Further to our announcement about Dr Todd Wood’s visit to the UK in March 2010, full details of his itinerary are now available on our diary page.

Todd will be speaking at venues in Salford (11 March), Coventry (13 March), Cambridge (14 March) and Elsenham (16 March). The meetings are open to the public and all are very welcome to attend.

At three of these meetings, Dr Wood will be speaking on Science and the Supernatural and will address the question of what it means to be both a scientist and a creationist. Modern scientists commonly claim that true science cannot consider supernatural causes, since they are outside the realm of observation. Dr Wood will review the reasons for this and propose a way to allow the supernatural realm to inform and enrich scientific research. This talk is suitable for all audiences.

At the meeting in Coventry, Dr Wood’s theme will be a somewhat more technical presentation entitled The Challenge of Darwin. Throughout Origin of Species, Charles Darwin makes the case that a wide variety of biological data is “inexplicable” on the view of creation. Twentieth century evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky went further with his claim that “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” But Dr Wood will review and evaluate an emerging model of biological origins that explicitly denies the ancestry of all living things.

If you would like further details about any of these meetings, please contact the tour co-ordinators, Stephen and Joan Bazlinton, by telephone (01371 856495) or email (s.j.bazlinton@googlemail.com).

A talk given by Steve Lloyd at the ‘God & Darwinian Evolution Conference’ in The King’s Centre, Oxford on 13 November 2009 is now available for download. The conference was jointly sponsored by Paternoster and the King’s Bible College and Training Centre, Oxford. Other speakers were coming from a theistic evolution viewpoint. In his talk Steve discusses how our position on whether physical death is a consequence of human sin affects our understanding of the story-line of the Bible, including the meaning of the cross. He also considers the inconsistency in interpretation of the Bible required by a theistic evolution position. In conclusion Steve points to modern creationist research as a better way to find a compatibility between biblical and scientific accounts of origins. The Powerpoint slides accompanying the talk are also available. To download the files, just right-click on the links and select “Save Target As”.