Answers with Ken Ham: Recent Episodes
Ken Ham and Mark Looy
Ken Ham is president of Answers in Genesis and cofounder of the 75,000-square-foot Creation Museum. This daily, 60-second audio program is also broadcast on over 950 radio stations.
This is Ken Ham, a publisher of the award-winning Answers magazine.The Bible and evolution provide two very different histories of the earth. According to the Bible, God created the universe, and everything in it, in just six days a few thousand years ago.
Evolution says the universe is billions of years old and that life is the result of millions of years of evolution. Both can’t be right!
Well, it should come as no surprise to Christians that the evidence confirms God’s Word. The example we looked at this week was soft tissue in fossils. It shouldn’t be there if these fossils are millions of years old, but it’s no problem in a biblical timescale. You know, as always, the Bible got it right.
Dig Deeper* Solid Answers on Soft Tissue * Creation vs. Evolution
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to come to Northern Kentucky to see the Ark Encounter.The most popular example of soft tissue in the fossil record is collagen that was found in a T. rex femur that was supposedly 65 million years old. Of course, collagen can’t last nearly that long. But that’s not the most amazing example of soft tissue in supposedly old fossils.
Precambrian rocks are considered some of the oldest rocks on earth. Well, scientists uncovered some tube worm fossils in this rock layer. These fossils had proteins that were still flexible! And they were dated at half a billion years!
There’s no way these proteins remained intact and flexible for that long. Soft tissue in fossils confirms a young earth.
Dig Deeper* Solid Answers on Soft Tissue * Climbing the “Ladder of Life” in the Grand Canyon
This is Ken Ham, editor of the popular The New Answers Book apologetics series.How long does DNA last? Scientists experimented on some fossil bones to see how fast one kind of DNA, called mitochondrial DNA, decays. They discovered this DNA couldn’t last more than 650,000 years before it’s totally destroyed.
Well, scientists have reported finding DNA in some insects that were preserved in amber. Supposedly these insects died 30 million years ago. And yet we can still find their DNA even though it lasts far less than that!
This is powerful evidence for a young earth. Those insects aren’t that old because our earth was created by God just a few thousand years ago.
Dig Deeper* Solid Answers on Soft Tissue * First Fossil Mosquito Found Filled with Blood
This is Ken Ham, a frequent speaker in churches and at conferences around the world.Collagen is a tough protein found in the bones and skin of humans and many different animals. Oxygen and chemicals destroy collagen over time. Experiments have shown that collagen can’t last longer than 900,000 years under ideal burial conditions. And ideal conditions aren’t usually what you find in nature!
Why does this matter? Well, collagen has been found in fossils including a T. rex femur thought to be millions of years old. But it still had collagen in it and that can’t last even one million years!
These fossils aren’t old; they’re young just as we’d expect starting with God’s Word.
Dig Deeper* Solid Answers on Soft Tissue * Preservation of Dinosaur Protein Fragments Flies in the Face of Evolution’s Millions-of-Years
This is Ken Ham, inviting you and your family to see the Ark Encounter attraction.In 2005, a scientist shocked the scientific community when she published a dramatic find. In a femur bone from a fossilized T. rex her team found soft tissue: red blood cells, blood vessels, and collagen proteins that were still stretchy.
Now this find was shocking because no evolutionist expected to find soft tissue from a dinosaur that they believe died 68 million years ago. And yet here it was!
As we’ll see all this week, soft tissue simply can’t last for millions of years. This find is dramatic evidence that dinosaurs weren’t buried millions of years ago.
Dig Deeper* Solid Answers on Soft Tissue * Two: Those Not-So-Dry Bones
This is Ken Ham, author of the newly updated The Lie: Evolution and Millions of Years.Not long ago if you asked someone how many genders there are, you’d hear “two; male and female.” Now ask that today and you’ll probably get a confusing answer. You see, we live in a day when people think gender can be whatever you want it to be.
What’s happened? Well, our culture has replaced the firm foundation of God’s Word with man’s opinion. If God’s Word isn’t the foundation for morality than “anything goes.” But according to God’s Word, “God created them male and female.” There are only two genders. Instead of making decisions based on fallible feelings, we need to look to Scripture for solid answers.
Dig Deeper* Transgender Identity—Wishing Away God’s Design * Transgender Solution Comparison: Surgery vs. the Gospel
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the Ark Encounter attraction in Northern Kentucky.Evolutionists argue that our bodies contain useless organs supposedly leftover from our evolutionary past. But all these organs have a function.
The most popular supposed “vestigial” organ is the appendix. For years scientists thought it was useless. But now we know it helps the immune system and provides a place for good bacteria to “hide” during an illness.
How about the tailbone? Well, this bone is far from useless! All the muscles of your pelvic floor anchor to this bone. It keeps your organs in place and allows you to walk and sit.
Our bodies aren’t full of useless evolutionary leftovers. They were designed by the Creator.
Dig Deeper* “Vestigial” Organs * The Human Tail and Other Tales of Evolution
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on science and the Bible’s reliability.Earlier this year a prominent young atheist was filmed asking a group of Christians a version of “if there’s a good God, why is there so much death and suffering?” You see, sadly most of the Christians couldn’t answer.
But there are answers when we start with God’s Word. God’s original creation was “very good,” there was no death or suffering. But the first people rebelled against God and the penalty was death. Death and suffering aren’t God’s fault. It’s ours because of sin.
But God himself took our penalty for us when he died on the cross in our place. Then he rose from the dead and now offers eternal life to all who will believe.
Dig Deeper* Why Does God’s Creation Include Death and Suffering? * Why Do God’s Children Suffer?
This is Ken Ham, author of the book on the flood and the ark, A Flood of Evidence.A few years ago, a flood barrier was installed to protect the island city of Venice, Italy from winter storm surges. But it also protected a sandbar that used to wash away every year. Well, that sandbar is now an island with a flourishing ecosystem with flowers, rushes, and even trees!
You see, this is a tiny reminder of what happened after the global flood of Noah’s day. Plants fill in any bare soil very quickly, and that brings in insects and birds and other larger animals. It doesn’t take long for a new ecosystem to emerge and, in the rapidly changing post-flood world, creatures quickly adapted and settled into new environments.
Dig Deeper* How Did Plants Survive and Disperse after the Flood? * Forests in Antarctica After the Flood?
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on the truth of God’s Word and the gospel.Last year a study found gas produced by plankton in Antarctica cool the earth much more than thought. Now, the gas rises into the atmosphere where it forms aerosols that reflect heat back into space. It’s a massive cooling mechanism—and it had never been properly measured before!
In other words, there’s still so much we don’t know about climate—and that explains why models keep making wrong predictions. We don’t need to freak out over climate change. Our climate was designed by God, broken by sin, impacted by the flood, and has varied since then. And someday God will make a new earth with a perfect climate once again.
Dig Deeper* New Study Finds Our Climate Is More Complex Than Previously Thought * Environmentalism: A Biblical Perspective
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to have an encounter with God’s Word at Ark Encounter.When Jesus spoke of his coming judgment, he said it would be like that in the days of Noah. People would be eating, drinking, and getting married, not realizing judgment was around the corner.
It’s interesting that Jesus compares his coming judgment to one that happened in the past. Now, many Christians say Noah’s flood was just a local flood. But what does this say about the coming judgment? Is Jesus going to come and just judge some people living in a certain area? Of course not! The Bible is clear that everyone will be judged.
Just like the past judgment on Noah’s evil world was global, so is Jesus’ coming judgment.
Dig Deeper* Noah’s Flood and Judgment * Creation, Flood, and Coming Fire
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on science and the Bible.Because of compromise with millions of years, many Christians say that Noah’s flood was just a local event in Mesopotamia. But as we’ve seen, this view has a lot of biblical problems, including making God a liar.
You see, after the flood God put a rainbow in the sky and made a promise to Noah and his descendants that he would never flood the earth like that again. But if it was just a local flood, God didn’t keep his promise. There have been thousands of devastating local floods since Noah’s day.
When we don’t start with God’s Word, we make him out to be a liar. But the Bible says, “let God be true, and every man a liar.”
Dig Deeper* Local Flood Theory: Why It Doesn’t Work * Were There Rainbows Before the Flood?
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s Ark in Kentucky.If you’ve visited Ark Encounter, your first thought was probably “wow! The ark was huge!” Most people don’t realize how big the ark actually was until they see it for themselves.
Now why did Noah need to build such a big ship? Well, because he, his family, the animals, and a year’s worth of supplies needed to be onboard. There was even room for anyone who repented but no one did.
Now, some people think the flood was just a local event. But then why would God ask Noah to build such a big ship when he and his family could’ve just moved away?
When we start with the Bible, we know the flood was a global event.
Dig Deeper* Grasping the Size of the Ark * How Could Noah Build Something So Large?
This is Ken Ham, author of the book on millions of years and church compromise In Six Days.In an attempt to squeeze millions of years into Scripture, many Christians believe Noah’s flood was just a small, local event. You see, if the flood really was global then all the rock layers and fossils didn’t take millions of years to form and are only a few thousand years old. So to accept millions of years, you have to reinterpret the flood.
But in both the Old and New Testaments we read that only the eight people on the ark survived. If the flood was local, people outside the area would’ve been fine. A local flood completely contradicts Scripture. The Bible is very clear—the flood of Noah’s day was a global event.
Dig Deeper* A Flood of Evidence * Defense—A Local Flood?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the life-size Noah’s Ark at the Ark Encounter.In order to fit millions of years into Scripture many Christians argue that Noah’s flood was just a local flood in Mesopotamia. But this isn’t what the Bible says!
Genesis tells us that the water covered even the highest hills “under the entire heavens.” And it emphasizes that every single living thing on land died except those on the Ark. If the flood was just local, how were all the high hills flooded with water? And how did everything on land die?
And remember Noah’s flood lasted over one year! Local floods don’t last nearly that long. The Bible couldn’t be more clear—this was a worldwide event.
Dig Deeper* A Global Flood—Rising Above All Doubt * Was the Flood of Noah Global or Local in Extent?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to have an encounter with God’s Word at Noah’s Ark.A growing trend in America are so-called godless churches. These are gatherings of people who sing songs, listen to inspirational messages, and even take up collections for those in need. They claim that it’s all the “good” things of church but without the religious dogma.
Now this is interesting. You see, these people who claim to be non-religious are actually part of the religion of humanism! They hold to a religious dogma—that there is no God, life is the result of naturalistic process, and man makes the rules.
They haven’t gotten away from religion. They’ve just embraced a different religion.
Dig Deeper* Yes—Godless Churches! * Can Public Schools Be “Neutral”?
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry producing the family magazine, Answers.Millions of dollars are spent on the search for aliens, and nothing’s turned up. But evolutionists still believe they’ll turn up eventually because if life evolved here it has to have evolved somewhere else too.
But starting with God’s Word, we don’t expect to find intelligent alien life. All of creation is cursed because of sin. If there’s intelligent alien life out there, it suffers from the curse but can’t be saved because it’s not a descendant of Adam. Jesus came as a man—not an alien—to save mankind from sin.
We should study the heavens to learn more about what God has made, not hoping we find aliens.
Dig Deeper* Half of Americans Believe in Aliens * Study: We Probably Won’t Hear from Aliens (Because They’re Dead)
This is Ken Ham, inviting you and your family to visit the one-of-a-kind Ark Encounter.Here’s a new idea—aliens exist but we can’t find them because they were all killed . . . by climate change! This is an actual theory proposed by some scientists.
The lack of aliens in our universe is a big problem for evolutionists. After all, if earth is the only planet that hosts life, out of thousands in our massive universe, it makes us pretty special. But earth can’t be special in their view. If life evolved here, it must’ve evolved somewhere else too.
Well, according to God’s Word earth is special and it was “formed to be inhabited.” Instead of looking for non-existent aliens, these scientists should look to their Creator!
Dig Deeper* Aliens Killed By Climate Change! * Do I Believe in UFOs? Absolutely!
This is Ken Ham, president of the faith-defending ministry of Answers in Genesis.According to the evolutionary story, everything evolved—including our belief in God. Supposedly early cultures invented a divine being and this belief helped their society flourish, so it got passed along.
Well, the Bible gives us the correct view. We’re all descendants of Adam and Eve—people who talked with God. After the global flood, Noah’s descendants took this knowledge of God with them as they spread around the earth. Sadly, sin perverted this knowledge and people invented their own gods.
The Bible also tells us God has put knowledge of himself in all hearts. Everyone knows there’s a God and he calls all to repent.
Dig Deeper* Is God Just the Product of Evolution? * ‘Myth-ing’ the Point
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to the Creation Museum where kids visit free.Neanderthals have long been considered not quite as human as we are. But the more we study them, the more obvious it becomes that they were humans just like us.
Did you know Neanderthals made fish hooks, musical instruments, rope, jewelry, make up, and even glue? They even practiced dental hygiene and cared for each other’s medical needs.
This doesn’t surprise those who start with God’s Word. Neanderthals were descendants of Adam and Eve, made in God’s image, just like us. They may have looked a little different from us, but this just highlights the incredible variety in human DNA that God created in the first place.
Dig Deeper* Putting out the Fires of Evolutionary Beliefs * Neanderthals: Our Worthy Ancestors
This is Ken Ham, an author and speaker on science and the Bible’s reliability.Creationists and evolutionists both agree that natural selection is a real process—we observe organisms changing over time. But these changes aren’t the same as evolution. Natural selection only works on what’s already there. It can’t add brand-new genetic information. But you need lots of brand-new information to turn a fish into a frog!
While we can agree natural selection happens and organisms do change, we disagree on how much they can change. Creationists believe organisms can only reproduce according to their kind—and that’s exactly what we observe. Cats produce cats, dogs produce dogs, and finches produce finches.
Dig Deeper* Four Differences Between Natural Selection And Evolution * Natural Selection and Macroevolution
This is Ken Ham, author of the popular book on evolution and the church The Lie.If we could time travel back to the pre-flood world it would look a lot different! Originally, there weren’t seven continents. There was just one landmass that broke apart during the flood. This explains why there are sediment layers that stretch between continents.
Now, evolutionists also agree with creationists that there was only one landmass in the past. But they believe it took millions of years for the continents to drift apart.
Creationists and evolutionists observe the same world, but we come to totally different conclusions because of our different starting points. It’s not a battle over the evidence! It’s God’s Word versus man’s opinion.
Dig Deeper* Noah’s Lost World * Plate Tectonics
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the full-size Noah’s Ark at the Ark Encounter.The earliest fossils are marine ones, then amphibians and reptiles, and finally birds and large mammals. There are exceptions, of course, but that’s the basic order we observe.
Evolutionists believe this basic order is because life supposedly arose from a common ancestor and gradually got more complex. But the Bible offers another interpretation. The global flood would’ve buried creatures, starting in the oceans and moving farther inland. The order in the fossil record doesn’t represent different times—it represents different environments. Of course we’d see marine fossils before birds as the floodwaters rose to cover the continents.
Dig Deeper* Order in the Fossil Record * Doesn’t the Order of Fossils in the Rock Record Favor Long Ages?
This is Ken Ham, a missionary with a passion for God’s Word and the gospel.Humans and apes have similarities: five fingers, opposable thumbs, and even some similarities in DNA. Of course, we also have massive differences! Creationists and evolutionists agree there’s similarity but not why we have similarities.
Evolutionists believe apes are our closest living relatives. They think the similarities point to a common ancestor. But we know from God’s Word that humans are created in the image of God distinct from all animals—including apes. We share common features because we have a common Designer. The different interpretations are because of our different starting points.
Dig Deeper* Do Humans and Chimps Share a Common Ancestor? * “Common Design Means Common Ancestry”
This is Ken Ham, writer and speaker on creation apologetics for over forty years.In Genesis we read that God’s original creation was “very good” and that death came because of sin. So before the fall there wasn’t any death. But some people wonder, what about plants? Since people and animals were given them for food, didn’t they die before the fall?
Well, I think we all just intuitively know that plant death and animal or human death are not the same. On a hike through the woods, you might sit down on a fallen log to rest, but you won’t sit on a fallen deer carcass!
Plants and animals and people are totally different kinds of life both intuitively and biblically. But more on that tomorrow.
Dig Deeper* Do Plants and Leaves Die? * Was There Death Before Adam Sinned?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to bring your family to the faith-affirming Creation Museum.By what standard do you judge what you hear or read? You see, science isn’t neutral—especially when it comes to the science of the past. The facts, the evidence, must be interpreted and your worldview drives your interpretation of that evidence.
If you start with evolution, you’re going to interpret the evidence through millions of years of chance processes. But a creationist, well, they will look at the exact same evidence and interpret it through the lens of the Bible’s history.
Ultimately your interpretation it comes down to your starting point—the perfect eyewitness account in the Bible or the imperfect word of man?
Dig Deeper Does Evolution Have a . . . Chance*? * Evolution: No Chance in a Billion Years
This is Ken Ham, author of the eye-opening book Divided Nation: Cultures in Chaos and a Conflicted Church.Most kids learn in their school textbooks that they’re just animals and they evolved from some kind of apelike creature millions of years ago.
But according to God’s Word, we were created by him as the crown of his creation on day six of creation week. We aren’t just animals, and we aren’t related to the animals!
Adam and Eve lived in a “very good” world until their sin marred creation, and brought with it the penalty of death. But Jesus came as the Last Adam, perfectly obeyed God, died in our place, rose from the grave, and now offers the free gift of eternal life to all who will turn from their sin and trust in him.
Dig Deeper* Is the Creation Good? * Be On Guard Against Unbiblical Ideas Creeping into Your Homeschool Material
This is Ken Ham, founder of the ministry behind Answers Bible Curriculum for Homeschool.We’ve seen this week that human evolution is impossible when we start with Genesis. So what about all the supposed apemen?
Well, all the “apemen” ever found fit into three categories:
One. A mistake or fraud. We can ignore those!
Two. Apes with certain variations that are emphasized to make the creatures appear more human. But variety within the ape kind doesn’t mean apes and humans are related!
And three. Humans that are treated more like apes. But the more research done on these fossils, the more it’s obvious—they were humans, just like us!
No, humans didn’t evolve. We were specially created by God. There are no apemen!
Dig Deeper* Three Ways to Make an Ape-Man * Did Humans Really Evolve from Apelike Creatures?
This is Ken Ham, author of the book on passing along a spiritual legacy, Will They Stand?This week we’re asking, “did humans evolve?” Well, consider that a literal Adam who really did sin and bring death into creation is essential to the gospel.
You see, God’s original creation was “very good.” There was no death because there was no sin. But then the first people disobeyed God, bringing death into creation. That’s why we need the Last Adam who came and died in our place, taking our penalty for us.
But if Adam just evolved from an ape-like creature then death was always part of creation. Adam would’ve been doomed to die anyway so what did sin do?
Evolution undermines the gospel!
Dig Deeper* Did Humans Really Evolve from Apelike Creatures? * Jesus Christ: The Last Adam
This is Ken Ham, founder of the ministry behind the Ark Encounter in Northern Kentucky.Did humans evolve from some kind of ape-like creature? Well, Genesis says no—God created man from the dust of the ground and woman from his side.
And consider what Jesus said when he was asked about marriage, “But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’” Notice Jesus says, “from the beginning of creation.”
In the evolutionary story, humans evolved billions of years after the beginning of the universe. But Jesus reminds us that humans have been here since the beginning. This only makes sense if God created humans during a literal six-day creation week, just like he said he did in Genesis!
Dig Deeper* Could God Really Have Created Everything in Six Days? * You CANNOT Deny the Six-Day Creation Once You Realize THIS
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on Genesis and the Bible’s authority.In Genesis we read that God created man from the dust and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. Now some Christians believe this means that God took an ape-like creature and breathed a soul into it, making it human.
But consider that after Adam sinned, God said, “you [will] return to the ground, for out of it you were taken, for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
When Adam died, he returned to the dust he was made from, not to an apelike creature! If Adam wasn’t literally created from the dust of the ground this verse is meaningless!
We didn’t evolve from apelike creatures; we were specially made by God.
Dig Deeper* From Dust to Dust * Dustup Over Adam
This is Ken Ham, editor of the popular apologetics series, The New Answers Books.Our world is filled with problems—a looming economic crisis, more and more wars, diseases, family breakdown—well, the list goes on! But those aren’t our biggest problems. You see, we all have the same ultimate problem—sin and death!
Scripture makes it clear we’re all sinners deserving death. Actually, it’s because of sin that death and suffering exist at all.
But the good news is God has solved our biggest problem! Jesus came and lived a perfect life and then died in our place, paying our sin debt with his own blood. Then he rose again! Now everyone who puts their faith in Christ has their biggest problem solved—forever!
Dig Deeper* What Does It Mean to Be “Saved”? * How Should We Respond to God’s Mercy?
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry producing the evangelistic VBS program, Answers VBS.Our public education system indoctrinates thousands of students each year not to believe the Bible. Most of them are taught evolution as fact, and that through millions of years of death and disease man evolved.
Then churches tell these students about a God of love but many wonder, “how can there be a God of love with all this death and suffering in the world?”
You see, these students are looking at a groaning world, and it’s because of sin. But they’ve been indoctrinated not to believe in sin, so they don’t understand how to reconcile a God of love with this hurting world. They need the true history given in Genesis to understand it’s a fallen world.
Dig Deeper* Why Would a Loving God Allow Suffering? * Has the “World” Changed?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to bring your family to the life-sized Noah’s ark in Kentucky.During Jesus’ earthly ministry, tragedy struck—a tower collapsed, killing eighteen people. Jesus spoke of this event to his disciples, and he gave an answer to the question of why God allows tragedies, but maybe not the answer you’d expect.
He said, “do you think they were more guilty than all the others, I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
You see, suffering isn’t always related to personal sin, but all of us suffer and die because of sin. Instead of blaming God for tragedies, suffering, and death, Jesus says “repent,” turn to the only one who can save you from eternal suffering—himself.
Dig Deeper* Creation, Suffering and the Problem of Evil * Could God Forgive Our Sins Without the Suffering of Christ?
This is Ken Ham, equipping the church with answers through the ministry Answers in Genesis.Genesis tells us that God’s original creation was “very good.” There was no death or suffering in that original world. Those only exist because of sin—the first man Adam’s and our continued sin.
You see, the first two people God made were created with the freedom to obey his commands. They weren’t puppets, forced to obey because they had no choice. They had the choice to obey their Creator, or rebel and be their own gods. They chose rebellion and the penalty for sin is death.
We have the same choice—obey God or rebel. Our human nature is to rebel. God, he sent Jesus to pay our sin penalty!
Dig Deeper* The First Foolish Choice * The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil: Evil or Good?
This is Ken Ham, author of the practical and personal book on suffering, Divine Dilemma.It doesn’t take many years of living in this broken world for someone to ask why God allows suffering. And usually this isn’t an academic question—they’re asking because they’re suffering, sometimes intensely. So why does God allow death and suffering?
Well, the Bible’s history gives us the answer. God originally created a perfect world—there was no death or suffering. But this world was ruined by the rebellion of the first man, Adam. His sin brought an intruder into the world: death, the penalty for sin.
You see, we all sinned in Adam, who represented us. In other words—it’s really our fault the world’s the way it is!
Dig Deeper* Why Does God’s Creation Include Death and Suffering? * Why Does God Allow Death & Suffering?
This is Ken Ham, editor of the popular apologetics series, The New Answers Books.This week we’ve seen that the idea of millions of years doesn’t come from the rocks. It came from a belief about the past!
So we shouldn’t be surprised that the evidence confirms the Bible’s history of just thousands of years. For example, helium quickly escapes rocks, leaking away in less than one hundred thousand years. And yet rock crystals are filled with helium! Or consider rock layers that are bent, meaning they had to be deposited quickly and bent while still wet. Oh, and soft tissue has been found in fossils supposedly tens of millions of years old.
You know what? The evidence confirms a young earth!
Dig Deeper* Helium in Radioactive Rocks * The 10 Best Evidences from Science That Confirm a Young Earth
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky.This week we’re looking at where the idea of millions of years came from. Now you might wonder, “isn’t millions of years just science?”
Well, there’s two different kinds of science. Observational science is directly testable, repeatable, and observable. Think technology and medicine. Then there’s historical science, which is an interpretation of the past. Think rock layers and fossils. Because we weren’t there to observe the past, we’re interpreting the evidence in the present. And your interpretation depends on your worldview.
Millions of years is an interpretation of the evidence that ignores the history in God’s Word.
Dig Deeper* Two Kinds of Science? * Deceitful or Distinguishable Terms—Historical and Observational Science
This is Ken Ham, author of the popular book Divided Nation: Cultures in Chaos and a Conflicted Church.As geology began to shift away from God’s Word and to the interpretation of millions of years of slow and gradual processes, many Christians accepted the old ages and added them into Genesis. But this compromise had consequences.
Once the door was opened to reject the historicity of God’s Word, the Scriptures were no longer viewed as the ultimate authority. Instead man’s ideas became the authority and God’s Word was reinterpreted in light of those ideas.
And that’s still happening! So many Christians are reinterpreting God’s Word on today’s moral issues because they’ve never really viewed God as the authority—but he is!
Dig Deeper* Historical Developments in Geology, Paleontology, and Cosmology * Why Is God the Ultimate Authority?
This is Ken Ham, author of the book on death and a good God, Divine Dilemma.Yesterday we learned the idea of millions of years came from a new way of looking at rock layers that rejected the eyewitness account of history in God’s Word. Now how did the church react to this shift?
Well, many scientists rejected it! They argued the Bible’s history could be trusted and the catastrophe of Noah’s flood made more sense of the evidence than the idea of slow and gradual processes.
But, sadly many other Christians simply accepted the millions of years. They said it didn’t matter what someone believed about the age of the earth. But their compromise had disastrous consequences. More on that tomorrow.
Dig Deeper* Why Shouldn’t Christians Accept Millions of Years? * How Old Is the Earth?
This is Ken Ham, encouraging you to stand on God’s Word from the very first verse.Have you ever wondered where the idea of millions of years came from? You see, for most of Western history people believed in a young earth because they respected the Bible as the history book of the universe. But about two hundred years ago there was a shift. People stopped viewing the rock layers through the lens of a global flood, and they started arguing that the present is the key to the past.
In other words, take the processes happening today and stretch them backwards. When geologists did this, they came to believe earth was very old.
But as we’ll see this week, it’s the Bible that gives us the true history of the world.
Dig Deeper* Where Did the Idea of “Millions of Years” Come From? * Is the Present the Key to the Past?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky.This whole week we’ve seen that the Genesis text is clear: Noah’s flood was global. But it’s not just Genesis!
Jesus compared his second coming to Noah’s flood. Now Jesus’ return isn’t going to be a localized event—it will be global, just as the flood was!
And the apostle Peter wrote that only eight people survived. If the flood was a local event, people outside the area would’ve escaped so the Bible would be, well, wrong!
You know, the only reason some Christians say Noah’s flood was local is because of millions of years of history. Instead of compromising with man’s ideas, let’s start with God’s Word and believe it!
Dig Deeper* Was the Flood of Noah Global or Local in Extent? * Local Flood Theory: Why It Doesn’t Work
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry behind the popular Answers Bible Curriculum for Homeschool.Was Noah’s flood local or global? This week we’ve seen that Genesis makes it clear that Noah’s flood was global. And the size of the Ark itself makes it clear that God was sending a global flood.
Then, after the flood, God said the rainbow would be a sign of his promise that he would never again send another global flood. But if Noah’s flood was just a local event, well, God lied. There’ve been many devastating local floods since the flood of Noah’s day. So what did God mean by saying he’d never again send another flood? It makes no sense!
God’s Word is very clear—the flood was global! And God will never send another flood like it again!
Dig Deeper* Was the Flood of Noah Global or Local in Extent? * Universality of the Genesis Flood
This is Ken Ham, a speaker and author on the Bible’s authority and reliability.This week we’re looking at the question “was Noah’s flood local or global?” Well, consider this: Noah’s ark was huge. At five hundred and ten feet long, fifty-one feet high, and eighty-five feet wide, the ark was a massive ship designed to hold two of every kind of animal, supplies for a whole year, and Noah and his family.
Now why would Noah need such a huge ark if the flood was just local? He and his family could’ve just packed up and left the area. And animals outside the flood zone would’ve survived so why did two of every kind need to come to the ark anyway?
No! The text of Genesis is clear: the flood was a global event!
Dig Deeper* Thinking Outside the Box * Grasping the Size of the Ark
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the full-size Noah’s Ark at the Ark Encounter.Some Christians, including many pastors and Bible colleges, teach that Noah’s flood was just a local event, not a flood that actually covered the entire earth.
Now this doesn’t come from the text of Genesis. It comes from bringing evolutionary ideas from outside the Bible into the text. Here’s what the Genesis text actually says:
Over and over Genesis uses words like “all” and “every,” such as “all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered” and “all flesh died.” Now that doesn’t sound like a small, localized event!
The Bible is clear—Noah’s flood was a global judgment on sin, but God offered mercy.
Dig Deeper* Was the Flood of Noah Global or Local in Extent? * A Global Flood—Rising Above All Doubt
This is Ken Ham, editor of the apologetics book, A Flood of Evidence.I often hear from Christians who don’t believe Noah’s flood was a global flood. They’ll say it was just a local flood in Mesopotamia. But why?
Well, it’s not because of what the Bible says. Genesis is very clear that it was a global flood. The idea of a local flood comes from, well, evolutionary scientists!
You see, they believe the earth is millions of years old because of the rock layers. But if there was a global flood, those rock layers would’ve all been ripped up, erasing the “evidence” of long ages! So they can’t have a global flood.
Christians who say Noah’s flood was local are believing man’s ideas over God’s clear Word.
Dig Deeper* Layers of Sedimentary Rock Deposited by Global Flood * Folded Rock Layers
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry producing the popular Answers Bible Curriculum for Churches.Yesterday we learned that the apostle Paul treated Genesis as literal history and as foundational to the gospel. Well, the apostle Peter did too!
In his letters he refers to the flood of Noah’s day as a historical event and that only eight people were saved. He even ties that past event to the second coming of Christ. He says that scoffers will deny Christ’s second coming because they also deny God’s supernatural creation of the universe and Noah’s flood.
The biblical authors took Genesis literally and we should too! After all, that’s how the text naturally reads . . . as a real historical narrative, well, from the very first verse.
Dig Deeper* Did Bible Authors Believe in a Literal Genesis? * Scoffers and the Last Days
This is Ken Ham, author of the classic book, The Lie: Evolution and Millions of Years.One of the apostle Paul’s favorite topics to write about was Jesus and the gospel. And when he does this, he builds his doctrine of sin and salvation on the fact that sin and death entered the world through Adam.
For example, he writes that we needed the last Adam because of the sin of the first Adam that brought death. And, again, in a different letter, he writes that we all die because Adam brought sin and death into the world.
Paul always treats Genesis as literal history—and as history that’s foundational to the gospel message.
Yes, we can be confident that Genesis is literal history . . . well, from the very first verse!
Dig Deeper* Did Bible Authors Believe in a Literal Genesis? * Jesus Christ: The Last Adam
This is Ken Ham, encouraging the church to stand on God’s Word from the very first verse.During his teaching ministry on earth, Jesus frequently quoted the Old Testament. He mentioned Adam and Eve as the first married couple, Noah and the flood as a real event, Lot and his wife as real people who fled the city of Sodom before its divine destruction, and other accounts from Genesis and beyond.
This reminds us that, yes, Genesis is literal history. Many Christians today argue the first eleven chapters of Genesis were mythology but that’s not how Jesus treated those accounts! He speaks of Adam and Eve in the same way he speaks of Lot and his wife, Moses, or Jonah.
Genesis—it’s history from the beginning!
Dig Deeper* Did Bible Authors Believe in a Literal Genesis? * How Should We Interpret the Bible, Part 2: Is Genesis 1–11 Historical Narrative?
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry behind the rapidly growing Answers in Genesis YouTube channel.Yesterday we learned that many people believe the garden of Eden was in the Middle East because the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are mentioned as flowing from Eden. But today’s Tigris and Euphrates don’t match the description of the rivers of Eden. So why do they have the same names?
Well, Noah’s flood completely reworked the surface of the earth leaving Noah and his family with a totally different world after the flood. But they probably reused names from the old world as they named things in the new world—just like people did when they left England and came to America.
So, ultimately, where was the Garden of Eden? Well, we just do not know!
Dig Deeper* Where Was the Garden of Eden? * Was the Garden of Eden Located in Iraq?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky.Have you ever wondered where the Garden of Eden was? Many people assume the Middle East because Genesis mentions the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and those rivers flow in the Middle East. But this is a wrong assumption.
You see, the Bible describes four rivers coming from one head and flowing through Eden. This isn’t true of today’s Tigris and Euphrates rivers so they can’t be the ones described in Genesis. And, besides, under those rivers are thousands of feet of the fossil record which was formed during Noah’s flood.
So what’s the point? We don’t know where the Garden of Eden was, and any remnant was destroyed during the global flood of Noah’s day.
