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Evolution and Immunity: Same Story?

Evolution and Immunity: Same Story?

The evidence suggests that God has chosen to work through a random process, one which involves the routine creation and destruction of millions of cells that never get used. This is the ordinary means by which God maintains our health. The miracles of healing recorded in the Bible are miraculous precisely because they don’t occur by this normal, natural process.
Mar 23, 2013 
Kathryn Applegate 
Divine Action & Purpose, Evolution - How It Works, Randomness
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<strong>Series:</strong> “And God Saw That It Was Good”: Death and Pain in the Created Order

Series: “And God Saw That It Was Good”: Death and Pain in the Created Order

The tension generated by our understanding of God’s character, as revealed in the Bible, and by the reality of the natural world around us has been the focus of much debate within the Christian church since the first century. This series examines critically several of the proposed solutions to this problem, viewing them from the perspective of a geologist, paleontologist, and orthodox evangelical Christian.
Nov 24, 2012 
Keith Miller 
Problem of Evil, Evolution - How It Works, Young Earth Creationism
<strong>Series:</strong> Southern Baptist Voices: Evolution and Death

Series: Southern Baptist Voices: Evolution and Death

This exchange brings together related essays on death in light of evolution and Scripture from Southern Baptist theologian Dr. John Laing. Laing argues that evolutionary theory requires death to play a central role in the creation of new life, but sees Scripture depicting death only "as an invader, disturber of peace, and a force of evil." A BioLogos response is given by Dr. Jeff Schloss.
Aug 12, 2012 
Jeffrey Schloss 
Problem of Evil, Evolution - How It Works, Young Earth Creationism, BioLogos
<strong>Series:</strong> Scripture and the Authority of God

Series: Scripture and the Authority of God

N.T. Wright explores the context and manner in which Scripture is authoritative. He does so by questioning the meaning of an authoritative book as well as the application of such authority. Wright encourages us to flee from the controlling “list” mentalities that belittle the richness of God’s Word, and rather to understand it as a narrative inspired by God and recorded by ancient persons. Ultimately, God “organizes” his people through his Son Jesus and by the Holy Spirit, and not through extracted rules from the Bible.
Apr 13, 2012 
N.T. Wright 
Biblical Authority
Understanding Evolution: Theory, Prediction and Converging Lines of Evidence, Part 1

Understanding Evolution: Theory, Prediction and Converging Lines of Evidence, Part 1

In science, we don’t really know the true way things actually work. What we have are theories—broad explanatory frameworks supported by experimentation, which we can use to make testable predictions about the natural world.
Mar 08, 2012 
Dennis Venema 
History of Life, Evolution - How It Works
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Speciation and Macroevolution

Speciation and Macroevolution

A common challenge to evolutionary theory is that while life does indeed change over time (what is known as microevolution), no one has ever seen one species evolve into another species (macroevolution).
Feb 23, 2012 
Kelsey Luoma 
History of Life, Evolution - How It Works
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Possibilities and Second Chances

Possibilities and Second Chances

In today’s video, Dr. Rick Colling states that evolution is not merely the imposition of death and destruction and survival of the fittest. Rather, it is about second chances.
Feb 22, 2012 
Richard Colling 
Genetics, Evolution - How It Works
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Is There “Junk” in Your Genome? Part 2

Is There “Junk” in Your Genome? Part 2

Despite their somewhat mysterious nature, transposon sequences make up a staggering 45% or more of our genome. They are the perfect parasites: using their host to provide resources, they maintain a “lifestyle” so simple that replication is essentially their only feature.
Feb 03, 2012 
Dennis Venema 
Genetics, Evolution - How It Works
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A Lively God

A Lively God

In today's video, Rev. Lincoln Harvey discusses our desire to "domesticate" the liveliness and abundance of God. Harvey notes that the Trinity highlights both the manyness and oneness of God, which can be hard to Christians to fully understand.
Jan 11, 2012 
Lincoln Harvey 
Biblical Authority
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Science or sola Scriptura?

Science or sola Scriptura?

