RR#	Title HTML Files [.pdf format] requires Acrobat Reader	Author	© Date	File Size	Purchase
4.	The Census of Quirinius: The Historicity of Luke 2:1-5 12 pp, $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-04-1. Critics have objected to nearly every statement in Luke 2:1-5. The critical view is analyzed, especially Quirinius' association with this census. A false correlation between Luke's narrative and a later census seems to be the problem.	Ronald L. Marchant	1980	36k
10.	Information and Order in the Universe: How Much is There?  22 pp, $2.50. ISBN 0-944788-10-6. Secular models for the origin of life are probed, reviewing some fundamental concepts of mathematical probability and information theory and applying these concepts to recent findings in genetics. Limits to human knowledge discovered in this century and the effect of these limits on the secular viewpoint are also discussed.	David C. Bossard	1982	71k
12.	A Proposed Creationist Alternative to Evolutionism 33 pp, $2.50. ISBN 0-944788-12-2. Biblical and scientific data on God's creative activity are synthesized. Various creationist views are evaluated. The creative events of Genesis 1-2 are sketched, and a time-frame for God's creative activity proposed. The meaning of the biblical "kinds" of created beings is explored.	Robert J. Dunzweiler	1983	137k
15.	A Critical Examination of Modern Cosmological Theories  22 pp, $2.50. ISBN 0-944788-15-7. Basic scientific data on the nature of the universe are presented: the structure and energy sources of stars, stellar distances, Olber's paradox, galaxies and their redshifts, cosmic distance scales, quasars, and the three-degree blackbody radiation. Various cosmologies, both secular and Christian, are tested by this data.	Robert C. Newman	1982	56k
16.	Coral Reefs and Related Carbonate Structures as Indicators of Great Age 22 pp, $2.50. ISBN 0-944788-16-5. Evidence is abundant in the geologic literature that the earth is quite old, though typically overlooked or disregarded by young-earth creationists. Many large, biologically-built, in situ structures are found throughout the world in limestone and dolostone formations, such as modern and ancient coral atolls, the Grand Bahama Bank, and fossilized hardgrounds and stromatolites.	Daniel E. Wonderly	1983	57k
17.	The Open-endedness of Scientific Truth  9 pp, $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-17-3. Scientific truth is not closed but contingent and open. Arguments for this are based upon (1) the relevance of Gödel's theorem to scientific theorizing; (2) the concreteness of nature; and (3) the fact that both cosmic and biological evolution lead to the emergence of new structures characterized by greater complexity. The implications of this and a theological justification for the open-endedness of all truth are given.	W. Jim Neidhardt	1983	73k
18.	Personal Knowledge: A Communication-Oriented Model of Exploration and Discovery 18 pp, $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-18-1. Michael Polanyi's epistemology of science is presented along with some communication-oriented models of scientific exploration. Scientific knowledge is seen to have a personal component, the structure of which is shared with other human activities such as art, philosophy and religion.	W. Jim Neidhardt	1983	206k
19.	A Critique of Carl Sagan's TV Series and Book "Cosmos"  21 pp, $2.50. ISBN 0-944788-19-X. Sagan's 'Cosmos' is evangelism for secular humanism. His treatment of Christianity is critiqued, as are his oscillating big-bang cosmology and naturalistic view of the origin of life. There is evidence for making a rational choice between worldviews.	Robert C. Newman	1984	54k
20.	The Participatory Nature of Modern Science and Judaic-Christian Theism  14 pp, $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-20-3. Detachment has been the norm for scientific objectivity, even though creative researchers often ignore its rules, guided by passions such as rational beauty, unity and simplicity. Recent developments in philosophy of science, quantum physics and cosmology have also weakened this approach, for the scientist now appears to be an active participant with the universe.	W. Jim Neidhardt	1984	81k
23.	Evolution-Religion and the Genesis Account  26 pp, $2.50. ISBN 0944788-23-8. In McLean vs Arkansas leaders of several mainline denominations opposed teaching creation in public schools. We suggest this opposition was theological since these leaders advocate an evolu tion-religion known as theological liberalism. Liberalism's treatment of the Genesis account is sketched, as are evidences this approach is mistaken.	Robert C. Newman	1984	45k
27.	Creation & Capron's Explanatory Interpretation (c. 1902): A Literature Search  22 pp, $2.50. ISBN 0-944788-25-4. English scientist Hugh Capron's analysis of Genesis 1 gave rise to a new approach compatible with science. Genesis teaches that God's commands were fulfilled over long periods of time, rather than on the days on which they were issued.	Dallas E. Cain	1986	107k
