If one believes in evolution, it is important to know what is required for life. Not just what environmental conditions are needed, but also what biochemical conditions. It is often quoted that there are 250 essential proteins required for basic life. To have life, you need 250 proteins so it was thought. While those were [...]

Darwin’s studies of birds came up during our discussion on the last podcast. I had mentioned snorkeling and exploring the island close to the Galapagos (Isla de la Plata) years ago. Here’s a picture I took with my camera of the Blue Footed Booby while on the island , a very rare and beautiful animal [...]

Probably “old news” for some. But something hit me in reading Keller’s (generally good) book The Reason for God that some might find interesting. Tim Keller is on the part-time faculty list for Westminster Theological Seminary (PA): Timothy J. Keller Adjunct Professor of Practical Theology B.A., Bucknell University, 1972; M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1975; D.Min., [...]

Yesterday I came across this interesting article in the journal RNA on the subject of pseudogenes. The majority of scientific papers I read typically would be of no interest to the average person. This one however sparked my interest because of it’s relationship to a number of exciting areas. Not just in science, but also [...]

Theistic evolution is a serious threat to the Christian worldview. It is a harmful doctrine that compromises Christian theology (especially anthropology and man as image of God) for the sake of upholding Darwin’s theory of common decent. While Scripture teaches that God directly made the first human persons, theistic evolution says man came from non-God [...]

I seriously had no idea that my post on apologetics and the age of the earth would be so controversial. Apparently, if you admit the fact that A) hermeneutical challenges exist in Genesis and B) the age of the earth might be old, you’re a card-carrying naturalist philosopher and a full-blown critic of Scriptural  inerrancy [...]

Fred finally comments on the toledoth (the 11 quotes of “these are the generations”): Seeing that Genesis 1 provides the major overview of God’s divine work of creation from start to finish, I wouldn’t expect there to be a toledoth heading; it’s unnecessary. However, chapter 2:4 goes back and fills in detail about day 6 [...]