Dig Deeper* Where Was the Garden of Eden? * Location, Location, Location
This is Ken Ham, editor of the popular children’s series, The Answers Books for Kids.All this week we’ve been looking at the order in the fossil record and how to interpret it. It’s a good reminder that the battle isn’t over the evidence. You see, creationists and evolutionists both study the same fossils, the same rocks, the same world but come to very different interpretations because of our worldviews.
Evolutionists view the evidence through the lens of millions of years of slow and gradual processes. Creationists view the same evidence through the lens of biblical history, starting in Genesis. I often explain it like a pair of glasses—well, your lens determines how you view and interpret the evidence.
Dig Deeper* Doesn’t the Order of Fossils in the Rock Record Favor Long Ages? * Why Aren’t People Convinced by Facts?
This is Ken Ham, with a passion for the truth of God’s Word and the gospel message.Evolutionists observe certain types of fossils in specific rock layers and assume when that creature disappears from the record, it went extinct. But they’ve been surprised by “living fossils”!
Take the coelacanth, a fish believed to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs. Then a scientist visiting a fish market recognized a dead fish from the fossils—not only was it not extinct, but it hadn’t evolved in sixty-five million years!
In fact, many fossil creatures are indistinguishable from their modern counterparts. Why? Because fossils aren’t a record of evolution—they’re a reminder of the global flood a few thousand years ago.
Dig Deeper* How to Catch an Extinct Fossil Fish * Sorry, But You Are Extinct: the Coelacanth's Story
This is Ken Ham, editor of the eye-opening book on the flood and Noah’s Ark, A Flood of Evidence.Most scientists view fossils as a record of life’s history. They observe certain types of fossils in specific layers and assume when that creature disappears from the fossil record, that means it went extinct. Because of this, they assume many mass extinctions throughout evolutionary history.
But creationists like me look at the same fossils and we see evidence of ecosystems that were buried as the floodwaters rose. That’s why bottom-dwelling sea creatures are found in the lowest layers, but creatures that live far inland are found at the top.
The fossil record is not a record of mass extinction but rising waves of burial!
Dig Deeper* Doesn’t the Order of Fossils in the Rock Record Favor Long Ages? * High & Dry Sea Creatures
This is Ken Ham, author of the popular book for children, Dinosaurs for Kids.This week we’re looking at two different interpretations of the order in the fossil record—the evolutionary and the biblical interpretation. But why can’t Christians just accept the evolutionary interpretation?
Well, because of what the Bible teaches. You see, according to Genesis God’s original creation was “very good.” Death didn’t come into creation until after sin. But if the fossil record is millions of years old then there was millions of years of death, suffering, and disease before sin—in God’s “very good” creation!
No, the fossil record isn’t millions of years old! It was laid down by the global flood of Noah’s day.
Dig Deeper* Doesn’t the Order of Fossils in the Rock Record Favor Long Ages? * The Fossil Record
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry producing the popular Answers VBS curriculum.The fossil record is often held up as “Exhibit A” for evolution. It’s assumed the lower layers represent the earliest stages of evolution, with life becoming more complex the higher up you go. But this is just an interpretation of the evidence through the lens of evolution.
When we start with a biblical worldview we have a very different interpretation. We understand that the fossils were buried during Noah’s flood and the order in the fossil record represents the order of creatures being buried. So the fossil record doesn’t represent millions of years of evolution—the fossil record represents the order of ecosystems being buried!
Dig Deeper* Doesn’t the Order of Fossils in the Rock Record Favor Long Ages? * Layers of Sedimentary Rock Deposited by Global Flood
This is Ken Ham, inviting you and your family to the life-size Noah’s Ark at Ark Encounter.All this week we’ve been asking “is Jesus God?” and we’ve seen that, from Scripture, yes, Jesus is God. That’s why Jesus is called “Emmanuel,” God with us.
It’s because Jesus is God that he was able to live the perfect life that we can’t live. And it’s because Jesus became man that he was able to die in our place, taking our penalty of death for us, and then rise from the dead. In order to save us, Jesus needed to be the God-man—truly God and truly man.
If you’ve never trusted Jesus Christ as Savior, do so today! He is Lord and God, he made you, he loves you, and today he offers you the free gift of salvation.
Dig Deeper* Immanuel: God with Us * What Does It Mean to Be “Saved”?
This is Ken Ham, author of the popular book, Divided Nation: Cultures in Chaos and a Conflicted Church.Who alone is worthy of our praise? Well, Scripture is clear: only God deserves worship. Because of this, some people refuse to worship Jesus, saying he isn’t God. But does this hold up to the light of Scripture?
Well, consider that when “Doubting Thomas” saw Jesus risen from the dead, he cried out “my Lord and my God.” Soon after his resurrection Jesus was worshipped by all eleven of his disciples. He was also worshipped by a leper, a blind man—even the angels worshipped Jesus! And Jesus never rebuked anyone for their acts of worship!
The only reason Jesus is worthy to receive worship from them is because he is God.
Dig Deeper* Refuting Unitarian Errors Regarding the Deity of Jesus * 10 Biblical Reasons Jesus Is God
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry behind the popular Answers Bible Curriculum for Homeschool.Christians believe that Jesus is God. But that belief’s been attacked, well, since the beginning of the church! For example, many people claim Jesus was a wise prophet. But did Jesus speak like a prophet?
Well, in the Old Testament when prophets spoke, they said “thus saith the Lord” to give God’s authority to their message. When Jesus spoke he said, “I say unto you.” He spoke with his own authority.
He also said “heaven and earth will pass away but my words will never pass away.” Here he was giving his words eternal significance.
Jesus didn’t speak as if he was just a prophet. He spoke as one with divine authority—as God!
Dig Deeper* What Is the Extent of Christ’s Authority? * Jesus Christ on the Infallibility of Scripture
This is Ken Ham, a frequent guest on radio and TV on the Bible’s reliability and authority.This week we’re looking at the question, “is Jesus God?” Well, people say all kinds of things about who Jesus is but what matters is what he says about himself in his Word.
And in his Word the same attributes are given to Jesus and God the Father. Jesus is described as the eternal and self-existent one. He’s described as the One by whom everything was created that has been made. He’s omnipresent and sovereign over everything. He’s the King of kings and Lord of lords. Jesus is all-powerful, he healed the sick, cast out demons, and raised the dead—sometimes from a distance!
All of these attributes are traits of God!
Dig Deeper* The Trinity and Creation * The Divinity of Jesus Revealed in the New Testament
This is Ken Ham, author of the family commentary on Genesis, Creation to Babel.Who is Jesus? Was he just a good moral teacher from two thousand years ago? Was he a being created by God? Well, what does the Bible teach?
The Bible uses the same divine names for Jesus that it uses for God the Father. For example, when God revealed his name to Moses, he called himself Yahweh, or “I AM.” This name for God is used over five thousand times in the Old Testament but in the book of John Jesus used this very name to describe himself. You see, he said “before Abraham was, I AM.” The Jews realized Jesus was calling himself God and tried to stone him.
Jesus wasn’t just a good teacher. Jesus he is God!
Dig Deeper* Jesus Is God * 10 Biblical Reasons Jesus Is God
This is Ken Ham, editor of the popular apologetics series, The New Answers Books.For atheists to argue against the Bible, they have to start with the Bible.
Here’s what I mean. In the evolutionary worldview, everything is the result of random, chance processes and everything is material. So where do the immaterial laws of nature come from? How can a naturalistic process produce something immaterial?
And what about logic? For an atheist to argue against the Bible, he needs to use logic. But why should immaterial laws of logic exist in a naturalistic, material world?
The laws of nature and laws of logic only make sense if there’s a logical, orderly Creator who made both the material and the immaterial.
Dig Deeper* Atheism: An Irrational Worldview * Are the Laws of Logic Really Laws?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky.I’m often asked for the best proof of creation. Now many Christians think with the right piece of evidence, well, they’d totally refute evolution. But this misunderstands the issue.
You see, the battle isn’t over the evidence! It’s over different interpretations of the same evidence. Creationists and evolutionists study the same fossils, the same animals, the same stars, the same universe, but come to very different conclusions because of different starting points.
And there’s where the battle really lies. What’s your starting point? God and his perfect eyewitness account of history in his Word? Or fallible man’s ideas about the past?
Dig Deeper* Not Ashamed of a Biblical Starting Point * Missing? or Misinterpreted?
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on the Bible’s reliability and authority.This week we’ve been looking at Intelligent Design, a movement that doesn’t name who the Creator is.
But consider this: we live in a world filled with both amazing design and death and suffering. What does such a mix say about the Creator?
It’s the Bible’s history of a perfect creation marred by sin that explains both the design of creation and the brokenness of this world. And it’s only the Bible’s history that gives the answer for the sin and brokenness of this world—the God-man Jesus who took our penalty for us by dying on the cross and rising from the dead.
Intelligent Design, it offers no hope—the gospel does!
Dig Deeper* Commentary on the Intelligent Design Movement * Why Does God’s Creation Include Death and Suffering?
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry behind the popular, evangelistic Answers VBS.West Virginia may allow teachers to discuss Intelligent Design. One of the students defending this legislation said “Intelligent Design is agnostic . . . . [The Creator] could be god or it could be a flying spaghetti monster.”
You see, Intelligent Design is not a Christian movement. In this view, the intelligence behind the universe could be anything—even aliens!
That’s one reason we’ve never promoted Intelligent Design. Rather we start with the truth of God’s Word and interpret everything through that lens.
You see, what’s the benefit of convincing someone of an intelligence if you don’t introduce them to the Creator?
Dig Deeper* Intelligent Design Is Not Enough * Intelligent Design or Designer?
This is Ken Ham, founder CEO of the worldwide ministry of Answers in Genesis.Earlier this year West Virginia was considering allowing Intelligent Design to be taught in public schools. Now many atheists say this allows religion into schools. But religion is already taught every day in the classroom!
You see, public schools in America promote naturalism, teaching that everything is the result of random processes over time, that there is no Creator. It’s atheism—and it’s a religion!
That’s why so many schools also teach about LGBTQ, abortion, feminism, and more. These are all part of man being his own god. It’s the outworking of the atheistic religion.
Yes, religion is taught in public schools.
Dig Deeper* Can Public Schools Be “Neutral”? * Should Christians Send Their Kids to Public Schools?
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry behind the powerful Answers Bible Curriculum for churches.This week we’ve seen that there’s only one race and that we look different because of the genetic diversity God built into DNA at the beginning. But why are there different people groups?
Well, after the global flood Noah and his family were told to spread out of the earth. Noah’s descendants decided to stay together and build a city and tower. So, God judged their sin by confusing their languages, forcing them to spread out. This divided up the human population, giving rise to different people groups and cultures. But there’s still only one race as everyone traces their ancestry from Babel to Noah and back to the first man, Adam.
Dig Deeper* Was the Tower of Babel Dispersion a Real Event? * All in the Family
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the Ark Encounter in Northern Kentucky.This week we’ve seen from God’s Word and science that there’s only one race—the human race. And yet, because of evolutionary influences, people still talk about so-called interracial marriage. But is there really such a thing?
Well, no! There’s only race so there can’t be such any such thing. No matter which man and woman marry, they’re always marrying someone of the same biological race! What matters in marriage is not skin shade but their spiritual condition. Do they both love the Lord Jesus Christ? A believer should never knowingly marry an unbeliever.
Yes, there’s only one race and that should impact the words we use.
Dig Deeper* One Flesh * Inter-Racial Marriage: Is It Biblical?
This is Ken Ham, author of the apologetics resource for kids, One Blood for Kids.A popular children’s song reminds us that Jesus loves the little children, “red and yellow, black and white.” But are humans really those colors? No!
You see, we all have a pigment in our skin called melanin. This is a brownish pigment, and your DNA determines how much melanin your body produces. Some people produce a small amount, others produce a lot. And how much melanin your body produces determines what shade of skin you have. You see, every person has the same color of skin—brown!—just different shades.
So maybe that children’s song should say, “Jesus loves the little children, shades of brown from dark to light.”
Dig Deeper* How Did People Get Different Skin Colors? * Human Skin “Color” More Complicated Than Previously Thought
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on why we can trust the Bible from the first verse.When I’m talking about humans I never use the word “race” to refer to people groups. And why not? Well, because the Bible teaches that everyone is descended from Adam and Eve, there’s only one race, the human race.
Now, obviously, people look different from one another. Why is that…if we’re all one race? Well, that has to do with the incredible amount of genetic diversity God put into Adam and Eve, the first two people he made. That genetic diversity means there’s variation in skin shade, eye shape, and more.
But because we come from one man and woman, there’s only one race. So let’s rid the word “races” from our vocabulary!
Dig Deeper* How Many Races Did God Create? * Adam + Eve = All Skin Tones?
This is Ken Ham, co-author of the powerful book, One Race One Blood: The Biblical Answer to Racism.The Bible tells us that God has made every nation from one man. Of course, that one man was Adam. Scripture is clear—every person from every nation in the world ultimately traces their ancestry back to Adam. And this means there’s only one race.
Because of evolutionary ideas, many people believe there are many different races. But the Bible says there’s only one. And science confirms the Bible. In the year 2000 researchers finished looking at the entire human genome and they concluded “there’s only one race—the human race.”
Science will always confirm the Bible because God’s Word is true from the very first verse.
Dig Deeper* Are There Really Different Races? * One Race
This is Ken Ham, head of the apologetics ministry of Answers in Genesis.This week we’re looking at some of the problems with believing in aliens from a biblical worldview. Well, here’s the biggest one: it conflicts with the meaning of the gospel.
You see, the Bible makes it clear that Adam’s sin affected the whole universe. So any aliens would also suffer the consequences of sin. But because they wouldn’t be Adam’s descendants, well, they wouldn’t have salvation. You see, Jesus became the God-man; he came to save human beings. He didn’t become the God-Klingon or the God-Martian! Salvation only comes through Christ and for the race of Adam.
So, no, I don’t believe in space aliens.
Dig Deeper* Why Did Jesus Take on a Human Nature? * Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
This is Ken Ham, encouraging Christians to start their thinking with God’s Word in every area.Over the years, our government has spent millions of dollars searching for alien life. But do you realize the whole idea of aliens comes from a belief in evolution? You see, evolutionists believe the earth is nothing special, it’s just another planet where the conditions just happen to be right for life to evolve.
But God’s Word tells us the earth is unique, designed by God for life. But the other planets didn’t have that purpose.
Also Scripture tells us that God gave man dominion over the earth, but the heavens are the Lord’s. No where does Scripture hint at aliens. In the biblical worldview aliens just don’t fit.
Dig Deeper* A Unique Blend * Earth: Just Right for Life
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit us at the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky.People are so fascinated by aliens that earlier this year a city near the Creation Museum sent a message to outer space inviting aliens to visit them. People loved this publicity stunt! Why? Well, many secularists believe if we discover alien life we’re uncover our true origin. But what does the Bible say?
Well, God’s Word never mentions life on other planets, but we do know the earth was created for human life and the sun, moon, and stars were created for signs and seasons. Secularists are looking in the wrong place for answers about our origins. It’s only in the Bible that we can find the true history of the universe.
Dig Deeper* Are Aliens Real? * Will the Pentagon Report Prove UFOs Are Real?
This is Ken Ham, author of the book Divided Nation: Cultures in Chaos and a Conflicted Church.Yesterday we learned that one in five US adults are “spiritual but not religious,” choosing to believe in a “higher power or spiritual force,” rather than the biblical God.
Now this is a good reminder of the biblical truth that we’re built for eternity. You see, young people have been fed the lie of atheism, but many are now realizing how empty it is and are turning to other things for meaning, purpose, and hope. But they’re turning to other broken cisterns that cannot provide the living water they desperately need! The only person who can supply living water is Jesus Christ through his death for our sins and his resurrection.
Dig Deeper* Pew Research: 1 in 5 Americans Identify as “Spiritual but Not Religious” * Dear Atheists, from Bodie Hodge
This is Ken Ham, encouraging the church to start with God’s Word in all areas.Here in the US one in five adults identify as “spiritual but not religious.” Now only twenty percent of these “spiritual” adults believe in the God of the Bible. Instead most of them believe in “some other higher power or spiritual force.”
This is a reminder that we can’t just start with Jesus when witnessing. Many people have no concept of the biblical God. Instead, we need to start the way God does—in Genesis! We need to help people see God as the Creator and to understand how sin entered creation, then we can introduce them to Jesus. After all, the good news only makes sense if you understand the bad news first!
Dig Deeper* Pew Research: 1 in 5 Americans Identify as “Spiritual but Not Religious” * Not Ashamed of a Biblical Starting Point
This is Ken Ham, author of the faith-building book for kids, Dinosaurs for Kids.This week we’ve been asking why dinosaur and human fossils haven’t been found together. But suppose it did happen. Who would be shocked—evolutionists or creationists? Well, evolutionists! It’s only impossible in their worldview.
Consider this example: Wollemi pine trees were only known from the fossil record, so evolutionists assumed they went extinct millions of years ago. They were shocked when living Wollemi were discovered in Australia, saying it was like finding a living dinosaur!
But we know that the Wollemi fossils formed just a few thousand years ago so this find wasn’t a big shock.
Yes, worldview makes a difference!
Dig Deeper* Firefighters Save Trees That Outlived the Dinosaurs . . . But Was That Millions of Years Ago? * ‘Dinosaur Tree’ Behind Bars
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry behind the family-friendly Answers magazine.Ten years ago I debated Bill Nye at the Creation Museum. During that debate he said there aren’t any examples of fossils that are out of the expected evolutionary order in the fossil record. But many out-of-order fossils have been found—evolutionists just reinterpret them or change their timeline!
For example, the famous Laetoli footprints in Tanzania look fully human but evolutionists interpret them as from some human ancestor because they just can’t be human in their worldview—even though they look human!
It’s not an evidence problem. It’s a spiritual problem! People simply don’t want to believe God’s Word.
Dig Deeper* Evolutionists “Go Ape” Over New Fossils * Laetoli Footprints Revisited
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on the Bible’s reliability and authority.Yesterday I said no pre-flood human fossils have been found. Well why is that?
Well, fossilization is a rare event. It takes unique conditions—like those during the global flood. But humans are very mobile, fleeing to higher ground and clinging to debris. So many humans probably wouldn’t’ve drowned until the later stages of the flood, making it less likely they’d be buried.
Could we someday find a preflood human fossil? Of course. Most of the fossil record hasn’t been explored! But do we need to find one? No—we know the flood happened, and all humans not on the ark perished, because of God’s Word.
Dig Deeper* Where Are All the Pre-Flood Human Fossils? * Do Fossils Show Signs of Rapid Burial?
This is Ken Ham, enjoying summertime at the Ark Encounter, where kids visit free.This week we’re answering the question “why don’t we find human and dinosaur fossils together?” Well, let’s think about what’s in the fossil record.
Ninety-five percent of fossils are of shells and corals. Ninety-five percent of what’s left is plants and algae. Then nearly all of the tiny bit left is invertebrates, like insects. Only a fraction of a percent of the fossils ever found are vertebrates, like fish, birds, mammals, and, yes, dinosaurs! So, finding a dinosaur fossil is very rare—and no pre-flood human fossils have ever been found. But that’s not a surprise since most of the fossil record is shells and corals!
Dig Deeper* Where Are All the Pre-Flood Human Fossils? * Cambrian Explosion or Creation Week—Key to Vertebrate Success?
This is Ken Ham, editor of the popular apologetics series, The New Answers Books.I believe, starting with God’s Word, that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time. Dinosaurs were land animals, and the land animals were made on day six of creation week—and so was mankind! Therefore, dinosaurs and humans lived together. And both dinosaurs and humans were destroyed during the global flood. So why don’t we find them buried together?
Well, the fossils record various ecosystems that were buried as the floodwaters rose. Would we expect dinosaurs and humans to live in the same environments? No! Humans probably lived away from them! So it’s no great mystery why we haven’t found them fossilized together.
Dig Deeper* Dinosaurs Living with People—The Biblical Worldview * Why don’t we find dinosaurs and humans together in the fossil record?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry behind the family-friendly Answers TV streaming platform.Do we really need ideas like the gap theory that we’ve looked at this week to add millions of years into the Bible? Why not consider a different approach—believing God’s Word!
Ideas like the gap theory haven’t been suggested because Genesis is so vague we can’t know what God meant. It’s very clear—and a plain meaning is confirmed in places like Exodus that say, “for in the six days the Lord created.” The Bible isn’t the problem! The problem is taking man’s ideas about the past and then reinterpreting God’s Word as if we know better!
We must reject this approach and allow God’s Word to be the authority in all areas!
Dig Deeper* Whose Word Do You Tremble At? * Days of Creation
This is Ken Ham, equipping the church with answers to the questions of our day.This week we’re looking at problems with the gap theory, an idea that adds millions of years into the Bible by putting a gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. During that gap God supposedly judged Satan’s sin with a flood and then reshaped earth and recreated life.
Now in Genesis 1:28 Adam and Eve are told to have kids and “replenish” the earth. Does this mean God was refilling the earth? Well, the Hebrew word simply means “to fill”—that’s why modern translations say “fill the earth.” But older translations say “replenish” because, well, replenish used to mean “to fill!”
You see, there’s no hint of a gap in Genesis one!
Dig Deeper* What Does ‘Replenish the Earth’ Mean? * Full of Meaning: Replenish or Fill in Genesis 1:28?
This is Ken Ham, author of the book on suffering and a loving God, Divine Dilemma.According to the gap theory there’s a gap of time in Genesis during which Satan fell and God judged his sin with a global flood, and that’s were fossils come from. After that, God reshaped the earth and recreated life in just six days.
Now the gap theory is supposed to fit millions of years into the Bible, but the millions of years supposedly comes from the rock layers. But such a flood would catastrophically lay down rock layers, erasing the supposed proof of millions of years!
And what about Noah’s flood? They’re forced to conclude this flood was so peaceful it didn’t leave a mark!
The gap theory just doesn’t work!
Dig Deeper* “Sedimentary Layers Show Millions of Years of Geological Activity.” * Global Evidences of the Genesis Flood
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky.This week we’re looking at the idea of a gap of millions of years between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. This gap supposedly accommodates for long ages, while still interpreting the days in Genesis as normal days. But the gap theory has the same problem as every attempt to fit millions of years into the Bible—it puts death before sin!
You see, the supposed millions of years comes from the rocks and fossils. Of course, fossils are, well, dead things. So, a gap in Genesis means millions of years of death before sin. And God called that “very good”!
No matter how you try, you can’t add millions of years into the Bible!
Dig Deeper* Could Death Exist Before Sin Biblically? * Animal Death Before the Fall?
This is Ken Ham, encouraging you to trust God’s Word from the very first verse.As the idea of millions of years became popular in the 1800s, many Christians wondered what to do with Genesis. After all, millions of years can’t be found anywhere in the text! Some decided there must be a gap of time that Scripture doesn’t mention, between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. It’s in that gap that they put the millions of years.
Now there are big problems with this but notice that in creating the gap theory these men didn’t start with God’s Word. They started with man’s ideas and tried to squeeze them into the Bible! But we should never put ourselves as the authority over God and his Word.
Dig Deeper* A Gap Too Wide to Cross * Closing the Gap
This is Ken Ham, founder of the ministry behind the powerful Answers Bible Curriculum.Today we wrap up “Ark week,” our celebration of the eight-year anniversary of the Ark Encounter. Now, we believe that the flood was a real historical event. And that’s because that’s how the Bible describes it!
In Genesis we’re told the flood covered every high mountain under the whole heaven. So, yes, it was a global event! And Jesus also affirmed the historicity of the flood.
He said his second coming will be like the days of Noah. People will be eating and marrying and then suddenly it will come—just as it did in Noah’s day. And Peter also makes a similar point in one of his epistles.
Dig Deeper* Global Evidences of the Genesis Flood * Was the Flood of Noah Global or Local in Extent?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to bring your family to the Ark Encounter in Kentucky.How could Noah fit millions of species onto Noah’s ark? Well, my answer might surprise you—he didn’t!
Noah only needed to bring two of every kind of the land-dwelling, air-breathing animals, seven pairs of some, onto the ark. He didn’t need to take two of every modern species. This means Noah only needed about seven thousand animals!
And keep in mind how large the ark was! At over five hundred feet long, this ship was massive. Many people think of the ark as an overcrowded tiny little boat. But it was a huge ship with more than enough room for a few thousand animals and eight people, and food and supplies for the voyage.
Dig Deeper* How Could Noah Fit the Animals on the Ark and Care for Them? * Caring for the Animals on the Ark
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on the Bible’s reliability and authority.This week we’re celebrating “Ark week” in honor of the eighth anniversary of the Ark Encounter. So today we’re answering the question, “how did Noah gather so many animals from around the world?”
Well, he didn’t! The Bible tells us the animals came to him. God sent them! But how did they come from places like Australia? Well, the world before the flood wasn’t the same as it is now. It was likely one continent, making it much easier for animals to travel to the ark.
And consider the amazing migrations of so many animals—they can travel huge distances so it’s not that difficult to apply that same ability to animals heading to the ark.
Dig Deeper* How Could All the Animals Fit on the Ark? * All Aboard—Unexpected Passengers on Noah’s Ark
This is Ken Ham, editor of A Flood of Evidence, filled with answers about the flood.Many people scoff at the idea that one man could build a massive wooden ship like the one described in Genesis. But does the Bible say only one man built the Ark? Well, no, it doesn’t.
There’s nothing in the Bible that says Noah couldn’t’ve hired people to help him with the construction and so he could preach righteousness to them.
And we also have to remember that Noah wasn’t primitive. Within just a few generations from Adam, people were making complex musical instruments, forging metal, and building cities. They were sophisticated people with technology! Surely Noah used some of that technology in building the massive ship.
Dig Deeper* How Many People Built the Ark? * Fantastic Voyage: How Could Noah Build the Ark?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry behind the life-size Noah’s Ark in Northern Kentucky.Yesterday was the eight-year anniversary of the opening of the Ark Encounter. So we’re celebrating with Ark week where I’ll answer five common objections to the account of Noah’s ark and the flood.
The Bible describes Noah’s ark as a massive wooden ship—over five hundred feet long, eighty-five feet wide, and fifty-one feet high, similar dimensions to some cargo ships. As you’ll see if you visit the Ark Encounter, the ark was huge! But could a wooden boat that size really float?
Yes, it could. A scientific study found that the ark’s dimensions were just right for the ark to have maximum stability and comfort, and hull strength.
Dig Deeper* Feedback: Are Wooden Ships Reliable? * Feedback: Could Noah’s Ark Float Without Problems?
This is Ken Ham, and I’m passionate about the authority of God’s Word and the gospel message.In 2 Peter we read, “one day is with the Lord as a thousand years.” Now some Christians claim we can’t know how long the days in Genesis were because, well, a day is a thousand years!
But creation isn’t the context of Second Peter—the context is Jesus’ second coming and how God doesn’t view time like us. He’s outside time so a long time to us isn’t long to God.
And the verse says a day is as a thousand years—not that it is a thousand years. And, well, the rest of the verse says a thousand years is as a day. So clearly Peter is not defining the word day in Genesis for us.
Dig Deeper* Does the New Testament Prove Long Ages in Genesis? * Steadfast in the Midst of Scoffers
This is Ken Ham, author of the very practical book Cultures in Chaos and a Conflicted Church.I’ve always taught the plain truth from Scripture that God created in just six twenty-four-hour days. Now some people claim that I’m limiting God by teaching this, but that claiming God created over billions of years doesn’t limit him.
But insisting on six literal days of creation isn’t limiting God, it’s limiting us to believing what God tells us in his Word. Think about it—how does believing what God says in his Word over what man says limit God? It limits us to starting with his Word—and that’s a good limitation for us as fallible humans.
Yes, God created in six days—and we need to believe what he plainly tells us.
Dig Deeper* What God Wrote About Creation Week * Creation Basics: Is It Really About the Age of the Earth?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to bring your family to the God-honoring Creation Museum.All this week we’re asking, “Did God really create in six days?” Many Christians ask this question not because the Bible isn’t clear—we’ve seen that it’s very clear! They wonder because they’ve been influenced by man’s ideas about the past!
But consider the order of events in Genesis. Genesis says earth came first and then the sun and the stars. Evolution has the sun and stars long before earth. Genesis says earth was covered with water; evolution says it was a hot molten blob. Genesis says plants came first; evolution says the first life evolved in the water.
It just doesn’t work—God didn’t create over millions of years!
Dig Deeper* Evolution vs. Creation: The Order of Events Matters! * What God Wrote About Creation Week
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry behind the popular VBS program, Answers VBS.Yesterday we looked at the question of “how long did God take to create?” We learned that day in Genesis one means, well, day—a twenty-four-hour day! And the book of Exodus confirms that.
In Exodus 20, when God gave Moses the Ten Commandments, he said, “For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day.” Exodus confirms—God created in just six days! And that’s why we have a seven-day week. Our week isn’t millions of years long because God created over millions of years. It’s seven days because God created in six days and rested for one.
Yes, God created in six days.
Dig Deeper* What Does Six Creation Days Really Mean? * Could God Really Have Created Everything in Six Days?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the Ark Encounter attraction in Northern Kentucky.Some Christians claim that we can’t know how long it took for God to create. Yes, the Bible says God created in six days but we can’t know how long those days were. But is that true?
No—not at all! You see, we can know what a word means by the context. And whenever the Hebrew word “yom” is used it always means a twenty-four-hour day when used with a number or the words evening, morning, or night. And Genesis one has all of those!
It’s obvious that day means day. The idea that the days were long periods of time doesn’t come from the Bible—it comes from man’s ideas about the past!
Let’s start with God’s word not man’s ideas!
Dig Deeper* What a Difference a Day Makes! * How Long Is a Day?
This is Ken Ham, founder of the apologetics ministry of Answers in Genesis.Back in the nineteenth century the evolutionist Ernst Haeckel published drawings of embryos of several different species. He claimed these drawings showed how embryos pass through different evolutionary stages like a fish stage or a reptile stage as they grow. He convinced a lot of people that embryo development proves evolution.
But it was later shown that these drawings were frauds! Haeckel had purposefully drawn the embryos to look more similar than they are. It’s been known for a long time that these drawings were fraudulent—and yet you’ll still find them in textbooks!
Yes, it’s a fraud has remained an icon of evolution!
Dig Deeper* Recapitulation Theory: How Embryology Does Not Prove Evolution * What About Those Embryos?
This is Ken Ham, founder of the ministry behind the popular Answers Bible Curriculum.Have you ever heard of the peppered moth? It’s a supposed example of evolution often used in biology classrooms.
Here’s the story in many textbooks: Before the Industrial Revolution, birds saw and then ate more of the dark variety of peppered moths sitting on tree trunks. Then, as pollution increased, they saw more of the light ones, and the population shifted to mostly dark moths. Then, as pollution declined, it shifted back to light moths again. It’s…evolution in action?
No, it’s just an example of natural selection. The variety of moth color from dark to light was already there—nothing new was added!
Dig Deeper* Peppered Moths . . . Evidence for Evolution? * Peppered Moth Again
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on science and the Bible’s reliability.This week we’re looking at icons of evolution. And one of those icons is the supposed driving force of evolution—mutations, mistakes in our DNA. Now most mutations are very harmful and cause disease and death. Some go unnoticed.
Only a select few are beneficial and only under very specific conditions. Now these few sort-of beneficial mistakes can’t account for the remarkable variety and intricacy we see in creation. And they don’t create brand-new functional information—and you need that for evolution to occur!
Mutations just corrupt already existing information.
Dig Deeper* Are Mutations Part of the “Engine” of Evolution? * Are There Beneficial Mutations?
This is Ken Ham, founder of the popular magazine for the whole family called Answers.Natural selection is one of the icons of evolution with examples of natural selection, like Darwin’s finches, given as “proof” of evolution. Now, these finches have different-sized beaks, allowing them to eat different foods. So evolutionists will say, “See, we’re observing evolution.”
But what they’re really observing is small changes within a kind. You see, the genetic information to produce different beak sizes is already there. It’s built into the finches’ DNA. For evolution to happen, you’d need brand-new information to produce brand-new features—and certainly that’s never been observed.
Natural selection—it’s not evolution.
Dig Deeper* Is Natural Selection the Same Thing as Evolution? * The Proper Place for Natural Selection
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky.Open a high school biology textbook and you’ll probably find Darwin’s finches given as proof of evolution. And why? Well, there are different species of finches on the Galápagos Islands. Textbooks say finches, through natural selection and mutations, became different species with different sized beaks.
What evolutionists call natural selection is just a sorting out of the information already present in the DNA of finches. What were they? Finches. What are they? Finches. What will they be? Finches. This is not evolution.
The information for the variation in beak size was already present in the finch DNA.
Dig Deeper* Darwin’s Finches—Icons of Evolution? * “Evolution” of Finch Beaks—Again
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry producing the family-friendly Answers Bible Curriculum.All this week we’ve looked at a fossil find of a young tyrannosaur with some drumsticks in its stomach. But what creature did it eat?
