“Advent is definitely not for sissies,” declares Fleming Rutledge, Episcopal priest and theologian, in her book Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ.[1] Advent is the short[2] but potent liturgical season that dramatizes the “end times”: the second coming, the divine judgment, the undoing and remaking of heaven and earth. Its character is […]
Seminary Now: How Do We Reconcile Science and the Bible on Origins?
We wanted to pass along from our partners at Seminary Now a preview of John Walton’s course on The Lost World of Genesis One. Also, for a limited time, Seminary Now is offering up to a 50 percent discount on their courses! Consider signing up for this course or another as something to do over […]
An Artist Looks at Genesis: A Garden Tragedy
Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after the wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun. —Ecclesiastes 2:11 From birth, Bible-believing churches had been my spiritual home, but when I headed […]
Theology & Podcast Launches Today!
The Emerging Scholars Network is delighted to announce the launch today of a new podcast, Theology &. Many of our members have expressed interest in more theologically grounded conversations about faith and issues in our fields of study. We are delighted to co-sponsor this new effort toward that end. ____________________ Does academic research make a difference […]
Science Corner: More than Three Chromosomes in a Trench Coat Part 4
Why should you care about phenotypic plasticity? Julie Reynolds provides some suggestions with the help of tiger mosquitoes.