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- Douglas Gresham: Stepson of C. S. Lewis, and Much More
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- The Museum of the Bible (Washington, DC) on Creation and Evolution
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- Fr. Gregory Pine on the Hiddenness of God
- Bill Johnson’s Talk at Bethel Church After His Wife Beni Died
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- 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
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- Four Biological Examples Best Explained by Common Descent (from BioLogos)
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- Humor in Christian Apologetics: Mia Langford [2020 NCCA, 10]
- Christian Apologetics Insights from David Geisler, Ray Ciervo, and Prem Isaac [2020 NCCA, 9]
- Another Intelligent Design Straw Man Attempt to Demonstrate a “Waiting Time Problem” for Evolution
- Suggestions for Comfortable and Effective Face Masks, e.g. Korean KF94’s
- 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
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- Confirmatory Coincidences Among the Gospels – Timothy McGrew [2020 NCCA Confc, 6]
- Condo Building Collapse in Miami: Causes and Consequences
- 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
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Category Archives: Evolution
The Museum of the Bible (Washington, DC) on Creation and Evolution
I recently visited the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC. It is large, and I did not get to tour all of the exhibits. There are many well-done, informative exhibits on topics such as archaeology of the Holy Land … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Earth, Bible Interpretation, Evolution, Geology
Tagged Museum, Museum of the Bible, Pasteur, Science and Scripture
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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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Another Intelligent Design Straw Man Attempt to Demonstrate a “Waiting Time Problem” for Evolution
The Intelligent Design (ID) crowd is jubilant over the publication of a paper by a trio of ID authors (Ola Hössjer, Günter Bechly, and Ann Gauger) in a sub-prime but legitimate journal. This paper is an example of a common … Continue reading
Saint Augustine on Interpreting Genesis
The church father Augustine wrote around 400-430 A.D. He was bishop of the city of Hippo in North Africa. His views are deeply respected by orthodox Christians of all types. Roman Catholics, along with the Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans, celebrate … Continue reading
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Tagged Augustine, Bible Interpretation, Genesis
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“Disciple Science” Videos and Podcast on Integrating Faith and Science
This is to call attention to a new organization which is making useful contributions to the faith-science dialog. “Disciple Science” is a crowd-funded nonprofit that is exploring the interface between science and faith, aiming to be faithful to both the … Continue reading
Evograd Blog Debunks YE Creationist Genetics Claims in Depth
The Internet debate between those who affirm and those who deny the evidence for evolution and an old earth usually takes place on the scale of fairly short articles which are accessible to the average reader. Some supposed evidences for … Continue reading
American Scientific Affiliation 2019 Meeting, “Exploring Creation”
The American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) is an organization of evangelical Christians who are degreed scientists and who gather to discuss how their science and their faith interact. I have posted summaries of annual meetings for some past years: 2015, 2016 … Continue reading
Science and Faith at the American Scientific Affiliation 2018 Meeting
The American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) is an organization of evangelical Christians who are degreed scientists and who gather to discuss how their science and their faith interact. The 2018 annual meeting of the ASA was held last week at Gordon … Continue reading
Endogenous Retroviruses in Your Genome Show Common Ancestry with Primates
Summary Retroviruses are a well-known class of viruses. Retroviruses work by inserting their genetic material into the DNA of a cell. The inserted DNA takes over the cell’s machinery and forces it to make more copies of the virus. This … Continue reading
Posted in Evolution, Genome
Tagged Bible Interpretation, ERV, evolution, genome, retrovirus
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“Science Meets Religion”: Well-Organized Information on Evolution and Creation
There are many excellent resources available on the interest which address controversial issues in the creation/evolution dialogue. One I just ran across is the “Science Meets Religion” site, which is the creation of David H. Bailey of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Earth, Evolution
Tagged bailey, evolution, genome, science meets religion
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Letters to Creationists 