Did God Create Us or Did We Evolve from a Common Ancestor with the Apes?
Question of the week: Do you believe God directly intervened to create the first modern humans or did we evolve from a common ancestor with...
Human Origins & Anthropology
• Human Origins,
• Image of God,
• Neanderthals,
and more.
Did Koko’s Large Vocabulary Challenge Human Exceptionalism?
Question of the week: Did Koko the gorilla develop and use a vocabulary of hundreds of words? Did she possess symbolic capability that challenges human exceptionalism?
My answer: Koko spent...
Does Complex Speech Expression Demonstrate Human Exceptionalism?
Last fall the announcement that phosphine was discovered in Venus's upper atmosphere stunned internet science geeks.1 This announcement generated over 4,700 news stories around...
Ancient Cave Art Strengthens Evidence for the Image of God
All human beings are creative. Creativity defines and distinguishes us from all other creatures that exist now—or ever existed. As a Christian, I view...
How Long Have Humans Been on Earth?
Question of the week: How long have humans been on Earth? How do you square that date with the biblical genealogies that imply roughly...
Human Migration: Beachcombing from South Africa to South America
Have you ever thought about your ancestors? Who they were, and where they came from? Arguably, where we come from represents one of the...
Scientists Turn Back the Hands of Time: But Should They?
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald—one of the great American writers of the twentieth century—is a short story about...
How Do Christians’ Relationships with God Differ from Adam’s before He Sinned?
Question of the week: In what ways and to what degrees are the relationships that Christians have today with God the same or different...
Could Our Lives Be a Computer Simulation?
Question of the week: How do we know that our lives are not some kind of sophisticated computer simulation? Could it be like the...
Moon’s Early Magnetic Field Made Human Existence Possible
The proximity of Veterans Day made me think of the American flag and then, about stars. Astronomers like to think about the properties of...
Breakthrough in Star Formation History Helps Explain Life in the Universe
The proximity of Veterans Day made me think of the American flag and then, about stars. Astronomers like to think about the properties of...
God Shouted in My Pain
One very sad event in my life shaped me as a young adult. Here’s why I’m sharing it with you.