Exploring the Intersection of Science and Faith

Discover the God's Designs in Science

Uncover how scientific discoveries align with the belief in a purposeful creation by the God of the Bible.

 

William Paley in 1802 compared the universe to a watch that demanded a watchmaker.  What do modern discoveries show?

 

Insights into Divine Design

How did it all begin???

Is the universe the result of unguided random occurrences? 

Or was it the work of the ultimate designer?

 

Is creation designed?

Are recent discoveries better explained by random occurrences or be design by a mind?

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Do AI-Powered Insights of the Universe Point to God?

One aspect of the fine-tuning the universe is that there are 6 fundamental constants recognized that must be set with high precision in order for a universe to exist that could possibly host planets that could potentially have life on them.  This fine-tuning is widely...

Habitable Exoplanets?  

Another limitation on the habitability of exoplanets makes it less likely life exists out there

Mudcracks on Mars… and Life?

When will we find life on Mars? We don’t know, but it still won’t be at all as amazing as Earth and that is important.

A Mind behind the Universe and a Deck of Cards

If a deck of cards is dealt out, can you tell if the cards were shuffled and arranged by random processes or if the distribution was rigged? If so, would this same logic work in nature? In both cases, it is important to be careful what conclusions you draw.

Exceptionally Human

This post will discuss the idea that humans were created by God in His image and as such are inherently valuable. A number of recent scientific articles will be given that relate to this. If God has created mankind and designed us to be in relationship to Him, then this explains our sense of right and wrong as these are related to God. It gives us both purpose and responsibility.

Venus: Learning how special Earth is

Did water ever exist on Venus?

Our Marvelous Moon: fine-tuning becomes more and more clear

New studies identify more ways that the fine-tuned event that gave us the Moon, helped make life possible… a Lunar Magnetosphere

Surveying views on how God acted in Creation

When God created the heavens and the earth, and populated that with life, what do you think that looked like? Did He use evolution? I asked a diverse group of Christians…

Earth’s Inner Core is Around 1.15 Billion Years Old…So?

Why does earth have a solid inner core? Is it important? It is actually vital for advanced life on earth.

Earth’s deep carbon cycle points to a Creator

Another earth characteristic is critical for earth to habitable

Dig into Creation from Genesis

Creation: Day-by-Day

Is it possible to correlate the periods of creation in Genesis with the scientific studies of recent years.

Recent Views of Adam and Eve

Who were Adam and Eve? When did they live?

Genesis by Stephen Mitchell

Wondering through a bookstore some years back, I ran across a book that interested me, especially because I had apparently written it.  You would think that I would have known!  As the image shows, it is a translation of Genesis by Stephen Mitchell.  I had to buy it,...

Surveying views on how God acted in Creation

When God created the heavens and the earth, and populated that with life, what do you think that looked like? Did He use evolution? I asked a diverse group of Christians…

Creation: Days 5 to 7

How does science compare to the Genesis 1 creation periods? With the previous post, we find that all events are real and in order. (Photo of Earth and Moon from Mercury, NASA)

John10:10 Project: In the Image of God

This four minute video by Lad Allen of Illustra Media & The John 10:10 Project is worth seeing. He captures amazing images and profound meanings. One clear evidence of God's action in nature is the wonder and "manishness" of mankind. Thomas Jefferson said this was a...

Creation: Days 1 to 4

Is it possible to relate the events of Genesis 1 to modern scientific thought? Let’s look at the 1st four days.

Genesis Key Word: Day – Yôm

The disagreements about the age of the earth often hinge on the meaning of one word. What is a day? Here look at many Christian views of Genesis 1 based on how they see the word “day”.

Is a Genesis 1 a poem, a fable or a historical narrative?

How we understand the genre of the creation accounts affects how we interpret it.

Age of the Earth proposals

Christians differ on many things such as how and when to baptize, when we should expect the Jesus’ return and how churches should be organized. Although the Holy Spirit does guide towards truth, it is clear that His work will not be complete on this side of heaven....

The Bible is God’s special revelation, His message to humans that provides key information about who and why.  Nature is God’s general revelation that demonstrates God’s majesty to all humans everywahere and at all times.  There will be no contradictions between the two, but our interpretations are weakened by incomplete knowledge and our human limitations.  Here are clues and possible interpretations.

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Bent Rock Layers and Deep Time

Sedimentary rocks are often “bent” (folded). If they were hard rocks at the time of the folding, then that folding must have happened over millions of years. If they were soft sediments at the time of deformation, then it could have happened more quickly. Which do the rocks tell us occurred?

‘I have been working on the Railroad’ Dike and thinking about Deep Time

A long linear igneous dike holds up Railroad Mountain located between Roswell and Elida, New Mexico. How and when did it form? What happened afterward?  The rocks tell us a story that could not have happened in a few thousand years. It occurred over Deep Time.PDF File...

How could Carbon-14 be in diamonds?

If some radioactive elements decay rapidly, then why would we find them in ancient rocks?  PDF file available hereAre there “incontrovertible” reasons to affirm a young Earth? What does it mean to be incontrovertible?  Some Young Earth Creationists (YEC) seem to...

Ocean sediments and Deep Time

Is there really not enough mud on the ocean floor? PDF file available hereAre there “incontrovertible” reasons to affirm a young Earth? What does it mean to be incontrovertible?  Some YEC seem to believe that this means that it is claimed by any YEC author that they...

Polystrate Trees and Deep Time

"Polystrate" tree fossil from Joggins Formation in Nova Scotia, Canada. Photo by Michael C. Rygel - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1123256PDF file available hereAre there “incontrovertible” reasons to affirm a young Earth? What...

Helium and Deep Time

PDF file available hereAre there “incontrovertible” reasons to affirm a young Earth? What does it mean to be incontrovertible?  Some YEC seem to believe that this means that it is claimed by any YEC author that they appreciate.  It is easy to list claims that might...

Oil Gushers over Deep Time

Figure 1.  When a well is drilled into a hydrocarbon reservoir, the pressured reservoirs will release by carrying oil and gas to the surface. This is analogous to the dissolved carbon dioxide that is released when a shaken soda can is opened.  Modern oil and gas wells...

Generating Oil over Deep Time – Part 2

Understanding how oil is formed and migrated is really important in oil exploration. Organic material in source rock is heated deep in the earth by radioactive heat sources deep in the Earth.   PDF file available hereAre there “incontrovertible” reasons to affirm...

Generating Oil and Deep Time – Part 1

Figure 1.  Oils are found that were generated in recent times in the Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California.PDF file available hereAre there “incontrovertible” reasons to affirm a young Earth? What does it mean to be incontrovertible?  Some YEC seem to believe that...

Grand Canyon Unconformities and Deep Time – Part 2

PDF file available hereAre there “incontrovertible” reasons to affirm a young Earth? What does it mean to be incontrovertible?  Some YEC seem to believe that this means that it is claimed by any YEC author that they appreciate.  It is easy to list claims that might...