Did They Really Exist? A Biblical and Scientific Defence of Adam and Eve
The historicity of Adam and Eve is a question which strikes at the heart of the Christian faith. If the primordial pair did not exist, then the historical and Biblical doctrine of the fall ...
Mr. Bonhoeffer Goes to Washington
My friend and best-selling "Bonhoeffer" biographer Eric Metaxas brilliantly wove wit and humor through a speech against dead religion at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday. Calling on ...
Is Banning Same Sex Marriage Discrimination?
[Note: This is an exchange which took place between myself and an anonymous correspondant regarding a recent article I published on Blogos.org (and also posted here). The correspondant's ...
Joining the Conversation: Perspectives on the Discussion with James Shapiro
I have followed with interest the discussion ("Is James Shapiro a Design Theorist?") initiated by Bill Dembski and now involving James Shapiro, Ann Gauger and Douglas Axe. The nub of the ...
British Free Schools that Teach Intelligent Design as Science Will Lose Funding
The British Guardian newspaper reports on recent developments in UK governmental policy on teaching evolution in free schools (which, though state funded, are normally not required to follow ...
On the Origin of Mitochondria: Reasons for Skepticism on the Endosymbiotic Story
With regret, ENV recently noted the passing of biologist Lynn Margulis. Margulis, a scientist whom I admired greatly, was never a stranger to controversy, going so far as to call neo-Darwinism ...
Turek & Cornuke to Lead Footsteps of Paul Cruise, July 2012
Frank Turek and Bob Cornuke (the REAL Indiana Jones) will be leading a "Footsteps of Paul" cruise in July 2012! Our ship will be Oceania's beautiful "Regatta." We'll present evidence and ...
The Universe Had a Beginning
Cosmologist Alexander Vilenkin wrote a book in 2006 (Many Worlds in One) in which he refers to a theorem he developed with Alan Guth and Arvind Borde. Although not a believer in God but the ...
The Year in Review: Intelligent Design in the UK
An often-heard criticism of intelligent design claims that it is exclusively an American phenomenon, since presumably the rest of the world is too smart to fall for the stuff. Of course this ...
John Lennox vs. Richard Dawkins
This is an excellent conversational debate between two Oxford professors, Dr. John Lennox and Dr. Richard Dawkins. Hope you enjoy it!
Larry Moran Defends "Junk DNA"
Earlier, I responded to remarks made by PZ Myers at the recent Skepticon 4 conference. His subject: "Junk DNA."
On his Sandwalk blog, University of Toronto biochemist Larry Moran has posted a ...
Animation Reveals Engineering Elegance of RNA Interference
Nature Reviews Genetics features an excellent high quality computer visualization (including an associated slideshow) of the elegant mechanism of RNA interference. RNA interference is a ...
Treasure in the Genetic Goldmine: PZ Myers Fails on "Junk DNA"
Readers may recall my encounter with developmental biology professor PZ Myers earlier this year. In that brief interaction, I came to appreciate Myers's ability to charm his adoring fans and ...
Christopher Hitchens: Evidence of a Divine Being
I am greatly saddened that Christopher Hitchens is gone. There is no one with whom I disagreed more who I admired so much.
I emailed Christopher several times since his diagnosis with ...
Frank Turek Interviews William Lane Craig
During the National Conference on Apologetics at the end of October, I had the chance to sit down with Dr. William Lane Craig before an audience of about 1,700 and ask him about his recent trip ...
The Face of a Frog: Time-Lapse Video Reveals Never-Before-Seen Bioelectric Pattern
Jonathan Wells has already drawn our attention to a recent paper by Vandenberg et al. in the journal Developmental Dynamics. The authors make the startling and innovative discovery that ...
How Good is Phil Johnson's Biology?
We’ve recently been discussing whether Berkeley law professor Phil Johnson (author of Darwin on Trial) is ill-informed on biology.
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An Eye-Opening Discovery: The Remarkable Vision of Anomalocaris
Readers may recall the Illustra Media production Darwin’s Dilemma: The Mystery of the Cambrian Fossil Record. The documentary opens with an animation of the hideous Anomalocaris, undisputed ...
Maligning Phil Johnson, with Lots of Rhetoric but Little Substance
We recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the publication of Phillip Johnson's groundbreaking book, Darwin on Trial. Phillip Johnson's meticulous skill in scrutinizing the metaphysical ...
Why I Will Not Support Same Sex Marriage
Same sex marriage has been a very topical subject in Scotland over recent weeks, with the launch of a consultation by the Scottish National Party (SNP) -- which closes this Friday -- on whether ...
