By: Jim Virkler; ©2009 When arguments are made for one point of view or another, they are presented with various types of logic: deductive, inductive, and sometimes, abductive. For example,…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2009 One of the most profound difficulties we face in achieving a reasonably complete and accurate picture of historic Genesis events is the problem of interpreting the…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2009 Focus on the Family’s Truth Project is an effective worldview program which presents the scriptural foundation for God’s guidelines for man in a dozen major categories…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2009 The well-known phrase “What did he know, and when did he know it?” is an artifact of past courtroom inquiries. As I research scientific discoveries since…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2009 Readers old enough to have studied biology before 1960 now realize that the course emphasis has changed. We recall a term for the “living substance” of…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2009 We referred to the laws of nature in a previous post, somewhat lightly, as “rules of the game.” These laws, or rules, have their basis in…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2009 Not surprisingly, theories and laws of science do not rise to the level of curiosity and fascination for most people who are content to defer to…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2009 Our recent posts on physical constants take me back several decades in my teaching career. One summer, after returning from a trip to the western states,…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2009 Theologian, author, and publisher Kenneth N. Taylor is well known for producing The Living Bible, a paraphrase/translation. The first installment, Living Letters, appeared in 1962. While…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2009 Our last post mentioned “physical constants” as analogues to football’s “rules of the game.” Encyclopedia Britannica defines physical constants as fundamental, invariant quantities observed in nature.…