By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 In a legal system, juries are impanelled to hear evidence and pass judgment on a case according to the facts presented. When a jury is being…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 Recently I continued a long-running conversation with my cousin concerning the philosophy of science. His emailed statement merits examination: “Philosophers of science typically understand the epistemological…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 The intuitive identification of an intelligent mind at work in the design and purpose of our cosmos and the living things which inhabit it seems highly…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 Marshall McCluhan’s familiar phrase “The Medium is the Message” could help us understand the contrast between the metaphysical naturalist and the creationist Christian worldviews. Naturalists claim…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 One may wonder why these posts have dwelt at length on the topic of creationism, a term the secular media often associate with recent origins of…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 Misunderstandings and suspicion of the Christian view of creation are rampant in the secular world. Unbelievers look at young earth creationist beliefs and may reject the…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 The universe we inhabit, brought into existence by the Creator, is governed by many laws. One of the most important is the second law of thermodynamics.…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 Opportunities to give glory to the Creator for the wisdom programmed into His creatures are ample. At a church dinner in the past week our friends…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 The emphasis of our blog since January has been “creationism.” Unknown to many people is the fact that the usual suffix “ism” is a dictionary entry…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 Several years ago an acquaintance acknowledged that the issue of the age of the earth and our universe did not bother him. Previously, our discussions about…