L. James Gibson

L. James Gibson, PhD, is the director of the Geoscience Research Institute, Loma Linda, California, United States.

Articles by L. James Gibson

Theistic evolution: Is it for Adventists?

January 1992

Theistic evolution is a theory of earth history that proposes that evolution is God's method of creation. Many religious people have been attracted to theistic evolution be cause it seems to offer a resolution to…

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Intelligent design: is it a useful concept?

December 2005

Intelligent design is the proposal that certain phenomena in nature are best explained as due to intelligent causes. Intelligent design implies that nature was brought into existence for a purpose, although that purpose…

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Contemporary design theory: the intelligent design movement

February 2006

In the December 2005 issue we reviewed the development of the intelligent design theory of origins. We also noted how the arguments of Hume and Darwin and their followers were thought to have brought about the demise of the design theory.…

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God and nature: a biblical approach to origins

November 2007

Does God have any relation to nature? If so, how? One must have a foundational understanding of this relationship in order to develop an approach to origins. The way one views oneself and one’s relationship to the…

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