28.	Faith: The Unrecognized Partner of Science & Religion  22 pp, $2.50. ISBN 0-944788-25-4. Faith is an integral component of both scientific and religious understanding, as illustrated by examples from the history and practice of science. Implications are discussed for the interrelations between science, religion and society.	W. Jim Neidhardt	1986	79k
30.	Epistemic Bad Faith and Mere Knowledge  19 pp. $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-30-0. A major preoccupation in the history of western philosophy has been the theory of knowledge: How does one know? If one cannot prove what one claims to know, does one really know? Does knowing imply knowing that one knows? How is human neurophysiology related to knowledge and perception? It is suggested that man has been designed epistemically for the environment God placed him in.	David P. Hoover	1986	52k
31.	Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt: Logical Deduction and the Reasoning Process  24 pp. $2.50. ISBN 0-944788-31-9. Computer scientists in the 1960s thought that it was just a matter of time before the human reasoning processs was understood. Today, they are not so sure! Some results from artificial intelligence are reviewed. Reasons are given why the human reasoning process remains elusive. Some suggestions are given on the nature of proof as practiced in the Bible and theology.	David C. Bossard	1986	81k
33.	Charles Darwin: the Man and the Myth  24 pp. $2.50. ISBN 0-944788-31-9. Darwin was not the originator of the theory of evolution, but he did give it scientific respectability. The explosive impact of the Origin of Species was partly a pent-up reaction to the biblical worldview of the Great Awakening, partly the effective combination of Huxley as fighter and Darwin as quiet background thinker.	Allan A. MacRae	1986	29k
36.	Self-Reproducing Automata and the Origin of Life  24 pp. $2.50. ISBN 0-944788-31-9. The minimal complexity for life is considered, assuming that living things are merely self-reproducing automata. Mathematical models for such automata are briefly reviewed, and Langton's very simple model is described in detail. The complexity of his automaton suggests that life is designed rather than accidental.	Robert C. Newman	1987	56k
37.	The Status of Evolution as a Scientific Theory   13 pp. $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-37-8. Evolution is frequently called a fact by its proponents. Here various common definitions of "evolution'' are considered, and the evidential status of each is evaluated.	Newman,   Bloom,   Phillips,   Studenroth	1990	26k
38.	Logic and the Thinking Christian  13 pp. $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-37-8. To help both Christians and non-Christians, ten questions are addressed with classical logic. A set of crucial uncluttered arguments, these ten must be consciously refuted in order to reach different conclusions from those given.	Bruce D. McLaughlin	1990	50k
40.	Are the Days of Genesis Longer than 24 Hours? The Bible Says "Yes!"  12 pp. $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-40-8. Biblical evidence that the "days" of Genesis were longer than 24 hours: (1) the usage of the terms translated "day", "morning", and "evening"; (2) the narrative of activities on the sixth day in Genesis 2.	Perry G. Phillips	1991	19k
41.	The Continuing Relevance of Divine Law  12 pp. $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-39-4. A study of the law of God as a rule of life. Biblical evidence is examined to show: (1) a distinction exists between the law of God, the law of Moses, and the law of Christ; (2) the law of Christ is binding for believers today.	Fred G. Zaspel	1991, 1997	61k
42.	God's Law, Creation Law: Social Theory vs. Brute Fact  12 pp. $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-39-4. How do God's laws in Scripture relate to the laws that govern his creation? We suggest that many of the laws and admonitions of Scripture, though viewed by the world as optional, arbitrary, and candidates for social experiment, are essential laws laid down during creation and necessary to maintain its stability and well-being. These laws form a basis for Christian involvement in secular institutions that is consistent with the constitutional separation of church and state.	David C. Bossard	1995	120k
43.	Hindsight Translation of Genesis One  12 pp. $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-39-4. In hindsight the time is right for a first-ever update to the science in our English translations of Genesis 1. The problems are localized in the four stages pertaining to our environment. Changes are drawn from respectable literature on Genesis 1, and are all within the latitude of the Hebrew text.	Dallas E. Cain	1996	77k
