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Articles by Tony Jelsma

Tony Jelsma serves as Professor of Biology at Dordt University.

The Irony of a Well-presented Lecture

  • Tony Jelsma
0
10 months ago

I have known for years that lecturing is a poor way to teach but I couldn’t tear myself away from the pattern of information transfer that I had honed for so many years. If I understand the concepts and can explain them well, why don’t students pick them up more readily?

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  • Christ-centered education
  • lecture

The Limbic System and Christian Sanctification

  • Tony Jelsma
3
2 years ago

The brain contains a variety of regions, which regulate conscious and subconscious actions, and the limbic system is particularly associated with the ethical and sinful aspects of our behavior.

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  • brain
  • Sanctification
  • self-control

A Christian Look at the Biology of Gender Dysphoria

  • Tony Jelsma
0
3 years ago

Although there is much to learn about gender dysphoria, we must recognize that it is real, one cannot simply “snap out of it” by force of will, and it generally causes significant distress to those who suffer from it.

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  • biology
  • Christian response
  • gender dysphoria

A Reformed Approach to the Interactions of Science and Religion (cont’d)

  • Tony Jelsma
1
6 years ago

This is post 3 of 3 in the series “Religion and Science - A Reformed Perspective”

Dealing with Apparent Conflicts

In my two previous articles I described four models of religion-science interactions. …

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  • religion
  • science

A Reformed Approach to the Interactions of Science and Religion

  • Tony Jelsma
2
6 years ago

This is post 2 of 3 in the series “Religion and Science - A Reformed Perspective”

The previous article described four models of the interaction of science and religion:

Conflict: religion and …

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  • religion
  • science

Models of the Interaction of Science and Religion

  • Tony Jelsma
3
6 years ago

This is post 1 of 3 in the series “Religion and Science - A Reformed Perspective”

We live in a scientific age. The impacts of science and technology are all around us, …

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  • religion
  • science
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