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Looking for Molecular Discontinuity: The Use of Sequenc.,.
The ICR life sciences team has identified several key research questions in the field of origins biology. Our current task is reviewing the literature concerning the evolutionary tree of life,1...
Evaluating Real vs. Apparent Design
Everyone has some unhealthy habits and the best way to achieve long-term freedom from them is not to “drop” them but to “replace” them with something better. The freedom-through-replacement...
ICR Science Curriculum Debuts at Education Conferences
The Institute for Creation Research unveiled its new Science Education Essentials curriculum at Christian school and homeschool conventions across the United States this past fall. ICR participates...
ICR's Modern-Day Noah
Ernie Carrasco is building an ark.
Actually, in addition to working in the Institute for Creation Research’s Internet Ministries department, Carrasco is a student in ICR’s School of...
The Long View
Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; all unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not....
Buyer Beware! Don't Swallow Evolutionist Sophistry
Evolutionary propaganda is more than just science fiction—it is hyped and sold with slick sophistry. Its proponents routinely offer what appears to be a straightforward choice: To explain origins,...
Eternity on Our Hearts
If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is,
sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the
earth. For you died, and...
Stand Up! Stand Up for Jesus!
The October 31 sermon by Pastor Chuck Swindoll in Frisco, Texas, highlighted the life and work of Martin Luther, responsible in large part for the Protestant Reformation, of which all evangelicals are...
XMAS: Removing the Reason for the Season
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. — Mark Twain1
Sometime...
Literature Review: Molecular Data and the Tree of Life
The ICR life sciences team is in the midst of the literature review phase of our new research venture that will examine the major unanswered origins biology questions.1 Our current focus is...
ICR Celebrates 40 Years
On October 7, the Institute for Creation Research held a special banquet in honor of its 40 years of ministry. Over 400 people gathered at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre to celebrate God’s marvelous...
Fighting Over Furniture and Faith
America’s evolution-creation controversy is like a lawsuit over a probate estate. The evolutionists are “contesting the will” of the founding fathers of modern science, but so far...
The Folly of Design without Purpose
A construction contractor struggling to prevent a failed project criticized his designer as “flying by the seat of his pants,” meaning that he was simply making up stuff as the project progressed....
A Mission of Praise and Proclamation
Now celebrating our 40th year of ministry, the Institute for Creation Research is grateful to God for meeting our material needs to keep this ministry going, but also for strengthening us with His power...
Biology and the Bible
Biology, a word derived from two Greek words, bios (“life”) and logos (“word”), is “the study of life.” The Bible is the written Word of God, according to its own...
Literature Review: Simplifying the Research Process
The ICR life sciences research team is currently conducting a review of the scientific literature to answer the five major origins biology research questions we have identified.1-5 This literature...
Every Nation Under Heaven: Using Scripture to Understan.,.
Scoffers who attack God’s Word are famous for proving how tough they are by bludgeoning a “straw man,” a supposed biblical problem that has no real substance or validity. Rather than...
Similar Features Demonstrate Common Design
There are two equally valid explanations for why some things share similar features. They may be part of a group, like motorcycles, “related” by commonly designed attributes. Or, like brothers,...
Topsy Turvy
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes,...
Pioneering a Global Movement
This month the Institute for Creation Research marks the 40th anniversary of this ministry, looking back with gratitude for four decades of God’s faithfulness and looking forward to the plans and...
Presuppositional Research and the Definition of Kind
What is best way to classify creatures? One of the research focuses of the ICR life sciences team is the question of biblical taxonomy.1 A debate exists over the definition of the key scriptural...
Similar Features Show Design, Not Universal Common Descent
“I’m related to George Washington,” an acquaintance announced after searching his genealogical record. He also believes he is closely related to chimpanzees. Though he doesn’t really...
Survival of the Fitted: God's Providential Programming
Birds display God’s providential programming. That means God carefully planned them before He created their original ancestors on Day Five of the creation week. He planned their genetics, their bio-diversity...
An Inconvenient Truth
With apologies to Al Gore for the use of his movie title, the ongoing debate over creation versus evolution just will not go away. Most of academia, the majority of science practitioners, and (disappointingly)...
Why Does the Universe Look So Old?
The Theological Costs of Old-Earth Thinking
The mention of Genesis 1:1 in today’s academic circles, whether secular or Christian, evokes far more heated responses than one might assume in our science-saturated...
Fighting the Dragon
The Bible describes our ultimate Enemy as "the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan" (Revelation 20:2), who wages war against the saints with his many "ministers"...
Civil Conversation or Dangerous Discourse?
Having a great conversation with someone can be wonderfully satisfying. Newlyweds enjoy this. College students thrive on it. No one wants to be involved in uncomfortable conversations, like students with...
Using Nature to Encounter God's Attributes
The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) life sciences team has identified four major origins biology research questions.1-4 The fifth and final question concerns the identification of God's...
