What is the best Christian resource on dinosaurs?

I am looking for a scholarly treatment of the question. I am not interested in vague references to Behemoth and Leviathan or endless questioning of datation, allegations of fraud, etc. I am interested in a resource that takes the evidence seriously and deals with it with scholarly rigour in relation to the Christian faith and creationism.

Put differently I am not looking for a book that makes Christians feel good and think they're okay. I am more interested in a resource that would be a compelling case for a critically-minded unbeliever.

Any recommendation (preferably in Logos)?

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Paul Caneparo

I am looking for a scholarly treatment of the question. I am not interested in vague references to Behemoth and Leviathan or endless questioning of datation, allegations of fraud, etc. I am interested in a resource that takes the evidence seriously and deals with it with scholarly rigour in relation to the Christian faith and creationism.

Put differently I am not looking for a book that makes Christians feel good and think they're okay. I am more interested in a resource that would be a compelling case for a critically-minded unbeliever.

Any recommendation (preferably in Logos)?

Francis

I've long been interested in Genesis 1-11 issues. I'm finding Hugh Ross the most satisfying. I haven't read him on dinosaurs as such, but it might be worth checking out the index previews. He is an old earth creationist.

Doc B

I am interested in a resource that takes the evidence seriously and deals with it with scholarly rigour in relation to the Christian faith and creationism.

I have a fairly good collection of these type of books on my shelves (40-50 or so). Pretty much none of them are available in Logos.

Depending on your view of scripture and/or worldview, it won't be possible for you to feel good with some of the stuff out there, and it won't be possible for you to not feel good with other stuff. The same is true of your "critically-minded unbeliever." That person will feel good about what supports their own worldview and won't like what opposes it. There's no free lunch on this issue, and in my experience, a "compelling case" is not possible without the faith to back it up (and that faith is essential for any of the sides in the debate, including the completely secular neo-darwinian side).

Good luck!

Nick Highland

Depending on your creation timeline... (and walking the line of keeping theology out of this forum)...

The Hebrew scriptures should be silent about dinosaurs (indeed, they are!) because they never crossed paths with one. They were dead long before humankind.

If your creation timeline is much shorter... well... good luck!

Michael S.

www.creation.com

Jan Krohn

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/984971#Comment_984971

I've long been interested in Genesis 1-11 issues. I'm finding Hugh Ross the most satisfying. I haven't read him on dinosaurs as such, but it might be worth checking out the index previews. He is an old earth creationist.

I second that suggestion.

Here are a number of articles on dinosaurs by Hugh Ross:

https://www.reasons.org/explore/publications/rtb-101/dinosaurs

DMB

I am looking for a scholarly treatment of the question. I am not interested in vague references to Behemoth and Leviathan or endless questioning of datation, allegations of fraud, etc. I am interested in a resource that takes the evidence seriously and deals with it with scholarly rigour in relation to the Christian faith and creationism.

Put differently I am not looking for a book that makes Christians feel good and think they're okay. I am more interested in a resource that would be a compelling case for a critically-minded unbeliever.

Any recommendation (preferably in Logos)?

I guess I'd wonder your need for the word 'Christian' vs 'Biblical' or similar (no offense). I only pose the question, since a tight reading or loose reading is largely a denominational thing. What is a day? Or what is a light? Hebrew from long, long ago.

And 'dinosaurs' are obvious but a tiny subset of the evidence of 'something' ... everything from petrified trees, to tiny insects. And one need not even have to deal with millions of years. Logically anything over 7,000 years or so is at issue.

Answering, I've not seen a good discussion. One of my favorites is 'Oxygen; the Molecule That Made the World' (Lane). The issue it looks at is the common denominator of the whole thing (a terrible poison that fuels life, beginning to end).

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

I am interested in a resource that takes the evidence seriously and deals with it with scholarly rigour in relation to the Christian faith and creationism.

Chapter 4 "Signs of Design" in God's Crime Scene includes:

EFFICIENCY/IRREDUCIBLE COMPLEXITY

The natural mechanisms of strict evolutionary processes can’t explain the flagellum for an important reason: these processes can’t account for efficient, irreducibly complex micro-machines. Darwinian evolution requires a gradual and incremental pathway to any finished micro-machine. Like complex structures built from Lego building blocks, sophisticated micro-machines, if assembled through an additive process of natural selection, must come into existence incrementally—“block by block.”

Wallace, J. W. (2015). God’s crime scene: a cold-case detective examines the evidence for a divinely created universe. Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook.

J. Warner Wallace, a detective, also authored Cold-Case Christianity and Cold-Case Christianity for Kids

Keep Smiling [:)]

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

Any recommendation (preferably in Logos)?

Henry Morris has several Logos resources => https://www.logos.com/products/search?Author=6527%7cHenry+M.+Morris and ebook => Exploring the Evidence for Creation: Reasons to Believe the Biblical Account

Thankful for a printed Henry Morris Study Bible.

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EastTN

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/985032#Comment_985032

If you want a view of the broader issues that is critical but still takes Scripture seriously, I'd recommend Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology by John Walton. Or if you want something that doesn't take as long to read, he has The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate.

Francis