must think differently.McFague has therefore written this primer in theology. It helps Christians assess their own religious story in light of the larger Christian tradition and the felt needs of the planet. At once an apology for an ecologically driven theology and a model for how theology itself might be expressed, her work is expressly crafted to bring people into the practice of religious reflection as a form of responsible Christian practice in the world. McFague shows the reader how articulating one’s personal religious story and credo can lead directly into contextual analysis, unfolding of theological concepts, and forms of Christian practice.
In lucid prose she offers creative discussions of revelation, the reigning economic worldview (and its ecological alternative), and how a planetary theology might approach classical areas of God and the world, Christ and salvation, and life in the Spirit. Enticing readers into serious self-assessment and creative commitment, McFague’s new work encourages and models a theological practice that “gives glory to God by loving the world.”
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Science And Christianity
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Can you be a faithful Christian and a believer in contemporary scientific theory? Six scholars address this controversial question, offering four different views on the uneasy relationship between science and faith. Their discussion of creationism, science and Christian theology, the “God hypothesis,” and the partnership between science and Christianity will help you shape an informed opinion.
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When Science Meets Religion
$19.99Add to cart1. Four Views Of Science And Religion
2. Astronomy And Creation
3. The Implications Of Quantum Physics
4. Evolution And Continuing Creation
5. Genetics, Neuroscience, And Human Nature
6. God And NatureAdditional Info
Over the centuries and now into the new millenium, scientists, theologians, and the general public have shared many questions about the implications of scientific discoveries for religious faith. Trained both as a physicist and as a theologian, Ian Barbour is distinctly qualified to examine the interrelationship between religion and science. “When Science Meets Religion” is the sum of all he has learned and taught in his illustrious career. In simple, straightforward language, Barbour explores Creation and the Big Bang, Quantum Physics and Ultimate Reality, Evolution and Continuing Creation, Genetics and Human Nature, God and Nature, and other fascinating topics which illuminate the critical encounter of the spiritual and quantitative dimensions of life. -
Nature Reborn : The Ecological And Cosmic Promise Of Christian Theology
$17.00Add to cartSantmire’s much-acclaimed Travail of Nature documented the unfortunate legacy of many Christian theological notions in the use, abuse and destruction of the natural world, along with its positive aspects. His new work returns to the fray, this time to reclaim classic, mostly premodern Christian themes and reenvision them in light of the global environmental and cultural crisis. This revisionist work – “To revise the classical Christian story in order to identify and to celebrate its ecological and cosmic promise”- mines Christian cosmology, Christology, Creation, Eucharist, so that the Christian “story” can be then rediscovered (history), reshaped (theology), reexperienced (spirituality), and reenacted (ritual).
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Science And Its Limits (Revised)
$20.99Add to cartScience, especially naturalistic science, has come under fire of late. No longer does it command the near univeratl respect it once held. From the right has come a fresh attack on Darwinism and arguments for intellegent design. From the left postmodern theorists have attacked the very notion of objective truth claims scientific or otherwise. Into the fray Del Ratzsch breaths a breath of calm. He asks, “What is science? What can it tell? What can’t it tell us? What challenges does it offer to the Christian faith? How should a Christian respond?” Originally published under the title Philosophy of Science, the revised volume surveys how views of science have developed and changed over time, especially since the Kuhnian revolution of the 1960’s. Now updated to reflect current discussions of intellegent design and postmodern views of science, Science and Its Limits offers readers a thoughtful perspective on contemporary trends and useful advice on how to approach faith and science issues.
