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The "Rush" Has Been On!

We're excited about our new Vacation Bible School (VBS) program for 2012, IncrediWorld Amazement Park, because it will teach children the truth about God the Creator and His amazing creation! And the gospel will be presented to them. For a preview of this 2012 VBS program, see http://answersvbs.com/2012/.

We're also excited about our current 2011 VBS program, Gold Rush, which has been used in thousands of churches this summer (about 3,000 VBS kits were obtained through AiG) and reached an estimated 250,000 children! Below is just one of the many testimonies we have received; it comes from an Indiana church that has been excited about the children's reaction to the VBS content, most of all to see the spiritual results of Gold Rush.

Christy, the director of the VBS mentioned below, is a pastor's wife and writer for AiG's Sunday school Answers Bible Curriculum, which is scheduled for release in Fall of 2012. Answers in Genesis is committed to providing churches with solid, biblically sound, God-centered curriculum—for VBS as well as Sunday school. They present the gospel in a clear way to all ages. We pray that God will continue to use our efforts to equip churches to praise Him as we reach out to the next generation.

AiG:

Our "Gold Rush" VBS was over-the-top great for me. The ton of work that went into the preparation was worth the multiplied blessings. I was the director, but honestly, I told God that since I didn't have the time and didn't know what I was doing, He would have to do it! I was just His assistant.

We had 23 children. I could tell you so many amazing stories about their reaction to the content of the curriculum. I taught the toddler/preschool Bible. So I'll tell you one from that. Keep in mind that about 75% of these kids had never been to church before. On the first day, one 3-year-old was listening as he was told that Jesus loved him. He said, "I don't know Jesus, but my mommy loves me."

Well, by day four, this little boy and all the children not only knew Jesus, but loved Him. They were wide-eyed as I told about Jesus's crucifixion, scooting closer and closer to me on their carpet circles. They gasped when I described the suffering Jesus endured and questioned me about it. Then they cheered and jumped up and down when I told Him Jesus is alive! When we taught them to spread the news like wildfire, one boy who had just turned three told another boy at his day care all about how Jesus was hurt in his hands and feet and died on the Cross "because he loves Evan and Jason and Mommy and Daddy so much." I couldn't believe it! He has just been three for a month, yet he even personalized the ending just as I did in the lesson.

We had a final program on Sunday morning and invited the parents, of course, to see their children receive their certificates and sing and say their verses. Would you believe 20 out of 23 children came and brought their parents! The little boy I first told you about kept turning around from the front row and saying, "My mommy is here. Look, my mommy is here!"

Of those parents that came, I know one dad, in particular, had never been in a church service before. He came to pick up his two preschool sons in the evenings. He would arrive during the last assembly. He was spotted crying once during the drama video. We're following up with him. Another of the dads is [his "profession" is being deleted in order to help hide identities]. His son is 10 and had a blast. One dad is a drug addict/alcoholic. His son is going into first grade and loved being able to go to church for the first time in his life. We were all shocked that he was there Sunday morning. Another boy, new to church, is in 5th grade. His mom said he would come home each night and Google what he had just learned in VBS. She's going to keep bringing him to church "as long as he's interested." She's into Buddhism right now.

That's a taste of what the Lord did in our midst..

Well, I just had to brag on the "Gold Rush" curriculum and the effect it had on my church. I believe the content of "Gold Rush" was so rich and biblical, that the Holy Spirit was able to move in our midst in a powerful way to change the hearts and lives of our staff and the children and the parents. God is so amazing! To Him be the glory. Who knows what the future holds for River Valley Community Church, but once again God has blessed us beyond our wildest dreams.

