By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 There are many different definitions of worldview. Various sources list from four to ten major categories of worldview. The definitions and categories overlap, but there is…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Evangelical theistic evolutionists are mounting a more serious campaign directed toward evangelical creationists. Theistic evolutionists believe we are all the product of a naturalistic process which…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Del Ratzsch, in Science and Its Limits, makes this provocative statement: “Our worldviews, in short, are inescapably shaped by science.” We often assume the public understands…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Theistic evolutionism ranges along a spectrum of positions, just as does creationism. It is not a monolithic belief system. The most common position, however, is the…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Beautiful sunsets, magnificent mountains, and various other glorious natural displays have long triggered deep feelings of worship. My mother was fond of quoting the King James…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Scientific conclusions about cause and effect in earth’s bio-history must adhere to rules. Did observed effects “just happen?” Or was God involved in the actions in…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Dr. Francis S. Collins makes an interesting statement near the beginning of Chapter 8 in his popular book The Language of God. “Taken at face value,”…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 The BioLogos Foundation was organized by Dr. Francis S. Collins several years after publication of his successful 2006 book The Language of God. Collins was the…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 If concordism is the position that Biblical references to natural history find realization in modern scientific discovery and knowledge, we may wonder if there is a…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 The Interaction Between Science and Christianity is a subject of interest to many in our modern culture. The topic is more complex than commonly realized. When…