Well, the articles reporting on the find said this tyrannosaur’s final meal was two baby dinosaurs. But if you read the article carefully you’d see these baby “dinosaurs” were described as “birdlike.” Wait—birdlike dinosaurs?
Well, we see that phrase a lot. And it usually means what the scientists have discovered is a bird—yes, a birdlike bird.
The evolutionary worldview assumes birds are dinosaurs, but we know birds are, well, birds, created by God on day five.
Dig Deeper* What Did a Teenage Tyrannosaur Eat? * Did Dinosaurs Turn Into Birds?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the world-class Creation Museum in Kentucky.This week we’ve been looking at a recent find of a fossil tyrannosaur with some drumsticks in its stomach. Now this fossil must’ve been formed after sin because God originally created everything to be vegetarian. So Christians who try to add millions of years into the fossil record have a big problem here!
You see, if that tyrannosaur fossil was laid down millions of years before Adam and Eve sinned, you have death before sin and animal carnivory in God’s “very good” creation—a creation in which God specifically said animals were vegetarian.
You simply can’t consistently add millions of years into the Bible.
Dig Deeper* What Did a Teenage Tyrannosaur Eat? * Does It Take Millions of Years for Fossils to Form?
This is Ken Ham, editor of the helpful resource on the flood and fossils, A Flood of Evidence.Yesterday we discussed a neat fossil find of a young tyrannosaur fossilized with its final meal in its stomach. But why do we have fossils?
Well, most people think of fossils in terms of millions of years. But the Bible’s history explains why we have billions of fossils all around the world—including incredibly preserved fossils, like this tyrannosaur.
You see, the Bible tells us that over four thousand years ago, God sent a global flood as a judgment on mankind’s sin. That catastrophic flood would’ve buried billions of creatures quickly, preserving them as fossils.
Yes, fossils are a reminder of God’s flood judgment in Noah’s day.
Dig Deeper* What Did a Teenage Tyrannosaur Eat? * Fossils in a Day
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on the Bible’s reliability and authority.Yesterday we learned that God created the animal kinds—including all the dinosaurs—to be vegetarian. So, why did researchers find a fossil tyrannosaur with its final meal of some drumsticks in its stomach?
Well, the Bible explains that too! You see, God originally created everything to be vegetarian. But when mankind sinned, creation was no longer “very good.” It was immediately broken, and death entered into creation. And that’s when animals, like T. rex, started eating one another. Animal death is part of living in a fallen, broken world.
But why was a dinosaur fossilized in the first place? Well, that’s for tomorrow.
Dig Deeper* What Did a Teenage Tyrannosaur Eat? * Animal Death Before the Fall?
This is Ken Ham, author of the popular book for children, Dinosaurs for Kids.If I asked you what a T. rex ate, you’d probably answer, “Anything it wanted to!” After all, it was a massive creature with very big, sharp teeth. But, well, the Bible actually tells us what this creature originally ate!
You see, God originally created all of the animal kinds—including the tyrannosaur kind—to be vegetarian. Yes, he gave them “every green plant for food.”
But what about those sharp teeth? Well, just because something has sharp teeth doesn’t mean it was designed to eat meat. It just means the creature had sharp teeth! Even today many creatures have sharp teeth but just eat plants!
T. rex—originally a plant eater!
Dig Deeper* What Did a Teenage Tyrannosaur Eat? * How Did Defense/Attack Structures Come About?
This is Ken Ham, editor of the best-selling apologetics series, The New Answers Books.One of the most-asked questions about Genesis is: who was Cain’s wife?
Well, we know from Scripture Adam and Eve, Cain’s parents, were the first people and everyone is descended from them. So, Cain’s wife had to have come from them.
Now, Genesis tells us Adam and Eve had “other sons and daughters.” So, Cain must’ve married his sister or maybe his niece.
But isn’t this incest?
Well, God didn’t forbid close relations marrying until the time of Moses, hundreds of years later. This might’ve been because our world is broken and mistakes started piling up in our DNA. So, it made sense for God to prohibit close relatives from marrying originally.
Dig Deeper* Who Was Cain’s Wife? * Cain’s Wife Revisited!
This is Ken Ham, author and speaker on the Bible’s authority and reliability.Yesterday we talked about the UN’s push for Americans to eat less meat to help stop climate change. Well, here are three truths to think about when you hear such claims:
One. God gave man dominion over the earth—not the other way around!
Two. After the flood God changed our diet so that we were given permission to eat meat.
And three. After the flood, God made a promise that clearly shows man cannot destroy the planet. God will do so at the end of time.
“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”
That was a promise for Noah and for us today!
Dig Deeper* Do Americans Need to Eat Less Meat? * Why Did God Make Years, Months, and Days?
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s Ark at Ark Encounter.Last year the United Nations said they’ll soon call on Americans to eat less meat to reduce emissions. Now this idea has big scientific problems but where does it really come from?
Well, the “climate change” the UN talks about is actually an anti-God religion that believes man can save himself and that he must save the planet. They’ve given creation dominion over man instead of recognizing man’s God-given dominion over creation.
Really, it’s an anti-God worldview that destroys. We as Christians need to have a truly biblical worldview, understanding we’ve been given dominion over creation for man’s good and God’s glory.
Dig Deeper* Do Americans Need to Eat Less Meat? * Climate Crisis or Media Hype? Investigating the Reality of Earth's Climate
This is Ken Ham, an editor of the helpful guide, The War on Gender and Marriage.Yesterday I shared a study that found male and female athletes have different race times, and that’s true no matter how they choose to identify. Well, that’s a study only considered necessary because we live in a world that has rejected the obvious truth from both God’s Word and creation.
But it’s no surprise this study confirmed God’s Word—men and women aren’t the same, and simply declaring oneself to be a male or a female doesn’t change reality. Truth is found in God’s Word and, ultimately, in the person of Jesus, who gives those who come to him a new identity—not rooted in self but in being made a new creation in Christ Jesus.
Dig Deeper* Sex or Gender Identity—Which Is a Better Predictor of Sports Performance? * Transgender Identity—Wishing Away God’s Design
This is Ken Ham, encouraging you to always start with God’s infallible Word.Earlier this year I wrote on my blog about a study of race times achieved by athletes who identify as neither male nor female. And the study found that, well, there’s a difference between the race times of men and women—and their subjective gender identity didn’t change that. In other words, the men ran like men, and the women like women, no matter what they believed about themselves.
Well, that’s a study no one really needed! It’s obvious from biology that men and women aren’t the same. And yet so many try and ignore biology. But, really, they’re ignoring God’s Word. And when we do that, we’re left with foolishness!
Dig Deeper* Sex or Gender Identity—Which Is a Better Predictor of Sports Performance? * Male and Female in His Image
This is Ken Ham, encouraging you with answers to today’s questions from God’s Word.Have you ever traced your genealogy to discover who your great-great-great grandparents were? Well, go back far enough and you’ll find some biblical connections!
Yes, everyone’s ancestry goes back to Noah and his three sons. And this is even acknowledged in some secular sources! One people group in China traces their ancestry back to a man and his three sons, and Anglo-Saxon records trace six royal houses all the way back to Noah.
Why do we find Noah and his family popping up around the world? Well, because the flood really did happen, and every people group really is descended from Noah but divided up at the Tower of Babel.
Dig Deeper* What about Extra-Biblical Tables of Nations and Genealogies That Go Back to Noah? * Are There Gaps in the Genesis Genealogies?
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry producing the popular Answers VBS program.Where did language come from? Well, in the evolutionary worldview, languages evolved over time as mankind slowly learned to communicate. Did that happen just once or many times? Well, they don’t know.
Now what they do know is today’s seven thousand languages came from about one hundred language families. And the Bible’s history explains those language families. Genesis says God divided mankind at Babel, creating around—you ready for this?—one hundred new languages. Over time, those one hundred languages have become all the languages spoken today.
Yes, the Bible’s history in Genesis explains our world; and science, it confirms the Bible!
Dig Deeper* More than PIE: Babel Explains Distinct Language Families * Evolutionary Language Search Lands at Babel
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to the Ark Encounter located in Northern Kentucky.Yesterday we learned that, in the evolutionary worldview, humans lived for tens of thousands of years without doing much at all. They couldn’t even figure out farming or building permanent settlements!
That makes no sense. But when we look at history through the lens of God’s Word, well, mankind was created intelligent, quickly learning farming, herding, and even metal working. But that world was destroyed by the global flood. Mankind started over again and, after the Tower of Babel, they scattered around the world. That’s why we see a sudden explosion of civilization all over the world at much the same time.
Dig Deeper* From Ararat to the Americas—In a Few Thousand Years? * How Does Man’s History Fit with the Biblical Timeline?
This is Ken Ham, head of the cutting-edge apologetics ministry of Answers in Genesis.In the evolutionary view, modern man has existed for two hundred thousand years. For millennia, small bands of humans did, well, nothing, really. They drew on a few cave walls, hunted some animals, and discovered fire but that’s about it for tens of thousands of years. Then suddenly, a few thousand years ago, in a burst of creativity they created pyramids, ships, and cities.
Now consider that we went from the horse and buggy to man on the moon in less than a hundred years. The evolutionary story of hundreds of thousands of years of nothing makes no sense!
The Bible’s history does. Mankind was created just thousands of years ago!
Dig Deeper* Six Evidences of a Young Earth * Why Shouldn’t Christians Accept Millions of Years?
This is Ken Ham, author of the devotional commentary on Genesis, Creation to Babel.Have you ever heard a sermon on Genesis chapter 11? Most Christians haven’t, and yet this event is important for properly understanding the world around us.
Okay, what account is found in Genesis 11? The Tower of Babel! After Noah’s flood, all of mankind was gathered in one place, rebelling against God. So God confused their languages, forcing them to spread around the earth. It’s this event that gave rise to different civilizations and people groups around the world. So we’re all one race, but there’s people groups because of Babel.
Yes, the Bible’s history really is the key for understanding the world around us!
Dig Deeper* Was the Tower of Babel Dispersion a Real Event? * How Many Races Did God Create?
This is Ken Ham, and we’re on about the gospel at the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter.Our world’s a mess. So, what do we do about it?
The secular worldview says better education, better access to resources, better government oversight. Fix man’s environment, fix man’s problems—though that never seems to work, does it?
The Bible says the opposite—the problem is us and we can’t save ourselves! That’s why Jesus died on the cross, in our place, taking our sin penalty upon himself. Then he rose from the grave and now offers forgiveness, new life, and freedom from sin to all who will repent and turn to him. And someday he will make a new heavens and new earth where everything that’s wrong will be forever made right!
Dig Deeper* Life’s Toughest Questions * How the Gospel, Not Evolution, Can Solve Society’s Problems
This is Ken Ham, author of the practical book on God and suffering, Divine Dilemma.This world’s broken: people treat one another horribly, there’s always war happening somewhere, and sickness and death bring unbearable suffering. Why is it like this?
Well, your worldview determines your answer. In the secular worldview, this is just the way the world’s been for millions of years: death and suffering are just part of the evolutionary process.
The biblical worldview says God created a perfect world but mankind’s sin broke creation. Everything wrong is the result of the sin in our hearts and the groaning of creation. So, yes, we’re the problem!
So what’s the solution? Well, we’re going to tackle that tomorrow.
Dig Deeper* Life’s Toughest Questions * Why Is the World Broken?
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry that produced the popular Answers Bible Curriculum.This week we’re looking at ultimate questions and today we’re tackling “why am I here?”
Now, as we saw yesterday, the secular worldview says you’re just an accident and you create your own identity. So, it makes sense their answer to this question is, well, you’re here for you. Live for pleasure, get everything you can from life, and when you die, well, that’s it. So, live while you can!
The biblical worldview says all things were created for Christ. So, I’m here to bring glory and honor to Christ! He’s given me life and breath so I can serve him and serve others. And, when I die, I’ll dwell with Christ in heaven for eternity.
Dig Deeper* Life’s Toughest Questions * How Do Atheists Find Meaning?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the popular apologetics ministry, Answers in Genesis.I don’t think there’s a bigger question being asked today, especially by the younger generations, than: “who am I?”
Now here’s how the secular worldview answers that question: you’re the result of random evolutionary processes. You’re an animal. You define yourself. You are what you feel. You are your impulses. Nothing more than that.
The biblical worldview answers that question this way: you’re the crown of creation, made in God’s image, created as either a male or a female. Because this world is fallen, you are born into sin, but every person can be made a new creation, freed from sin, through Jesus.
Wow, what a difference between those two worldviews!
Dig Deeper* Life’s Toughest Questions * God’s Image—The Difference Maker
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on the Bible’s reliability and authority.Last week we saw that the creation/evolution issue isn’t about the evidence—it’s about worldview. And, you know, that’s also true for answering life’s ultimate questions. We all have the same questions, but your worldview determines the answers.
This week we’ll look at four “ultimate questions” and see the contrast between how the secular and the biblical worldview answer these questions. And what you’ll notice is the secular worldview can’t objectively answer any of them! It’s all opinion, and it’s all ultimately hopeless, meaningless, and purposeless.
But it’s the biblical worldview that gives hopeful, meaningful, purposeful answers!
Dig Deeper* Life’s Toughest Questions * Only Two Worldviews
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry behind the faith-building The New Answers Books.How was Grand Canyon formed? Well, the signs say the rock layers were laid down over millions of years, and then the Colorado River slowly eroded through those layers, producing a canyon.
Now creationists study the Grand Canyon too. But we have a very different interpretation! We believe the rock layers were laid down quickly, during Noah’s flood. And then, sometime after the flood, massive lakes burst their dams and the rushing waters rapidly carved the canyon.
So was it a little water and a lot of time, or a lot of water and a little time? Well, as we’ve seen this week, it comes down to your starting point—God’s Word or man’s word?
Dig Deeper* When and How Did the Grand Canyon Form? * Carving the Grand Canyon: Eons or Years?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to bring the family to the Creation Museum in Kentucky.Millions of years ago, the first primate evolved, eventually giving rise to a whole family tree that includes humans. Now that’s the story you’ll see in documentaries, on zoo signs, and in textbooks. But what’s the evidence for this?
Well, evolutionists usually appeal to the fossil record which contains a wide variety of primates. They’ll say some of these are missing links between apes and humans.
Now, in the biblical worldview, we look at the exact same fossils and interpret them as evidence of variety within the ape kind. We know God created apes and humans and nothing in between!
Same evidence, but different interpretations!
Dig Deeper* Is There Really Evidence that Man Descended from the Apes? * The Origin of Humans
This is Ken Ham, author of the popular children’s book, Dinosaurs for Kids.Dinosaurs are divided into three main groups: Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous. Now this is because certain dinosaurs appear only in certain rock layers. How should we interpret this fact?
Well, evolutionists view this as evidence of various dinosaurs living at different times, separated by millions of years. But, starting with God’s Word, we understand they all lived at the same time, but in different places and were buried during Noah’s flood as their various environments were buried. So the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous are the same time, different environments.
It’s the same fossils, but different interpretations.
Dig Deeper* Dinosaurs, Dating, and the Age of the Earth * Dino Age Is Only Skin Deep
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the world-class Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky.Yesterday we learned the creation/evolution battle isn’t about evidence—it’s a battle over two different interpretations of the same evidence.
Consider that we all study the same plants and animals. Now evolutionists interpret what they see through the lens of the evolutionary tree of life, believing all of life is related to each other.
Creationists look at the same plants and animals through the lens of the Bible’s history, that God created living things according to their kinds. We understand God put massive amounts of diversity into each kind so they can adapt to a changing world.
Same evidence, but different views.
Dig Deeper* Variety Within Created Kinds * Baraminology
This is Ken Ham, with a passion for God’s Word and the gospel of Jesus Christ.Creationists and evolutionists both study the same universe and come to very different interpretations! Why? Well, as we’ll see this week, it’s because it’s not really about the evidence. It’s about how you interpret the evidence, based on your worldview.
You see, when it comes to interpreting the world around us, there are really only two options: man’s word or God’s Word. Either we start with the eyewitness account of history given to us by God, or we start with the reasoning of sinful, fallible human beings who weren’t there!
Your starting point determines your worldview and your worldview, well, that determines your interpretation.
Dig Deeper* The Value and Limits of Scientific Evidence * Not Ashamed of a Biblical Starting Point
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry behind the award-winning Answers and Kids Answers magazines.All this week we’ve looked at supposed missing links and found that, well, missing links keep going missing! It seems every time something is called a “missing link” it’s just a matter of time before more research shows it wasn’t a missing link after all.
So why do they keep looking? Well, because evolutionary scientists, in their own foolish wisdom, think they can use the present to explain the past. But they’re neglecting the eyewitness account of history in God’s Word!
And why is this? Well, because they have a heart that suppresses the truth. And the only answer is the gospel of Jesus that opens eyes to see the truth.
Dig Deeper* The Importance of Missing Links * The Only Missing Link—It’s Spiritual
This is Ken Ham, encouraging you to start with God’s Word from the very first verse.In the evolutionary story, birds evolved as dinosaur arms slowly became longer and then transitioned to wings. Well, that’s the story anyway.
A number of years ago a group of researchers studied a wide range of bird fossils and concluded birds—and their limbs—appear abruptly. There’s no slow and gradual change just birds that look like birds all of a sudden!
In the biblical worldview that makes sense. Birds have always been birds. And it wasn’t until later in the flood that birds were overwhelmed and buried so it makes sense their fossils just appear out of nowhere.
Missing links, well, they’ll always be missing!
Dig Deeper* Fossils Fail to Transition from Dinosaur Legs to Bird Wings * Did Dinosaurs Turn into Birds?
This is Ken Ham, author of the classic book, The Lie: Evolution and Millions of Years.In the 1970s scientists discovered, “Lucy,” a new species they claimed was the missing link. Now creationists read the papers and easily concluded: Lucy was an ape!
Her skull, hips, and knee all looked ape-like. And later fossils showed she had ape hands and feet—something evolutionists didn’t expect!
So why the label of missing link? Well, she has some unique features. And whenever evolutionists find variety, they claim that’s evidence of evolution. But variety exists in every kind God made—including the ape kind!
Nothing about Lucy’s skeleton says “sort of human,” unless you’re determined to make it fit evolution.
Dig Deeper* Lucy on the Ground With High Heels * Lucy Makeover Shouts a Dangerously Deceptive Message About Our Supposed Ancestors
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to discover science and the Bible at the Creation Museum.In the evolutionary worldview, millions of years ago a fish sprouted legs and crawled out onto land, beginning the evolution of amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds. And one fossil has been held up as the “proof” for years.
Tiktaalik is a fish fossil that supposedly had the beginnings of “legs.” Is this creature the missing link? Well, no. Like many other lobe-finned fish today, it had unique fins, but they’re still fins, designed for swimming, not crawling. And as more research has been done, scientists are realizing there’s problems with the “missing link” idea.
Missing links are missing because we didn’t evolve!
Dig Deeper Tiktaalik* and the Fishy Story of Walking Fish * Fish Fins Are Not Fingers That Failed
This is Ken Ham, author and speaker on the Bible’s reliability and authority.When researchers uncovered the first Archaeopteryx fossil they were puzzled. It looked like a bird, had feathers like bird, but also had teeth and a long bony tail. What was it?
Well, evolutionists have long upheld Archaeopteryx as a missing link between birds and dinosaurs. But what’s the evidence for that? Well, this creature had a few features that are different from today’s birds. But we expect variety within kinds. After all, God’s creation is bursting with diversity!
And it’s worth noting those unique features were fully formed. This creature wasn’t slowly changing into anything else—no, it’s a bird that stayed a bird!
Dig Deeper Archaeopteryx* Has Flown the Coop * “Missing Link Dinosaur” Is Just a Bird
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit to the full-size Noah’s Ark at the Ark Encounter.Climate change is one of today’s hot topics, influencing everything from policy to couples’ decisions about children. When you really dig into it, the whole climate change discussion is really a religious one—are we God? Do we control the fate of the earth?
The Bible says no—God created this earth, it didn’t evolve, and ultimately the future is controlled by the sovereign God. Our job is not to force the results we think we want. Our mandate is to be good stewards, taking godly dominion over creation.
And God has promised seedtime and harvest will continue as long as earth endures. We don’t control the future—God does!
Dig Deeper* Climate Change and the Bible * Science Confirms Climate Change!
This is Ken Ham, author of the powerful book, One Blood, One Race: The Biblical Answer to Racism.Our culture is very confused about the value of human life. They claim to value everyone but then celebrate the murder of unborn children, promote racist ideas, and support euthanasia. It’s all so inconsistent!
But we can be consistent when we start with God’s Word. God has created each person, in his image, fearfully and wonderfully. And since we all descended from Adan and Eve, we’re all one race.
Now we live in a sin-cursed world, so every person is a sinner, that explains the hatred, intolerance, and evil humans inflict on each other. And the answer to that’s the same for every person—salvation through Jesus Christ!
Dig Deeper* Is Human Life Valuable? * Other Religions’ View of “Human Life” Versus God’s View of “Human Life”
This is Ken Ham, editor of the powerful book, The Gender and Marriage War.What is a woman? Well, that question’s sparked a lot of debate. One Justice even said she couldn’t answer because she’s not a biologist!
But you don’t need a biology degree because God has told us in his Word. You see, God created a male and a female at the very beginning. And they were clearly different! Adam was made first from the dust and then Eve from his side. Adam was commanded to tend the garden, Eve was created and described as a “helper” and a “mother.” Yes, man and woman are different—by design!
Our culture is confused because they’ve left God’s Word. When we start with Scripture we have answers beginning in Genesis.
Dig Deeper* What Is a Woman? * Inferior or Equal
This is Ken Ham, and we’re building a new identity exhibit at the Creation Museum.What’s the god of this age? Well, for the younger generations, it’s identity. They worship self and their subjective feelings about self. And it’s led to much confusion. But there’s clarity in God’s Word!
You see, God created us, so he defines us. We aren’t self-made people, forced to create our own identity.
We’ve been defined as an image bearer of God, so each life has value and dignity. And God has created us either male or female with unique roles as together men and women obey God’s command to have dominion over creation.
Identity shouldn’t control us as our god because the true God has already given us our identity!
Dig Deeper* God’s Image—The Difference Maker * God’s Image as the Foundation for Human Rights
This is Ken Ham, author of the eye-opening Divided Nation: Cultures in Chaos and a Conflicted Church.Our culture is very confused when it comes to sexuality. Decades ago, the West began freeing itself from a biblical worldview of sexuality and the only ethic became “consent.” And what’s been the fruit? Fatherlessness, abortion, a plunging marriage rate, loneliness, and more—in other words, a lot of pain and suffering!
But there are answers for this confusion, and they start in Genesis. God’s Word is clear about God’s design. You see, God created marriage and sexuality. He designed marriage to be between one man and one woman for life. And, yes, we live in a broken world. But marriage is still God’s “very good” design.
Dig Deeper* Sexuality and Marriage * “If You Choose Monogamy, That’s Fantastic…[But] There are Other Choices.”
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry behind the powerful Answers Bible Curriculum.This week we’ve been asking “is the Bible enough?”. Do we need experiences, science, or extra books of the Bible to give us what the Scriptures can’t?
No! God’s Word gives us everything we need to be fully equipped for every good work. It’s what we need for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness. Yes, God has given the believer everything for life and godliness in his Word and through his Spirit.
Don’t get trapped thinking if God would just speak to you or answer all your questions then you’d have real faith or feel close to God. Go to his Word—it’s enough! And he’s faithful to use it to accomplish his plan.
Dig Deeper Is the Bible Enough? * God-Breathed Scripture & Sola Scriptura*
This is Ken Ham, author and speaker on the Bible’s reliability and authority from the very first verse!What was Jesus like as a child? A teenager? What happened in all the years before his public ministry began? Christians today aren’t the first to wonder about the parts of Jesus’ life the Bible doesn’t comment on. People in the past wondered too, and some of them even wrote books about it.
Now some people claim these “Gospels” were arbitrarily left out of the Bible. But these Gospels don’t match the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, often contradicting them. And they contain Gnostic teaching, or “hidden knowledge,” that the Bible explicitly rejects in many New Testament letters.
We are not missing Gospels from the Bible.
Dig Deeper* Is the Bible Enough? * Are There Gnostics in Today’s World?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry behind the three-volume set, World Religions and Cults.What’s the “apocrypha”? Well, the word means “hidden” and it refers to a collection of books written between the close of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New. Now, some skeptics claim these books were arbitrarily left out of our Protestant Bibles. But is that true?
Well, consider that no New Testament writer or Jesus ever quoted from any of these books, even though they frequently quote the Old Testament and sometimes even secular writers!
And these books also don’t agree with the teaching of the rest of Scripture. So they can’t be Scripture because God cannot deny himself.
The apocrypha isn’t Scripture.
Dig Deeper* Is the Bible Incomplete? * A Look at the Canon
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit us at the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky.Some Christians believe science is the ultimate truth. They bend and twist God’s Word—especially in Genesis—to make it fit with the supposed science of the day. But they don’t understand that kind of science is interpretation of the evidence based on a worldview!
For Christians, we can study creation for God’s glory and our good. But science doesn’t trump the Bible. God’s Word is the ultimate authority because it’s flawless. We certainly aren’t!
This week we’re asking “is the Bible enough?” and, even when it comes to science, the answer is “yes!” It gives us the perfect framework for interpreting and studying the world.
Dig Deeper* Is the Bible Enough? * Science and Biblical Authority
This is Ken Ham, author of the eye-opening book, Divided Nation: Cultures in Chaos and a Conflicted Church.There’s a biblical doctrine that’s comes under attack a lot lately and that’s the doctrine of the sufficiency of Scripture. In other words, “is Scripture enough?”
The Bible teaches that it is sufficient—that God has given us everything we need for life and godliness. But many Christians don’t believe the Bible is enough. And they look for experiences to give them what they think they’re lacking. But the emotional effect of those “experiences” only lasts so long, so they need another, and another—bigger and better experience to know God is near and he loves them.
But, by God’s Spirit, the Bible is enough. God’s Word—it’s sufficient!
Dig Deeper* Is the Bible Enough? * Christianity Is Objectively True
This is Ken Ham, author, blogger, and speaker on the Bible’s reliability and authority.Yesterday we learned that the history of climate change science is failed predictions. And why?
Well, those predictions are based on computer models. And what you feed the computer determines what you get out of it! If you’re assumptions are wrong, your model will be wrong.
And most climate scientists assume millions of years of earth’s history. Now, according to God’s Word, they’re very wrong about that. So, it makes sense their models are wrong.
And, also, we’ve only had good temperature data for about fifty years. That’s not enough data to make precise predictions.
So the science of climate change? It’s definitely not settled at all!
Dig Deeper* Climate Change Predictions Prove Miscalculated * Climate Change Hysteria—Is It Justified?
This is Ken Ham, author of popular books for kids such as Dinosaurs for Kids.God has promised that seasons will continue as long as earth endures so we don’t need to panic about the environment. But what about the science of climate change?
Well, the science isn’t as “settled” as the media says. Consider this: scientists have been creating climate models for decades so we can look back and see if those predictions came true. And, well, they haven’t. For example, in the seventies scientists predicted a new ice age within thirty years. That’s right, the concern was global cooling! Or consider that the Arctic was supposed to be ice-free by six years ago.
Why the wrong predictions? Well, we’ll talk about that tomorrow!
Dig Deeper Climate Change Hysteria—Is It Justified? * Movie Review: Arctic Tale*—Exaggerating the Effects of Global Warming
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the full-size Noah’s Ark at the Ark Encounter.What’s behind much of the modern environmental movement, especially the panic around climate change? Well, it’s the idea that mankind is God.
You see, in that view, there’s nothing beyond us: humans are gods and we have the authority and the ability to control everything—even the climate!
But we aren’t God. And the one true God, who created both us and this planet, has promised in Genesis that the seasons will continue as long as earth endures. In other words, climate change isn’t going to destroy earth or humanity.
In his pride, mankind thinks he can be God. But we’re not—the one true God is the one in ultimate control.
Dig Deeper* Climate Change and the Bible * What Scientists Ignore About Climate Change
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry producing the evangelistic Answers VBS.Yesterday was Earth Day, a day when many worship “Mother Earth.” In that view, mankind is a blight on earth and we’re responsible for everything bad that’s happening to our planet. But what’s the biblical worldview?
Well, caring for Earth is important. In Genesis, God gave humanity the mandate to have dominion over creation and gave Adam the job of tending and caring for the garden. But our care shouldn’t turn into worship. We’re to wisely care for the Earth, understanding we’re just stewards and ultimately everything belongs to and is controlled by God.
So don’t jump on every environmental claim. Be a wise and biblical steward!
Dig Deeper* Caring About Creation for the Right Reasons * Is Stewardship the Same as Going Green?
This is Ken Ham, editor of the popular apologetics series, The New Answers Books.Today is Earth Day. For some, this is a day to remind others to plant trees, reduce pollution, or clean up trash. But for many this is almost a religious day. If you’ve ever attended an Earth Day celebration you might’ve seen New Age crystals for people to “channel” through or other materials to worship “Mother Earth.” Yes, for many it’s a religious day to worship earth.
And modern earth-worship comes from the evolutionary worldview which says we owe our very existence to the earth. Therefore, nature is what matters. Human life is the problem impacting earth. But that’s not the biblical view of creation. But more on that tomorrow.
Dig Deeper* Earth Day—A Christian Perspective * Earth Day—The History of Two Trees
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to our state-of-the-art planetarium at the Creation Museum.Last year an article claimed, “the universe was never truly empty.” I thought it was interesting that this article on “eternal radiation” applied the laws of nature to the past and the future.
But in the evolutionary worldview everything just evolved. So, how can we trust that the laws of nature behaved the same in the past as they do today and that they’ll work the same in the future? We can’t know that—it’s a big assumption!
Really, evolutionists borrow from a biblical worldview! Immaterial laws only make sense if there’s a logical, orderly God behind the universe who structured the universe in a logical, orderly way.
Dig Deeper* God & Natural Law * Feedback: Logic Fails Atheism Again
This is Ken Ham, author of the book on God and suffering, Divine Dilemma.Did you know some evolutionists believe something existed even before the big bang? A recent article claimed, “the universe was never truly empty.”
We’re often told that Christians have faith, but evolutionists are rational—they have science. But evolutionists have faith too! They have to believe that something has always existed. But we know that something never comes from nothing. So they have faith that somehow, someway matter has always existed. Yes, evolutionists have faith—it’s an unreasonable faith!
But we as Christians have a reasonable faith, grounded in the eternal God who has revealed himself to us in his Word.
Dig Deeper* Atheism: An Irrational Worldview * “Science vs. Religion”
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to the visit the Ark Encounter in Northern Kentucky.When it comes to what you believe about the past, you have two primary options—the eternal God who created all things, or eternal matter. Now some Christians say you can blend the two by saying God used the big bang to create. But can you blend God and the big bang?
No! First the order of events is wrong. The big bang says the sun and stars came first; the Bible says the earth came first. The big bang says earth was a hot molten blob at first; the Bible says earth was created covered in water. And secondly the Bible says God created in six days, not millions of years.
You can’t mix the eternal God with eternal matter!
Dig Deeper* Eternal God or Eternal Matter? * Who Made God?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the apologetics ministry of Answers in Genesis.Yesterday I shared that I don’t want to be called a young earth creationist. Why is that? Well, because the ultimate issue isn’t about the age of the earth. It’s about biblical authority! Will we start with man’s word or God’s Word?
So what do I call myself? Well, a biblical creationist. This puts the emphasis where it belongs—on the Word of God! You see, there’s only two options. Either we start with God’s Word and interpret the evidence through that lens, or we ignore God’s Word and we start with man’s ideas. Every position on creation that compromises God’s Word starts from outside the Bible—with man’s word. And that’s dangerous!
Dig Deeper* Three Conversations and the Connection Between Them * The Burden of Standing for God’s Word
This is Ken Ham, author and speaker on why we can trust the Bible from the first verse.A number of years ago we published an article titled, “Don’t Call Us Young-Earth Creationists.” Now why would we say that?
Well, because if we make our primary title “young-earth creationists,” we seem to agree that the debate is merely over the scientific evidence of the age of the earth. Now, of course, examining the evidence is valuable. But the issue is not the evidence itself.
The main issue is our starting point for interpreting the evidence—either fallible human opinions or infallible Scripture. So the issue isn’t really the age of the earth—it’s biblical authority! Will we start with God’s Word or man’s word?
Dig Deeper* “Don’t Call Us Young-Earth Creationists . . .” * A Young Earth—It’s Not the Issue!
This is Ken Ham, with a passion for equipping the church with answers from God’s Word.We live in a culture of death that views the wishes of adults as more important than the lives of children. As we saw yesterday, the adult desire to have a “healthy” or able-bodied child is considered more important than the well-being of a human life. For example, with reproductive technologies, babies who are deemed “unfit” or “undesirable” are usually discarded like medical waste!
But what a difference when we start with a biblical worldview! In that view, we’re made in the very image of God—fearfully and wonderfully. Made, not as commodities to be chosen or discarded, but as precious persons, human beings, knitted together and loved by him.
