If the Creation Account Isn’t True…

Adventist Review By Mark Kellner A recent New York Times op-ed, “The Evangelical Rejection of Reason,”1 would’ve busted a blood-pressure machine had I been connected while reading. According to authors Karl W. Giberson, a “former professor of physics” at Eastern Nazarene College, and Randall J. Stephens, an associate professor of history there, affirmation of what…

Former board member never talked with biology faculty

By Shane Hilde Educate Truth has confirmed Marta Tooma, former LSU Board member, never talked to the biology department prior to her removal as board member. According to a statement from Larry Becker, head of LSU PR department, the three board members that were removed “failed to operate within board processes.” According to Wisbey et…

Board of Trustees Addresses Curriculum Proposal

La Sierra University’s Board of Trustees took two actions during an October 11, 2011, meeting. Both actions relate to a currently circulating document titled “Joint Proposal of individual La Sierra University Faculty and Trustees.” Affirmation of document approach The La Sierra University Board of Trustees has been addressing the issues surrounding the teaching of origins…

Hope? Slim to none

By Shane Hilde According to the Adventist Review a “joint statement, prepared and signed by six LSU biology professors and a group of trustees, offers hope of a peaceful resolution to tensions….” Really? Whatever hope there may be is slim to none, and LSU biology professors don’t appear to have changed their tune. The joint…

At La Sierra, Biology Faculty Affirms Importance of Teaching About Creation in Curriculum

The Adventist Review By Mark A. Kellner A statement by a group of biology professors and trustees at La Sierra University, a Seventh-day Adventist Church-owned school in Riverside, California to affirm and incorporate the church’s position on creation at the classroom instructional level alongside traditional scientific approaches has been welcomed by officers and educational administrators…