Science & Religion

When YECs Deny the Nature of Nature and Cosmic History

Posted by on October 13, 2019 at 8:06 pm

This week, we come to my final post citing information from Dr. Hugh Ross’s book, A Matter of Days: Resolving a Creation Controversy, 2nd ed. (2015). I hope you have enjoyed the series. The title of this post is intentionally a bit provocative, yes, but it is meant more to raise interest than ire. Let’s […]

Meanwhile, Elsewhere in the Conservative Blogosphere…

Posted by on September 8, 2019 at 9:05 pm

What do Benny Hinn, the Big Bang, and Joe Biden’s gun-grab have in common? Nothing, as far as I can tell, other than the prominence of the letter “B” and the fact that all three show up in this blogpost. Stick with me… Despite having gotten a good-sized post published on time last Sunday, the […]

Nature’s Calendars, Part 2: Tree Rings, Coral Reefs, and Varves

Posted by on August 25, 2019 at 7:28 pm

“It is awe inspiring to us that God created his natural world in a way that allows us to explore the unobserved past with such remarkable clarity.”  — Gregg Davidson and Ken Wolgemuth This week’s post includes another excerpt from Dr. Hugh Ross’s book A Matter of Days, 2nd ed. (2015), along with a related […]

Nature’s Calendars, Part 1: Ice Cores and Sediments

Posted by on July 21, 2019 at 6:30 pm

I didn’t post one in June, but this week I’d like to continue my series of excerpts from Hugh Ross’s book A Matter of Days, 2nd ed., about scientific measurements for distance and, especially, time (e.g., the age of the Earth and certain things on it). Whereas in May we looked at radiometric dating, this […]

Necessary Conditions for Reliability in Radiometric Dating

Posted by on May 19, 2019 at 8:47 pm

“Each timepiece has its own purposes and limitations…. When used outside of its intended purposes or limitations, any dating technique can produce incorrect and unreliable results. When used within its intended purposes and limitations, radiometric dating can and does serve as a reliable and trustworthy tool, just as satellite pictures and Doppler radar do in […]

Measuring Astronomical Distances

Posted by on March 24, 2019 at 10:35 pm

“If the distances are wrong, then an object may appear small and dim not because it is incredibly distant, but because it really is small and dim. And faulty distances mean that any theory based on them — such as the big bang — is faulty too!”  — Andrew Rigg, freelance journalist and amateur astronomer, […]

Stellar Cooling and the Age of the Universe

Posted by on February 24, 2019 at 8:46 pm

“The increasingly precise dates determined by astronomers trouble atheists intent on explaining life by natural means alone. The dates are too recent. But at the same time, they’re far too ancient to help creationists intent on defending a six-consecutive-24-hour-creation-days interpretation of Genesis 1.”  — Hugh Ross, astrophysicist, pastor, and Christian apologist As regular readers may […]

Stellar Burning and the Age of the Universe

Posted by on January 27, 2019 at 9:57 pm

“From straightforward physics — gas laws, gravitational laws, thermodynamics, and nuclear physics — come secure estimates of the age of stars, galaxies, and the cosmos itself.”  — Dr. Hugh Ross, astrophysicist, pastor, and Christian apologist I had planned on doing a politics-oriented post this week. But, honestly, I’m just sick of hearing/reading about the current […]

Correcting YEC Misconceptions about the Big Bang

Posted by on January 20, 2019 at 9:58 pm

“This is what God, Yahweh, says — who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk on it –”  Isaiah 42:5 (HCSB) One of my favorite books by astronomer/apologist Dr. Hugh Ross […]

Recommended Resources for a Christian Having a Crisis of Faith

Posted by on October 21, 2018 at 9:21 pm

“I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.”  — I John 5:13 (HCSB) If you are like me, you sometimes find yourself going through long-neglected directories on your computer, ostensibly in search of ancient or otherwise unneeded […]