formless-matter Type post Author Winston Ewert Date March 19, 2026 CategoriesFaith & ScienceMetaphysicsPhysics Tagged , air, Ambrose, Aristotle, Basil of Caesarea, Bible, Biblical texts, cellulose, Christianity, Chrysostom, classical science, demiurge, duck, earth, elements, Ephrem the Syrian, fire, form, Genesis, house, John Calvin, Justin Martyr, Martin Luther, matter, metal, metaphysics, nuclear reactions, Periodic Table, philosophy, pipes, plastic, Plato, rabbit, radioactive decay, scientific ideas, Septuagint, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Tertullian, The Heavens the Waters and the Partridge, Timaeus, water, wires, Wisdom of Solomon, wood Can Formless Matter Exist? A Pitfall in Reading Biblical Texts Winston Ewert March 19, 2026 Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Physics 9 The solution is to go back to the source and follow the text to see what it actually says. Read More ›
Plato Type post Author Michael Flannery Date February 24, 2026 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionPhilosophy Tagged , Alfred North Whitehead, Aristotle, athens, biology, C.S. Lewis, change over time, Democritus, DNA, dynamis, eidos, energeia, evolution, From Logos to Bios, George Gaylord Simpson, H. B. Whittington, Heraclitus, history, Jerusalem, Leucippus, Lev Berg, Malcolm Gordon, metaphysics, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, nomogenesis, philosophy, Pierre-Paul Grassé, Plato, Plotinus, potentiality, Pythagoras, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, tautology, Tertullian, The Selfish Gene, universal common descent, Western thought, Wynand de Beer Biology (and Cosmology) as Footnotes to Plato: A Review of Wynand de Beer Michael Flannery February 24, 2026 Biology, Evolution, Philosophy 8 An important book by Wynand de Beer recaptures the wisdom of the ages and puts it into service not only of science, but of history, philosophy, and religion. Read More ›