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Science Corner: His Mother’s Son

December 21, 2016 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

Jesus did not share in any way the DNA of either Mary or Joseph. Otherwise he would have shared in original sin. A friend of mine asked for my take on this statement from a sermon he heard online. I certainly appreciate why, theologically speaking, one would want to make this kind of distinction in order to clarify Jesus' relationship to original sin. I also appreciate the effort to engage with a scientific understanding of inheritance. Given the testimony of scripture, I can't entirely rule out the possibility that … [Read more...] about Science Corner: His Mother’s Son

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: DNA, human genome, incarnation, jesus, original sin, science, science corner

Navigating Knowledge: God Knows Each Nucleotide

October 23, 2014 by Katelin Hansen 2 Comments

For you formed my inward parts;  you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works;  my soul knows it very well. - Psalm 139: 13-14 (ESV) Reflection Scripture tells us that God knows each hair on our head (Matthew 10:30; Luke 12:7). Each strand is counted. God almighty, creator of heaven and earth, knows you—intimately. God made us, loves us, and understands how we are put together. But God didn't give us a lot of the details! Instead, we … [Read more...] about Navigating Knowledge: God Knows Each Nucleotide

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: DNA, knowledge, Navigating Knowledge, Psalms, Scholar's Compass

The Mechanism of Creation – The View from Science, Pt. 2

February 12, 2014 by Tom Ingebritsen 11 Comments

This is the second part of a series of three posts dealing with the mechanism of creation from the point of view of science. These will be followed by a series of posts addressing questions and concerns that Christians might have about this scientific view. In my previous post, I pointed out that evolution is a loaded word that has multiple meanings for people and that part of the conflict between Christianity and science in this area is due to misunderstandings about the meanings of the word. There are four … [Read more...] about The Mechanism of Creation – The View from Science, Pt. 2

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Science and Faith Tagged With: Carolus Linnaeus, Christianity and science, Christianity and science series, common descent, creation, DNA, fossil record, pseudogenes, The Mechanism of Creation – The View from Science, time

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