Dig Deeper* “Complex Genetic Tests” Offered for IVF—an Ethical Concern? * What Is the Image of God?
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry behind the powerful Answers Bible Curriculum.Yesterday we learned that abortion is the new face of eugenics, the idea of people being “well born.” For example, most parents given a prenatal diagnosis of a disability or abnormality are pressured to abort—to have their child killed. This means only “healthy” children are born. But that’s just one aspect of the new face of eugenics.
You see, reproductive technologies do something similar. They create embryos—babies—and then sort those babies based on genetics, sex, and viability. And those babies that aren’t “fit” enough are thrown away.
This is evil. Every human life has value because each person is made in God’s image.
Dig Deeper* Defining Life: Fertilization * Alabama Supreme Court Rules That Frozen Embryos Are Persons
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the powerful pro-life exhibit at the Creation Museum.Now what’s “eugenics”? Well, it’s the idea of being “well born.” It was very popular at the turn of the century with the elites of the day arguing for forced sterilization for the “unfit” so they wouldn’t pass along their genes. The whole idea was to ensure only “well born” children were conceived. But after the horrors of Nazi Germany these ideas fell out of favor, or did they?
As we’ll dive into tomorrow, these eugenics ideals didn’t go away. They just took on a new face. And that face today is abortion—the killing of unwanted unborn children and, tragically, unborn babies with a disability diagnosis. More on that tomorrow.
Dig Deeper* What About Eugenics and Planned Parenthood? * The New Face of Eugenics? Artificial Intelligence Sorts Embryos for IVF
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on science and the Bible.Our universe is ordered by very precise laws. And it's these laws that ensure the sun rises every morning, the seasons change each year, and the planets continue to circle the sun. But where did these laws come from?
According to evolution, everything is the result of the big bang billions of years ago. But how could a rapid expansion in space create order? And it gets worse! You see, the laws of nature they're immaterial. You can't touch or see them. And yet we know they exist! How does nature produce something immaterial?
The laws of nature, they're only possible because the orderly God of the Bible exists and created everything.
Dig Deeper* Big Bang—The Evolution of a Theory * The Big Bang?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to bring your family to the Ark Encounter in Kentucky.Today millions of Americans will be treated to a rare sight—a total solar eclipse! Yes, the path of this eclipse passes through much of the US and it's a beautiful sight. But have you ever thought about how this is possible?
Well, a solar eclipse is only possible because the universe is so orderly. The sun and the moon move in regular, predictable patterns. So much so that scientists can predict an eclipse down to the minute decades in advance.
Could such order come from the chaos of a big bang? No! Randomness never produces order. Order is only possible because there is a Creator God who made everything by his power.
Dig Deeper* Total Solar Eclipse * A Reader Challenges Our Claim of a Logical, God-Created Universe
This is Ken Ham, editor of the eye-opening book, The Gender and Marriage War.Yesterday we learned that two leading science groups claim there's no biological standard for male and female.
Now, here at Answers in Genesis we have a former forensic scientist on staff and she assures me that's not true—even if you just have a skeleton!
You see, it's interesting that creationists are often told we can't do science and that our beliefs are holding back science. But we certainly understand the difference between male and female! Just as evolution has held back science so is transgender ideology holding back science.
It's only when we start with God's Word that we have the right foundation for interpreting the world around us.
Dig Deeper* Anthropological Society: “There Is No Single Biological Standard” for Male and Female * The Gender of Bones
This is Ken Ham, and we’re building a new identity exhibit at the Creation Museum.Is there a biological standard for male and female? Well, it’s pretty obvious the answer is yes. But last year the two leading anthropological associations claimed “There is no single biological standard by which all humans can be reliably sorted into a binary male/female sex classification.”
Now this isn’t science. This is ideology hijacking biological reality. But why? Well, because we’re all sinners in rebellion against God! Sinful people want what they want—and they don’t want to live according to God’s design.
But the Bible says rebellion is slavery. Freedom only comes through the truth found in Jesus and his Word.
Dig Deeper* Transgender Identity—Wishing Away God’s Design * Study Finds God’s Design for Marriage Is Best
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, Creation Museum, and Ark Encounter.How do you communicate with an alien? Well, first we’d have to find one, and that has not been successful! But scientists point out aliens might not communicate like us. So they’re using artificial intelligence and dolphins to test how we could communicate with aliens.
Why do naturalistic scientists care so much about aliens? Well, because they want to prove “we’re not alone” and there’s “something else” out there. And why? Because God has made it plain that he’s the Creator! They know there’s more than this life. But, because of sin, they’d rather believe in non-existent aliens than the Creator who’s made it clear we’re not alone.
Dig Deeper* Could We Use AI to Communicate with Aliens? * Alien Life
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry behind the popular Answers Bible Curriculum.Yesterday we learned there’s a university in the UK offering a masters degree in magic and the occult because of how quickly the occult is growing. But why is this?
Well, today’s generation is very secularized and atheistic, but they’re still made in God’s image. And even if they deny it with their mouths, they know they aren’t just a physical body or an animal. God has put eternity in their hearts so they long for something outside themselves. And, like all of us, their hearts are sick and deceived and they’ll turn to anything other than submit to God’s authority.
So what’s the answer? The same as it’s always been: the answer is the gospel!
Dig Deeper* Yes, We Are Losing the Millennials * Study: Moral Relativism the “Majority Opinion” of Gen Z
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry that produced the three-volume set, World Religions and Cults.In my presentations, I often share the statistic that Generation Z is twice as likely as previous generations to call themselves atheists. Now many in Generation Z might be atheists, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t religious—just most don’t want to believe in the biblical God. Instead they’ll turn to almost anything else for meaning and purpose.
Consider that a university in the UK is now offering a master’s degree in magic and the occult. Why? Well, because there’s been a huge growth in the occult in recent years as young people seek to fill the spiritual void in their lives. And this confirms biblical truth—but that’s for tomorrow.
Dig Deeper* You Can Now Earn a Master’s Degree in . . . Magic and the Occult * It Only Takes One Generation
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to the world-class Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky.Today is Good Friday, when we remember Christ’s death. But we look forward to Sunday because that’s when we celebrate that he is alive!
Now some people say the resurrection is just a legend that grew for decades before it was written down.
But the Apostle Paul wrote that Jesus appeared to over five hundred people at once and that most of these people were still alive. If the church back then didn’t believe Paul’s testimony, they could’ve asked numerous eyewitnesses. In other words, the resurrection couldn’t’ve just been a legend that developed—it would be to easy to have fact-checked it!
We can trust the Bible. Jesus—he’s alive!
Dig Deeper* Christ’s Resurrection—Four Accounts, One Reality * Seeing Things
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on science and the Bible’s reliability.The Bible says Jesus presented himself alive with “many infallible proofs” after his resurrection from the dead. Did you know some of his followers saw him resurrected on at least ten occasions before he ascended to heaven?
And Jesus didn’t just appear before people. His followers clung to his feet in worship. He showed them the scars on his hands, feet, and side. He even invited Thomas to touch them. He also ate with the disciples and taught them.
The Apostle Paul tells us that Jesus appeared to over 500 people at one time.
Yes, Jesus offered infallible proofs of his resurrection because he really did rise from the dead!
Dig Deeper* The Sequence of Christ’s Post-Resurrection Appearances * Infallible Proofs
This is Ken Ham, editor of the popular series, The Answers Books for Kids.I once had a little boy ask me “who made God?” Well, if someone made God, it would have to be a bigger God. So, who made the bigger God? Well, a bigger, bigger God. And who made the bigger, bigger God? Well, a bigger, bigger, bigger God. Eventually you’d run out of bigger gods and end up with the biggest God of them all!
Well, the God of the Bible is the biggest God—he’s the only God! He wasn’t created. The Bible says he’s always existed. Now that’s hard for us to fathom because we’re created and finite. But God is infinite and he’s very different from us.
So who made God? No one! He’s the eternal God with no beginning and no end.
Dig Deeper* Who Made God? * Is There Really a God?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry behind the life-size Noah’s Ark at Ark Encounter.Genesis tells us that when God saw everything he’d made, it was “very good.” In other words, God’s original creation was perfect.
But many Christians try and add millions of years into Genesis. Now these long ages come from an interpretation of the rock layers and fossils, and fossils are the remains of, well, dead things. So what these Christians are really saying is there was millions of years of death before we sinned.
And this makes God—not us—the author of death. That calls into question his all-good and all-loving character!
God didn’t use millions of years—he created in six days just as he said he did in Genesis.
Dig Deeper* Death Before Sin? Why “Millions of Years” Matters * Kids Feedback: Why Is There Death and Suffering?
Evolution is a story about the past. But, it’s also a story of the future. You see, in this worldview, death and suffering are just part of life.
When you mix man’s ideas with God’s Word, it’s God’s Word that usually gets radically changed. And change in one area leads to change in other areas.
This is Ken Ham, author of the book Divine Dilemma, about a loving God in a fallen world.Today is 9/11, the sad anniversary of the terrorist attack on America. This event shocked America, and many wondered, “Where’s a loving God in this tragedy?” Immediately after, many pastors interviewed on television declared, “we don’t know why these things happen, we just need to trust God.” And while we do need to trust God, we can know the big picture for why tragedy happens!
This groaning world isn’t the world God made. He made a “very good” creation—we broke it because of our sin!
Death and suffering aren’t God’s fault—it’s ours because of sin. But God made a way to restore his creation and save us from our sin through his Son, Jesus.
Dig Deeper Why Does Creation Groan? Christianity Today* Gives a Very Wrong Answer * Why Do Innocent Children Suffer?
This is Ken Ham, inviting your family to visit the Ark Encounter, south of Cincinnati.Biblically, we’re to steward earth for our good, God’s glory. But what does that mean?
Well, “our good” means we recognize that people aren’t animals—we’re made in God’s image. Human beings are worth far more than any other created thing. So, we put people first, making decisions that allow for human flourishing, but recognizing that in a fallen world, we must watch out for wrong motives!
“God’s glory” means we recognize he made everything, and he owns everything. And God delights in what he’s made! So, we don’t just destroy so we can have what we want. We preserve creation, so it can continue to bring glory to him!
Dig Deeper* Caring About Creation for the Right Reasons * What Are Humans? Animals, Mammals, or Neither?
This is Ken Ham, editor of the apologetics series of books, The New Answers Books.Yesterday we learned that mankind isn’t going to destroy this earth. Eventually God will, in judgment. But does this mean we can just do whatever we want to the earth?
No! In Genesis chapter one, God charged mankind with dominion over the earth. They were to subdue and care for it, that’s true of us today, too!
All throughout Scripture we see that God cares for what he’s made—including the plants and animals. So, we can’t just do whatever we want, depleting resources with no thought of the future. Or destroying habitat with no regard for the creatures that live there. We’re to be good stewards, having dominion for our good, God’s glory.
Dig Deeper* Should We Take Care of the Earth? * Creation and Conservation
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to have an encounter with God’s Word at the Ark Encounter.This week we’re looking at the issue of climate change. Should we be in panic?
No.
You see, earth and its climate didn’t evolve. It was intelligently designed by God! And it’s infinitely more complicated than you might think, that’s why all the climate models just keep being, well, wrong!
Also, God has promised that as long as earth endures, there’ll be seasons. In other words, we’re not going to destroy the climate.
And we’re not going to destroy earth either. God’s also promised that he’s going to do that when he judges sin in the consummation.
Now this doesn’t mean we can just do whatever we want to earth? That’s for tomorrow.
Dig Deeper* Go (Truly) Green—by Starting with Genesis * Earth Day—A Creationist Perspective
This is Ken Ham, inviting your family to the Creation Museum, where children 10 and under visit for free.If you listen to the media, it’s time to panic, because we’re ruining earth. And there’s supposedly only a few years left before it’s too late!
Now, we live in a fallen world, there are real ecological problems we need to address if we want to be good stewards of creation. But we shouldn’t be panicking.
Think about this. When I was much younger, people were concerned about global cooling, then they were concerned about global warming. And now it’s just climate change. In other words, the doomsday predictions of a cold earth didn’t come to be, neither did the predictions that earth was heating up!
The climate prophets were, well, wrong!
Dig Deeper* Climate Change and the Bible * Global Warming: Fact or Fiction?
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on science and the Bible’s reliability.We live in a time when many people worship and serve the creation, rather than the Creator. And this leads to people making decisions about the environment with the view that mankind is bad, earth is basically a god.
But that’s not how Christians should view things! We understand that God has created mankind in his image, we’re the crown of creation, not a cancer!
Also, God has given us dominion over creation. It’s not supposed to just run wild—we’re to subdue and care for it, for our good, God’s glory.
This world isn’t better off without humans. God has designed creation to be cared for by us, so let’s practice biblical dominion.
Dig Deeper* Is Stewardship the Same as Going Green? * A Deeper Shade of Green
This is Ken Ham, general editor of the book Glass House: Shattering the Myth of Evolution.All this week we’ve been looking at dinosaurs through the lens of Scripture. We’ve learned that, yes, starting with God’s Word, dinosaurs and man lived with each other. But is there any evidence of this? Yes!
Cultures all around the world have legends of dragons. These dragons sound a lot like dinosaurs. How did dozens of cultures, isolated from one another until recently, all come up with legends of the same creatures independently? And the art of these cultures features some of these creatures. They’re recognizable as brachiosaurs, stegosaurs, or other dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs didn’t die out millions of years ago. They lived with man until recently.
Dig Deeper Dragon Legends—Truths Behind the Tales * Tannin*: Sea Serpent, Dinosaur, Snake, Dragon, or Jackal?
This is Ken Ham, author of the eye-opening book, Divided Nation: Cultures in Chaos.There’re a lot of secular theories for why the dinosaurs went extinct: an asteroid impact, overeating, starvation, indigestion, climate change, and more have been suggested. But the Bible gives us the proper framework for understanding their extinction.
When the dinosaurs got off the Ark after the global flood, they entered a radically different world filled with new challenges. And the flood was followed by an ice age, which radically changed the climate. And, of course, human hunting was likely a factor, too.
Dinosaurs went extinct for the same reasons creatures go extinct today: changing environments, climates, and human hunting.
Dig Deeper* What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs? * Post-Flood World
Noah took two of every kind of land-dwelling, air-breathing animal. Since dinosaurs are land-dwelling and air-breathing, they came to Noah to go on the ark.
Genesis chapter 1 tells us that, originally, people and the animals were created vegetarian. God gave them the plants to eat.
If you were asked “where did dinosaurs come from?,” how would you answer? Well, it’s not a hard question if we start with the Bible. Let’s take a look.
Who would’ve thought, even ten years ago, people would be asking “what is a woman?” But, well, here we are!
God has made you the way you are on purpose. You are fearfully and wonderfully made by him in his very image as either a male or a female!
I have a question for you—who owns the children? Well, our culture today largely believes that the government does! But, is that what the Bible teaches?
It’s been horrifying to watch children being sucked into trans ideology. What can we do to protect our children?
Our culture today says gender is fluid, that biology has nothing to do with it! Boys can be girls, and girls, boys.
When it comes to the foundation for your worldview, there’s only two choices: man’s word or God’s Word.
The temples of atheism are most public schools. This religion is taught to millions of students every day in our education system, many are believing it.
A few hours in church is just not enough. You need to be diligent every day to teach your children the things of the Lord, combat the lies of the world.
Many parents claim, “well, my kids need to be in public school. They can be missionaries to the other children.” But can your child really be a missionary?
Many people think that secular means “neutral.” So public schools—because they’re “secular”—are neutral. But there’s actually no such thing as true neutrality!
Trilobites are extinct sea creatures. Many of them are found in the fossil record. But what’s even more interesting is that many trilobite tracks are also found in the fossil record.
When leaves fall from the trees, it doesn’t take long for them to curl up and start to crumble. And yet fossil leaves are flat and look like they were freshly picked!
Evolutionists believe birds evolved from dinosaurs. In fact they actually think birds are dinosaurs! But there’s big problems with this idea, including the way birds walk.
T. rex supposedly lived sixty-eight million years ago—so how could soft tissue last that long? Well, the short answer is—it can’t!
The only way we can recognize those who won’t endure sound teaching is by knowing God and his Word!
Scripture says false teachers will “follow their sensuality.” Does the heart behind a teaching encourage sin and lust of the flesh?
In the book of Colossians, we’re told to beware of being taken captive by philosophy and empty deceit. Now, how can we know what is mere philosophy and deceit?
False teaching doesn’t bring unity or point people toward a greater love for Christ. Instead, it causes disunity and division within the body of Christ.
The New Testament is filled with warnings to be watchful, to avoid false teachers. That was true back then and it’s still true today.
Sadly, many Christians start with man’s ideas about origins and try and fit them into the Bible. But here’s two massive problems with this.
The Bible says we were created by God. He made everything according to its kind, one kind won’t ever turn into another kind. That’s exactly what we observe!
Mutations are changes in genetic information that already exists. Mutations don’t create brand-new, genetic information.
Natural selection has never been observed to create brand-new genetic information. It acts on genetic variability that’s already there.
On the Galapagos islands, Charles Darwin noticed small variations within finches. Some of these birds had larger beaks for cracking open seeds.
I’ve had Christians tell me, “The Bible’s not a science textbook!” And I agree, I’m glad!
I wish there were more scientists today like Matthew Maury. This man is remembered as the “Pathfinder of the Seas.”
In the book of Isaiah we read that “God stretches out the heavens like a curtain.” This suggests the universe has expanded since creation.
Many ancient peoples believed that earth must sit on something. But what does the Bible say?
I’ve often said that the Bible’s not a science textbook. But, when it does touch on science, it’s always right.
How do we fight in this war? With the weapons God’s given us: his armor, including prayer and God’s Word and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
We now live in a culture of death that doesn’t view the unborn, elderly, differently abled, or terminally ill as having any value.
The toy brand American Girl told its young readers if they don’t feel comfortable in their bodies, they might be boys, that’s okay!
Extinction activists think that humans should immediately stop having children and allow our species to completely die out.
The most important feature at the Ark Encounter is that we teach millions of children and adults that the Bible’s history is true.
Dinosaurs were land animals, so they were created on day six of creation week. And because they were land animals, their kinds were on the ark.
Did you know that Noah had to take far fewer animals than you probably think onto the Ark?
When many people think of Noah’s Ark, they picture a small boat, overcrowded with cartoon animals. Sadly, they don’t think of real history.
We’re celebrating seven years since our Ark Encounter opened! To celebrate, this will be “Ark week” where I’ll answer common questions about Noah’s Ark.
Evolutionists think differently about meteors. You see, many of them believe these space rocks might’ve brought life to earth!
So, do I believe in UFOs? Yes, I do. There certainly are unidentified flying objects! But do I believe these UFOs are piloted by extraterrestrials?
Off the coast of Mexico, deep in the ocean, is a massive crate made by an asteroid! It’s this asteroid that’s believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs.
Everyone knows of the beautiful rings surrounding Saturn or Jupiter. But did you know that scientists discovered a new ring system just this year?
The planet Mars is marked with evidence of massive amounts of erosion—so much so that many scientists believe there was a global flood on Mars!
The most famous of the so-called cavemen are the Neanderthals. Now, those who start with God’s Word have always said that these people were fully human, descended from Adam.
The influence of evolution, even in the church, has become strong. Some Christians claim that God created Adam from an ape man, Eve from an ape woman!
Most people’s view of cavemen comes from TV programs that depict so-called cavemen as dumb, hunchbacked brutes—who can only grunt a few syllables.
Living in caves scattered across Europe, a group of people left behind tools, art, and a few bones. Who were they? And when, how—did they live?
On cave walls across Europe, you’ll find paintings of animals accompanied by dots and dashes—what could it mean?
Yesterday I shared that scientists claim they’ve created the “building blocks of life” in a lab. But what did they really make?
Many scientists now believe the ingredients for life came from deep in outer space, arriving here on a meteorite.
God has revealed himself to us—and he’s done so with masculine pronouns and titles such as Father, Son, God, King, Priest, and Prophet.
Theology refers to the study of God: who he is and what he’s done. Now, what should shape our theology?
God offers salvation to all through his Son. Jesus paid our sin debt. All who turn to him receive forgiveness and eternal life. Come to Christ today!
The battle over marriage and gender being waged right now in the church is about much more than marriage or gender. It’s ultimately about pride.
Pride isn’t worth celebrating because rebelliously thumbing our nose at the Creator is a sin and it leads to more and more sin.
This is Ken Ham, and our popular 510-foot-long Noah’s Ark is located south of Cincinnati.This week we’re talking about “Pride Month,” a secular celebration of rebellion against God’s design.
Our culture today treats pride like a good thing—but pride is a sin. In fact, it was the first sin.
In the Garden, Eve believed God was selfishly withholding what she wanted, so she took the fruit and ate, and then offered it to Adam, who also ate. At the heart of their rebellion was pride in their own thinking and lust after what they wanted. This sin broke creation and brought death and the curse into God’s “very good” creation.
Pride is still a huge temptation for all of us. And it always leads to more sin and brokenness.
Dig Deeper* Pride—Before and After the Fall * Is Pride Worth Celebrating?
This is Ken Ham, author of the new devotional commentary on Genesis, Creation to Babel.The month of June is now known by many as “Pride Month.” Now, at the heart of this “celebration” is the sin of pride. And pride comes from a rebellious heart—one that rejects the authority of the Creator.
A proud person ultimately claims to know better than God and his Word. They believe that inventing their own rules and celebrating their own desires are greater than what God has commanded in his Word. It puts the focus squarely on us rather than on God.
And the Bible is very clear about pride: God hates a prideful heart and he will oppose the proud.
Instead of celebrating pride, people need to repent and turn to Christ for forgiveness!
Dig Deeper* Pride: The Sin at the Root of Pride Month * Is Pride Worth Celebrating?
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on Genesis and all of the Bible’s reliability.Last year the global population hit eight billion. Now, you might think that’s a lot—but it’s really not if evolution’s true!
You see, evolutionists believe modern man has been around for over two hundred thousand years. But if we take the data on birth rates and go back in time, in just fifty thousand years the population would be: one, followed by one hundred zeros. That’s more people than atoms in the universe! It’s nonsense!
But when we start with the Bible, people have only been around for about six thousand years, so eight billion people makes perfect sense!
Let’s start all of our thinking on God’s perfect Word.
Dig Deeper* Billions of People in Thousands of Years? * Could 2 People Populate a Planet to 7 Billion People?
This is Ken Ham, inviting your family to visit the Ark Encounter, south of Cincinnati.Earth has a population problem—but it’s not what you might think! You see, earth now has eight billion people on it. That seems like a lot, but fertility rates are dropping rapidly, so the population will soon start to shrink. This means there will be fewer young people but more older people, and they’ll need to be cared for. It’s a big problem!
Sadly, this is largely the result of teaching generations things like: unborn babies aren’t persons and can be killed; marriage and motherhood are bad for women; and climate change will ruin everything!
All these ideas run contrary to God’s Word and his plan for the family. Babies are actually a blessing!
Dig Deeper* The Next Threat to Society? Population Collapse * Italy Heading for “Demographic Crisis” Because Couples Aren’t Having Children
This is Ken Ham, editor of the apologetics series of books, The New Answers Books.Yesterday we learned there are now eight billion people on planet earth. And that we shouldn’t think of this as a bad thing!
You see, God gave us a mandate right at the beginning to be fruitful and multiply and to subdue the earth, having dominion over it. So, filling the earth with people is part of fulfilling God’s instructions!
Understanding dominion is important because it puts nature into the right perspective. Nature has intrinsic value because it was made by God and he cares for what he’s made. But it isn’t more important than people who bear God’s image. Nature shouldn’t rule over us—we should rule over it, for God’s glory.
Dig Deeper* Creation Mandate * Stewardship
We should celebrate that there are eight billion image-bearers of God living on a remarkable planet he made for us!
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the Noah’s Ark attraction, the Ark Encounter, south of Cincinnati.It’s Memorial Day here in the United States. On this national holiday, we respectfully remember the costly sacrifice that so many have made for our country.
Now, I believe the reason we’re so drawn to respecting sacrifice is because we were made to worship the One who made the ultimate sacrifice.
You see, our ultimate problem is the sin that separates us from God. But God gave his Son, Jesus, to be the perfect sacrifice for our sins so all who trust in Christ can receive eternal life and have their biggest problem solved!
So, as we remember those brave service members today, let us also remember Jesus Christ—and tell others about him.
Dig Deeper* How Were People Saved Before Jesus Came in the Flesh? * Evolution and the Atonement of Jesus Christ
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on science and the Bible’s reliability.Today we’re wrapping up our series on last year’s State of Theology survey of Americans. The last response we’ll look at in the survey is that nearly forty percent of so-called “Evangelicals” believe “Religious belief is a matter of personal opinion; it is not about objective truth.”
But that’s not what you’ll find in Scripture! Christianity is based in historical reality—objective truth. The Apostle Paul even says in First Corinthians that if Jesus hasn’t really been raised for the dead, our faith is useless!
What we believe as Christians shouldn’t just be our opinions. We can speak with authority, like Jesus did, because our faith is based in truth.
Dig Deeper* Truth & Love: Inseparable Virtues * Resurrection—No Doubt About It
This is Ken Ham, inviting your family to visit our massive Noah’s Ark in Kentucky.According to a recent survey, nearly one in three so-called Evangelicals in the US believe “The Holy Spirit can tell me to do something which is forbidden in the Bible.”
But God can’t contradict himself! God has given us his perfect Word as the ultimate authority for our lives. It’s God’s Word that tells us what the holy God expects from us—and what his standard is. And that standard is perfection!
God the Holy Spirit—and yes, the Holy Spirit is God—will never tell someone to do something that contradicts God’s Word. God cannot deny himself. If someone claims God’s told them to do something that goes against his Word, they aren’t hearing from God!
Dig Deeper* The Battle for Biblical Authority * Undermining Biblical Authority: the Problem and the Solution
This is Ken Ham, author of the book on millions of years and church compromise, Six Days.Last year the State of Theology survey found that seventy percent of supposed “Evangelicals” in the US believe that “Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God.” Nearly forty percent see Jesus as “a great teacher, but not God.”
Now that’s a heresy, one long condemned by the church! Jesus is the eternal God—the Creator of the universe, the God of Abraham, and the I AM who met with Moses. No, Jesus wasn’t created!
And Jesus wasn’t just a great teacher, either. He claimed to be God and then he proved he was—and is God, by dying and rising from the dead!
If you want to know who Jesus really is, don’t listen to our culture.
Dig Deeper* 10 Biblical Reasons Jesus Is God * Where Did Jesus Say, “I Am God; Worship Me”?
This is Ken Ham, CEO and founder of the global apologetics ministry of Answers in Genesis.This week we’re looking at last year’s State of Theology survey. And what it shows is that many Christians in America don’t have a clue what the Bible really teaches!
Here’s an example. Nearly half of “Evangelicals” believe “God learns and adapts to different circumstances.” In other words, they believe God changes and he isn’t all-knowing.
But Scripture says that God is the same yesterday, today, forever. He doesn’t change!
And the Bible also declares that God’s the only one who knows everything, who’s always been there, and who never makes mistakes.
Many Christians believe God’s like us, but he isn’t. He’s God and he’s unchanging and all-knowing!
Dig Deeper* How Much Does God Know About the Future? * A Changing World, An Unchanging God
This is Ken Ham, a publisher of the award-winning family magazine called Answers.Last week we looked at how many Christians have a “customized worldview,” made up of a little of this and that. And this week we’re examining a recent study on the state of theology.
This study found that over half of “Evangelicals” believe God accepts the worship of all religions. But is that true?
No! God’s Word has told us that there’s only one way to God the Father and that’s through Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Salvation is found in no one else.
Everyone worships something or someone. But those who will have their worship accepted by God are those who truly worship the one true God through his Son Jesus.
Dig Deeper* Do All Religions Lead to God? * Is Jesus the Only Way?
This is Ken Ham, and we’ve produced the popular Answers Bible Curriculum.What you believe determines what you pass along to your children. And, sadly, only two percent of US parents with young children have a biblical worldview!
Why does that matter? Well, you can't give what you don't have. This is why we’re seeing such godlessness among the younger generations. Ninety-eight out of every one hundred parents can’t give their children a biblical worldview, even if they wanted to, because, well, they don't have one to give!
But you can develop a truly biblical worldview and pass it along to your children. But it starts with one key thing: read your Bible—all of it, beginning with Genesis.
Dig Deeper* Why Is Reading the Bible So Important? * Research Shows Majority of Americans Want to Read the Bible
This is Ken Ham, founder of the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s Ark south of Cincinnati.This week we’ve seen that many Christians don’t have a biblical worldview. Instead, they believe a little bit of this and a little bit of that, gathered from all over.
Now, worldview matters! How you view the world determines what you do and even what you value. And a worldview that isn’t firmly anchored to the truth of God’s Word is ultimately going to shift along with our culture.
Now, such a Christian can’t be salt and light. It’s like what Jesus described in the book of Matthew: “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste it is no longer good for anything.”
If we want to be “salty,” we need to know the Bible—and be equipped with answers!
Dig Deeper* A Biblical Prescription: A Worldview Checkup * Exposing the Underlying Worldview: Acts 17
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to call the church back to God’s Word and the gospel.This week we’re looking at the worldview held by the majority of Americans. In general, this worldview is a customized one made up of a little of this and a little of that. It’s “syncretism.”
And sadly, this isn’t unique to those outside the church.
Many professing Christians take elements of man’s pagan religion of our age—like evolution and millions of years—and mesh it with Scripture. And then we wonder why so few Christians have a biblical worldview!
But God hates syncretism. He punished the Israelites for mixing the worship of the true God with pagan rituals. He wants us to believe his Word—all of it—and start our thinking with truth.
Dig Deeper* Where Did the Idea of “Millions of Years” Come From? * Six Evidences of a Young Earth
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on the Bible’s reliability and authority.Yesterday we learned that very few Americans have a biblical worldview. So, what do the rest of Americans believe?
Well, a recent study found that most Americans blend ideas from a variety of belief systems to create a “customized worldview.”
In other words, the dominant worldview in America today is “syncretism.” It’s a little of this and a little of that, blended into a worldview that’s custom-made by each person. With such a worldview there’s no ultimate authority—“truth” is determined by whatever seems right to each person.
This explains the moral relativism permeating the West. Without the ultimate authority of God’s Word, anything goes.
Dig Deeper* Syncretism in America * Can an Evolutionist Be a Creationist?
This is Ken Ham, and we’ve launched the video-streaming platform of Answers TV.Seventy percent of Americans claim to be Christians and yet only six in one hundred have a biblical worldview!
This means that many Americans grew up going to church or in families that identified as Christian, but an actual biblical worldview was never passed along to them.
Based on my experience in Christian ministry for over forty years, I’m not surprised. Many families and churches teach children a few Bible “stories,” with a focus on a moral lesson, rather than helping them understand God’s Word as the authority and foundation for our thinking in every area.
And this “story” approach to the Bible has been disastrous—as we’ll see all this week.
Dig Deeper* What Is a Biblical Worldview? * Study: Only 37% of American Pastors Have a Biblical Worldview
This is Ken Ham, a publisher of the award-winning family magazine called Answers.I often hear from parents who want their children to be like “missionaries” in the public education system. But I remind them—children can’t be salt there until they have salt!
Children aren’t mini-adults with maturity and a fully developed biblical worldview. They’re impressionable children, having their minds shaped and molded by those around them.
And God’s given the primary responsibility of shaping children to parents. Now, Sunday is Mother’s Day in the US, a time when we especially appreciate mothers. And my challenge to moms this year would be: remember how vital and worthwhile your work is, as you fill your children with the salt of God’s Word.
Dig Deeper* Missionaries to a Pagan Culture * Should Christians Send Their Kids to Public Schools?
This is Ken Ham, and our popular life-size Noah’s Ark is located south of Cincinnati.Our Christian worldview is grounded in the history in Genesis. And yet so many Christians avoid Genesis and don’t know what to believe about it!
Now, that’s not because God’s Word isn’t clear—it is! But many Christians don’t know what to do with evolution and millions of years so they ignore the issue.
But we can’t do that!
When we take Genesis as history—including a young earth, six days of creation, and a global flood—the world makes sense. And we have a solid foundation for our worldview.
We need to be teaching Genesis to our children and giving them answers so they know where their worldview comes from – and to help them trust that starting point.
Dig Deeper* What Is a Biblical Worldview? * Only Two Worldviews
This is Ken Ham, a missionary to our evolutionized culture and even the church.How can you best impart a biblical worldview to your children? Well, start with Genesis!
You see, every biblical doctrine of theology is ultimately grounded in the history in Genesis. How can we think biblically about marriage? We go to God’s design of one man and one woman for life—given in Genesis. Gender? God’s design for us as male and female—also given in Genesis.
The sanctity of life? God’s creation of us in his image given in Genesis. Racism? We’re all one race—as described in Genesis.
Genesis is foundational, and our children need to understand it. Our Christian thinking comes from the true history given by—God!
