@arnoldsikkema
physics prof, Trinity Western executive director, Canadian Scientific & Christian Affiliation Christian: reformational trinitarian covenantalist husband, dad, grandpa; on traditional, ancestral, unceded land of Stó:lō people
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"Starring the Earth & the Glory of God: A Book Launch" Join us as Dennis Danielson (UBC) introduces his new book with Christopher Graney, "A Universe of Earths: Our planet and other worlds, from Copernicus to NASA" (Oxford, 2026). @trinitywestern.bsky.social Tue 3 Mar 7pm csca.ca/events/event...
Peter Harris, founder of A Rocha, speaking on "Why Creation is Waiting for the Christians" at Trinity Western on October 22 at 7pm. Get your free ticket now!
"Quantum Physics and the Credibility of Christian Faith: A Personal Reflection" - I wrote this up as an invited guest blog post for Global Scholars Canada / Peter Schuurman.
Here are some tips for you: peecnature.org/learn/nature... You can bring auditory and visual enjoyment to people through your activities, and glorify your Creator by being that peculiar bird that a House Finch has been created to be.
Required reading for any Christian who is studying physics in high school or university: My free booklet "The Calling of the Christian Student of Physics" (Dunedin, New Zealand: Thumbwidth Press, 2024) thumbwidthpress.net/shop
My main point is that big bang theory is not a theory of origins but a (well-supported) theory of history, and should be presented as such regardless of one's religious or scientific perspective.
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"Origin or History? Clarifying Perspectives on the Big Bang" - my poster at the @asa3org.bsky.social 2025 Annual Meeting (held at Colorado Christian University this past weekend) tiny.cc/sikkema-asa-...
American politicians telling MB to manage its forests better so they don’t get the wildfire smoke is like someone with a backyard pond telling us to manage the pollution in the Great Lakes better. When, to expand the analogy, 🇺🇸 are responsible for 30% of the problem and 🇨🇦 are responsible for 2%.
Regardless of where we live or how we vote, extreme weather puts us all at risk: and we know, without a shadow of a doubt, climate change is making it worse.
To build resilience, we need more data, more expertise, more preparation, more communication to keep people safe—NOT LESS!
More from me:
My new publication: "Thomas Hertog on the Origin of Time: A Review Essay", Findings: A Journal of Reformational Thought no. 8 (June 2025), pp. 63-69 is freely available at Thumbwidth Press. Quantum cosmology meets Reformational philosophy. thumbwidthpress.net/shop
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Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
The Emergency Is Here.
With @asharangappa.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
The Canadian Association of University Teachers [the national voice for academic staff representing 72,000 teachers, librarians, researchers, general staff & other academic professionals at 125 universities & colleges] advises academics against non-essential travel to the US. This is where we are.
More grim details on the complete destruction of US science.
There are 2 reasons for this:
Republicans hate any aspect of government that actually works to benefit people, &
Climate science threatens the livelihoods of the fossil-fuels industry, the GOP's donors.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Today's US EO orders the Attorney General to identify + take expeditious action to stop enforcement of "all State & local laws... purporting to address “climate change” or involving “environmental, social, and governance” initiatives, “environmental justice,” carbon or “greenhouse gas” emissions."
This whole Trump presidency has been one instance of insanity and antirealism followed by another. I hope you, as a Canadian citizen living and working in the USA, are at least personally safe!
Here's the TEDS press release, including a video with Trinity International University President Kevin Kompelien.
Breaking news: Trinity Western University (TWU) is assuming Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS).
“I always think of myself as the coffee pot other people gather around.”
@dorothywoodend.bsky.social interviews Heather Cox Richardson. #uspoli
Seems there's been a change of plans. John Aldag is now listed as the Liberal candidate for Langley Township - Fraser Heights liberal.ca/nomination-n...
Seems there's been a change of plans. John Aldag is now listed as the Liberal candidate for Langley Township - Fraser Heights liberal.ca/nomination-n...
📣 CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep 🐑
Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon where two particles’ states are tied to each other, no matter how far apart the particles are. These findings could now help to explain the species’ fascinating flocking behaviour.
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
Abbotsford - South Langley has a liberal candidate: Kevin Gillies. See liberal.ca/nomination-n... and www.abbynews.com/local-news/k...
And here's the campaign Facebook page for Kyle Latchford, Liberal candidate for Cloverdale - Langley City www.facebook.com/Kyle.Latchfo...
Langley Township - Fraser Heights has a Liberal candidate: Nasima Nastoh. See liberal.ca/nomination-n... and www.facebook.com/humiara/post...
Cloverdale - Langley City has a Liberal candidate: Kyle Latchford . See www.facebook.com/kyle.latchfo... and liberal.ca/nomination-n... and www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-latc...
