Bryan College Conflict over Creationism

by May 20, 2014Theology1 comment

I attended a creation-evolution conference at Bryan a few years back. Now the college itself, at least according to the New York Times, is facing internal conflict over the issue. Note that the Times doesn’t give any figure much more than a sound bite, so it’s hard to get a feel for the debate that isn’t handed to you pre-packaged by the reporter.

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  1. dcsj

    Mark, I have some links on this story at P&D here (the post is a collection of weblinks – just think, a real weblog!). The Bryan College stories are about half way down.

    http://www.proclaimanddefend.org/2014/03/19/eclectica3-19-2014/#Fighting

    Hmm… looking at that link, it might take you directly to the relevant part of the post.

    Maranatha!
    Don Johnson
    Jer 33.3