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Living Lessons of Life and Love by Kenneth N. Taylor Including the books o f Ruth, Esth er, Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Solomon, the author presents the newest in his popular series o f Bible paraphrasing. It is exciting to read such stories as that o f Ruth and Esther showing God’s protective and redemptive power not only for the individual but also for the nation, from which would come in the full ness o f time our Lord Jesus Christ. The text is a careful paraphrase of the American Standard Version of 1901. — 145 pages ; Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, Illinois; cloth; $2.95. A Symposium on Creation by Henry M. Morris and Others The article in this symposium were delivered as papers at the annual conference on Christian schooling in Houston, Texas. They represent the views o f leading men o f science in what may be called creation research. In the lead article, ‘‘Science Versus Scientism in Historical Geology,” Dr. Henry Morris of Virginia Polytech nic Institute argues that since sci ence by its very nature involves ex perimental reproducibility, it is “ lim ited to the measurement and study of present phenomena and processes.” When geology therefore becomes his torical geology, it leaves the area of science and enters that o f philosophy or religion and so becomes scientism. Dr. Klotz, the author of the major creationist work on biology, Genes, Genesis and Evolution, presents in teresting data from nature which argues for divine creation and pres ervation in his contribution, “ Crea tionist Viewpoints.” The third arti cle by Dr. Zimmerman, “ Can We Ac cept Theistic Evolution?” discusses the historicity o f Genesis chapters one and two and the theological rami fications of sin, death, and salvation involved in the question o f the im mediate creation of Adam and Eve. Dr. McCone, who is Associate Pro fessor of Anthropology at California State College at Long Beach also de fends the historicity of Genesis in “ The Origins of Civilization.” In an excellent chapter on “ Evolutionary
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