Blessings,

Christy

Again, for a preview of next year's VBS, IncrediWorld, go to http://answersvbs.com/2012/.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Newest Country in the World—South Sudan

Dr. David Crandall, AiG Director of our Answers Worldwide department, has provided this exciting news:

Answers in Genesis watched with interest as the independence ceremony recently took place in Juba, South Sudan. It was the founding of a new and free country in Africa. This new nation officially joined the world's nation-states on July 9. The street celebration, as seen on TV, was jubilant as the nation was birthed and the people celebrated their first breath of freedom.

Most people are aware that the fledgling republic achieved formal independence after a bloody and long struggle. Most of the eight million population are Christians and are from Muslim-dominated Sudan.

AiG congratulates this infant democratic nation as the people struggle to get established on the African continent. Well-known evangelical leader Franklin Graham played a major role in helping to establish South Sudan, and he was present at the independence ceremonies.

The churches and Christian community there now have freedom to worship the Lord as well as to receive and distribute Christian literature. AiG Answers Worldwide, led by Dr. David Crandall, is in contact with nationals in South Sudan and is in the process of sending 5,000 copies of various AiG booklets for mass distribution. The booklets, many written by Ken Ham, address the very issues that Christians in Africa face today.

We will continue our alliance with the Christian community in this new nation and supply AiG resources to reach and teach these very courageous people.

Please be in prayer that God's people in this country will now use their freedoms to reach their people and surrounding nations. AiG is committed  to provide help for the Church of Jesus Christ in South Sudan.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Full day in Phoenix

It was a busy first day at the Home Educators Convention in Phoenix yesterday.  Over 2000 were in the audience for the first Keynote when I gave a presentation on the importance of believing in a literal Genesis and not compromising God's infallible Word with man's fallible word.  Here is a photograph taken in the auditorium as I spoke:

Here are two of the hundreds of families at the Convention:

A photograph of me giving one of my presentations:

The AiG resources booth was extremely busy all day—we have already run out of some titles:

Today I give 4 more presentations.

Special Visitor

This week, we were pleased to welcome Dr. Greg Mazak, Professor of Biblical Counseling and Chairman of The Division of Psychology at Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, to the Creation Museum.  Greg also pastors a conservative Bible church in the Greenville area. During his tour he ran into four different AiG staff members who he had taught at BJU! It was a huge blessing for him to see first hand evidence that his "children were still walking in the light" at such a great culture confronting ministry as Answers in Genesis. It was my distinct pleasure to give him and his family a VIP backstage tour!

Greg brought his wife and three college daughters for their first Museum visit.  AiG board member Dan Wooster (also a professor at BJU) gave Greg and his family a guided tour—it was his 46th trip to the Creation Museum and his 36th tour he has given through the Creation Museum! Everyone asks Dan why he has given so many tours.  He replies, "I simply love the quality and clarity of the strong biblical authority and Gospel message that is the Museum exhibits communicate. And all the uses of computer technology are of course icing on the cake for me! I like others to be challenged biblically in how they think about God, Creation, The Fall and Salvation! The Museum avoids side issues and stays intentionally focused on 'thus saith the Lord!'"

During our Mega conference held this past week, Dan gave his 47th Creation Museum tour to his former student and creator of SermonAudio.com, Steven Lee.

Here is a photograph of Dr. Greg Mazak and his family:

Thanks for stopping by and thanks or praying,

Ken

Laser Beams and "Ape-men"

Here is the text of a press release sent out from AiG this week after we had a special dedication ceremony for the new "ape-man" exhibit that is now operating at the Creation Museum:

Laser beams seem to jump from the laser pointer of Dr. David Menton, as he appears on a special video monitor and points to specific exhibit areas in a new "Ape Man" display. The exhibit has opened  at the world-renowned Creation Museum just outside Cincinnati, which has now hosted more than 1.3 million visitors in four years.

"There are and always have been – since the sixth day of creation – apes and humans. But there never have been any 'ape-men' as part of an evolutionary process," said museum founder and Answers in Genesis president Ken Ham. "We are excited about being able to employ some unique and exciting technology to help teach biblical truths to our museum guests."

