Earlier in the week, when I was writing about my non-fiction book, Genesis and the Thoughtful Christian, I wrote about six potential challenges inherent in trying to bring faith and science together. This is the seventh: Challenge #7: Science is dispassionate about results (ideally, Read More …
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What Happened on this Day in 1963?
Trivia Question: Which of the following individuals died on November 22, 1963? A. John F. Kennedy, U.S. President B. Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World and other works C. C.S. Lewis, author of the Chronicles of Narnia and other works D. All of the Read More …
Apples, Oranges, and the Search for Truth
Bills calling for the teaching of creationism in schools have been submitted to the legislatures of over thirty states including Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas, and (would you believe) California. (Yes, there are Christians in California. There are also liberals in Arkansas. Who knew?) The concerns of Read More …
A Tale of Two Museums
To explain why I wrote Genesis and the Thoughtful Christian, my only nonfiction book so far, let me tell you about two museums I’ve visited. About twenty years ago, I was walking around Nashville when I saw a sign advertising a Biblical Archaeology Museum. (That Read More …
Invasion: The Backlot Tour
One of the places I invented for Intrepid Force: Invasion was Heritage Studios in Hollywood. According to the story, it was one of the old Hollywood studios that one of the character’s great-uncles had revitalized back in the early 20th century. The backlot set was Read More …
Invasion: Titan and Me
It was January 14, 2004, and I was doing final edits on Intrepid Force: Invasion when the Huygens module dropped through the cold, cloudy atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. On my way home from Orlando, I bought a newspaper and pulled over at a Read More …
Invasion: A.I. Gone Wrong
Professor Stephen Hawking and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk have both warned about the potential dangers of Artificial Intelligence. Musk warned that A.I. could be “more dangerous than nukes” and “an existential threat.” Hawking was fearful that a machine with “full artificial intelligence” could “take Read More …
Invasion: Enjoying Armageddon?
My dad told me once about a conversation he had had with a coworker whose church had been going through a study of the end times. Apparently, the guest preacher had painted a pretty graphic picture of the Antichrist’s reign of terror and the horrors Read More …
Invasion: A Day in History
October 30, 2018 will mark the 80th anniversary of a momentous event. In the year 1938, terrifying creatures from the planet Mars fled their own dying world to invade earth. Their first cylinder crashed on a farm in Drover’s Mill, New Jersey. After shooting down Read More …
Intrepid Force Inspirations: The Star Wars Generation
I grew up in a great era for science fiction fans. The first Star Wars film came out just as I was finishing up the sixth grade. Movies were slow to reach the small Louisiana town where my family lived, but we visited cousins in Read More …