Getting REAL About God, Guidance, and Good News

I’ve been asked a number of times lately, by friends and reporters alike, what exactly I mean when I exclaim “Thank God for the New Atheists!” Here’s my quickie response…

I thank God for the New Atheists not because I want everyone to be like them, or to think like them, nor because I consider them perfect vessels of divine wisdom. Rather, I’m grateful to them because of

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Posted at 8am on 07/29/10 | Comments Off | Filed Under: General

Supernatural Is Unnatural Is Uninspiring (When You Think About It)

In the 14-billion-year ‘big history‘ of the Universe, and 4.5-billion-year history of Earth, evidence suggest that the only place that the supernatural realm has ever existed is in the minds and hearts (and speech) of human beings, and actually only quite recently.

As Benson Salem compellingly showed in his 1977 American Anthropological Association Ethos paper “Supernatural as a Western Category”, the ‘supernatural realm’

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Posted at 4pm on 06/07/10 | 1 comment | Filed Under: General

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I am an evolutionary Pentecostal, with a B.A. in Biblical Studies and Philosophy from Evangel University (Assemblies of God) and an M.Div. from Palmer Seminary (American Baptist). I pastored three churches. Since April 2002, my wife and I have traveled North America sharing a God-centered view of evolution with religious and secular audiences of all ages. My book, Thank God for Evolution! How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World, has been endorsed by five Nobel laureates and dozens of ministers, theologians, and other leaders across the theological spectrum.