Rather than use a large number of signs and  models that would take up a lot of exhibitspace, a video monitor has been installed on which people will be able to see one of the museum's  eminent scientists, Dr.  Menton, speaking on the topic of apes and humans. As Dr. Menton speaks on the video, he  uses a laser to point at various parts of the skeletons found in the real glass cases below.

An anatomist with a PhD from an Ivy League school (Brown University), Dr. Menton  shows how apes and humans are quite different (contrary to evolutionary belief). The laser then shines on the particular parts of the skeletons, as if Dr. Menton is live on the monitor actually using the laser pointer.

Creation Museum founder Ken Ham, staff scientist Dr. David Menton and exhibit designer Doug Henderson open a new "Ape Man" exhibit that utilizes laser technology at the museum this week.

The technology behind the exhibit is credited to museum designer Doug Henderson who was trying to think of a way to have parts of skeletons light up as they were being taught about in accompanying videos. LEDs and fiber optics weren't practical because of wiring issues, so he then hit on the idea of laser pointers.  "While the technology isn't new, the unique aspect of this exhibit is how the lasers interact with the video and seem to be coming from Dr. Menton's laser pointer on the monitor," Henderson said.

Equating the combination to a popular chocolate and peanut butter candy, Henderson said the exhibit brings together two great technologies that work well with one another. He observed that he hasn't seen this combined utilization duplicated anywhere else before. A year in the making, the exhibit required the input of several museum teams working together, including the film production crew which had to design a box frame and lighting to make it appear that Dr. Menton was leaning out of the screen to point his laser at specific parts of the skeletons.

The electronics and audio/visual teams then had to wire and position the lasers so that the angles of the light streams matched what seemed to be coming from the video monitor. "We've really pioneered something here, and I expect to see it duplicated in other museums around the world," Henderson added.

The Creation Museum has other new and high-tech exhibits in the works, and is about to open a new multi-purpose auditorium to host special events and large speaking opportunities for the community. A stand-alone observatory with powerful telescopes is also under construction to complement the newly upgraded high-definition planetarium.

"We praise the Lord for the creative individuals here at AiG and the Creation Museum who are able to envision and then produce such exciting new exhibits for our guests," Ham said. "We hope to continue growing and expanding our offerings at the museum – in addition to the upcoming Ark Encounter – as we seek to present biblical history to a questioning culture."

Here are some more photos of the dedication event conducted in the Main Hall at the Creation Museum:

Ken interviewing Design Director, Doug Henderson

Ken interviewing Dr. David Menton (AiG speaker who is featured in this exhibit)

Some of the museum guests who gathered in the Main Hall for this special event.

Speaking in Phoenix Today and Tomorrow

I am giving a total of eight presentations at the homeschool convention in Phoenix, Arizona, over the next two days. For details, go to the event page.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Promo Hall Completed

A new exhibit we call "Promo Hall" has been completed at the Creation Museum. After visitors leave the Palm Plaza area, there are now special exhibits explaining the ministry of AiG and giving the history of the Creation Museum—starting with the vision for the museum, which began over 30 years ago, and continuing on to its completion in 2007.

Here are some photographs:

A wide angle photograph of the entire exhibit

A closer look at the panels that explain the history of the Creation Museum

A close up of one of the history panels with an historic photograph. Over 30 years ago, founding board member (John Thallon) of the creation ministry (which began in our house in Australia) and I knelt down on a piece of property in Australia and prayed for a Creation Museum. The Lord answered that prayer 30 years later in Kentucky in 2007!

More on Radio Host Supporting Evolutionary, Old Earth Proponent

Yesterday, I blogged about well-known radio host (The Bible Answer Man) Hank Hanegraaff who has been promoting Dr. William Dembski (a professor at Southwestern Theological Seminary in Texas) who believes in billions of years and forms of evolution. If you didn't get to read my blog, I suggest you read it.

