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All I Want For Christmas..., Channon Visscher
All I Want For Christmas..., Channon Visscher
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"JWST [the James Webb Space Telescope] will let us see clearer and further into the ancient and beautiful story of creation."
Posting about new developments in spacecraft 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-i-want-for-christmas/
Kinds Of Science And Exploring The Past, Channon Visscher
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
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
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/
Drinking Water, Nitrates, And The Great Commandment, Robert Dehaan
Drinking Water, Nitrates, And The Great Commandment, Robert Dehaan
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"As a society, we will need to develop and implement policies that reward land managers for the environmental services they provide, in addition to the crops they produce."
Posting about loving our neighbors by stewarding the 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/drinking-water-nitrates-and-the-great-commandment/
Data And Metrics: Do We Need Them? What Can They Tell Us? What Can't They?, Nathan L. Tintle
Data And Metrics: Do We Need Them? What Can They Tell Us? What Can't They?, Nathan L. Tintle
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"In our increasingly data-centric world, how do we think about data? How should we think about data?"
Posting about using data to make informed decisions 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/data-and-metrics-do-we-need-them-what-can-they-tell-us-what-cant-they/
Big Oil And Climate Change Denial, David Schelhaas
Big Oil And Climate Change Denial, David Schelhaas
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"One of the Alliance’s most basic commitments is to free market economic development fueled by coal and oil that will, as they see it, lift the poor out of poverty."
Posting about the philosophy of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship 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/big-oil-and-climate-change-denial/
Not Masters But Stewards Of The Earth, David Schelhaas
Not Masters But Stewards Of The Earth, David Schelhaas
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"We are not servants of the earth but of the creator and Master of the earth, God."
Posting about the beliefs of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship 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/not-masters-but-stewards-of-the-earth/
Seared And Bleared, Smudged And Smelly, David Schelhaas
Seared And Bleared, Smudged And Smelly, David Schelhaas
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"Most evangelicals oppose the very idea of climate change and are trying to inoculate their children so that they do not catch the 'climate concern' disease."
Posting about why some Christians are climate change deniers 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/seared-and-bleared-smudged-and-smelly/
Children Of God Living In A Groaning Creation, David Schelhaas
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/
Against Common Sense, Channon Visscher
Against Common Sense, Channon Visscher
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"Scientific inquiry... allows for the exploration of phenomena that would otherwise remain beyond human intuition."
Posting about beauty and truth in 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/against-common-sense/
Lies, Statistics, Mathematics And The Truth, Nathan L. Tintle
Lies, Statistics, Mathematics And The Truth, Nathan L. Tintle
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"Recognizing a key distinction between mathematics and statistics is helpful in understanding how we know if a statement is true."
Posting about deductive and inductive reasoning 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/lies-statistics-mathematics-and-the-truth/
Mathematical Beauty, Mike Janssen
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/
Best Sandbox, Tom Clark
Best Sandbox, Tom Clark
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"Mathematics ought to be for everyone, not just for mathematicians, scientists, and engineers. Mathematics is not only about application; it is part of the created world."
Posting about learning about math through creative play 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/the-best-sandbox/
Physics 101: Observing Physical Creation, Kayt E. Frisch
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/
Lunar Stories: The Violence Of Creation, Channon Visscher
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/
Rapture Of The Geeks, Derek Schuurman
Rapture Of The Geeks, Derek Schuurman
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"If we are more than machines, what is it that defines our humanity? Is it our intelligence, creativity, or emotion?"
Posting about the distinction between humans and artificial creatures 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/the-rapture-of-the-geeks/
Why Should Ecology Matter To A Christian?, Derek Buteyn
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/
Technology Isn’T Just For Smart People, Kari Sandouka
Technology Isn’T Just For Smart People, Kari Sandouka
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"Technology isn’t only for those who like studying computers and interacting with the technology that makes them run. Rather, we all use technology, no matter what our given job or profession is. Here are four ways to decipher how best to use technology."
Posting about technology and if it brings us together or pushes us apart 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/technology-isnt-just-for-smart-people
Handiwork Of Our Creator, Carl P. Fictorie
Handiwork Of Our Creator, Carl P. Fictorie
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"Chemistry certainly is a science that seeks to understand how creation works, working at the microscopic level of atoms, molecules, and ions; the basic building blocks of matter."
Posting about understanding the nature of 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/handiwork-of-our-creator/