Expelled – No Intelligence Allowed

“I recommend EXPELLED enthusiastically!”
- James C. Dobson, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board, Focus on the Family

“Four stars!” – Ted Baehr, Editor, MovieGuide

“A powerful and riveting film… every open-minded person will love it.”
- Rev. Donald E. Wildmon, Founder & Chairman of American Family Association

“EXPELLED is an enormously important project.”
- Michael Medved, national radio host

“We highly recommend EXPELLED to anybody.”
- Ken Smitherman, President, Association of Christian Schools International

“SEE THIS FILM, bring your friends and bring your church.”
- Lee Strobel, Author, Case for a Creator

“See EXPELLED and you’ll understand why they want to censor those who question their dogmas.” – Dr. Richard Land, Southern Baptist Convention

“Those who are suppressing belief in God and trying to make materialism the law of the land should beware. Ben Stein is on a mission to stop the suppression, and millions of Americans are behind him.”
- Pat Robertson, Host, 700 Club

“In EXPELLED, Ben Stein shows us what happens when academic freedom takes a day off. We should all be listening.”
- Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus

“EXPELLED is both an eye-opening documentary and riotous entertainment.” – Joseph Farah, CEO, WorldNetDaily.com

“This movie may trigger a cultural revolution.”
- Dennis Wagner, Executive Director, Access Research Network

“EXPELLED could easily be one of the most important movies of the year.”
- Denny Rydberg, President, Young Life

“EXPELLED is earthshaking. I was absolutely blown away. Everyone in America, even skeptics of Intelligent Design, must see this film.”
- J. Matt Barber, Director for Cultural Issues, Concerned Women for America

“A cultural earthquake… Everyone I talked to after the screening used words like ‘fabulous’ and ‘incredible’.” – Dr. Tom Woodward, Director, C.S. Lewis Society

“A solid case for giving the theory of Intelligent Design a respected place in the classroom alongside Darwin’s theory of Evolution.”
- Dick Rolfe, Co-Founder and CEO, The Dove Foundation

It’s Unfair That Humans Are Punished For Adam’s Sin

The following books are recommended for further reading in the chapters “It’s Unfair That Humans Are Punished For Adam’s Sin” in How Do You Know You’re Not Wrong?: Responding to Objections That Leave Christians Speechless , by Paul Copan.

Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle (Henri Blocher)

The New Chosen People: A Corporate View of Election (William Klein)

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How Could God Command Abraham To Sacrifice Isaac

The following books are recommended for further reading in the chapter “How Could God Command Abraham To Sacrifice Isaac?” in How Do You Know You’re Not Wrong?: Responding to Objections That Leave Christians Speechless , by Paul Copan.

The Pentateuch as narrative: A Biblical-Theological Commentary (John Sailhamer)

“Evil and the Nature of Faith” in Wandering in Darkness (Eleonore Stump)

Genesis 16-20 [Word Biblical Commentary No. 2] (Gordon Wenham)

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The Genesis Creation Account Contradicts Contemporary Science

The following books are recommended for further reading in the chapter “The Genesis Creation Account Contradicts Contemporary Science”, in That’s Just Your Interpretation: Responding to Skeptics Who Challenge Your Faith, by Paul Copan.

In The Beginning: The Opening Chapters of Genesis (Henri Blocher)

Three Views on Creation adn Evolution (J.P. Moreland and John Mark Reynolds)

Creation and Time: A Biblical and Scientific Perspective on the Creation-Date Controversy (Hugh Ross)

Genesis Unbound: A Provocative New Look at the Creation Account (John Sailhamer)

Christianity and the Age of the Earth (Davis Young)

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Everything Is Spiritual – Further Study

Rob Bell’s DVD Everything is Spiritual lists the following as recommended resources for further study:

