学术简历

• 材料科学博士，MIT
• 材料工程硕士，RPI
• 机械工程学士，Kettering University

出版物

• "Comprehensive Risk Abatement: A Paradigm Shift," written by invitation as a chapter in the book entitled Research, Practices, and Innovations in Global Risk and Contingency Management, Pub. by IGI Global, Edited by K.D. Strang, M.E. Korstanje and N. Vajjhala, (2018), ISBN 9781522547549, p. 187 - 210.
• "Comprehensive Risk Abatement Methodology as a Lean Operations Strategy," International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management, 4(1), p. 39-52 (Jan-Mar 2015).
• "Stress Corrosion Cracking Simulation," Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Physics Publishing, 5, No. 2, p. 129-147 (1997).
• "Corrosive Amine Characterization," Corrosion 96 - The NACE International Annual Conference and Exposition, Paper No. 394, (1996).
• "Using Electrochemical Software to Solve Corrosion Control/Materials Performance Problems in the Petroleum Refining Industry," written by invitation as a chapter in the book entitled Current Topics in Electrochemistry, Pub. by Research Trends, Edited by J. C. Alexander, 2, (1993), ISBN 81-85607-53-2, p. 311 - 321.
• "Improved Outgassing for Hydroprocessing Vessels," Chemical Engineering Communications, 129, (1994) p. 123 - 134.
• "Science, Logic and the Thinking Christian," Interdisciplinary Biblical Research Institute, Research Report 38, (1990), ISBN 0-944788-38-6.
• "Mass Transport in Electrochemistry," Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 172 (1984) p. 1 - 9.
• "A New Approach for Determining Corrosion Current and Tafel Slopes," Corrosion, 37, 12, (1981) p. 723 - 726.
• "Selecting an Algicide for Use with Aluminum Alloys," Water Research, 15, (1981) p. 1117 - 1124.
• "Corrosion of High Ni-Cr Alloys and Type 304L Stainless Steel in HNO3 - HF," Savannah River Laboratory, Report DP-1550, (1980).
• "Numerical Simulation of Multiconstituent Diffusion and Helium Release Characteristic of the 238PuO2 Heat Source Used in Radioisotopic Thermoelectric Generators," Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Report LA-6360, (1976).
• "Protective Coatings for 7079-T6," Sandia Laboratories, Report SLA-73-0594, (1973).
• "Mathematical Simulation of Stress Corrosion Cracking," Corrosion, 27, 11, (1971) p. 455 - 458.
• "Influence of Aging Time and Temperature on the Susceptibility of gamma - Quenched U - 5%Nb Alloy to SCC," Corrosion, 28, 1, (1972) p. 35 - 38.
• "Computer Simulation of Stress Corrosion Cracking," Corrosion, 27, 2, (1971) p. 84 - 90.
• "Protective Metallic Coatings for gamma - Quenched U-5 wt. % Nb Alloy," Journal of Nuclear Materials, 43 (1972) p. 343 - 346.
• "The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Solid-Fluid-Fluid Three-Phase Contact," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 30, 1 (1969) p. 21 - 33.

专利

• "Method for Reducing Turnaround Time of Hydroprocessing Units" Patent 5,258,116."
• "Preparation and Application of Anticorrosive Additive in Amine Systems" Patent 5,472,638.
• "Water Washing to Remove Salts" Patent 5,656,152.
• "Intermittent Water Washing to Remove Salts" Patent 5,656,151.