Dig Deeper* Did Bible Authors Believe in a Literal Genesis? * How Should We Interpret the Bible, Part 2: Is Genesis 1–11 Historical Narrative?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, the Creation Museum, and Ark Encounter.Yesterday, we learned there are two kinds of science: observational and historical. Why is this important to understand? Well, because historical science is all about an interpretation of the evidence. And that’s why scientists often disagree about their conclusions! They interpret the evidence differently.
You see, what you believe about the past determines how you interpret the evidence today. If you start with man’s word, you’ll view it through the lens of millions of years and evolution. But when we start with God’s Word, you’ll interpret the evidence very differently!
The issue isn’t the evidence—but interpretation.
Dig Deeper* Is Science Secular? * The Value and Limits of Scientific Evidence
This is Ken Ham, author of the books The Dinosaurs of Eden and D is for Dinosaur.When people consider science, they usually think of it as making observations about the natural world or maybe seeing technological advances. But did you know that’s only one of the two types of science?
First, there’s “observational science.” Now, the other kind of science tries to figure out what happened in the past. That’s “historical science.”
Unlike observational science, historical science is not directly testable, observable, or repeatable. So, what someone believes about the past becomes the framework used to interpret the observational evidence.
Why is it important to know the difference between these two sciences? That’s for tomorrow!
Dig Deeper* What Is Science? * Two Kinds of Science?
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s Ark near Cincinnati.Over the past few years, I’ve seen many articles pointing to a big problem within modern science—it’s not always, well, scientific!
One problem is fraud—scientists publishing papers with made up or misrepresented data. Then other scientists use that data in their studies and the fraud just spreads. According to one recent article, this is a “massive” problem in the sciences.
It’s a reminder to Christians not to get sucked into the “science says” mentality. Men make mistakes and, well, they also lie! But God never makes mistakes, he’s never wrong, and he never lies.
Instead of trusting sinful man, let’s trust God’s perfect infallible Word.
Dig Deeper* Evolution is Just Mistakes * Agassiz: Anti-Darwin
This is Ken Ham, author of the eye-opening book Six Days and Church Compromise.Last year I was in Pennsylvania and saw Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, iconic American symbols of freedom. I’m thankful for the freedoms we enjoy in the USA, but these symbols are also a reminder that the freedoms enshrined in our Constitution are quickly disappearing, especially for Christians. So, what should we do?
Well, today is the National Day of Prayer—a day when many Americans stop and spend time praying for our nation. And, ultimately, that’s the best thing we can do—pray and ask the Lord to preserve our freedom, and if he does not, that he’d give us the courage and boldness to continue to speak his truth and point people to the gospel.
Dig Deeper* National Day of Prayer . . . Without God? * National Day of Prayer or Reason?
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to call the church back to God’s Word and the gospel.There’re so many problems with the big bang model—and recent observations aren’t helping! Here’s just a few problems.
The big bang should’ve created magnetic monopoles, but none have been found.
The big bang should’ve created equal parts of matter and antimatter, but only very small amounts of antimatter have been found.
The big bang model predicts stars should’ve formed made up of only the three lightest elements and yet none of those stars have been found.
To solve these problems, the big bang model is continually propped up with hypotheses. But they can’t be falsified. It’s just not good science!
The big bang? It’s a big bust!
Dig Deeper* The Big Bang * Does the Big Bang Fit with the Bible?
This is Ken Ham, founder and CEO of the apologetics ministry of Answers in Genesis.Now, when I ask “where’s the inflation?,” I’m not talking about economics! Here’s what I mean.
Because of certain observations astronomers have made about the universe, those who believe in the big bang have what’s called the “horizon problem.”
Now, they’ve attempted to solve this with “cosmic inflation,” the idea that immediately after the big bang, the universe expanded faster than the speed of light. While this solves the horizon problem, it creates a new one for those who believe the big bang where’s the evidence for this inflation? Well, it’s nowhere! Zero!
That’s not surprising because the big bang never happened!
Dig Deeper* Has Cosmic Inflation Been Proved? * Cosmic Inflation Again
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s Ark south of Cincinnati.Early last year, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched. As this telescope looks at galaxies far away, evolutionary scientists believe it’s peering back in time, close to the big bang. But are they seeing what they expect? No!
The papers published on the collected data highlight scientists’ confusion—why do the galaxies not match what’s predicted by the big bang model? One paper even had this word in the title: panic!
Of course, I’m not panicked. The big bang model contradicts the Bible, which says, “in the beginning God created.” So, we never expected the evidence to confirm the big bang.
Indeed, the history in God’s Word is true!
Dig Deeper* Young Galaxies Too Old for the Big Bang * The Big Bang?
This is Ken Ham, author of the devotional commentary on Genesis, Creation to Babel.In various places around the world, you’ll find man-made structures built several thousand years ago. And what’s incredibly interesting is that they all look eerily similar.
In Egypt they built pyramids. In South America they constructed ziggurats. And in North America they made mounds. They’re all a bit different, but the similarities are striking. How did everyone think of the same idea?
Well, because, as the Bible tells us, mankind was once all together—and tried to build a giant tower into heaven! When God scattered everyone around the world, they took that building knowledge with them. They eventually built ziggurat-like structures elsewhere.
Dig Deeper* What Did the Tower Look Like? * The Step Pyramid
This is Ken Ham, and we’ve produced the family-friendly Answers Bible Curriculum.Many families, particularly royal or noble ones, have kept detailed chronologies for generations. And some of these genealogies go all the way back to one man—and you might recognize his name—Noah! That’s right. Just as the Bible connects everyone back to Noah, so do many secular sources!
There’re also places around the world with ancient names like Mizraim and Canaan. You might not recognize those names, but if you go to Genesis chapter eleven, you’ll find them in Noah’s genealogy. It appears that places, particularly in the Middle East, were named after Noah’s grandsons!
This only makes sense if the Bible’s history is true—and it is!
Dig Deeper* Noah, a Global Flood, and the Case Against Racism * What We Know of Noah and the Ark in the Bible
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, the Creation Museum, and Ark Encounter.Where did the world’s seven thousand languages come from?
Well, language scientists say they came from fewer than one hundred original language families. So, where’d these families come from?
Well, evolutionists don’t know. Maybe, they say, there was just one language, and over hundreds of thousands of years, different families evolved. Or maybe language evolved many times.
But we can know because the Bible tells us! God created us with language right from the beginning. But, at Babel, he divided this language, creating about one hundred language families—and that’s how many language families exist today!
Dig Deeper* More Than One Language Before the Flood? * How was Moses able to read pre-Tower of Babel texts?
This is Ken Ham, head of the apologetics ministry that’s built a 510-foot-long Noah’s Ark.When did civilization start? Well, according to evolutionary ideas, modern man evolved two hundred thousand years ago. Then they did, well, pretty much nothing! They supposedly lived the lifestyle of primitive hunter-gatherers for thousands and thousands of years. Then, about five thousand years ago, people suddenly started making large pyramids, ships, and ziggurats.
That story doesn’t make any sense! But the Bible’s history does!
God created two people just six thousand years ago. The most ancient civilizations, like Sumer and Egypt were founded by their descendants, around four thousand two hundred years ago, after the event at the Tower of Babel.
Dig Deeper* Where in the World Is the Tower of Babel? * Abraham and the Chronology of Ancient Mesopotamia
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to strengthen the global church with God’s Word.In Genesis chapter eleven, we read about the Tower of Babel. Many Christians don’t really think much of it, but it’s an important event in human history!
You see, the events at Babel follow about one hundred years after the global flood, which destroyed the world and all but eight people. At this time, people were all gathered in one place so there aren’t any people yet in Australia, the Americas, Africa, Europe, or most of Asia—everyone’s in the Middle East.
Because of man’s rebellion at Babel, God created brand-new languages, forcing people to spread out. It’s after this event that civilizations begin to form around the world.
Dig Deeper* Tower of Babel * Was the Tower of Babel Dispersion a Real Event?
This is Ken Ham, author of the book on today’s culture wars called Divided Nation.Today we’re looking at one more “ite” from the Old Testament. This time it’s the Edomites, Esau’s descendants.
Now, the Bible tells us that kings reigned in Edom before any kings in Israel. But is this true? Well, some archaeologists didn’t think so. They thought of Edom as just a simple tribal society.
But what happened? Well, you might be able to guess by this point in our series!
Archaeologists discovered evidence for a massive copper-mining operation in Edom. This would’ve taken lots of technological know-how. Edom was not a simple society.
In other words, yet again: archaeology confirmed the Bible!
Dig Deeper* Digging Past the Doubts * Archaeological Evidence for the Kingdom of Judah
This is Ken Ham, author of a devotional commentary on Genesis, Creation to Babel.The Bible mentions a group of people called the Moabites, descended from Abraham’s nephew Lot. But did these people actually exist?
Yes, they definitely did! The Bible records their existence—and the Bible’s always true! So, we shouldn’t be surprised when archaeologists discovered inscriptions from Moabite kings—including one that even mentions—by name—a king of Israel who’s recorded in the Bible! It also records other places from the Old Testament.
Such findings in archaeology should remind us that God’s Word can be trusted. It’s a book of history. Its people really did live! And the places it mentions really did exist!
Dig Deeper* Do Ancient Canaanite Remains Discredit the Bible? * Ancient Jordan's Forgotten Kingdoms
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s Ark south of Cincinnati.Who were the Ammonites? Well, they’re one of the many “ites” mentioned in the Bible. Who were these people?
Well, for a time, secular archaeologists didn’t believe they ever existed. After all, while they were mentioned in Scripture, the Ammonites didn’t seem to appear anywhere else. So, of course, the Bible must’ve just made them up, they declared.
Well, archaeologists eventually discovered an inscription that appears to be for an Ammonite king—and they even found the remains of an Ammonite palace.
The Bible was right. The Ammonites existed!
The Bible’s a book of history, authored by the One outside history—and he’s right every time.
Dig Deeper* Evidence for the Seven Year Famine of Joseph’s Time Found? * Fact-Checking the Bible
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on why we can trust the Bible.When it comes to God’s Word, it’s accurate in everything it says—even in the details! Here’s an example.
There’s a man who only appears in one verse in the whole Bible—an Assyrian king named Sargon, whose commander captured the city of Ashdod.
Now, for a long time, Sargon wasn’t found anywhere else, so many people assumed the Bible was wrong. But: no one thinks that anymore! Why? Well, because an enormous palace of two hundred rooms was discovered and it belonged to Sargon! In fact, the very battle the Bible mentions has been preserved in Assyrian records.
We shouldn’t accept the doubts of archaeologists over the truth in the Bible!
Dig Deeper* Recent Archaeological Finds in Assyria Corroborate Scripture * The Merneptah Stele
This is Ken Ham, a missionary to our evolutionized culture and even the church.This week we’re looking at archaeology—is it a friend or foe of the Bible? Well, spoiler alert, it’s a friend!
Let’s keep three things in mind while we think about this:
- God’s Word stands as an authority over archaeology. God’s Word is infallible and God-breathed. But archaeology is a fallible human tool. So, trust God over man every time.
- Archaeology isn’t a replacement for what we know from the Bible. But it can provide helpful, unknown details. This can enhance our understanding of the biblical text.
- Archaeological discoveries can help us defend the Bible’s truth.
So, let’s dive into it tomorrow!
Dig Deeper* Does Archaeology Support the Bible? * “House of David” Reads 2,900-Year-Old Stone Slab
This is Ken Ham, whose ministry has produced the family-friendly Answers Bible Curriculum.Today we’ve unprecedented access to God’s Word. But it wasn’t always this way!
In the early church, no one had all 27 books of the New Testament at one time. Eventually, the books were gathered but, since each book had to be hand copied, it was very expensive. Finally, the printing press was invented, revolutionizing access to God’s Word.
But the Bible needed to be translated into the common tongue so anyone could read it—but that was illegal! Many of the translators were martyred. They knew the risk but did it anyway because God’s Word is worth dying for!
Praise the Lord for the incredible access we now have to his Word!
Dig Deeper* William Tyndale and the English Bible * The Life of William Tyndale
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to call the church back to the authority of God’s Word.How did we get the27 books of the New Testament? Well, it’s popular today to believe that this was based on an arbitrary vote at the Council of Nicaea in AD 325. But that’s not even close to the truth!
That council actually focused on the deity of Christ and refuting a heresy growing at the time. There’s no mention in any of the council documents about which books should be included in the New Testament!
The truth is there was little debate among the early church about this —it was obvious to them! By the time of the Council of Nicaea, the 27 New Testament books had long been accepted as Scripture.
Dig Deeper How Should Christians View the Fact Claims of The Da Vinci Code*? * Why 66?
This is Ken Ham, encouraging all churches to start their thinking with God’s Word.Yesterday we learned that the Bible was carefully hand copied for thousands of years. But does this mean that people changed the text for hundreds of years?
No!
The Bible ultimately comes from God and he has preserved his Word. How do we know? Well, consider that we have nearly six thousand Greek texts of part or all of the New Testament. If you include other languages, we have over twenty thousand manuscripts. And they overwhelmingly agree with each other!
Most variations between these texts are very minor—spelling or grammar. And none of the variations impact any core doctrine.
We do indeed have God’s very Word.
Dig Deeper* Trusting the Text * Is the Bible Authoritative and Inerrant?
This is Ken Ham, and we’ve launched the video streaming platform of Answers TV.This week we’re looking at how we got the Bible. Yesterday we learned that ultimately it came from God and that God has faithfully preserved his Word. But how?
Well, for thousands of years, the only manuscripts of the Bible were carefully hand copied by scribes. But can we trust those copies? After all, variations do creep into even the best copies.
Well consider when the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered. They contained a copy of the book of Isaiah one thousand years older than what we had. But this older Isaiah is virtually identical to copies from a millennia later!
Yes, God has preserved his Word. We can trust the Bible.
Dig Deeper* The Preservation of the Bible * Dead Sea Scrolls—Timeless Treasures from Qumran
This is Ken Ham, and our popular life-size Noah’s Ark is located in Northern Kentucky.This week we’re going to see where our Bibles came from. But first, we have to understand that, ultimately, the Bible comes from God.
The Bible says, “all Scripture is God-breathed” and that the men who wrote it were carried along by the Holy Spirit. In other words, God used men—like prophets, kings, and scribes—to write out his words in their own unique style.
So, the original texts weren’t just the thoughts of people from long ago—they were exactly the words God wanted written down for us to know.
So, the Bible isn’t like any other book. It’s God’s Word, providentially protected by him and designed to endure forever. There’s no other work like that!
Dig Deeper* Was the Bible Simply Written By Men? * Every Word Counts
This is Ken Ham, and children ten and under are free this year at our popular Ark Encounter!This week we’ve seen that Jesus is the perfect sacrifice for our sins. With his death on the cross, he paid the price that our “sin-debt” demands. He broke the power of sin and Satan, and Jesus fully satisfied God’s wrath against our sin. But it gets even better!
Jesus didn’t stay dead! He rose victorious over death, defeating its power and proving he really is who he said he was: God in flesh. Now Jesus offers forgiveness, new life, and an eternal home in heaven to all who will turn from sin and trust in him alone for salvation.
He’s now reigning in heaven, interceding for his us. And someday he’ll return to take his church home to him.
Dig Deeper* Christ’s Resurrection—Four Accounts, One Reality * Infallible Proofs
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on science and the Bible’s reliability.Did you know the Old Testament is like a big arrow pointing to Jesus and what he came to do? Let me give you an example.
In the Old Testament, God instituted sacrifices for the nation of Israel. These were offered over and over again to cover the people’s sin. You see, death is the payment for sin, so blood had to be shed. But the blood of all those bulls and goats couldn’t take away sin. Why? Because we’re not related to the animals!
We needed a perfect sacrifice. But all of us are sinners, so it can’t be one of us! That’s why Jesus, fully God and fully man, came to earth and died in our place. He was the ultimate and perfect sacrifice for sin.
Dig Deeper* Did Animal Sacrifices Remove Sin? * Why Didn’t God Respect Cain’s Offering?
This is Ken Ham, an Aussie transplant with a passion for sharing the truths of God’s Word.In the book of Exodus, we read about a time in Israel’s history when the people were enslaved in Egypt. God saved them with a great deliverance, but first he instituted the Passover celebration.
You see, God had sent nine plagues on Egypt and yet Pharoah hardened his heart. So, God sent a tenth plague—the death of the firstborn. To be saved, the Israelites killed a lamb and put its blood on their doorposts. Death “passed over” them.
This is a picture of Christ! Jesus is our “Passover lamb,” who died in our place. His blood applied to us saves us from eternal death.
This Easter, take time to thank God for the Passover lamb, slain and raised again for us.
Dig Deeper* God’s Plan Centered on a Lamb * Did John the Baptist Know Jesus Was the Messiah?
This is Ken Ham, heading up the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s Ark, south of Cincinnati.Yesterday we learned that we’re all sinners. But why? Well, it goes back to Genesis.
The first two people God created were originally sinless, in perfect relationship with God. But they rebelled against their Creator, bringing sin and death into creation. Their perfect relationship with God was broken.
The Bible says we sinned in Adam and that every one of us continues to sin. Think about it—have you ever told a lie, even a “small” fib? Stolen anything? Looked at someone with lust? Honored anything or anyone over God?
We’re all sinners, but the good news is Christ became sin for us and took our penalty when he died on the cross and rose again.
Dig Deeper* The First Sin * Why Didn’t Adam and Eve Die the Instant They Ate the Fruit?
This is Ken Ham, a publisher of the stunning award-winning family magazine, Answers.I have some bad news, and some good news—which do you want first?
Well, when it comes to the news I have, you really need the bad news first!
You see, the bad news is that me, you, and everyone else is a sinner, who’s rebelled against God. The punishment for sin is death and eternal separation from God. Now, that’s really bad news!
But if you do truly understand you are a sinner and can’t save yourself, then here’s the good news.
Jesus, the Son of God, came to earth and became sin for you. He died in your place—took your penalty! If you turn from your sin and trust in him, you’re forgiven and given eternal life!
Dig Deeper* The Bad News . . . and the Good News * Did Jesus Understand the Sacrifice He Had to Make?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit our full-size Noah’s Ark in Northern Kentucky.This week we’ve seen that there’s no reason, from a scientific or biblical perspective, for the climate hysteria of our day. So, should we care at all?
Well, we should be concerned about climate policies, because many of them impact the world’s poorest the most. Think about it—if the price of energy rises, the poorest are affected. And the quickest way to lift nations out of poverty is reliable and cheap access to energy!
Radical climate policies won’t save the earth—they’ll hurt people!
As Christians, we’re to have dominion over creation. That means we carefully care for earth, using its resources for our good and God’s glory.
Dig Deeper* Climate Change Facts: Should We Be Concerned? * Climate Change and the Bible
This is Ken Ham, an Aussie transplant with a passion for sharing the truth of God’s Word.I’m old enough to remember the 1970s when global cooling was considered our planet’s biggest threat. Within decades, it was global warming and now, well, it’s just “climate change.” What happened?
Well, the global cooling predictions didn’t come true. The climate started warming. But now the climate’s stopped warming or cooling, so it’s just “climate change.”
The so-called “science” of climate change is a real mess. Why? Well, as we’ve seen this week, many scientists involved have the wrong worldview of evolution and millions of years. Also, the global climate data is poor, and biases drive interpretations of the data.
Dig Deeper* The Globe Is Warming, But It’s Not Your Fault! * I’m a Climate Change Alarmist
This is Ken Ham, the CEO of the ministry behind the popular Answers Bible Curriculum.This week we’re asking, “is climate change our biggest threat?” We’re often told YES!—and that “the science is settled.” But is it really?
No, not at all. And one reason is a lack of good data. We’ve only been measuring earth’s global temperature since the 1880s—and not very reliably! Satellite data began in the ‘70s, but even that’s had problems.
A limited and poor data set doesn’t yield good models. That’s why none of the climate models have accurately predicted future trends.
And, keep in mind, scientists all have biases that influence the computer models they create to make their predictions.
Dig Deeper* Global Climate Models Are Improving, But Are Not Yet Useful * What Scientists Ignore About Climate Change
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter.Yesterday we learned there’s good reason to believe today’s climate change is just part of normal variations in earth’s climate. So, why’s there so much hysteria?
Well, it’s a difference of worldviews. From the evolutionary view, environments and their species have remained relatively the same for millions of years—so any change is cause for concern.
But in the biblical worldview, the global flood caused massive climate change, and earth has been settling down since then. Also, today’s environments and species are only a few thousand years old.
We also believe our climate was designed by the God who’s promised the seasons will endure.
Dig Deeper* Climate Emergency or Hot Air? * Global Warming: Fact or Fiction?
This is Ken Ham, one of the authors of the bestselling series of books, The Answers Books.“The earth is dying—and it’s your fault!” That’s the message we’ve heard for decades from the media and many politicians. But is it true? Is climate change the biggest threat to life on earth?
Well, consider that centuries ago, the global temperature was declining, then about four hundred years ago, it started slowly rising again. So, it’s possible temperature variations are normal—maybe due to cycles on the sun’s surface.
Also, carbon dioxide—the gas blamed for climate change—isn’t the most important greenhouse gas. Water vapor and clouds are! Man-made CO2 only makes up a fraction of greenhouse gas.
So why the hysteria? That’s for tomorrow!
Dig Deeper* Climate Change Facts: Should We Be Concerned? * Is Man the Cause of Global Warming?
This is Ken Ham, hoping you’ll visit our popular life-size Noah’s Ark south of Cincinnati.All this week we’ve seen creation scientists making testable predictions and doing great research.
And this is research evolutionists can’t—or won’t—do! They can’t do some of this research because they have the wrong starting point. You see, if you believe in a very old earth, you can’t apply the proper timescale of thousands of years. So, you’ll miss incredible research opportunities.
Other times they won’t bother because they already believe they know the answer: it has to be evolution and millions of years.
The wrong worldview leads to wrong interpretations and missed opportunities to understand our world.
Dig Deeper* War of the Worldviews * Why Aren’t People Convinced by Facts?
This is Ken Ham, and our popular Ark Encounter attraction is located in Northern Kentucky.Evolutionists believe that radioactive decay in rocks takes millions of years. Now, creationists believe radioactive decay greatly sped up during creation week and then during Noah’s flood.
Which view is confirmed by the evidence?
Well, when certain radioactive elements decay, helium is released. This helium quickly escapes from rock crystals. So, if radioactive decay really takes millions of years, then most of the helium should be long gone. A group of creationist geologists tested this and found, yes, large amounts of helium in rock crystals!
Once again, the evidence directly confirms the biblical model and opposes the evolutionary one!
Dig Deeper* Radiohalos—Solving the Mystery of the Missing Bullets * Radiohalos: Evidence of Accelerated Radioactive Decay and Catastrophic Geological Processes
This is Ken Ham, editor of the evolutionary exposé, Glass House: Shattering the Myth of Evolution.Evolutionists believe species arise very, very slowly over tens of thousands of years. Creationists believe that God created creatures according to their kinds with new species forming within those original kinds, in just a few thousand years.
A creation biologist, Dr. Jeanson, used this biblical framework to form a testable prediction of how quickly species form. Later, a study done by evolutionists on Darwin’s famous finches revealed they’re forming new species very quickly—at a rate that matches what Dr. Jeanson predicted, starting with the Bible!
Creationists make testable predictions because—well, God’s Word is true.
Dig Deeper “One year of Replacing Darwin*: What have we learned?” * The Proper Place for Natural Selection
This is Ken Ham, editor of the popular series of books The Answers Book for Kids.In the Grand Canyon there are rock layers that were somehow folded. Now, hard rock can’t fold—it’ll fracture! So, how’d this happen?
Well, there’re two views:
- These layers were slowly laid down over millions of years, then heated and bent.
- These layers were rapidly laid down by a flood, a few thousand years ago. They were bent while still soft.
Creation geologist Dr. Andrew Snelling is the first scientist to test to see which view matches the evidence. His research project found, well, no evidence the rocks were ever heated and then bent. The rocks must’ve been rapidly laid down by a massive Flood and then bent while soft.
Dig Deeper* More Ground-Breaking Research Evolutionists Won’t Do * The Fight for 53 Rocks
This is Ken Ham, and we now have a popular streaming service called Answers TV.Do creationists conduct scientific research? Absolutely! And I’ll share with you this week some of that exciting research. But it’s important to know that, most of the time, science has nothing to do with evolution or even origins at all! Observational science involves testing and observing in the present.
Now, what about “historical” science? Well, you can’t directly test and observe the past. So this is where evolutionists and creationists disagree. As we’ll see this week, creationists study things like fossils and geology to learn more about the past. The difference, though, is our starting point: God’s infallible Word.
Dig Deeper* Two Kinds of Science? * Deceitful or Distinguishable Terms—Historical and Observational Science
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the full-size Noah’s Ark attraction in Northern Kentucky.This week we’ve seen there’s no evidence for the idea of “feathered” dinosaurs. And that’s just what we’d expect, starting with God’s Word!
The Bible teaches that birds and dinosaurs aren’t related. The bird “kinds” were created on day five of creation week. Dinosaurs were created on day six. These two groups of creatures have nothing to do with each other, so we don’t expect them to share feathers!
Now could God have created feathered dinos? Of course—he can do whatever he wants! But since these two groups aren’t related and feathers are a defining feature of birds, we don’t expect to see feathers on dinosaurs. And we don’t!
Dig Deeper* Feathers on Flying Reptiles Are for the Birds * Can Statistics Tell Us Whether Dinosaurs Had Feathers?
This is Ken Ham, coauthor of the eye-opening book on Noah’s Food, A Flood of Evidence.As we’ve seen this week, evolutionists believe dinosaurs evolved into birds. In their worldview, scales must’ve, by chance, evolved into feathers. But how?
You see, feathers grow from individual tube-like follicles in the skin. But reptile scales are all connected, like a big sheet over the whole body.
Feathers are grown and shed in matched pairs. But scales are shed all together.
Feathers are very complex. They’ve a branching structure, interlocking barbs, and tiny hinged “hooklets.” But scales are relatively simple folds in the skin.
Feathers and scales are very different. One didn’t evolve from the other—it’s impossible!
Dig Deeper* Did Dinosaurs Turn into Birds? * “Feathered Dinosaur” Featured Long Tail Plumage, Evolutionists Say
This is Ken Ham, publisher of the award-winning magazine for families called Answers.Yesterday we discovered that so-called “feathered dinosaurs” fit into either one of two groups. The first group is birds that evolutionists remarkably call dinosaurs. So, what’s the second group?
Well, that’s the “fuzzy dinosaurs.” These are fossils of true dinosaurs found with a “fuzz” on them. Now, this “fuzz” is far from feathers—it doesn’t have the complex branching structure of a feather. So, what is it?
It’s likely this fuzz is partially decayed collagen—a connective tissue.
So, feathered dinosaurs are either: actually birds or fossils with decayed collagen giving the fossils a fuzzy appearance.
Dinosaurs with feathers have never been found!
Dig Deeper* Did Dinosaurs Turn into Birds? * Fluffy Dinos
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to call the church back to the authority of God’s Word.Yesterday we learned that the idea of feathered dinosaurs comes from the belief that dinosaurs evolved into birds. But is there evidence for this?
Well, evolutionists claim a wide variety of dinosaurs were covered in feathers. These examples fall into two groups.
The first group is made up of birds. Evolutionists will often claim that a true bird is a dinosaur. Why? Well, because of their assumptions about the fossil record and when birds evolved. Now, you can call a bird a dinosaur, but that doesn’t make it an actual feathered dino! It’s a bird!
What’s the second group these “feathered dinosaurs” fall into? Come back tomorrow to find out!
Dig Deeper* Did Dinosaurs Turn into Birds? * Did a Dinosaur Get Its Feathered Tail Caught in Amber?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, and the Creation Museum.For years I’ve taught there are two different starting points when it comes to interpreting scientific evidence regarding the past: man’s ideas about the past and God’s Word. They’ll result in two different interpretations of the same evidence. That’s the case when it comes to so-called “feathered dinosaurs.”
It’s common now to see dinosaurs illustrated with feathers. It’s because evolutionists believe birds evolved from dinosaurs. In fact, they believe birds are dinosaurs!
So, evolutionists approach dinosaur fossils with the assumption they’ll find evidence for that belief. But were there feathered dinos?
That’s for tomorrow.
Dig Deeper* Did Dinosaurs Turn into Birds? * The Evidence Doesn’t Speak for Itself
This is Ken Ham, author of the book on millions of years and church compromise, In Six Days.Did you know legends of creatures we call dragons are found in places like China, England, Utah, Peru, North Africa, and Australia? How could such diverse cultures all come up with the same type of stories?
Well, the creatures described in these stories sound suspiciously like . . . dinosaurs! Could these legends be the exaggerated memories of when people lived with dinosaurs?
Absolutely they could be! You see, dinosaurs didn’t die out millions of years ago. Dinosaurs and humans lived together from the beginning. And the last dinosaurs went extinct sometime after Noah’s flood.
Humans have legends of dinosaur-like creatures because, well, people lived with them.
Dig Deeper* Dragons: Fact or Fable? * Dragon Legends—Truths Behind the Tales
This is Ken Ham, and we’ve launched a video streaming platform of Answers TV.What happened to the dinosaurs? Well, it wasn’t an asteroid impact that wiped them out!
You see, we know dinosaurs were on the ark with Noah because he was told to take two of every land animal kind with him. And that would include dinosaurs. So, what happened to them?
Well, they likely died out for the same reasons creatures are going extinct today: human activity, climate change, habitat loss, and more. The world after the global flood was a different place!
Dinosaurs aren’t a great mystery when you start with God’s Word. We find their fossils because they were buried during Noah’s flood. Those who survived on the ark, well, they sadly died out, too!
Dig Deeper* What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs? * Kids Feedback: What Happened to Megalodon and Other Sea Creatures?
This is Ken Ham, a publisher of the award-winning family magazine called Answers.Children’s Bibles usually show Noah leading different land animals into the ark. Few show Noah loading on a brontosaurus or a stegosaurus. Why? After all, Noah was told to take two of every kind of land animal—and that includes dinosaurs! So, yes, dinosaurs were on the ark. So, how’d they fit?
Well, not all dinosaurs were huge. The average dinosaur was about the size of a bison. And even the largest dinosaurs began life small!
Also, the ark was massive. It had plenty of room for all the animals and supplies—plus for Noah and his family.
So, yes, land-dwelling animals like dinosaurs were on board Noah’s Ark.
Dig Deeper* Were Dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark? * Dinosaurs on the Ark: How It Was Possible
This is Ken Ham, an Aussie transplant with a passion for sharing God’s Word.Yesterday we learned dinosaurs were created on day six of creation week. So, what did dinosaurs—like T. rex—originally eat? Well, look at their teeth—they ate meat . . . right? But what do big, sharp teeth actually tell us?
Well, all sharp teeth tell us is that the creature had . . .well . . . sharp teeth! It doesn’t necessarily mean it ate meat. Many creatures today, such as pandas or fruit bats, have scary-looking teeth. But they only eat plants and fruit.
According to Genesis chapter one, originally, every creature was vegetarian. And, yes, that includes dinosaurs. Which means T. rex used those massive teeth to shred vegetation, before the Fall!
Dig Deeper* A Vegetarian Dinosaur's Big Mouth * Rodent-Like Mammals Beat out Dinosaurs by Munching on Flowers
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s Ark, south of Cincinnati.Dinosaurs seem like a great mystery to many Christians. They wonder: “How do you fit dinosaurs into the Bible?” Well, the answer is—you don’t!
Okay, what do I mean?
Well, we don’t take dinosaurs and try to squeeze them somewhere into the Bible. The Bible is the true account of history from the eyewitness Creator. So, we start with God’s Word and then use it to explain what we see in our world.
Starting with the Bible, we know God created everything. Genesis chapter one tells us God created land animals on day six of the creation week. Dinosaurs are land animals; that means God created them, along with humans, on day six.
No. Dinosaurs aren’t a big mystery!
Dig Deeper* You Don’t “Fit” Dinosaurs with the Bible! * Discipleship, Dinosaurs, Deception, and Disconnect
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to call the church back to God’s Word and the gospel.Racism is a big issue in our culture today. Many companies, government schools, and social media are pushing everyone towards “critical race theory” as the answer. But, as with all Christian doctrines, the answer begins in Genesis!
You see, Genesis teaches that God created two people, and from them came everyone else. That means we’re all related!
Now, because everyone is descended from Adam and Eve, we all have the same ultimate problem: sin. We’re all sinners deserving the penalty of death.
But we also all have the same solution: the Lord Jesus. He came as our relative and died in our place, bearing our sin debt. He offers solution to all who will believe!
Dig Deeper* Are There Really Different Races? * Did Darwin Promote Racism?
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on the Bible’s reliability and authority.Do male and female exist? Many people today say “no”—that there’s really no such thing. Gender, they say, is just a social construct and maleness or femaleness are all about how you feel—and you may not feel like either of those!
But is that the truth? No. You see, God originally created two people: Adam and Eve. In Genesis we read that God specifically created them “male and female.” He designed two genders and called them “very good.”
