Let me tell you about everything I did yesterday. I woke up at 5:45 and read thirty-two chapters in my Bible. After that, I did my regular thirty-mile bike ride, then gathered eggs from the henhouse and butchered a pig so I could fix myself bacon and eggs for breakfast. After breakfast I went to …
Category: Geology
An ICR Video About “Did a Global Flood Really Happen? Here’s the Proof!”
Here's a video from the Institute for Creation Research, introduced by ICR with, "Did a Global Flood Really Happen? Here's the Proof!" Facebook Video — https://www.facebook.com/reel/879149367477349 TikTok — https://www.tiktok.com/@daystartv/video/7413878648874339615?_r=1&_t=ZP-8z953y7HFwk I know that Randy Guliuzza of the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) has good intentions. Like me, he believes the Bible is inerrant and authoritative, and …
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Post-Flood Residual Catastrophism: A Response to Episode 112 of the “Let’s Talk Creation” Podcast
A major problem with young-Earth creationist (YEC) flood geology—aside from it not being taught in Genesis—is the sheer number of geological events that need to be squeezed into a very short period of time. When one considers the numbers and diversity of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock bodies; the complex nature of the fossil record, …
Book Review – Rethinking Radiometric Dating
Rethinking Radiometric Dating: Evidence for a Young Earth from a Nuclear Physicist by Vernon Cupps was published in 2019 and is part of the Institute for Creation Research’s “In-Depth Science” series of books. The book has 19 short chapters spread over 138 pages. Six of the chapters have only three pages of text, and none …
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My Path from Young-Earth to Old-Earth Creationism
I was a young-Earth creationist (YEC) before I was a Christian. I'll qualify that statement a bit. I became a YEC at age 15, but did not understand the gospel of God's grace through Jesus Christ until age 19. That is when I came to a clear faith in Christ and began to experience real …
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What does Mt St Helens teach us about Noah’s flood? Almost nothing.
All I got from Mt St Helens (MSH) in the days following its May 18, 1980 eruption was a few pretty sunsets. I was an undergraduate student in my first year at the University of Utah, and most of the ash cloud passed far north of Salt Lake City. MSH became more significant for me …
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A catastrophic video
This five-minute "Noah's Flood and Catastrophic Plate Tectonics" video was recently released by Genesis Apologetics. It has as shown up in my Facebook feed several times this week, so I decided to watch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V68p75xhrSk I have no doubt that the producer(s) of this video mean well. They believe the Bible, and want to provide …
Six Geological Reasons Why I am Not a Young-Earth Creationist Part 1 — Igneous Rocks
This is the first in a planned six-part series of Six Geological Reasons Why I am Not a Young-Earth Creationist. I am a Christian who holds to the inerrancy and authority of the Bible, and who also has a master’s degree in geology. I have previously given my biblical and theological reasons why I believe …
Book review — Friend of Science, Friend of Faith
Davidson, Gregg, 2019, Friend of Science, Friend of Faith: Listening to God in His Works and Word, Kregel Academic, 297 p. Gregg Davidson, a Christian, is Chair of Geology and Geological Engineering at the University of Mississippi. Friend of Science, Friend of Faith opens with the story of Riley, a Christian college student working toward …
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Review – Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins
Bishop, R.C., Funck, L.L., Lewis, R.J., Moshier, S.O., and Walton, J.H, 2018, Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins: Cosmology, Geology, and Biology in Christian Perspective, Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 659 p. https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Scientific-Theories-Origins-Christianity/dp/0830852913/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547601156&sr=8-1&keywords=understanding+scientific+theories+of+origins Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins is authored by five professors from Wheaton College. Wheaton is an Evangelical institution with rigorous admissions standards, and therefore …
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Book Review – Two young-Earth creationist books about Yellowstone expose how YECs cannot explain Yellowstone geology
Your Guide to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks: A Different Perspective, by John Hergenrather, Tom Vail, Mike Oard, and Dennis Bokovoy The Geology of Yellowstone: A Biblical Guide, by Patrick Nurre Young-Earth creationists (YECs) believe that the Bible requires that almost all features of Earth’s crust are the result of Noah’s Flood about 4300 …
Yellowstone National Park — Another bad answer from Answers in Genesis
This brief article on Yellowstone National Park from Answers in Genesis is exceptionally bad. https://answersingenesis.org/creation-vacations/yellowstone-national-park/ Answers in Genesis -- "The volcano that left the enormous crater at Yellowstone was far greater than anything we observe today. While modern craters measure barely 20 square miles (52 km2), the crater at Yellowstone covers about 1,500 square miles …
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Short Answer — Mt St Helens and young-Earth creationism
Here is my standard short answer to the young-Earth creationist claim that the deposits formed by the 1980s eruptions of Mt St Helens demonstrate that Noah's flood could be responsible for the sedimentary rock record. The deposits of Mt St Helens (MSH) demonstrate that volcanoes can do a lot of geologic work in a short …
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Six theological reasons why Christians do not have to embrace six-day young-Earth creationism
A vocal set of Christians believes that the book of Genesis requires the age of the universe and Earth to be something like 6000 years. This belief is being reinforced by the release last year (2017) of the documentary Is Genesis History?, which was narrated by Del Tackett, and produced by Thomas Purifoy. The film …
“Genesis: Paradise Lost” — A film review by an old-Earth Christian
On two nights this past week (Nov 13 and 16, 2017), the young-Earth creationist (YEC) documentary Genesis: Paradise Lost was shown in select movie theaters across America. I spent $15 (the most I have ever spent for a movie) and sat in the upper corner of the theater where there was a little light that …
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Review of Earth Science textbook in Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
There have been a number of positive reviews of my Earth Science textbook Earth Science: God's World, Our Home, published by Novare Science and Math. One of the most comprehensive reviews is in the journal Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith (Volume 69, Number 2, June 2017, pp. 111-113). The review was written by a …
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Using Google Earth for Earth Science Education
I am creating a series of Google Earth labs to use with my middle school Earth Science textbook Earth Science: God's World, Our Home. For the most part, these labs could be used with other textbooks as well, though I do occasionally refer to figures or pages in my textbook. At this stage, I would love …
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RTB review of Earth Science textbook
Reasons to Believe (old-Earth Christian apologetics organization of Hugh Ross et al.) has a nice review of my new textbook Earth Science: God's World, Our Home. "Overall, Earth Science: God’s World, Our Home is an outstanding textbook to add to an old-earth science curriculum. Compared to a few years ago, we now have a rich …
Biologos interview
The folks at Biologos.org have interviewed me regarding Earth Science: God's World, Our Home, my new middle school textbook published by Novare Science and Math. http://biologos.org/blogs/chris-stump-equipping-educators/new-science-textbook-celebrates-ancient-age-of-earth-from-christian-perspective
An old-Earth Christian at the Creation Museum Part 1 — Rescuing souls but sinking the ship
I recently spent about seven hours at the Creation Museum run by the young-Earth creationist (YEC) organization Answers in Genesis in northern Kentucky (I visited the museum, not the new Ark Encounter). As I anticipated, the exhibits at the museum are all of the highest quality. Whether the displays were animatronic dinosaurs, dioramas of the …
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