Reflections of an Undeconstructed Pentecostal
Before the first pictographs were stenciled on cave walls, before the first words were pressed into clay tablets, God’s “eternal power and divine nature” was revealed in creation (Romans 1:20). Unlike other ancient origin myths in which the gods emerged from a primordial swamp, the God of the Bible eternally preexist space, time, and matter (Genesis 1:1). Nature as a source of revelation is a common theme among the biblical writers. Continue reading “The Revelation of God in Creation”
Some Christians live in fear and suspicion of science as if scientific discovery and theological truth are natural and mortal enemies. This is especially true of Christians whose intellectual formation is primarily based in the 20th century conflict between modernism and fundamentalism. Most fundamentalists require a literal reading of Genesis 1 that insists on a six day creation and a young earth. Any other interpretation is considered heretical. As I wrote in my previous blog, a literal interpretation of Genesis 1 is not only unnecessary, but it also defies the original context of the creation narrative. To my mind, for Christians to reject scientific discovery is to reduce faith to mere superstition.
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