Here is a summary of the third interview Hank Hanegraaff had with William Dembski:

"The End of Christianity – Part 3"

At 5:05, Hanegraaff wonders how God could create a world that seems to have had evil in it even before the Fall, and how to reconcile the "two books" God has given us: the Bible and nature. At 25:35, Dr. Dembski uses Christ's death (which resulted in the purchase of salvation for believers past, present, and future) as a frame for his theory that the Fall and the resultant introduction of evil worked retroactively. At 29:30, Dr. Dembski claims that God brought evil into the world in anticipation of Adam and Eve's sin, but that God can still call the universe "good" because the evil was "in God's purposes." Using chronos and kairos time, Dr. Dembski says that the evil can precede the sin because of kairos ("God's time"). He argues that God did not intend for man to sin, but that He prepared in anticipation for it.

It is so sad to see the lengths Christian academics will go to fit man's religion of millions of years into God's Word.  Let's pray for them that God will convict them concerning this compromise that undermines the authority of the Word of God.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Radio Host Hank Hanegraaff Supports Evolutionary, Old Earth Proponent

Dr. William Dembski is research professor in philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas (the president of the seminary is Dr. Paige Patterson), and a senior fellow with the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle.  Just to remind you, I have featured him in a previous blog post in which I indicated what Dr. Dembski has stated in his book The End of Christianity. Here are just a couple of outlandish statements from his book:

For the theodicy I am proposing to be compatible with evolution, God must not merely introduce existing human-like beings from outside the Garden. In addition, when they enter the Garden, God must transform their consciousness so that they become rational moral agents made in God's image . . . (The End of Christianity, p. 159)

Any evils humans experience outside the Garden before God breathes into them the breath of life would be experienced as natural evils in the same way that other animals experience them. The pain would be real, but it would not be experienced as divine justice in response to willful rebellion. Moreover, once God breathes the breath of life into them, we may assume that the first humans experienced an amnesia of their former animal life: Operating on a higher plane of consciousness once infused with the breath of life, they would transcend the lower plane of animal consciousness on which they had previously operated—though, after the Fall, they might be tempted to resort to that lower consciousness. (The End of Christianity, p. 154–155)

In this book, Dr. Dembski states that Noah's Flood was a local event, not worldwide. (Now, some people have claimed Dr. Dembski has changed on this point, but I have seen nothing documenting this.)

At our Apologetics Mega Conference this week, I showed video excerpts of Dr. Dembski and quotes from his books and other writings. I gave the conference attendees numerous examples of Christian academics who compromise God's Word in Genesis; these Christian academics are sadly influencing the next generation of Christians with their teaching that undermines biblical authority.

Now, radio host Hank Hanegraaff asked Dr. Dembski to be a guest on his Bible Answer Man broadcast every Tuesday for the month of July. He is giving away free copies of Dr. Dembski's The End of Christianity to anyone who requests it (with a donation of any amount) for the month of July as well. Dr. Dembski's article "Old Earth Creationism and the Fall" will be featured soon in Hanegraaff's Christian Research Journal; Hanegraaff is also giving away copies of the article. Hanegraaff endorsed the book when it was published, and he says during the radio show that he "believes in this book."

A researcher and professor at a prominent Southern Baptist seminary, Dr. Dembski argues that there are two types of time in the Greek New Testament: chronos (chronological) and kairos ("God's time"). He places Genesis 1 in the kairos category, meaning that God didn't use a chronological time pattern for creation. He also argues that there was death and natural evil in the world before the Fall, but that the Garden of Eden was a segregated place of protection for Adam and Eve—until they sinned and were released into the world full of natural evil. Dr. Dembski also admits to being an old earth creationist and claims the universe is billions of years old.