Oil Companies, Global Warming, and Hurricanes: How Does.,.
The prophet Jeremiah once vigorously argued with Jewish men and women who insisted that their troubles were caused by a failure to worship the queen of heaven.1 People today might sneer at such...
All-or-Nothing Unity
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? A fresh usage of this familiar question can quickly illustrate unseen strengths to the design argument. At first, the issue seems to be one of timing. That problem...
Creation Is the Foundation
It is high time that people in general, and Bible-believing Christians in particular, recognize the foundational significance of special creation. Creation is not merely a religious doctrine of only...
Sorry, I Don't Dance
Recently we alerted Acts & Facts readers to the hazards of an organization called BioLogos, a non-profit group founded by Dr. Francis Collins that aggressively engages the disciplines of science and...
The Deceptive Dance of Compromise
"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English).... "Oh dear, what nonsense I'm talking!"1...
The Impetus for Biological Change
What does the Bible teach about biological change? In recent articles, the Institute for Creation Research life sciences team has shown that the Bible teaches limited common ancestry1 and a...
Misreading Earth's Groanings: Why Evolutionists and Int.,.
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. (Romans 8:22)
The ecological crises affecting our planet today should make every thinking Christian groan over...
Life's Indispensable Microscopic Machines
Humans love machines. Everyone likes how they save time and make jobs easier. If a new machine is invented that helps detect specific diseases and aids in early diagnosis, it is big news.
People also...
Larry Vardiman
When Dr. Larry Vardiman was a graduate student in atmospheric science at Colorado State University, he, like many Christian scientists, struggled with the conflicts between a literal interpretation of...
From Parasites to Pictographs: ICR Apologetics School S.,.
So what can you learn about avian parasites, sedimentary rocks, fossilized clams, ostrich eggs, logical fallacies, plover migrations, giraffe blood systems, plesiosaurs, ancient Chinese pictographs,...
Celebrating with Gusto and Gratitude
If one word could describe the major characteristic of the United States, that word would be freedom. The Puritans sought religious freedom from tyranny. The colonists sought political freedom. The...
Celebrating Our Freedom, Honoring Our Creator
Every state constitution refers to God as understood by the writers as a Creator God, not the impersonal god of Hinduism or Buddhism. Furthermore, the Judeo-Christian Creator God from whom comes our freedoms...
The Limit to Biological Change
The Institute for Creation Research life sciences team is currently exploring several key research questions in origins biology. The first and second concern the nature and meaning of taxonomy (the classification...
Tackling Charges of Biblical Inconsistency: Putting the.,.
When critics accuse the Bible of "inconsistency," do not expect their logic to be legitimate. In courtroom contexts, it is not unusual for truthful witnesses whose testimony is both sincere and...
Discovering Life's Complex Patterns of Design
It is simple to learn a subtle method shared by evolutionists promoting evolution. Notice a common approach toward nature starting with Charles Darwin, who said in 1859:
I can see no very great difficulty...in...
ICR Graduates -- A Cause for Celebration
The Institute for Creation Research Graduate School (ICRGS), which is based in California, has offered degree programs since 1981 with the aim of expanding the impact of creation science studies and providing...
The Holy War
Now Diabolus thought he was safe because he had captured Mansoul and garrisoned himself within the city…. He had spoiled the old law books and promoted his own vain lies. He had appointed new...
Taking God Seriously
Recently ICR participated in an international apologetics conference that had creation as its topic. Dr. Henry Morris III delivered a keynote address outlining the biblical argument for creation. Three...
Creation by Evolution
Understanding the Theological Hazards of Bruce Waltke, BioLogos, and the New Darwinian Evangelicals
The Institute for Creation Research receives hundreds of letters from our constituency, most of them...
Common Ancestry and the Bible--Discerning Where to Draw.,.
In last month's column, the Institute for Creation Research life sciences team explained the first of several key research questions in origins biology--the nature and meaning of taxonomy. This month we...
Hidden Assumptions Play 'Hide and Seek': Using Context .,.
Hide and seek is a childhood game that many of us played years ago. But how many of us recognize that same "game" when it is played by those who criticize the Bible? In many instances, when some...
The Mind Behind the Design: Unraveling Life's Plans and.,.
Suppose someone walks through their neighborhood and spies a new construction site for a custom-built home. Concrete has just been placed for the foundation. About how long ago did the project start?
Simply...
Students See Real Science with ICR
Every year, First Baptist Academy (FBA) high school students in Dallas, Texas, take the week before spring break to participate in extracurricular courses. These Interim Term classes have ranged from sewing...
Our Day in Court: ICR Graduate School v. THECB et al
Longtime Acts & Facts readers will be aware of the Institute for Creation Research's fight for academic freedom in the state of Texas. As prior issues have noted,1 in April 2008 the Texas...
Going with the Flow
I recently watched a video of The Michael Coren Show out of Canada. Mr. Coren's guest was a prominent evangelical Christian philosopher from a California school of theology who appeared to defend the existence...
