I bought this book expecting a real debate between the three views mentioned, namely, Young Earth Creation, Old Earth Creation, and Theistic Evolution. The reason I found it disappointing is for two main reasons. None of the contributors really talk about the evidences for their position, but instead ramble on about their philosophy of science. Van Till spends most of his time trying to convince people to call his perspective the "fully-gifted creation perspective" instead of theistic evolution. To me, it really was just playing with words in order to avoid the negative Christian response to evolution. Does Van Till believe in Darwinian evolution or not? He says he does, so why not Theistic evolution? His view, as he expresses it, is really Deism, although he protests that it isn't. Read what he says and decide for yourself. My other major complaint with the book was that instead of the proponent of each view responding to the other two views, the responses were made by a third party "panel". I found this to be extremely unsatisfying.
The book wasn't totally without merit, and all three perspectives had some good things to say - but it got lost in a lot of wordiness about "words" which really took away from the book as a whole.

This book consists of essays by proponents of each of the three views (Young Earth Creationism, Old Earth Creationism, and Theistic Evolution) and commentaries by practitioners of four disciplines: Biblical studies, theology, philosophy, and science. The entire discussion is concluded by summaries by Philip Johnson, an advocate of intelligent design, and Richard Bube, an advocate of theistic evolution.

The result is only partially successful. I am particularly impressed with the essays by Paul Nelson and John Mark Reynolds (Young Earth Creationism) and Howard J. Van Till (Theistic Evolution). Both give lucid and reasoned presentations of their views. I was pleasantly surprised to see Nelson and Reynolds, neither of whom I have read before, forego some of the more common but already discredited scientific arguments for a young Earth. Van Till presents a well thought-out and challenging integration of science and theology.

I am very disappointed by the commentaries, however. My first complaint is that the commentators sometimes seem unwilling to critique the essays primarily within their own expertises. For instance, John Jefferson Davis spends much of his space discussing the fossil record. On the one hand, none of the other commentators talk about this important piece of evidence. On the other hand, I wish the editors could have found someone other than a theologian to do this.

My second, more serious complaint is that each of the four commentators speaks entirely from an Old Earth Creationist perspective. In fact, Walter Bradley (who is supposed to provide criticism from a scientific perspective) uses the space allotted for commentary on the Old Earth Creationist perspective to attack the positions later presented in the Theistic Evolution essay. The reader is deprived of any scientific critique of the Old Earth Creationist view and instead finds a philosophical objection to a view not even presented yet. I find that entirely inappropriate.

As a brief introduction to the thinking in the three perspectives on creation and evolution, the primary essays in this book are very good. They each present some of the strengths and weaknesses of their own positions. These are not explored fully, but each essay is well referenced for further reading. The commentaries could have benefited by a better selection of commentators, however.

i've read in the field of creation-evolution for nearly 30 years now, from the _genesis flood_ to _darwin's dangerous idea_. that certainly doesn't make me an expert, only a concerned layman. this book is addressed by christian's to christian's, not that anyone outside of that community won't get a great deal out of the discussion only that the emotional desire/impetus to seek answers pushes christian's with a high view of scripture to try to reconcile the two biggies in their lives: science looking at general revelation and theology looking at scriptures. if you're not part of this community it is much easier just to ask "so what?" and not to understand why this is such a personal topic.

this is a first book, that is suitable for educated people to delve into a topic where many of the other books in this field/topic presume a background in either science or theology, or where the books are so stridently biased as to be "preaching to the choir" and put off 'newbies' with their presentation.

the issues are presented well enough that i think if someone finishes the book they will have a reasonable idea of what the problems are and where the different parts are most concerned in the discussion. it is not a scientific or theologically based book but rather philosophic. it presents concerns from each viewpoint, thus showing relative priorities in what each person discusses first and critisies as lacking emphasis in the other viewpoints. this is one value in a debate type of format, it can leave you with a prioritized idea of what people find important in the issues.

one problem however with this debate framework is that each person reading the book who already have committments to issues or positions tend to cheer for their side and boo down the opposing sides. this is evident from the reviews posted here, the young earth creation team is not the big names in the field, so it looks like in suffers from lack of heroes. nay, the two philosophers defend the position well given the page constraints they faced.

there is one issue running through the book i wished everyone had addressed in a more explicit matter, that is the difference in accepting the functional materialism of science versus the uncritical acceptance of a materialist world and life view of scientism. there is much confusion between the two, you can see it in much YEC criticism, in this book as well, of both progressive creationism and theistic evolution. naturalism is the idea that what we see is what we get, no god's behind the curtain, no skyhooks to come down and rescue us. there must be a distinction between how science uses this idea as a working hypothesis, as a functional means to an end, versus how a philosophy uses it as an axiom. of the 3 viewpoints, only vantil talks to the separation of the two. the YEC's fault the other two positions as if they accepted the materialism/naturalism as a deep committment in their systems. which as christian's is simply unacceptable from the beginning.

i liked the book. i think if you need a place to start it supplies one. however if you are already committed to a position you would be better off served by jumping straight to one of the major works in each viewpoint. and interact with that author without the polemics that form the debate structure of the book.

