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- Biologos and Peaceful Science Forums Address Timely Evolution/Creation Issues
- John Sanford Disputes Evolution [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 5]
- Brian Huffling: Science Cannot Prove the God of Christianity But Philosophy Can [2020 NCCA Confc, 4]
- Fazale Rana Disputes Evolution [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 3]
- New Dead Sea Cave Finds: Scrolls, 10,500-year Old Basket, Lice Comb, etc.
- Blockchain: The Ingenious Basis of Bitcoin
- Richard Howe: How Do I Know That I Know?; Defining the Good [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 2]
- Ken Wolgemuth on Preparing Homeschool Students for University Science, and on Grand Canyon and Noah’s Flood [2020 NCCA Apologetics Conference, 1]
- GameStop Short Squeeze: Small Investors Sting Wall Street Hedge Funds
- Whale Origins: A Test Case for Evolution
- “Rapid Uncontrolled Disassembly”: Musk’s Positive Take on Rocket Explosion
- Saint Augustine on Interpreting Genesis
- Camping in Style in an “Instant Cabin” Tent
- C. S. Lewis on the Medieval Mind
- The Atonement Wars: What the Church Fathers Actually Wrote
- “Disciple Science” Videos and Podcast on Integrating Faith and Science
- Central Banks, Interest Rates, and Zombies
- 2019 Letters to a Creationist, Part 3: Minds Changed?
- 2019 Letters to a Creationist, Part 2: Young Earth Evidence
- 2019 Letters to a Creationist, Part 1: Bible Interpretation
- “Friend of Science, Friend of Faith” by Gregg Davidson: A Comprehensive Treatment of Bible and Science
- Evograd Blog Debunks YE Creationist Genetics Claims in Depth
- Random Summer Topics: Good Eats and Music
- American Scientific Affiliation 2019 Meeting, “Exploring Creation”
- Tanis Site: The Day the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Hit
- Annual Layers (Varves) in Lake Sediments Show the Earth Is Not Young
- Was “World War II” Just a Myth?
- Science and Faith at the American Scientific Affiliation 2018 Meeting
- Prayer for Healing at Bethel Church
- Some High Yielding Investments
- Evolution Before Our Eyes: Complex Mutations in Microbes Giving New Functions
- Historicity of Jesus: Class Notes
- Total Solar Eclipse Visible Across the U.S. on August 21
- Listing of Articles on Science, Faith and Other
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Biologos and Peaceful Science Forums Address Timely Evolution/Creation Issues
There are a number of on-line resources for finding information on the technical issues raised by opponents of evolution such as proponents of young earth creationism and of Intelligent Design (ID). The venerable TalkOrigins archive has a well-indexed set of … Continue reading
John Sanford Disputes Evolution [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 5]
This continues our coverage on the 2020 annual National Conference on Christian Apologetics (NCCA), hosted by Southern Evangelical Seminary (SES) in Charlotte, NC. We focus mainly on faith-and-science and other natural theology issues. Previous posts in this series are: Ken Wolgemuth on Preparing … Continue reading
Brian Huffling: Science Cannot Prove the God of Christianity But Philosophy Can [2020 NCCA Confc, 4]
This continues our series on the 2020 NCCA apologetics conference. Dr. Huffling is director of the PhD program at Southern Evangelical Seminary (SES) in Charlotte, NC, which hosted this conference. He brings SES’s trademark Thomistic philosophical approach to bear on … Continue reading
Fazale Rana Disputes Evolution [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 3]
This continues our series on the 2020 NCCA apologetics conference. Dr. Rana is with Reasons to Believe, (RTB) which was founded by Canadian-American astrophysicist Hugh Ross. Some distinctives of RTB are an evangelical faith, a clear presentation of the evidence … Continue reading
New Dead Sea Cave Finds: Scrolls, 10,500-year Old Basket, Lice Comb, etc.
The original 1947-48 finds of scrolls in caves near the Dead Sea were a huge sensation. Preserved by the aridity of that region in the southwestern part of Israel, these scrolls dated back to around 100 B.C.-100 A.D. They included … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged basket, Dead Sea Scrolls, Neolithic
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Blockchain: The Ingenious Basis of Bitcoin
Most of our financial transactions are managed by centralized institutions like banks and credit card companies. These companies have controls in place to manage digital transactions, so (for instance) no one can spend the same dollar twice. If you have … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, nakamoto
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Richard Howe: How Do I Know That I Know?; Defining the Good [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 2]
As noted in my previous post in this series, in solidarity with a friend who was a presenter there, I signed up to attend (online) the 2020 annual National Conference on Christian Apologetics (NCCA). That link gives the schedule, with … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Natural Theology, NCCA, Uncategorized
Tagged Aquinas, Epistemology, Howe, morality, NCCA, Thomism
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Ken Wolgemuth on Preparing Homeschool Students for University Science, and on Grand Canyon and Noah’s Flood [2020 NCCA Apologetics Conference, 1]
I have long appreciated the work that Ken Wolgemuth and his colleagues at Solid Rock Lectures do in using their expertise in geology to help their fellow evangelical Christians (especially at seminaries) to be comfortable with modern science as it … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Earth, Apologetics, Fossils, Geology, Grand Canyon Geology
Tagged Apologetics, Grand Canyon, Hawaii, Homeschool, NCCA, Wolgemuth
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GameStop Short Squeeze: Small Investors Sting Wall Street Hedge Funds
If you think the price of a stock is going to go up, you can buy shares and wait for the price to go up, then sell the shares to someone else. This is called being “long” a stock. But … Continue reading
Whale Origins: A Test Case for Evolution
The Challenge of Whales for Evolution Nearly all of today’s mammals are tetrapods, having both a front pair and a hind pair of limbs. They generally have a mouth full of hard teeth, and have nostrils near the front of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Interpretation, Fossils, Genome, Macro-Evolution, Mutations, Uncategorized
Tagged Pakicetus, Rodhocetus, whale evolution, whales
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