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The Grand Staircase: a Case Study in Scientific Thinking from a Biblical Worldview–by Leonard R. Brand

In Utah and northern Arizona is a unique geological landscape feature, called the Grand Staircase. Imagine a staircase with each step a thousand feet or more high, and many miles wide. We will discuss hypotheses in regard to how this feature was formed. Published in Origins, v. 65.
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Similar Plan, Similar Response: The Biblical Narration of Planetary Beginnings at Creation and after the Flood

This article examines linguistic and thematic parallelisms found in two passages of Genesis (Gen 1:28-3:21 and Gen 9:1-27) that describe God’s instructions to humans at creation and after the flood, and their subsequent response.
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The Art of Making Omelets–by Ronny Nalin

A review of the book "Undeniable." Published in Origins, v. 65.
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What Vain Pursuit–by L. James Gibson

A review of the book "Theistic Evolution." Published in Origins, v. 65.
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A Chemist's Perspective of the Yellowstone Petrified “Forests"

Article by C. Webster reprinted with the intention to generate renewed interest on a valuable research topic. Published in Origins, v. 65 as Spotlight: The Fossil “Forests" of Yellowstone National Park.
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The Explanation for the “Yellowstone Fossil Forests”

An Uncompleted Research Project by Leonard Brand, Professor of Biology and Paleontology Loma Linda University, published in Origins 65
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Pterosaurs of the Triassic: An Update–by Matthew McLain

This post complements an article that was written in 2014. Since then, there have been some interesting developments in the area of Triassic pterosaurs that are worth mentioning, the most important being the recent description by Britt et al. (2018) of a Triassic pterosaur from the Nugget Sandstone of Utah.
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What Adventists Have to Share with the Scientific Community–by Benjamin L. Clausen

Only if Christians can be trusted in areas scientists know, will they be trusted in areas scientists don’t know.
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Sand Dunes of the Sahara: How Should We Relate Scripture to Earth Science Questions?–by Ronny Nalin

A Christian scientist, while accepting the testimony of Scripture about God’s past intervention in Earth’s history, can still keep an open mind toward aspects of the geologic record that are unusual and different.
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Is There Biological Evidence of Life's Recent Creation?–by Timothy G. Standish

During one of my frequent visits to the office of my high school headmaster, his individual tutelage yielded a life lesson that I’ve never forgotten. His exact words were, “You think you’re right!” Of course I thought I was right, wouldn’t anyone who thought they were wrong change their mind and then immediately think they are right? Now that I’m an adult biologist, I still think that I’m right. Inevitably…
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Can Rocks Teach Us Something About God?–by Ronny Nalin

Can we learn more about the qualities of the Creator through the study of geology?
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A Physicist’s Look at Nature and the Nature of God–by Alfredo Suzuki

Because the creation of God bears undeniable evidence of its Author, there are things in nature that may reflect – even though in a very pale way – some of the characteristics of the nature of God. What follows are two analogies from physics that can serve as illustrations for aspects of the Divinity.
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A Journey of Faith and Science–by Kristopher E. Boyle

Toward the end of my graduate studies in organic chemistry at the University of California, Irvine, the conflict that sometimes arises between science and faith presented itself forcibly to me. The closest friend that I had in a group of about 25 people was a brilliant post-doctoral fellow from Georgia, and we decided to take a day trip to the San Diego Zoo to get away from the pressures of the University.…
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A Review of the Nature Documentary “The Riot and the Dance”–by Ronny Nalin

Most nature documentaries include some language that refers to an underlying naturalistic understanding of origins. However, the recently released nature documentary “The Riot and the Dance” breaks this common pattern in a refreshing way.
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DNA and Design–by Timothy G. Standish

Imagine walking down the beach and coming across the words “Romeo loves Juliet” written in the sand. Most of us have experienced something like this and would not be surprised, but most people would be surprised to find the entire text of William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet written in sand. Why is this? The obvious reason is that sand is the wrong material for large writing projects. Sand grains…
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Archaeopteryx: Bird or Reptile? Or Not?–by L. James Gibson

Archaeopteryx is arguably the most famous fossil ever discovered. It has a mixture of bird-like and reptile-like traits, and was first reported only two years after Charles Darwin published his book, The Origin of Species. Since then, another eleven Archaeopteryx specimens have been recovered from the limestones near Solnhofen, Germany.
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Gravitational Waves and General Relativity: Top Science News in 2017–by Benjamin L. Clausen

Einstein’s general theory of relativity was published in 1915. It again made headlines in 2017 with two major reports about gravitational waves that further confirmed the theory’s last remaining major prediction. On October 3, the detection of gravitational waves from coalescing black holes was awarded a Nobel Prize. On October 16, the observation of correlated gravitational and electromagnetic (light)…
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Why I Care for the Creation–by Davide Sciarabba

The creation of God was designed to exist in goodness and harmony. To keep this harmony, God entrusts human beings with the duty to take care of the earth. The message of Scripture encourages us to foster ethical behavior towards the creation, centered on caring and stewarding, for at least seven main reasons.
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The Bible, The Creation and The Reformation–by Timothy G. Standish

October 31, 2017 marked 500 years since Martin Luther strode through the crisp autumn air of Wittenberg’s streets, making his way toward the Castle Church. Clutched in his hand were nails, a hammer and a revolutionary document.
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Miracles and Natural Law: Are They Compatible?–by Glauber S. Araújo

With the scientific knowledge we currently have of nature, is it still reasonable to believe in miracles?
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