Biblical Apologetics for a Russian Viking King: How Gen.,.
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. (1 Peter 3:15)
Biblical apologetics,...
Supervolcanoes and the Mount St. Helens Eruption
The eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano, just 30 years ago this month, marked a turning point in geologists’ understanding of volcanic processes. That eruption became the geologic event of the 20th...
New Frontiers in Animal Classification
In last month's column, the Institute for Creation Research life sciences team explained the rationale, motivation, and goals of life science research at ICR. This month, we'll identify the first of several...
Natural Selection Is Not 'Nature's Intelligence'
Christians can be confident in claiming that the power of the Lord Jesus Christ is the best explanation for complex design found in nature, "for the invisible things of him from the creation of the...
The Critical Importance of Teaching the Teachers
When Institute for Creation Research biologist Dr. Gary Parker goes to Christian education conferences to speak, he admits he has a personal as well as professional reason:
I became a Christian just...
The Double Mindedness of Evolutionary Compromise
Willard Ramsey is a longtime friend. He and I served together for many years as co-pastors of Hallmark Baptist Church in Simpsonville, South Carolina. We had long discussions about issues in Christendom...
No Ordinary Day
"Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God." (Matthew...
New Chromosome Research Undermines Human-Chimp Similari.,.
A recent high-profile article in the journal Nature released the results of a study with implications that shocked the scientific community because they contradict long-held claims of human-chimp DNA...
New Initiatives in Creation Research
Research is an integral component of creation apologetics at ICR. This year marks the beginning of a brand-new initiative in the life sciences, with a specific emphasis on biology. With several decades...
Understanding Effective Biblical Apologetics
In 1990, a graduate student from communist China--raised on atheistic evolution--asked me the following question: "Why should I believe in the Bible God, the Bible is true, and God is fair, when China...
Natural Selection Is Not 'Nature's Design Process'
The popular documentary series Skyscraper featured a fascinating look at architects using the design process. Viewers appreciated learning how this process is implemented. For anyone wanting to create...
Acquiring the Skill of Discernment
Damon Rambo grew up with an atheist father "who hated Christians in general." However, he was enthusiastic about science. "I spent most of my life sitting in front of a television watching...
Presuppositional Assumptions
At the very outset, let me say that my experience in science has affected my interpretations of the Bible…. It is improbable that I ever would have come up with the view that the earth is millions...
Four Decades of Grace and Goodness
Last year while leading the ICR Yosemite Creation Tour, I was overwhelmed with the beauty of this pristine national park. Even more amazing was the reality of how Yosemite Valley was formed, as Dr....
Exploring the Evidence for Creation
God is the greatest communicator, always revealing exactly what He wants us to know about Himself, about one another, and about the world around us. Romans 1:20 gives assurance that every person in the...
New ICR Director of Events: Charles Morse
When Charles "Chas" Morse joined the U.S. Air Force in 1983, he intended to serve for about four years. Instead, he stayed for 26. "My wife, Patti, and I saw that there was a great mission...
Extreme Cold Can Be an Inconvenient Truth: Botanical De.,.
Recently, the Institute for Creation Research acquired some property in Alaska that will enable its scientists to study the unique mechanisms in plants that allow them to live in extreme climates. The...
Unmasking Evolution's Magic Words
Everyone certainly sees design in nature by observing the purpose of precisely fitted parts--those in fish gills or bird wings, for instance, enable those animals to fit into their environments. Evolutionists,...
The Naive Literalist
When the plain sense makes common sense, seek no other sense.
-- M. R. De Haan (1891-1965), Founder of the Radio Bible Class
There has been quite a stir among evangelicals about what it means to...
Be Mine
As children, we used to receive Valentines from classmates, cards and candy that somehow always seemed to strike fear and trepidation in the boys each February. Our culture has turned this month into the...
Communicating the Message of the Creator
By the time Dr. Henry Morris founded the Institute for Creation Research in 1970, he had already conducted an extensive speaking ministry on the topic of creation science around the country for over a...
The Scientific and Scriptural Impact of Amos' Earthquake
The Bible is often regarded as a book of stories based on a primitive people's understanding of the world around them. As such, many people--and even some Christians--believe that it is not a reliable...
Fit & Function: Design in Nature
To help others understand that Christ is their Creator, use the approach the Bible says always provokes a living conscience: "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly...
The Intelligent Designer Movement
At a conference last year, a Christian schoolteacher asked an ICR speaker if he was part of the Intelligent Design Movement. "No," he stated. "I belong to the Intelligent Designer Movement."
The...
The Information Age
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. (2 Timothy 3:7)
O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge...
Steadfast and Resolute
Resolutions at the beginning of the New Year have occasionally been helpful, but are often forgotten within the first month or so, usually because most resolutions have something to do with food!
Making...
Counting Our Blessings: A year in review, a legacy in p.,.
