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Apologetics Books from Magis Center and Sophia Institute for Teachers

Magis Center has partnered with the Sophia Institute for Teachers to create high school and apologetics books on faith, science, and reason.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.2 min read

How Science Works, Part IV: What Science Can’t Do

This fourth installment discusses how science can answer the 'how' question but not the 'why' questions of ethics, beauty, faith, goodness, and truth.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.12 min read

How Science Works, Part III: What Science is All About

The third of the series on how science works and why science does not give us eternal truths but 'truths' of science change as new data/theories arise.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.8 min read

How Science Works, Part II—How We Believe: Rational Inquiry

The second of a series on how science works and the limits of science focusing on the different methods by which we come to believe by reason.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.6 min read

How Science Works, Part I: How We Believe—Faith and Revelation

This is the first of a series on how science works and the limits of science: things we believe by faith.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.7 min read

The Life of James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell is considered the father of modern physics. Here we will present his contributions and influence within the timeline of his life.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.9 min read

How These Scientists’ Belief in God Helped Them Understand Nature

Here we highlight just a few of the many scientists whose belief in God helped them understand nature and gave them confidence to pursue scientific truth.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.4 min read

Fingerprints: From Crime Scenes to Fighting Disease

Fingerprints are often used to solve crimes, but DNA sequencing (from the Human Genome Project) provides other promising benefits: fighting diseases.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.5 min read

Science: God’s Gift to Man

What does God intend when he gives us gifts? He means to give us joy, make us better, and glorify him. Science is one such gift from God.
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New Film Documents the Life, Work, and Mission of Dr. John Lennox

Can you find God in science? 'Against the Tide', a new documentary featuring Dr. John Lennox, says you can. Watch 'Against the Tide' on Nov. 19, 2020.
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New Video Campaign Explores the Impressive Level of Order in the Universe—and the Purpose That it Implies

The Magis Center’s new John Templeton funded campaign, The Purposeful Universe, looks at an evolutionary system guided by order in physics and chemistry.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.6 min read

The Value of Science in the Age of CRISPR

Among advances in medicine and technology is the capability of “gene editing” via a technique known as CRISPR; bu what are the bioethical considerations?
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