The Deeper Bible Podcast

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Episode Summary

In this episode, we probe further into Genesis 1: what "heaven" means, points of contact with ancient Near Eastern myth, and how the Bible's account of creation squares (or doesn't) with modern science and evolutionary theory.

Episode Notes

In this episode, we probe further into Genesis 1: what "heaven" means, points of contact with ancient Near Eastern myth, and how the Bible's account of creation squares (or doesn't) with modern science and evolutionary theory.

Weekend teaching: Brentwood & Concord

Other helpful links:

• The book Pastor Ryan found helpful in college, The Language of God by Francis Collins
• Creation, Evolution, and Christian Laypeople by Tim Keller
• Interview with S. Joshua Swamidass, author of The Genealogical Adam and Eve
• The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
• A thoughtful piece in the Wall Street Journal, Why Atheists Need Faith
• An amazing example of God's creativity in the plant world
• The miraculous development of humans from conception to birth
• John Walton's book is very helpful, The Lost World of Genesis 1: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate
• Evolution, Games, and God: The Principle of Cooperation (see esp. Timothy Jackson's article, 307–26, "The Christian Love Ethic and Evolutionary 'Cooperation': The Lessons and Limits of Eudaimonism and Game Theory")

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