Resolving Scientific Difficulties in Scripture

Don Stewart  •  We now arrive at the second book in our series Resolving Scientific Difficulties In Scripture. This volume begins by looking at a number of specific questions with respect to the Bible and its relationship to science. We will examine what science can and cannot do, the relationship of the Bible to science, the way in which scientific statements should be understood. Once we have this understanding, we will then examine some of the passages in Scripture, regarding science and nature, that have caused difficulties. We will demonstrate that these scientific difficulties all have a resolution that is not unscientific.

Question 1 What Are the Limitations of Science? Can It Provide Ultimate Answers?
Question 2 What Are Some Common Misconceptions About How Bible-believing Christians View Scripture and Science?
Question 3 What Are the Issues That All Bible-believing Christians Are in Agreement with Respect to the Bible and Science?
Question 4 What Are the Issues in The Bible and Science Debate Where Christians Have Differences?
Question 5 What Is the Primary Purpose of Scripture? Is It to Teach Us About Science?
Question 6 What Are the Various Ways in Which Christians Interpret Scientific References Found in Scripture?
Question 7 Why Do Some Christians Think the Bible Contains No Useful Scientific Information?
Question 8 Why Do Some Christians Try To “Make the Bible Fit” The Latest Theories of Science (Concordism)
Question 9 Why Do Some Christians Believe That the Bible Makes Mistakes in Areas Of Science? (Limited Inerrancy)
Question 10 Should the Bible Be Consulted to Answer Scientific Questions?
Question 11 Why Do Some Scientific Theories Contradict the Bible?
Question 12 Why Did The Church Condemn Galileo For Saying The Earth Was Not The Immovable Center Of The Solar System?
Question 13 What Impact Did the Huxley/Wilberforce Debate Have on the Way the Bible and Science Were Perceived?
Question 14 What Happened at The Scopes Trial?
Question 15 Has Christianity Opposed the Advancement of Science? Part 2 Dinosaurs What Does the Bible Have to Say?
Question 16 What Are Dinosaurs?
Question 17 According to the Bible, When Were Dinosaurs Created?
Question 18 What Was the Behemoth? Was It a Dinosaur?
Question 19 What Was the Leviathan? Was It a Dinosaur?
Question 20 What Happened to The Dinosaurs?
Question 21 Is It Possible That Dinosaurs Are Alive Today? Part 3 Scientific Difficulties in Scripture
Question 22 Does the Bible Make Unscientific Statements?
Question 23 Does Scripture Teach That the Sky Is a Solid Dome? (Firmament)
Question 24 Does the Bible Teach That the Earth Is the Center of The Universe? (Geocentrism)
Question 25 Does the Bible Teach a Flat Earth? (The Earth Has Four Corners)
Question 26 Does Scripture Teach That the Earth Actually Sits on Pillars?
Question 27 Why Does the Bible Say That the Moon Is a Light?
Question 28 Is the Gospel Found in the Stars? (Mazzaroth)
Question 29 Does the Bible Speak About Cavemen?
Question 30 Does the Rabbit Chew Its Cud?
Question 31 Why Did God Restrict the Children of Israel From Eating Certain Foods? (The Dietary Laws)
Question 32 Did the Sun Actually Stand Still in Joshua’s Long Day?
Question 33 Has A Missing Day in History Been Found Which Confirms Joshua’s Long Day?
Question 34 Does the Bible Give an Inaccurate Value to Pi?
Question 35 How Could Iron Float and Wood Sink?
Question 36 Did God Back Up the Sun for Hezekiah’s Sundial?
Question 37 Was Jonah Swallowed by A Whale?
Question 38 Does the Bible Speak of Mythical Creatures Such as the Unicorn?
Question 39 What Was the Star of Bethlehem?
Question 40 Does the Bible Foresee Modern Scientific Discoveries?
Question 41 What Should We Conclude About the Bible and Its Views on Science?
Appendix 1 An Example Of God!s Witness In Nature: The Suitability Of Life On Earth
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