The Evolution of Nonsense

think of themselves as Evangelicals (!) seem to have accepted as fact theories that THE EVOLUTION OF NONSENSE could never have existed without the dominance of the dubious traditions of The evolutionary paradigm had scholarship I’ve been describing. so pervaded the mind of European Bottom line: Whatever validity intellectuals by the end of the 19th you may think the theory of evolution century that they were not even aware has in biology, whether much, little, or of its influence, nor of how none, it is dangerous to apply it to other determinative it was of how they read disciplines. Doing so will make your "evidence" even outside of the field of “scholarship” a question-begging waste biology. Biblical scholars in Germany of time, and worse--a blasphemous just “knew” that there had to have been undermining of a faith that deserves an “evolution” of biblical texts; and so better thinking on our part. they created it without a shred of textual or manuscript evidence to base it on. Donald T. Williams, PhD How else can you account for assumptions as incredibly naive as "No FORTHCOMING ISCA ancient writer could ever have known PUBLICATIONS any synonyms for anything, so more than one name for God must mean more Richard G. Howe, "A Critique of Young Earth Presuppositionalism," at the than one writer or tradition in the Evangelical Philosophical Society meeting, San evolution of the Pentateuch"? Diego, CA Nov. 19, 2014 Likewise, the simple Jesus of C. Fred Smith, Developing a Biblical Worldview: Seeing Things God’s Way history had to have "evolved" into the (Nashville: B and H Academic, 2015) ISBN: divine figure of the Gospels over several 978-1433674464. Forthcoming, Jan 2015. generations. Never mind that the Developing a Biblical Worldview offers canonical Gospels were already being a simple rubric for understanding the worldview presented in Scripture, and for comparing it with quoted as Scripture by the Apostolic the reader’s own worldview, and the worldview Fathers before the end of the First of the larger culture. Readers will be able to see Century. When you figure how long both biblical and unbiblical ideas lurking in popular culture, such as TV Shows, sports, and they must have been being read to have movies, and how to use these insights to open achieved that status by then, the time apologetic conversations with skeptics and non- frame for this alleged evolution quickly beleivers. Central to the book is the idea that a disappears. But, hey: Never let mere biblical worldview is not “adopted” but rather develops over a lifetime of discipleship. facts overturn a good theory! Don Williams, “Coming Home: The I bring this up because in Influence of Chesterton’s The Everlasting Man updating my defense of Lewis’s on C. S. Lewis,” in The Ten Books that Most Trilemma argument for a forthcoming Influenced C. S. Lewis (proceedings of the conference of the same name), Bloomsbury, book, I had to deal with scholars who April 2015; “Text vs. Word: C. S. Lewis’s question whether Jesus ever actually Doctrine of Inspiration and the Inerrancy of claimed to be God. Some of them who Scripture,” chp. in festschrift for Nom Geisler, (Wipf & Stock, 2015); “The ‘Trilemma’: Pro,”

1 in C. S. Lewis’s Defense of Christianity: For Summit Semester, at Snow Wolf Lodge near and Against, ed. Gregory Bassham (Amsterdam: Pagosa Springs, CO, Oct. 12-16. Rodolpi, 2015).

RECENT ISCA PUBLICATIONS

Jason T. Glen, “Kierkegaard, Fun, and The Dark Forest of Consumption,” http://jtruettglen.com/2014/11/06/kierkegaard- fun-and-the-dark-forest-of-consumption/ Don Williams, “’True Truth’: Francis Schaeffer’s Enduring Legacy,” reprinted with permission from Williams’ book Reflections from Plato’s Cave: Essays in Evangelical Philosophy (Lynchburg: Lantern Hollow Press, 2012): 29-45, in the online journal The Calvinist International, September 24, 2014. Go to http://calvinistinternational.com/2014/09/24/ schaeffer-today/;" Anselm and Aslan: C. S. Lewis and the Ontological Argument." Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity 27:6 (Nov.-Dec., 2014): 36-39.

PAPERS PRESENTED

Don Williams gave a lecture on “Text vs. Word: C. S. Lewis’s Doctrine of Inspiration and the Inerrancy of Scripture,” at the Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis and Friends of Taylor University, Upland, IN, Friday, Oct. 17.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS Mark S. Phillips, ISCA member and publisher of Wythe-North Publishing, announces the reissue of Wilhelm Schmidt’s The Origin and Growth of Religion: Facts and Theories, trans. H.J. Rose (Methuen, 1931; Cooper Square, 1972; rpt. Wythe-North 2014), ISBN 978-0990738602.

PREACHING AND OTHER SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Don Williams presented a week of lectures on the Christian world view as it relates to literature, hermeneutics, and apologetics at

2 THE GORDON LEWIS CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN THOUGHT AND CULTURE

The Gordon Lewis Center for Christian Though and Culture began operation in the fall of 2013 as part of the mission of Denver Seminary. Douglas Groothuis and Sarah Geis, both professors at Denver Seminary, are the co-    directors of the Center. Our purpose is to demonstrate the truth and rationality of Christianity to the church and the world. The Center is named after Dr. Gordon Lewis, Professor Emeritus at Denver Seminary. Dr. Lewis is a prolific theologian and apologist, whose life inspired The Gordon Lewis Center  for Christian Thought and Culture. We have sponsored several events, including two public lectures each semester since the fall of 2013 as well as a seminar on Christianity and art. Our most recent event was a lecture by Groothuis called, “Christianity and Science: Removing the Obstacles to Sound Thinking.” If you are interested in The Gordon Lewis Center, please contact us through Facebook or email Douglas Groothuis at [email protected]