Garden Predators
Last week’s photograph of our 2-year old granddaughter went far beyond the usual smiling photo sent to grandparents through the modern miracle of the smartphone. Our creative photographer-son managed to snap a shot of Juliana intently inspecting a large praying mantis at close range. Apart from its fascinating appearance, the capabilities of this insect in…
Read MoreHow to Live as a Christian in an Unchristian World
Today is the final sermon in our sermon series entitled True North. The title of the message today is “How to Live as a Christian in an Unchristian World.” How to live as a Christian in an unchristian world. The year is 1939. You were a German citizen six years ago when Adolf Hitler came…
Read MoreRestrictive Science
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 One of the most troubling phenomena with respect to the Design Inference and the Design Hypothesis, popularly referred to as ID, is the science community’s adamant insistence that neither intelligent design nor supernatural creation hypotheses are “scientific.” This pronouncement has obscured important possible discoveries. What really happened to produce an orderly…
Read MoreScience and Faith Interdigitation
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Interdigitation signals the interlocking of concepts like the interlocking fingers of two hands. When the term is used for the relationship of science and faith we might envision a mutually supportive relationship between them. Sadly, some see science and faith in a warfare relationship. Our blog is themed to focus on…
Read MoreDenigrating Design
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Intelligent Design and creationism have been relegated to non-science by the majority of the world science establishment. The perception of ID and creationism publicly suffer from this relegation. These concepts are assigned to a place of low esteem during discussions on origins. Church members frequently refer to the topic of origins…
Read MoreBrain: Causes, Effects, and Design
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Basic knowledge of the human brain is an appropriate launch point for a discussion of the currently popular concept of intelligent design. The brain is the control center of an elaborate living system. Knowledge of its anatomy and function are merely introductory to an in-depth understanding and appreciation of the design…
Read MoreID by Design
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Our recent blog study of physical sound and human hearing is one of many subjects to inspire confidence that God intelligently designed the physical properties of sound energy as well as the human auditory sensory system. Our understanding of the production of compressions and rarefactions of air molecules is matched by…
Read MoreElectric Intellect
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Our post title, Electric Intellect, is intended to be humorous, but it may be more realistic than humorous. “Electric” connotes something thrilling or exciting; intellect refers to mental powers. Electric charges are possessed by virtually all matter. Electric charges occur in protons and electrons in the atoms and molecules out of…
Read MoreWonderfully Made
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 A weak analogy to the human auditory system may be found in some of the more complex machines devised by man. An automobile is a highly integrated machine functioning for a generally singular purpose—transportation. The are 1800 parts in an automobile if we count units such as engines, themselves composed of…
Read MoreDigital Human Hearing
By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Digital electronic technology may have been an unfamiliar term just a few short decades ago in our science classrooms when I began teaching. When my science class members studied the physical qualities of sound, followed by basics of the ear and human hearing, I do not recall digital technology being part…
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