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Showing posts with label polkinghorne. Show all posts
Sunday, 31 January 2010

Polkinghorne Quotes #13: Divine Action, Evil, and Slandering God

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This is the 13th post in a series on the writings of John Polkinghorne . Last Sunday morning Dave Toycen , president of World Vision Canada,...
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Thursday, 24 December 2009

Polkinghorne Quotes #12: A Dangerous and Satisfying Truth

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This is the 12th post in a series on the writings of John Polkinghorne . The “Two Books” is a common metaphor in the science / faith discuss...
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Saturday, 10 October 2009

Polkinghorne Quotes #11: Orthodoxy – Neither Inflexible Nor Disconnected from the Past

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This is the 11th post in a series on the writings of John Polkinghorne . Orthodox theology is one of the hallmarks of Evangelicalism ; the b...
Sunday, 31 August 2008

Polkinghorne Quotes #10: The Creator as Author, Producer, Director, and Actor in the Cosmic Drama

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Explaining divine action in an evolutionary creation model (or any model for that matter) is notoriously difficult. Many analogies and expla...
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Sunday, 30 March 2008

Polkinghorne Quotes #9: Timid Theologians

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I have previously commented on the dearth of evangelical theologians willing to tackle the implications of biological evolution. While eva...
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Sunday, 23 March 2008

Polkinghorne Quotes #8: Persistence and Humility - Necessary Qualities for both Science and Theology

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Even the greatest of scientists admit that they “ stand on the shoulders of giants ”. No one’s theories are free from correction or extens...
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Thursday, 31 January 2008

Polkinghorne Quotes #7: Rejecting Process Theology

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Polkinghorne is often accused of accepting and promoting Process Theology (PT). This theology, initially developed by Alfred Whitehead in th...
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008

Polkinghorne Quotes #6: The Mutually Enriching Relationship between Faith and Science

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The remarkable insights that science affords us into the intelligible workings of the world cry out for an explanation more profound than th...
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Wednesday, 19 December 2007

Polkinghorne Quotes #5: Does the Math for Evolutionary Time even Work?

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The fact that evolutionary mechanisms can physically account for the complexity of life on earth seems, well frankly, mind boggling if not p...
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Thursday, 6 December 2007

Polkinghorne Quotes #4: The Christian God: Not Limited to nor Restricted by Edges

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Theology is concerned with ontological origin and not with temporal beginning. The idea of creation has no special stake in a datable start ...
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Wednesday, 28 November 2007

Polkinghorne Quotes #3: Why is the Tea Kettle Boiling?

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Why is the kettle boiling? Answer#1: The kettle is boiling because the burning gas heats the water. True. Answer#2: The kettle is boiling be...
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Tuesday, 20 November 2007

Polkinghorne Quotes #2: The Dangers of a Designer God

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Speaking of those who claim to have scientifically detected intelligence behind the evolution of the universe, Polkinghorne states: “Yet it ...
Wednesday, 14 November 2007

Polkinghorne Quotes #1: God the Fellow-Sufferer

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“God is not a spectator, but a fellow-sufferer, who has himself absorbed the full force of evil. In the lonely figure hanging in the darknes...
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Polkinghorne Quotes: Introduction

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John Polkinghorne is one of my favourite authors. His writing is intellectually challenging, spiritually stimulating, constantly engrossing...
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