Yesterday I came across this interesting article in the journal RNA on the subject of pseudogenes. The majority of scientific papers I read typically would be of no interest to the average person. This one however sparked my interest because of it’s relationship to a number of exciting areas. Not just in science, but also [...]

I have been spending a lot of time recently preparing to teach “protology” at the Iowa Bible Institute (IBI) this summer. While gathering extensive resources and attempting to read whatever I can get my hands on regarding creation and the first few chapter of Genesis, I have also been giving a lot of thought about [...]

This is the final critique of Pete Enns’ attempt to harmonize evolution in Paul’s letters on the BioLogos forum series “Paul’s Adam.” Now the bodies hit the floor: Accepting Paul’s assumptions about human origins means the scientific and archaeological evidence must be ignored or mainstream theories must be replaced with better ones. In simpler words, [...]

As I promised, the straw man re-appears: Paul was an ancient man, not a modern one. Should we expect him, therefore, to share views of the world, of humanity, the cosmos, etc., common to his time? Or, does Paul’s inspired status mean that his view of physical reality transcends his time and place? Has anyone [...]

A straw-man argument takes place when someone sets up a false or non-existent argument to knock-down, creating the allusion of victory, when in reality the person didn’t  knock down the real thing, but only a straw-man. In the end, all straw men arguments are failed arguments. They prove nothing. Straw-men arguments are the bread and [...]

In Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15, Paul draws a parallel between Jesus and Adam: Adam disobeyed (eating of the fruit) and brought death to “all”; Jesus obeyed (in his crucifixion) and (in rising) brought life to “all.” Jesus came to undo what Adam did. He came to reverse the curse of Adam. There is [...]

We continue our series on Pete Enns’ blog article “Adam is Israel” and ultimately, “Paul’s Adam”: If we see Adam as a story of Israelite origins, it will help us make sense of at least one nagging question that begins in Genesis 4:13—one that readers of Genesis, past and present, have picked up on. After [...]