28:19 – Why Would God Allow Plagues? Multimedia by Reasons to Believe ( March 25, 2022 ) Would a Loving God Allow Plagues? Why Would God Allow Suffering? Is There Scientific Evidence for Biblical Plagues?
Golden Rule of Apologetics in Action, part 1 Multimedia by Kenneth Samples ( June 12, 2013 ) Straight Thinking #227: Golden Rule of Apologetics in Action, part 1 Theology
Are Christianity & Science Enemies or Allies? Part 2 Multimedia by Guest Writer ( April 11, 2017 ) Five more principles on how the Christian worldview undergirds science. Creation Model
Science News Flash: 3.7-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Perplex Origin-of-Life Researchers Blog by Fazale “Fuz” Rana ( September 7, 2016 ) Good things can come from bad circumstances. This idea is beautifully illustrated by the research efforts of a team of Australian scientists. Climate change has triggered the excessive melting of ice and snow in western Greenland. This loss of snow and ice concerns many people, but, on the other hand, it has been a boon for the scientific community. Origin of Life & Astrobiology
Iron Isotope Argues for Supernova Input in Early Solar System Publication by Hugh Ross ( April 17, 2006 ) Radioisotope studies of meteorites provide additional support for the fine-tuning of the solar system predicted by RTB’s cosmic creation model. A particular isotope of iron, 60Fe, decays with a half-life of a million years and forms only in stellar interiors. The abundance of 60Fe incorporated in compounds found in primitive meteorites confirms its presence in the early solar system. Further, the abundance of 60Fe points to its origin in a supernova that seeded the early solar system. However, the location of the supernova must be fine-tuned to adequately seed the solar system without blowing it apart. The degree of fine-tuning dramatically increases when considering other evidence that three or more supernovae must have simultaneously enriched the early solar system to account for its chemical composition. Such fine-tuning is consistent with the work of a supercaring Creator who has designed a suitable habitat for humanity. Astronomy
God’s Control Systems: The Water Cycle Blog by Guest Writer ( May 27, 2021 ) Complex control systems are used to maintain manufacturing temperatures for many common items. In nature, physical systems that exhibit similar characteristics can be taken as evidence of design. This article discusses how the water cycle acts as one of “God’s control systems” to moderate Earth’s seasonal temperature variations. Physics & Mathematics
More Evidence for Unique Planetary System Publication by Hugh Ross ( September 11, 2004 ) Princeton University astronomers recently uncovered more evidence that the solar system possesses unique characteristics for the support of life. Their theoretical modeling established that when a planetary system experiences close encounters with stars, those encounters will engender a large enhancement in the orbital eccentricities of the planets. Such is the case for the known extrasolar planets. Unlike other planetary systems, the solar system was protected from stellar encounters (the Sun’s birth cluster was much smaller and looser and the Sun was ejected from the cluster much earlier and much more rapidly) that induced large eccentricities in the planetary orbits—eccentricities that would have made a life-support planet impossible. Thus, evidence continues to accumulate that the solar system is far from typical. The more we learn about extrasolar planets the stronger becomes the evidence that our solar system is uniquely and supernaturally designed for life. Astronomy
Mars Hill Event by Esmie cabanas ( August 12, 2022 ) Join Fazale “Fuz” Rana for the Mars Hill event on Friday, August 12, where he’ll speak on the topic A Scientific Case for the Image of God.
Dwarf Galaxies Test Big Bang Publication by Hugh Ross ( December 8, 2008 ) The big bang creation event— as taught by the Bible for centuries1— now stands well established by astronomers’ observations of the universe.2 This observational evidence shows that the universe is predominantly comprised of dark energy (energy embedded in the space surface of the universe that causes the cosmic surface to expand faster and faster as the universe ages) and cold exotic dark matter (slow moving particles that weakly interact with photons). However, this model— known as the dark energy dominated cold exotic dark matter (ΛCDM) model— predicts that thousands of cold exotic dark matter haloes should accompany galaxies as large as the Milky Way and Andromeda. The gravitational pull of these haloes ought to attract enough ordinary matter (protons, neutrons, and electrons) to produce populations of stars, or dwarf galaxies, that astronomers should be able to detect through their largest telescopes. Astronomy
Lion Eats Man . . . and There’s Something Good to Say about It Blog by Joe Aguirre ( November 6, 2006 ) Cat lovers beware! Your cute little feline that seems to smile as it eyeballs you each day may have lunch in mind. Scientists have learned that some big cats apparently consumed people in the past, and this discovery provides evidence for RTB’s human origins model. Human Origins & Anthropology