And this didn’t change with the fall—Genesis five states again that we’re made male and female.
Since God created us, we can’t redefine gender!
Dig Deeper Does Genesis 1:27 Mean That God Originally Created Adam with Both Genders? * God Created “Male and Female,” Not* Transgender
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, the Creation Museum, and the Ark Encounter.Can marriage just be whatever we want it to be? Our culture generally thinks so! But just because they want that to be the case, doesn’t mean it is!
You see, marriage isn’t some kind of institution humans created. God created it. In Genesis we read that God created the first man and woman and he brought them together in a unique one-flesh union. This was the first marriage, and it was designed and ordained by God.
Marriage is NOT whatever we want it to be—two men, two women, a man and multiple women, or an open relationship. Marriage is God’s institution, so only he has the authority to define it, and that definition is found in Genesis.
Dig Deeper* 2.4 The Origin of Marriage (OB4) * A Journey from a Homosexual Lifestyle to Christ
This is Ken Ham, a publisher of the apologetics, award-winning family magazine Answers.Yesterday we learned that the doctrine of sin, and man’s sin condition, are grounded in the history in Genesis. But so is our hope of the gospel!
In Genesis 3:15, God promised Eve that from her would come the Seed who would crush Satan—and that Seed is Jesus!
Jesus came as a descendant of Adam to die in our place, taking our sin penalty of death for us. Now, some Christians don’t believe Adam and Eve really lived. But think about this—why did Jesus need to come as a man, and die a physical death for our sin, if a man didn’t bring physical death into the world by his sin?
It’s only when we believe God’s Word, from the very first verse, that the gospel makes sense!
Dig Deeper* Jesus Christ: The Last Adam * The Dirtiness of Jesus Dwelling Among Us
This is Ken Ham, and our popular life-size Noah’s Ark is located in Northern Kentucky.All of our major Christian doctrines are either directly or indirectly founded in the history in Genesis. Think about a big one—man’s sin condition. Why are we all sinners, facing the penalty of death?
Well, because God created a perfect world and he commanded the first two people not to eat from one specific tree. Instead of obeying their Creator, Adam and Eve chose rebellion. Their choice brought sin into the world. And with sin came death.
This history explains why no one is “basically good”—we’re all rebellious sinners because we sinned in Adam and have inherited his sin nature.
But there’s a rescue for sinners—and that’s for tomorrow.
Dig Deeper* When Did Adam and Eve Rebel? * Who Sinned First—Adam or Satan?
This is Ken Ham, a missionary to our evolutionized culture even to the church.My home country of Australia is well-known for the Great Barrier Reef, a massive coral reef. It’s over one thousand three hundred miles long. The thickest reefs are over one hundred and eighty feet thick.
Now, coral grows slowly, so how did such a massive reef form in just over four thousand years since Noah’s flood?
Evolutionists often throw this challenge at creationists. But we know, under certain conditions, corals can grow quickly. For example, one part of the reef is thirty feet thick and grew in only six hundred and sixty years. At even half that rate, the Great Barrier Reef could’ve easily grown to where it is today in just a few thousand years.
Dig Deeper* Giant Coral Reefs—Too Old for a Young Earth? * Massive Modern Reefs—Finding Time to Grow
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, popular Creation Museum, and Ark Encounter.Sea slugs called nudibranchs are born with shells but lose them as they grow up. Why would they give up this protection?
Well, some sea slugs actually eat stinging animals like anemones or jellyfish. And then, instead of digesting the stinging cells, they push them to the surface of their skin. They’re used for defense! Others eat poisonous sponges and become poisonous themselves.
Now it’s difficult to imagine how this could’ve evolve by chance. After all, it would have to work the first time, or you have a . . . well . . . dead slug!
No, these sea slugs were created by God to survive in a fallen world. A reminder of his goodness.
Dig Deeper* Nudibranchs * Designed to Kill in a Fallen World
This is Ken Ham, author of the books The Dinosaurs of Eden and D is for Dinosaur.“Living fossils” are creatures that look almost identical to their fossilized counterparts. Horseshoe crabs are a great example. Evolutionists believe they’ve been around for half a billion years—and yet they haven’t changed!
And horseshoe crabs aren’t “simple.” They have complex eyes with rods and cones, like our eyes. And they have five other eyes that detect ultraviolet light, letting them easily see moonlight reflected on the water.
How could such a complex system evolve so early in earth’s supposed history? And why would it stay the same for nearly half a billion years? Because it didn’t evolve! God created these crabs just six thousand years ago.
Dig Deeper* Horseshoe Crab—Lifesaving Living Fossil * The End of the Trail: Horseshoe Crabs
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s Ark south of Cincinnati.Sea urchins might just look like a simple spiny ball. But did you know those spines are connected with ball-and-socket joints—and if a spine is broken off, it can regrow?
And that’s not all—sea urchins have five teeth to bore holes into rocks. These teeth are made of soft crystals—so how can they grind up rock?
Well, harder crystals are located at the tips, acting like sandpaper. As the teeth wear down and break off, new jagged edges continue the work.
Scientists hope this incredible design will help them make blades that don’t need sharpening!
When scientists look to nature for inspiration, they’re copying the Creator God.
Dig Deeper* Sea Urchins—The Daily Grind * God Invented It First
This is Ken Ham, author of the eye-opening book Six Days and Church Compromise.This week we’re looking at sea creatures that were incredibly designed by God.
Consider the sea star, a creature which doesn’t have a brain—and yet can sense its environment and hunt for prey. It eats a diet of mostly shellfish by pushing its stomach through its mouth. Then it inserts it through a tiny gap in the shell of its prey.
Also, if one of the limbs of a sea star is cut off, it can grow a new one—or even a whole new sea star!
Starfish belong to a group that’s thought to be half a billion years old. And yet those earliest fossils are fully formed creatures.
So, where’d starfish come from? They were created by God!
Dig Deeper* Sea Lilies and Starfish . . . Splendours of the Sea * Out of the Blue—Animal Color
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to call the church back to God’s Word.Examples of natural selection are often presented as “evolution in action.” But natural selection doesn’t have the power to generate anything “new.” It can only act upon existing characteristics, so that some members of a species are more likely to survive.
But evolution requires the addition of brand-new genetic information for new characteristics, and that’s never been observed.
So, natural selection doesn’t help evolutionists at all. But it does demonstrate God’s wisdom! He created each kind with a tremendous amount of genetic variability, so kinds can adapt.
Natural selection—it’s not evolution!
Dig Deeper* Is Natural Selection the Same Thing as Evolution? * Is Natural Selection at Odds with Creation?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry of Answers in Genesis and Creation Museum.In your cells is a special kind of DNA called mitochondrial DNA. Unlike regular, or nuclear DNA, this DNA only comes from mom.
Like nuclear DNA, this DNA mutates. Now, if evolution is true, there should be major differences between people and hundreds of mutations—but we don’t find that!
It gets even more interesting. Scientists can trace anyone’s mitochondrial DNA back to one of three major genetic groupings.
Three women being the mothers of us all might sound familiar to those who know their Bibles—Noah’s three daughters-in-law are the great-great-great . . . and so on . . . grandmothers of us all.
Dig Deeper* Genetics Confirms the Recent, Supernatural Creation of Adam and Eve * Native American DNA Linked by Six Women
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s Ark south of Cincinnati.Is our DNA filled with leftover junk, evidence of our evolutionary past? Well, for decades, many scientists would’ve said “yes, ninety-eight percent of DNA is ‘junk.’”
This was so strongly believed that many scientists didn’t even want to bother researching the so-called “junk” regions. But recently a team of researchers concluded “the days of ‘junk DNA’ are over,” and the old view has “fundamentally changed.” Well, there goes that supposed evidence for evolution!
Now, from a biblical worldview, we don’t expect most of our DNA to be useless junk—and it isn’t! DNA: it reflects his incredible design.
Dig Deeper* Decoding the Debris * “Junk” DNA—Past, Present, and Future, Part 1
This is Ken Ham, with a passion for sharing the truths of God’s Word with the world.According to evolutionary ideas, our closest living relatives are chimpanzees and that supposedly we share 98% of their DNA. But are we really only 2% different?
Well, the 98% number is based off old data. The data used human DNA as a framework because the researchers assumed common ancestry. It was shown later that much of the data was contaminated with actual human DNA from the researchers! And later research showed our DNA to be only 85% similar.
This similarity in DNA doesn’t suggest a common ancestor. It points to a common Designer!
Dig Deeper* What About the Similarity Between Human and Chimp DNA? * Differences Between Chimp and Human DNA Recalculated
This is Ken Ham, and we’ve created the video streaming platform of Answers TV.Where does information come from? Well, imagine you’re walking along the beach and find a small stone washed up on the shore. It’s covered with strange symbols. You have no idea what the symbols mean—but you’d know it came from the mind of a person. Why?
Because we know that language, or information, ultimately only comes from a mind. It doesn’t just arise by itself!
In each of your cells is a highly complex, extremely compact language system. Your DNA has all the instructions to build you. And it has a system that reads the information.
This didn’t come about by chance. That information came from the Creator God.
Dig Deeper* Life Requires a Source of Information * Information Theory
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, the Creation Museum, and Ark Encounter.All this week we’ve been looking at the question “how did God create?”
Some Christians believe God used evolution. Others reject that, but still accept millions of years. But does it really matter?
Absolutely!
You see, it’s an issue of biblical authority. Will we start with God’s Word or man’s ideas?
Evolution and millions of years don’t come from the Bible. To squeeze them in, you’ve got to radically reinterpret it. And when you do, it shows who your authority actually is—not God and his Word, but man’s fallible, ever-changing ideas.
Man’s ideas come and go—and are often wrong! God alone is the perfect authority.
Dig Deeper* Does the Gospel Depend on a Young Earth? * Evolution vs. Creation: The Order of Events Matters!
This is Ken Ham, heading up the ministry that’s built a 510-foot-long Noah’s Ark.As we’ve seen this week, some Christians believe God created using evolution.
Now, we’ve already seen that the Bible’s clear: God created in just six days. Also, evolution puts death before sin, and according to Genesis, one kind won’t change into another kind. But what about the creation of man?
According to evolution, man came from an apelike creature. But the Bible says Adam was made from the dust of the ground. After sin, God tells Adam that he came from dust, so he would return to dust—he didn’t return to an apelike creature, because that’s not where he came from!
Humans were created different from all creation and made in God’s image.
Dig Deeper* Humans: Purposely Designed * Uniqueness of Man
This is Ken Ham, on an apologetics mission to strengthen the global church with God’s Word.This week we’re looking at how God created everything.
Well, Genesis chapter one tells us God created everything “according to their kinds.” This means each kind will reproduce more of its own kind—one kind won’t change into another kind. In other words, dogs produce dogs, cats produce cats, and elephants produce . . . elephants.
Of course, this is exactly what we observe.
Now, some Christians argue that God used evolution to create. But evolution involves the change of one kind into another. And yet the Bible says God created plants and animals according to their kinds.
No, God didn’t use evolution to create. God spoke life into existence.
Dig Deeper* What Are “Kinds” in Genesis? * Variety Within Created Kinds
This is Ken Ham, author of the new devotional commentary on Genesis, Creation to Babel.Did God use evolution to create? Well, consider what that means. According to evolutionary ideas, billions and billions of creatures have lived and died, as life slowly evolved greater complexity.
If this is how God created, then the almighty, all-wise, all-knowing God couldn’t get creation right—he needed millions of years of random processes and trial and error to finally figure it out. That’s not the God of the Bible!
And this puts millions of years of death before sin—in God’s “very good” creation. And death is described as the consequence of sin—so it can’t come before sin!
God didn’t use evolution. He created in six days.
Dig Deeper* Death Before Sin? * Animal Death Before the Fall?
This is Ken Ham, a missionary to our evolutionized culture and even to the church.How did God create? Some Christians believe God took millions of years to fashion the universe, the earth, and life itself. But what does the Bible say?
Well, there’s not a hint of millions of years in God’s Word! Genesis chapter one details God creating by the power of his word—in just six days. And the word used for “day” always means a normal day when used in that context.
Also, in Exodus, God repeats that in six days, he made everything. In addition, Jesus said humans were made at the beginning of creation, not millions of years after the beginning.
Millions of years doesn’t come from the Bible—it’s adding to God’s Word.
Dig Deeper* Where Did the Idea of “Millions of Years” Come From? * How Old Is the Earth?
This is Ken Ham, whose ministry has produced the family friendly Answers Bible Curriculum.Fossils are usually only found in one rock layer. But not always! Some fossils, like those of trees, can pass between two or more coal layers.
Now, most people are taught that coal had formed very, very slowly in peat swamps. Supposedly these swamps were eventually buried—and the heat and pressure turned the peat into coal over millions of years. More peat was deposited and buried, and the cycle continues. But how could a tree sit on one layer and remain there over millions of years, waiting for the next layer to form?
It couldn’t!
Coal and fossils were formed quickly, as plants and animals were rapidly buried during Noah’s flood.
Dig Deeper* How Did We Get All This Coal? * Carbon-14 in Fossils, Coal, and Diamonds
This is Ken Ham, encouraging all churches to start their worldview thinking using God’s Word.Clams are a shellfish that’re found around the world. When one dies, a muscle that connects the two halves of the shell relaxes—and the clam opens up.
Okay, why am I talking about clams?
Well, there are millions and millions of clams in the fossil record—and many of them are found tightly closed. That means they were buried while alive.
Also, these clams are often found in a jumbled mess. This clearly shows they were ripped up, moved along, and then quickly buried very deep. What could do that?
Only the global flood of Noah’s day!
You see, fossils aren’t the result of slow processes over long periods of time—they’re a reminder of the global flood.
Dig Deeper* Do Fossils Show Signs of Rapid Burial? * Very Tiny Clam the Newest “Living Fossil”
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the popular high-tech Creation Museum in Northern KentuckyAt one Japanese museum, there’s a fossil of an entire school of 250 fish. They were buried while still alive—they look like they just froze while swimming. The level of detail is amazing.
Now, secular scientists don’t have a good explanation for how those fossils formed. But the Bible gives us the history we need to understand the fossil record!
These fish come from the Green River Formation in America. Actually we have two very detailed fossils from this same place at our Ark Encounter. And as we explain there, these remarkable fossils were catastrophically buried by water-borne sediments. This happened in the immediate aftermath of Noah’s flood.
Dig Deeper* Ken Ham Solves Great Paleontological Mystery * Fish Preservation, Fish Coprolites and the Green River Formation
This is Ken Ham, and we’ve published the award-winning family magazine, Answers.Imagine it’s fall. You’re out for a walk. What’s crunching under your feet? Dried, shriveled leaves, that just days ago were hanging flat from trees.
Now consider leaves found in the fossil record. They aren’t shriveled, dried-up leaves. Rather the fossil leaves are flat, like they’re on a living tree. They look as if they were ripped right off and quickly buried and turned into fossils.
That’s because they were!
Leaf fossils formed during the global flood as the rising waters destroyed whole forests. And that also explains why the same plant fossils are found together across whole continents!
Yes, only a global flood could bury a forest the size of a continent!
Dig Deeper* Four: Amazingly Preserved Leaves * Do Fossils Show Signs of Rapid Burial?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit our Noah’s Ark attraction in Northern Kentucky.How long does it take to form a fossil? Ask the average person and they’ll say: millions of years. But did you know scientists can form fossils in the lab in twenty-four hours? That’s right—in just one day!
And these man-made fossils were virtually identical to ones from nature—even under a powerful microscope!
In other words, it doesn’t take millions of years to form fossils. With the right conditions—mostly heat and pressure—fossils can form very quickly. And during Noah’s global flood, the conditions would’ve been perfect to form billions of fossils.
Fossils aren’t millions of years old—they’re thousands of years old.
Dig Deeper* Fossils in Just 24 Hours? * How Are Fossils Formed?
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on why we really can trust the Bible, starting in Genesis.All this week we’ve looked at common pro-abortion arguments. Now, what if you bought into these arguments and made the choice to have an abortion—is there forgiveness for you?
Yes!
Now, abortion is wrong; it’s murder. But God offers forgiveness for every sin through the cross of Christ.
The Bible teaches that all have sinned and the penalty is death. But Jesus came and took our penalty of death for us. Then he rose from the dead! Now he offers forgiveness to all who will turn from their sin.
When you trust in Christ, your sins are removed as far as the east from the west. God remembers them no more. You become a new creation.
Dig Deeper* Healing in Even the Darkest Places * The Bad News . . . and the Good News
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s Ark south of Cincinnati.A common pro-abortion argument is the challenge of bringing up children with severe disabilities. Isn’t abortion the compassionate thing to do?
Think of it this way—is violently killing someone the compassionate thing to do to relieve potential suffering? No!
Or what if we thought of it this way: a parent has a child who’s hurt in an accident and is now disabled. Should they kill the child to end their suffering? Of course not!
A person’s value isn’t determined by level of ability. It’s already been determined by the one who made them fearfully and wonderfully and in his image. And he says they’re of so much worth, he sent his Son to die for them!
Dig Deeper* Kill a Handicapped Child? * Do the Wishes of Adults Trump the Rights of Children?
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to strengthen the global church with God’s Word.Have you ever heard someone say: “don’t like abortion? Don’t have one!” This is intended to shut down the discussion by saying: you have your opinion, and I have mine. We can both live by what we believe.
But is it as simple as that?
Well, what if someone said, “don’t like slavery? Then don’t own a slave!” Or: “don’t like rape? Don’t rape someone!” Can the slave owner or the rapist just do whatever they like? No!
Abortion is the taking of a human life. This isn’t just some issue of personal opinion with no real consequences. No, like slavery and rape, it’s an issue of a human life, right and wrong. And it has horrific consequences.
Dig Deeper* Sanctity of Life * What About Assault or Abuse?
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on science and the Bible’s reliability.When abortion activists argue for abortion, they usually bring out the most extreme cases. They use them as examples of why all abortion should be allowed. One of those hard cases is rape or incest. Should abortion be allowed?
Well, in America when someone is convicted of rape, they go to jail. They don’t get the death penalty for their horrific crime. And yet that’s what abortion activists want for the unborn child—the death penalty! And yet it’s the father who’s guilty, not the unborn baby.
Yes, such circumstances are horrible and complex. But the unborn baby is still a baby, a person made in God’s image. And that baby deserves life no matter what their father did.
Dig Deeper* What About Assault or Abuse? * Adoption—More “Trauma” Than Abortion?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter.Those who argue for abortion tell us it’s a woman’s choice whether to have a baby. After all, it’s her body … right?
Well, we actually shouldn’t be talking about what she can choose to do with her body. We should be talking about the life and body of someone else: an unborn child.
Think of it this way. A woman gives birth and soon realizes her baby is a lot of work. She’s overwhelmed. Would that justify killing her newborn? No!
But what if that baby was twenty-four hours younger and was still in the womb? Is it okay then? No!
Murder is wrong, whether the child is born or unborn, because it’s taking the life of someone made in God’s image.
Dig Deeper* Murder Isn’t Murder If It’s an Unborn Baby . . . Really? * God’s Image—The Difference Maker
This is Ken Ham, co-author of the book on Noah’s Flood called A Flood of Evidence.The images of deep space from the James Webb Space Telescope have fascinated millions of people. But they’ve confused many scientists! You see, the images don’t show what these scientists would expect if the big bang happened. And it’s causing some of them to wonder if the big bang ever happened.
Well, I can help them out of their confusion—it didn’t!
God’s Word is the eyewitness account of history, and it says the universe began when God spoke it into existence. This was only a few thousand years ago—not fourteen billion years ago.
The predictions made by the big bang model will continue to fail, because it’s the history in God’s Word that’s true!
Dig Deeper* Does the James Webb Space Telescope Show the Big Bang Didn’t Happen? * Does the Big Bang Fit with the Bible?
This is Ken Ham, editor of the apologetics series of books, The New Answers Books.Have you ever been sharing your faith and had someone scoff at God’s Word? And how they can marvel that anyone can be foolish enough to believe the Bible?
This response shouldn’t surprise us—God said he’s chosen foolish things to shame the wise. God’s Word and the gospel sound foolish to the proud because God designed it that way!
So, what do you do when someone scoffs, even after you’ve given a defense for the truth of God’s Word? Well, first understand why—they’re proud and spiritually blind. Then you should lovingly tell them the truth—that they’re a sinner and, unless they repent, they’ll face God’s wrath. Then pray God will humble their proud heart.
Dig Deeper* A Key to Evangelism—Know Your Audience * Answering the Skeptics
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to call the church back to the authority of God’s Word.Yesterday we learned that climate activists frequently make predictions that never come to be. They’ve been predicting doomsday for decades, and yet doomsday hasn’t arrived.
Consider, for example, claims that the Great Barrier Reef in my native Australia would soon be destroyed by climate change. Well, a new study found that the reef did better last year than any year since they started measuring its growth rate!
Yet this data didn’t stop the activists from predicting the future demise of the reef. Why? Because climate alarmism is a worldview—it’s not about the facts!
Don’t get sucked in. Climates have changed since the global flood, and they’ll continue to change.
Dig Deeper* Great Barrier Reef Sees “Record Coral Comeback” * Giant Coral Reefs—Too Old for a Young Earth?
This is Ken Ham, heading up the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s Ark attraction.How long do we have left before doomsday scenarios begin to play out? Well, many activists say, “the planet is dying” and we’ve just a few years left.
But consider that past doomsday scenarios haven’t come to be! They’ve all fallen flat. And so will these. These activists and scientists have no idea what’s really happening or what’s going to happen. They have the wrong starting point—man’s word and the wrong history of evolution and millions of years. That’s why the predictions are constantly wrong!
The Creator has promised, “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”
Dig Deeper* The End of the World Is Coming Soon!—Unless It Doesn’t! * The Climate Connection
This is Ken Ham, an Aussie transplant with a passion for sharing the truths of God’s Word.In the ocean there’s a type of algae called “red seaweed”—as well as tiny bugs living on it. And, according to a new study, these tiny animals are doing more than just living there!
These crustaceans are the so-called “bees of the sea,” pollinating the algae underwater. In return, the tiny animals enjoy food and shelter.
The algae are said to have evolved 8 hundred million years ago, but pollination supposedly evolved a mere 450 million years ago. So, this new study makes scientists wonder if pollination evolved repeatedly, under water and on land.
No, this complex process didn’t evolve even once—let alone repeatedly. It was designed by God.
Dig Deeper* Underwater Pollinators? * God Created Plant Pollinator Partners
This is Ken Ham, a publisher of the award-winning family magazine called Answers.This week we’ve looked at the idea that public schools in America are largely temples of atheism. So how can we equip children to recognize error and cling to truth?
Well, we must show them that God’s Word is the ultimately authority for our thinking. We don’t start with man’s ideas—we start with God’s Word. Truth isn’t relative—God’s Word is truth. We lay that foundation, then help them build a biblical worldview on that unshakeable foundation.
This means we teach apologetics to children, so they know why they believe what they believe—and why we can trust the Bible.
This kind of “worldview-building” doesn’t happen by accident. Parents: you must be diligent and intentional!
Dig Deeper* Developing a Biblical Worldview in Our Children * Christian Education vs. Public School
This is Ken Ham, an Aussie transplant with a passion for sharing the truth of God’s Word.A big part of the atheistic worldview being taught to millions of children each year in the public school system is the belief in “sexual humanism.”
Okay, what’s that? It’s the idea that there are no absolutes when it comes to sexuality—anyone should be able to do whatever they want with or to their own body. And it’s that worldview that’s being imposed on millions of kids—often from kindergarten! They’re taught boys can be girls, or girls, boys, that they can have sex with whoever they want, however they want. They should just do it “safely.”
It’s a godless worldview impacting millions of kids. So, what can we do? Tune in tomorrow to find out!
Dig Deeper* Sexuality: Broken and Redeemed * Sex Education Bill Passes Washington House
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on Genesis and all of the Bible’s reliability.Yesterday we learned atheism is being taught to millions of children in America’s public schools. But how’s this happening?
Well, by and large they teach children that life and the universe arose by evolution over millions of years. So, the conclusion is—whether it’s stated outright or not—there’s no Creator God.
Students are also largely taught morality is relative and there are no absolutes. Right and wrong depend on the individual. Again, this view only makes sense if there’s no God.
It’s a worldview devoid of God and his Word that’s being passed along. And parents need to know this and be more diligent about teaching their children the right way to think!
Dig Deeper* Moral Truth? “It’s Up to You,” Say 58% of Americans * Relative Thinking—A Life Without Moorings and Meaning
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry behind the Answers Bible Curriculum for Homeschool.This week we’re looking at the idea that America’s public schools have, by and large, become temples of atheism. You see, atheism is a religion—and it’s the religion being imposed on millions of children in schools each year.
What do I mean?
Well, everyone has a worldview through which they see the world. This worldview is founded in the beliefs people have about their existence and reality. And those beliefs are accepted by faith. And atheism is no different—so, yes, it’s a religion!
And even though it’s never stated outright—and many would deny it—children are largely taught to view the world through atheism at school. And we’ll see how tomorrow.
Dig Deeper* Atheism Is Religion * Three Ways Atheists Reveal They Actually Believe in God
This is Ken Ham, hoping you’ll visit our popular life-size Ark south of Cincinnati.During my public talks, I often say that public schools have become “temples of atheism.” What do I mean?
Well, God’s Word teaches we’re either for Christ or against him. We walk in light or darkness. There’s the broad way or the narrow way. We build our thinking on the rock or the sand.
In other words—there’s no neutrality!
People often think when prayer, the Bible, and God were kicked out of America’s public schools, they became secular or neutral. But no!
Christian teaching was replaced by the religion of atheism—there is no god. That’s the thinking that dominates today and is taught to millions of children each year. But more on that tomorrow.
Dig Deeper* The Failure of John Dewey * Intolerant Atheists Viciously Attack Christian School
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on science and the Bible’s reliability.You used to have an organ that was vital to your existence—and now you don’t, but you’re still alive! Okay, what do I mean?
We’re finishing up our wonders of the body series with an organ from before you were born: the placenta. Your first organ functioned as your lungs, kidneys, liver, digestive tract, and immune system. Immediately after birth, changes cascaded through your body, and you started functioning perfectly without it.
When the placenta detaches, a huge wound is left that would kill her—if her arteries didn’t have precisely placed muscles to quickly seal them off!
Our bodies are masterpieces, pointing to the Creator—so we’re “without excuse.”
Dig Deeper* The Placenta * Does Placental Death Violate the Principle of “No Death Before Sin”?
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to call the church back to the authority of God’s Word.Your lungs are both warm and moist—the ideal spot for bacteria to rapidly multiply. So why don’t we get more lung infections?
Well, God designed multiple systems to keep your lungs clear.
First, you produce a quart of mucous a day to trap dust and germs—before air enters your lungs. Anything that makes it past that, gets expelled up a so-called “escalator”—with tiny waving hairs inside your lungs.
And, if that fails, special white blood cells are constantly in your lungs, on the prowl for nasty intruders.
Without these systems, pneumonia would kill each of us.
No, our bodies aren’t the products of millions of years of chance!
Dig Deeper* Water in Your Lungs—What a Relief * The Breath of Life
This is Ken Ham, and our popular Ark Encounter is located in Northern Kentucky.Have you ever stopped and marveled that you can hear and understand minor changes in air pressure caused by vibrations? These vibrations are usually known as sound.
Our eardrums can vibrate twenty thousand times a second without bursting. This is because tiny muscles immediately tighten when we hear a loud sound. But if you’re straining to hear, those muscles loosen.
Ears need to be protected from dirt and germs, so God designed them to produce a sticky wax. It’s also antibacterial, fighting infections. And skin cells form a conveyor belt that brings the dirty ear wax out of your ear.
Ears are a stunning testimony to the brilliance of our Creator.
Dig Deeper* The Hearing Ear * Selective Hearing
This is Ken Ham, author of the new devotional commentary on Genesis, Creation to Babel.What’s in your mouth right now? Now, what came to mind probably wasn’t “seven hundred types of bacteria”—but it’s true! They’re important for digestion and for your immune system.
Bacteria live all over and inside your body—in fact, a human body has more microbes in and on it than human cells!
And this isn’t by accident. God designed microbes to help us. It’s only in a cursed, fallen world that some bacteria turned against us and now make us sick.
And did you know that apes have very different bacteria living on them than humans? That’s a puzzle for evolutionists. But it’s what we’d expect when we understand we’re uniquely made by God.
Dig Deeper* The Wonderful World of Bacteria in Your Body * What About Bacteria?
This is Ken Ham, coauthor of the eye-opening book on Noah’s Food, A Flood of Evidence.During your lifetime, you’ll do something five hundred million times. You’ll blink your eyes! Blinking clears away dust and bacteria, collected by an antibacterial fluid you produce.
You use six tiny muscles to move your eyes in all directions in perfect coordination. Muscles also allow your retina to adjust for a range of brightness, from ten billion to one.
Oh, and your retinas are covered in blood vessels, but your brain just ignores them so you can still see.
And don’t forget that each eye has a blind spot—but it’s in a different place in each eye, so it doesn’t actually affect your vision!
As the psalmist says, “the seeing eye . . . the Lord has made.”
Dig Deeper* The Human Retina Shows Evidence of Good Design * Is Our “Inverted” Retina Really “Bad Design?”
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit the full-size Noah’s Ark attraction in Northern Kentucky.Did you know your brain never stops working? It’s hard at it during the day, but at night it really ramps up. As you rest, your brain gets to work, processing, organizing, and storing all the information you learned throughout the day.
And that’s not all. Your brain also gets rid of waste, repairs cells, and moves memories to long-term storage.
For children, it produces growth hormones. Yes, eighty-six billion brain cells are busy communicating with each other to coordinate all this, and more—whew! And you thought you were resting!
The activity of rest is just another example of God’s design. We’re fearfully and wonderfully made.
Dig Deeper* The Human Brain—Fill in the Blanks * Outsmarting Ourselves
This is Ken Ham, encouraging all churches to start their thinking with God’s Word.One of the wonders of the human body is God’s unique design for men and women. And it goes far beyond the obvious!
The average man has twelve pints of blood in his body; the average woman has nine. A woman’s heart beats faster, but a man’s spouts more blood with each squeeze.
Also, women have more white blood cells and produce antibodies faster, helping them avoid illness and to recover faster than men. But men have more red blood cells and clotting factors, healing them from injuries more quickly.
And the list goes on!
Our culture says that men and women are the same. But God has designed men and women differently.
Dig Deeper* The Biology of Gender * Women Have More Ribs Than Men
This is Ken Ham, editor of the popular series of books The Answers Book for Kids.This week we’re looking at designs in the human body that cry out for a Designer.
Consider your bones. They aren’t just keeping you from being a pile of goo on the floor! You see, deep in your bones, brand-new blood cells are being created to replace, old, dying ones.
About twenty trillion red blood cells carry oxygen to every cell in your body. It’s a tough job and each second two million of them wear out and die! But your bone marrow produces new ones at the rate of two million per second! Incredible!
This production is a remarkably well-balanced system. This level of detail reminds us that our bodies didn’t get here by chance. They were created.
Dig Deeper* Life Is in the Blood * Bleeding Rainbow
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, and the Creation Museum.Most people think their bones don’t change. But bones adapt throughout your life. Bone-maker cells supply new building material, and bone breaker cells destroy old material. In healthy adults, this happens in perfect harmony. There’s just the right amount of new bone forming and just the right amount of old bone being removed.
The bone-maker cells create a matrix of bone material, including collagen. This attracts minerals to form hard bone. When it’s time for a repair, the bone breakers secrete an acid to break down the minerals as well as enzymes to dissolve the collagen.
It’s a complex system that points to the One who designed it all: our Creator God.
Dig Deeper* Intelligent Design or Designer? * 2.1 Design Without a Designer
This is Ken Ham, and we’ve launched a video streaming platform, Answers TV.God’s design of our bodies is marvelous. Think about your skeletal system. Two hundred and six bones keep your organs in place, anchor your muscles, and provide support for walking.
Bones are made of two very different substances: a hard crystal material, mixed with tough collagen. The crystal material makes up seventy percent of the bone’s dry weight. Collagen makes up the rest.
Now, if your bones were just the crystal material, they would shatter. And too much collagen, and they’d be too rubbery to be useful. But they’re the perfect mix of both: strong but elastic enough to adapt to the stresses we put on them.
Dig Deeper* Bones * What Makes Bones Strong?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to join me for ChristmasTown at the Creation Museum.Today we’re finishing up our series on Christmas carols with “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.” Now, is this song biblical?
Well, it begins with singing angels, but the biblical text doesn’t actually mention singing. Rather, the angels said their message to the shepherds.
But, putting that error aside, this song is a wonderful proclamation of the doctrine of the incarnation—Jesus is both God and man. It hails Jesus as the everlasting Lord, the Godhead veiled in flesh, man dwelling with men. And it declares he was sent to reconcile God and sinners, that we would no longer die.
As you sing, focus on what you’re singing.
Dig Deeper Hark! The Herald Angels Said*? * How Were People Saved Before Jesus Came in the Flesh?
