One more Congratulations
My best man and ever “former roommate” got back to work today after a two-week honeymoon. I had the real privilege of serving as his best man, in fact. My arms and legs almost fell off standing up there waiting for the official hitching to take place, but it was all worth it. Congratulations, Brian and Joy! Joy, in four years you will pass me as Brian’s longest-term roommate. I know for a fact that you got the best-read student at Bob Jones Seminary. Now will you please take up some more of...
Congratulations!
My congratulations go to Matt Hoskinson on a very favorable review of his dissertation (published by BJU Press!) by a guy who knows what he’s talking about.
And the Winner Is!
The grand prize winner of my recent drawing, selected by random number generation, is… Drum roll, if you please! C. Howard of G., South Carolina! No, that’s too obvious. Let’s try “Chris H. of Greenville, SC”! Chris gets a Bible and a big collection of theological and other articles going back probably seven or more years. Runners-up, who get just the articles, include John Mark S., Meg J., Josh Y., all of Greenville, SC; and Andrea G. of the great state of Ohio. You’ll get your prizes...
Prizes Reminder!
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Marsden on Darwin and Evangelicalism
Prominent historian George Marsden put it insightfully in Fundamentalism and American Culture : When Darwinism brought about the second scientific revolution, evangelicals who had adopted this method of reconciling science and religion were faced with a dilemma. … Religion would no longer be seen as dependent on historical or scientific fact susceptible of objective inquiry; religion had to do with the spiritual, with the heart, with religious experience, and with moral sense or moral action-areas not open to scientific investigation.