Theistic Evolution
Theistic evolution is the idea that God started or directed evolutionary processes. This view makes God a bumbling, incompetent Creator and the author of death and suffering as it puts them before mankind’s sin. It calls into question the truth of God’s Word and his character as an all-powerful, loving God.
Theistic Evolution and Christians
The essence of theistic evolution is “God started it all and he is still watching over his creation.” Regardless of any good intentions, theistic evolutionists twist Scripture and weaken the fabric of biblical doctrine.
Theistic Evolution Assumptions
In theistic evolution, the Bible is regarded as a collection of documents which partially contains God’s Word. The Bible thus contains no authoritative, binding truths, but must be freshly interpreted and corrected for every era and in every situation.
God in Evolution?
Christians who adopt evolution are inconsistent because they are accepting the foundation of the humanistic worldviews. Essentially, they are telling God that they believe Him when He told us about the Virgin Birth, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Christ, but they do not trust Him when He tells us about how He created the world.
Compromise in Christian Leaders
Some respected Christian leaders, famous for defending the fundamentals of the faith against compromise, were guilty of their own compromise. None of us, including any particular scholar (no matter how respected he is), or even the majority of scholars or Christians, can be the final authority for determining truth. God’s Word must be the authority.
Theistic Evolution Topics
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God and Evolution
Does belief in biological evolution, a process characterized by death and bloodshed, question the holy and good character of the God of the Bible?
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Old-Earth Creationism
Many Christians try to fit millions of years and evolution into the biblical text. This compromise does great damage to the authority of the Bible.
Articles About Theistic Evolution
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Feb. 24, 2023 from Should Biblical Creation Become More Like Evolution?
The idea that God created a young earth that looked old has insurmountable problems.
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March 12, 2022 from How Do We Know the Bible Is True? Volume 2
There’s been an explosion in the intensity of the conversation regarding the creation/evolution debate in the last few years—but not where one might expect.
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Feb. 22, 2022 from Calvin Smith Blog
Using science to enhance living standards in a fallen world is a practical and biblical concept. However, there are limits.
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Feb. 7, 2022 from Calvin Smith Blog
BioLogos wants Christians to approach heretical ideas not as an example of heresy, but “with an open mind,” which means they are a false teaching organization.
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Jan. 31, 2022 from Calvin Smith Blog
BioLogos vs. the Bible on creation, Noah’s flood, Adam and Eve, and why this so-called “Christian” ministry cannot be trusted
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Jan. 24, 2022 from Calvin Smith Blog
BioLogos vs. the Bible on creation, Noah’s flood, Adam and Eve, and why this so-called “Christian” ministry cannot be trusted
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May 4, 2018 from Answers Magazine
Some respected Christian leaders, famous for defending the fundamentals of the faith against compromise, were guilty of their own compromise.
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March 10, 2018 from Letter from Ken
Compromise on Genesis (particularly with Christians who add millions of years into the Bible) has had a devastating impact on how this generation views the Bible.
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Aug. 31, 2017 from Answers in Depth
Because of his human nature, questions are raised about Jesus’ beliefs concerning certain events in Scripture, such as creation.
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Book ChapterSpeaking of NewspeakNov. 19, 2016 from Already Compromised
Over the past two hundred years, many different positions regarding the creation account of Genesis have arisen in the Church.
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Is BioLogos Promoting Heresy?Feb. 29, 2016
The thrust of BioLogos is not in accord with the biblical doctrines of Christianity; thus it is in reality from the spirit of anti-Christ. Church, be warned!
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Magazine Department ArticleThe Bible and BioLogosApril 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
BioLogos is using millions of dollars of grant money from the John Templeton Foundation to present an evolutionary understanding of God’s creation.
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Questioning Theistic EvolutionJuly 21, 2012 from News to Know
It isn’t a matter of what God could have done but rather a matter of what God said He did.
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Book Chapter1.4 The Basic Assumptions of Theistic EvolutionMay 17, 2012 from Did God Use Evolution?
There is an unbridgeable chasm between theistic evolution and the biblical doctrine of creation.
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BioLogos Desires CompromiseApril 7, 2012 from News to Know
BioLogos begs pastors to build their churches on a “BioLogos narrative” of compromise instead of the unchanging Word of God.
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Oct. 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine
The newest effort by BioLogos to blend creation and evolution has taken the evangelical world by storm. But at what cost?
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Magazine Department ArticleBioLogos—Obscuring the TruthOct. 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine
This chart illustrates how BioLogos is creating confusion about science and undermining biblical truth.
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Feedback ArticleTheistic EvolutionJuly 8, 2011 from Feedback
Is there an ever-widening canyon between scientific intellectualism and the Christian faith? Is theistic evolution a legitimate way to bridge that gap? Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Hug Evolution, Further EvangelismJune 12, 2010 from News to Know
WORLD editor-in-chief Marvin Olasky asks, “Should we hug evolution to further evangelism?”
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Dissension Within Evangelical Ranks Over EvolutionApril 17, 2010
To USA Today, at least, it’s hot news: dissension within evangelical ranks over evolution. To us, it’s just one sad result of compromise.
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We Don't Need HelpMay 16, 2009 from News to Know
Time magazine offers a frustrating report revealing biblical illiteracy and Christian compromise.