This is Ken Ham, a producer of the chronological Bible program, Answers Bible Curriculum.“In the Bleak Midwinter” is a more obscure Christmas carol than others we’ve look at this week. Its theme is how the Lord God Almighty, adored by angels, condescended to come and arrive in the most humble way: laid in a manger.
Now, this song features elements not mentioned in Scripture, such as animals surrounding Jesus, Mary worshipping him, and a stable. It also places Jesus’ birth at midwinter, but no one knows for sure.
We must remember to separate tradition or speculation from biblical fact. But this carol is a great reminder of Christ’s humility. That he “emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant” and became “obedient to death.”
Dig Deeper* What Does Jesus’ Death Accomplish? * Why Did Christ Come in Such a Humble and Lowly Way?
This is Ken Ham, celebrating Christmas at the ChristmasTime event at the Ark Encounter.The message of Christ’s birth is one of comfort and joy for believers. And that’s the refrain of the Christmas carol we’re looking at today—“God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.”
Now, this song isn’t really about happy gentlemen. It’s about God keeping us full of joy, even in anxious times. Don’t dismay—Christ is born; he’s defeated Satan. That reminds me of the Apostle Paul’s words, “rejoice in the Lord!”
The carol then describes the shepherds hearing the good news and rushing to see the newborn Jesus. It includes elements like: abandoning sheep to a storm and Mary kneeling in prayer. Well, it’s a wonderful celebration of Jesus’ birth.
Dig Deeper* How Can We Rejoice Through Pain? * What Is in Satan’s Future?
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to call the church back to the authority of God’s Word.“We three kings of Orient are…”—now, this song, originally written for a pageant, honors the journey of the wisemen. But is it biblical?
Well, we don’t know for sure how many wisemen visited Jesus. And they weren’t kings—they were magi, or wisemen.
But this carol is still beautiful for its Christology. The first gift, gold, is for Jesus, “King forever, ceasing never.” Frankincense “owns a Deity nigh,” who is “God on high,” worthy of our worship. And myrrh represents Jesus’ ultimate purpose: bleeding, dying, sealed in the stone-cold tomb. Then the song ends with Jesus arising as “King.”
Dig Deeper* How Long Must Christ Reign? * We Three Kings
This is Ken Ham, and it’s a winter wonderland here at ChristmasTown at the Creation Museum.As we get closer to Christmas, we’re looking at the theology of popular Christmas carols. Today’s is “Go Tell It on the Mountain.” This carol is a joyous celebration of the good news that Jesus Christ is born. And it’s an encouragement to share that news with everyone. Indeed, it’s a reminder to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.”
But it’s not enough for us just to proclaim that Jesus is born—most people don’t even know why that’s good news!
One line says “God sent us salvation”—that’s the key. Jesus came to provide salvation. And that means we need to tell everyone, everywhere the bad news of their sin but the good news of the Savior.
Dig Deeper* The Bad News . . . and the Good News * What Christmas Is Really All About
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to join us for ChristmasTown at the Creation Museum, south of Cincinnati.“O Come, O Come Emmanuel” has a different tone than most Christmas carols: a tone of “longing.” The song is rich in Old Testament allusions. That includes Messianic titles from the Old Testament that foreshadow Jesus and what he would come to do.
It begins with Israel longing for the Messiah to arrive and ends with the church longing for Christ’s second coming. It’s a beautiful picture of the “already” of salvation and the “not yet,” as we await Christ’s eternal kingdom.
As believers we rejoice that Jesus has come and made a way of salvation. And, as we look at this broken world, we long for the day when Emmanuel comes again.
Dig Deeper* The Divinity of Jesus Revealed in the New Testament * 10 Biblical Reasons Jesus Is God
This is Ken Ham, a publisher of the award-winning family magazine, called Answers.We’re examining the theology of Christmas carols this week—and today we’re looking at a secular song, “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.”
Consider the lyrics of this song: Santa’s making “naughty and nice” lists, and he sees everything you do, so he knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness’ sake!
This song attributes being all-knowing and all-present to Santa. But those are God’s attributes!
It also tells us to be good just for “goodness’ sake”—or the hope of reward. But the Bible says, “be holy for I am holy.” And for what’s “good” and what’s “naughty”? Who defines that?
Ultimately, only God.
Dig Deeper* Can We Be Good Without God? * Christians and Santa Claus: a Biblical View
This is Ken Ham, coauthor of the book refuting evolutionary arguments, Glass House.All this week we’re celebrating Christmas by looking at the theology of Christmas carols. What about “O Come All Ye Faithful?” This song is an adoration of Christ the Lord and the king of angels.
Some versions have verses like “very God, begotten not created”—a beautiful reminder that Christ didn’t come to be just the baby in the manger—he’s the eternal God himself. Another verse says “Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing”—again emphasizing that Christ is eternal and he’s the Word, an allusion to the Gospel of John.
This carol invites the faithful to adore Jesus, the only one worth our adoration.
Dig Deeper* Will Our Children Find Us Faithful? * The Firstborn Creator?
This is Ken Ham, celebrating Christmas at ChristmasTown at the Creation Museum.This week we’re looking at the theology of Christmas carols. Today we’re thinking about “Silent Night.” Now, this song paints a picture of what it might’ve been like when Christ was born, describing it as “calm and quiet,” with a sleeping Jesus. Of course, we don’t know any of that—and it probably wasn’t a silent night. After all, a baby had just been born, and later, a group of shepherds would come to visit the Savior.
The carol also mentions angels singing. But the Bible doesn’t actually mention singing. It says the angels praised God.
But the carol does praise Jesus as Lord at his birth. He wasn’t just a baby—he was the Lord of all creation.
Dig Deeper* Praise to the Lord, the Almighty * Will Heaven Be a Quiet Place?
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to ChristmasTime at the Ark Encounter, south of Cincinnati.Most of us know the classic Christmas carols by heart—but: have you ever stopped and really thought about what you’re singing?
Let’s think about “Joy to the World.” This song celebrates the joy that the Lord has come and that the Savior reigns. It’s a reference to both Jesus’ incarnation as a baby, and his eternal role as King, reigning over the kingdoms of the earth. Wow—what a truth!
The carol also highlights how nature joins in on the celebration of Jesus. This reminds me of verses like, “Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice … let the field exult, and everything in it!”
This Christmas let’s joyfully celebrate!
Dig Deeper* The Seven C's in Joy to the World * Christ—The True Joy of Christmas
This is Ken Ham, enjoying Christmas lights and more at our popular Creation Museum.TV documentaries will tell you that ice cores form over hundreds of thousands of years. Each thin layer supposedly represents one winter/summer cycle. But during one winter, there can be many cycles of melting and snowing.
For example, during World War II, several warplanes were abandoned in Greenland. About fifty years later, researchers were astonished to find the planes buried under 250 feet of ice! Clearly, more than one layer can form during one winter season.
So, what if these layers don’t represent years but instead: weather patterns from the ice age, only a few thousand years ago?
Ice cores don’t show long ages.
Dig Deeper* Do Ice Cores Show Many Tens of Thousands of Years? * Plane Flies in the Face of Glaciology
This is Ken Ham, and we now have a video streaming platform for families, Answers TV.The Bible says that, after the global flood, the ark landed in the Middle East. So how did people get to the Americas or Australia?
Well, after the flood, Noah’s descendants disobeyed God. So he confused their language, forcing them to spread out. This got people moving.
Now the flood was also followed by an ice age. This dramatically lowered ocean levels, exposing land bridges, including a bridge between what’s now Russia and Alaska. This allowed people to walk to the Americas.
Also, island-hopping may’ve allowed people to get to Australia or they could’ve taken boats to explore the new world.
Starting with the Bible’s history, we can explain human migration.
Dig Deeper* From Ararat to the Americas—In a Few Thousand Years? * How Did Animals Spread All Over the World from Where the Ark Landed?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry behind the popular Answers VBS curriculum.Most people think of cavemen as sub-humans who bumbled about, grunting and hitting things with clubs. But when we understand biblical history, we have a very different perspective on so-called “cavemen.”
As people refilled the earth after the global flood, they met a wide variety of challenges—including an ice age caused by the effects of the flood. Trying to survive in this harsh, unstable world, people did what people in challenging environments still do today: they made use of whatever they could find for food and shelter. Caves made an ideal place to set up a temporary camp.
So, cavemen were simply men and women, just like us, who lived in caves!
Dig Deeper* Cavemen . . . Really? * Were Cavemen Real?
This is Ken Ham, celebrating Christmas at the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum.Yesterday we learned that, yes, there was an ice age but only one, not many, like secular scientists suggest. But when was this ice age?
Well, it was caused by the effects of the global flood of Noah’s day. This flood occurred around 4,350 years ago. So, the ice age began relatively soon after that and lasted a few hundred years.
Interestingly, Job, who lived around the time of Abraham, often mentions snow, ice, and hail throughout his book. But this isn’t weather he would normally see where he lived. Perhaps Job was describing the ice age!
When we start with the history recorded in God’s Word, we can explain what we see in the world.
Dig Deeper* Where Does the Ice Age Fit? * Where Was Man During the Ice Age?
This is Ken Ham, producer of the chronological Bible curriculum for homeschoolers.Mammoths, wooly rhinos, and giant glaciers all bring to mind an ice age. But did such an event really happen? Yes! The evidence is overwhelming.
Now, secular scientists will tell you there’ve been many ice ages over earth’s history. But they don’t have a mechanism to start or stop these events.
The Bible’s history explains why there was an ice age. During Noah’s flood there was intense volcanic activity, which warmed the waters and filled the atmosphere with ash—and it blocked the sun. The warm water quickly evaporated and fell as snow. This snow built up, forming glaciers. As the earth settled back down these glaciers retreated to the poles where they are now.
Dig Deeper* When Was the Ice Age in Biblical History? * The Genesis Flood Caused the Ice Age
The fallacy of bifurcation is when someone claims there are only two mutually exclusive options when there’s actually a third one.
Have you ever heard a claim like, “The Bible can’t be true because it’s full of miracles and miracles violate the laws of nature.” How would you respond?
A strawman fallacy is when someone misrepresents another person’s position and then attacks that, instead of dealing with the actual argument.
“To the man” refers to arguments that are nothing more than an attack on the person making the argument, not the argument itself.
Small changes within a kind is observational science—we see it happening. But, to call that “evolution,” in the molecules-to-man sense, that’s fallacy.
The Bible is full of commands to be thankful in every circumstance, no matter how much or how little God has blessed us with.
We face many troubles but we should be filled with thanksgiving because God has solved our biggest problem: the sin that separates us from a holy God.
The world around us is full of hurt and brokenness so what does that say about the Creator? Well, you have to understand the history in God’s Word.
The Intelligent Design movement argues that certain features in living things were designed by an “intelligent cause.” But is this saying enough?
Romans chapter one teaches that there’s so much evidence for God in creation that those who don’t worship God are “without excuse.” And such a truth is obvious!
Instead of questioning God’s Word in our sinfulness, we need to trust it. It’s to be our authority.
If we need to reinterpret all of the Bible’s teachings on sexuality, this means the church has misunderstood the Bible for 2,000 years.
Scripture isn’t fuzzy on our sexuality—it’s crystal clear, and we just need to allow it to be our authority.
Many social media influencers are gaining millions of views by saying things like “the New Testament doesn’t really condemn homosexuality.”
Many social media influencers are gaining millions of views by saying things like “the New Testament doesn’t really condemn homosexuality.”
People can do the right thing without believing in God but, it’s inconsistent. You see, in their worldview there’s no absolute standard for morality.
People can do the right thing without believing in God but, it’s inconsistent. You see, in their worldview there’s no absolute standard for morality.
God is the absolute standard for what’s good. Without God and his Word, “right” and “wrong” are arbitrary and ever-changing.
Why should we help the poor and needy? Why shouldn’t we just selfishly hoard our resources and look out for “number one”?
Secularists claim the Bible can’t be trusted. And sadly, many Christians say the Bible’s wrong about science and history.
Without the aid of modern inventions, if you were asked to count the stars you might conclude that there’s about ten thousand. But you’d be wrong. Very wrong!
The Bible mentions several times that the universe has been “stretched out” by God. This expansion has now been confirmed by science.
Pictures of earth from space show a blue, green, and white ball, suspended from nothing in the inky blackness of space.
Two hundred years before Pythagoras, the prophet Isaiah implied that the earth was round. The Bible got it right, before secular astronomers figured it out!
Scripture makes it clear we’re all sinners deserving death. Actually, it’s because of sin that death and suffering exist in our world.
Because students have been indoctrinated not to believe in sin, they don’t understand how to reconcile a God of love with this hurting world.
Bad things that happen to people aren’t always related to personal sin. But all of us suffer and die because of sin.
Death and suffering are part of our world because of the first man Adam’s sin. You see, God originally created a perfect world, free from death and suffering.
Perhaps the question Christians hear the most and even ask themselves is, “Why does God allow suffering”?
Darwin soon went far beyond his observations. He concluded that these small changes within a kind could add up to big changes between kinds.
Darwin soon went far beyond his observations. He concluded that these small changes within a kind could add up to big changes between kinds.
Charles Darwin’s daughter, Annie, was just ten years old when she died. Her tragic death may be what caused Darwin to totally turn away from God.
Charles Darwin lived over a century and a half ago and yet we still feel his impact today.
Just as some people want to add extra books to the Bible, many want to add extra teachings to the Bible.
What about the Book of Enoch? After all, unlike the others, a small phrase from this book is quoted in the New Testament.
Some people claim there are various gospels missing from the New Testament. These so-called “Gospels” all contradict the Bible and each other.
Since man was created to fill the earth, it’s no surprise that ancient man traveled the world.
Since man was created to fill the earth, it’s no surprise that ancient man traveled the world.
According to evolutionary ideas, human societies slowly evolved into more complex forms. But that doesn’t match the evidence they left behind!
Were ancient cultures primitive or highly intelligent? Well, we find evidence that many of these civilizations had a complex knowledge of astronomy.
What’s the history of humanity? Well, how you answer that depends on whether you start with God’s Word or man’s word.
What’s the history of humanity? Well, how you answer that depends on whether you start with God’s Word or man’s word.
Geology isn’t proof of long ages it’s a reminder of God’s judgment. Just as he judged that wicked world, he will judge ours.
Every continent contains vast rock layers. These can often be traced across the continent and even between continents. How’d they get there?
Chalk is a limestone made of the shells of marine creatures. It’s a slow process, yet chalk beds worldwide are massive. Doesn’t this prove millions of years?
Around the world there are mudrock layers hundreds of feet thick now, shouldn’t it take millions of years for these layers to form?
In places such as Grand Canyon, we observe thousands of feet of rock and they’re bent and folded, but without fracturing. Now, how can this happen?
The Bible tells us Cain, Adam and Eve’s son, had a wife but: have you ever wondered who she was?
The message that we’re all sinners, unable to save ourselves, is yes: offensive. People don’t want to hear it—but it’s the truth.
Which Scripture verse is quoted out of context the most? I would argue it might be Jesus’ words of “judge not.”
Family isn’t a human invention that we can just reinvent to fulfill whatever desires we have—even good desires, like wanting a child.
What are humans? Well, according to evolutionary ideas, humans are highly evolved animals. But is that true?
If the rocks don’t give us the age of the earth, can we know it? Yes! God gave us earth’s true history in his Word.
Radiometric dating is believed to be proof of long ages. But the process is layered with assumptions.
Fifty-year-old lava flows in New Zealand gave wildly wrong radiometric ages, including one date of three point nine billion years!
Radiometric dating is often given as proof of long ages. Now, there’s big, unprovable assumptions behind this.
How old are earth’s rocks? Many people answer, “millions of years old.” That’s often because of wrong thinking regarding radiometric dating.
The universe didn’t begin with a big bang billions of years ago. The book of Genesis says God created everything in just six days a few thousand years ago.
There’s not enough time, even with billions of years, for opposite ends of the universe to have exchanged heat!
Population III stars are thought to exist for billions of years, so some should still be found throughout the universe. But they’re not there!
The big bang would have produced matter and antimatter. But there’s only tract amounts of antimatter throughout the universe. So, where’s the antimatter?
Most people believe the universe began with a big bang billions of years ago. But the big bang isn’t scientific!
Could dragons be the faded memory of when man and dinosaurs lived together? Yes! You see, according to the Bible’s timeline, humans did live with dinosaurs.
Due to climate and habitat changes and human hunting, dinosaurs likely died out like many other creatures have throughout history.
Many people picture a T. rex searching for a small dino snack. But that’s not how things were when dinosaurs were first created.
Genesis tells us God created all of the land creatures on day six of creation week, and that would include dinosaurs.
There are huge problems with critical race theory. So, if the world’s answer isn’t correct, how can we, as Christians, address racism?
Critical race theory, or CRT, is being presented as the answer to racism, and many Christians are saying it’s a tool we can use to end racism.
Racism isn’t ultimately about skin shade—it’s about our sinful hearts! Because all people have sinned, as the Bible teaches, anyone can be racist!
Many in our culture are trying to address the issue of racism by applying critical race theory, or CRT.
Abortion is murder. It’s a sin against a holy God. But it isn’t some kind of special sin God can’t forgive.
A child’s value isn’t determined by the circumstances surrounding conception. That person has value simply because they’re made in God’s image.
A so-called “pro-choice pastor” recently argued that a patient’s room is too small for a woman, her doctor, and the government but he forgot about three others.
Have you ever heard the argument that adoption can be very traumatic for both the mother and the child, so abortion must stay legal?
Many parents—often at the advice of a doctor—decide to end their child’s life based on these tests!
God designed the arteries in the uterus to seal off when the placenta detaches. Instead of losing all her blood, mom usually loses less than one pint!
The baby is not an extension of the mother’s body. He or she is distinct and must be protected by the amazing placenta.
The ability to survive on our own doesn’t determine personhood—abortion is wrong at this stage and at any other.
The baby at fertilization is the same baby at twenty weeks. Nothing has changed but the level of development.
But every life has value and that isn’t determined by our level of ability. It’s given to us by the God who formed us.
Many people see a fetus as less human than a baby. But all a “fetus” refers to is a specific time in development, just like the term “toddler” or “teenager.”
At 40 days of life the baby is the size of a raspberry and already has a sense of touch. Baby’s facial features are forming, and tiny arms and legs have grown.
At 24 days of life in the womb, many mothers might not even know they’re pregnant! And yet the baby is quickly growing and developing.
A heartbeat or developing organs doesn’t make the baby human or alive. Life begins at the moment of fertilization.
The “good news” means nothing without the bad news, and that means a historical Adam is also essential to the gospel.
Scripture plainly states that Adam was the first man and Eve was the “mother of all the living,” so there couldn’t have been anyone before them.
Many Christians are so influenced by evolution that they don’t even think that Adam was a historical person. Many argue Adam was just a metaphor or myth.
An increasing number of Christians now believe that Adam was just the descendant of ape-like creatures that died out.
An increasing number of professing Evangelicals now deny the historicity of the first man, Adam.
Over the past two years, we’ve seen more people than ever looking to scientists to save mankind. But is science really our ultimate hope?
Many people think that science is neutral—that it’s all about the data. But that’s not true! The issue isn’t the evidence—it’s the interpretation of it.
What is science? Well, there are two different kinds of science: observational science and historical science.
Have you ever stopped and wondered, “why is the scientific study of our universe even possible?”
If you study the history of the scientific disciplines, you’ll eventually find a “father of” that particular field. And it’s likely it was a creationist!
Whenever Jesus referred to people or events from Genesis, he always treated them as real history.
Whenever Jesus referred to people or events from Genesis, he always treated them as real history.
Some Christians argue that God used evolution to create. But the supposed order of events in the evolutionary story doesn’t match the order in the Bible.
How could God use a process of death to create in a world that was “very good”? It simply doesn’t match with what Scripture teaches!
To believe in millions of years and evolution, Christians must add those ideas into the Bible. And that makes man the authority, not God.
Cultures around the world have distorted versions of the true account of the flood, found in the Bible.
Many people wonder how Noah could’ve fit millions of animals onto the Ark. But he didn’t have to!
People often think of the ship as an overloaded boat, about to sink. But that’s not the biblical Ark.
Many people think of Noah’s ark and the flood as just a cute children’s story. But that’s not how the Bible treats it!
Americans have a rich tradition of cherishing independence, but many people have fallen for the lie that they don’t need to depend on anyone in this life.
When someone calls us to doubt his Word, stop and compare the claims to the truth of his unfailing Word.
Honest science reports will admit which claims are based on interpretation, not factual observation.
There’s ultimately only two starting points for our thinking: God’s Word or man’s word.
There’s ultimately only two starting points for our thinking: God’s Word or man’s word.
We encounter all kinds of ideas every day. Now, how can we discern truth from error? Well, we can use what’s called the “ASK method.”
A news report found that less than ten percent of evangelicals want shorter sermons from their pastors and nearly a third want more in-depth teaching.
Not only does the idea of a multiverse have problems, so do the mechanisms that supposedly caused it!
Not only does the idea of a multiverse have problems, so do the mechanisms that supposedly caused it!
No one has observed a planet forming! Rather, they’re ideas created by people who largely want to explain everything without God.
The big bang model doesn’t just make claims about the past that contradict Genesis, it also makes claims about the future that contradict the Bible!
God gave kangaroos the design features to enable them to spread out from Ararat and then colonize Australia.
One reason most marsupials ended up in Australia may’ve been because fewer predators migrated in that direction.
Creatures survived the global flood, got off the ark in the Middle East, and spread out around the world. But how did kangaroos get all the way to Australia?
Evolutionists believe kangaroos evolved from some kind of tree-dwelling creature. And yet no transitional fossils of a “half-kangaroo” have ever been found.
Kangaroos are only found in the wild in my homeland of Australia. Now, I’m often asked, “how’d they get there?”
Dr. Raymond Damadian is a brilliant scientist whose research has helped doctors diagnose patients without needing to cut them open.
Many of the greatest scientists of history started with God’s Word. Yes, modern science came out of a biblical worldview!
Do creationists do scientific research? Yes, there are many creation scientists who work alongside evolutionists, studying everything from bacteria to physics.
The Bible tells us that God is clearly seen in what he’s made. Since it’s so obvious there’s a Creator, why aren’t more scientists creationists?
We often hear the claim that creationists can’t be scientists because they reject evolution. But this is ridiculous.
You see, the Bible makes it clear that God is the Creator of everything—including marriage and gender.
Our culture has replaced God’s Word with man’s word. Instead of thinking by starting with the Bible, our culture is doing whatever is “right in its own eyes.”
Our culture has replaced God’s Word with man’s word. Instead of thinking by starting with the Bible, our culture is doing whatever is “right in its own eyes.”
When reaching others with the gospel, no matter the sins they’re committing, we need to remember that we, too, were once separated from God and filled with sin.
We need to call sin what it is. But we also need to do so in a loving way that points people toward forgiveness through Christ.
There aren’t enough mutations to account for even tens of thousands of years of history. The mutation rate does not support evolutionary ideas about the past.
If the history recorded in Genesis is true, we’d expect to find few genetic differences between Noah’s daughters-in-law.
Noah’s three daughters-in-law are the great-great-great- and so on grandmothers of all the people alive today.
Mutations are supposedly the driving force for evolution. But the driving force for evolution doesn’t match evolutionary predictions!
Evolutionists claim modern humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years. So we should see a huge genetic difference between today’s people groups.
How old are our oceans? Well, secularists claim the oceans were formed over three billion years ago.
The universe isn’t billions of years old! Comets were made by God and they’re only a few thousand years old.
Carbon 14 can’t last more than one hundred thousand years at most. But did you know there’s still carbon 14 in things like coal, fossils, and even diamonds?
Earth’s magnetic field couldn’t be more than twenty thousand years old! This is much younger than the billions of years most scientists believe in!
Now, how can soft tissue, including blood vessels, remain intact for millions of years? Well, it can’t!
Earth’s population has hit almost eight billion people. Now, could that many people come from just two only six thousand years ago? Yes!
Earth’s population has hit almost eight billion people. Now, could that many people come from just two only six thousand years ago? Yes!
Certain Bible versions translate Genesis 1:6 as “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters.” But what is this firmament?
The Bible doesn’t give us a specific age for the universe. Instead, God’s Word gives us what’s basically a “birth certificate.”
Many people say we can’t know what “day” means in Genesis chapter 1, so it could be millions of years. But context tells us what a word means.
Have you heard the claim that women have one more rib than men, since God took one of Adam’s ribs to make Eve?
Wae know Satan is a fallen angel. But when did his sinful pride get him cast to earth? The Bible doesn’t tell us, but it does give a few clues.
The Bible tells us exactly on which days of creation week that light, dry land, sea creatures, and man were created, but it doesn’t say when angels were created.
Why did God create light before the sun—whatever it was—instead of just making the sun right away?
The idea of common descent isn’t something we observed. It’s just an evolutionary assumption.
Evolutionists often bait people by showing them an example of natural selection and then switch and call it evolution.
Evolutionists often assume that since a certain species or trait exists, it’s proof of evolution because that’s how it must have happened.
Is doubting evolution just like doubting gravity? This common argument is definitely one that evolutionists shouldn’t be using.
Creationists interpret science through the lens of God’s Word. But those who reject the Bible interpret the same evidence through the lens of man’s ideas.
How were people in places as different as Egypt, ancient China, and what’s now the US, building structures that look so similar to each other?
The Bible records about 70 “language families” leaving Babel. Now, there are nearly seven thousand languages spoken today. So how’d we get so many languages?
A study last year claimed to have found the earliest evidence of humans making clothes. So, is this when humans invented clothes?
It wasn’t until after sin, when creation was no longer “very good” and death entered, that creatures became carnivorous.
On this Good Friday, we can look even further ahead into the future with anticipation because Christ is coming again!
If Christ died but wasn’t raised back to life then our faith is useless. We’re still in our sins. But Jesus didn’t stay dead.
Jesus’ death wasn’t an accident. It was the plan of the Father from before creation that we might be saved!
This is Ken Ham, heading up the ministry that built a full-size evangelistic Noah’s ark. Last year a biological male—who lifts weights and identifies and competes as a woman—was named “sportswoman of the year.”
Transgender ideology is anti-biblical and goes against observational science. And it’s a war on women, one that’s erasing them and hurting real people including those caught up in gender transitions. Why’s it happening?
It’s because people refuse to believe the truth of God’s Word. Their darkened minds can’t see the foolishness of what they believe.
But we can clearly see this as foolishness when we start with Genesis: “male and female he created them.”
We need to turn to the timeless Word of God.
Dig Deeper * Biological Male Named “Sportswoman of the Year” * Sad Consequences of the Gender Revolution
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on science and the reliability of the Bible. Fossils found in tree sap, known as amber, are often beautifully preserved. And that’s true of the recently discovered fossil “tardigrade,” or “water bear.” This fossil is microscopic and yet is so well-preserved that researchers could see its mouthparts and even its tiny claws!
Now, tardigrades are believed to have existed for over five hundred million years. This new find is thought to be a mere sixteen million years old. And yet there’s been very little change in tardigrades!
Over half a billion years of evolution and no evolution occurred! That’s because evolution is nothing more than a story—one that’s applied to the evidence—in order to explain life without God.
Dig Deeper * “Water Bear” Discovered Preserved in Amber * Water Bear Wonders
This is Ken Ham, a publisher of the award-winning family magazine called Answers. For decades, ninety-eight percent of DNA was thought to be “junk,” useless leftovers from our supposed evolutionary history. Now, this view has held back scientific research.
Initially, many scientists didn’t even want to bother researching the so-called “junk” regions. But last year a team of researchers concluded “the days of ‘junk DNA’ are over” … and the old view has “fundamentally changed.” In other words, evolutionary ideas made another wrong prediction!
But, from a biblical worldview, we don’t expect most of our DNA to be useless junk. God designed our DNA, and even in a fallen world, we expect it to reflect his incredible design. And it does!
Dig Deeper * “The Days of ‘Junk DNA’ Are Over” * Genetic “Degeneracy” Goes the Way of “Junk” DNA
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit our full-size Noah’s ark attraction in Northern Kentucky. If a scientist writes an article for a secular journal suggesting that God is the Creator, it just won’t be published! Now, one scientist recently wrote an article suggesting that our universe was designed. And it was posted on a mainstream science website. Why? Because he suggested aliens created the universe!
He argued that maybe “our universe was created in the laboratory of an advanced technological civilization” with the technology to create “a baby universe out of nothing.” Yes, such a foolish article!
It’s obvious our universe didn’t come from aliens but from the hand of the infinite Creator God.
Dig Deeper * Astronomer: “Was Our Universe Created in a Laboratory?” * Are Aliens Real?
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to call the church back to the authority of God’s Word. More and more our world sees children as their “property.” They assume the state knows what’s best for them.
You see, in secular thinking, God didn’t create the family, so society can define and redefine the family however it wants. But the Bible’s history is true—including its creation account. Genesis states that God created the family, beginning with marriage between one man and one woman.
The family is the first and most fundamental of all human institutions ordained by God. It’s also the educational unit that passes on a spiritual legacy to impact the world for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Children don’t belong to the state—they’ve been given to parents by God!
Dig Deeper * Students Taught to “Question Nuclear Family” in New York * What’s Behind Today’s Attacks on Marriage?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, the Creation Museum, and Ark Encounter. For those who want to believe Genesis is “mytho-history,” or symbolic, or an allegory—well, they also must explain away what the New Testament says!
You see, the Apostle Paul wrote that the first man, Adam, literally brought sin and death into creation, that Eve was deceived by the serpent, and that people have seen evidence for God since the beginning of the world—not billions of years later when humans finally evolved from what God had begun!
Likewise, the Apostle Peter refers to creation and the flood as history. And Jesus compared his second coming to the time of the flood.
Also, Jesus mentions Abel in Genesis as a real person. It’s history!
Dig Deeper * Jesus Christ: The Last Adam * Two Histories of Death
This is Ken Ham, hoping you’ll visit our life-size Noah’s ark south of Cincinnati. In Luke chapter three, we’re given a genealogy of Jesus. It shows that he was of the proper descent to be the Messiah and was to fulfill all of the prophecies and promises that were made about him. Luke traces this genealogy all the way back to Adam. Clearly, he viewed those early chapters of Genesis as history, accurately recording the lineage from the first man onward.
In fact, Luke even calls Adam “the son of God,” since he had no earthly parents. Luke, guided by the Holy Spirit, certainly didn’t believe Adam came from some population of early humans!
Jesus didn’t descend from some mythological person or “type” of humanity. He came from a real man, who had a real son.
Dig Deeper * Genealogy of Jesus: Why Is It Important? * Incarnation
This is Ken Ham, and our popular Ark Encounter attraction is located in Northern Kentucky. How did the Old Testament authors treat Genesis?
Well, First Chronicles lists genealogies going all the way back to Adam, with the same names as those given in Genesis chapters five and eleven.
Psalm 33 praises God for creation and says, “for he spoke, and it came to be,” not, “he spoke and millions of years later it came to be.”
In Isaiah 54, God makes a promise to the Israelites. He compares it to his promise from Genesis that floodwaters would never again cover the earth. That comparison makes no sense if Noah’s flood wasn’t a historical and global event.
The Old Testament authors treated Genesis as a historical account. And so should we!
Dig Deeper * Did Bible Authors Believe in a Literal Genesis? * Revisionist History: Satan’s Original Trick
This is Ken Ham, editor of the evolutionary exposé, Glass House: Shattering the Myth of Evolution. This week we’re considering the question “what genre is Genesis chapters one to eleven?” And we’ll look at how the rest of the Bible treats these early chapters.
Now, consider this verse from the book of Numbers, “If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, make myself known to him in a vision . . . . Not so with my servant Moses . . . . With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles.”
So here God says that he spoke “clearly” and “not in riddles” to Moses, the author of Genesis. This strongly suggests that we shouldn’t be looking for mysterious, hard-to-understand meanings in what Moses wrote. Instead, we should read Genesis as it’s meant to be: straightforward history.
Dig Deeper * Did Bible Authors Believe in a Literal Genesis? * Hebrew Scholars: 24-Hour Days in Creation
This is Ken Ham, author of the new devotional commentary on Genesis, Creation to Babel. How should we interpret Genesis chapters one through eleven? Is it history, mythology, allegory, or symbolic poetry?
Many Christians struggle with this question. But it’s not because the text isn’t clear. It’s because so many want to fit evolution and millions of years into the Bible.
The text itself is clear that Genesis is history. The early chapters, one through eleven, read the same as the rest of the book. There’s no “genre switch” between creation, the flood, Babel, and then the accounts of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. The whole book is a book of history!
As we’ll see this week, the testimony of all Scripture is that Genesis is history.
Dig Deeper * Is Genesis 1 Literal, Literalism, or Literalistic? * Did Bible Authors Believe in a Literal Genesis?
This is Ken Ham, co-author of the eye-opening book on Noah’s Flood, A Flood of Evidence. Many so-called “Christians” want to justify abortion. Now, we’ve seen all this week that the Bible treats unborn life the same as life that’s been born. Let’s apply the gospel to this issue.
