By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 When topics of origins come up for discussion, my comments often trigger the explicit question, “Are you a creationist?” My answer is an equally explicit, “Yes,…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 “In Him we live, and move, and have our being” (Acts 17:28 NIV). If I were required to cite a personal favorite verse or passage of…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 Many sound, orthodox church ministries, schools, and organizations proclaim the reality of God and His message of love for mankind. Their ministries are firmly founded on…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 Hymn writer James Rowe (1865-1933) lived during the childhood and working years of our grandparents and great-grandparents–the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In response to…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 When Peter and John healed the man crippled from birth (Acts 3:2), the early post-resurrection church was experiencing vibrant expansion an its first months of existence.…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 Marketing strategies in our day tout the importance of simplicity, ease of use, and effortless purchase of their products. Convenience stores are an invention of the…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 Michael Behe, famous for his proposal of irreducible complexity (IC), has endured plentiful cynical ridicule. IC proposes, that in a complex functional system such as the…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 Michael Behe is one of the original scientists to popularize the concept of intelligent design in the last two decades. Darwin’s Black Box (1996) introduced the…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 Historical Old Testament figure Job received fascinating lessons in meteorology from the youthful Elihu in Job 36-37. The lessons followed Elihu’s more serious commentary in earlier…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2012 What is the meaning of the Theology of Creation? A large body of literature exists on this topic. Creation and creationism is often conflated with a…
