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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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Cooking with Just the Sun’s Rays: GoSun Sport-E Solar Oven Review
Sections to Follow: The Case for Solar Cooking; Types of Solar Cookers; Cooking with Solar Ovens; Review of Purchased GoSun Sport-E Solar Oven; Why This Article on This Blog The Case for Solar Cooking Although domestic cooking in developed countries … Continue reading
Posted in Camping, Sustainability, Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged cooker, Cookit, GoSun, oven, solar
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Douglas Gresham: Stepson of C. S. Lewis, and Much More
Nearly sixty years after his death (the same day in 1963 that JFK was killed), the writings of C. S. Lewis are still readable and impactful. Enough of the shape of the modern/post-modern world had emerged at least in Europe … Continue reading
Modern Physics and the Human Person (Arnold Sikkema, ASA 2022)
I was not able to attend the American Scientific Affiliation 2022 meeting in person, but I signed up for access to the talks on line. Here I will summarize a talk by Arnold Sikkema, titled “Modern Physics and the Human … Continue reading
Posted in American Scientific Affliliation, Natural Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged American Scientific Affiliation, ASA, Brain, humans, indeterminism, mind, physics, Sikkema
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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
Posted in Age of Earth, Geology, Grand Canyon Geology, Uncategorized
Tagged Coconino, Grand Canyon, paraconformities, peneplains, Redwall, tidal flats, unconformities, unconformity, wave razor
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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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Parker Sun Probe: Fastest Man-Made Object Brushes the Sun
I just saw a recent YouTube video, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Touches the Sun for the First Time. It describes the mission and early findings of a probe that was launched in 2018, and now is brushing through the Sun’s … Continue reading
Four Biological Examples Best Explained by Common Descent (from BioLogos)
I just came across a good article by Biologos editor Jim Stump, which discusses four biological examples that are explained better by “Common Descent” (evolution) than by “Common Design” (each species created separately): Common Descent Explanation: The evidence we see—of shared … Continue reading
Christian Apologetics Insights from David Geisler, Ray Ciervo, and Prem Isaac [2020 NCCA, 9]
This continues my writeups of material from the 2020 annual National Conference on Christian Apologetics (NCCA). Here I will summarize and comment on talks by David Geisler, Ray Ciervo, and Prem Isaac. Most of these items deal with classic apologetics themes … Continue reading
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
Is the Old Testament Trinitarian? by Jonathan McLatchie [2020 NCCA Confc. 8]
The doctrine of the trinity can be deduced fairly readily from a number of New Testament verses, although it was not fully formulated and endorsed until two or three centuries later. But how can this concept be reconciled with the … Continue reading
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