The gospel is the good news that, though we’re all sinners, Jesus came and died in our place, taking our penalty for us and giving those who believe new and eternal life. Essentially, the gospel says: “I’ll die for you.”
Now, the heart of abortion says the opposite—“you will die for me.” Abortion is completely opposed to the gospel message!
Christians are to lay down their lives, just as our Savior did. And that includes in the service of the tiniest image bearers—the unborn.
Dig Deeper * Do You Really Think Child Sacrifice Is a Thing of the Past? * Abortion and Child Sacrifice
This is Ken Ham, inviting you to visit our full-size Noah’s ark attraction in Northern Kentucky. Whenever the Bible speaks of the unborn, it always treats them as persons. Not as “choices,” “clumps of cells,” or “potential life,” but as persons. Here’s a few examples:
Genesis 25 describes the “children”—Rebekah’s twins—struggling within her. Jeremiah records God saying that he chose the prophet before he was even conceived!
In Luke one, John the Baptist, in the womb, is called a “son” and a “babe” filled with the Holy Spirit, who leaped at the sound of Mary’s greeting.
Our culture wants to dehumanize the unborn so they can justify killing them through abortion. But when we start with God’s Word, we know the unborn children are persons.
Dig Deeper * Weaved Together in the Womb? * Are Animals “Persons”?
This is Ken Ham, encouraging you to visit our stunning pro-life exhibit at the Creation Museum. This week we’re looking at a biblical view of life.
Well, consider Psalm 139. David, the psalmist, is describing God’s intimate knowledge of David’s life, his thoughts, and his actions. He’s praising God for his omniscience … and omnipresence. And David writes,
For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
Guided by the Holy Spirit, David writes about himself before he was born. And he clearly refers to himself as a person, being knit together by God.
Yes, the unborn—they’re persons!
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This is Ken Ham, on a mission to call the church back to the authority of God’s Word. The book of Exodus records many of the laws God gave his people Israel. In Exodus 21, we read about the consequences if two men are fighting, and one accidently strikes a pregnant woman.
If the baby is born as a result, but isn’t harmed, the man pays a fine. However: if either the baby or the mother suffers harm, the man pays life for life, eye for eye, wound for wound. In other words—if the baby or mother died, the man was executed. The Mosaic Law gave unborn life the same value as life that has been born!
Why? Because level of development or location doesn’t determine personhood. Being made in God’s image does!
Dig Deeper * We’re Called to Defend the Unborn * Prenatal Development: Life of an Unborn Baby
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, and the Creation Museum. In the United States alone, millions of babies have died from legal abortions. And as our culture spirals away from God’s Word, these murders are no longer something secret or shameful. Instead, many women will proudly celebrate and almost practically worship abortion. How different this culture of death is from what we find in God’s Word!
In Genesis one we read, “Let us make man in our image . . . so God created man in his own image.” From the beginning, humans are made in God’s image. And babies aren’t a “choice”—they’re image bearers of the one and only King of kings and Creator of the universe!
Their lives deserve to be protected.
Dig Deeper * Evolution and What the Image of God Is Not * What Is the Image of God?
This is Ken Ham, and the Ark Encounter attraction is located in Northern Kentucky. We’ve learned this week it’s not likely Noah’s ark’s even still around to find. But do we actually need to find the ark?
No! You see, the Bible’s history is true even if we never find the remains of the giant ship. And it isn’t likely it would convince many people the Bible’s true even if we did find it. After all, Jesus said people wouldn’t believe even if someone rose from the dead, and that’s exactly what’s happened!
Many people already ignore the mountain of evidence for the flood seen in the world’s rock layers and fossils. People suppress the truth in unrighteousness and are willingly ignorant.
Ultimately, it’s a spiritual issue!
Dig Deeper * Layers of Sedimentary Rock Deposited by Global Flood * How Are Fossils Formed?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry behind the popular Answers Bible Curriculum. All this week we’ve looked at potential ark sightings. We’ve found they aren’t very convincing. So, will we ever find Noah’s ark?
Well, Genesis says the ark landed “on the mountains of Ararat,” so there’s a huge area that it could’ve come to rest on! But the ark might not even be around to find anymore.
You see, Noah and his family may have “repurposed” large amounts of the lumber, perhaps for firewood or maybe building projects.
Wooden structures, even if covered with pitch, don’t last very long without regular upkeep. The ark has likely decayed away in four-and-a-half-thousand years.
So, it’s not likely we’ll find the ark, but is that really a problem? Tune in tomorrow to find out.
Dig Deeper * How Did Noah Build the Ark? * What We Know of Noah and the Ark in the Bible
This is Ken Ham, editor of the popular series of books The Answers Books for Kids. Yesterday we looked at two supposed ark sites and learned they’re just geological formations. But what about other claims—like the one that beams from the ark have been found?
Here’s the story: one man said he found ark beams under the ice on Ararat. He brought a piece back with him. Was it from the ark?
Well, the wood was determined to be only about two thousand years old. And some members of the expedition say the man brought the wood on his way up the mountain.
Another team claimed to find an object that looked like blackened, petrified wood. But geologists believe it’s just a common rock formation.
So, will we ever find the ark? Come back tomorrow to find out!
Dig Deeper * Is the Wood Recently Found on Mt. Ararat from the Ark? * Could Noah’s Ark Have Been Made of Wood?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, the Creation Museum, and Ark Encounter. You may’ve heard the claim that Noah’s ark has been found. But has anyone really discovered this piece of history?
Well, here’s one example. Satellite images showed an ark-shaped object jutting out of the side of Mount Ararat. But was it the ark?
Well, geologists concluded it was just a big rock that only appears ark-like when ice and snow melt.
Here’s another one. In Turkey, there’s an ark-shaped formation, and one explorer even claims to have brought back some artifacts. But many researchers, including Christians, have visited the site and say it’s just a geological formation.
Come back tomorrow for more on the search for Noah’s ark.
Dig Deeper * “Boat-Like Formation” Matching Noah’s Ark Discovered in Turkey? * That Boat-shaped Rock . . . Is It Noah’s Ark?
This is Ken Ham, an Aussie transplant with a passion for God’s Word and the gospel. Many people have gone on expeditions to hunt for Noah’s ark. Most explorers search on Mount Ararat in modern-day Turkey. But is this the right place to look?
Well, Genesis says the ark landed “on the mountains of Ararat,” which is a wide area, not specifically on what we call Mount Ararat today. Now, underneath Mount Ararat are thousands of feet of sediment laid down during Noah’s flood.
Also, it’s a volcano, and it appears to have formed after the flood.
So, it’s very unlikely this is the mountain the ark landed on. And even if it was the right place, the ark would probably be buried under volcanic ash.
So where is the ark? Stay tuned!
Dig Deeper * Is Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat? * Where Is Noah’s Ark?
This is Ken Ham, inviting your family to visit the popular Ark Encounter, south of Cincinnati. Many people today believe truth is relative and it changes depending on the circumstances or on personal feelings. But truth isn’t relative—because truth is a person, Jesus. He said that he’s the way, the truth, and the life. So if Jesus is the truth, we can’t just believe whatever we want.
There’s a standard for truth—and it doesn’t change!
Now, how do we know anything about Jesus? Well, by reading his Word. Lots of people have all kinds of opinions about who Jesus is, but Jesus has revealed himself to us through his Word. If we want to get to personally know the truth, we must turn from our sins, trust in Christ and obey his Word.
Dig Deeper * How Could Jesus Declare Absolute Truth? * Relative Thinking—A Life Without Moorings and Meaning
This is Ken Ham, editor of the apologetics series of books The New Answers Books. Why do you believe what you believe? Whether you believe the Bible is true or not, you believe that because of some kind of “authority.” Is that authority yourself? For many people, that’s their ultimate authority—themselves!
But we don’t know everything we frequently make mistakes. Putting ourselves as the ultimate authority means we’re trusting in an ever-changing authority and with very limited knowledge.
As we present in our Creation Museum, we should look to God’s Word as our ultimate authority. God is the only one who knows everything, never makes a mistake, and has always been there.
Yes, we can trust God and his Word!
Dig Deeper * 3 Evidences That Confirm the Bible Is Not Made Up * Can We Prove the Bible Is True?
This is Ken Ham, author of the new commentary and devotional on Genesis, Creation to Babel. Why do we need the Word of God so much? Well, consider that we all have sinful hearts. We typically want what’s wrong, not what’s right. As the book of John says, we love darkness rather than light!
So, we need the Bible because it’s the truth and it illuminates our sinful hearts.
So much of the Bible is what you could call “upside-down thinking”—it’s totally opposite how we naturally think. For example, we’re called to love our enemies, forgive and trust God for vengeance. We’re to do good even to those who hate us.
As Christians, we need the Word of God to shape our thinking so we think and act as God would have us—not as the world does.
Dig Deeper * The Heart of Disobedience * Are Christian Organizations “Hate Groups”?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the Noah’s ark attraction, the Ark Encounter, south of Cincinnati. What’s your foundation? Okay, what do I mean by that?
Well, we all have an ultimate authority—something we base our thinking on and interpret the world through. For many people, that standard is themselves—their own wisdom or feelings. But we can’t trust our own sinful hearts! They’ll quickly lead us astray.
Instead, we must start our thinking with the ultimate authority—the Word of God. God’s perfect, flawless, unchanging Word should be our starting point. That means we build our worldview from God’s Word and we test our own thoughts, opinions, and feelings against it to see if they’re right or wrong.
No, we’re not the authority—God is!
Dig Deeper * The Battle for Biblical Authority * God’s Word: The Authority Over Us
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on science and the Bible’s reliability. Many people believe their feelings determine truth. They rely on how they think and feel about something for what’s right and wrong. But are our feelings a good source of truth?
Not at all! The Bible tells us our hearts are deceitful and can’t be trusted. You see, every single one of us is a sinner with a sinful heart. The Bible says, apart from Christ, we love darkness rather than light. And even those who have turned to Christ still struggle with the flesh.
So no, our feelings are a terrible guide!
Instead., we should look to the unchanging Word of God. It’s a lamp to our feet, a light to our path, and it’s the knowledge of God that’s the beginning of wisdom.
Dig Deeper * Falling for Your Feelings * Bill Nye Borrows from a Christian Worldview
This is Ken Ham, inviting your family to visit our massive Noah’s ark in Northern Kentucky. There’s an idea that’s still taught in textbooks that’s been debunked for decades. What is it? Well, it’s the idea that an unborn baby progresses through supposed evolutionary stages.
Some textbooks continue to list gill slits and tails in human embryos as evidence for these supposed evolutionary stages. But the gill slits are just throat pouches. They’ll form features such as the inner ears.
And the tail isn’t a tail. It’s the coccyx, or tailbone. It’s where the muscles will eventually attach so the baby can sit, stand, and walk.
No, we don’t go through evolutionary animal stages as we grow in a womb. That’s a false idea based on another false idea—evolution!
Dig Deeper * Recapitulation Theory: How Embryology Does Not Prove Evolution * Prenatal Development: Life of an Unborn Baby
This is Ken Ham, author of the book on millions of years and compromise, In Six Days. Have you ever heard the term homology before? It refers to the similarities we see among living things, and it’s considered a textbook example of evolution.
But just because something is similar doesn’t mean that it had a common ancestor.
Consider a bicycle and a motorcycle—they’re similar because they’re designed for the same purpose and to function in a similar environment., It’s not because they have a common ancestor!
And it’s the same in the living world. Living things were all made by a common designer to live in the same world and perform the same basic purposes.
So it’s no surprise that God used a similar design!
Dig Deeper * 1.4 Comparative Similarities: Homology * “Common Design Means Common Ancestry”
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the global apologetics ministry of Answers in Genesis. You may’ve heard the phrase “the missing links are still missing”—and it’s true! When asked for examples, evolutionists usually mention the so-called whale series, some apelike creature, or maybe a fish fossil with lobe fins.
But are these really missing links? Well, no.
You see, it’s all about interpretation. Evolutionists interpret these fossils in light of their worldview. They must have “transitional fossils,” so they force the evidence to fit their worldview.
Now, in a biblical worldview, these missing links are simply variety within created kinds.
So, when you strip away the evolutionary storytelling, fossils don’t contradict God’s Word.
Dig Deeper * The Importance of Missing Links * The Only Missing Link—It’s Spiritual
This is Ken Ham, a publisher of our award-winning family magazine called Answers. What’s the driving force behind evolution? Well, supposedly it’s mistakes in our DNA called mutations. Most mutations are very harmful to an organism and cause disease and death. Some go unnoticed.
Only a select few are beneficial and only under very specific conditions. And these few kinds of beneficial mistakes can’t account for the remarkable variety and intricacy we see in creation.
Mutations simply don’t support evolutionary ideas about the past.
But starting with God’s Word, we can understand mutations. God’s creation was originally perfect. But it was cursed because of sin. And once sin entered, mutations began.
Dig Deeper * Are Mutations Part of the “Engine” of Evolution? * Just How Random Are Mutations?
This is Ken Ham, an Aussie transplant with a passion for sharing the truth of God’s Word. There’s a bait and switch happening every day in schools, museums, and media. What do I mean?
Well, evolutionists will provide examples of natural selection such as Darwin’s finches. They’ll show how these finches have different-sized beaks, allowing them to eat different foods. Then they’ll say, “See! We’re observing evolution.”
But what they’re really observing is small changes within a bird kind. You see, the genetic information to produce different beak sizes is already there. It’s built into the finches’ DNA. For evolution to happen, you’d need brand-new information to produce brand-new features—and that’s never been observed.
Dig Deeper * The Proper Place for Natural Selection * A Bombshell for Replacing Darwin?
This is Ken Ham, founder of the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s ark south of Cincinnati. We’re living in perilous times. Many Christians, perhaps for the first time ever, are now understanding what God’s Word means when it says this world “is not our home.” So while we’re here living in this dark world, what should we do?
Well, Jesus was once in a crowd that was expecting his kingdom to appear immediately. He told them a parable about a king with ten servants. The king gave each servant money and told them to do his business until he returns. And that’s what we should do as well!
We don’t know when Jesus will return and make things right. But until he comes, let’s do “his business” by sharing the gospel and discipling others for Christ.
Dig Deeper * Exposing a Fundamental Compromise * Compromise Killed This Christian College
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to call the church back to God’s Word and the gospel. Many Christians today are compromising on biblical truth. They’re trying to be more appealing to the world. But we should never compromise God’s Word!
Scripture tells us that people will hate God and his Word and that they will hate his followers! So we shouldn’t be surprised when we speak truth and the world comes against us. But the proper response isn’t to compromise with the world’s ideas. It’s to stand on God’s Word, then leaving the consequences in God’s hands.
As the world gets darker, Christians will look stranger to the world and our beliefs will seem even more foolish. But God says it’s the wisdom of the world that’s foolish, and true wisdom begins with him.
Dig Deeper * Exposing a Fundamental Compromise * Compromise Killed This Christian College
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on the Bible’s reliability and authority. This week we’re looking at what to do in the perilous times we live in.
Yes, freedom is vanishing, anti-Christian sentiment is rising, and persecution is looming. How should Christians respond?
Well . . . we’re still to preach the gospel! Most of church history is a story of persecution, and yet the gospel has always marched on, the Bible has remained, and the church has continued to grow. When Jesus gave us the great commission, he didn’t put an expiration date on it. So, no matter what’s going on, we continue to preach the gospel, trusting that the Lord will build his church and the gates of hell won’t prevail against it.
In this dark world, have hope—the gospel still saves!
Dig Deeper * Response to Persecution * Would You Be Willing to Stand? Religious Persecution Comes to Finland
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, the Creation Museum, and Ark Encounter. I’m often asked if I think we’re in the last days. I always say, “We don’t know for sure, but we do know we’re closer to the end than we were!”
So, no matter how close we are to the end, what should we be doing while we await Christ’s triumphant return?
Well, the book of Jude commands us to “contend for the faith.” We’re to call out false teaching and false teachers, have answers for the hope we have, and courageously proclaim the gospel. And we’re to uphold sound doctrine. That’s what contending for the faith looks like!
And the only way we can do all that is if we know God’s Word and are firmly rooted in it.
So, if you want be Christ’s ambassador, get into your Bible!
Dig Deeper * Is Sharing Our Faith Optional? * Teach the Uncompromised Truth of Genesis in Church
This is Ken Ham, a publisher of our apologetics, award-winning family magazine, Answers. This world seems to be getting crazier every single day. How should Christians respond?
Well, we’re going to look at that this week. The first thing we must remember is that no matter what’s happening in the world, God is in control. He’s sovereign!
The Bible says, “Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases,” Also: “The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.” And finally “The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.”
Christians should never despair over what’s happening. God isn’t surprised. And he will accomplish his plan.
Dig Deeper * Our Responsibility and God’s Sovereignty—and Finding the Balance * Who’s Running This Place?
This is Ken Ham, author of the books The Dinosaurs of Eden and D Is for Dinosaur. As a former public school teacher trained to teach science in the classroom, I often laugh when I’m accused of being anti-science by evolutionists. Why do they say that?
Well, it’s not because I don’t love science—I do! It’s because I don’t accept their interpretation of the evidence. That’s because I reject their worldview. What do I mean?
The evidence about the past doesn’t speak for itself—it must be interpreted. And your worldview determines your interpretation.
I believe God’s Word, so I use it as the lens for interpreting the evidence. Evolutionists reject the true history in the Bible and instead rely on man’s ideas.
The problem really isn’t science!
Dig Deeper * Are We Anti-science? * Do Creationists Reject Science?
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s ark near Cincinnati. I’ve been speaking on creation and evolution for over forty years now. And the most common misconception about this issue that I hear from Christians is that we’re making the age of the earth a salvation issue—as if someone can’t be saved if they don’t believe in a young earth. But we’ve never said that. Not once!
But what we have said many, many times is that this is a biblical authority issue. You see, God’s Word in Genesis is clear—God created in six literal twenty-four-hour days and just a few thousand years ago. When we add millions of years into the Bible, we’re making man not God the authority—and that’s dangerous!
God’s Word is the authority.
Dig Deeper * Does the Gospel Depend on a Young Earth? * Hank Hanegraaff Falsely Accuses Me on National Radio
This is Ken Ham, author of the new book on the culture wars called Divided Nation. I call evolution “the religion of death.” You see, a religion can be defined as a system of belief “held to with ardor and faith”—and that’s accurate for evolution. It’s man’s attempt to explain everything apart from God. And in this religion, the death of billions and billions of creatures over billions of years finally led to man—you can see why I call it a religion of death!
But Genesis gives us the true history. Death is a consequence of our sin. But Jesus, the God-man, came and paid the penalty of our sin for us when he died on the cross and then rose again. Everyone who repents and trusts in him alone for salvation receives new and eternal life with Christ.
Dig Deeper * Roe v. Wade and the Religion of Death * Jesus Christ: The Last Adam
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the apologetics and evangelistic ministry of Answers in Genesis. We’re all shocked by violence in many American cities. Does evolution have anything to do with this?
Well, the public school system has indoctrinated generations of young people into believing there’s no God, we’re just highly evolved animals who evolved over millions of years, and there’re no moral absolutes. And in this worldview where we decide right and wrong for ourselves, then violence is okay if I think it’s okay.
And the more society thinks this way, we’ll see many more people acting out the consequences of what they’ve been taught.
But there is a God—we’re not just animals—and there are moral absolutes that come from God.
Dig Deeper * Exposing the Connection: How Evolution Impacts Morality * Relative Thinking—A Life Without Moorings and Meaning
This is Ken Ham, head of the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s ark south of Cincinnati. If people believe in billions of years of history, then they must also accept that millions of years of death, disease, and suffering led up to man’s existence. You see, the fossil record reveals death and diseases like cancer. Christians who accept millions of years must believe in a long history of animal and human death before sin. But the Bible makes it clear that death’s an intruder into God’s once “very good” creation.
Really, when Christians accept millions of years of death before man, then they’re telling the world the Bible’s history is wrong. But the God-breathed Word is true and can be trusted from the very first verse.
Dig Deeper * Did Adam Step on an Ant Before the Fall? * Did Death of Any Kind Exist Before the Fall?
This is Ken Ham, with a passion for sharing God’s Word with the world. Most people including many Christians have been indoctrinated to believe the fossil record took millions of years to be laid down. But when Christians believe this idea, they’ve accepted that there were millions of years of death and suffering before God made the first man. And if that’s true, then God used evolution to create.
Now, this places the blame for death and suffering on God!
But Genesis makes it plain that death entered the world because of Adam’s sin. It’s man fault, not God’s. Death was a judgment because of sin—it’s an enemy. And someday God will destroy death forever.
Instead of accepting man’s ideas about the past, we need to trust God’s Word.
Dig Deeper * Death Before Sin? * Why Does God’s Creation Include Death and Suffering?
This is Ken Ham, author of a new commentary and devotional on Genesis, Creation to Babel. Last year a study found over half of Americans believe in evolution. And that’s not surprising—they’ve been indoctrinated into believing that through millions of years of death, disease, and suffering, man evolved.
Now, when you talk about a God of love, how do such people react? Many will say, “How can there be a loving God? Look at this world of death and suffering!”
You see, they’re looking at a groaning world because of sin. But because they’ve been indoctrinated not to believe in sin, they don’t understand how to reconcile a God of love with this hurting world. But when they know that the Bible’s history’s true, they understand God’s truly a God of love.
Dig Deeper * Hurricanes and a Loving God? * God of Love?
This is Ken Ham, coauthor of the book called A Flood of Evidence. A number of years ago, scientists discovered bacteria in a salt crystal. They believed those bacteria were 250 million years old. Amazingly, the scientists were able to “resurrect” them. And to their complete surprise, they observed that the DNA looked almost identical to bacterial DNA today. So two-hundred-fifty-million years of no evolution?
These “Lazarus bacteria” are a challenge for evolutionists—but not for creationists. The salts these bacteria were found in were likely laid down during Noah’s flood. That was only a few thousand years ago.
It’s no shock to those who start with the true history given in God’s Word!
Dig Deeper * DNA in “Ancient” Bacteria * Bacterial Life in Ancient Salt
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry that built a full-size Noah’s ark south of Cincinnati. If you swim in the ocean and get smacked in the face with seawater, you’ll experience how salty the ocean is! But it’s actually not salty enough. What do I mean?
Well, every year, over three hundred million tons of salt are eroded from the continents and dumped into the oceans. So the ocean gets saltier every year. Now, if the oceans started out with no salt, they’d reach their current salinity in just over forty million years. But the oceans are thought by evolutionists to be three billion years old! They should be so salty today that we could walk on them!
That’s a problem for the evolutionary worldview. But from a biblical worldview, the earth and the big oceans are young.
Dig Deeper * Very Little Salt in the Sea * Sea Salt, Erosion, and Sediments
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on why we can trust the Bible. All through history, people have been awed by the sight of a comet with its long, glowing tail. A comet is basically a ball of ice and dust. As it passes close to the sun, solar radiation blasts away part of the comet, leaving behind a beautiful tail. So every time the comet passes close to the sun, it gets smaller.
Now of course that means comets don’t last forever, and yet we still have plenty of comets. That’s a problem if you believe in millions of years. So evolutionists propose a cloud somewhere past Pluto that creates these comets. But there’s just no evidence for it!
Comets are part of a young universe, just like we’d expect starting with God’s Word.
Dig Deeper * Short-Lived Comets * Comets and the Age of the Solar System
This is Ken Ham, a missionary to our evolutionized culture and even the church. Ever heard that diamonds are a “girl’s best friend?” Well, they’re also a creationist’s best friend!
You see, diamonds are the hardest substance on earth, nearly impossible to contaminate. And scientists have found carbon fourteen in diamonds. Here’s why that’s important.
Carbon fourteen decays relatively quickly. After fifty-thousand years, it would be almost undetectable. So, anything supposedly older than that shouldn’t have any carbon fourteen in it—and yet diamonds do! And they’re thought to be billions of years old!
This is a big problem for the evolutionary old-earth worldview. But not for those who start with God’s Word.
Dig Deeper * Carbon-14 in Fossils, Coal, and Diamonds * Radiometric Dating: Problems with the Assumptions
This is Ken Ham, and we’ve produced the family-friendly Answers Bible Curriculum. As radioactive elements decay, particles, such as helium, are released. Helium’s very slippery and quickly leaves rock crystals.
Now, evolutionists believe this decay has been going on for billions of years. Since helium quickly slips away, all of it should be gone from the rock crystals. Creationists believe our earth is young and decay was much faster in the past, so there should still be plenty of helium in these rock crystals.
Well, this hypothesis—based on the history in God’s Word—was tested. And the rock crystals were filled with helium. This suggests the rocks can’t be older than a few thousand years.
Science confirms God’s Word!
Dig Deeper * Helium in Radioactive Rocks * Helium Diffusion Rates Support Accelerated Nuclear Decay
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to call the church back to the authority of God’s Word. Our planet is surrounded by a magnetic field to protect us from the sun’s harmful radiation. It’s so important that life couldn’t exist without it. But this field is wearing down—and it’s wearing down so fast that if it were even millions of years old, it wouldn’t exist today!
Evolutionists have suggested there’s a process that we don’t fully understand that sustains our magnetic field. But no such process has ever been observed. It’s what’s called a “rescuing device” to save the idea of millions of years.
But our decaying magnetic field isn’t a problem when we start with God’s Word. It’s just a few thousand years old, created by God in the beginning.
Dig Deeper * Rapidly Decaying Magnetic Field * The Earth’s Magnetic Field and the Age of the Earth
This is Ken Ham, publisher of the award-winning family friendly magazine called Answers. Our sun produces energy by nuclear fusion. Computer modeling of this process, using evolutionary dates, predicted that the sun was fainter in the past and has brightened over time.
Now if this is true, the sun would’ve been thirty percent dimmer at the time when life is thought to have first evolved—and that means earth’s crust and oceans would’ve been frozen solid!
And that just doesn’t match the evidence! Geology suggests the earth was much warmer in the past—an interpretation shared by evolutionists and creationists. So which was it, “warmer or cooler?”
Evolution and old age ideas simply aren’t confirmed by the evidence.
Dig Deeper * Faint Sun Paradox * The Young Faint Sun Paradox and the Age of the Solar System
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to strengthen the global church with God’s Word. This week we’re looking at evidence that the earth is young . . . not millions of years old. And one of those evidences is soft tissue in fossils.
In the leg bone of a supposedly sixty-five-million-year-old T. rex, scientists found collagen, blood cells, and blood vessels. Now those soft tissues can’t last nearly that long.
Precambrian rocks are considered some of the oldest on earth, and scientists uncovered some tube worm fossils in this rock layer. These fossils had proteins that were still flexible! And they were dated at over half a billion years old. Yet those proteins were still intact and flexible!
Our answer: the fossils are young!
Dig Deeper * #3 Soft Tissue in Fossils * 180-Million-Year-Old Soft Tissue?
This is Ken Ham, often interviewed on radio and TV on the Bible’s reliability and history. In many areas, rock layers—thousands of feet thick—have been bent and folded, but without breaking. How can that happen if each layer was laid down separately over millions of years?
Well, as we learned last week, if those layers were hard when they were folded, we wouldn’t see any folding! They would’ve cracked and broken.
All those layers had to be soft when they were bent. Then they hardened in a folded position. This is a tremendous confirmation that the rock layers weren’t laid down slowly over millions of years but quickly. And the Bible describes the event that could’ve rapidly laid down these layers—the global flood of Noah’s day!
Dig Deeper * #2 Bent Rock Layers * Creation Scientist’s Ground-Breaking Research at Grand Canyon Published
This is Ken Ham, author, speaker, and blogger on science and the Bible’s reliability. Every year, billions of tons of dirt end up on the ocean floor. If that debris has been accumulating for three billion years, the seafloor should have sediment many, many miles deep. But it doesn’t!
Now, some of those sediments are removed each year due to natural processes. But at current rates, the seafloor would accumulate today’s thirteen hundred feet of sediment in just twelve million years—that’s nowhere near the three billion years the oceans have supposedly been around!
The evidence makes sense when we understand we live on a young earth—which was marred by a flood, that would’ve deposited hundreds of feet of sediment very rapidly.
Dig Deeper * #1 Very Little Sediment on the Seafloor * Circular Reasoning in the Dating of Deep Seafloor Sediments and Ice Cores: The Orbital Tuning Method
This is Ken Ham, and we’ve produced the family friendly Answers Bible Curriculum. This week we looked at groundbreaking research done by two world-class creation scientists. And its research that was done because these scientists start with God’s Word!
You see, evolutionists just assumed folds in certain rock layers must’ve formed a certain way because of their worldview of millions of years. They never researched this idea. They just assumed it because it must be true for their worldview to work. But when research was actually done, it didn’t confirm evolutionary ideas!
And in genetics, exciting discoveries are being made that are only possible because the researcher is starting with a biblical timeline.
Yes, it’s exciting being a Christian!
Dig Deeper * Successful Predictions by Creation Scientists * Creation Scientists
This is Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, the Creation Museum, and Ark Encounter. What happens if we analyze our DNA differences according to the biblical timescale? Well, Harvard-trained Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson decided to do just that. He reasoned that if humanity is just a few thousand years old like the Bible teaches, the history of civilization should be “stamped” throughout our DNA.
So he began examining DNA data through the lens of the Bible’s history. And what he found was the genetic stamps of the Mongol conquest, European colonization of the Americas, and the population collapse among Native Americans—they’re all present in our DNA!
It’s the hidden history of mankind, and it’s only revealed when we start with God’s Word!
Dig Deeper * The Best-Kept Secrets of DNA * A Response to “Talking Science as Christians”
This is Ken Ham, heading up the ministry that’s built a 510-foot-long Noah’s ark. When we start with God’s Word, we understand God created creatures according to their “kinds.” So, creationists predict that over time, new species will form within a kind. And a few years ago, Harvard-trained Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson released several testable scientific predictions, including a prediction about the rate at which species form. That rate was based on the biblical timeline of creation, just 6,000 years ago.
And within a year, a new study by evolutionists found the famous icons of evolution, Darwin’s finches, are rapidly forming new species. And those species are forming at exactly the rate creationists predicted all along!
Dig Deeper * A Bombshell for Replacing Darwin? * A Second Bombshell for Replacing Darwin?
This is Ken Ham, on a mission to strengthen the global church with God’s Word. Yesterday we learned about folded rock layers in the Grand Canyon. The evolutionary explanation for these folds just doesn’t work. You see, evolutionists believe the rock layers were laid down slowly, then heat and pressure allowed them to bend without breaking. But brand-new research shows the rocks show no evidence of this!
And that’s exactly what we’d expect starting with God’s Word. You see, according to the Bible’s history, there was a catastrophic global flood. This flood would’ve rapidly laid down the rock layers then they were bent, while still soft.
It’s the Bible’s history that explains the world around us, not evolutionary ideas.
Dig Deeper * The Results Are in, and WOW! * Folded Rock Layers
This is Ken Ham, an Aussie transplant with a passion for sharing the truths of God’s Word. Throughout the Grand Canyon, there are thick rock layers that are smoothly bent. Now, evolutionists believe these layers were laid down slowly, one after the other. So how were they bent while hard?
Well, they believe heat and pressure allowed the rock to bend but without breaking. If that’s true, the rocks would show clear signs of metamorphosis when under a microscope.
Now evolutionists just assume this. They’ve never actually checked the rocks to see if they’ve been changed, so creation geologist Dr. Andrew Snelling did. During a four-year research project, he found no evidence the rocks had been metamorphized. In other words, the evolutionary explanation doesn’t work!
Dig Deeper * The Fight for 53 Rocks * Creation Scientist’s Ground-Breaking Research at Grand Canyon Published
This is Ken Ham, and our life-size Noah’s ark is open in Northern Kentucky. Most people assume the garden of Eden was located in the Middle East, near today’s Tigris and Euphrates rivers. But does the Bible actually tell us that?
The Bible describes Eden as having a river that came from one source—and divided into four rivers. Nothing like that exists today. The global flood of Noah’s day would’ve destroyed any trace of Eden.
So, why do two of the rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, still exist? Well, Noah and his sons probably named the new rivers after rivers from the old world. People have done this all through history.
We don’t have Eden anymore, but someday we’ll have the new heavens and new earth that God has promised to believers.
Dig Deeper * Where Was the Garden of Eden? * Has the Garden of Eden ever been found?
This is Ken Ham, CEO of the ministry behind the popular Answers Bible Curriculum. In Genesis we read about the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve were told not to eat its fruit a command they disobeyed. But what was the fruit?
Well, the Bible doesn’t specifically tell us. Some people think it was an apple but that’s just conjecture.
We don’t know exactly what the fruit was, but what we do know is that it was a real fruit, growing on a real tree, in real history. And the impact of eating that fruit is still felt today: in the sin, death, and suffering we see around us.
But right after they sinned, God gave them hope. He promised that the seed of the woman would crush the head of the serpent—that seed was Jesus, the last Adam.
Dig Deeper * What Was the “Forbidden Fruit” in Genesis? * It Started in Eden