Here are summaries of what was said on two of the radio programs so far:

"The End of Christianity – Part 1"

At 5:38, after announcing that Dr. Dembski's The End of Christianity will be the show's "thank you" gift for the month, Hanegraaff says he "believes in this book," and explains that the book helps to reconcile Christianity and science. Hanegraaff gave an endorsement of The End of Christianity, along with well-known writers J.P. Moreland and Chuck Colson. At 11:15, Hanegraaff asks Dr. Dembski what he believes regarding the fall of man. Dr. Dembski admits to being an old earth creationist and claims that there was death in the world before the Fall, though he believes Adam and Eve were real people. At 29:36, Dembski explains the doctrine of "divine anticipation," and argues that God created a world with natural evil in anticipation of Adam and Eve's sin.

"The End of Christianity – Part 2"

At 1:40, Hanegraaff calls the young-earth creationist belief that evil and death resulted from the Fall a "false assumption." At 10:12, Dr. Dembski says a view that the universe is only 6,000 years old makes our universe "deceptive" because dating says it is old. At 13:18, Dr. Dembski makes the argument that the Garden of Eden was an area segregated from natural evil, and that when Adam and Eve were ejected from the Garden, they were thrust into a world of natural evil. He says that the young-earth perspective makes a segregated area like the Garden of Eden meaningless. At 49:46, Dr. Dembski explains the idea of chronos time versus kairos time. The latter, he argues, is "God's time," and that it doesn't follow any chronological time order. Dr. Dembski groups Genesis 1 into the kairos time category, and essentially explains away the six literal days of creation.

It is so sad that such compromise with evolution and millions of years—and such an outlandish idea that God took animals and made them into Adam and Eve and gave them amnesia so they would not remember all the death and suffering in the world they once lived in—is being promoted by such a well-known radio personality. While I appreciate that Hank Hanegraaff had me on his radio program many years ago, I need to point out now that such outright compromise is undermining the authority of God's Word.

I urge people to voice their opposition to Hank Hanegraaff and his promotion of this shocking compromise of the Bible, as he has pushed man's religion of millions of years and evolution and has reinterpreted the clear teaching of Scripture in Genesis. Now, Hanegraaff has previously published a book against biological evolution, so it is perplexing to see him now promoting a man like Dr. Dembski who accepts many evolutionary ideas (Dr. Dembski is really promoting a type of "theistic evolution")—and Hanegraaff is also accepting of death and millions of years of history before the Fall.

Even though there are many Southern Baptist leaders who are standing up for biblical authority (including a literal Genesis) in their seminaries, how disappointing it is that Dr. Dembski holds a position at one of the premier Southern Baptist seminaries in the country.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Christian Leader Agrees There Isn't "One True Christian View on Evolution"

Yesterday, I presented part one of a two-part presentation called "Already Compromised" at AiG's "Apologetics Mega Conference" here in northern Kentucky. In part one of this talk, I gave (what shocked many people) specific examples of how evolution and millions of years are permeating the Christian leadership in this nation.

Well-known Christian leader and TV broadcaster, John Ankerberg, posted a blog item by Bill Pratt on his Facebook page. John apparently agrees with this blog item—considering he posted it on his Facebook page. I have reprinted the post below and placed comments at various spots:

What Is the One True Christian View on Evolution?

Post Author: Bill Pratt

Trick question! There isn't one, despite what some people will tell you. You see, the issue of exactly how God brought forth life on earth is just not something that is part of the essential teachings of Christianity.

Comment: But how God created, as outlined in Genesis 1 and 2, is part of the Word of God. Jesus is the Word and the truth, and every Word of this revelation is God-breathed; therefore, we need to treat God's Word in Genesis as we treat it anywhere else in the Bible. And all the "essential teachings" of Christianity come from the Word of God. The matter is not one of "how" God created but one of authority. Is God's Word beginning in Genesis the authoritative Word of God, or is it not?

What are the essential teachings of Christianity? Those doctrines that were elucidated by the creeds and councils of the first five centuries of the church. The question of how life formed was never a central part of these creeds and councils, so we can safely assume that the apostolic tradition was not particularly concerned with it.

