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04Mar 2026 by Post

God Hypothesis Comes to Theaters Nationally in April!

accidents, Ben Shapiro, Bible, biologists, biology, Center for Science and Culture, Chemistry, cosmology, creationism, Eric Esau, film, Intelligent Design, Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, materialist world view, matter, Meaning, media, mind, movies, natural selection, Nobel laureates, philosophy, Piers Morgan, religion, science, scientific discoveries, scientific revolution, scientists, significance, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theology, ultimate meaning, universe

The film features a diverse range of scientists, some familiar to those who follow the work of the Center for Science and Culture, but others very much not. Source

04Mar 2026 by Post

The Levin Teleology Revolution Is Here

academia, Aristotle, Biological Theory, biology, Brian Charlesworth, Brian Miller, careers, cognition, computer code, David B. Resnik, designer, Douglas Futuyma, Evolution, Gen Z, gender issues, goal-directedness, graduate school, intelligence, Intelligent Design, intentionality, Jerry Coyne, Michael Levin, neo-Darwinians, neuroscience, Plato, Plato's Revenge, purpose, reactionaries, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, Stuart Burgess, teleology, Tufts University

He has assembled a global community of like-minded investigators who openly advocate teleological arguments harking back to Aristotle and Plato. Source

04Mar 2026 by Post

On Undesigned Coincidences: A Reply to Dan McClellan

4. Is the NT True?, Apologetics, biblical apologetics, can we trust the Bible, Christianity, Gospel, Jonathan McLatchie, JonathanMclatchie.com, Lydia McGrew, Undesigned Coincidences, Wes Huff

Dan McClellan, a Biblical scholar with a specialty in the Hebrew Bible, and popular social media content creator, recently responded to a clip of my friend and colleague, Wesley Huff, on undesigned coincidences as a marker of historicity in the gospel accounts. Wesley Huff subsequently posted a statement on his community page on YouTube, linking to my previous response to John Nelson, which deals with many of the same concerns raised by McClellan. This prompted McClellan to publish another video offering a rebuttal to my engagement with Nelson’s (and by extension his) concerns in my essay. I do not know why the critics of undesigned coincidences always seem to want to engage with those examples pertaining to the feeding of the five thousand. Literally every critical treatment of the topic thus far has focused on those. There are…

03Mar 2026 by Post

God’s Sovereignty: Mystery or Logical Contradiction? PLUS MORE Q&A

Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Dr. Frank Turek, free will, God and suffering, God's justice, morality, philosophy, Podcast, Problem of Evil, Redemption, religion, theology

What are the most common questions Frank answers during his college visits and how do we distinguish between a legitimate theological mystery and a true logical contradiction when discussing God’s omnipotence, foreknowledge, and moral responsibility with skeptics? In this midweek Q&A episode, Frank tackles the problem of evil and the deeper questions it raises about God’s goodness, justice, and mercy. Find out how free will, moral responsibility, and redemption fit into a MUCH bigger story that explains suffering while offering real hope in the midst of experiencing great pain. Frank will answer questions like: What is classical Christian theology and how does it address the problem of evil? What are the four major categories of Christian apologetics? Where can you easily find answers to skeptics most commonly asked questions about…

03Mar 2026 by Post

Science, the Bible, and America’s Creed

atheist, Barack Obama, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Calvin Coolidge, China, Curtis Yarvin, Declaration of Independence, Elizabeth Powel, endowed by our creator, equality, ethnicity, Faith & Science, Founders, Freedom Train, French Revolution, G. K. Chesterton, geography, government, human rights, Independence Hall, liberty, Library of Congress, limited government, literature, National Archives, natural science, Nikole-Hannah Jones, Patrick Deneen, Philadelphia, philosophy, political science, religion, Soviet Union, technocracy, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, United States, Vishal Mangalwadi

When a wrong turn has been made, sometimes going back is the best way forward. If we want to restore America to health, we need to relearn the creed. Source

02Mar 2026 by Post

War on the Founding: New Book by John West Describes the “Battle for America’s Soul”

American Founding, American Revolution, americans, Bible, blasphemy, consent, cornerstone, creator, Declaration of Independence, Education, educators, endorsements, endowed by our creator, Faith & Science, faith and science, feudalism, Founders, G. K. Chesterton, How Americans View the American Founding, human equality, Intelligent Design, Jesus, John West, Middle East, monarchy, natural theologians, New Testament, political scientists, Politics, reason, revelation, Theocracy, Truths, United States, untruths, war

At the present moment, defending the Declaration as our creed puts you on a collision course with some very influential people. Source

02Mar 2026 by Post

What a Straw Man Argument is and What is Not.

Apologetics, Calvinism, Christianity, determinism, free will, FreeThinkingMinistries.com, Gospel, logic, Molinism, Phil Kallberg, Straw Man Fallacy, Theology and Christian Apologetics

[Editor’s Note: in November 2025, at the Evangelical Philosophical Society meeting in Boston Massachusetts, Tim Stratton and Phil Kallberg presented a coauthored essay, “Is Divine Determinism a Different Gospel?”. You can see it here or listen to here. The provocative essay – critiquing a major brand of historic Christian thought: Calvinism – evoked some controversy. Phil responds here to one of the critiques.] I’m inspired to write this both for the accusations of “straw manning” that came from Tim’s and my essay at the 2025 EPS, and due to examples that I have seen. While no one accused me of this directly (all the interactions I had with people in relation to the essay were positive, even when they were pushing back), I heard through the grapevine that some people…

28Feb 2026 by Post

Is This a Transitional “Missing Link” for Giraffes? Nope

abrupt appearance, ancestors, bedtime story, blood circulation, cell's, Darwinian theory, Evolution, fossil record, giraffe evolution, giraffes, giraffe’s neck, heart, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, missing link, okapi, Samotherium major, taxon, transitional fossils, variations, vertebrae, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, zoology

The giraffe’s fossil record reflects a pattern of abrupt appearance rather than the infinitesimally small variations. Source

28Feb 2026 by Post

Debating Intelligent Design, Critic Keith Fox Is Still Stuck on Old Talking Points

"God of the gaps", abiogenesis, bacterial flagella, biochemists, bioinformatics, debates, demarcation criteria, DNA, Douglas Axe, Evolution, falsifiability, glacial-interglacial cycles, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex systems, Keith Fox, Michael Behe, Peter S. Williams, philosophers, predictions, protein folds, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, Tim McGrew, type III secretion system, Unbelievable?

With DNA replication, it is unclear what other systems any of the components might be co-opted from. Source

27Feb 2026 by Post

How Does God Use Suffering for Our Good? Personal Life Lessons with Clay and Jean E. Jones

Biblical response to suffering, Christian Apologetics, Christian view of suffering, Christianity, Clay Jones, Dr. Frank Turek, God and pain, Jean E. Jones, morality, philosophy, Podcast, religion, theology

What does a ministry-minded Christian couple do when they experience five miscarriages, numerous disappointments, doubts, unanswered prayer, and incurable cancer? They PRAISE GOD and write a comforting and brilliant new book, ‘How Does God Use Suffering for Our Good?‘, that will help thousands of others who are experiencing pain and suffering. This week, Frank sits down with Dr. Clay Jones and his wife of 50 years, Jean E., to explore the hard realities of suffering and the even harder truth that God can use the most devastating events in our lives for good–both now and in eternity.Clay and Jean E. share lessons from their own lives and the Scriptures while answering questions like: If evil and suffering are happening to you is it all your fault? Do you just need…