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Why Should Christians Care About Bitcoin?, Jesse L. Veenstra

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"Given the strong stances and opinions on Bitcoin and the religious language often attached to it, it’s clear we should continue to analyze Bitcoin from a particularly Christian perspective."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­handling cryptocurrencies responsibly from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/why-should-christians-care-about-bitcoin/

For The Beauty Of The Earth: A Review Of The God Of The Garden, Ruth C. Clark

Staff Work

"Loving a master Gardener who cares for the sparrows involves noticing the garden."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book The God of the Garden from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/for-the-beauty-of-the-earth-a-review-of-the-god-of-the-garden/

Walking The Talk In A Vaccine Study, Carl P. Fictorie

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"Scientists and engineers of all religious stripes and colors have helped bring about the amazing advances in science and technology that have improved our lives and well-being over the past few hundred years.."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­science as a reliable tool for understanding from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/walking-the-talk-in-a-vaccine-study/

Little Wasps On The Fringes, Jeremy Hummel

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"As image-bearers of God, mandated to tend and care for his creation, we can welcome his creation into our human landscapes in a mutually flourishing way."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the wonders of creation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/little-wasps-on-the-fringes/

Kinds Of Science And Exploring The Past, Channon Visscher

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"Working alongside experimental and observational work, historical science helps us continue to learn the unfolding story of how a beautiful universe, created by a loving God, came to be as we see it today."

Posting about scientific methods from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/kinds-of-science-and-exploring-the-past/

Coral Reefs, Climate Change, And Ecological Lament, Chloe Hansum

Student Work

"What can I do to enhance creation’s song? How can I better care for all creatures great and small?"

Posting about a Christian response to ecological degradation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/coral-reefs-climate-change-and-ecological-lament/

Lessons From The Ozone Hole, Carl P. Fictorie

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"Good science works with evidence from creation, follows logically from that evidence, and avoids bias on the part of the scientist."

Posting about current environmental challenges from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/lessons-from-the-ozone-hole/

Read It And Weep: A Review Of The Fool And The Heretic, Carl P. Fictorie

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"These scientists have been dialoging for several years, demonstrating how two Christians with very different origin viewpoints can talk to each other peacefully, with respect."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book The Fool and the Heretic from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/read-it-and-weep-a-review-of-the-fool-and-the-heretic/

All That Has Breath, Jeff Gladstone

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"Outwardly we grinned and hooted for the day’s technological success, but inwardly we knew the day had delivered to us a richer treasure."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­technology and aesthetics from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/all-that-has-breath/

The Bridge Between Beauty And Functionality, Justin R. Vander Werff

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"While our human creatureliness and limited understanding often lead us to pit form and function against each other, God provides glimpses of their unity."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­balancing aesthetics and practicality in design from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-bridge-between-beauty-and-functionality/

Children Of God Living In A Groaning Creation, David Schelhaas

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"Virtually every climate researcher in the world agrees that the earth is warming and that human action, especially through the burning of fossil fuels, is the primary cause of this warming."

Posting about a Christian response to climate change from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/children-of-god-living-in-a-groaning-creation/

Science For All Christians, Jeff Ploegstra

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"What questions should we endeavor to answer as we work out the relationship between our faith commitments and our scientific insight?"

Posting about a Reformed worldview on the complexities of creation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/science-for-all-christians/

Providential Creation And A Gracious Science, Carl P. Fictorie

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"Christians who work in the sciences wrestle daily with the work of investigating the universe through the lens of faith."

Posting about God's providence and nature from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/providential-creation-and-a-gracious-science/

Sensing Creation's Praise, Julie Geleynse

Staff Work

"As you go about your day, I want to encourage you to use your senses to see how creation is praising God."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­God revealing Himself through nature from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/sensing-creations-praise/

The Voice Of His Word, James C. Schaap

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"Lake Michigan still leaves me in awe, too full of the touch of its presence to explain it clearly."

