God would be terrifying if he were not Love

Recently, we had a theologian, Douglas Jacoby, from our church in Atlanta, come speak to the church in Paris. The man is smart. He got his Masters degree from the Harvard Divinity School and is naturally of an analytical mind. He spoke on Reason, Science, and God.

What he said, in grossly simplified terms, is that the first 12 chapters of the Bible are a story God gave us according to our limited understanding – as a father would give a child – not a factual account of how the earth came into being. If you’re interested in this stuff, you can check out his website here. I won’t say anything further because it was done quickly, with the French translation sometimes overlapping onto the English, and I don’t feel confident in my ability to summarize.

I will say this. When he showed a cartoon (in English, to the French-speaking audience) of two dinosaurs staring at Noah’s Ark in the distance, and one of them said, “Oh, crap. Was that today?” I was the only one who laughed.