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Science and the Question of God

Science and the Question of God

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.
Apr 25, 2011 
Randy Isaac 
Biblical Interpretation, Young Earth Creationism, ID Movement

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My Faith Shouldn’t Be Alive (But It Is, and Here’s Why)

My Faith Shouldn’t Be Alive (But It Is, and Here’s Why)

By all accounts, my faith should have perished the moment I started asking questions about faith and science. All my life I’d been taught that I had to choose—between believing the Bible and believing my science book, between honoring God and embracing evolution.
Jun 23, 2010 
Rachel Held Evans 
Lives of Faith, Young Earth Creationism
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Seeking a Signature

Seeking a Signature

In this article, Venema offers his review of Stephen Meyer's book Signature in the Cell.
Oct 19, 2011 
Dennis Venema 
Design, ID Movement
From Intelligent Design to BioLogos

From Intelligent Design to BioLogos

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.
Oct 19, 2011 
Dennis Venema 
Design, BioLogos, ID Movement
Evangelicals, Creation, and Scripture: An Overview

Evangelicals, Creation, and Scripture: An Overview

Mark Noll, historian and author of The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, enumerates 15 attitudes, assumptions, and convictions he considers to be most influential in inciting anti-intellectual sentiment among evangelical Christians.
May 02, 2011 
Mark Noll 
Biblical Interpretation, Young Earth Creationism
Concerns of the Typical Agnostic Scientist

Concerns of the Typical Agnostic Scientist

Falk's paper asks evangelical Christians to explore whether they are propping up a bubble that they, not God, have created, thereby isolating themselves from the world of academics. The essay describes five layers that may play a role in unnecessarily blocking entry, or reentry, of agnostic scientists into the realm of evangelicalism.
Apr 25, 2011 
Darrel Falk 
Biblical Interpretation
Intelligent Design, Thomas Aquinas, and the Ubiquity of Final Causes

Intelligent Design, Thomas Aquinas, and the Ubiquity of Final Causes

In this paper, Baylor philosophy professor Francis Beckwith distinguishes between Intelligent Design (ID) and Thomistic Design (TD).
Apr 22, 2011 
Francis Beckwith 
Design, ID Movement
Design in Nature

Design in Nature

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.
Apr 22, 2011 
Oliver R. Barclay 
Design, ID Movement
An Afternoon with John Polkinghorne

An Afternoon with John Polkinghorne

How can a scientist really believe in miracles? How, or why, does a scientist pray? And how could a physicist possibly believe in the Resurrection of Jesus?
Feb 09, 2011 
Dean Nelson 
Lives of Faith
2
Evolution and the Origin of Biological Information

Evolution and the Origin of Biological Information

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.
Oct 19, 2011 
Dennis Venema 
Design, ID Movement, Evolution - How It Works
Quantum Leap, Part 1: Which Side Are You On?

Quantum Leap, Part 1: Which Side Are You On?

How does a leading scientist think about the more mysterious aspects of faith -- prayer, miracles, life after death, resurrection? How should people of faith approach science, especially when new scientific discoveries appear to contradict their religious beliefs?
Sep 02, 2011 
Dean Nelson, Giberson, Karl 
Lives of Faith
5
Why Dembski’s Design Inference Doesn’t Work

Why Dembski’s Design Inference Doesn’t Work

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.
Apr 25, 2011 
James Bradley 
Design, ID Movement
Evolving Beyond Apologetics: A Review of Rachel Held Evans'

Evolving Beyond Apologetics: A Review of Rachel Held Evans' "Evolving in Monkey Town"

What sets Evolving in Monkey Town apart is that it takes the abstract ideas discussed in more scholarly works and incarnates them in a person. Where other books strive to reach an answer, we join with Rachel as she struggles to find a way to live in the questions.
Jun 25, 2010 
Dennis Venema 
Lives of Faith
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