– Around the 1st and 2nd centuries before Christ, while Rome was in a power-struggle, all of the Mediterranean had a problem. The pirates of Cilicia were rising in strength, and attacking trade ships that carried goods across the Mediterranean. The historian Plutarch describes the gravity of the situation like this: “While the Romans were … Read More
– Around the world, most public schools are teaching the big bang theory as fact. This is not only incredibly biased and one-sided, but it is an extremely dangerous concept that leads us away from the truth regarding our Creator. It leads us away from the truths of Scripture and the Torah, the first books … Read More
– Perhaps one of the most recognized constellations in the night is Ursa Major, with its easy to find “Big Dipper”. Within this region of bright stars we find the spiral galaxy known as Messier 101 or the Pinwheel Galaxy. While it takes a fairly large telescope as well as dark skies to view, the … Read More
– In 1915 the Bible was required reading in most public schools. Legal ordinances in Tennessee directed that 10 verses of the Bible must be read daily in schools. In 1923, two anti-evolution bills were passed, and textbooks in Oklahoma were banned for their teaching of “Materialist Conception of History (i.e.) the Darwin Theory of … Read More
– In an effort to demonstrate human evolution, paleontologist Richard Swann Lull included Dr. Ernst Haeckel’s depiction of the progressive states of vertebrate development in his book. Dr. Haeckel was an early convert to Darwinism. Noticed in his illustrations, in the first stages of all embryonic development are indications of gill slits… even in humans. … Read More
– The world-famous “Lucy” hominid is a supposed scientific link between human and ape. She was found under unusual circumstances in Ethiopia, Fall of 1974. An anthropologist, Donald Johanson and a student, Tom Gray were exploring alone in a gully previously searched to no avail by other workers, when they happened upon some bones and … Read More
Yale University was established in 1701 to train Christian ministers. Today, its department of religious studies offers a wide array of courses that cover the major religions of the world. By the 1920’s the teaching of evolution was the focus of the famous Yale Peabody Museum – recognized as the first natural history museum to … Read More
– Psalms 11 warns us: “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” The first verse of the Bible is the foundation upon which all other scriptures are laid: “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth” Yet, many do not stand on that foundation, claiming that in the beginning … Read More
– “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The Declaration of Independence. Undoubtedly the most famous document in American history. These words from the opening statement … Read More
– Why haven’t we ever heard of Sothis? You might know it better by its Latin name, Sirius. At 8 light years away, Sirius has a magnitude of -1.4, making it the brightest appearing star in the heavens, besides our sun. The ancient Egyptians recognized that the rising of Sothis, or Sirius, just before dawn … Read More
– Charles Spurgeon, sometimes referred to as the “Prince of Preachers” said that one day people “will speak, amid roars of laughter, of evolution; and the day will come, when there will not be a child but will look upon it as being the most foolish notion that ever crossed the human mind.” 2255.221 He … Read More
– In ancient Greek literature, Homer and Hesiod refer to Orion as an important constellation, and give us a mythological account of Orion as a great hunter, before he was immortalized as a constellation in the sky. Long before those accounts, Biblical sources offer multiple references to what is translated into English as Orion. In … Read More
– Everyone’s familiar with the Trojan horse, but you might be asking: “what does the Trojan horse have to do with astronomy”. Well, Virgil wrote of the Trojan horse and the Trojan wars and Homer did also, in 750 B.C., in the Iliad and Odyssey. Both Homer and Virgil also wrote of the Pleiades or … Read More
– If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? A Barna Group Study gives us insight into what the general public believe when it comes to religion, and it isn’t encouraging…”Among individuals who describe themselves as Christians, close to half believe that Satan does not exist, and one-third contend that Jesus sinned while … Read More
– If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? Even the famous evolutionist Charles Darwin acknowledged a Creator in the closing comments of his book “On The Origin of Species.” He says: “There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a … Read More
– If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? A very important question asked by King David in the eleventh Psalm, now more relevant than ever. Universities once proud of their stand on promoting Christian principles, are now very proud of the diversity of world religions that they tolerate and even encourage. Harvard … Read More
– If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? Sir Isaac Newton was, and still is, a great influence in science. His legendary work on gravity, said to have been spurred by an apple falling from a tree, has become an iconic part of history. So, what was this great scientist’s foundation of … Read More
– If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? While the Bible plays a much less central role in science today, many of the greatest minds in science had the solid foundation of belief in a Creator. The astronomer Johannes Kepler spent most of his time in Austria, and in Prague, where he … Read More
– On October 4, 1957, Russian scientists launched the first artificial satellite into space. This event brought on what is known as “The Space Race” when the U.S. and Russia were competing with each other in the advancement of space technology. This race cost America over 20 billion dollars and lasted until the year 1975. … Read More
– The Big Bang is supposed to have produced the elements Hydrogen and Helium, and we are led to believe that from these two, all 118 of the elements that make up the periodic table were formed. Is that possible? Let’s take a quick look at science. Hydrogen, is one electron and one proton. Deuterium, … Read More
– A supernova is a star that has reached a critical point, and explodes, normally in a spectacular display of light. Based on the Big Bang theory, shortly after an explosion 14 billion years ago, stars began forming and exploding frequently, and as the first stars went supernova (or exploded), they gave rise to a … Read More
– Evolutionary cosmology indicates that after the Big Bang, an unlikely event took place which brought particles of matter together forming clouds of gas, and subsequently stars. But in scientific law: There is no gas known to man that clumps together. It always pushes apart. It is a physical law that gas in a vacuum … Read More
– Some scientists would tell us that 14 billion years ago, an event took place that created the universe from nothing. This explosion has no place in Biblical history, yet some Christians have come to believe in current science more than the Word of God. Even so, the Bible actually refers to the big bang. … Read More
– The Big Bang theory is a popular cosmological theory that attempts to explain the creation of the Universe through chance. The Big Bang states that around 14 billion years ago, all of the matter in the Universe was compacted into a very small, very dense point This matter suddenly exploded, and sent debris in … Read More
– One popular argument for Theistic Evolutionists is the scripture in 2 Peter which states “…One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” But Greek prose is vastly different from the Hebrew writing styles found in Genesis, and there is no indication that “day” means anything … Read More
– Many people don’t understand the importance of believing in a literal 6 day creation. Most Hebrew scholars agree that the wording used in the Creation account indicates literal 24 hour days. An old Earth view gives rise to many ungodly theories such as death before sin, human-primate origins, a chance cosmos, and other speculative … Read More
– A question on many Christians minds today is: Is the Big Bang Biblical? Well, let’s look at the big bang theory, and see how it stands up to the historical record of creation in the Bible. The Bible states that in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth from void, or nothing. … Read More
– The book of Genesis describes a 7 day creation week. But were they really days, or long spans of time as some teachers would have you believe? Scholars conclude that it is most likely: The Hebrew word ‘yom’, or day, as found in the creation account refers to a literal, 24 hour day- and … Read More
– The Crab Nebula, also known as Messier 1, was the very first of 110 objects to be catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier. He mistook this nebula for a comet upon first observation, and thus began the famous Messier catalogue. This colorful nebula is quite bright, and fairly easy to spot using a … Read More
– The scriptures tell us that in the beginning, God created the heaven and earth in six days. The account uses the Hebrew word “yom” preceded by the number of each day, and clarified with the definition “evening and morning”. So why, then, do we have Christians settling for a stretched interpretation of those passages, … Read More
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