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For Darwin Day, Robert Shedinger Calls Darwin’s Bluff

Tucked away in Charles Darwin’s surviving papers is a lengthy manuscript he never finished. Read More ›
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Dallas Conference: Archaeology and the Life of Jesus 

My presentation will explore archaeological discoveries illuminating a major event in the life of Jesus — his trial in Jerusalem. Read More ›
William Erasmus Darwin
Photo: William Erasmus Darwin as a child with his father, Charles, by Cambridge University Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Design in the Grand Human Story

Two famous individuals who share the birthdate of February 12, 1809, are Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. Read More ›
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Photo: The third-oldest astronomical clock in the world, installed in 1410, in Prague, via Wikimedia Commons.

When Natural and Super-Natural Explanations Work Hand in Hand

Methodological naturalism is the idea that scientists may only invoke unintelligent causes for nature’s history. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace
Photo: “Beetles collected in the Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace” (cropped), ©Natural History Museum, London, via Flickr.

Alfred Russel Wallace: Today’s Special Anniversary

"We may regretfully add Wallace to the Party’s list of obfuscating revisions. The good news is that the truth is still available for those who want to know." Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace, attributed to John William Beaufort (1864-1943)
Image: Alfred Russel Wallace, attributed to John William Beaufort (1864-1943) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Outsider: Alfred Russel Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era

Was Alfred Wallace a “crazy” crank? Was he an undisciplined “dilettante” bemused by every fringe belief he encountered? Read More ›
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Photo: Wallace's flying frog, via Wikimedia Commons.

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Greatest Journey

Alfred Russel Wallace took a journey Darwin could not follow. He went from natural selection to natural theology. Read More ›
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Photo: Ariel toucan, by Ana_Cotta, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

How I “Discovered” Alfred Russel Wallace

I certainly wouldn’t have recognized his full significance if I had not already been introduced to ID by reading Johnson, Behe, and Dembski. Read More ›
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Photo: Ganymede casts a shadow on Jupiter, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing: Thomas Thomopoulos © CC BY.

Science, Scripture, and the Image of God

"The proposition that the universe had an Intelligent Designer is the most fundamental of all scientific theories." Read More ›
Thomas Henry Huxley
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Philosophy, Not Evidence, Drove Darwin and Huxley

This is an important thing to remember as we continue to evaluate the legacy of Darwin’s arguments today. Read More ›

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