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Adam Hamilton entitles chapter ten of his book Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White “Apes, Evolution and Adam and Eve.” I would imagine he is trying to show the problems associated with this controversial idea of how … Continue reading →

I am not a scientist. Anyone who knows me knows that.  In college, I avoided science as much as possible on my way to getting degrees in non-science majors. That’s ok I guess. We all have our gifts. Understanding science … Continue reading →

There are some words you can use that just cause problems. One of those words is the word evolution. In college I encountered the theory in some detail while working on a Master’s thesis about an obscure novelist named Samuel … Continue reading →

My community lost one of its most interesting characters last year: concert pianist Marshall Butler. So many people knew him and he touched the lives of so many; I wish I could have known him better. He was a colleague … Continue reading →

Students of the Bible say the Bible is many things: the Bible is a book of history, it is a book of poetry, and it is a book of prophecy. It is a Book of testimony as the New Testament … Continue reading →

I’m back! I want to give a special person a big thank you.  I knew for about two weeks I would be traveling to a locale where internet service was spotty at best and it was.  It was nice to … Continue reading →

As we conclude our discussion of “The Battle over the Bible” [Chapter 8} Pastor Hamilton finds a way to summarize this warfare between conservative interpreters and liberal interpreters. I wish he could find a way to make these warring sides … Continue reading →

“If the liberals tend to emphasize the Bible’s humanity at the expense of its divinity, the conservatives often emphasize the Bible’s divinity at the expense of its humanity.” How can Pastor Hamilton say this? What is the meaning of this … Continue reading →

In a previous post, I discussed the schism between the higher critic and the lower critic. You may wonder why Adam Hamilton wants to focus on such a topic in his book Seeing Gray in a World of Black and … Continue reading →