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End Of The World And The Ends Of God
$74.95Add to cartMany people seem to think that eschatology and science have little or nothing in common, and that each speaks to a different realm of human reality. According to John Polkinghorne and Michael Welker, in the introduction to The End of the World and the Ends of God, the following three cliches about science and theology have contributed to this:
Theology deals with realities unseen, science deals with visible reality;
Theology deals with feelings, science deals with facts;
Theology deals–at best–with personal certainty, science deals with objective truths
This book is a convincing argument that the traditional view of the relationship between science and theology (and eschatology) is wrong. In fact, it argues that eschatology is one of the most suitable intersections between science and theology because “it will help clarify and cultivate the difference between truth claims in both fields.” It also “enables us to formulate eschatological truth claims in the face of the finitude of the world.” In addition, a dialogue between science and theology about eschatology “challenges us to work on the clear differentiation between the sustenance of the world and the new creation: to differentiate between infinity and eternity, between the mere totality of times and the eschatological fullness, and between different types of hope related to one or the other.”This compilation features essays by heavyweights in theology, science and eschatology, including John Polkinghorne, Michael Welker, William R. Stoeger, Hans Weder, Walter Brueggemann, Jurgen Moltmann, and others (for a full listing of contributors, click here). Part one looks at eschatology in the natural sciences, focusing on the inevitable (according to science) natural catastrophes and the hope that Christianity offers against them. In part two, the focus is on eschatology in the cultural sciences and ethics, with a particular emphasis on the shaping of eschatological thought. The third part looks at eschatology in the biblical traditions, and themes of the end-time. Part four examines eschatology in theology and spirituality, focusing on hope and eternal life.
This is not light reading, by any standard. It is truly thought provoking and insightful. Grasping its message of hope will take some effort, but the result will be amazing, causing you to continue to give an answer for the hope you have.
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Work Of Christ
$35.99Add to cartIntroducing the insightful new book in InterVarsity’s Contours of Christian Theology series! In this latest volume, Letham broadens your understanding of Christ’s many roles as he discusses the Lord’s 3-fold office as prophet, priest, and king. Within this framework, he explores Christ and the Word of God, the nature and theories of the atonement, and more.
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Redeeming Creation : The Biblical Basis For Environmental Stewardship
$28.99Add to cartThis sensitive and eloquent study by four Christian biologists addresses the ecological crises we face at the turn of the millennium: population explosion, rain forests stripped bare, destruction of animal habitats, the death of entire species, depletion of the ozone layer, global warming. In the light of Scripture and the presence of God, we can face these crises with hope. More than an investigation of the environmental crisis, this book brings Scripture into fruitful dialogue with current scientific findings and commitments. What emerges is a clarion call to a biblically informed individual and corporate response to our creation.
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Genesis In Space And Time
$20.99Add to cartGenesis is a book of origins – the origin of the universe, the origin of life and the origin of man. Many today, however, view this book as a collection of myths, useful for understanding the Hebrew mind, perhaps, but certainly not a record of what really happened. Dr. Francis A. Schaeffer challenges that view and shows how the first eleven chapters of Genesis stand as a solid, space-time basis for for answering the tough questions posed by modern man.
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Metaphysics : Constructing A World View
$21.99Add to cartWilliam Hasker addresses some of the most fundamental issues in philosophy, focusing on the meaning of a Christian worldview. The book’s primary purpose is to serve as one of several texts in an introductory philosophy course, but it will also be of use to the interested reader outside any formal course framework. Hasker addresses “Freedom and Necessity,” “Minds and Bodies,” “The World,” and “God and the World.”
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Creation Hypothesis
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For a century the reigning scientific view has been that God is not necessary to account for the existence of the world and of life. Evolutionary theory is said to be all that is needed to explain how we got here. In addition, many theistic evolutionists contend that God likely used many of the mechanisms of evolution to achieve his will. In this book J.P. Moreland and a panel of scholars assert that there is actually substantial evidence pointing in a different direction. First, they consider philosophical arguments about whether it is possible for us to know if an intelligent designer had a hand in creation. They then look directly at four different areas of science: the origin of life, the origin of major groups of organisms, the origin of human language, and the origin and formation of the universe. Experts on this panel were: Stephen Meyer, William Dembski, Hugh Ross, Walter Bradley, Charles Thaxton, Kurt Wise, John Oller, John Omdahl, John Ankerberg, and John Weldon.
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Battle Of Beginnings
$24.99Add to cartDel Ratzsch examines the history of the debate and takes aim at entrenched positions that he argues impede progress from either side. Dissatisfied with both creationist fallacies and materialist misconstruals, he seeks to lay the groundwork for more fruitful dialogue. In considerable detail he looks at the history and development of Darwin’s theory and popular creationist misunderstandings of evolution, moving on to the history and development of creationist theory and popular evolutionist misunderstandings of it. He then discusses the nature of science and common creationist and evolutionist abuses as a prelude to showing why both sides have remained critical of theistic evolution.
