Inside September 2019 Acts & Facts | The Institute for Creation Research

Inside September 2019 Acts & Facts

The ICR Discovery Center is now open to the public! We’re excited for you and your family to discover how science confirms creation. What can you experience on an ICR field trip? Are blue eyes in humans a mutation? And how does belief in creation or evolution impact Christian worship? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the September 2019 issue of Acts & Facts!          

Be Amazed
When was the last time you were amazed by God? Perhaps it’s time to stop and ponder—to pause and consider the works of God. Ponder the wonders of creation. Have you really looked at...
Black Hills Sites Showcase Creation and the Flood
In June, Institute for Creation Research scientists Dr. Randy Guliuzza and Dr. Tim Clarey participated in the Black Hills Creation Conference in Rapid City, South Dakota. They also led three pre-conference...
Research Presented at a Secular Conference
This past summer, a colleague and I went to a secular science conference seeking critique from our non-creationist colleagues over what amounts to creation research. Their reactions surprised us. Creation...
Deep-Space Objects Are Young
Secular astronomers claim our universe is unimaginably ancient—almost 14 billion years old. Yet the Bible clearly teaches that God created the universe in the relatively recent past, about 6,000...
Are Blue Eyes in Humans a Mutation?
When it comes to the history of basic human traits, an evolutionary myth about eye color often pops up. The secular story maintains that blue eyes are the result of a genetic mutation that occurred...
Confronting a Clever Classroom Con
Many Christian students in secular universities can relate to this scenario: An evolutionist college professor is doing his best to convince his class that biblical creation is absurd. To this end,...
ICR Scientists Present Latest Research in Wisconsin
Scientists from the Institute for Creation Research presented their current research at the Creation Research Society’s annual meeting in late July. About 150 people attended the two-day conference...
The ICR Discovery Center Opens to the Public!
The big opening day for the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History is scheduled for September 2, 2019. We’ve been scrambling to finish the exhibits, get final clearance by the fire...
Evolutionism Poisons Christian Worship
At Moody Bible Institute, I was taught the church’s mission could be organized into three basic functions: worship, evangelism, and the edification (building up) of believers. If a church undertook...
Does Palo Duro Canyon Show Deep Time?
Some friends and I recently hiked into Texas’ Palo Duro Canyon, where sedimentary rock layers span the horizon. Eighteenth-century naturalists thought rock layers represented vast ages, a tradition...
Deep Wonders of Slapping Sharks and Snapping Shrimps
Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business on great waters, they see the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep. (Psalm 107:23-24) The super-fast and powerful movements of sharks...
Small Gifts Add Up
A Google search on charitable giving will produce countless websites. It’s astonishing how much information exists about organizations dedicated to worthy causes. It seems that most are devoted...

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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Heroes of Creation Science: Henry M. Morris
“The creation/evolution issue is, in a very real sense, the most fundamental issue of all.” —Henry M. Morris Many people believe the...

ACTS & FACTS
Creation Kids: Fungi
Hi, kids! We created a special Acts & Facts page just for you! Have fun doing the activities while learning about the wonderful world...

APOLOGETICS
What is True and False?
by Patrick C . Marks, D. Min., and Brian Thomas, Ph.D.* In the first article of this series, we explained that truth—that which matches reality—is...

ACTS & FACTS
The Cambrian Layer: Explosion or Burial?
The lowest sedimentary layer, rich in hard-shelled fossils, is known as the Cambrian record. Beneath it is the Precambrian, which contains far fewer...

ACTS & FACTS
My Sheep Hear My Voice
Young people today can access more information in a matter of days than many people could acquire in an entire lifetime just a century ago. Smartphones,...

ACTS & FACTS
The Land of Truffula Trees
Deserts are often viewed as barren wastelands, yet they boast some of the most captivating organisms on Earth. You have to be unusual to live in a desert,...

ANNOUNCEMENTS
New Novel: The Third Heaven
A visionary plays God by offering mankind the final step in human evolution: the creation of perfectly fabricated transhuman minds and bodies designed...

ACTS & FACTS
Did Sauropod Dinosaurs Live for Centuries?
Humans living before Noah’s Flood routinely had 900-year lifespans (Genesis 5). The Bible gives no hint that this longevity was in any way miraculous....

ANNOUNCEMENTS
9 Resources: What ICR Believes About Natural Selection and Why
Mutation-Selection: A Calamitous Creationist Concession Creation biologists have traditionally accepted some form of mutation-selection...

NEWS
The Incredible Narwhal Tusk
Most of us are familiar with the narwhal, a bizarre arctic mammal that sports a long, twisted tusk, earning the creature its nickname, the unicorn of...