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Leonhard Euler is considered by many to be the pre­em­inent math­ematician and physicist of the eighteenth century. In this paper I summarize his life, including his scientific accomplishments as well as his strong Christian Faith.

Michael Faraday is considered by many to be the finest experimental scientist of all time. Although he was an excellent chemist, he is best known for his work in electricity and mag­netism. He demonstrated electromagnetic induction, built the first electric motor, and built the first electric generator. In this paper I summarize his life, including his scientific accom­plishments as well as his strong Christian Faith.

James Clerk Maxwell is not well known outside scientific circles, but he ranks alongside Newton and Einstein as one of the greatest physicists of all time. He developed a set of equations describing electricity and magnetism, and predicted the existence of electromagnetic waves (radio, TV, microwave, etc.) twenty years before anyone was able to generate them. He was also a committed Christian. In this paper I summarize his life, including his many scientific achieve­ments and his Christian Faith.

Blaise Pascal is well known as a math­ematician, scientist, philosopher, and Christian apologist. In this paper I summarize his life, including his many scientific, mathematical, and literary achieve­ments as well as his Christian Faith.

The trial and censorship of Galileo for advocating the sun-centered model of Copernicus is often viewed as a battle between science and Christ­ianity. As we will show, the situation is much more complicated. We begin by describing the earth-centered views of Aristotle and Ptolemy that were widely accepted for almost 2000 years. We then show how the contributions of Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, and Kepler challenged the Aristotelian views and led to our current view of the solar system. I also discuss the trial of Galileo and its significance.

In this paper I discuss the major views that Christian scholars have held relative to the days of creation in Genesis chapter one. I discuss the historical background of the controversy that exists over the proper interpretation of this creation account as well as some of the cultural and language difficulties involved in interpreting the events involved. I also present some of the common arguments "for" and "against" each of these major interpretations. I know that I, like everyone else, have certain biases relating to this subject, but I have attempted to avoid these as much as possible in this presentation.

The usual telling of the flood story in Genesis is that the flood covered the whole world including the highest mountains. All life on earth, both human and animal, was destroyed except for the occupants of the ark. I would like to explore the question Does the Bible really say that the flood was global? The purpose of this paper is not to criticize the global flood theory but to present arguments from both scripture and science that the flood described in Genesis 6–8 can also legitimately be interpreted as a local flood.

The public view of this trial has been largely influenced by the movie and play "Inherit the Wind." It has been pointed out by several historians that this movie and play do not present a completely accurate view of what actually happened. In this paper I try to present a more balanced view of what took place in this trial.

It turns out that there is considerable controversy over what exactly happened in this famous encounter between Thomas Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce dealing with Darwinian evolution. In this paper I discuss the meager amount of historical data that exists and try to separate what is factual from what is myth.

This file contains a chart showing the time periods in which various famous scientists lived.

Science has certainly made many positive contributions to our society. However, science has such an exalted position in our society today that many non-scientists tend to accept statements made in the media by scientists as fact without careful examination. In this paper I present some observations about science that may help non-scientists better evaluate statements made by scientists in the media.

The Old Testament in the Bible was written in ancient Hebrew, a language very different from English. In this paper I briefly discuss the development of the Hebrew alphabet, the ancient Hebrew manuscripts, the nature of the Hebrew language, the Hebrew way of thinking, and some important Hebrew words.

This paper is not about science, but it discusses some important events in the life of Jesus. We will see that both the arrest and trial of Jesus represented gross miscarriages of justice. To understand the magnitude of these injustices, we summarize some of the key concepts of Hebrew law and how they were violated. Strangely, these terrible events can serve as a source of comfort to those who experience injustice today. They can be assured that Jesus understands their situation for he has been there.