Posting about the power of God in nature from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/the-voice-of-his-word/

Stained Forever By A Sanguine Glow, David Schelhaas

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"It is National Poetry Month and I want to celebrate the month with a little essay about the poet Richard Wilbur and his poem 'October Maples.'"

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the delight in Richard Wilbur's poetry from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/stained-forever-by-a-sanguine-glow/

Believing In Creation, Howard Schaap

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"Give praise to the Creator for what will be, but not before cherishing the wonder of creation that already is."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­God's promise of a new creation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/believing-in-creation/

Mathematical Beauty, Mike Janssen

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"With all the brokenness in the world, is the study of the mathematical aspects of Creation worthwhile?"

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the beauty of mathematics from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/mathematical-beauty/

Integrating A Christian Worldview Into Literacy Instruction, Gwen R. Marra

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Physics 101: Observing Physical Creation, Kayt E. Frisch

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"Physics is fundamentally about repeatedly observing the Creation, building models that describe our observations, and then making predictions about what we will observe in the future."

Posting about the study of physics from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/physics-101-observing-physical-creation/

Science 101: Speaking In Tongues And Sights Unseen, Jeff Ploegstra

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"For me, science isn’t only about hearing and seeing, it’s also about responding; about being in dialogue."

Posting about looking for meaning in the physical world from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/science-101-speaking-in-tongues-and-sights-unseen/

How To Fly A Horse: The Secret History Of Creation, Invention, And Discovery (Book Review), Kevin Timmer

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Reviewed Title: How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery by Kevin Ashton. New York: Doubleday, 2015. 336 pages. ISBN: 9780385538596.

Lunar Stories: The Violence Of Creation, Channon Visscher

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"Tales of the moon’s creation abound in myth, legend, history and science. Given its conspicuous brightness and nearness, we should not be surprised that the moon has captured the imagination since the dawn of human consciousness."

Posting about how the moon was made ­­­­­­­­from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/lunar-stories-the-violence-of-creation/

He Meant To Pass By Them, Mike Janssen

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"In passing by his disciples, Jesus is reveals his divinity and utter mastery of the Creation."

Posting about Jesus' sovereignty from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/he-meant-to-pass-by-them/

Can Christians Really Do All Things?, Neal Deroo

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"Instead of denouncing others as less Christian than us, let’s try to help each other negotiate the complicated task of living faithfully as individual sinners in a fallen world."

Posting about Philippians 4:13 and its meaning from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/can-christians-really-do-all-things/

Light Of The World, Joshua Matthews

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"If we see any light, which is almost every moment of our lives, we are seeing a representation of Jesus Christ as creator, healer, and redeemer."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Jesus the light-bringer from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/light-of-the-world-2/

Social Principles Of Good Agriculture, Ronald Vos

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"If Christians are to live out their lives before the face of God, where should they look for guiding principles in how to conduct agriculture?"

Posting about ­­­­­­­­transformation in the field of agriculture from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/social-principles-of-good-agriculture/

What Is A Human Being?, Neal Deroo

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"Our religious relationship to God is nothing other than the entirety of the life we live, and our life is nothing other than a spiritual or religious act, from start to finish."

Posting about the "God-human-creation" relationship from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/what-is-a-human-being/

Why Should Ecology Matter To A Christian?, Derek Buteyn

Staff Work

"The goodness of creation is more than a pleasing aesthetic. It doesn't just provide value to us because we enjoy it. It is inherently valuable; in every rock, tree, and living creature, truth is spoken of the Creator."

Posting about living responsibly within creation from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/why-should-ecology-matter-to-a-christian/

Institutional Stewardship And Ecology, Arlan Nederhoff

Staff Work

"We are not to exploit, waste, or abuse the resources of God's world, but care for them and use them to serve God and humankind."

Posting about becoming environmentally conscientious from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/institutional-stewardship-and-ecology/