On this page you will find articles on the topic of creation and evolution, but mainly in the areas of biblical science and theology. Should you wish to contribute, please send it for review to the editor.
New light on Genesis
In this article, the agreement between Genesis 1:1-19 and articulates the history of the universe in a new way. This is done using insights from modern natural science and through an alternative interpretation of the first four days of creation.
Evolution and Christian ethics
Gijs van den Brink responds approvingly to Theo Boer's article, citing the Reformed Abraham Kuyper and the liberation theologian Jurgen Moltmann, both of whom made a very well-founded case that evolutionist thinking is incompatible with Christian ethics.
God's creative action and natural science
An excellent critical review of theistic evolutionism by Sietse Geertsema. Is there a third way between the "six times 24 hours" option and theistic evolutionism? Geertsema offers a particularly interesting alternative.
Why distance between nature and morality?
Christian ethics as well as its secular counterparts, humanism and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, cannot, according to Theo Boer, be reconciled with the central mechanisms of Darwinian evolutionism.
Rather Adam than monkey
Govert Buijs discusses Social Darwinism and argues that it is at odds with human rights in Western society. The equality of all people, culminating in the notion of human rights has only developed where Genesis 1 was read. Human dignity and equality is at the heart of the problem of creation versus evolution.
History writing or frame narrative?
A critical discussion of the frame view of Genesis 1. By Dr. A. Capellen
Genesis 1 and the frame view
On June 20, 2008, the General Synod of the Reformed Church Liberated considered an objection to the framework view defended by Prof. J. Douma in "Genesis" (2004). What does this view imply? A discussion by drs. ing. Pieter Gorissen.
No room in Bible for millions of years?
In the April 24 RD, a fascinating discussion between two scholars about the origin of suffering in God's good creation.
Alvin Plantinga on Naturalism versus Theism
The well-known philosopher Alvin Plantinga argues that there is no contradiction between faith and science, nor between creation and evolution, but rather between a naturalistic or materialistic worldview and a theistic one.
Scientific problems with a materialistic atheistic theory of evolution
The theory of evolution has many variants, according to Dr. John J.L. Jacobs. The best known is the theory that everything arose spontaneously and by chance from one big big big bang. From the standpoint of science, there are four objections to this.
How should the first chapters of the Bible be read?
Starting from Old Testament exegesis, MartJan Paul draws attention to the meaning of the first chapters of Genesis. In doing so, he also charts current discussions, shows consequences of positions taken, tries to delineate boundaries and draw some lines to the future.
Christ redeems us from evolution
The Christian revolutionists usually only talk about two chapters in the Bible (Genesis 1 and 2). The rest apparently play no role. Thus Christ and the Spirit are left out of the work of creation.
Gijs van den Brink compares Christ as creation agent to the Darwinian model and reaches a remarkable conclusion based on biblical data.
Death and suffering are not part of good creation
Theistic evolutionists often try to show that in the Bible death is not necessarily related to sin. They also try to read the "sighing of all creation" in Romans 8 in such a way that Paul would also teach this. A rebuttal by Gijs van den Brink.
Dr. A. Kuyper on evolution
In 1899, Kuyper spoke about evolution in his Rede on the transfer of the rectorship to the Free University. This speech is of great importance to an orthodox theological approach to the subject of creation and evolution. It is therefore surprising that in the discussion of recent months, Kuyper is no longer cited or misquoted. Kuyper does not read easily, but it is very rewarding. His natural law arguments are still relevant and his theological arguments stand as a house. Starting in note 33, his theological discussion begins.
Herman Bavinck on the days of creation
Bavinck is one of the predecessors of so-called "neo-Calvinism. His most important work is a four-volume dogmatics: "Gereformeerde Dogmatiek" whose first volume appeared in 1895. The last edition updated by Bavinck of this manual appeared in the years 1906-1911. Dogmatics provides an overview of biblical doctrine from a Reformed perspective. In Part II Bavinck justifies his choice of explanation of Genesis 1, conceiving the days of creation as periods.
Read both part II,V.31.8 as II,V,31.9.
Augustine's symbolic days of creation
The church father Augustine (354-430) left a profound imprint on almost all of the church teachings of the Western church. He also dealt deeply with the issue of creation and Genesis 1. He holds to an instantaneous creation by God at the beginning of time, but also defends the position of reading the days of creation symbolically. You can read how he combines both in a fascinating study by Chris Gousmett: Creation order and miracle according to Augustine In: Evangelical Quarterly 60 (1988) 3:217-240.