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Our God Is Wonderful
$11.99Add to cart1. God’s Wonderful Creation
2. God’s Wonderful Providence
3. God’s Wonderful RedemptionAdditional Info
We should take time to revel in all God’s creation. Everything He made is marvelous beyond description. Everyone owes it to himself or herself to be awestruck by the demensions of the universe, the number of stars, and the precision with which they move. No one should miss the mind-boggling world of potential in the living cell. What a tragedy it would be to go through life hugging the commonplace and missing the beautiful, majoring in the mundane and missing the majestic. So let’s stop and smell the roses and also admire God’s works in the universe.In this thrilling book, a companion volume to his popular The Wonders Of God, the author takes us on a journey through creation, providence, and redemption–proving again that Our God Is Wonderful. The more we spend time with Him, the more we know Him. The more we know Him, the more we will become like Him.
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Mystical Mind : Probing The Biology Of Religious Experience
$29.00Add to cartThis pathbreaking work by two leading medical researchers explores the neurophysiology of religious experience. Building on an explanation of the basic structure of the brain, the authors focus on parts most relevant to human experience, emotion, cognition. On this basis, they plot how the brain is involved in mystical experiences. Succesive chapters apply this schene to mythmaking, ritual and liturgy, meditation, near-death experiences, and theology itself. Anchored in such research, the authors also sketch the implications of their work for philosophy, science, theology, and the future of religion.
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Tornado In A Junkyard
$16.95Add to cart21 Chapters
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This work by James Perloff attacks the myth of Darwinism from several angles. With evidence, or rather lack thereof, from the fossil record, Perloff demonstrates that there is no fossil support for evolution, as known by Darwin himself. Other arguments include why mutations cannot serve as the building block of evolution, why chance could not create even one of thousands of essential proteins for life, why radiometric dating techniques are not indisputable methods, and more. This work will serve as a resource for those interested in apologetics, and particularly creation versus evolution. -
God The Evidence
$19.00Add to cartPatrick Glynn, skeptical of religious spirituality from a young age, marks his decline beginning with learning about Darwinism in Catholic school, and, growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, gradually experienced the waning of his beliefs. By the time he had graduated Harvard he was a hardcore atheist. Industrial strength indoctrination applied by what masqueraded as the scholarly world had stripped him of every vestige of religious conviction. This is the documentation of what he learned since then, and his slow journey back. By examining miraculous accounts from the medical world, Flynn shines the light of reason on his past atheistic beliefs to show that Christianity is a reasonable faith, not one built on the denial of reality. While still critical of a few things many Christians believe, such as young-earth theory, Flynn shows how science can uphold biblical truth.
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3 Views On Creation And Evolution
$22.99Add to cartFor Christians, the issues raised by the different views on creation and evolution are challenging. Can a “young earth” be reconciled with a universe that appears to be billions of years old? Does scientific evidence point to a God who designed the universe and life in all its complexity. Three Views on Creation and Evolution deals with these and similar concerns as it looks at three dominant schools of Christian thought. Proponents of young earth creationism, old earth creationism, and theistic evolution each present their different views, tell why the controversy is important, and describe the interplay between their understandings of science and theology. Each view is critiqued by various scholars, and the entire discussion is summarized by Phillip E. Johnson and Richard H. Bube.
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Religion Science And Naturalism
$49.99Add to cartThis book considers the consequences of the natural sciences (physics, biology, neurosciences) for our view of the world. Willem Drees argues that religion and morality are to be understood as rooted in our evolutionary past and neurophysiological constitution. His book takes a more radical naturalist position than most on religion and science. But religion is not dismissed: religious traditions remain important as bodies of wisdom and vision.
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Whatever Happened To The Soul
$29.00Add to cartA biologist, geneticist, cognitive researcher, neurospecialist, psychologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, theologian, ethicist, and biblical scholar comment on the failure of modern science to see the soul as distinct from the body and the consequent ramifications for all disciplines.
