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How Did Coal Seams Form? - Feb 28, 2020
/article/how-did-coal-seams-formBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - When I drive from Dallas to Colorado, I sometimes see southbound trains loaded with coal from vast reserves buried in Wyoming rock layers. This coal helps power the homes and industries of the almost eight million folks in the Dallas-Fort Worth...
How Can I Answer Attacks on the Bible? - Jan 31, 2020
/article/how-can-i-answer-attacks-on-the-bibleBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - Some contend that science proves the Bible wrong. They may ask how the Bible’s supposedly good God could allow so much pain and evil in the world. And who hasn’t heard that science has proved humans evolved over eons? Does a Bible...
Do Earth's Rocks Look Old? - Dec 31, 2019
/article/do-earths-rocks-look-old/Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - Some might argue that Earth’s rocks are obviously ancient even apart from radioisotope dating results. In response to creationist claims, they might ask, “If the earth was created just 6,000 years ago, then why does it look so...
Do Carbon Ages Refute a Biblical Timeline? - Nov 27, 2019
/article/do-carbon-ages-refute-biblical-timelineBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - Many reporters and scientists treat carbon dates like facts. Of course, the more recent dates work well enough. But news reports, textbooks, and even movies present enormous ages like “47,000 BCE” all the time. Yet, the Bible...
What Is the Image of God? - Oct 31, 2019
/article/what-is-the-image-of-godBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - Genesis 1:26 says, “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.’” What does it mean for humans to bear the lofty image of God? First, we look up key words. Image can refer to a molded idol....
Why Did God Make Mosquitos? - Sep 30, 2019
/article/why-did-god-make-mosquitosBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - My wife and I enjoy evening walks with our dog when the Texas weather lets us. Unfortunately, mosquitos seem to like good weather too. And they recognize my wife is much sweeter than I am. She often asks, while swatting at them, why God made...
Does Palo Duro Canyon Show Deep Time? - Aug 30, 2019
/article/does-palo-duro-canyon-show-deep-timeBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - 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 most scientists still cling to. We looked...
Where Did Faces Come From? - Jul 31, 2019
/article/where-did-faces-come-fromBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - Animals don’t laugh, smirk, roll their eyes, or give subtle squints like humans do. Hundreds of different tiny facial expressions can convey our thoughts and feelings in an instant—all using the human face. But faces do more than...
Was the Global Flood Too Extreme? - Jun 28, 2019
/article/was-the-global-flood-too-extremeBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - Bible critics have long claimed the God of the Old Testament was unjust and mean. Some cite Noah’s Flood as an example: If God is really good, then why would He drown all those humans? The best answer to give depends on the attitude of the...
What Happened to Dinosaurs after the Flood? - May 31, 2019
/article/what-happened-to-dinosaurs-after-the-floodBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - Genesis says that “every beast after its kind…went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life.”1 Dinosaurs were beasts, and their fossil nostrils show they had the breath of life. So, if a...