By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 When we credit God with creating all things or with designing our intricate climate system, we express a sense of worship or devotion. Our general understanding…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Readers across America may identify with several recent weather events in our region of the Midwest–northwest Illinois. For example, in the last two weeks my personal…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Our recent coffee table book discussions proposed intelligent design as a requirement for the books’ subject matter. The personal appeal of the volumes displayed on our…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 What sort of book could be considered a “Coffee Table” volume? Some books so designated may be considered superficial in content and geared more to the…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 In the past few weeks I have rediscovered a thick coffee table volume entitled Chronicle of the American Automobile—Over 100 years of Auto History by James…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Among the three theistic views of origins, the belief that the six days of the Genesis creation account are literal and recent is the majority view…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Recently I wound down a long-running discussion with a theistic evolutionist. He claimed deciding whether God intervened along the geological timeline periodically (a creationist view) or…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Several problems beg for resolution as believers in a young earth and young universe examine the modern findings of astronomers and geologists. Some news, such as…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Aging people are often distressed to acknowledge their own symptoms of advanced age. Young people prefer that their parents would remain young and vibrant. In a…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Had Russia’s 55 foot wide meteor not smacked into Chelyabinsk recently, it is doubtful you would hear about the Iowa event on this blog. After all,…