Category Archives: Creation

Death Before the Fall

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Over on Jesus Creed, RJS asks about death before the Fall. Following Ronald Osborn, she suggests that the place of death within the creation is a problem, especially for those who take Genesis literally. As death is supposed to arise … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Creation, Ethics, Genesis, OT, The Blogosphere, Theological | 88 Comments

Intelligent Design?

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

Paying close attention to the detail of the scriptural text is almost invariably rewarding and illuminating. This is perhaps especially the case for passages such as Genesis 1, for which the details of the text bear even more weight than … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Creation, Genesis, OT, OT Theology, Theological | 18 Comments

Oliver O’Donovan on Male and Female in Marriage

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

Marriage fulfils, and so makes sense of, a feature of our common human biological nature. Human beings come into existence with a dimorphically differentiated sexuality, clearly ordered at the biological level towards heterosexual union as the human mode of procreation. … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Creation, Culture, Ethics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 2 Comments

James K. A. Smith, Peter Enns, and the Evolution of Adam

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Alastair Roberts

There is a feature of Enns’ argument that could easily go unnoticed only because it is so ubiquitous: his account is entirely “from below.”  That is, Enns’ argument is predicated on the working assumption that the meaning of the Scriptures … Continue reading →

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