FBFI Weblog: Creation in Real Time

Don Johnson The worldviews dominating our culture find their roots in many movements of the past five hundred years, but one particular force that led us to this point in time is the doctrine of evolution. It is axiomatic in the lost world today that “science disproves the Bible,” hence, the theories of evolution are…

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The Good Shepherd is the Creator of the Heavens

Stephen Caesar How Old Are the Stars? One of the strongest weapons in the arsenal of skeptics who reject young-universe Creationism has been the alleged great antiquity of the stars. As scientists currently date them, stars appear to be far older than would allow for a Biblical age of the universe. However, new, refined, technologically…

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The Bible at the Center of the Modern University (2)

A. C. Dixon, D. D. Professor, The Bible Institute, Los Angeles, Calif. Editorial note: We are in the midst of a series of posts from the messages delivered at the Pre-Convention Conference of the Northern Baptist Convention, 1920. From the Conference the Fundamental Fellowship was formed which is today known as the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship…

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The Bible at the Center of the Modern University

A. C. Dixon, D. D. Professor, The Bible Institute, Los Angeles, Calif. Editorial note: We are in the midst of a series of posts from the messages delivered at the Pre-Convention Conference of the Northern Baptist Convention, 1920. From the Conference the Fundamental Fellowship was formed which is today known as the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship…

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Creation — Why It Matters

FrontLine: July/August 2016 | VOLUME 26 | NUMBER 4 Recent rapid changes in American culture were set in motion long ago. Many people failed to see the implications of the theory of evolution and its widespread acceptance. Many theologians followed the siren song of “science falsely so called” (1 Tim. 6:20) and accommodated the theory…

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Timothy Keller’s View on Creation (Part 3)

FBFI National Meeting Workshop presented by Matt Recker June 14-16, 2016 In part 1, we defined Timothy Keller’s view of theistic evolution and offered his rationale for holding his position. In part 2, we considered a more thorough discussion of the ERRORS Keller makes in his compromised theology of Creation. 4. Keller’s Theistic Evolution: An…

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Timothy Keller’s View on Creation (Part 2)

FBFI National Meeting Workshop presented by Matt Recker June 14-16, 2016 In part 1, we defined Timothy Keller’s view of theistic evolution and offered his rationale for holding his position. 3. Keller’s Theistic Evolution: His Errors: The following quote from his book, The Reason for God, highlights some deep flaws in Keller’s thinking. In the…

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Timothy Keller’s View on Creation (Part 1)

FBFI National Meeting Workshop presented by Matt Recker June 14-16, 2016 Tim Keller is the highly influential founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. My first introduction to Dr. Keller’s evolutionary position was in a New York Times article, January 25, 1998, which quotes him saying: ON CREATIONISM: ‘‘I don’t think Genesis…

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Beware the Hermeneutics of Accommodation

David Saxon It is undeniable that the history of interpretation includes numerous examples of commentators benefiting from insights garnered from general revelation. Historical discoveries have shed light on various passages, sometimes causing adjustments to interpretations.1 Similarly, each generation reads Scripture in light of its current scientific perspectives.2 It is, therefore, naïve to say that biblical…

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THE LITERAL INTERPRETATION OF GENESIS 3 (Part 3)

John Mincy Part 1 ♦ Part 2 ♦ This is Part 3 Part 1 deals with the literal interpretation of Genesis 3 based on data from the text itself and from cross references in the Old Testament. Part 2 deals with the literal interpretation of Genesis 3 in light of New Testament data. GENESIS 3…

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