Have you ever truly struggled in your relationship with God? Even to the point that you doubted His very existence? It’s an empty and terrifying place to be. I had one of those experiences about midway through my Master’s degree program at Texas A&M University. I had almost completed my geology field work and was underway writing my thesis. One ...

This has undoubtedly been a challenging blog to read, and likely the most technical blog I will author. However, God’s Omnipotence is amazing once you sense the mighty forces associated with the atom. I hope and pray that every reader will share the awe that I experienced after exposure to these details. In Part 1 we discussed the atom and ...

The South is my home, birthplace, and residence for the first 30 years of my life.  A favorite staple that I and many other southerners enjoy is the lowly butter bean.  Make a trip to the kitchen and retrieve one of those dried beans if you have one (a lima bean is a reasonable proxy).  Examine it, and ponder, “Just ...

In Part 1, we reviewed a sequence of scientific discoveries that revealed the incredible complexity of the atom.  Its mysterious nature is beyond comprehension for most of us—at least 10 space -time dimensions are required to mathematically describe it.  We benefit from these discoveries because they reveal God’s attributes.    As Creator of the universe and its atoms, logic dictates that ...

Texas high school football is more than a sport—it’s a cult.  From Amarillo to Brownsville, fans gather in their home-town stadiums for the Friday night season opener wearing jackets or T-shirts, depending upon location.  My earliest memories of this event were as a young boy, sitting in a packed stadium with my dad, awed by the excitement.   Back then, a ...

Part 1 of this blog addressed two Christian views regarding science and the Bible (the first two from the following list).  In Part 2, we discuss the third view and answer the question, “Are science and the Bible aligned?” Which one of the three views best mirrors your belief? Is it: Science versus the Bible; Science or the Bible; or, ...

In a previous blog, I asked two questions: 1) Are all scientists simply cold and unwavering atheists, duped by their own observations; and, 2) Does Scripture literally describe a very recent earth that God simply spoke into existence? These questions demand answers and provide the framework for our next two topics. This blog will address the former question via Parts ...

Arthur Smith Woodward1 was a brilliant scientist born in 1864 and schooled in southern England.  His passion and college degrees focused upon “paleoichthyology” – the study of fossil fish.  In 1901 he became the Keeper of Geology at the Natural Museum in London, and by 1910 was elected a “Fellow of the Royal Society” and recognized as the world expert ...

During my early years in elementary school (over 50 years ago!), the “classroom teacher” represented the standard of law, order, and absolute authority.  My 1st-4th grade teachers were older women who probably started teaching shortly after the Civil War. They loved us as students, and I greatly respected—and feared—each of them. Discipline was rigidly maintained with “stay-after-class” assignments, and when ...

God pursues each of us, even as children.  Do you believe that? Think back to that time as a child when nature grabbed your attention. Perhaps it was your first glance through a telescope at the tiny specks of light clustered around a nearby “star”—the gigantic planet Jupiter with its orbiting moons.  Or maybe a blazing montage of reds, greens, …