during this thought-provoking ebook, born-again Christian Denis O. Lamoureux argues that the God of the Bible created the universe and lifestyles via evolution—an ordained, sustained, and design-reflecting typical technique. In different phrases, evolution isn't the results of blind probability and our construction isn't really a mistake. Lamoureux demanding situations the preferred assumption that God disclosed clinical evidence within the starting chapters of Scripture hundreds of thousands of years sooner than their discovery through sleek technological know-how. He contends that during an analogous means the Lord meets us anywhere we take place to be in our lives, the Holy Spirit got here right down to the extent of the encouraged biblical writers and used their old realizing of origins in an effort to exhibit inerrant, life-changing Messages of religion. Lamoureux additionally stocks his own tale and fight in coming to phrases with evolution and Christianity.

“Having travelled a direction from atheist to younger earth creationist to evolutionary creationist, Denis Lamoureux has concept deeply in regards to the intersection of the truths within the publication of Nature and the e-book of the Bible. during this notable and brave research, he describes how he has came across compelling concord among those worldviews. notwithstanding yes literal interpretations of Genesis are rendered untenable, open-minded believers will emerge with their religion subtle within the fireplace of rigorous yet loving highbrow argument.”
—Francis Collins, former Director of the Human Genome undertaking, writer of The Language of God: A Scientist offers facts for Belief

“Although there are various superb books that deal with the compatibility of ‘faith and technological know-how’ in most cases, Lamoureux is by myself in treating with candor, sophistication, and pastoral sensitivity the interpretive matters that face any Christian reader of Scripture. Lamoureux is familiar with that the guts of the difficulty isn't religion and technological know-how, yet (1) how you can interpret Genesis as either ‘ancient technological know-how’ and as God’s observe, and (2) how Paul displays this old technology in his use of Genesis. This ebook yields a lot wanted readability and development in a subject that keeps to vex and intrigue evangelical readers, even after generations of dis-ease and awkward silences. it's a booklet whose time has come.”
—Peter Enns, writer of idea and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the matter of the previous Testament

“In this new publication, Denis Lamoureux is helping us know the way Christians can take the notice of God in Scripture and the note of God in production heavily whilst. possibly we're finally coming to a time whilst even very conservative evangelicals might be capable of wonder on the lengthy and gorgeous approach that God used to create our world.”
—Kenton Sparks, writer of God’s observe in Human phrases: An Evangelical Appropriation of severe Biblical Scholarship

Denis O. Lamoureux is affiliate Professor of technological know-how and faith at St. Joseph’s university within the collage of Alberta. He holds 3 doctoral degrees—dentistry, theology, and biology—and has written books: Darwinism Defeated? The Johnson-Lamoureux Debate on organic Origins (co-authored with Philip E. Johnson, 1999) and Evolutionary construction: A Christian method of Evolution (Wipf & inventory, 2008).