Anniversaries are exciting events, particularly when they celebrate decades of commitment, as is the case in 2010 with the 40th anniversary of the Institute for Creation Research. Our usual "Year...
God's Omniscience
The omniscient God knows all that can be known given the sort of world he created….In our view God decided to create beings with indeterministic freedom which implies that God chose to create...
The Legacy of Our Founder, the Example of Our Creator
The Christmas holidays are a time to focus on what's really important: honoring our Creator, King, and Savior, Jesus Christ, and especially remembering His birth, life, and death. To think that the Creator...
Christian Geologists Influential at GSA Meeting
The Geological Society of America (GSA) is the largest and oldest association of professional geologists in North America. Its members are from academic institutions, industry, government, and private...
Made in His Image: Baby's First Breath
In 1967 Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant. Until that time, if someone's heart was taken out, they died. People were astounded to learn that not only was a man’s...
Perspectives on Life
“Britain's Prince Charles…talked to plants but he is no longer alone with a rising number of people joining his campaign to treat plants with respect.”1
The past several...
The Best Laid Plans
I've been thinking recently about the sayings of wise King Solomon. He was one of the greatest world leaders of all time, and a really busy man. Solomon wrote in Proverbs 16:9 that "a man's heart...
Bless the Lord
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Psalm 103:1
This is the season when we in the United States tend to turn our thoughts to thankfulness for the blessings of...
Manning the Booth
Seminar and conference attendees may be familiar with seeing the Institute for Creation Research booth. ICR attends over a hundred events every year, and the booth is a great way for people to stop by...
Did Humans Evolve from 'Ardi'?
Ardipithecus ramidus is an extinct primate whose fossilized remains were first found along the Awash River in Ethiopia about fifteen years ago. Many fragments were collected, including shattered bones...
Made in His Image: Immune Systems, The Body's Security Force
Good neighborhoods provide families a lot of protection, but even the best of communities remain vulnerable to the threat of criminals invading their homes. Our human bodies are also vulnerable to foreign...
The Issues of Death
"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." -- 1 Corinthians 15:26
"Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil." -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman
These quotations...
Standing in the Gap
I'm writing this month's column looking out over the Black Hills of South Dakota. What a gorgeous site! Rolling hills, beautiful pines, and even Mount Rushmore a few miles away. Vacations have been few...
Dinosaur DNA Research: Is the tale wagging the evidence?
by James J. S. Johnson, J.D., Jeffrey Tomkins, Ph.D., and Brian Thomas, M.S.*
Dinosaurs are a popular topic of study, whether in the public imagination or in scientific research. The scientific community,...
Made in His Image: The Connecting Power of Hands
A boom in affordable housing in the 1950s was helped by the invention of a distinctive multifunctional piece of equipment: the backhoe. Its strong yet relatively slender articulated arm allowed precise...
Can Life Exist on Other Planets?
Many people make a distinction between the origin of life and the evolution of life. In this view, biological evolution refers to the gradual development of the diversity of living things from a common...
God's Holiness Demands a Perfect Creation
Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty.... Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. (Revelation 4:8,...
Concrete Adversity
Peter described the devil as a "roaring lion" tramping about the earth seeking to disrupt and destroy the people of God (1 Peter 5:8). God's people have faced some of their greatest adversities...
Christianity on the Public Stage: Dr. Francis Collins a.,.
In July, President Barack Obama announced his intention to appoint Dr. Francis Collins to lead the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH),1 which funds over $30 billion in scientific...
New ICR Research Associate: Nathaniel T. Jeanson, Ph.D.
When Nathaniel Jeanson graduated from high school, he hadn't yet thought about becoming a doctor and researcher in one of the most cutting edge and controversial fields in medicine today: stem cells.
"I...
Made in His Image: Life-Giving Blood
After 100 years, automobiles still need engine oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid, antifreeze, power-steering fluid, and so on. Wouldn't it be great if just a single multipurpose fluid could be circulated...
Issues among Evangelicals
Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest...
Are You Intellectually Fragile?
God declared in Hosea 4:6, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." As in that time, God's people today are vulnerable to the destructive influences of untruth when they are not...
Communicating the Essentials: Developing science educat.,.
One of the missions of the Institute for Creation Research is to equip Christian teachers with evidence of the accuracy and authority of Scripture. In this vein, ICR continues to develop materials for...
ICR Offers New Biblical Apologetics Degree
Peter wrote in his first epistle to "sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and...
Made in His Image: Melanin, the Sunblock That's Just Sk.,.
Most people north of the equator have an observable suntan by August. Ironically, a desire to be outside is often coupled with another strong desire to get out of the sun, as indicated by sales of sun...
Three Creation Witnesses
Previously in this column, we suggested that the text of Scripture is more to be trusted than the theology of those who study the text. Even though many godly scholars have made a genuine effort to understand...
