Tree of Life? Or an Orchard?
Introduction The theory of Evolution tells us that all of life on earth is descended from a single common ancestor. We see this symbolized by the tree of life. Further, natural selection, acting on random mutations, is the driver of this evolution from simple to complex. But as we...
Can Natural Selection and Mutations Really Be the Drivers of Long Term Evolution?
Introduction Actually, the short answer is no. I’m pretty sure that most people don’t know this. For evolution to be true, there must be some mechanism that adds new genetic information as life develops from simple to complex. But natural selection removes information, and mutations corrupt it. Darwin didn’t...
Is Evolution Science?
Introduction The answer is yes, in a sense. But also no, depending on how the term “evolution” is being used. In our last post, we saw that “evolution” is often used to refer to two very different kinds of change, which can be confusing. First, we have short term...
What is Evolution?
Introduction Evolution can be defined as change over time. But concerning biological evolution, the answer is so much more complicated than that. As we start a new series on Creation and Evolution, I want to begin by emphasizing just one very important point. It is essential to understand that...
Is the New Testament Historically Reliable? Part 2
Introduction In Part one of this article we looked at evidence that our New Testament is an accurate copy of the original documents. Indeed, thousands of early copies provide scholars with very high confidence that it is. We saw that all the little discrepancies in the copies do not...