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Greatest Earthquakes of the Bible - Oct 1, 2010

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Steven A. Austin, Ph.D. - The Holy Land is a region where earthquakes occur frequently. By one means or another, big earthquakes have been documented in the Holy Land for a period exceeding 4,000 years.1 Many are known from history and literature, especially the Bible. Holy...

Supervolcanoes and the Mount St. Helens Eruption - May 1, 2010

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Steven A. Austin, Ph.D. - 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 century. Mount St. Helens was not the...

The Scientific and Scriptural Impact of Amos' Earthquake - Feb 1, 2010

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Steven A. Austin, Ph.D. - 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 source of history. But science continues to...

Christian Geologists Influential at GSA Meeting - Dec 1, 2009

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Steven A. Austin, Ph.D. - 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 practice, and assemble once a year to further...

Darwin's First Wrong Turn - Feb 1, 2009

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Steven A. Austin, Ph.D. - 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 River and observed the valley's basalt cliffs....

Red Rock Pass: Spillway of the Bonneville Flood - Jul 1, 2008

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Steven A. Austin, Ph.D. - Scenic places fascinate geologists, especially vistas that generate profound thoughts. Sometimes these thoughts challenge our customary ways of viewing our world. On my "top ten list" of favorite places on earth is Red Rock Pass, a...

Do Radioisotope Clocks Need Repair? Testing the Assumptions of Isochron Dating Using K-Ar, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, and Pb-Pb Isotopes - Nov 1, 2005

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Steven A. Austin, Ph.D. - RATE II: Radioisotopes and the Age of The Earth: Results of a Young-Earth Creationist Research Initiative, (Volume II), L. Vardiman et al., eds. (San Diego, CA: Institute for Creation Research and the Creation Research Society,...

Washington Scablands and the Lake Missoula Flood - Oct 10, 2005

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Steven A. Austin, Ph.D. - More than one hundred years ago, geologists began to ponder the landforms in eastern Washington State. They noticed that the land surface is essentially flat and underlain by thick and extensive basalt flows, with only a thin soil cover. They called...

Strive For The Work Of God - Mar 26, 2004

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Steven A. Austin, Ph.D. - "Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible" (I Corinthians 9:25). Paul reminds us that his service and work for God was like the Olympic...

The Ocean - Feb 27, 2004

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Steven A. Austin, Ph.D. - "He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: He layeth up the depth in storehouses" (Psalm 33:7). The ocean, the virtually unexplored mass covering seventy-one percent of the earth's surface and comprising a volume of 340...

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