传记摘要、教学提示与学术来源

 

McLaughlin 博士 (bruce_mclaughlin@charter.net) 是一位退休的高级工程副研究员，曾在一家大型公司从事材料科学研发并取得成就。他拥有 MIT 的材料科学博士学位、RPI 的材料工程硕士学位以及 Kettering University 的机械工程学士学位。拥有数项专利和出版物，他还应邀为两本书籍 Current Topics in Electrochemistry 和 Research, Practices and Innovations in Global Risk and Contingency Management 撰写章节。退休后，McLaughlin 博士保留了以下专业组织的会员资格：

• Institute of Physics (MInstP)
• Association of Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers

McLaughlin 博士已经担任 按立的南方浸信会牧师 20 年，并目睹 SBC 出于意图抛弃 Billy Graham 的神学而感到沮丧。2023 年，McLaughlin 博士又被双重按立为 长老，隶属于 全球卫理公会。GMC 是一个由遵循圣经原则的基督徒家庭所引导，这些原则由如 James Arminius 和 John Wesley 等受上帝感动的人忠实保存；GMC 决心保持 使徒性基督教 的生命和健康。

用于 233 页的 Theology Corner 并入到 Christian Apologetics | Reason for Hope 的书籍、关于基督教辩护的书籍以及关于创世记加密的论文，并非意在以任何格式作为专业出版物，除非在网络上。它们的唯一目的在于为关于传统基督徒所信之事及其信仰理由的具体问题提供具体答案。有些人可能会认为这些问题和答案与生活无关且无足轻重；其他人可能会发现它们揭示了得救的道路！

 

本网站用于教学的利用方式

 

使徒性基督教的部分内容在君士坦丁到奥古斯丁再到加尔文的国家赞助宗教时期曾被阴损地扭曲。James Arminius 和反对宗徒派（Remonstrants）发起了回归真理的运动。此真理在几个世纪中由 James Arminius、Simon Episcopius、John Wesley、Richard Watson、Samuel Wakefield、William Burton Pope、John Miley、H. Orton Wiley、Thomas Oden 以及像 Oswald Chambers 等具有非凡洞察力的人保持下来。在我们这个时代，只有少数教会在努力保持这一真理的存续，包括卫斯理宗、拿撒勒派和新成立的全球卫理公会。该网站试图帮助每位基督徒和寻求者牢固地系上“真理的腰带”。

查经 资料，适用于主日学或查经小组，由学习指南加辅助文件和地图组成。学习指南侧重于圣经中最重要的故事、主题、事件和人物。建立历史和文化背景，并提出一些问题来引导读者的思考。生活应用可以从学习指南的文本中提取。然而我们通常只发现对基督徒真实信仰及其原因的含糊暗示。基督教的核���信仰甚至在新约材料中也被神秘地隐藏。

同样被隐藏的还有启示性主题，即上帝在为全创造和全人类的灵魂与撒但争战。最后，基督徒群体内众所周知的历史性内部争论总是缺失。这包括：卫斯理/阿民念神学与改革宗神学；堕胎作为人权与堕胎作为谋杀；LGBTQ 作为人权与 LGBTQ 作为罪；进步基督教作为真理与进步基督教作为谬误；创造之日是 24 小时与创造之日为不定期间。这些以及大量其他分裂性议题总是缺席于任何学习指南。因此，基督徒无法准备好应对现实，并且在善恶之间的伟大战争中，他们难以为自己的信仰辩护。“真理的腰带”并未牢固地系在他们腰间。他们的“信心的盾牌”在他们试图“为心中所存的盼望作答”时崩溃。他们在对抗那居于人心中的罪恶之时，没有穿上“神的全副军装！”

 

本网站可用作弥补查经资料不足的资源。使其独特的特点包括：

 

• 《Theology Corner》的每一节以及《Christian Handbook of Reason and Insight for Scientists and Technologists》的每一章都提出一个具体问题，然后回答该问题。

 

• Theology Corner 是一项正在进行的工作，包含 233 个独立、完整的章节或单元。每一节代表对标志性基督教教师所提出的重要思想的提炼和整合。贯穿始终的共同线索是善与恶之间持续的大战，基督徒与耶稣基督并肩而立。

 

• 由于 Theology Corner 的各节是独立且自成一体——包含所有必要且充分的信息——学生无需在各节之间跳转以完成分析。

 

• Theology Corner 的各节已交叉链接，便于参考。

 