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Light And Death
$19.99Add to cartBegun in 1994, The Atlanta Study is the first comprehensive investigation of its kind into near-death experiences (NDEs). The study’s name hardly captures what lies behind it: life-and-death dramas played out in operating rooms and hospital beds–and simultaneous events unseen by medical personnel but reported with astonishing clarity and conviction by nearly 50 individuals who returned from death’s door. Now the founder of The Atlanta Study, Dr. Michael Sabom reveals their impact on the people who have experienced them. From both medical and personal perspectives, he shares the electrifying stories of men and women from all walks of life and religious persuasions. He explores the clinical effect of the NDE on survival and healing and discloses surprising findings. He questions some common conclusions about NDEs. And he scrutinizes near-death experiences in the light of what the Bible has to say about death and dying, the realities of light and darkness, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Triune Creator A Print On Demand Title
$29.99Add to cartThis title covers the content and implications of the Christian Doctrine of Creation, largely in conversation with its history. The opening chapters discuss the origins of the doctrine in the Bible and early theology, bringing out the implications of the main teaching for the modern content. Later chapters engage with the relation beetween the doctrine and the emergence of modern science. The final chapters centre on the related dogmatic themes such as providence and the ethics of creation.
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Mere Creation
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A landmark book challenging naturalistic evolution! When you’re defending creationism, it’s difficult for skeptics to refute the authoritative findings of Michael Behe. Dembski’s cutting-edge research, along with the revelations of 19 other expert academics, presents evidence of an intelligent design that debunks evolution—and strengthens your witness of the Grand Designer to others! -
Science And Theology
$29.00Add to cartIn the burgeoning interaction between science and religion Polkinghorne is a leading light. A classy overview of all pertinent issues (e.g., creation, the nature of knowledge, human identity, and divine agency), this book features well-crafted summaries of the latest scientific thinking.
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Reason In The Balance
$30.99Add to cartNow available in softcover! In this hard-hitting best-seller, Johnson dares to challenge naturalistic thought—today’s prevailing philosphy that the material world is all there was, is, or will be. His penetrating assessment of naturalism’s pervasive influence on science, law, and education helps you form a clear, biblical response to this intellectual and moral threat.
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Remember Creation A Print On Demand Title
$18.99Add to cartWhile the creation-evolution debate continues to rage about how the world came into existence, few people wonder what it means that the world also now exists. In Remember Creation Scott Hoezee challenges readers to make today’s world more central to the Christian faith by enjoying and preserving God’s cosmos as a part of daily discipleship.
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God And Contemporary Science A Print On Demand Title
$31.99Add to cartNew in the Edinburgh Studies in Constructive Theology. Vigorously defending the notion of “pantheism,” which locates the world within the divine being, yet still insists on God’s transcendence, Clayton’s seminal arguments draw on the Bible, philosophy, theology, and science.
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Human Cloning : Religious Responses
$31.00Add to cartAs cloning looms ahead of us as a possibility for our future, Christians have begun to ask themselves if human cloning equals playing God. Should we clone a human just because we can? In this volume, Cole-Turner gathers twelve highly readable and nontechnical essays debating what could become the defining controversy of the late twentieth century.
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Handwriting Of God
$17.99Add to cart1. Can We Trust The Bible As The Inspired Word Of God?
2. The Bible’s Astonishing Influence On The West
3. The Impact Of Jesus On The World
4. The Incredible History Of The Bible
5. The Reason Many Reject The Bible
6. The Mystery Of The Trinity
7. The Incredible Bible Codes
8. New Bible Code Discoveries
9. The Messiah Codes
10. The Heavenly Prince Melchisedec Scroll
11. The Mystery Of The Jews: God’s Hand In Human History
12. The Rocks Cry Out: The Historical Evidence For The Bible
13. New Scientific Discoveries And The Scriptures
14. The Coming Collapse Of Evolution
15. Who Do You Say That I Am
Selected Bibliography…..p. 277Additional Info
THE HANDWRITING OF GOD will answer your questions about the phenomenal Bible Codes while revealing awesome New Code Discoveries hidden in the Scriptures. Can we trust the Bible? Is Christianity credible? There is a war on for the souls and minds of humanity and the main battleground is the issue of biblical authority. Grant has again uncovered new research material that will cause you to search the Scriptures for yourself. He provides new evidence that the Bible is truly ‘without error’ and trustworthy despite the attacks on its authority in our generation. -