44.	Genesis 11 and Archaeological Evidence for Paleolithic Man  12 pp. $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-39-4. There are important reasons for attempting to see Genesis 11 and archaelogical data from Paleolithic peoples as compatible with each other. Abundant archaeological evidences for such people inhabiting both the Americas and Europe more than 10,000 years ago are surveyed, and it is suggested that these fit between the disastrous judgment of Babel and the birth of Abraham. Archaeological evidences for the true humanity of Neanderthal man are presented.	Daniel E. Wonderly	1996	94k
46.	Sharp Points: God's Conspiracy to Evangelize the Inquiring Mind  12 pp. $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-39-4. God loves the inquiring mind, as the supreme activity that reflects the image of God placed in humans at creation. But the modern world of ideas is in turmoil, as many recent book titles indicate, e.g., The Death of Common Sense, The Age of Extremes, The End of Science. These and many similar books point to crises which are both self-inflicted wounds of 20th-century pride and also goads "hard to kick against" placed by God to remind a doggedly secular world of his presence, active interest in Creation, and the truth of biblical claims about humanity and the Creation order.	David C. Bossard	1990	111k
47.	Meteorites and the Maker's Mortar for Earth and Ocean 12 pp. $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-39-4. There is widespread scientific agreement (fitting Gen 1:2) that the early earth was covered by water. Some meteorites contain significant amounts of water, especially carbonaceous chondrites. When such meteorites are subjected to extreme shock as occurs on impact, they give up their water and other volatiles, so that the early Earth, which formed from an accretion process, acquired a hydrous atmosphere and magma ocean. As the earth cooled off, the water condensed to form an ocean. Ultimately this water was also used in the formation of the earth beneath our feet.	Matt L. Mccullough	1999	29k
48.	Hope, Language and the Brain  12 pp. $2.00. ISBN 0-944788-39-4. In contrast with Christianity, both eastern mysticism and western secular humanism deny the reality of cosmic hope, the former by denying human individuality and the latter by attempting to "naturalize" human death. Christianity on the other hand, insists death is a curse. Here we seek to explain the character of a hope that addresses this curse, how this is connected with linguistic competence and personal historical meaning, Two lines of research are discussed: (1) the distribution of cognitive labor in the brain, and (2) the cognitive architecture of the brain that best fits the requirements of emotion-charged information states like rational hopefulness.	David P. Hoover	1999	88k
49.	A Physicist Looks at Creation Day One    A physicist looking at the Bible's description of Creation Day One can see a remarkable agreement with the modern physicistâs story of how matter was created. This report describes that story, why physicists believe their creation story is close to correct, and where some secular physicists may differ from the Bible's statements about creation.	David C. Bossard	2000	69k	not available in print
50.	The Chemical Building Blocks of Life    The laws of physics and chemistry are so right that they seem to be designed to support life. Water, carbon, nitrogen and other elements have just the right properties. Subtle electronic forces are able to carry out the life functions spontaneously, given rightly configured molecules. The temperature is right. Creation is fit to support a living cell. Now on to the actual building of life. In this talk, we look at the construction plan for all living cells to see how it is done. Why is it done this way? Is another way possible (yes!)? How hard would it be to build another kind of life? By considering these matters, we can gain an appreciation of how complex the task of creating life is, and begin to face the problems inherent in the view that life is a random product of undirected natural causes.	David C. Bossard	2001	273k	not available in print
51.	A Fit Place to Live: Creation of the Biosphere      The universe was designed to make a place for humans to live. In an earlier talk we saw that it took about 10 billion years after the creation of the universe to prepare the ingredients to form the sun and the earth, and that in this process there are many indications of careful design that anticipate human habitation. This talk picks up at that point and looks at the next 4 billion years, and how the earth was made ready for the arrival of complex life - plants and animals - about 600 million years ago. We will see how microbial life figured in this preparation, and discuss the problems that the fossil record of this early life pose to natural evolution	David C. Bossard	2001, 2003	425k	not available in print
