One doesn’t usually perform a review of another person’s movie review, but I came across this review of Ben Stein’s movie, Expelled, that was so full of either inexcusable ignorance or downright dishonesty that, even though I have not yet seen the film, I feel as though I should comment on the comment. So, while I have […]

The “Primary” and “Secondary” Causes of Ordinary Providence
Even God’s ordinary providence, which manifests itself to us as the uniformity of nature, has both “ultimate” (primary) and “proximate” (secondary) causality.  These are not two competing answers to the same question, but rather two different answers to two different questions about the same event or phenomenon.  One […]

What Are the Natural Sciences?
Before we can even discuss the Natural Sciences and how they should or shouldn’t be taught in Christian schools, we must first understand what the natural sciences are and what distinguishes them from the pseudo-sciences. 
The following list is a mix both science and pseudo-science.  Why is only one traditionally taught in the science […]

Conflict Inevitable but not Necessary

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One thing that Christian Educators must realize is that until the consummation of all things, there WILL be conflicts between science and theology.  This is not to say that God, being the author of all knowledge, contradicts Himself.  We can assume that Special Revelation and General Revelation are always in perfect agreement […]

Over the next few months, I’ll be finishing up a lecture series called Science and Christian Education designed to give Christian educators a more effective paradigm for the training of children in the natural sciences.
Very few children educated in Christian Schools go on to become practicing scientists. A small number might go into technical fields, […]