http://biologos.org/resources/find/Essay/any/ID Movement,Creation & Origins,Creation Care/sort-by-Newest?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication This is a custom feed of BioLogos resources. Make a new feed at http://biologos.org/resources/find en Copyright 2013 2013-05-22T04:35:25-08:00 http://biologos.org/essays/seeking-a-signature?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/seeking-a-signature?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this article, Venema offers his review of Stephen Meyer's book Signature in the Cell. Signature in the Cell.]]> Wed, 19 Oct 11 15:14:01 -0700 Dennis Venema http://biologos.org/essays/evolution-and-the-origin-of-biological-information?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/evolution-and-the-origin-of-biological-information?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this paper, Venema explores several examples in biology where random mutation and natural selection have indeed led to substantial increases in biological information. The question of how new specified information arises in DNA, far from being an “enigma”, is one of great interest to biologists. Wed, 19 Oct 11 14:48:05 -0700 Dennis Venema http://biologos.org/essays/from-intelligent-design-to-biologos?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/from-intelligent-design-to-biologos?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this paper, Venema tells the story of his transition from support of Intelligent Design to the view that God uses evolution as a creative mechanism. Wed, 19 Oct 11 14:17:25 -0700 Dennis Venema http://biologos.org/essays/the-biologos-foundation-and-darwins-pious-idea?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/the-biologos-foundation-and-darwins-pious-idea?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this paper, theologian John Wesley Wright reviews Connor Cunningham's book Darwin's Pious Idea, a work that deeply explores the integration of Darwinian evolutionary theory and Christian faith. Darwin's Pious Idea, a work that deeply explores the integration of Darwinian evolutionary theory and Christian faith.]]> Wed, 19 Oct 11 13:50:46 -0700 John Wesley Wright http://biologos.org/essays/barriers-to-accepting-creation-by-an-evolutionary-process-I?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/barriers-to-accepting-creation-by-an-evolutionary-process-I?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Renowned Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke considers eleven barriers that prevent evangelical theologians from accepting evolution as a possible means of creation and what these barriers tell us about the tensions perceived by many Evangelicals between science and faith. Waltke's work was based on a survey sent to members of the Fellowship of Evangelical Seminary Presidents and their faculty. Mon, 02 May 11 19:04:27 -0700 Bruce Waltke http://biologos.org/essays/an-evangelical-geneticists-critique-of-reasons-to-believes-testable-creatio?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/an-evangelical-geneticists-critique-of-reasons-to-believes-testable-creatio?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Biologist and BioLogos Senior Fellow Denis Venema examines the interaction between RTB literature and several lines of genetics-based evidence for common ancestry. In so doing, he also addresses the scientific robustness and reliability of the RTB model. Mon, 02 May 11 19:02:57 -0700 Dennis Venema http://biologos.org/essays/evolutionary-creation-a-christian-approach-to-evolution?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/evolutionary-creation-a-christian-approach-to-evolution?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Professor Denis Lamoureux presents the theory of evolutionary creation, which claims that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit created the universe and life through an ordained, sustained, and design-reflecting evolutionary process. The view of origins, says Lamoureux, fully embraces both the religious beliefs of biblical Christianity and the scientific theories of cosmological, geological, and biological evolution. Mon, 25 Apr 11 18:35:05 -0700 Denis Lamoureux http://biologos.org/essays/the-biblical-creation-in-its-ancient-near-eastern-context?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/the-biblical-creation-in-its-ancient-near-eastern-context?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication "As a Christian and a biblical scholar, I care both about Scripture as truth and about the ongoing scholarly conversation regarding the composition of the Hebrew Scriptures. And so, when I was asked to speak on the story of creation in Genesis 1, I welcomed the opportunity to give my thoughts on the interaction between this text and its ancient Near Eastern context." Mon, 25 Apr 11 18:33:35 -0700 Joseph Lam http://biologos.org/essays/science-and-the-question-of-god?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/science-and-the-question-of-god?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Can science provide substantive insight into the question of God’s existence? Isaac's paper examines three schools of thought regarding the possibility of detecting God’s existence through science: Evolutionism, Creationism, and Intelligent Design. Mon, 25 Apr 11 18:15:17 -0700 Randy Isaac http://biologos.org/essays/mesopotamian-cosmic-geography-in-the-bible?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/mesopotamian-cosmic-geography-in-the-bible?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Brian Godawa looks at several aspects of ancient cosmography (descriptions of the universe) that also appear in the Bible, and what these aspects of the text mean for our understanding of Scripture. Mon, 25 Apr 11 17:55:57 -0700 Brian Godawa http://biologos.org/essays/biblical-creation-and-storytelling-cosmogony-combat-and-covenant?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/biblical-creation-and-storytelling-cosmogony-combat-and-covenant?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication The literary conventions employed in Genesis chapter 1 mark it out, not as a scientific document describing material origins, but as a theological polemic against surrounding ancient Near Eastern pagan religions. Creation language here and elsewhere in Scripture is not about establishing scientific origins of material substance and structure but about covenantal establishment and worldview. Mon, 25 Apr 11 17:53:38 -0700 Brian Godawa http://biologos.org/essays/why-dembskis-design-inference-doesnt-work?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/why-dembskis-design-inference-doesnt-work?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Mathematics professor James Bradley looks at the design argument presented in William Dembski's book The Design Inference and offers his criticisms on the accuracy of the model. The Design Inference and offers his criticisms on the accuracy of the model.]]> Mon, 25 Apr 11 16:47:42 -0700 James Bradley http://biologos.org/essays/recovering-the-doctrine-of-creation-a-theological-view-of-science?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/recovering-the-doctrine-of-creation-a-theological-view-of-science?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Philosopher Robert Bishop explores the Biblical doctrine of creation, which he describes as "perhaps one of the most helpful pieces of theology for thinking about science", and describes why the doctrine needs to be recovered from narrower, contemporary interpretations of creation. Mon, 25 Apr 11 16:43:49 -0700 Robert C. Bishop http://biologos.org/essays/intelligent-design-thomas-aquinas-and-the-ubiquity-of-final-causes?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/intelligent-design-thomas-aquinas-and-the-ubiquity-of-final-causes?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this paper, Baylor philosophy professor Francis Beckwith distinguishes between Intelligent Design (ID) and Thomistic Design (TD). Fri, 22 Apr 11 17:20:27 -0700 Francis Beckwith http://biologos.org/essays/design-in-nature?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/design-in-nature?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this paper, adapted from an article from Science & Christian Belief, Dr. Oliver R. Barclay compares and contrasts the biblical view of design in nature with modern design arguments. Science & Christian Belief, Dr. Oliver R. Barclay compares and contrasts the biblical view of design in nature with modern design arguments.]]> Fri, 22 Apr 11 17:17:14 -0700 Oliver R. Barclay