Arnold Sikkema
@arnoldsikkema.bsky.social
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
executive director, Canadian Scientific & Christian Affiliation
Christian: reformational trinitarian covenantalist
husband, dad, grandpa; on traditional, ancestral, unceded land of Stó:lō people
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!
Why Creation is Waiting for the Christians - Langley, BC
An evening with Peter Harris
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September 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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.
Quantum Physics and the Credibility of Christian Faith: A Personal Reflection
I’ve often been asked how I reconcile physics with my Christian faith. For some, the two seem incompatible: science is about facts and equations, while faith is about belief and mystery. But for me…
peterschuurman.ca
September 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"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.
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
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July 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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
"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-...
July 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"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-...
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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%.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew calls out U.S. lawmakers complaining about smoke from Canadian wildfires
“This is what turns people off politics,” Kinew said, accusing the Republicans from Minnesota and Wisconsin of trying to get Instagram likes
nationalpost.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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%.
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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:
To build resilience, we need more data, more expertise, more preparation, more communication to keep people safe—NOT LESS!
More from me:
What the Floods in Texas Tell Us About Climate Change
“Regardless of where we live or how we vote, extreme weather puts us all at risk," writes Katharine Hayhoe.
time.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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:
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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July 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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 Emergency Is Here.
With @asharangappa.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Opinion | The Emergency Is Here (Gift Article)
Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
The Emergency Is Here.
With @asharangappa.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
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.
Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary.
Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
CAUT advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S.
Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encou
www.caut.ca
April 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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.
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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...
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...
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
www.science.org
April 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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...
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...
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April 14, 2025
April 14, 2025
Today, U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
April 14, 2025
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April 13, 2025
April 13, 2025
This evening, lawyers for the Department of Justice told a federal court that the administration does not believe it has a legal obligation to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States,...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
April 13, 2025
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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 executive order confirms that. They are attacking all "state laws" that address climate change, ESG, environmental justice and/or greenhouse gases.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
April 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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."
Breaking news: Trinity Western University (TWU) is assuming Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS).
Trinity Western University and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School expand impact of global Christian education
Continuing the legacy of this globally recognized seminary at the TWU campus in Langley.
www.twu.ca
April 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Breaking news: Trinity Western University (TWU) is assuming Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS).
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“I always think of myself as the coffee pot other people gather around.”
@dorothywoodend.bsky.social interviews Heather Cox Richardson. #uspoli
@dorothywoodend.bsky.social interviews Heather Cox Richardson. #uspoli
Is There Hope for America? Heather Cox Richardson Thinks So | The Tyee
The time is now to band together, says the celebrated historian and writer. A Tyee interview.
thetyee.ca
April 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“I always think of myself as the coffee pot other people gather around.”
@dorothywoodend.bsky.social interviews Heather Cox Richardson. #uspoli
@dorothywoodend.bsky.social interviews Heather Cox Richardson. #uspoli
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📣 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.
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.
April 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
📣 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.
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.
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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.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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.
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❗ Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School detained in U.S., faces deportation and likely arrest upon return due to anti-war stance
Bioinformatics researcher Kseniia Petrova has spent the past month in ICE facilities after her visa was revoked.
Bioinformatics researcher Kseniia Petrova has spent the past month in ICE facilities after her visa was revoked.
Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School detained in U.S., faces deportation and likely arrest upon return due to anti-war stance
A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School has been detained in the United States and placed in immigration detention. According to multiple independent Russian media outlets and the scient...
theins.press
March 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
❗ Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School detained in U.S., faces deportation and likely arrest upon return due to anti-war stance
Bioinformatics researcher Kseniia Petrova has spent the past month in ICE facilities after her visa was revoked.
Bioinformatics researcher Kseniia Petrova has spent the past month in ICE facilities after her visa was revoked.
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If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
March 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
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Even the xenophobic "we want the right kind of immigrants" stuff is quaint now. Now we're doing things like detaining Germans and Canadians over minor visa issues.
The Faces of Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Crusade
The government deported a 10-year-old American citizen with brain cancer.
www.thebulwark.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Even the xenophobic "we want the right kind of immigrants" stuff is quaint now. Now we're doing things like detaining Germans and Canadians over minor visa issues.
@ianhanomansing.bsky.social www.facebook.com/share/p/18KM... Ian, check out this story about a British tourist being detained in Tacoma, Washington as an illegal alien.
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March 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
@ianhanomansing.bsky.social www.facebook.com/share/p/18KM... Ian, check out this story about a British tourist being detained in Tacoma, Washington as an illegal alien.
Hey, that's me! If you're in Vancouver and interested in science and Christianity, I'd love to see you at this talk next week. Downtown at Central Presbyterian.
Come hear our executive director @arnoldsikkema.bsky.social in Vancouver on Wed 12th (7pm): How is the Biblical story of creation, fall, redemption valuable for reflecting on the character, discoveries, & purposes of the natural sciences csca.ca/events/event...
March 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Hey, that's me! If you're in Vancouver and interested in science and Christianity, I'd love to see you at this talk next week. Downtown at Central Presbyterian.
Fellow Canadians, please sign. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... "We…call upon the Government of Canada to refuse Donald J Trump entry to Canada until…he ceases & desists making threats or taking actions contrary to the well being of Canadians, in particular to our monetary & sovereign security…"
March 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Fellow Canadians, please sign. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... "We…call upon the Government of Canada to refuse Donald J Trump entry to Canada until…he ceases & desists making threats or taking actions contrary to the well being of Canadians, in particular to our monetary & sovereign security…"
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Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
March 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau:
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
March 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau:
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."