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Finding Biblical Clues to DesignTrue story…and the star is physicist Dr. Russ Humphreys. Every so often someone passes on a new insight that revolutionizes our thinking. We remember these occasions because they are so rare. About...New Year, New LogoAfter 52 years of fruitful ministry, the Institute for Creation Research is renewing its commitment to rigorous scientific research that affirms the truth of Scripture. As a staff, we’re delighted...Announcing ICR’s New Digital Media DepartmentToday there are more ways to communicate than ever before, so we have assembled a Digital Media Department to explore the best new avenues for sharing ICR’s pioneering research. The department’s...ICR Ice Core Research ContinuesCreationists think the thick ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica began forming just 4,500 years ago during a short Ice Age triggered by the Genesis Flood. During the Ice Age, warm oceans resulted...Crater Lake National Park: Serene Beauty After Volcanic.,.by Tim Clarey, Ph.D., and James J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D.* The deepest and arguably most spectacular lake in the United States is located inside a volcano. Known as Crater Lake, it reaches 1,943...The Creation Week: A Systems-Based ApproachWe are clearly told in the book of Genesis that God created the heavens and the earth in a very short sequence of time, six literal days. The Hebrew text is grammatically put together using a specific...Bucket Orchids and Bees, a Codependent DesignFlowers hold a fascination for most people. They have at least a threefold purpose: First for attracting animals (e.g., insects, birds, and mammals) for reproduction via pollination, the second for...Puffins, Fitted for Living in Sea, Air, and LandIn order for tufted, horned, and Atlantic puffins to “be fruitful, multiply, and fill” specific habitats on Earth,1 they need the right equipment. That requires God-given design...Donors Make It HappenIn 1 Samuel 30, there’s an interesting story that’s easy to overlook if you fly by too fast. David and his men are returning from Jezreel to Ziklag. Upon arriving at Ziklag, they find the...Creation Kids: Our Young Solar Systemby Christy Hardy and Susan Windsor* You’re never too young to be a creation scientist! Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s special Creation Kids learning and...Full versions of current and previous Acts & Facts can be viewed online in PDF format using the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.
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[body_edit] =>How can we use the Bible to guide scientific research? Why is counting ice core layers an insufficient way to determine Earth’s age? How does ICR’s Flood model explain the origin of Crater Lake? What evidence is there for a codependent design between bucket orchids and bees? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the January-February 2022 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 13140] [MACRO aaf_article, 13141] [MACRO aaf_article, 13142] [MACRO aaf_article, 13143] [MACRO aaf_article, 13149] [MACRO aaf_article, 13153] [MACRO aaf_article, 13156] [MACRO aaf_article, 13168] [MACRO aaf_article, 13172] [MACRO aaf_article, 13182]
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Jesus Christ Is Our Perfect MediatorWe’ll never get bored throughout eternity. There is always something wonderfully new to learn about our precious Lord Jesus, the uplifting Holy Spirit, and our good heavenly Father. Even now,...ICR’s First Dinosaur ExcavationICR conducted its first paleontological excavation on September 4-5, 2021. Last years’ inspection of a site on private property in Wyoming concluded that bone material partly exposed from a Morrison...The Oceans Point to a Young Earthby Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D., and Tim Clarey, Ph.D.* Over 70% of Earth's surface is covered by water, most of which is marine and contained in the oceans. On average, the depth of the ocean is...Are Birds "Cousins" to Reptiles?Are today’s birds genealogical “cousins” to today’s reptiles due to a shared evolutionary ancestry? No. However, birds and reptiles share the same Creator, the Lord Jesus...Haleakala National Park: One of Many Young-Looking Vol.,.You can start the day atop the cold peak of Mt. Haleakala and end it on a warm beach on Maui. The sprawling volcanic mountain rises 10,000 feet above sea level. Nene birds, cattle, horses, and people...Biblical Creation and Intellectual FoolishnessIn a recent interview discussing his new book In Quest of the Historical Adam, philosopher and Christian apologist William Lane Craig acknowledged his biased assumptions when interpreting how the words...Early Land Plant Evolution?In a recent Science article, two evolutionists consider land plants (embryophytes) to have evolved from stoneworts (charophyte algae).1 A spore is a haploid (single, unpaired chromosome),...Christ’s Providence Is Clearly Seen in Bird MigrationsJust as monkeys can’t accidently type Shakespeare texts, birds can’t migrate by evolutionary luck, despite imagined eons of time for “lucky” accidents.1 Why? Because...The Gift of God HimselfEach Christmas we remember how deeply God loves us. His wondrous plan of salvation—first set in motion in the Garden of Eden—was miraculously manifested in the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ...Creation Kids: Snowflakesby Christy Hardy and Susan Windsor* You’re never too young to be a creation scientist! Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s special Creation Kids learning and...Full versions of current and previous Acts & Facts can be viewed online in PDF format using the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.
