Some Random Good Stuff

The “Gap Theory” was a theory developed by those who wanted to compromise the Bible and force evolution into it.  It was the theory of Genesis I learned with the Navigators back in 1973-75, but it never set well with me because I couldn’t see the “gap” they said was there; it never made sense to me.  Several years later I found some creationist books and learned why the “GT” made no sense.  

Unfortunately, even though the GT has been soundly exposed as untenable from both the Biblical side and the science side, it is still taught in many, many churches today; theistic evolutionists compromise Scripture so as to not appear “ignorant” or “unscientific.”

The Herescope blog has an excellent examination of the GT, which I highly recommend.    Once that has whetted your appetite, I recommend you get a copy of Weston W. Fields’ book, “Unformed and Unfilled: A Critique of the Gap Theory.” 

Often I come across some teaching in either books or on the Internet which teach that the idea of Jesus crucifixion being penal substitution is a more modern teaching and not that of the early church.  Ken Silva proves otherwise.

The recent edition of The Berean Call apologetics letter had an interesting article from the Christian Post.  The article compares the way Mormon youth are trained compared to how Christian youth are trained.  When the cults do a better job of training their youth than do Christians, its time to re-think our philosophy about training our youth.

For those who are wondering about how to tell false teachers from good ones, The Gospel Coalition has a good checklist.  HT to Neil Simpson.

And finally, Mind Renewers gives some insight about homosexuality and those who leave it behind from someone who has been there.  She calls it what it is - sin.  And reminds us that we are all sinners, and that we need to bring the gospel to all who are lost - even if they are lost in homosexual sin.