Here are my "top 10" books that have had an impact on my life. Some of them have impacted millions of other people; a few may not be on the "top 10" list of anyone else on the planet. I would put the Bible as the #1 book, but it needs to be on its …
Category: Geology
Billings house demolished by rock slide
People like to build in pretty places. In Billings, Montana (where I spent the first eighteen years of my life), there are plenty of big houses along the Rimrocks, a cliff that forms the northern border of much of the city. Part of the landscaping for these expensive homes is the sandstone boulders, many of …
Creation Geology Society 2010 abstracts
The leading young-Earth creationist geologists (the Creation Geology Society) met in Georgia this summer, and they have released abstracts of the following thirteen talks. Submarine Liquefied Sediment Gravity Currents: Understanding the Mechanics of the Major Sediment Transportation and Deposition Agent during the Global Flood (S.A. Austin, Institute for Creation Research) Persistence of Dolomite in the …
Dinosaur footprints part 4
About two years ago I wrote three posts on young-Earth creationist (YEC) claims of human footprints being found with dinosaur footprints, and the problems that footprint fossils in general cause for the young-Earth catastrophic "flood geology" model. Following the wrong footprints Following more wrong footprints Dinosaur footprints part 3 To their credit, the major YEC …
“Apologetics Study Bible for Students” on the age of the Earth
I recently paged through the Apologetics Study Bible for Students from the Southern Baptist B&H Publishing Group, and was pleased to see a balanced approach to the questions of the age of the Earth, the extent of the flood, and even somewhat on the role of biological evolution. Here's the section on the age of …
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Perhaps the oceans haven’t been created yet
Last year I published a blog post regarding young-Earth creationists' use of seawater composition to "prove" that Earth is nowhere near 4.5 billion years old (Aluminum and the 100-year old oceans). This argument is one that needs to be added to their growing "Arguments creationists should not use" page, but it continues to make the …
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Earthquake theology
With today's massive earthquake in Chile, and last month's deadly tremor in Haiti, I have a few questions for your theological pondering: Are earthquakes part of God's good creation, or did they commence with the human fall into sin? Are earthquakes good or evil? (or neutral?) Is God glorified in any way by earthquakes? Are …
Lessons from Haiti
Christian geologist Charles Carrigan has written an article about the earthquake in Haiti on the Olivet Nazarene University's blog: Guest Feature: Tragedy and geology in the recent Haiti earthquake. Some of my thoughts after reading this (not all directly related to what Carrigan wrote about): Earthquakes do not have to kill. The 2010 Haiti earthquake …
U-Haul trucks — geological billboards
Here's the side of our U-Haul truck from our Colorado to Missouri move last month: Like many U-Haul trucks, this one had a geological theme depicted on its side: Did you know... Strange flora, previously unknown to science, were discovered in the hidden Ketona Dolomite Glades, an area often referred to as a "botanical lost …
Earth Observatory goodies
Here are some more great images from NASA's Earth Observatory: Grace and Peace
Book Review: Beyond Creation Science (part 2)
In part one of my book review of Beyond Creation Science by Timothy Martin and Jeffrey Vaughn, I stated that the authors succeeded admirably in one of their objectives, which was to present a Biblical case against young-Earth creationism, with its 6000-year old Earth and global flood. Their second, and perhaps primary, objective was to …
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The ESV Study Bible on creation — Genesis 1
A few weeks ago, I looked at what the ESV Study Bible had to say about the doctrine of creation in its introduction to the book of Genesis (click here). The ESV Study Bible Introduction to Genesis gives an overview of the various interpretations (calendar-day, day-age, etc.), a discussion about the relationship between Genesis and …
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Book Review: Beyond Creation Science (part 1)
Two popular topics among Evangelical Christians for the past several decades have been origins---especially young-Earth creationism---and dispensational end-times eschatology (eschatology is the doctrine of the last things, including the return of Christ and the final judgment). Young-earth creationism has certainly been the prevailing dogma in Evangelical Christian education and in many churches and Christian colleges. …
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Mars dust devil trails
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day: Martian Dust Devil Trails The APOD description for this image: Who's been marking up Mars? This portion of a recent high-resolution picture from the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows twisting dark trails criss-crossing light colored terrain on the martian surface. Newly formed trails like these …
Earth Observatory — recent images
Some recent images from NASA's Earth Observatory Image of the Day: Grace and Peace
Answers in Genesis conference — day 2
I wasn't really happy with the first iteration of my "Answers in Genesis conference -- day 2" post" so I have rewritten it. Here it is again, hopefully somewhat improved. On Sunday night, I attended part of day two of the Answers in Genesis "special outreach" with Dr. Terry Mortenson (PhD in the History of …
The ESV Study Bible on creation — Introduction and Introduction to Genesis
The ESV Study Bible (ESV is the English Standard Version translation) is a masterpiece of conservative Evangelical scholarship. The scholars who put this volume together are highly-qualified Bible experts who have a high respect for the Bible as the Word of God. For those of you not familiar with the concept of a study Bible, …
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Answers in Genesis conference — day 1
I went to an Answers in Genesis "special outreach" conference today. The speaker was Terry Mortenson, and the topic was "Was Darwin Right?" (though the AiG web site said the topic would be "The Age of the Earth & Why it Matters"). Here are some things that stood out to me: A common young-Earth strategy …
Six bad arguments from Answers in Genesis (Part 6)
This is part six of a six-part series examining supposed evidences for a global flood that have recently appeared on the Answers in Genesis web site. The people at AiG are my brothers and sisters in Christ, and I share their love for the Lord Jesus Christ, their respect for the Bible as the Word …
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The tragedy of “creation evangelism”
Creation evangelism: using young-Earth creationism (Earth < 10,000 years old, most of geology is the product of Noah's flood) to win people to faith in Christ. There are many people who have come to faith in Christ through young-Earth creation ministries such as Answers in Genesis, the Institute for Creation Research, and a multitude of …
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