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- The Dallas Willard Revolution in Christian Spirituality Part 1: Framing the Problem of How to Live
- Physical Evidence Shows No Global Flood of Noah. Does It Matter?
- Cooking with Just the Sun’s Rays: GoSun Sport-E Solar Oven Review
- Douglas Gresham: Stepson of C. S. Lewis, and Much More
- Canadian Wildfires Will Likely Burn All Summer; Ways to Filter the Air in Your Home
- The Museum of the Bible (Washington, DC) on Creation and Evolution
- Potent Portfolio Diversifier: Managed Futures Funds Went Up When Both Stocks and Bonds Went Down
- “Five Talents” Microfinance NGO Helps the Poorest of the Poor to Start Their Own Businesses
- Modern Physics and the Human Person (Arnold Sikkema, ASA 2022)
- 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
- Parker Sun Probe: Fastest Man-Made Object Brushes the Sun
- Four Biological Examples Best Explained by Common Descent (from BioLogos)
- Private Equity Drove 50% Returns on University Endowment Funds; How You Can Join in This Investing Feast
- 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
- Making Essene Bread: Uncooked, Sundried Sprouted Wheat
- 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
- John Sanford Disputes Evolution [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 5]
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Category Archives: Macro-Evolution
Whale Origins: A Test Case for Evolution
Whales Present Specific Challenges for Evolution Nearly all 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 their snout. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Interpretation, Fossils, Genome, Macro-Evolution, Mutations, Uncategorized
Tagged Pakicetus, Rodhocetus, whale evolution, whales
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Evolution Before Our Eyes: Complex Mutations in Microbes Giving New Functions
OUTLINE ( 1 ) Barry Hall’s lac Bug ( 2 ) Lenski’s Long Term E. Coli Evolution Experiment Lenski’s E. coli Evolve Ability to Metabolize Citrate under Aerobic Conditions ( 3 ) Bacteriophage Lambda Evolves a New Protein Binding … Continue reading
Posted in Fossils, Genome, Macro-Evolution, Mutations, Uncategorized
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The Cambrian Explosion and Darwin’s Doubt
The “Cambrian explosion” refers to the initial appearance of the fossils of many major animal groups (“phyla”) within a period of about 10 million years, about half a billion years ago in the Cambrian period. If you consider only some … Continue reading
Do ENCODE Human Genome Results Support Intelligent Design?
I looked into this question, and wrote up an essay with my findings. This essay got longer and longer, as I added a tutorial (for readers who are not biologists) on the human genome, and included some global musings on … Continue reading
Balanced Article on Young Earth and Evolutionary Creationists
The issue of creation and evolution tends to be a “hot button” topic for evangelical Christians, making it a challenge to have a civil exchange. Journal articles tend to slant strongly to one side or the other. Thus, it was refreshing to read Tim … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Earth, Macro-Evolution
Tagged Age of Earth, Bible Interpretation, evolution
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Adam, the Fall, and Evolution: Everybody Stay Calm
Editorial Attacks on Theistic Evolution Recent genetic studies show beyond all reasonable doubt that humans evolved from other primates. These discoveries are forcing evangelical Christians who value intellectual integrity to re-evaluate their traditional support for a sudden creation of Adam … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Interpretation, Intelligent Design, Macro-Evolution, Uncategorized
Tagged Adam, Bible Interpretation, evolution, Original Sin, science
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Letters to Creationists 