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When a Day Might not be a Day

2020-08-18 by Todd 6 Comments

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The creation account of Genesis 1 is divided into six days of creation and one day of rest. Each day of creation ends with the same two clauses: “And there was evening and there was morning, day 1,” “…evening…morning…the second day,” etc. To us, it seems perfectly clear that day means a 24 hour period. Why else would he say, “And there was evening, and there was morning…?” So why do some interpreters, like myself, say it’s possible that Moses uses “day” in a non plain-language way?

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Creation Article 1 (of 2) Off to a Potential Publisher!

2020-07-26 by Todd Leave a Comment

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Remember the Creation Project from way back in 2016? I have a commitment to the Templeton Religion Trust and the Henry Center for Theological Understanding to publish two articles on the topic of the proper way to read the creation account in Genesis 1. I’ve finally sent off the first article to see if a journal will accept it for publication.

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Creation is a Temple: The Temple as a Meme in the Ancient Near East and Genesis 1

2020-07-24 by Todd 8 Comments

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Memes are a modern phenomenon that we associate with social media. But in a way, memes are as old as human culture. In this post, I want to think about the idea of “temple” as a meme in the ancient Near East that served as a way for people to understand their place in creation, especially their place in relation to God. We’ll see how the idea of temple, like a meme, was transferrable to different contexts. Then we’ll be ready for the next post, when we’ll see how Genesis 1 uses the temple meme to communicate theological truths about creation.

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Filed Under: muse Tagged With: ancient near east, creation, creation project, genesis, meme, theology

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Why Al Mohler Should not Play Poker and Other Words of Wisdom Relating to the Age of the Universe

2017-04-22 by Todd 9 Comments

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In response to my most recent post in my series on “The Evangelical’s Creation Conundrum,” A friend asked my opinion about the Mohler-Collins conversation about Scripture’s teaching on the age of the universe that took place on February 1. Rather than an extensive response, I picked out one of Mohler’s statements that I think is representative of the way young earth creationists sometimes rhetorically distort the debate by forcing us to go all in on a lopsided bet.

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Creation is a Temple: Reading Creation Through the Proper Interpretive Lens

2017-04-20 by Todd 101 Comments

Creation was meant to be a place of provision and protection. That’s what the ordering of the six days of creation communicates. But Genesis 1:1-2:3 sets in motion a big idea that drives the whole biblical story from beginning to end. The temple theme is rooted in the seven day structure of creation and opens up the possibility that the author did not use “days” to express length of time, but rather to set up the all important temple metaphor as the lens through which we understand the creation narrative.

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Reading and Living God’s Story

2017-02-18 by Todd 2 Comments

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During my research stint with The Creation Project I had the luxury of being contractually obliged to read in areas that I normally don’t have time to explore. One result is a deeper appreciation of the relationship between reading and living God’s story.

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The Annual Januflection Edition of our Newsletter is on Your Doorstep

2017-02-05 by Todd Leave a Comment

I’ve just sent out the Janufleciton edition of our newsletter for January, 2017. This month I start my 26th year of ministry to Slovakia and in this edition of your newsletter you can rejoice with us as we look back to an awesome 2016 and find out how to pray for a 2017 with just as much potential.

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Filed Under: ministry Tagged With: creation project, elisabeth, family, genesis, jana, januflection, max, Narnia, newsletter, todd

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Looking Forward to 2017 After a Hyuuuuuuge 2016

2017-01-24 by Todd 1 Comment

The Creation Project definitely dominated our 2016 and brought new opportunities for everyone in the family, including Elisabeth and Max, but there was plenty else going on with successful musicals at Narnia and other research milestones for Todd. All that good stuff and we’re still hoping for big things in 2017.

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