Human Evolution and Divine Agency

Modern Christians often find themselves at a crossroads when confronted with the two predominant understandings of human and universal origins. Plain sense readings of Genesis lead many to believe in a historical six-day creation that occurred in the past ten thousand years while proponents on the other side of the spectrum use current scientific understanding to support a creation that occurs through evolutionary means. How one views human origins has a profound impact on one’s concept of how God works in the cosmos. In this paper, I will lay out a background to better understand the characters of Adam and Eve within the context and purpose of Genesis as well as the Pauline letters. Then, I will show how a shift in one’s understanding of Adam and Eve may necessitate a change in one’s view of God’s action by outlining the major models of Divine agency. Finally, I will explore a model of Divine agency proposed by Thomas Oord and the implications it has on our relationship with the Divine

Oxygen consumption in sea water over long periods

The rate and extent of oxygen consumption in sea water have been studied and measured under a variety of conditions and for a variety of purposes. Such studies, of what is often called the biological oxygen demand, have either been involved in the estimation of the total content of organic matter or have contributed to the understanding of the processes of organic decomposition in the sea...

A synopsis of the marine prosobranch gastropod and bivalve mollusks in Alaskan waters

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1979This study presents information on the taxonomv and distribution of the marine prosobranch gastropod and bivalve mollusks from the waters surrounding Alaska. Three hundred fifty-two species of prosobranch gastropods and 202 species of bivalves are reported from these waters. Over 3,000 lots of specimens, representing 330 species and literature sources form the basis of this study. References, synonymy, geographic and bathymetric ranges are provided for each species. Characteristics used to identify the species of 66 genera are presented in tabular form. The greatest number of species is reported from the southern Bering Sea, the fewest from the Beaufort Sea. Most of the species have wide ranges in the eastern or western Pacific. New collecting records reported here extend the known ranges of 27 species. Eight species were previously unknown from Alaskan waters

A Study of Student Employment and its Effect on Student Achievement

This study investigated the achievement of high school students who worked part-time. The following hypotheses were investigated: 1. Students who work 15 or more hours a week have a lower-grade point average than those who do not work or who work fewer than 15 hours a week; 2. The absenteeism rate is higher for students who work 15 or more hours a week than those students who do not work or who work fewer than 15 hours a week; 3. The tardiness rate is higher for students who work 15 or more hours a week than those students who do not work or who work fewer than 15 hours a week

Further studies on the effect of grinding aids for Portland cement clinker

In the dry grinding of cement clinker to a fine powder in which for example ninety percent or more of the particles are reduced to a fineness below that of a 200 mesh screen, it has been found that further fine grinding is extremely difficult and the energy input is out of all proportion to the further production of fine particles. This seems to be due to the fact that when the bulk of the material reaches this fineness there is a tendency of the finest particles to cling to each other and bunch or flocculate. Along with this tendency is an adhereing to the balls and the sides of the mill, thus producing a cushioning effect as the balls come into contact with the material being ground. This coating adheres tightly to the balls and increases in thickness as the grinding progresses. What is a grinding aid? A grinding aid might be thought of as a small amount of a foreign substance which is added to the material to be ground so as to facilitate the grinding operation. This is done by counteracting the tendency of the fine particles to flocculate and coat the balls and mill --Introduction, page 1

A short account of George Fox

A question-and-answer book about George Fox for children\u27s reading.https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/quakerbooks/1055/thumbnail.jp

Particulate matter in the oxygen-minimum layer

In view of the interest in oxygen distribution in the ocean, it 3eems advisable to bring to light some observations which were made in the l 930\u27s but which were never published…

The conception of alkalinity of excess base of sea water

There is full agreement on these facts: Sea water is slightly alkaline in its reaction towards suitable indicators, and the quantitative measure of this alkalinity may be expressed in terms of the amount of strong acid necessary to bring its reaction to some standard specified endpoint. ..