Science Education Roundup
Texas has had its share of controversy in the last few months. Most of the issues involved science education. The State Board of Education in Austin wrangled over the K-12 science education standards...
New Voices in Evolution Activism: From Madalyn Murray O.,.
Recently, the prestigious publication Scientific American honored Eugenie Scott as one of its ten most influential science people in America, along with a manager at a computer chip company, an electric...
Evolutionary Arrogance
There seems to be something about evolutionism that generates arrogance in many of its spokesmen. The concept is so wide-ranging that it purportedly can explain everything scientifically, from the origin...
Made in His Image: Bone, An Engineering Marvel
A key design feature shared by many 100-year-old barns and some modern skyscrapers is that the external shell carries the building's load with a minimal use of internal columns for support. Internal floors...
Natural Revelation
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse. (Romans...
Letting God Settle Matters
Philippians 4:7 promises that God will give us a peace that surpasses all comprehension. One of my professors in seminary described this as "a settled conviction." It is certainty in the midst...
Dangerous Turn Ahead: Traveling down the road to compromise
Genesis 1:1 states, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." This is the first and foremost apologetic. If a person stumbles on this one profound truth, a lifetime of doubt...
Werner Arber: An Honest Evolutionist?
Our September 2008 issue featured the article "Werner Arber: Nobel Laureate, Darwin Skeptic" by Dr. Jerry Bergman, a frequent contributing author.1 While not labeling Dr. Arber a creationist,...
Discovering and Defending the Certainties of Creation
For nearly 40 years, the Institute for Creation Research has conducted scientific research founded on two fundamental principles. The first is a bedrock belief that the biblical record is accurate and...
Made in His Image: Breath of Life
In American football, the quarterback can hand off the football to a team member, who then may do a handoff to another player. Exciting plays may be put together that combine several handoffs and even...
The Calendar and the Antiquity of Genesis
The moon orbits the earth every 29.5 days or so, and the year is (roughly) 365.25 days in length. It is an untidy arrangement that makes alignment of the lunar and solar calendars virtually impossible.1...
Ideas Have Consequences
"Argument weak at this point. Thump podium and holler louder!"
This cliché is quoted derisively from time to time to demonstrate that all arguments have presuppositional beginnings that...
Time to Tighten Our Belt
When I first moved here for graduate school in the early '80s, Dallas was still considered the "buckle" of the "Bible belt." Great churches like First Baptist Dallas, one of the original...
Consensus Science: The Rise of a Scientific Elite
In battle, one clever military tactic is to focus enemy troops' attention on a spectacular frontal assault so they will overlook a deadly side attack. This approach works in other arenas, as well.
On...
Made in His Image: Beauty in Motion
Humans possess a phenomenal ability to roll, twist, spin, jump, twirl, flip, run, leap, and lunge, as a single motion or in complex combinations, in bare feet or with slippers, shoes, skates, skis,...
A FAST Model for Underwater Debris Flows
Geologic research continues to play a significant role at the Institute for Creation Research, as it has since its founding. Recognizing that the great Flood of Noah's day accomplished significant geologic...
ICR's Impact: The Alpha Omega Institute
Dave and Mary Jo Nutting were college instructors in math and science in Alaska when they came upon Dr. Duane Gish's Evolution: The Fossils Say No! in a secondhand bookstore. "The book cost a mere...
Censorship in Texas: Fighting Academic and Religious Di.,.
"Stop the presses!" That was one of the effects of the decision of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 2008, when the Institute for Creation Research...
Conflicts Between Text and Theology
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto...
Taking God at His Word
"Please open your Bibles to Genesis chapter one." With this, Dr. John MacArthur opened the 2009 Shepherds' Conference. For the next hour, he told nearly 3,200 church leaders that no self-respecting...
The Graffiti of Judgment
When Bible-believing Christians who hold to creation are discriminatorily "expelled" from the academic arena, they can look to the Book of Daniel for encouragement. Why? Because Daniel was excluded,...
Made in His Image: Balancing Body Temperature
A major achievement for design engineers is building precise control mechanisms for active processes. Lives depend on the precision in which certain processes are maintained, such as the manufacture of...
Catastrophic Superfaults and the Biblical Flood
The more we study about the great Flood of Noah's Day, the more we realize it was a time of vast tectonic change on earth. Scripture provides the basic framework for all knowledge, but doesn't necessarily...
The Completed 'Rest' of the Lord
The day-age theory, which posits that the creation days of Genesis were not 24-hour days but long "ages" spread over many years, is often used by old-earth creation adherents to compromise the...
Anchors Away? Confronting biblical drift among today's .,.
February 2009 was a hallmark month for those who communicate biblical truth--something the Institute for Creation Research has been involved in for the past 40 years. While the world lit candles for Charles...
A Tectonic Origin for the Kingston Peak Formation
The National Creation Science Foundation (NCSF) has received several fine proposals for NCSF grant-supported research, and many of these proposals have already been funded. One such proposal was submitted...
