Creating a Scientific Revolution (in 8 difficult steps)

Time for my blog now that now I am settled at Bryan College. One new class is Philosophy of Science. The “Scientific Revolution” is an important theme. The Scientific Revolution refers to the period when our sun-centered system replaced an earth-centered cosmos. The historical period spanned Copernicus to Newton— roughly 1550 to 1700 AD. So...

Origins 2019-Third Day, Reclaiming Wisdom

Saturday was the beginning of Cedarville’s Reclaiming Wisdom conference. The conference was a success; I would like to see a similar conference at Bryan sometime. A personal highlight of the third day was catching up with an old friend, Mike Bowling of Cincinnati. Sometime after I left Cincinnati Mike began a several year ordeal with...

Origins 2019-Second Day

The CBS/CGS conference began Friday. The first speaker was Doug Smith. Doug spoke on the vowels, accents, and paragraph construction of the Hebrew for Genesis 1:1. His lecture was a lesson in the subtlety of Hebrew phrases. The following phrases are potentially similar, depending on subtle differences: In the beginning God created… In a beginning...

Origins 2019-First Day, Field Trip and Ark

Yes, Origins 2019 was good. What else would I say? I will highlight each day, beginning with the first. One highlight of the conferences is the new relationships and old connections that are reestablished. Take for example the first day at the conference. For this conference I met Zachary Klein and spent time with Zak,...

Don’t miss the big picture….

The reductionism of modern biology sometimes blinds us to the wonder and beauty of the natural world.  Modeling Creation under the authority of God's Word requires that we not abandon the obvious glory of the living world. Few display it better than links like this from National Geographic  

Origins 2014

The annual meeting of the Creation Biology Society (CBS) and Creation Geology Society (CGS), called Origins, will be July 23-26. The conferences are held in different locations each year, generally alternating between eastern and western locations (e.g., Pittsburgh in 2013) to encourage easy attendance and offer unique field trip locations. This year Origins 2014 will...

Do We Now Have Scientific Evidence of the Earthquake after Jesus was Crucified? Easter Reflection: The Earthquake of 33 A.D

An earthquake struck Jerusalem the moment Jesus died on the cross. The event caused the watching Centurion to proclaim Jesus was truly the Son of God (Matt. 27:50-51, 54). Steven A. Austin recently found evidence for the earthquake; it can be seen in an online abstract (Geological Society of America, 2012 National Meeting). The importance...

The Great Cambrian Debate

The sudden appearance of multicellular life at the base of the Cambrian Period has long been a focus of debate. The Cambrian is the geologic rock system that exhibits the first vast array of multi-celled life forms. The “suddenness” of these appearances has made the Cambrian an intense area of scientific focus. In 1859 Charles...

Cambrian ecology looks more modern than once believed

Much of the literature on origins devoted to the Cambrian emphasizes the “explosive” nature of the first appearances of life’s major groups. But a new article in Nature reveals an intriguing new insight on the ecology of the Cambrian that can easily be overlooked.   An unusual Cambrian taxonomic group, known as the anomalocarids, suggests the...

A different paradigm of Origins

Few people know the name David Raup. Raup is among the most highly regarded scientists in my field: paleontology. Paleontology is the field (I would argue) at the heart of the creation-evolution debate. Concerning the creation-evolution debate Raup once stated: “On the creation-evolution debate, I foresee continued conflict. Both sides will continue to lie, cheat,...