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[body_edit] =>How can we understand Christ’s role as our mediator from a scientific perspective? Why was ICR's first dinosaur excavation significant for creation science? How do oceans point to a young Earth? What can we learn about biology and geology from Haleakala National Park? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the December 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 13086] [MACRO aaf_article, 13087] [MACRO aaf_article, 13088] [MACRO aaf_article, 13096] [MACRO aaf_article, 13095] [MACRO aaf_article, 13097] [MACRO aaf_article, 13098] [MACRO aaf_article, 13101] [MACRO aaf_article, 13099] [MACRO aaf_article, 13100]
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Why Reinvent the Wheel?by Randy J. Guliuzza and Aaron T. Guliuzza* Most of us know the phrase “Don’t reinvent the wheel.” It means that we hope to take the solution for one problem and readily apply it to...New Proposed Babel Site Supports Ark LocationMost people believe the Tower of Babel was built somewhere in Iraq or even modern-day Syria. However, a recent article proposed that the Tower of Babel was built farther north in southeast Turkey.1...The Fossils Still Say No: The Post-Flood Providential P.,.In the previous article in this series, I explained how the final rock layers were laid down in the global Flood as the newly separated continents and their mountain ranges were being uplifted and the...Carlsbad Caverns National Park: Fast Formationsby Dave Woetzel, M.S., and Brian Thomas, Ph.D.* Have you ever toured a cave? There is something especially intriguing about exploring the deep, dark underground and its mysterious animals and rock...Evolutionary Acceptance and MisinformationA recent study claims that a majority (54%) of Americans now accept as true the statement “Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals.”1 Unfortunately,...Pickles for ApologeticsFood, even dill pickles, can provide relevant insights for creation apologetics.1 Since November 14th is National Pickle Day, this is a good time to consider how dill pickles can remind us of...Rich Toward GodWhat do you think of riches? Some of us may instinctively equate riches with money, and therefore have a natural tendency to shy away from it and think of it as a bad thing. However, we are reminded that...Creation Kids: Comparing Chimps and Humansby Christy Hardy and Susan Windsor* You’re never too young to be a creation scientist! Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s special Creation Kids learning and...Full versions of current and previous Acts & Facts can be viewed online in PDF format using the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.
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[body_edit] =>Why do scientists discover similarities between human-engineered systems and creature adaptation? How does the Genesis Flood explain the Ice Age? How is biblical creation the best scientific explanation of our world? What does it mean to be rich toward God? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the November 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 13070] [MACRO aaf_article, 13071] [MACRO aaf_article, 13072] [MACRO aaf_article, 13074] [MACRO aaf_article, 13075] [MACRO aaf_article, 13076] [MACRO aaf_article, 13077] [MACRO aaf_article, 13079]
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The Fossils Still Say No: The Surly Cenozoic Flood FinaleThe Cenozoic is the major upper system of the geologic column. It represents the last global Flood layers that were produced from violent Flood runoff as the newly separated continents and their mountain...The Flood Explains the Missing DinosaursThe pattern of fossils in the rock record has always been complex, and the dinosaur fossils maybe even more so. A recent article tried to explain why only small and large-size carnivorous dinosaurs...John Pennekamp Coral Reef State ParkI surely enjoyed leading college student groups on spring break camping trips to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park on Key Largo in Florida. Diving excursions to the coral reefs about three miles...Another Function of 'Junk DNA' DiscoveredFor decades, evolutionists suggested that huge sections of our genome (about half) did not actively code for the production of proteins or polypeptides—and so were useless, or “junk DNA.”...Mutation, Design, and FaithAny alteration in a cell’s DNA sequence is a mutation. These changes can come from copying errors, exposure to chemicals or radiation, or from an infection. But other types of genetic changes...Hawaii Behind the ScenesICR Research Scientist Dr. Brian Thomas and ICR Video Producer Clint Loveness, with help from friends and family, recently shot footage in Maui, Hawaii, for upcoming video projects. On the north...Does the Universe Look Old?Since distant galaxies are billions of light-years away, some understandably assume that distant starlight must have taken billions of years to reach us. Also, some galaxies are colliding. While God...Eating Bugs Isn't Always So SimpleThe Lord Jesus Christ deserves glory for why He made Earth’s diverse creatures, and He also deserves glory for the complicated details of how they live. Although we cannot learn all of creation’s...A Battle for HeartsSince the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History opened in fall of 2019, tens of thousands of people have walked through our doors. They come from many different places, backgrounds, cultures,...Creation Kids: Floods Form Fossils Fastby Christy Hardy and Susan Windsor* You’re never too young to be a creation scientist! Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s special Creation Kids learning and...Full versions of current and previous Acts & Facts can be viewed online in PDF format using the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.