53.	Geology Before Darwin: The Struggle to Find and Defend the Truth about the Earth's Past    The Golden age of geology bloomed in the decades just prior to Darwinâs 1859 Origin of the Species. Geologists could read for the first time the details of how God created a place for mankind. Opposition came both from religious leaders and from secular opponents who saw their cherished notions challenged. The opposition was answered by painstakingly careful argument, which by the time of Darwin was seen by some prominent geologists to give strong evidence of Godâs hand at work. After Darwin, though, this evidence in favor of a creator largely vanished from mainstream geology. In this talk we will discuss the state of geology just prior to Darwin and then ask whether the conclusions reached at that time were valid and why they disappeared from the literature after 1859.	David C. Bossard	2003	228k	not available in print
54.	Pre-Cambrian Carbon: Implications for the Genesis One Account of Creation  Although geological evidence for green vegetation in the pre-Cambrian period is rare it does exist unequivocally in the form of anthracite, which is derived only from such vegetation. This indicates that green vegetation was present on the Earth's surface during this geological period. Other pre-Cambrian carbon deposits are also critically discussed. Some possible types of pre-Cambrian green vegetation are then described and the whole linked with the Genesis one account.	Clifford M. Marsh	2004	80k	not available in print
55.	The Rise and Fall of Scientific Naturalism  Scientific naturalism is the view that our world is wholly a result of natural processes that can be explained by ordinary science, without the need to postulate intervention by a Creator. There have always been those who held this view, but with Copernicus and the rise of modern science, it came to be the common view among scientists, and was dominant by 1900. However in recent years, science has uncovered ever stronger evidence of design embedded in the very fabric of the natural universe, in the geological record of Earth’s history, and in the nature of life itself. This talk summarizes the evidence that led to the rise of scientific naturalism, and how discoveries of science have challenged that view in recent years and decades.	David C. Bossard	2005	200k	not available in print
56.	Rumors of Angels: Using ID to Detect Malevolent Spiritual Agents Most discussions of God's action in nature since about 1900 have ignored angelic activity, perhaps in reaction to White's History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom. Here we take another look at the biblical data on angels, and then consider what scientific data might be relevant in the light of recent interest in intelligent design.	Robert C. Newman	2005	128k	not available in print
57.	The Stones Cry Out How Early Christian Geologists  Enlarged their Understanding of the Creation Account. The development of modern geology in the early 1800s challenged traditional Biblical interpretation in a way that no other  advance in science had. Over the centuries, there had been many philosophical challenges to Biblical revelation -- the nascent higher  criticism of the Biblical text, and many Christian and secular world  views as (then) recent examples -- but these are all based on  philosophical particulars that cannot be refuted objectively. Never before had such an extensive, sustained and comprehensive assault on tradition been fortified with such an abundance of irrefutable  factual data, which could be tested and affirmed by all, even those  with radically clashing world views. How, then, did devout Christians process this challenge? This paper describes the responses of a number of contemporary writers who held firmly to the divine inspiration of the Biblical text -- including prominent British and American  geologists and theologians of the period.	David C. Bossard	2006	168k	not available in print
58.	Recent Transitions in Natural Theology.Natural theology pursues knowledge of God based on public evidence accessible to all persons by virtue of our shared human endowments of reason and sense perception.  For millennia, natural theology has supported merely generic theism.  However, five new projects in natural theology are more ambitious, pursuing distinctively Christian theism.  They concern church witness, Bible prophecy, Bible narrative, Trinitarian metaphysics, and Christ's resurrection.  These projects can be combined in a strong cumulative case, although it is also important to have individual projects that singly carry great evidential weight.  The case for reported miracles, which are so essential in the Biblical worldview, is strategically strengthened by empirical evidence for testable miracles.  Several open questions are discussed that merit further exploration.  A bolder natural theology has important implications for Christian apologetics.  The most pressing motivation for developing an enriched natural theology is to provide better support for Christian revealed theology.	Hugh G. Gauch, Jr.	2006	132k	not available in print

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