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    The Creator on the Cross: Science in the Light of Christ and Him Crucified
    The Creator on the Cross: Science in the Light of Christ and Him Crucified
    The Creator on the Cross: Science in the Light of Christ and Him Crucified
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    The Creator on the Cross: Science in the Light of Christ and Him Crucified

    By Mike L Anderson

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    It may seem odd linking the Creator with the cross, but Jesus is the Creator of the cosmos and Christ crucified is God's greatest self-revelation. This book shows how the shadow of the cross casts a great light on Creation, Genesis, science and evolution enabling the Christian to think truly biblically about these things, in principle, without having to know a great deal of scientific detail.

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    PublisherMike L Anderson
    Release dateSep 8, 2015
    ISBN9781311630414
    The Creator on the Cross: Science in the Light of Christ and Him Crucified
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    Mike L Anderson

    Mike L Anderson, PhD (Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology). Mike develops educational resources and software and plays Starcraft.

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      The Creator on the Cross - Mike L Anderson

      How is the cross of Christ relevant to science in general and the theory of evolution in particular? How does it throw light on the way we should understand Genesis 1-2? As Mike Anderson shows, these questions lead us into profound truths at the heart of Christian faith. Carefully argued, clearly expressed and biblically based, this book is important reading both for Christians and those interested in exploring Christianity.

      Revd Dr Ernest C. Lucas (Vice-Principal Emeritus, Bristol Baptist College, Honorary Research Fellow in Theology and Religion, University of Bristol. Author of Can we believe Genesis today? The Bible and the questions of science, Exploring the Old Testament, Science and the New Age Challenge.)

      The Creator on the cross:

      Science in the light of Christ and him crucified

      Mike L Anderson

      Published by Smashwords

      Copyright 2015 Mike L Anderson

      Revised, 2023

      ISBN 9781311630414

      Discover other titles by Mike L Anderson at Smashwords.com

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this e-book. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. This e-book is freeware and may not be sold.

      Unless otherwise stated, quotations from the Bible are taken from Holy Bible: New International Version, Copyright © 1978 by the International Bible Society, New York.

      To conserve trees, please try to avoid printing this document.

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to all my prayer and financial supporters.

      Acknowledgments

      I am spiritually and intellectually indebted to many people, but want to especially mention Dr George Murphy for teaching me the importance of the theology of the cross, the late Prof Donald Mackay for teaching me to relate science and theology in a way that does justice to both, to my fellow presenters at the Science and Biblical Faith Christian leadership summit - Prof George Branch, Dr Phil Calcott, Dr Mike Jarvis and the Revd Dr Ernest Lucas, for their very helpful comments and encouragement, and my ever-faithful editor, Dr Andrew Potts.

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Introduction: the crux of the cross

      The cross is crucial to understanding God

      The cross is crucial to understanding God as Creator

      The cross-shaped pattern to divine and natural agency

      This cross-shaped pattern is most clearly seen in Christ's suffering

      The cross endorses Creation - the vertical

      The cross endorses science - the horizontal

      The cross exposes scientism

      The cross-shaped pattern to divine and human agency in events in Biblical history

      The cross-shaped pattern of events in all of life

      Appreciating the vertical axis

      The Creator as author

      Genesis in light of the cross

      Understanding Genesis

      Evolution in the light of the cross

      Knowing God in light of the cross

      About Mike L Anderson

      Other titles by Mike L Anderson

      Notes

      Preface

      This book is based on presentations given at the Science and Biblical Faith Christian leadership summit in April and May of 2015 and hosted by Africa Enterprise.

      It may seem odd linking an instrument of torture with the majesty of the Creator of the universe as the title of this book does, but there are good reasons for doing so. The Apostle John says that the carpenter from Nazareth who died on the cross is the Creator of the cosmos, Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made (John 1:3). Furthermore, mere belief that the world is created is not distinctively Christian enough - it is common to many faiths. We do not believe in just any old creator, but in the Incarnated Creator who died for us.

      There is another crucial reason - Jesus on the cross is God's greatest self-revelation. As we shall see, it is the Cross that most clearly reveals God's true nature as Creator and his relationship to creation. To think truly biblically about Creation, Genesis, science and evolution we must go through Christ and him crucified. Indeed, I want to put it to you that the shadow of the cross casts a great light on these things - that in Christ and him crucified there is a deep, deep repository of resources for dealing with all manner of difficult issues such as these. We will see, for instance, that the Cross glorifies the Creator and makes a public spectacle of those that would deny him - triumphing over them. The great benefit of going through Christ and him crucified is that this is a light available to everyone - you do not need to be a scientist in order to avail yourself of all the resources in him. Indeed, this book could have been sub-titled A Christian perspective on science for non-scientists or How to think Christianly about science, in principle¸ without having to know a great deal of scientific detail.

      My hope is that this book will be useful to pastors and Christian leaders in helping their charges draw on the rich resources in Christ and him crucified in negotiating the tricky science and faith arena.

      Introduction: the crux of the cross

      The writer to the Hebrews tells us that "In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at

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