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[body_edit] =>How is the Lord’s handiwork on display at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park? Does the universe look old? What can we learn about science and logic from Trinidad spider behavior? And what is the latest discovery that debunks the evolutionary idea of “junk DNA”? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the October 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 12993] [MACRO aaf_article, 12994] [MACRO aaf_article, 12995] [MACRO aaf_article, 12996] [MACRO aaf_article, 12997] [MACRO aaf_article, 12998] [MACRO aaf_article, 12999] [MACRO aaf_article, 13000] [MACRO aaf_article, 13001] [MACRO aaf_article, 13002]
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A New Commitment to Deep ResearchIf all is on schedule, and with the good blessings of the Lord Jesus, then as you read this article nearly all of the ICR scientists and a number of support staff will be working on the first-ever ICR...World's 'Tiniest Dinosaur' Is Just a LizardMany of the world’s top paleontologists were again recently fooled by their own preconceived ideas. This time it was a tiny skull trapped in amber that was declared a hummingbird-size dinosaur...The Fossils Still Say No: Capping a Cretaceous ConundrumThe Cretaceous system of the geologic column, like the other systems below it, is a conundrum to evolutionists because it represents a continuance of many life forms found buried in lower strata combined...Centipede Adaptation Is Divinely EngineeredCrawly centipedes usually elicit shock and revulsion when they appear in one’s home, the woods, or some other place. They are found from deserts and Amazon forests to surge zones of seashores....Three Hurdles for EvolutionSure, finch beaks shift their shapes, but does that mean nature invented beaks and birds from stardust? Evolution’s proponents often speak as though we witnessed the supposed steps from dust to...Waco Mammoth National MonumentHunters in the 1970s discovered mammoth bones exposed in sediments near the confluence of the Bosque and Brazos Rivers in north central Texas. They notified scientists, who began excavating the site....Transmitting Truth in a Modern Pagan WorldWe share the world with modern pagans who worship the sun—or idolize an imagined primordial Big Bang—so we need to be truth witnesses unto a world drowning in deception and delusion. Ancient...Animal Death Before the Fall?Both the Old and New Testaments teach that death entered the world when Adam ate the forbidden fruit (e.g., Genesis 2:17 and Romans 5:12). Since fossils are the preserved remains of dead animals, Christians...Defend Your Faith with ICRHave you ever heard a pastor question the historical nature of Genesis? “The days of creation weren’t really 24 hours long. The Bible is not a science textbook.” Do family members...Creation Kids: Beauty by Designby Christy Hardy and Susan Windsor* You’re never too young to be a creation scientist! Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s special Creation Kids learning and...Full versions of current and previous Acts & Facts can be viewed online in PDF format using the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.
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[body_edit] =>Why does ICR focus on scientific research? How could paleontologists mistake a lizard fossil for a dinosaur? Is animal death before the Fall theologically or scientifically sound? How should you respond to misguided or hostile remarks about your faith? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the September 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 12976] [MACRO aaf_article, 12977] [MACRO aaf_article, 12978] [MACRO aaf_article, 12979] [MACRO aaf_article, 12980] [MACRO aaf_article, 12981] [MACRO aaf_article, 12982] [MACRO aaf_article, 12983] [MACRO aaf_article, 12984] [MACRO aaf_article, 12985]
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The Tyranny of Consensus Thinking“How can so many scientists be wrong?” This question is routinely wielded as real evidence for evolution. I’ve heard it in discussions with people ranging from grammar school students...Extending the Whopper Sand MysteryIn the last three years, Shell Oil Company has made three significant discoveries in the Whopper Sand, a massive offshore Cenozoic sedimentary deposit in the Gulf of Mexico.1-3 These new...The Fossils Still Say No: Jostle in the JurassicThe Jurassic system of the geologic column is an enigma to evolutionists because it represents a continuance of many life forms found buried below in Triassic strata, combined with yet another alleged...Man: Smart from the StartPeople have been created with a three-pound brain that scientists will never fully understand. Evolutionists have tried to trace the evolution of the human neurological system (including the brain and...Crater of Diamonds State Park and the Origin of DiamondsAt Crater of Diamonds State Park in western Arkansas, families dig diamonds for fun while more serious sifters seek sensational paydays. Countless brides have wondered where the pretty diamonds on their...Why Won't the Gospel Die?Soon after the gospel first emerged, ancient Rome tried to exterminate whoever believed it. They tortured and murdered early Christians, but that didn’t stop its progress. Thousands of years later,...Can a Merciful God Create Parasites?Sir David Attenborough of BBC fame is regularly asked by Christians why he will not give credit to God for the amazing creatures featured on his nature documentaries. He often replies: My response…is...Should Creationists Brook Loss of a Trout?Should a freshwater stream be restored to make it habitable for a failing fish population such as brook trout?1 It makes sense that creationists proactively care about biodiversity and environmental...Be BlessedDuring the days of Jesus, being blessed had a different meaning from what Christians understand it to mean today. The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament says the word for “blessed”...Creation Kids: Testing the Limitsby Christy Hardy and Susan Windsor* You’re never too young to be a creation scientist! Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s special Creation Kids learning and...Full versions of current and previous Acts & Facts can be viewed online in PDF format using the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.
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[body_edit] =>Can a merciful God create parasites? How do diamonds confirm biblical history? Why won't the gospel die? And why is consensus thinking anti-science? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the August 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 12928] [MACRO aaf_article, 12929] [MACRO aaf_article, 12930] [MACRO aaf_article, 12931] [MACRO aaf_article, 12932] [MACRO aaf_article, 12933] [MACRO aaf_article, 12934] [MACRO aaf_article, 12935] [MACRO aaf_article, 12936] [MACRO aaf_article, 12937]
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