Pastors' Picks: (Theistic) Evolution

Here are resources addressing arguments for and against evolution, including theistic evolution, which posits God created human beings by guiding the evolutionary process.

Note: In accord with the Three Forms of Unity, I believe God created historical Adam by uniquely fashioning his form from inert dust and breathing life into him, not from pre-existing organisms. 

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Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique. 
Edited by J. P. Moreland, Stephen C. Meyer, et al.

Featuring two dozen highly credentialed scientists, philosophers, and theologians from Europe and North America, this volume provides the most comprehensive critique of theistic evolution yet produced. It documents evidential, logical, and theological problems with theistic evolution, opening the door to scientific and theological alternatives—making the book essential reading for understanding this worldview-shaping issue.

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Rev. Michael Spotts

Pastor Michael has been involved in ministry for over ten years. Before his ordination at Phoenix URC, he participated in foreign missions (Australia, Russia). He holds an Assoc. in Biblical Studies (2004) and an M.Div (WSCAL, 2016). 

Prior to ministry, he owned a commercial photography business for ten years. He still enjoys shooting landscape photos.