By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 What does the text say? Pastors refer to the biblical text. They repeat this question when introducing their preferred pulpit topics. A favored topic giving voice…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Luke the physician, author of the New Testament Book of Acts and the gospel named for him, was apparently an evidentialist. Even in Luke’s day doctors…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Guillermo Gonzales and Jay Richards produced a book and DVD in 2004 entitled The Privileged Planet: How Our Planet Is Designed For Discovery. These skillfully written…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 A recent motor trip to the east coast afforded the opportunity to contemplate the simple motions of planet Earth—rotation and revolution. While traveling east by automobile,…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 What would be the result of incorporating sound science teachings into the educational offerings of our churches? I do not merely speak of the use of…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Spring renewal in the northern latitudes and the acts of creation described in Genesis manifest a few similarities. Both describe new life. Springtime is a renewal…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Michael Polanyi (1891-1976) was a polymath and pioneer in his vision and proposal of tacit knowledge, sometimes known as intuition. This concept went beyond reliance on…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 In the United States, especially in northern latitudes, winter somnolescence retreats in springtime. During the harshly cold, snowy winter just past, pessimists could speculate most life…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 In our previous post entitled Precision Creation we highlighted the precision of the universe in terms of its “just right” characteristics, including past and present expansion…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Before man developed telescopes able to clearly image galaxies outside our own Milky Way, some early scientists and philosophers reasoned that our universe appeared far too…