Jim Virkler

Coping with Gravity

By Jim Virkler / December 12, 2014

One of the first lessons infants and toddlers experience is the phenomenon of gravity—how it acts on their bodies and how they must cope. If our young children’s ability to…

Order and Purpose

By Jim Virkler / December 9, 2014

Pictures of “The Blue Marble” and “Pale Blue Dot” taken during explorations of our Solar System have helped the human race focus on the role and position of our planet…

Overview Redo

By Jim Virkler / December 5, 2014

The Apollo 8 and Apollo 10-17 astronauts who either journeyed to lunar orbit or landed on the lunar surface submitted exhilarating accounts of how the “overview effect” impacted them. Wikipedia…

Overview Effect

By Jim Virkler / December 1, 2014

Twenty-four humans have left Earth for a journey to the moon, the only humans to directly view the far side of the moon. Twelve astronauts actually set foot on the…

Lennox and the Literal

By Jim Virkler / November 25, 2014

John Lennox is an articulate spokesman for the interface of science and religion. He is a mathematician and scientist and represents the evangelical intelligentsia. As a brilliant apologist for the…

Evolution’s Requirements

By Jim Virkler / November 19, 2014

The recent papal pronouncements on evolution have elicited responses from hundreds of commentators. It is well known that approximately one third of the US population belongs to church groups endorsing…

Autumn Appeal

By Jim Virkler / November 14, 2014

Choosing a favorite season of the year is like picking your best loved hymn or most preferred food. We report best loved or preferred hymns or foods out of true…

God as a Magician?

By Jim Virkler / November 9, 2014

Pope Francis created headlines recently when he cautioned against “…imagining God as a magician with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so.” Less quoted is…

Speciation Requirements

By Jim Virkler / October 25, 2014

As one of the most important scientific icons of the day, organic evolution permeates our 21st century consciousness. The term evolution is most commonly used in connection with organic evolution,…

Insect Genealogy

By Jim Virkler / October 21, 2014

Do insects have a genealogy? In the sense that insects have a line of descent, yes. As short-lived creatures, their descent may include many millions of generations. Human genealogy is…

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