By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Our unusual title is suggested by the treasured black walnut tree in our northwest Illinois front yard. Over the years this tree has provided our family…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Our theistic belief system is supported by two God-provided revelations–the revelation of the world of nature (general revelation) and the revelation of scripture (special revelation). In…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Science educators devote a majority of their teaching to one, or at most two of three major knowledge disciplines–physical science, earth science, or life science. These…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 One of the most moving passages in Scripture speaks of God’s omniscience with respect to the unborn and his knowledge of temporal events even before they…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Our reference to the flow of genetic information is summarized by the famous biological flowchart DNAà RNA à Proteins. This representation is the essence of truth…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Biology textbooks summarize the flow of genetic information as follows: DNAà RNAà Protein. Our two previous posts dealt with the first two elements of this basic…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Many of man’s construction strategies originate from our knowledge of what takes place in the nucleus of living cells. The human DNA molecule, present in virtually…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 To prepare for this post we found ourselves chuckling about the antiquated duplicators of our childhood. In early primary grades our teachers used the ditto machine.…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Radio commentator Paul Harvey (1918-2009) was famous for his “The Rest of the Story” segments. Sometimes people perceive an air of knowledge with clever emphasis on…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 The current blitz of 17-year cicada publicity brings to mind the desire of journalists to explain and justify their stories. What research did they access? What…