SciTech† for Winter 2026
Interpreting the Miracle Stories
Matthew says the Bethlehem star led the Wise Men to the manger where Jesus lay (2:9). Mark states that Jesus speaks to the wind and makes it calm (4:39). Matthew, Mark, and Luke all attribute epilepsy to demons. These seem incredible to us, who have a twenty-first century understanding of such events, and can shape the science-religion divide ...
The Persistence of Design Language
A curious persistence of design language is evident in contemporary descriptions of biological evolution. While this occurs most often in reports about recent scientific findings that appear in newspapers, magazines, websites, and the popular press, design language also occasionally shows up in academic writing ...
A President’s Agenda for the PASTCF
This is my first official “President’s Column” because this is the first SciTech† edition to come out since I was elected president of PASTCF. And I chose to devote the inaugural column written in my new role to laying out some directions that I hope PASTCF will continue to move ...
The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust
Francis Collins became a well-known scientist as head of the Human Genome Project and then as longest-serving director of the National Institutes of Health. He also authored, almost twenty years ago, The Language of God, a best-selling book drawing on his personal religious beliefs and professional career in medical research ...
True Awakening: The Highs, Lows, and Mess of Spiritual Transformation
True Awakening, by Kerra Becker English, is a deeply thoughtful and beautifully written journey into faith, doubt, and discovering one’s truest self in God. English’s storytelling is compelling, woven with honesty, vulnerability, humor, and theological depth that never feels forced or forceful. She invites readers to wrestle with big questions ...
‘He Did Not Care’
From July 10-21, 1925, much of the world was riveted by events in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee. A twenty-four-year-old high school football coach and substitute biology teacher, John Thomas Scopes (1900-1970), was on trial for violating Tennessee’s Butler Act. Today many people know about the events surrounding the trial from the play, later movie, Inherit the Wind. Unfortunately, this work adds unhistorical melodrama to the actual story ...
From the Editor’s desk
Eric Douglass’s article starts this first 2026 issue of SciTech†, which also marks the journal’s 35th year of publication. His piece is followed by my reflection on the curious, widespread, and ongoing use of design language — the language of purpose and intention — in writings about biological evolution. SciTech† readers are likely familiar with Mark Douglas’s many contributions ...
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