The Preface

Phil Hills

"...the special nature that Christian theology ascribes to humanity is in direct contradiction to a Darwinian understanding that makes no distinction between any organisms, each one being necessarily best adapted for their particular environment. The second obstacle is reconciling the concept of a benevolent God with one who purposefully chooses to use suffering and death as the means of evolving life. These are not inconsequential questions and any Christian who embraces evolution must be able to posit intelligent answers if their position is to be considered credible."

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#3 History denial — Jonathan castro 2010-10-23 22:11

The issue is not just evolution. Do all these writers also reject the findings of geology, physics, astrophysics, cosmology and archaeology?? The earth is INDISPUTABLY extremely old (approx 4,500 million years), as is the rest of the universe. To deny this is nothing short of madness, and will invite nothing but ridicule from the scientific community and the scientifically-literate general public. I, like Dawkins (although I disagree with his atheism), will never publicly debate a young-earth creationist - it's like trying to play chess with a pigeon!

#2 Pastor — Brian Madden 2010-05-13 23:39

A very interesting read. Would love this book to be placed in High Schools. As Evolution Theory is taught via many lies in the text books. This book definately makes one think.

#1 AOG missionary to Kenya& Burundi — Mrs Jenny Kay 2009-12-06 11:05

I am so excited that IVP have had the courage to publish a book which takes this line. I have held the opinion that Darwinian evolution is fatally flawed since I became a Christian just before spending 3 years at Cambridge University in in 70s studying Natural Sciences. I have been ridiculed for so long by so many Christians who would not even discuss the subject. Now I am teaching Pastoral students in Africa that there is scientific evidence to support the Biblical record. Praise God and may God greatly bless and establish the truth of His Creation amongst Christians all over the world!

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Foreword
^{Wayne Grudem}
Preface: A twenty-first century challenge
^{Phil Hills}
1. Evolution and the Church
^{Alistair Donald}
2. The language of Genesis
^{Alistair McKitterick}
3. Adam and Eve
^{Michael Reeves}
4. The fall and death
^{Greg Haslam}5. Creation, redemption and eschatology
^{David Anderson}6. The nature and character of God
^{Andrew Sibley}
7. Faith and creation
^{R. T. Kendall}
8. Towards a science worthy of creatures in imago Dei
^{Steve Fuller}
9. Interpretation of scientific evidence
A. Homology
^{Norman Nevin}B. The nature of the fossil record
^{Norman Nevin}
C. Chromosomal fusion and common ancestry
^{Geoff Barnard}
D. Information and thermodynamics
^{Andy McIntosh}
10. Does the genome provide evidence for common ancestry?
^{Geoff Barnard}11. The origin of life: scientists play dice
^{John Walton}Conclusion: Should Christians embrace evolution?
^{Phil Hills and Norman Nevin}

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Book Price: £9.99
Paperback 192 pages
ISBN 9781844744060
Published 20/11/2009

_{Edited by}
Norman C. Nevin
_{Foreword by}
Wayne Grudem

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