Day: September 15, 2025

Isaac Newton: The Christian Faith of a Scientific Genius

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Who is Isaac Newton? English polymath Sir Isaac Newton was active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and writer from 4 January 1643 to 31 March 1727. During the Scientific Revolution and the ensuing Enlightenment, Newton played a significant role. First published in 1687, his book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) developed classical mechanics and accomplished the first great unification in physics. Although he created calculus years before German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Newton is credited with creating infinitesimal calculus and made significant advances to…

Elisabeth Elliot: A Biography of Faith & Through Gates of Splendor

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Who is Elisabeth Elliot? Elisabeth Elliot (née Howard) was a Christian speaker, author, and missionary who lived from December 21, 1926, until June 15, 2015. While trying to establish missionary contact with the Auca people (now known as Huaorani; alternatively translated as Waorani or Waodani) of eastern Ecuador, her first husband, Jim Elliot, was killed in 1956. Later, she served as a missionary to the tribal members that murdered her husband for two years. She spent several years in South America before coming back to the United States, where she…