The title might make you think that this is a book about power and control over people. Wrong! This is a business manager's handbook. It'll teach you methods for making your employees work with a greater efficiency. There's nothing more.

To call the book's title misleading would be a compliment to the author. I'm giving the book two stars for the contents minus one star for cheating.

This book is great. It is written in the style of Dale Carnegie's book "How to win friends and Influence People." I feel it is better. This book is a manual for dealing with people. Anyone who deals with the public, has their own business, or needs to run an organization (even if that organization is a little league baseball team or home sweet home) needs to read this book. It is broken down in to 21 chapters, one for each day. I am a doctor, and in the 4 days I've been reading this book I have reduced many unpleasant situations with patients and office staff members into minimal non-issues. Great job by the author.

The phrases in this book work well and the phoenetic spelling isn't horrible, I just found it difficult to quickly find what I wanted to say. I found the two page "essential phrases" list in the back of my other travel guides more useful because you didn't have to flip a bunch of pages to get what you need. I was on a brief trip to Europe, this book may be more useful for longer trips.

This book is very useful to me because I travel to Europe every year and when I go there, it's difficult to get around the airports or the country itself. This little phrasebook has helped me to communicate with the other people in the countries I go to.

Comics File Magazine had printed this tribute to the Fantastic Four just as John Byrne was leaving the title. This book-format magzine provides interviews on what was then the future of the series, as well as tidbits and trivia on the FF. While much of the material is now irrelevant several years later, it still provides some insight on some of the ideas that went into the stories around issue #300

The Council to Save the Planet is a unique blend of science fiction and pro-earth philosophy. The villans are those of us who are ruining the earth. The heroes are those who want to save it. The irony is that those who want to save it nearly destroy it.

A group of highly intelligent individuals form a council who decide that the best way to save the planet from man's self-destructive course is to disrupt society as we know it by causing nuclear explosions in certain parts of the globe. The result is several interwoven short stories documenting the life of key players in the drama of reshaping society.

Lawrence does justice to flawed human character. As you can expect, there are those who try to reestablish society as it was, as if nothing happened. Then there are those who, with entrepenural spirit, try to capitalize on the devestation and pick up where greedy commercialism left off. In between, there are thought-provoking stories of hate, love, and lust, with a lesson in morality at the end of each one. The reader is left with the question, "Am I a hero, or am I destroying the planet, too?" In the prose, we are reminded that the greatest danger is not pollution, green-house effect, or nuclear disaster. The greatest threat to man is man. And that ain't fiction.

Thinking about whether someone could- and why they might want to-thwart a cure for HIV makes the hairs on my neck stand up. A current and relevant premise. The principal characters are well-developed - especially Borden McCoullough. Some of the ancillary actors seem thin and contrived. The book starts out slowly - what with all the stuff about Tiannamen Square and all - but then it picks up nicely when the action moves to the US. Clearly a first effort but I see promise here and will look for Mr. Stamp's next work.

This is one of the better DK 'Eyewitness' books I've read. It contained a pleasant mix of hard science, accounts of sensationalistic disasters, and the effects on the environment / cultures. The usual mind-boggling amount of details and facts are accompanied by numerous pictures and drawings to keep younger and more mature readers interested. One oddity is that this ended on a seemingly odd topic--the role of gods and religion in people's interpretation of volcanoes and earthquakes. Just prior to this the study of volcanoes, and improvements in detection / building codes had been addressed (a very forward-looking topic) but then the last page is about gods (a historical perspective topic). Whatever.

If you're into dinosaur films then this book will be well worth getting hold of, as it contains information on movies starring the giant reptiles from the beginning of movie-making up to and including 'Jurassic Park'. The only problem is its horribly critical style of writing. A book which can rubbish 'Jurassic Park' and virtually every Harryhausen film and yet heap praise on trash like 'Carnosaur' is just laughable.

Good book available through publisher, I should know, i am the author's grandson.

Renamed "Success with People".

I found the book interesting with the suggestions and solution proposed very good for the subject covered. The book does not advertise that it has a solution for every problem at work and at home, and you can easily see what is covered with a glance. The subjects covered are fairly common so the book should be applicable to most managers.

What I really like is that some major homelife issues are covered. As anyone who knows me would understand, I run my company with a One-Life Policy. In other words, everything you learn at work should be applicable at home. After all, with today's fast-paced world, our home life and work life frequently blend into each other. Hence, One-Life Philosophy. The book also blends them fairly well.

The book gets three starts because many of the ideas are situation specific. If you have one of the problems in the book, pick it up and read several times. Otherwise, get the book from the library and spend your money elsewhere.