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- The “Wave Razor” May Explain Why Some Unconformities in Rock Layers Are So Flat
- Treatments for Rusted Metal: Rust Bullet, Cosmoline RP-342, and Others
- Fr. Gregory Pine on the Hiddenness of God
- Bill Johnson’s Talk at Bethel Church After His Wife Beni Died
- A Logarithmic Map of the Observable Universe, From Earth to Edge
- Raspberry Pi 400 Review: A $100 Desktop PC?
- New Finds from Tanis Fossil Site Shed Light on the Demise of Dinosaurs and Vindicate “Amateur” Fossil-Hunter
- Three Different Polls Show Recent Rapid Decline of Religion in America
- Faith Meets Agricultural Science: “Pfumvudza” Planting Technique Brings Hope to Zimbabwe
- Trends in Young Earth Creationism, from Prof. Joel Duff
- How to Earn 7% in U.S. I-Series Savings Bond or 9% Stable Interest in a Crypto Account
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- Humor in Christian Apologetics: Mia Langford [2020 NCCA, 10]
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- Another Intelligent Design Straw Man Attempt to Demonstrate a “Waiting Time Problem” for Evolution
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- Is the Old Testament Trinitarian? by Jonathan McLatchie [2020 NCCA Confc. 8]
- How the New Testament Sees Christ in the Old Testament: Talk by Mel Winstead [2020 NCCA Confc. 7]
- Jesus in Old Testament Prophecy — Class Handout
- Making Essene Bread: Uncooked, Sundried Sprouted Wheat
- Confirmatory Coincidences Among the Gospels – Timothy McGrew [2020 NCCA Confc, 6]
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- Tracking Young Earth Creationist Organizations by Joel Duff at Naturalis Historia
- Scientists’ Responses to Stephen Meyer’s “Return of the God Hypothesis”
- Biologos and Peaceful Science Forums Address Timely Evolution/Creation Issues
- John Sanford Disputes Evolution [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 5]
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Author Archives: Scott Buchanan
The “Wave Razor” May Explain Why Some Unconformities in Rock Layers Are So Flat
Summary In many exposures of sedimentary rock layers there is a significant gap in age (“unconformity”) between two adjacent layers. This indicates that after the lower layer had been deposited and turned into solid rock, it was raised above water … Continue reading
Treatments for Rusted Metal: Rust Bullet, Cosmoline RP-342, and Others
This past month I had to deal with a hole rusted through the body of my old but serviceable car. A local body shop told me it might cost more than the car is worth to replace the rusted parts. … Continue reading
Fr. Gregory Pine on the Hiddenness of God
As a scientist and as a Christian, I have pondered the question of why God does not make his existence and his purposes more visually obvious to us humans. I can understand why scientists who are agnostics stay agnostics: where … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Natural Theology
Tagged God, Gregory Pine, hiddenness, hiddenness of God, kingdom
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Bill Johnson’s Talk at Bethel Church After His Wife Beni Died
Although we live a continent away from Bethel Church in Redding, California, we feel an ongoing connection there. We have attended talks on the East coast when Bethel staff members have traveled out this way, and we benefit from their … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Health, Suffering
Tagged Beni Johnson, Bethel, Bill Johnson, cancer, healing, prayer, Suffering
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A Logarithmic Map of the Observable Universe, From Earth to Edge
Pablo Budassi has created a logarithmic map of the entire known universe, that shows the distances and relative sizes of objects above the earth’s surface. I think you will find it a worthwhile use of your 30 seconds of attention … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Theology, Technology
Tagged clusters, galaxies, logarithmic, universe, Webb
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Raspberry Pi 400 Review: A $100 Desktop PC?
The Raspberry Pi 400 is billed as a complete desktop PC for under $100 ($99.99). Is this for real, considering the cheapest regular computers are around $300, not including paying for Word and Excel? I am interested in low-cost technology … Continue reading
New Finds from Tanis Fossil Site Shed Light on the Demise of Dinosaurs and Vindicate “Amateur” Fossil-Hunter
Three years ago the world of paleontology was rocked by the claim of a brash young maverick to have found a site which captured a physical record of events from the very day 66 million years ago that a giant … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Earth, Dinosaurs, Fossils, Geology
Tagged Chicxulub, DePalma, dinosaurs, Tanis
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Three Different Polls Show Recent Rapid Decline of Religion in America
Three polls (by Gallup, Pew, and Barna) were published in 2021 which tracked church membership and religious affiliation among Americans. I will pick out a couple of salient plots from each poll, and comment at the end on their significance. … Continue reading
Posted in Church
Tagged Church, Euro; debt; Bank of America; Germany; EFSF, poll, polls, religion
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Faith Meets Agricultural Science: “Pfumvudza” Planting Technique Brings Hope to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, formerly known as Rhodesia, lies just north of South Africa and Botswana. In 1980, the white minority government was replaced by majority rule. Rhodesia/Zimbabwe was known as the “breadbasket of Africa”, and even the “jewel of Africa”, because of … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Sustainability
Tagged agriculture, Oldreive, Pfumvudza, Sanders, Zimbabwe
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Trends in Young Earth Creationism, from Prof. Joel Duff
Joel Duff is a professor of biology at the University of Akron, Ohio who blogs at Naturalis Historia. He monitors trends in the world of Young Earth (YE) creationism, and posts occasional articles on his blog. Last year I summarized some of … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Earth, Evolution, Geology, Uncategorized
Tagged Answers in Genesis, Duff, Is Genesis History, Young earth creationism
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Letters to Creationists 