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Science Corner: “What Hath Darwin to Do with Scripture?”

June 12, 2024 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

It's Stanley Cup Finals time, and so I expect we are all asking ourselves the same question: How would you explain ice hockey to Bronze Age nomads from Canaan? Of course there will be a matter of translation. Words like "stick" and "net" presumably would map pretty directly. There'd probably be a word that shares meaning with "team" although maybe it would refer primarily to animals. "Offsides" is tricky to explain even to modern English speakers, but that's because there are a lot of details; the constituent concepts … [Read more...] about Science Corner: “What Hath Darwin to Do with Scripture?”

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Science and Faith Tagged With: biological evolution, Charles Darwin, Dru Johnson, evolutionary biology, Genesis, Genesis 1, science, science corner

An Artist Looks at Genesis: Finding Shalom

December 6, 2021 by Cameron J. Anderson Leave a Comment

“There we shall rest and see, see and love, love and praise. That is what shall be in the end without end. For what other end do we propose to ourselves than to attain to the kingdom of which there is no end?” —Augustine,  The City of God Lifelong, Sir Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928) was employed as a clerk helping to produce the official record of the Parliament. But he is best known for his avocation: an abiding desire to address the dehumanizing impact of urbanization in late nineteenth-century England. In … [Read more...] about An Artist Looks at Genesis: Finding Shalom

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: artist, Garden, Genesis

An Artist Looks at Genesis: A Garden Tragedy

November 22, 2021 by Cameron J. Anderson Leave a Comment

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 off to college and then graduate school to study visual art, I chose secular institutions. During those years, the prospect of sorting out the relationship between my deeply held faith and a growing passion for art … [Read more...] about An Artist Looks at Genesis: A Garden Tragedy

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: artist, Garden, Genesis

An Artist Looks At Genesis: Tending the Garden

November 5, 2021 by Cameron J. Anderson Leave a Comment

Last week, Cam Anderson began the series  An Artist Looks At Genesis by considering "The Garden We Long For." In this week's post, he considers the significance of the first couple's work of tending and caring for the garden. ____________________ Plant gardens, eat what they produce. —From a letter to the exiles in Babylon, Jeremiah 29:5 Humankind's relationship with work is complicated. Some find it lifegiving—an invitation to creative collaboration, satisfying achievement, even personal renewal. But for many … [Read more...] about An Artist Looks At Genesis: Tending the Garden

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: artist, Garden, Genesis

An Artist Looks At Genesis: The Garden We Long For

October 29, 2021 by Cameron J. Anderson 2 Comments

We are grateful to Cameron J. Anderson for this series of articles on "An Artist Looks At Genesis." The early chapters of Genesis are often contended space between scientists and theologians. Anderson, an artist by training, was the former director both of InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministry and later, Christians in the Visual Arts. He brings both the eye of an artist and his work in academia and the arts as a Christian leader to these reflections on Genesis. ____________________ The heavens are telling the … [Read more...] about An Artist Looks At Genesis: The Garden We Long For

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: artist, Garden, Genesis

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