An Overview of Day-Age's Errors
Many Bible scholars today are buying into the day-age theory of origins. They seem to believe that their biblical views must conform to their mental image of how the world functions today and must be confirmed...
Predation Did Not Come from Evolution
Although the origin of predation is poorly understood, it is incorrect to attribute to young-earth creation the assertion that predatory animals quickly and recently evolved the physical features necessary...
What a Difference a Day Makes
What is a day? Inventing a timepiece requires intelligent design,1 and the "day" is no exception. From the very beginning, Genesis 1:14 reveals, days were invented to measure time....
Did Plant Growth Require Vast Ages?
In the Western world, most people--even many Christians--are convinced that science has proven evolution and its millions-of-years timescale. In believing this, they generally do not separate the naturalistic...
Made in His Image: From Solar Energy to Human Energy
Plants use biological systems that harvest light energy from the sun to convert environmental water and carbon dioxide into tiny carbon/hydrogen energy units stored within them. When people eat those energy...
Unraveling the Deeds of a Dangerous Man
To say that Charles Darwin influenced his world greatly cannot be disputed. To say that he was a great man is an unfortunate exaggeration.
Nevertheless, much of the world will celebrate the life and work...
Darwin's Dangerous Doctrine
Nearly every candidate for pastoral ordination has been challenged with the charge given by the Apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 4:2-3:
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke,...
Made in His Image: Human Gestation
Admittedly the prospect of pregnancy only applies to half of humanity, but the other half should find the process equally astounding. The real star of the show, however, is the developing baby, who was...
Charles Darwin: The Man Behind the Monkey
Who: Charles Robert Darwin
When: February 12, 1809 - April 19, 1882
Where: Shrewsbury, England
What: Father of the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural...
The Development and Deficits of Darwin's Theory
In 1831 the British Admiralty recruited a naturalist to accompany Captain Robert FitzRoy of the Royal Navy on a voyage in the HMS Beagle to survey the coasts of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, Chile, and...
Man of Science, Man of God: Henry M. Morris
Who: Henry Madison Morris
What: Father of Modern Creation Science Movement
When: October 6, 1918 - February 25, 2006
Where: Dallas, Texas
Henry M. Morris is widely recognized as the founder of the...
To Tell the Truth: The danger of accommodating Darwinis.,.
"What is truth?" asked Pontius Pilate as Truth incarnate stood before him.1 Whether the Roman governor was interested in the answer is doubtful, but we must ask ourselves who was...
Darwin's First Wrong Turn
On April 26, 1834, a 25-year-old man, without a college science degree, walked up a rocky slope on the north bank of a big river in southern Argentina. He saw the six-mile-wide valley of the Santa Cruz...
The Big Bang, Multiverse, and Other Tales about Outer Space
There are two common misconceptions about evolution. The first is that many people believe that Charles Darwin invented the idea of evolution. This is not true, for as far back as the ancient Greeks evolutionary...
Chemistry by Chance: A Formula for Non-Life
Scientists observe life today in order to determine what processes were at work when life originated on this planet. It would be like looking at a 100-year-old photograph to determine which camera was...
Darwinian Medicine: A Prescription for Failure
Although the field of medicine experienced major advances in the 20th century, it also embraced mistakes and outright atrocities caused by the introduction of evolutionary thinking. Setbacks to the profession...
The Iron Grip of Darwinism on Education
The 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth is being celebrated all over the world. In 1909, Darwin's 100th birthday celebration was sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences. The first "Darwin...
ICR Research Advances with the NCSF
The research wing of ICR has an impressive slate of research projects underway. As announced in October, ICR has launched a new foundation, the National Creation Science Foundation (NCSF), which will consider...
Made in His Image: Human Reproduction
A new life is started the moment a human sperm cell unites with a human egg. Sounds simple, doesn't it? A person can decide for himself, but he will need to follow along very closely to catch all of the...
2008: Laying the Groundwork for Growth
New Year's Day is one of the best days of the year. Not only do we take a much-needed rest before jumping into the next 364 days, but we have the opportunity to reflect on the previous twelve months...
The Human 'Stars' of Christmas
Have you ever wondered why the angels announced the birth of Jesus Christ to shepherds? Are you a bit curious about what drove the wise men to travel all the way from "the east"? Why Mary and...
Rapid Surging of Glacial Ice Lobes
J. Harlen Bretz published an article in the Journal of Geology in 1923 that described a catastrophic flood that swept across eastern Washington state near the end of the Ice Age. He claimed that it eroded...
Man of Science, Man of God: George Washington Carver
Who: George Washington Carver
What: Father of Modern Agriculture
When: 1864 or 1865 - January 5, 1943
Where: Diamond Grove, Missouri
Probably no other scientist has had to face as many...
Sleuthing Superfaults
The catastrophic processes during and following the Genesis Flood continue to amaze and challenge geologists and geophysicists. Mountain building, faulting, and other geologic processes are believed...
