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The Scopes Trial

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this Lent we’re looking at major “turning points” in Christian history – moments or seasons in which the story of God’s people took an important and often unexpected turn.   It should have been an open-and-shut case. Did a 24-year-old phys ed teacher named John T. Scopes teach evolution… Read more »

In the Beginning

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here It seems hard to believe, but just 200 years ago every respectable scientist believed that spoiled meat, all by itself, could generate maggots.  The idea that non-living substances automatically morph into living creatures is known as “spontaneous generation.”  Dust generates fleas. Dead cows produce wasps. Ocean sand yields barnacles. And a… Read more »