Comment: But the "essential teachings of Christianity" as written in the creeds, councils, etc. are themselves not the Word of God but based on the Word of God. The point is, those who wrote the creeds understood they could take God's Word as authoritative. We need to remember that the creeds were written by fallible men—the words in the Bible are the God-breathed words of our Creator, Jesus Christ. There is sadly an emphasis in the church today to take man's word as infallible but treat God's Word as fallible. We need to have unity around the Words of Jesus, not around the words of fallible man.

Furthermore, it states that creeds and councils for the first five centuries didn't address creation. That's not a compelling argument because at that time, a young-earth, six-day creation as told in Genesis 1 and 2 was generally accepted as truth and wasn't under the assault of molecules-to-man evolution like it is today. It's only been in the past century that the legitimacy of Genesis 1 and 2 as history has come under widespread, consistent assault, and many within the church have compromised the doctrine of creation.

Today, there are a great variety of views on the formation of life within orthodox Christianity. Tim Keller gives a nice survey of the wide spectrum of views.

Comment: Before you read the rest of his quote, I assert there is only one view of Genesis—it means what it says. It is written as history and is meant to be taken as history (as the New Testament writers do time and time again). The main reason for different views (as is obvious in this quote) is because he is being influenced by man's ideas outside the Bible—particularly regarding the supposed millions of years for the age of the earth and the idea of evolution.  The quote below is a classic illustration of first, stating what the Bible obviously teaches ("God created all life-forms in a period of six twenty-four hour days" etc.), but then, second, trying to reinterpret this to fit in man's religion of evolution and millions of years.

We continue this blog item with Dr. Keller's quote:

Some Christians in the highly publicized Creation Science movement . . . insist that Genesis 1 teaches that God created all life-forms in a period of six twenty-four-hour days just several thousand years ago. At the other end of the spectrum are Christians who take the independence model and simply say that God was the primary cause in beginning the world and after that natural causes took over. Other thinkers occupy the central positions. Some hold that God created life and then guided natural selection to develop all complex life-forms from simpler ones. In this view, God acts as a top-down cause without violating the process of evolution. Others, believing there are gaps in the fossil record and claiming that species seem to "appear" rather than develop from simpler forms, believe that God performed large-scale creative acts at different points over longer periods of time.

The blog item continues with the following:

I tend to lean toward the last view Keller mentions, but I am not completely certain and stand ready to hear differing points of view.

Comment: The "last view" is one that accepts the "longer periods of time" (presumably millions of years). I assume this to be an argument in favor of the position of "progressive creation" (similar to the beliefs of Dr. Hugh Ross—that God created over millions of years). This is one of a number of compromise views that permeate the church today, but all have one basic common factor: attempting to fit long periods of time (millions of years) into Genesis.

Why am I bringing this up? Because there are too many non-Christians who are letting the question of evolution get in the way of their turning to Christ.

Comment: Actually, the real scientific research conducted for our book Already Gone clearly illustrates that generations of young people brought up in the church are leaving the church, and one of the main reasons is the hypocrisy of being told to believe the Bible but also told to reinterpret the Bible particularly in Genesis because of millions of years. The point is that non-Christians do see evolution and millions of years as getting "in the way of their turning to Christ," as for them, it means they can't trust the Word—from which the message of the gospel comes.

My plea is simple. Focus on the central teachings of Christianity first. Take a good look at Jesus Christ – who he is and what he accomplished.

Comment: But who is Jesus? He is the Word. He is the Creator. He is the Savior. So many Christian leaders just seem to gloss over the fact that Jesus is the Word (John 1), and His Word is truth! We need to take the Words of Jesus as He has revealed them to us. After all, the message of salvation comes from the Word, and if the Word can't be trusted in its account of origins, how can it be trusted anywhere else? Where do we learn who Jesus is and "what he accomplished"? We learn it from the Word of God. But if that Word is not trustworthy, why will people take it seriously?