Man of Science, Man of God: Louis Pasteur
Who: Louis Jean Pasteur
What: Father of Modern Microbiology
When: December 27, 1822 - September 28, 1895
Where: Arbois, France
Little was known about preventative medicine and the causes of...
Book Review: Slaughter of the Dissidents
Slaughter of the Dissidents: The Shocking Truth about Killing the Careers of Darwin Doubters
by Dr. Jerry Bergman
(Leafcutter Press, 2008, 477 pages)
If Ben Stein's 2008 documentary film Expelled: No...
How Young Is the Earth? Applying Simple Math to Data Pr.,.
When Abraham was born, how old (or young) was the earth? Can we know the answer with confidence? Yes, if God has given us the information we need in Genesis. And He has. But to recognize it requires...
ICR Makes Major Contributions to ICC
A major portion of the research reported at the 6th International Conference on Creationism (ICC) during August 3-7, 2008, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was conducted by scientists associated with ICR....
Man of Science, Man of God: Gregor Johann Mendel
Who: Gregor Johann Mendel
What: Father of Modern Genetics
When: July 20, 1822 - January 6, 1884
Where: Heinzendorf, Hapsburg Empire (Modern-Day Czech Republic)
Gregor Mendel was an Austrian-born,...
National Creation Science Foundation Awards First Grant
The National Creation Science Foundation (NCSF), ICR's new funding initiative to promote quality research, has awarded its first grant to eminent geologist Dr. Steve Austin. NCSF has signed a major...
Capitulating on Creation: Changing the truth of God int.,.
A few weeks ago, two local seminary students stopped by the ICR headquarters in Dallas. One of them, a Th.M. student, regularly receives our Acts & Facts magazine. As I showed them around, we chatted...
Meteorite Analysis Begins
When ICR's Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth (RATE) study ended in 2005, several projects had not been completed. Among these were studies on meteorites, additional carbon-14 work on diamonds, and...
Man of Science, Man of God: James Clerk Maxwell
Who: James Clerk Maxwell
What: Father of Electromagnetic Theory
When: June 13, 1831 - November 5, 1879
Where: Edinburgh, Scotland
From an early age, James Clerk Maxwell had an astonishing...
Profitable Labor
The American celebration of Labor Day was established to recognize the important part played by workers in the development of the nation during the Industrial Revolution. Many countries today now hold...
Book Review: Persuaded by the Evidence
Persuaded by the Evidence: True Stories of Faith, Science, & the Power of a Creator
by Doug Sharp & Dr. Jerry Bergman,
Compilation Editors
(Master Books, 2008, 288 pages)
A theme throughout...
Creation, Conservation, and Consummation: Communicating.,.
The Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life released its second report based on the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey this past June. This enormous undertaking surveyed 35,000 Americans and concluded that...
Can Divergent Species of Snakes Interbreed?
Evolution predicts that as new species of animals are developed by mutation and selection, they will form offspring that will not interbreed. This prevents the new species from being recombined back into...
Man of Science, Man of God: Michael Faraday
Who: Michael Faraday
What: Father of Electromagnetism
When: September 22, 1791 - August 25, 1867
Where: South London, England
Michael Faraday was arguably the best experimentalist in the history...
New Campus Supports Local Church Initiative
The Institute for Creation Research partners with ministries all around the world. But it recently had the opportunity to lend part of its Dallas campus to local Fellowship Church in nearby Grapevine,...
Sowing the Creation Message
History is a great teacher. From time to time, it is helpful for ICR to review its history and refresh its memory about the Lord's blessings and direction that have brought us to where we are. Those "landmarks"...
Man of Science, Man of God: William Kirby
Who: William Kirby
What: Father of Entomology
When: September 19, 1759 - July 4, 1850
Where: Born in Witnesham, Suffolk, England
William Kirby must have been an unusual fellow, since he derived...
The "Fatal Flaws" of Darwinian Theory
Evolutionary genetic theory has a series of apparent "fatal flaws" that are well known to population geneticists, but that have not been effectively communicated to other scientists or the public....
Where Has Academic Freedom Gone in Texas?
As many of you may know, the Institute for Creation Research Graduate School (ICRGS) has recently been denied the right to grant degrees in Texas. Although this is a temporary setback for us,...
Diamonds May Be a Creationist's Best Friend
During the Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth (RATE) project, Andrew Snelling discovered evidence for a young earth and accelerated nuclear decay based on the presence of polonium radiohalos near uranium...
Book Review: Heaven Without Her
Heaven Without Her: A Desperate Daughter's Search for the Heart of Her Mother's Faith
by Kitty Foth-Regner
(Thomas Nelson, 2008, 272 pages)
I look forward to death, except for one reason...
Never Stop Questioning
And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed--if all records told the same tale--then the lie passed into history and became truth. "Who controls the past" ran the Party slogan,...