Henri Blocher, In The Beginning

Nahum Sarna – Understanding Genesis

Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg – The Beginning of Desire

Brian Greene – This Elegant Universe

Lee Strobel – The Case for a Creator

Hugh Ross – The Creator and the Cosmos

Gerald Schroeder – The Science of God

Richard Swenson – More than Meets the Eye

Diarmuid O’Murchu – Quantum Theology

Edwin A. Abbott – Flatland

Ian Stewart – Flatterland

Richard Horsley – Jesus and Empire

John Dominic Crossan and Jonathan L. Reed – Excavating Jesus

Lawrence Kushner – God Was In This Place and I, I Did Not Know

Abraham Joshua Heschel – href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSabbath-Abraham-Joshua-Heschel%2Fdp%2F0374529752%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1208731457%26sr%3D1-1&tag=righteousjudg-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">The Sabbath

Ronald Rolheiser – The Holy Longing

Book recommendations for studying the Pentateuch

Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, has recommended the following books for study of the Pentateuch.

Allen, R.B. “Numbers” in Expositor’s Bible Commentary. Vol. 2. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990.

Cole, R. Alan. Exodus: An Introduction and Commentary. TOTC. Downers Grove: IVP, 1973.

Cole, R. Dennis. Numbers. NAC 3B. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2000.

Craigie, Peter C. The Book of Deuteronomy. NICOT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976.

Enns, Peter P. Exodus. NIVAC. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.

Hamilton, Victor P. The Book of Genesis Chapters 1-17. NICOT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.

________. The Book of Genesis Chapters 18-50. NICOT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.

Harris, R.L. “Leviticus” in Expositor’s Bible Commentary. Vol. 2. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990.

Harrison, R.K. Leviticus: An Old Testament Commentary. TOTC. Downers Grove: IVP, 1980.

_______ . Numbers. WEC. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1990.

Hartley, John E. Leviticus. WBC 4. Dallas: Word, 1992.

Kaiser, Walter C. “Exodus” in Expositor’s Bible Commentary. Vol. 2. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990.

Kidner, Derek. Genesis: An Introduction and Commentary. TOTC. Downers Grove: IVP, 1967.

Leupold, H.C. Exposition of Genesis. 2 vols. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1942.

Matthews, Kenneth. Genesis 1:1-11:26. NAC. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1996.

_______. Genesis 11:27-50:26. NAC. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2005.

Merrill, Eugene H. Deuteronomy. NAC 4. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994.

Rooker, Mark F. Leviticus. NAC 3A. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2000.

Ross, A. Creation and Blessing: A Guide to the Study of the Exposition of Genesis. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1988.

Sailhamer, J. “Genesis” in Expositor’s Bible Commentary. Vol. 1. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1988.

__________. The Pentateuch as Narrative: A Biblical-Theological Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.

Schultz, S. Deuteronomy: The Gospel of Love. Chicago: Moody, 1971.

Thompson, J.A. Deuteronomy: An Introduction and Commentary. TOTC. Downers Grove: IVP, 1974.

Waltke, Bruce K., and Cathi J. Fredricks. Genesis. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001.

Wenham, Gordon J. The Book of Leviticus. NICOT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1979.

________. Numbers: An Introduction and Commentary. TOTC. Downers Grove: IVP, 1981.

________. Genesis 1-15. WBC 1. Dallas: Word, 1987.

________. Genesis 16-50. WBC 2. Dallas: Word, 1994.

Whitcomb, John C., and Henry Morris. The Genesis Flood. Philadelphia: Prebyterian and Reformed, 1961.

Wood, Leon. Genesis: A Bible Study Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975.

Wright, Christopher. Deuteronomy. NIBC. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1996.

Youngblood, Ronald. Exodus. EBC. Chicago: Moody, 1983.

The Book of Origins, by Philip Eveson

In the September 2006 edition of the Journal of Dispensational Theology, Paul Martin Henebury recommends Philip Eveson’s commentary on the book of Genesis. While noting some theological differences between himself and the author, Henebury writes, “Nevertheless, I was blessed by reading the book, as will be the reader of this review.”

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