Defeating Darwinism By Opening Minds
$18.99Add to cart1. Emilio’s Letter: Three Common Mistakes
2. Inherit The Wind: The Play’s The Thing
3. Tuning Up Your Baloney Detector
4. A Real Education In Evolution
5. Intelligent Design
6. The Wedge – A Strategy For Truth
7. Modernism: The Established Religion Of The West
8. Stepping Off The ReservationAdditional Info
With all of the complicated scientific debate swirling around the topic of evolution, is there an easy way to understand the basic issues without oversimplifying? Phillip Johnson says there is: the key to defeating the false claims of Darwinism is to open our minds to good thinking habits. Here is first-rate advice on avoiding common mistakes in discussions about evolution, understanding the legacy of the Scopes trial, spotting deceptive arguments, and grasping the basic scientific issues without getting bogged down in unnecessary details. In the bestselling and critically acclaimed Darwin on Trial and Reason in the Balance, Phillip Johnson exposed the misleading claims of evolutionary naturalism. Defeating Darwinism provides a new and powerful treatment of these issues for high-school students, parents, teachers, pastors, youth advisors and ordinary readers. Johnson aims not just to defeat a bad theory, but to defeat it the right way-by opening minds to the truth. -
Natural Grace : Dialogues On Creation Darkness And The Soul In Spirituality
$15.00Add to cartThe chasm between science and religion has been a source of intellectual and spiritual tension for centuries, but in these ground breaking dialogues there is a remarkable consonance between these once opposing camps. In Natural Grace, Rupert Sheldrake and Matthew Fox show that not only is the synthesis of science and spirituality possible, but it is unavoidable when one considers the extraordinary insights they have both come upon in their work. Sheldrake, who has changed the face of modern science with his revolutionary theory of morphic resonance, and Fox, whose work in creation spirituality has had a significant impact on people’s sense of spirit, balance each other with their unique yet highly complementary points of view. In these inspired dialogues a variety of ancient topics–including ritual, prayer, and the soul–are freed from the past and given new power for the future in the liberated universe Fox and Sheldrake show us.
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Super Natural Christians
$29.00Add to cartIn a readable and concrete style, Sallie McFague crafts a Christian spiritualilty centered on nature as the focus of our encounter with the divine. Reorienting our religious life from the “supernatural” to the “super, natural,” she suggests, can help us “see these earth others…as both subjects in themsleves and as intimations of God.
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On The Moral Nature Of The Universe
$23.00Add to cartThe Templeton award-winning author discusses how theological assumptions affect our entire cosmological worldview, affirming that the Anabaptist vision of a self-limiting, non-interventionist, “kenotic” God is most in harmony with the known evidence about the natural world, calling for nonviolence and self-sacrifice.
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Faith Of A Physicist
$29.00Add to cart“I do not find that a trinitarian and incarnational theology needs to be abandoned in favour of a toned-down theology of a Cosmic Mind and an inspired teacher, alleged to be more accessible to the modern mind.”
Many would likely disagree with the idea that a trinitarian and incarnational theology is palatable to the modern mind, for it is thought that science and the modern mind are in conflict with traditional theology. But physicist and theologian John Polkinghorne strongly believes that a trinitarian and incarnational theology is tough, surprising and exciting enough to truly stimulate the modern mind.
The Faith of a Physicist comes out of the invitation given to Polkinghorne to give the Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh, on the topic of “The Knowledge of God”. Polkinghorne chose to build his lectures on phrases from the Nicene Creed. Combining those phrases and his scientific experience, Polkinghorne offers illuminating insights into the nature of humanity, our search for knowledge, the way to speak of God in light of science’s understanding of creation, the believability of the accounts of the life, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, the role of the Holy Spirit, and eschatology. Thoroughly versed in science, and equally adept in Scripture, Polkinghorne offers his lucid explanation of why he feels it is reasonable to be both a Christian and a scientist. Fascinating, and well-written, Faith of a Physicist is sure to stimulate your mind, and broaden your knowledge and horizons. Polkinghorne will not compromise his views on the trintarian nature of God or the incarnation, and he proves that modern science does not require this, nor has modern science proved a trinitarian and incarnational theology to be false. An excellent reminder to take all thoughts captive to Christ.
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God Creation And Comtemporary Physics
$21.00Add to cartWorthing critiques the traditional arguments for God’s existence made by physicists, then evaluates creatio ex nihilo in terms of the big bang theory; providence in terms of entropy, field theory, and Bell’s theorem; and assorted scenarios for the close of creation.