Man of Science, Man of God: Charles Bell
Who: Charles Bell
What: Premier Anatomist and Surgeon
When: November 12, 1774 - April 28, 1842
Where: Born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Sir Charles Bell--anatomist, surgeon, physiologist,...
Communicating the Wonders of God's Creation
God is the great communicator. The very first chapter of Genesis records no fewer than ten times that "God said…," revealing the Creator's heart to the world and its inhabitants. In Genesis...
Mitochondrial DNA and a Recent Human Origin
A team of scientists that includes Dr. Daniel Criswell of ICR has recently completed a study of mitochondrial DNA and will be presenting its work at this summer's International Conference on Creationism....
Man of Science, Man of God: Isaac Newton
Who: Isaac Newton
What: Father of Universal Gravitation
When: January 4, 1643 - March 31, 1727
Where: Woolsthorpe, a hamlet of Lincolnshire, England
Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in...
Book Review: The Genesis Factor
The Genesis Factor
edited by Ron J. Bigalke, Jr.
(Master Books, 2008, 254 pages)
A common refrain within creation science circles is "Creation is the foundation." And indeed it is, as we see...
The Evidence of Nothing
Evaluating evidence is a key component in the search for truth, not only in science but in other areas of life. The ability to identify supporting facts and data is vital for proving or disproving a...
Cosmic Magnetic Fields
What is the origin of the magnetic fields we observe in the universe? Dr. D. Russell Humphreys, research physicist at ICR, has developed an explanation for the magnetic fields of earth, other planets in...
Man of Science, Man of God: Robert Boyle
Who: Robert Boyle
What: Father of Modern Chemistry
When: January 25, 1627 - December 30, 1691
Where: Born in Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland
Irish natural philosopher Robert Boyle...
Intelligence Expelled
"Ideas have consequences." With these words, Premise Media CFO Ralph Manning summarized Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed at an early screening event in Fort Worth, Texas. The new film, starring...
Exploring the Limitations of the Scientific Method
In this day of iPods, cell phones, the Internet, and other fruits of modern science and technology, most people have at least a passing awareness of the concept of the scientific method. But just what...
Ice Age Glaciers at Yosemite National Park
Glaciers once filled Yosemite Valley almost to the top of Half Dome, stretching over Tuolumne Meadows and to Tioga Pass near the top of the Sierra Nevada. Large fields of granite that are now exposed...
Man of Science, Man of God: Johann Kepler
Who: Johann (or Johannes) Kepler
What: Father of Physical Astronomy
When: December 27, 1571 - November 15, 1630
Where: Born in Weil der Stadt, Württemburg, Holy Roman Empire,...
New Doors in Dallas
After much toil and prayer, an empty building shell has been transformed into the new ICR academic and research center. Several faculty members are now in residence, along with the IT Department. The geology...
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Human Heart
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my comandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! (Deuteronomy 5:29)
God's emphasis...
Mantle Rotation and the Flood
In August 2005, ICR installed a highspeed research computer and gave it the name Epiphany (to reveal or show forth) to reflect its purpose in using computer modeling to explore the natural processes of...
One Birthday, Two Legacies
On the 12th day of February 1809, two children were born who would each have a profound impact on the world--one that affected not just the people of his time, but continues to have an almost immeasurable...
The Biblical Origins of Modern Science
One of the most serious fallacies of modern thought is the widespread notion that biblical Christianity is in conflict with true science and, therefore, that genuine scientists cannot believe the Bible....
FAST Progress
At the heart of ICR’s work is the belief that the inspired Word of God is relevant and accurate in all areas of life. To that end, we have undertaken scientific research to underscore the truth...
RATE in Review: Unresolved Problems
This month I will complete a three-part review of the RATE project (Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth). In October I presented the background considerations leading up to the project. In November...
God's Everlasting Mercy
God's mercy is a monumental theme in Scripture, the English word appearing some 341 times in the Bible. The four Hebrew and three Greek words associated with this term appear a total of 454 times and are...
RATE in Review: Reading Genesis as History
In the October Research column, I reviewed some of the background considerations for ICR’s recently-concluded RATE project (Radioisotopes and the Age of The Earth). The primary hypothesis developed...
The Internet Battleground
Forty million adults use the Internet as their primary source of news and information about science.1 But finding answers to questions of origins is fraught with danger on...
RATE in Review
In the two years since RATE (Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth) reported its findings in several books, articles, and documentaries, the response within the creationist community has been generally...
San Diego to Host International Creation Conference in 2008
The sixth gathering of the International Conference on Creationism will be held next summer in San Diego on August 3-6. Nearly 100 abstracts have been accepted for the conference by the peer review...
A FAST Summer in the Grand Canyon & Wyoming
The summer of 2007 has gone by FAST—in terms of research, that is. ICR’s Flood Activated Sedimentation and Tectonics geology research program saw exciting progress in four of its seven projects.
Coconino...
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