The Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Creationism (2018)

Wise et al. ◀ Devotional Biology ▶ 2018 ICC 260 2013/14 F 2014 S 2015 F 2015 S 2016 F 2016 S 2017 SUMS Because of this course… n=72 n=24 n=46 n=73 n=49 n=19 n=22 n=305 ...I know more about God. 42 (58%) 13 (54%) 24 (52%) 36 (49%) 28 (57%) 14 (74%) 13 (59%) 170 (56%) ...I understand more of a Christian worldview of biology. 26 (36%) 8 (33%) 18 (39%) 38 (52%) 23 (47%) 14 (74%) 12 (55%) 139 (46%) ...I know more about biology. 27 (38%) 7 (29%) 9 (20%) 26 (36%) 19 (39%) 12 (63%) 9 (41%) 109 (36%) ...I have a better relationship with God. 30 (42%) 7 (29%) 14 (30%) 20 (27%) 12 (24%) 6 (32%) 7 (32%) 96 (31%) ...I better understand my Christian responsibility to the creation. 17 (24%) 9 (38%) 17( 37%) 16 (22%) 19 (39%) 5 (26%) 6 (27%) 89 (29%) ...I can better defend my faith. 14 (19%) 7 (29%) 18 (39%) 17 (23%) 8 (16%) 7 (37%) 10 (45%) 81 (27%) ...I can better worship/glorify God. 19 (26%) 6 (25%) 11 (24%) 16 (22%) 8 (16%) 5 (26%) 4 (18%) 69 (23%) ...I better see God through biology. 19 (26%) 5 (21%) 7 (15%) 18 (25%) 7 (14%) 2 (11%) 4 (18%) 62 (20%) ...I am stronger in the faith. 12 (17%) 3 (13%) 6 (13%) 13 (18%) 13 (27%) 2 (11%) 1 (5%) 50 (16%) ...I can better witness to unbelievers. 7 (10%) 4 (17%) 14 (30%) 10 (14%) 3 (6%) 2 (11%) 2 (9%) 42 (14%) ...I understand better why God created the way He did. 9 (13%) 3 (13%) 6 (13%) 4 (5%) 9 (18%) 1 (5%) 2 (9%) 34 (11%) ...I better appreciate the biological creation. 10 (14%) 6 (25%) 4 (9%) 5 (7%) 1 (2%) 4 (21%) 2 (9%) 32 (10%) ...I learned more theology than I did in a Bible class. 7 (10%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (3%) 0 (0%) 1 (5%) 1 (5%) 11 (4%) ...I fell in love with God. 1 (1%) 1 (4%) 1 (2%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (1%) Table 1. Student opinions, Fall 2013 through Spring 2017 from KPW’s sections of Truett McConnell College/University’s ‘Concepts in Biology’ (BI 101)—a course developed around Devotional Biology . Note: None of these responses were prompted. These were reasons the students volunteered for why they thought the course/textbook was profitable for a student to take.