tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27537528.post6025051310865147351..comments2023-06-21T05:14:21.268-04:00Comments on Engage The Culture!: In The Beginning . . . How?George W. Sarrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06041286205463565409noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27537528.post-50157217116055345582012-08-16T07:00:08.475-04:002012-08-16T07:00:08.475-04:00this is one of my favorite animal. but i still did...this is one of my favorite animal. but i still didn't had the chanse to see it in real lifeLigerhttp://www.liger.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27537528.post-2952245251834441212012-08-09T11:42:14.017-04:002012-08-09T11:42:14.017-04:00John,
Thanks for your comments. I'll have ...John, <br /><br />Thanks for your comments. I'll have to take a look at the book you mentioned. <br /><br />For me, the critical issues have been the "according to their kinds" which I mentioned, and the genealogies which seem to limit the time frame for evolution. I'm aware that there can certainly be gaps in the genealogies, but the magnitude of the gap between what the text indicates and the time frame for evolution seems much too large. <br /><br />Anyway, thanks for your encouragement and good thoughts.<br /><br />God bless,<br /><br />GeorgeGeorge W. Sarrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041286205463565409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27537528.post-60511154085753760062012-08-08T23:56:55.802-04:002012-08-08T23:56:55.802-04:00Thanks for the invitation to comment. I've fol...Thanks for the invitation to comment. I've followed your blog with great interest on judgment/hell. I like where you've been with it and where you're going with your ideas.<br /><br />These days, I'm leaning more toward evolution based on DNA studies. Francis Collins's lectures have been pretty persuasive. And I think that God could intervene over time through evolution. Sounds similar to what some call that punctuated equilibrium. Not sure if that's my view, but it seems to fit.<br /><br />Now, what about plain readings of Scripture? You've done a lot of work to understand what Gehenna was, and I'm positive most evangelicals will assert you are not reading the Bible plainly. But you and I both know the importance of historical and cultural context. It seems the same works with the creation poem in Genesis. <br /><br />I just finished reading The Lost World of Genesis One by John Walton. His hermeneutical key is the poem is a cosmic temple inauguration ceremony script. The poem is about function, not material. It ceremonially turns a "building" into God's temple, and he takes up his rest in the temple as the sovereign deity. There are striking parallels to other ancient texts doing the same thing. <br /><br />This is a must-read book. It changed everything for me, and it's the plainest reading I've heard yet. He makes a strong case that his is the most "literal" reading, and it opens up the possibility that scientific truth and biblical truth have never been in conflict. I call it the <a href="http://johnmarkdunham.blogspot.com/2012/07/truth-vs-truth.html" rel="nofollow">truth vs. truth</a> problem.<br /><br />Sorry for the epistle. I've been thinking quite a lot about this lately. I have to say, I have no response to the "according to their kinds" critique. I'll have to keep thinking about that. Peace!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703082690282407473noreply@blogger.com