Archive for July, 2008

“Beyond the Firmament” (Review) - Genesis is Literal

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Having posted my initial reaction to Gordon J. Glover’s “Beyond the Firmament”, I find there is a lot I wish to reflect on. 

In my last book review, “Evidence for Creation“, I quoted an awful lot of the book.  I do not want to do Mr. Glover that disservice, because it may lead one to think that they only need to read my review, and not his book, and that would be a shame.

One of my own core beliefs is that Moses meant what he wrote, God meant him to write it, the Hebrews were meant to believe it… and so are we.  Mr. Glover believes the same thing.  The question is where to go from there.  He states….
The answer …

“Beyond the Firmament” (Review) - Introduction

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

I have just completed reading Gordon J. Glover’s excellent book, “Beyond the Firmament”.  It was very helpful in helping me clarify my views on Creation and Genesis 1, and has made me open to the idea of abandoning the umbrella of “Theistic Evolution”, in favor of just unabashedly saying “Evolution”.  This is no small feat.

I have documented on this blog a scriptural basis for seeing Jesus at Creation, and His involvement in it.  I stand by it, but I realize that I must soften some of my language.  I have historically sounded like the insights I write of was God’s own message.  I want to clarify that I do not believe that is true.  On the contrary, I agree …