God’s Two Books: The False War Between Science and Scripture
A rainbow can be explained by physics and still inspire wonder. The supposed conflict between science and Scripture is often overstated, as if understanding how something works somehow eliminates the One who made it possible. Yet many of history’s greatest scientists saw no contradiction. Nature and Scripture are not rival stories but two ways of encountering truth — each pointing beyond itself to the mystery, beauty and meaning woven into creation.
Gods, Creatures, and the One Who Simply Is
Most gods are just creatures with better costumes — stronger, stranger, louder versions of us. But the God who meets Moses in the burning bush is not one more being among beings. He is Being itself: the great I AM. The plagues are not party tricks, but judgments against lesser powers. Egypt worships creatures. Moses encounters the Creator — the One from whom all existence comes.
Does God Get Back Pain? On the Image of God
If we’re made in God’s image, what exactly does that mean? Surely not that God shares our crow’s feet or back pain. The likeness runs deeper. We create, feel, reason and reflect — echoes of the Creator’s own life. Yet every answer leads us toward mystery. We resemble God enough to recognize him, but not enough to contain him. The image is real, but the One it reflects is far greater.
Da Vinci Is Not Hanging in the Louvre: The Creator/Creature Distinction
It’s tempting to blur God into nature, into ourselves, into everything — until the Creator becomes just another part of creation. But Scripture insists on a difference: God is the artist, we are the art. The mountains are radiant, but they are not God. Holding the Creator-creature distinction protects wonder without collapsing into worship of ourselves or the world. Da Vinci isn’t hanging in the Louvre — and neither is God.