Destroyer or Nurturer? Darwin’s Divinized Conception of Nature

Alan of, Alfred Russel Wallace, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Bernard Silvestris, Charles Darwin, Charlotte Brontë, cosmology, Darwinism, Edward Pusey, Evolution, Faith & Science, Geoffrey Chaucer, George Levine, historical sciences, Jane Eyre, Jean de Meun, Lamarckism, maternal figure, Mother Nature, Natura, Natura creatrix, natural preservation, natural selection, natural theology, Ovid, Physis, Queens of the Wild, Robert J. Richards, Romance of the Rose, Ronald Hutton, teleology, world spirit
The powers of natural selection transcend human intelligence to such a degree that Darwin came close to imputing to it the capacity for intelligent design. Source
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The Role of Apologetics in Student Ministry

Apologetics, Bellator Christi, Christianity, Daniel Sloan, Gospel, Intro Apologetics, Student Ministry, Theology and Christian Apologetics
I have recently become involved in student ministry as a Family Life Pastor over the last few months. As a trained academic with a PhD in Apologetics, I wondered how much of my training I would really be able to use in this capacity. Would students care about apologetics? Would they even need it? What I quickly learned is that apologetics can and really should have a major role in student ministry. Students Have Access to More Challenges than Ever Before           As someone that had mainly been involved with college students for the past decade plus, I was shocked at some of the questions that I received within weeks at the new ministry. One student said she had seen someone on TikTok claim that the New Testament was untrustworthy. Others…
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Casey Luskin: Theistic Evolution and the Limits of Neo-Darwinism

behaviors, biological complexity, body plans, Casey Luskin, characters, Evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, Faith & Science, faith and science, ID The Future, Jacob Vasquez, life, natural selection, neo-Darwinian model, origin of life, Podcast, random mutation, Royal Society, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Theistic Evolution (book), Truthful Hope
Casey Luskin addresses the inadequacy of natural selection and random mutation to generate biological complexity. Source
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Targeted by AI? Robby Starbuck’s Story Will Shock You

AI, AI platform, Christian Apologetics, Christianity, conservative, Dr. Frank Turek, morality, philosophy, Podcast, religion, Robby Starbuc, theology, Woke
What if an AI platform invented a heinous criminal history about you and what if those lies threatened to destroy your career, your safety, and your family? That nightmare became a reality for today’s guest, filmmaker and conservative activist, Robby Starbuck. Now, Robby is taking Google head-on in a lawsuit that could redefine how AI is allowed to operate now and in the future. Tune in as Frank and Robby dive into Robby’s gripping story, his relentless battle against DEI and woke policies in the corporate workplace, and his groundbreaking documentary film, The War on Children, which has now been watched by over 60 million people. Together, they answer questions like: When did Robby first discover the fabricated AI charges, and what was Google’s response? How does AI generate false…
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At COSM, Sharing Information Is Key to Solving Tech Problems

academic freedom, Andrew Mayne, Arizona, artificial inteligence, China, Computational Sciences, compute-in-memory, computer, COSM 2025, DRAM, flash graphene, flash tech, information, Intelligent Design, Interdimensional AI, James Tour, laptop, memory, NAND, Scottsdale, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, SETI, Soviet Union, Technology, Travis Langster, voltage
Information is key to innovation, and a familiar question intelligent design asks is “Where does information come from?”  Source
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Calm Down, the Universe as a Simulation Is Mathematically Impossible

Computational Sciences, eliminative materialism, Ideas, information, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, Kurt Gödel, Lawrence Krauss, logical positivism, materialist atheism, Michelle Starr, Okanagan, philosophers, physics, Plato, Platonic forms, Skynet, Terminator, universe, University of British Columbia
The idea that information underlies the universe is compatible with the very intelligent design theory that Lawrence Krauss has opposed in the past. Source
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The Persecution of Christians on Campus

Apologetics, Campus Life, Christianity, college life, free speech, Gospel, IsChristianityTrue.Wordpress.com, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Persecuted Church, Religious Freedom, Steve Lee
[Editor’s Note: “The point of peak persecution on American soil is the University” – John Ferrer. This article from Christian Apologetics professor and high school Bible teacher, Steve Lee has been his passion project spanning most of his teaching career at the high school and college level.  Over the past 14 years, this list of anti-Christian incidents has steadily grown with the most recent example being perhaps the most significant religious and political assassination in this generation: Charlie Kirk’s shooting at the Utah Valley University. Readers should note that this list is not exhaustive. There are many more examples beyond this list. Also, these persecution events on U.S. college campuses is not intended for petty games of comparison, as if our persecution is more important than someone else’s. No, this…
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Jesus in the Old Testament? Look for These Clues! Plus Q&A

Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Dr. Frank Turek, Jesus, morality, Old Testament, philosophy, Podcast, Q&A, religion, The Bible You Never Knew, theology
What did Jesus mean when He said the Old Testament was all about Him? Frank continues his discussion from a previous podcast episode about typology and prophetic symbols of Jesus found in the Old Testament, based largely on his new Bible study series, ‘The Bible You Never Knew’. This week, he answers questions like: What two ways did Jesus and the apostles interpret the Bible? What parallels connect Jesus, Joshua, Jericho, and even the book of Revelation? What’s the surprising connection between Rahab and those who believe in the saving grace of Jesus Christ? What are the “3 P’s” that reveal Jesus in the Old Testament? What evidence suggests that the Book of Joshua was written by an eyewitness? What is a chiasm and how does it demonstrate the divine…
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