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Magazine Department ArticleDesign-Denier Wins Religious RewardOct. 1, 2008 from Answers Magazine
The prestigious Templeton Prize, which honors progress in our understanding of “spiritual realities,” was recently given to a Catholic priest who denies intelligent design.
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Einstein Letters Show Views on the Bible and ChristianityMay 17, 2008
The private religious thoughts of the world’s most famous genius were up for sale this week in a London auction.
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Ken Miller and Culture WarNov. 24, 2007
It seems one of evolutionary theory’s biggest defenders, biologist Ken Miller, has come around to AiG’s point of view. At least, that’s one way to look at his recent comments!
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Feedback ArticleSaved by Grace . . . and Evolution?Sept. 21, 2007 from Feedback
A theistic evolutionist claims that AiG is hindering the spread of the gospel by rejecting evolution. Bodie Hodge responds.
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Creationists accused of Nazism by fellow ChristianJune 11, 2007
Paul Taylor recently debated Michael Weekes, a theistic evolutionist, on a radio program. Weekes attempted to cover his weak theology and lack of scientific knowledge with inflammatory rhetoric.
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Pope Benedict: Theistic EvolutionistApril 14, 2007
For the first time in his papacy, Pope Benedict has “elaborat[ed] his views” on human origins.
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Feb. 26, 2007 from Answers Magazine
The idea of evolution is a faith-based teaching that has infiltrated even the most reputable of Christian colleges, ministries and organizations.
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A Date With Ken MillerNov. 9, 2006
On October 26, Brown University biology professor Dr. Kenneth Miller, the Catholic, evolutionist author of the compromising book Finding Darwin’s God, visited Cincinnati, Ohio.
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May 8, 2006 from Answers Magazine
According to Lord Bertram Russell if human beings do not kill each other through wars, they will probably die of starvation or disease.
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The “Sad and Sorry god” of Theistic EvolutionOct. 25, 2004
Some of America’s best-known evolutionists assembled recently at “Evolution and God—150 years of love and war between science and religion,” a major conference held in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Why I Rejected Theistic EvolutionJan. 12, 2004
Theistic evolution is a significant threat to the Christian church. It undermines the very foundation of the Christian faith and causes people to doubt the truth of Scripture.
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Anglican Physicist-Turned-Clergyman Wins Templeton PrizeMarch 15, 2002
ohn C. Polkinghorne, a British mathematical physicist who resigned his professorship in 1979 to become an Anglican priest, is the winner of the 2002 Templeton Prize.
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Magazine ArticleSpong Is WrongMarch 1, 2002, pp. 15–16
Bishop John Shelby Spong is well known for attacking almost every Christian doctrine he swore in his ordination vows to uphold, e.g. God as sovereign Creator, the Incarnation, Virginal Conception and
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“Alpha”–A Misnomer!March 31, 2001
Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. It is used in the Bible to denote ‘beginning,’ as it is in Revelation 1:8: ‘I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord….’
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Magazine ArticleThe Horse and the TractorSept. 1, 2000, pp. 53–54
The only distinction between 'Theistic' and naturalistic evolution is the empty theological language attached in the former case-making no more difference than an invisible horse to a tractor.
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Magazine ArticleEvolution of the Hutu-Tutsi SlayingsMarch 1, 1999, pp. 47–48
The historical background to the almost unimaginably brutal massacres in Rwanda is considerably complex, but was at least somewhat promulgated by theistic evolutionism.
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A Testimony by ‘Joel Galvin’Jan. 1, 1999
Faith shipwrecked by compromising ‘Christian’ colleges; restored by Answers in Genesis
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Magazine ArticleTheistic Evolution: Future Shock?June 1, 1998, pp. 18–19
If you're a theistic evolutionist, here's a problem for you to consider. It's called the future.
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Feedback ArticleA Theistic Evolutionist’s CommentsApril 15, 1998 from Feedback
I am a young Christian and biologist, currently studying zoology and microbiology, who has been closely watching the Creation\Evolution debate with ever widening eyes for the last few years now
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Magazine ArticleTheistic Evolution: What Difference Does It Make?Dec. 1, 1997, pp. 48–49
Theistic evolution is a serious departure from the historic Christian faith, representing a grave threat to the spiritual well-being of God’s people and the effectiveness of their mission.
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Magazine ArticleFrom (Theistic) Evolution to CreationMarch 1, 1997, pp. 50–51
When you walk into the university department of the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, the portrait on the wall is that of a figure well-known in creation science circles...
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Magazine Article10 Dangers of Theistic EvolutionSept. 1, 1995, pp. 49–51
In this system God is not the omnipotent Lord of all things, whose Word has to be taken seriously by all men, but He is integrated into the evolutionary philosophy.
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Magazine ArticlePeer Pressure and TruthJune 1, 1995, pp. 24–25
It is a shame that Christians are divided on the issue of origins. Let me suggest a reason why they are.
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Magazine ArticleBryan on Theistic EvolutionDec. 1, 1994, pp. 45–46
Former United States politician William Jennings Bryan speaks out about theistic evolution.
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Magazine ArticleEvolution Incompatible with ChristianitySept. 1, 1993, pp. 22–23
Evolution and Christianity are simply incompatible.
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Magazine ArticleIs it Possible to be a Christian and an Evolutionist?Sept. 1, 1989, pp. 21–23
One can be a Christian and an evolutionist, but such a position is both scientifically and biblically untenable. The Lord Jesus took a literal view of Genesis.
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