Review of *Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design*
“[The goal of the book] was to give a snapshot of the state of the conversation about origins among evangelical Christians in America…. I think readers will see fair and accurate representations of the...
View ArticleRecommended Resources for a Christian Having a Crisis of Faith
“I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.” — I John 5:13 (HCSB) If you are like me, you sometimes find yourself...
View ArticleThank God for Elephants and Sauropods
“Less obvious reasons for why God created dinosaurs and elephants is to increase the global availability of nutrients and to permit a greater diversity of life to survive.” — Dr. Hugh Ross A few of...
View ArticleCorrecting YEC Misconceptions about the Big Bang
“This is what God, Yahweh, says — who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk on it...
View ArticleStellar Burning and the Age of the Universe
“From straightforward physics — gas laws, gravitational laws, thermodynamics, and nuclear physics — come secure estimates of the age of stars, galaxies, and the cosmos itself.” — Dr. Hugh Ross,...
View ArticleStellar Cooling and the Age of the Universe
“The increasingly precise dates determined by astronomers trouble atheists intent on explaining life by natural means alone. The dates are too recent. But at the same time, they’re far too ancient to...
View ArticleMeasuring Astronomical Distances
“If the distances are wrong, then an object may appear small and dim not because it is incredibly distant, but because it really is small and dim. And faulty distances mean that any theory based on...
View ArticleNecessary Conditions for Reliability in Radiometric Dating
“Each timepiece has its own purposes and limitations…. When used outside of its intended purposes or limitations, any dating technique can produce incorrect and unreliable results. When used within its...
View ArticleNature’s Calendars, Part 1: Ice Cores and Sediments
I didn’t post one in June, but this week I’d like to continue my series of excerpts from Hugh Ross’s book A Matter of Days, 2nd ed., about scientific measurements for distance and, especially, time...
View ArticleNature’s Calendars, Part 2: Tree Rings, Coral Reefs, and Varves
“It is awe inspiring to us that God created his natural world in a way that allows us to explore the unobserved past with such remarkable clarity.” — Gregg Davidson and Ken Wolgemuth This week’s post...
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