First Baptist Church - Mt. Vernon, TX
Join ICR's Dr. Frank Sherwin as he speaks at First Baptist Church Mount Vernon for their Actual Answers event. Dr. Sherwin will speak on Saturday evening and Sunday morning and share why where we come from matters, whether or not we come about through evolutionary processes or by special creation, evidence that dinosaurs lived alongside humans, and some scientific evidences that support the biblical account of creation. Please join us in Mt. Vernon, TX the weekend of April 18th, 2026.
Dates: Apr 18, 2026 - Apr 19, 2026
Registration:
Registration is required to attend this event. Please visit https://fbcmv.com/registration for more information about registration.
Schedule:
| Saturday, April 18th, 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Title | Description |
| 4:00 p.m. | Your Origins Matter | Dr. Sherwin looks at the first 11 chapters of Genesis and explains why they should be taken literally, not allegorically or poetically. He concludes with an appeal to Christians to know why they believe what they believe and why Genesis should be our rock-solid foundation for the Christian worldview. |
| 5:00 p.m. | Dinner - Included with Registration | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Human Evolution | The media, movies, and nature programs overwhelmingly emphasize the idea that humans evolved from primate ancestors. But what do genetics and the fossil record say? Not a month goes by that we don't read science headlines like, "Prehistoric human shakes up evolutionary tree" (Reuters, 2021). Do people and chimps really have 98% similar DNA? Who or what was "Lucy"? Were the Neanderthals sub-human? Are our wisdom teeth, appendices, and tonsils just evolutionary leftovers? Dr. Sherwin's non-technical presentation confirms that people have always been people, just as Genesis says. |
| Sunday, April 19th, 2026 | ||
| Time | Title | Description |
| 9:15 a.m. | Dinosaurs and the Bible | A creationist and evolutionist can work together to dig up a dinosaur fossil. They will just disagree on where the dinosaur came from, how long ago it lived, and what killed it. Dr. Sherwin begins this talk by asking children under 12 to identify pictures of some of the more popular "thunder lizards." He then uses the fossil record to show that dinosaurs have always been dinosaurs - they didn't evolve from other reptiles or turn into birds. Evolutionary scientists teach many strange theories about how the dinosaurs died off, but much can be explained by the worldwide Flood of Genesis. |
| 10:30 a.m. | Scientific Evidences for Creation | Critics regularly say, "Creation is either something you believe or don't believe, but there's no evidence for it." The case for creation is rooted in what Paul teaches in Romans 1 - that God's work and attributes are "clearly seen." Dr. Sherwin describes the tools needed to discern objects that have been made (created) vs. objects that form over time through chance and natural processes. He then provides convincing evidence for creation from the microscopic world (bacteria and molecular machines) and the macroscopic world (animals like the bat and woodpecker). |
Location:
First Baptist Church Mount Vernon
319 S Kaufman Street
Mount Vernon, TX 75457
For more information, please email events@icr.org or call 214.615.8333.