After getting those things straight, you may want to investigate the origins of life to try and figure out how God created all the organisms we see around us. Please put first things first and don't let the debates over evolution divert you from the most important decision you'll ever make.

Comment: We could never figure out the "origins of life" unless someone we can trust, who knows everything, who doesn't tell a lie, and revealed to us what happened. Jesus—the Word, the truth, the all-knowing Creator—has revealed to us what happened. It is plainly written down for us in Genesis. Let us take God at His Word. Read the following passages of Scripture:

. . . let God be true but every man a liar  (Romans 3:4).

Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. (Colossians 2:8)

Christian leaders need to wake up and understand that adding man's ideas (really, man's religion) of millions of years and evolution to the Bible is to undermine the authority of the Word of God.

You can see the post on John Ankerberg's Facebook page.

This Friday morning, my brother Steve will close out our Apologetics Mega Conference here in northern Kentucky with a talk on the fullness of Christ and the fullness of His Word, the Bible—and the unity we need to have in Christ.  See the event page for more information.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Another College President Visits AiG

Since the Creation Museum opened in 2007, we have been privileged to host several presidents from Bible colleges and seminaries. The most recent was Dr. Matthew Proctor, the president of Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Missouri. He shared with us about the horrible tornado that struck his town several weeks ago—one OCC student died (as well as a former faculty member). Several homes of staff and faculty were damaged. But Dr. Proctor indicated that his university (which was something of a staging ground for much of the relief effort) had the opportunity to be a witness during this tragic time.

In the photo below, you can see him inside our museum with three of his children and his parents (his father and mother live in the Indianapolis area, just two hours from the museum).

While visiting, Dr. Proctor reconnected with one of our speakers and researchers, Bodie Hodge. Dr. Proctor was Bodie's pastor in Carbondale, Illinois, many years ago. Bodie gave his former pastor a bag of resources to help Dr. Proctor lead his school on a course that maintains a stand on biblical authority. He was also given a briefing on our Ark Encounter project.

Mega Conference Begins This Evening

AiG's Apologetics Mega Conference—one of our major events of the year—begins this evening here in northern Kentucky and just 20 minutes from the Creation Museum. You can still register at the door. Go to this link for details.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

There Are No "Ape-men"

There are and always have been (since the sixth day of creation) apes and humans. But there never have been any "ape-men" as part of an evolutionary process.

In a new high-tech exhibit at the Creation Museum, Dr. David Menton teaches a very succinct message on this. People are amazed at how he can be in a video and yet use his laser to point to various skeletons as he teaches on this subject.

Watch the following video to obtain a glimpse of the new exhibit:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Our talented staff are now working on a "Lucy" exhibit! This fossil chimp is supposed to be related to humans. This new exhibit when opened will debunk this false idea.

Make sure you visit the Creation Museum soon.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Dinosaur Dig

This is the second summer that friends of the Creation Museum have participated in a dinosaur dig in Glendive, Montana.  Buddy Davis of AiG and about 20 other participants are enjoying the fruits of their labor this week as seen in the attached photos.  Besides digging for fossils, this group has visited Makoshika State Park and Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum, and will visit a large ranch in the area to look for bones that have been exposed from this past year's rains.  Here are some photographs:

MEGA Conferene Begins Monday

AiG's Mega Conference begins Monday.  And yes, it is not too later to register—you can do that at the door.  Many hundreds have already pre-registered.  This is going to be an exciting time.  Go to this link for details:

www.AnswersInGenesis.org/outreach/event/6931/

Speaking in Phoenix Next Weekend

I will be giving 8 presentation as the Arizona Families for Home Education Convention in Phoenix, Arizona — Friday/Saturday July 22-23.  For details, go to: www.AnswersInGenesis.org/outreach/event/6996/

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying

Ken