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For Those Who Write Books

The book starts out as an idea. It’s vague, incomplete—more texture than substance, more flavor than bulk. Then you start to write. Words appear and form ideas, thoughts connect, a sense of communication develops. Finally, a draft takes shape. A … Continue reading

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Science and Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology (Kregel, Feb 13, 2024)

To all my friends and followers, all readers of my first book, “The Works of His Hands”, and all who agree that science is not the enemy but the friend of Christian faith, I invite you to pre-order my new … Continue reading

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A Christmas Tale

Seventy years ago, a woman entered a Woolworths store with her young son. She was there to buy some aspirin and other medications for her daughter who was feeling ill. It was mid-December, the weather was cold and snowy in … Continue reading

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Why I Write

Writing books is hard work, takes lots of time, and involves a great deal of angst and emotional turmoil, for not much financial reward. It does feel good to finally have the finished book in hand and to see it … Continue reading

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Harry and Max and Sam

I’ve been doing lots of work around the house now that the weather is finally cooler—replacing rotted wood outdoors (fence, shed, flowerboxes), gluing, measuring, cutting, painting, etc. And just as happens every time I start working with tools or doing … Continue reading

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Stop Arguing!

It is time for Christians to stop arguing about evolution. Here is why: A lot of the things people commonly claim about evolution in these arguments are wrong. For example, evolution has nothing to say about atheism, creationism, Christianity, any … Continue reading

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The Dark (Devices) Age

My son told me he thinks the people living in ancient times were really ignorant. I told him that they didn’t know any better, since their science was very rudimentary. They did the best they could with the little they … Continue reading

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Coming to Faith Through Dawkins

Did you ever think that the aggressive, deceptive, and philosophically and scientifically erroneous form of modern atheism, called “New Atheism” could be instrumental in bringing atheists to faith? The proponents of this cult (Dawkins, Harris, Coyne, Krauss, etc.) that denies … Continue reading

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The Deepest Problem of Biological Science

While the theory of evolution by natural selection has become the well established basis for all biological science, and while further developments in genetics and molecular biology have confirmed the theory, it continues to suffer from an affliction that has … Continue reading

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Be Nice

I believe I got my strong reluctance to indulge in personal insults from two very different communities with whom I have had strong ties. The first, from age about 6 till 13 was made up of my neighborhood friends in … Continue reading

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