So, for Driscoll, the choice is a simple dichotomy: Scripture or science. Scripture is the highest court of authority in all matters, and the role of believing scientists is to affirm Scripture. To fail to do so is to “exchange the truths of Scripture for the truths of science”.
Dec 02, 2011 
Dennis Venema 
Biblical Authority
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Dead Bones with a Living Message

Dead Bones with a Living Message

In this video, Pääbo covers a lot of ground, noting several lines of genetic evidence for the evolution of modern humans from earlier hominids in Africa, as well as for the interbreeding between early humans and Neanderthals.
Nov 29, 2011 
Darrel Falk, Mapes, Stephen 
Human Origins, Evolution - How It Works
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<strong>Series:</strong> Understanding Evolution

Series: Understanding Evolution

This blog series by Dennis Venema undertakes the task of clarifying numerous aspects of evolution that often become misconstrued by Christians. He first discusses the idea of speciation in a population over time, later applying it to the speciation process that occurred among hominids (human ancestors) which led to modern humans. He continues to support this idea by exploring so called “Mitochondrial Eve,”“Y Chromosome Adam” and other compositional clues of the human genome.
Oct 14, 2011 
Dennis Venema 
History of Life, Evolution - How It Works, ID Movement
Evolution: Is God Just Playing Dice?

Evolution: Is God Just Playing Dice?

With his standard panache, the late Harvard paleontologist Stephen J. Gould argued strenuously that evolution had no inherent directionality. We are mere accidents; a "tiny twig on an improbable branch of a contingent limb on a fortunate tree".
Oct 11, 2011 
Matt J. Rossano 
Divine Action & Purpose, Evolution - How It Works, Randomness, Atheism & Scientism
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The Truthfulness of Scripture: Inerrancy, Part 1

The Truthfulness of Scripture: Inerrancy, Part 1

Against the repeated claim that the doctrine of inerrancy arose first with Protestant orthodoxy, we could cite numerous examples from the ancient and medieval church. It was Augustine who first coined the term "inerrant," and Luther and Calvin can speak of Scripture as free from error.
Sep 19, 2011 
Michael Horton 
Biblical Authority
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B.B. Warfield, Biblical Inerrancy, and Evolution

B.B. Warfield, Biblical Inerrancy, and Evolution

During the late 19th century when critical views of Scripture came to prevail in American universities, Warfield was responsible for refurbishing the conviction that the Bible communicates revelation from God entirely without error. Yet while he defended biblical inerrancy, Warfield was also a cautious, discriminating, but entirely candid proponent of the possibility of evolution.
Aug 22, 2011 
Mark Noll 
Biblical Authority
38
Was Humanity Inevitable?

Was Humanity Inevitable?

If the tape was rewound and evolution started over from scratch, Conway Morris says, the evolutionary details would be different, but the end result would be similar: a species characterized by intelligence and complex civilization.
Aug 11, 2011 
Darrel Falk 
Human Origins, Evolution - How It Works
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<strong>Series:</strong> Reviewing

Series: Reviewing "Why Evolution is True"

In this three part series, Robert C. Bishop provides a helpful review for Evangelicals of the book Why Evolution is True by Jerry Coyne. He first debunks many outdated ideas and myths about the theory of evolution and its implications. He then goes on to critique Coyne’s conclusions about God as a “bad designer.” He further addresses how Christianity and science overlap as well as how to have a meaningful discussion between two individuals with radically different views.
May 04, 2011 
Robert C. Bishop 
Science & Worldviews, Evolution - How It Works, Randomness, Atheism & Scientism
Understanding the Human Dimension of Scripture

Understanding the Human Dimension of Scripture

Old Princeton and the Dutch Calvinists understood that the human dimension of Scripture—which pervades Scripture thoroughly—is not merely tolerable of a divine book, but a necessary component of what inspiration means.
Apr 29, 2011 
Pete Enns 
Biblical Authority
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B. B. Warfield and the “Human Side” of the Bible

B. B. Warfield and the “Human Side” of the Bible

With Christ, his humanity is essential to who he is. Likewise, the Bible’s “human side” is an essential part of what Scripture is, and recognizing this has practical implications.
Apr 26, 2011 
Pete Enns 
Biblical Authority
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An Incarnational Model of Scripture

An Incarnational Model of Scripture

The Bible is no more a book dropped out of the sky than Jesus is some superman who flew down from heaven. Instead, just as Jesus is “God incarnate,” both divine and human, the Bible is a book that speaks God’s word and reflects the thoughts, ideas, and worldviews of the human authors.
Apr 25, 2011 
Pete Enns 
Biblical Authority
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