Monday, March 1, 2021

The Creation Controversy: Recommended Resources

The following are various books, websites, articles, and video presentations that I recommend for further information on alternative understandings of Genesis and creation-related issues. The reader should understand that I present these resources for their informational value. I do not necessarily endorse all of the views reflected here, nor should it be assumed that the authors and contributors listed here would necessarily agree with me on any particular point. As with everything else in life, “Test all things; hold fast to that which is good.”

Books

A Biblical Case for an Old Earth, by Richard Snoke.

A Matter of Days: Resolving a Creation Controversy, by Hugh Ross.

 Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design, by Stephen Meyer.

Dinosaur Blood and the Age of the Earth, by Fazale Rana.

Early Genesis: The Revealed Cosmology, by Mark Moore.

Friend of Science, Friend of Faith: Listening to God in His Works and World, by Greg Davidson.

Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design, by Ken Ham, Hugh Ross, Deborah Haarsma, and Stephen Meyer (Edited by James Stump).

Improbable Planet: How Earth Became Humanity’s Home, by Hugh Ross.

(Mis)Interpreting Genesis: How the Creation Museum Misunderstands the Ancient Near Eastern Context of the Bible, by Ben Standhope.

Navigating Genesis: A Scientist’s Journey through Genesis 1-11, by Hugh Ross.

Seven Days that Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science, by John Lennox.

The Creator Revealed: A Physicist Examines the Big Bang and the Bible, by Mike Strauss.

The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry, by Joshua Swamidass.

The Grand Canyon: Monument to an Ancient Earth, by Carol Hill, Gregg Davidson, Wayne Ranney, and Tim Helble.

The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible, by Dr. Michael Heiser.

 

Websites

Age of Rocks: Exploring the Wonders of Geology in Response to Young Earth Claims: ageofrocks.wordpress.com

God and Science.org: www.godandscience.org

John Lennox: www.johnlennox.org

Old Earth Ministries: www.oldearth.org

Reasons to Believe: www.reasons.org

Stephen Meyer: www.stephencmeyer.org

The Glenn Morton Archive: https://www.oldearth.org/bio_glenn_morton.htm

The Grand Canyon: Monument to An Ancient Earth: www.grandcanyonancientearth.com

William Lane Craig: www.reasonablefaith.org

 

 Articles and Video Presentations:

“100 Reasons theEarth is Old,” by Jonathan Baker.

Articles onDinosaur Soft Tissue and Related Matters
 

“Coming to Gripswith the Early Church Fathers’ Perspective on Genesis,” by John Millam: 

“Early Genesis,the Revealed Cosmology,” companion blog to the book by Mark Moore: 

“Hugh Ross Responding to YEC Criticism of Navigating Genesis,” by Sentinel Apologetics (an excellent, capsule look at how young-earth ministries often misrepresent old-earth creationists).

“Noah’s Flood: ABird’s-Eye View,” by Steve Sarigianis.

“Scandal of theEvangelical Mind: A Biblical and Scientific Critique of Young-EarthCreationism,” by Bruce Gordon.

“The Demise and Fall of the Water Vapor Canopy: A Fallen Creationist Idea,” by Glenn Morton.

“The LondonHammer: An Alleged Out of Place Artifact,” by Glen Kuban.

“The PaluxyDinosaur/ ‘Man Track’ Controversy,” by Glen Kuban.

“Textual andscientific resources in response to young-earth creationism”

“What is GopherWood? Do even the Supposed ‘Errors’ in the Text Point to Christ?” by Mark Moore.

“Why Behemothisn’t a Dinosaur,” by Ben Standhope.

“Why I LeftYoung-Earth Creationism,” by Glenn Morton.

“Why Leviathanisn’t a Dinosaur,” by Ben Standhope.

“Why the UniverseIs the Way It Is,” by Dr. Hugh Ross (a powerful example of how real science is an ally to theism rather than an enemy).

If you’ve enjoyed this series, you can find it available in book form on Amazon.com in both Kindle and paperback formats under the title: Creation in the Crossfire: A Study of the Genesis Debate in the Church.

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