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by Jennie McLaurin  The virgin birth is a staple of orthodoxy and defended through the ages by untold numbers of theologians and pastors. As mysterious and shocking as that idea is, I find myself wondering more about Jesus than Mary. What did his DNA look like? Was one strand clearly from Mary’s genetic material but …

I enjoy teaching medical students bioethics and am encouraged by their interest in a field that has received little formal notice in the course of graduate programs in both health professions and theological studies. One of my medical students at Pacific Northwest University wrote this essay on the ethics of physician-assisted suicide. Trent describes himself …

This post was previously published on Biologos website Written by our Pastoral Science Scholar, David W. Opderbeck Anyone interested in the faith and science conversation knows that there currently is considerable, heated debate over the problem of “Adam.” Genetic studies conclude that the modern human population could not have arisen from only one primal couple. …

This article was previously published on ThinkChristian.net  So what exactly did happen a billionth of a second after the Big Bang? That’s the question particle physicists from around the world are trying to answer via a little science experiment using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This week, researchers reported that they are one step closer to verifying …

Here is a video of our board member’s (Richard Dahlstrom) Sermon 1 from a Genesis and Science Series. Science & Faith: Collision to Collaboration from BethanyCommunityChurch on Vimeo.

When prenatal diagnosis brings bad news about their child, parents deserve a real choice of paths. Happily, there is a beautiful option available. Recommended article on MercatorNet >>

Fascinating article on NewScientist about the “Science as Art” contest @ Princeton. Read more here >>. Additional Photos from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) available here >>.

After examining the West’s experience with physician assisted suicide, a Canadian panel has determined Canada needs to get on board with access to professional euthanasia. At least they have learned from experience. They don’t pretend to be protecting human dignity. Rather, they are promoting human autonomy. This in fact, is what the research shows is …

Sharon Hammond is a certified nurse midwife. She’s delivered over a thousand babies, so she spends a lot of time around joyful parents and healthy newborns. But not all pregnancies and births go according to plan. For Sharon, it was a difficult birth experience — perhaps the hardest in her career — that she cherishes …