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Message of the Medium

By Jim Virkler | July 29, 2016

Published 7-29-2016 Marshall McCluhan (1911-1980) coined a amusing play on the title of his famous best seller, “The Medium Is the Message.” In humor, McCluhan once substituted “massage” for message.…

Creative Coding

By Jim Virkler | July 26, 2016

Published 7-26-2016 The Digital Revolution has the imprint of codes wherever we look. Codes are languages and are evidence that an intelligent agent had substantial input into the digital coding…

GPS and Digital Technology

By Jim Virkler | July 22, 2016

Published 7-22-2016 Many 21st century residents are highly attuned to technology as an instructional tool to plumb previously unknown mysteries of how our God-created world works and how man has…

God’s Positioning System

By Jim Virkler | July 14, 2016

Published 7-14-2016 Our post title is a play on the popular term GPS—Global Positioning System. Summer is the active season for vacations and family reunions, sometimes in distant locales. Travel…

Creation Care

By Jim Virkler | July 5, 2016

Published 7-5-2016 Our Creator has designed a physical world demanding precision fine tuning of hundreds of systems to be comfortably and healthily habitable. These physical systems with all their cosmic…

Forced to Agree

By Jim Virkler | June 30, 2016

Published 6-30-2016 Students of climate science encounter an interesting term—climate forcing. Our earth climate had been “forced” naturally into warmer conditions by increased solar radiation in distant geologic history. In…

Unsettled Science

By Jim Virkler | June 29, 2016

Published 6-29-2016 Two groups were organized in 2005 in response to the perceived environmental challenges posed by climate change. We highlight these two groups, pointing out similarities and differences. The…

Enduring the Heat

By Jim Virkler | June 24, 2016

Published 6-24-2016 Our somewhat warmer 2016 Northern Illinois winter and spring may call attention to the issue of climate change in a few residents’ minds. But as I write, the…

Scientists Ask–Is God Dead?

By Jim Virkler | June 20, 2016

Published 6-20-2016 In 1966 there was a famous Time Magazine story asking “Is God Dead?” The thought of the death of God could have been interpreted in several ways. Did…

Divine Credibility for Children

By Jim Virkler | June 13, 2016

Published 6-13-2016 Christian parents raising children desire to instill a sense of divine existence and love for their Creator in their offspring. We are always pleased when our grandchildren want…

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