• Christian Apologetics 部分鼓励读者反驳主张和论证……如果他们能做到的话！

 

• 整个网站鼓励读者理解并接受基督教的历史核心信仰。

 

• 本网站的神学倾向为卫斯理/阿民念；不为改革宗神学提供安慰。卫斯理/阿民念主义与加尔文主义并非通往同一山顶的两条同等合法的道路。

 

• Theology Corner 的章节，尽管主题相近，并非全部归入同一类别；这有助于长期记忆保持。

 

• 与所有进步资料和一些宗派资料不同，本网站内容不受旨在破坏历史基督教教义议程的污染。

 

• 与开放神学和过程神学相反，本网站教导上帝的 穷尽确定的先知性（exhaustively definite foreknowledge）。

 

• 在 Theology Corner 中讨论有争议的问题，例如：

 

• • 创造之日是 24 小时吗？

• • 基督教能与积极包容（positive tolerance）相容吗？

• • 撒但是否导致整个创造被罪恶的捆绑吞噬？

• • 在一颗已经充满复杂生命并已经存在数亿年且充斥暴力、疾病、痛苦和死亡之恶的行星上，亚当和夏娃的创造如何说得通？

• • 根据圣经，堕胎是谋杀吗？

• • 根据圣经，同性恋的行为是罪吗？

• • 单凭在心中邀请耶稣而不认罪、不懊悔、不悔改，我能被救脱离永远的定罪吗？

• 改革宗神学是圣经释经的产物还是人类心智的产物？

 

如果本网站内容用于教学，两个问题最终会浮出水面。可以在一开始就对它们进行处理以避免后来的分心。第一个问题来自右派；它关注以科学问题伪装的 年轻地球 教条。第二个问题来自左派：它关注以思想自由伪装的 woke 教条。

第一个问题是：创造之日是 24 小时吗？ 这个问题在 Theology Corner 的第 14.1 节中有讨论。创造日的长度，这个令基督徒愤然投入争论的恼人难题，并不是科学必须解决的谜题。它不是化石证据、放射性定年、年轮年代学、地质学、板块构造学、哈勃参数、红移或任何其他科学方面的问题。这个难题纯粹是一个神学问题，聚焦于希伯来词 yom 在创世记第一章中的用法。正如 H. Orton Wiley 所恰当地表达的那样：“希伯来词 yom 被翻译为‘日’在旧约中至少出现 1,480 次，并被翻译成五十多种不同的词，包括 时间、生命、今天、时代、永远、不断和永恒 等等。凭借对原词如此灵活的使用，不可能对其某一个含义专断或要求不动摇的限制。” 直到最近，有些直言不讳的基督徒宣称“24 小时创造日”为基督教的核心信条。这为传福音、门徒训练和扩大信徒团契制造了障碍，也就是给大使命制造了不必要的路障。

第二个问题是：基督教能与积极包容（positive tolerance）相容吗？ 这个问题在 Theology Corner 的第 13.1 节中有讨论。结论“耶稣是上帝”是基于圣经证据、传统（历史）和个人经验的古典逻辑的自然结果。当代一些人因受教育机构和媒体所教导的 积极包容 概念影响，而无法被古典逻辑说服。积极包容是黑格尔辩证法推理的一种建构，在这种建构中我们合成认为正题与反题均为真。换言之，（a 是 b）为真且（a 不是 b）也为真；（耶稣是上帝）为真且（耶稣不是上帝）也为真。这意味着每个人的信仰、价值观、生活方式和真理主张都是同等有效。不仅每个人都有权持有自己的信仰，而且所有信仰都是同等真实。我可以相信（耶稣是上帝），但我也必须相信（安拉是上帝）、（佛陀是上帝）、（梵天是上帝）和（上帝是虚构的存在）。积极包容的概念与逻辑和理性不相容。上帝的属性之一是真理的绝对性；积极包容则是绝对的谬误。

 

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