The lead-in to this video says it all. This is from 1925, the year of the Scopes Trial: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SsYh_Gr-A&w=560&h=315]...
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Randall Stephens is Releasing His Fall 2016 Line Piece by Piece
Yesterday it was the Alex Jones Library of America cover. Today it is Ken Ham‘s turn. In an exclusive interview, Stephens told me that he designed this piece because “Trump will need a science advisor.” Stay tuned. We will be...
Virtual Office Hours: Fall 2014 – Episode 12
Thoughts on George Marsden’s Fundamentalism and American CulturePart IV [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFmolxXRIpA]...
Are Evangelical Homeschoolers Embracing Evolution?
Florida homeschool convention According to David Wheeler, author of a recent post at The Atlantic, more and more evangelical homeschooling parents want their children exposed to evolution. At least one publisher–Christian Schools International out of Grand Rapids, Michigan–has responded with...
Social Darwinism and Jesus
Can a Christian believe in Social Darwinism? Roger Olsen, a theology professor at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary, does not think so. He wonders why conservative Christians seem to warmly embrace free-market principles driven by Social Darwinism but,...
Evangelical Evolutionists Gather in New York City
Most evangelical Christian pastors in the United States believe in a literal, six-day, 24-hour creation. But there are others who believe that evangelicalism and evolution are compatible. Those affiliated with this minority group met last week in New York. Those...
The American History Guys on Evolution and Creation in America
You gotta love Backstory with the American History Guys. Peter Onuf (18th century guy), Ed Ayers (19th century guy), and Brian Balogh (20th century guy) are not only outstanding and internationally known scholars from the University of Virginia (Ayers is...
John Wilson: No One Reads the Bible Literally
John Wilson, the editor of Books & Culture, has weighed in on the current mess at Calvin College regarding the resignation of John Schneider and the debate over a literal Adam and Eve. Here is a taste of his piece […]