What the New Testament teaches about Creation, Fall, and the Flood
(arranged in Genesis order) Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of March 2015 by Richard Peachey Professing Christians who reject the historicity of the early chapters of Genesis face a serious problem: the New Testament confirms dozens of the details found in those chapters. The Lord
Criticizing The Creator — And Calling It “Science”!
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of December 2014 by Richard Peachey “An intelligent, omnipotent God wouldn’t have done it that way — so evolution must be the explanation.“ When evolutionists make statements like that, they fall into a trap (actually, several traps). Such arguments are
Does “Creation Science” Equal “Belief in the Bible as the Word of God”?
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of June 2014 by Richard Peachey A Vancouver area theologian wrote to my wife after she had commented (in her blog) on something he wrote. He began his response with this statement: I hope that you will not make the
Do You Believe in Magic? — A Blog Interaction
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of March 2014 by Richard Peachey Michael Fugate, a blog commenter, casually remarked to me that I (as a Biblical creationist) must believe in “magic.” <http://evolvingthoughts.net/2013/10/the-theological-and-philosophical-origins-of-the-concept-of-species/> My response was as follows: You live in a glass house, Michael, and therefore
Right-Handed Amino Acids: Can They Smack Down the Evolutionist’s Chirality Problem?
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of March 2015 by Richard Peachey It was my second year in college, about twenty years ago. I was taking a science degree, and I had helped to arrange a creation/evolution debate on campus. Late in the evening one of
The Coffee News Ads
by Richard Peachey In late 2011 and early 2012 my wife, Gerda, placed a series of business-card-size ads in the Coffee News. This is a cheery single-sheet weekly newspaper delivered to restaurants and coffee shops around our city of Abbotsford, British Columbia. Each of her ads (which I prepared with
How to Argue Against the Obvious Meaning of “Day” in Genesis 1
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of June 2013 by Richard Peachey “I have no intention of explaining how the correspondence which I now offer to the public fell into my hands.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Genesis 2:4 and the Meaning of “Day” in Genesis 1
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of March 2008 by Richard Peachey In Genesis 1 the word “day” (Hebrew yôm) quite clearly refers to either a normal-length day (24 hours) or the light portion thereof. But in Genesis 2:4 the expression “in the day that” refers
Is Genesis Poetry? (response to a high school student)
by Richard Peachey Hi, S——. I apologize for taking this long to get back to you. I’ve had a fairly demanding week in a particular teaching assignment. But I mentioned that I would address the issue of whether Genesis is poetry, so I’d like to do that now. What I
A Simple But Powerful Argument Against Evolution — The Bible Doesn’t Teach It!
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of December 2012 by Richard Peachey 1. Evolution, if true, is of central importance to our whole worldview. 2. So if the Bible is really a book from God, it should have clearly and positively taught us about this key