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Wise et al. ◀ Devotional Biology ▶ 2018 ICC 266 16. Through the Devotional Biology textbook I can make better ethical decisions. SD D N A SA A+SA S17 2 (3%) 4 (6%) 9 (13%) 33 (47%) 22 (31%) (79%) F17-A 1 (2%) 0 (0%) 5 (11%) 23 (50%) 17 (37%) (87%) F17-B 0 (0%) 2 (6%) 11 (31%) 16 (46%) 6 (17%) (63%) F17-C 0 (0%) 8 (9%) 17 (20%) 34 (40%) 26 (31%) (71%) S18-A 0 (0%) 2 (5%) 12 (28%) 24 (56%) 5 (12%) (67%) S18-B 0 (0%) 1 (3%) 4 (10%) 16 (40%) 19 (48%) (88%) S18-C 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 5 (29%) 5 (29%) 7 (41%) (71%) S18-D 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (6%) 10 (56%) 7 (39%) (94%) S18-E 2 (12%) 4 (24%) 5 (29%) 3 (18%) 3 (18%) (35%) TOTAL 3 (1%) 17 (5%) 64 (18%) 161 (45%) 109 (31%) (76%) Table 2, continued. 17. Counting this course, how many biology courses have you had at the college level? 0 1 2 3 4 5+ S17 7 (10%) 47 (67%) 11 (16%) 0 (0%) 2 (3%) 3 (4%) F17-A 3 (7%) 32 (70%) 4 (9%) 1 (2%) 3 (7%) 3 (7%) F17-B 1 (3%) 28 (80%) 2 (6%) 3 (9%) 0 (0%) 1 (3%) F17-C 10 (12%) 54 (64%) 18 (21%) 3 (4%) 0 (0%) 0 (4%) S18-A 6 (14%) 27 (61%) 9 (20%) 2 (5%) 0 (0%) 0 (5%) S18-B 0 (0%) 30 (77%) 8 (21%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (3%) S18-C 0 (0%) 16 (94%) 1 (6%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) S18-D 0 (0%) 14 (78%) 3 (17%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (6%) S18-E 0 (0%) 15 (88%) 2 (12%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) TOTAL 27 (8%) 248 (70%) 56 (16%) 9 (3%) 5 (1%) 9 (3%) semesters (fall of 2013 through spring of 2017 in Table 1, spring of 2017 through spring of 2018 in Table 2) were of the opinion that they had learned some biology through the Devotional Biology text. But the same students were also of the opinion that they grew in their understanding and relationship with God, felt they could better understand their Christian responsibility to the creation, could better defend their faith, could better worship and/or glorify God, could better recognize God in the creation, were stronger in the faith, could better witness to unbelievers, and could better appreciate the creation. Student surveys suggest that Devotional Biology is an effective textbook for teaching a biblical perspective of the biological world. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We would like to thank the anonymous reviewers of our paper for the helpful comments. We would also like to thank the many students who reviewed the text in our various institutions. REFERENCES Wise, K.P. 1998. Is life singularly nested or not? In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Creationism , ed. R.E. Walsh, pp. 619-631. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Creation Science Fellowship. Wise, K.P. 2005. The nature of God as a curricular theme in biology [abstract]. Occasional Papers of the Baraminology Study Group 5, pp. 16-17. Wise, K.P. 2015. Devotional Biology . Cleveland, Georgia: Truett McConnell University. Wise, K.P., and M.S. Cooper. 1998. A compelling creation: A suggestion for a new apologetic. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Creationism , ed. R.E. Walsh, pp. 633-644. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Creation Science Fellowship. THE AUTHORS Kurt P. Wise, B.A. (geology, University of Chicago), M.A. & Ph.D. (paleontology, Harvard University), has been Professor of Natural Science and Director of the Creation Research Center at Truett McConnell University since 2009. Before that he was on the faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Bryan College. Over the last thirty years, Dr. Wise has been active in the development of creation biology and geology, including baraminology, catastrophic plate tectonics, and the founding of the Creation Biology Society and the Creation Geology Society. Joseph Francis is a professor of biology at the Master’s University and assistant professor of general studies at Liberty University. His research interests and publications are in the areas of general biology, invertebrate biology, microbiology, immunology, biology teaching, and bioethics. He currently serves as the dean of the school of science, mathematics, technology and health at the Master’s University. He also serves as a board member of the