My Eternity - Poetic Typography

My Eternity” is a typographical video that is inspired by John 17:03.

Audio Credit: “Levity” by This is the Giant

Creation: A Second-Class Doctrine?

Consult the doctrinal statement of 100 churches. You'll probably find this phrase, "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity." What about the doctrine of creation? Is it essential or non-essential? According to John MacArthur, divine creation is one of the primary doctrines of the Bible.

When considering what church to attend, or college to send your children to, the doctrine of creation becomes vitally important because it's the foundation of a Christian worldview. Not everyone feels that way—in fact, as John explains, most people don't. Take a look!

First, watch the video excerpt, then visit the comment thread to discuss the following questions: How should Christians determine what doctrines are essential and non-essential—does Scripture give us any clues?

An Apologia for the 24-Hour Day Creation View

Bob McCabe @ gives an Apologia for the 24-Hour Day Creation View. In Part One he covers:

First, the semantic constraints of the singular “day” argue for a normal day.

Second, the use of “evening” and “morning” as qualifiers of “day” also support a literal interpretation of the creation days.

Third, scriptural parallels with “day” further suggest that the days of the creation week were literal days.

Finally, numerical qualifiers used with “day” consistently point to literal days in the creation week.

In Part Two, he notes four of the most prominent alternative views that have arisen largely as a result of the advent of modern geology and its claims about the (old) age of the earth:

(1) Theistic evolution.

(2) Day-age view.

(3) Gap theory.

(4) Framework interpretation.

See also:

• http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/dalrymple/scientific_age_earth.html

• http://www.dbts.edu/journals/2000/mccabe.pdf

Creation “Days” in Genesis

Steve Davis @ http://sharperiron.org deals with the topic of creation and a literal 24 hour rendering. He covers:

• The regard for this topic in Church history
• The use of the Hebrew word yo-m, which is translated “day.”
  

The Differing views::
The literal view

holds to creation accomplished in six twenty-four-hour days; the epochal view understands that the days as representative of long periods of time;

The poetic view (or framework view)
dechronologizes the creation account while not denying creation by divine cause.

The epochal view of creation days

regards the six days of creation in Genesis 1 as geological ages of unequal length. These ages are required to accommodate the supposed scientific evidence of an earth several billion years old. Millard Erickson surveys several views and recognizes that “the biblical statement seems quite straightforward. God created the earth in six days” (Erickson 1995, 380).

The poetic view of creation days

does not concern itself with explaining time-bound events but with the literary structure in which the account was written, “more a matter of logical structuring than of chronological order” (Erickson 1995, 381).

In his foreword to The Genesis Debate, Norman Geisler points out that there are several lessons to learn.
1) “The creation-day debate is not over the inspiration of the Bible, but over its interpretation,” 2) “The creation-day debate is not one of evangelical authenticity but of evangelical consistency,”
3) “The time of creation is not as important as the fact of creation,”
4) “The Church needs to shift its focus to the real enemy—evolutionism—not to other forms of creationism that remain true to the historicity of the events recorded in Genesis,” and
5) that “just as the issue is not one of orthodoxy, so it is also not one of morality” (Geisler 2001, 11-12).

How can watching a documentary about insects be worship?

John Piper talks about displays of God's beauty and intelligence in creation that ought to inspire worship.

9 Things I Learned About God from "Planet Earth"

Tim Challies reviews the DVD "Planet Earth". He comments on the presentation: "Planet Earth is widely regarded as the greatest nature or wildlife series ever produced. Says David Attenborough in the opening moments, “A hundred years ago, there were one and a half billion people on Earth. Now, over six billion crowd our fragile planet. But even so, there are still places barely touched by humanity. This series will take you to the last wildernesses and show you the planet and its wildlife as you have never seen them before.” And it proceeds to do just that, finding and filming some of the most exquisitely beautiful locations on the planet. The scenery, the panoramas, the creatures are absolutely breathtaking".

I learned that our God is…

…A God of Variety

…A God of Beauty

…A God of Detail

…A God of the Big Picture

…A God of Pleasure

…A God of Laughter

…A God of His Word

…A God of Redemption

…A God of Adventure

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He notes: "A couple of months ago I reviewed Planet Earth and its predecessor Blue Planet. Click here if you want to read that. If you are interested in buying the series, I’m pretty sure the best prices are at Amazon (or they were when I bought it)".