RE: [asa] RE: Apologetics Conference 2008 (William Lane Craig)

Bernie's point remains. Anyone constrained by this statement of faith may be a man of integrity but they can't claim to be on the cutting edge of apologetics. He can't have it both ways.

John

--- On Wed, 11/12/08, Ted Davis <TDavis@messiah.edu> wrote:

> From: Ted Davis <TDavis@messiah.edu>
> Subject: RE: [asa] RE: Apologetics Conference 2008 (William Lane Craig)
> To: "asa@calvin.edu" <asa@calvin.edu>, "Bernie Dehler" <bernie.dehler@intel.com>
> Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 12:51 PM
> I follow up on this:
>
> >>> "Dehler, Bernie"
> <bernie.dehler@intel.com> 11/12/2008 11:42 AM
> >>>
> Schwarzwald said about William Lane Craig:
> "He comes across as appealing for - amazingly enough -
> moderation and charity towards fellow Christians who
> disagree on these points, particularly insofar as how they
> relate to theology."
>
> ***
>
> Let's be clear about the limitations facing WLC or
> anyone else who teaches at Biola University. There are
> views on origins that one cannot hold, if one has a Biola
> contract -- just as there are views that one cannot hold if
> one teaches at Messiah. (The sets of views I refer to here
> are not identical, but they do have some overlap since both
> Messiah and Biola hire only professing Christians as faculty
> members. Messiah sees itself doctrinally more in terms of
> classical orthodoxy than the typically more specific
> confessions associated with evangelical groups, but I am in
> no way criticizing Biola for having its own set of specific
> commitments. I celebrate their freedom to define their
> institution no less than our freedom to define ours.)
>
> The Biola faith statement is here
> http://www.biola.edu/about/doctrinal-statement/
>
> Here is the section relevant to this thread:
>
> <The existence and nature of the creation is due to the
> direct miraculous power of God. The origin of the universe,
> the origin of life, the origin of kinds of living things,
> and the origin of humans cannot be explained adequately
> apart from reference to that intelligent exercise of power.
> A proper understanding of science does not require that all
> phenomena in nature must be explained solely by reference to
> physical events, laws and chance.
>
> Therefore, creation models which seek to harmonize science
> and the Bible should maintain at least the following: (a)
> God providentially directs His creation, (b) He specially
> intervened in at least the above-mentioned points in the
> creation process, and (c) God specially created Adam and Eve
> (Adam’s body from non-living material, and his spiritual
> nature immediately from God). Inadequate origin models hold
> that (a) God never directly intervened in creating nature
> and/or (b) humans share a common physical ancestry with
> earlier life forms.>
>
> Since WLC is a person of integrity, one can assume that his
> views on origins are consistent with these two paragraphs.
> Some present and past Biola faculty are YECs, but to the
> best of my knowledge WLC is an OEC. Certainly his superb
> book on the Big Bang suggests this.
>
> Ted
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