ESN is currently creating a Faith/Science curriculum for young adult small groups. We've partnered with InterVarsity graduate student discussion groups to identify faith/science questions that are important to emerging scholars, and we're commissioning thoughtful Christians in science or theology/philosophy to explore those questions in this series at the ESN blog. We will publish these posts as a booklet curriculum for campus groups. Debates over evolution and origins are a challenging area for many Christians as … [Read more...] about Adam, Where are You? (STEAM Grant Series)
How did God Create? Different Views Christians Hold (STEAM Grant Series)
Image: Threshold, a sculpture that looks different from different angles, by James Hopkins. Photo courtesy of Jan Polák at Wikimedia Commons page for sculpture. You can see this sculpture as the numeral 1, 2, or 3 depending on which angle you view it from. Christians often see the same creation story in Genesis from different angles. ESN is currently creating a Faith/Science curriculum for young adult small groups. We've partnered with InterVarsity graduate student discussion groups to identify faith/science … [Read more...] about How did God Create? Different Views Christians Hold (STEAM Grant Series)
Speaking the Truth in Love (Scholar’s Compass)
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. Ephesians 4:15 (NIV) Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around. - Attributed to Frank A. Clark Reflection As Christians and as scholars, we value truth, but when we encounter what we believe to be untruth, how should we respond? It is wise to remember that very few positions, whether in our field or in religion, are totally bereft of … [Read more...] about Speaking the Truth in Love (Scholar’s Compass)
Navigating Knowledge: Catching Truth (Scholar’s Compass)
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32 (NIV) Reflection Science is too often taught as collection of facts to memorize and spit back on the test, leaving students with no idea how those ideas came to be accepted as truth. Yet, to modify an old aphorism, if you give a man a truth, he will have it for a day. If you teach him how to catch truth, he will have it for a lifetime. Most of the things we consider facts are actually inferences. In all my science classes I teach … [Read more...] about Navigating Knowledge: Catching Truth (Scholar’s Compass)
Navigating Knowledge: What is Truth? (Scholar’s Compass)
Dr. Gerald Rau shares his perspective on understanding God's truth, shaped by his experience of reflecting on theology while teaching science. All these questions had received admirably drafted answers – answers admitting no shade of doubt, since they were not a product of human thought, always liable to error, but were the outcome of official labors. ’ Such questions, ’ -- questions which without the convenience of the official machine do not and cannot get solved for centuries – received clear and convincing … [Read more...] about Navigating Knowledge: What is Truth? (Scholar’s Compass)