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Got Our Wheels Spinning

What a thrilling response to my recent speaking engagement in Tucson, Arizona, from missionaries to Mexico:

My wife and I were at Ken Ham's speaking event in Tucson last Sunday, and we both walked away with a challenge from Ken and a new perspective. We are missionaries en-route to Mexico, and while we are aware that America is a "Greek" or "Acts 17″ culture [see Why Wont They Listen?], we wondered, what sort of culture is Mexico?

We are so grateful for your eye-opening perspective, and it got our wheels spinning on how to most effectively reach the Indians of Mexico for Christ. It was also a great reminder that while we have the term "missionary" in our job title, every believer in Christ carries that same job description. I wrote a quick blog about it. I hope it encourages you as a reminder of the impact of your ministry.

We couldn't resist buying a few books too .

Praise the Lord for the way this ministry reaches into other countries.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

2,500 at Keynote

Over 2,500 people attended yesterday morning's keynote AiG session at the home educator's conference of the Illinois Christian Home Educator's organization (ICHE).

It was thrilling to receive so many testimonies from young and old alike.  It was also amazing to me that even 7- and 8-year-olds came up and told me how much they appreciated my talks!

Here is a photograph of one of the ICHE board members (Jeff Lewis) with a number of members of his family:

Here is a photo of two of our many wonderful volunteers:



Our lovely volunteers:

The following are miscellaneous photographs taken during the conference:

HSLDA

I was also thrilled to be able to encourage people to become members of the Home School Legal Defense Alliance (HSLDA).  This group have done so much over the years to secure freedoms for the Homeschool movement.   I encourage you to check them out at:  www.hslda.org and do what you can to support them.  As I have said over the years, every homeschooler needs to be a member of HSLDA.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

We Have "Answers for Pastors"!

The registrar for our second "Answers for Pastors" conference (coming to the Creation Museum's new 1,000-seat auditorium in October) has informed me that he extended the early-bird discount registration to June 15. However, this conference is not just for pastors—anyone in Christian leadership is encouraged to attend this special time of teaching and spiritual refreshment.

So please forward this blog post to your pastors (or Christian leaders) and let them know that not only can they be blessed by some wonderful Bible teaching from such a renowned speaker as Dr. Al Mohler (president of Southern Seminary) and a variety of AiG speakers, but they can also tour the Creation Museum next door if they haven't already visited.

Thank you for sending this information to your pastors and Christian leaders. Perhaps you'll even help the church pay for their registration (which offers a very fair rate compared to other pastors' conferences we've seen). Registration includes admission to the Creation Museum, and we will also provide information about the future full-size Noah's Ark we're building in Northern Kentucky.

Go to www.AnswersForPastors.org and have your pastors and Christian leaders register before June 15 to receive the discount.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

The registrar for our second "Answers for Pastors" conference (coming to the Creation Museum's new 1,000-seat auditorium in October) has informed me that he has extended the early-bird discount registration to June 15. However, this conference is not just for pastors—anyone in Christian leadership  is encouraged to attend this special time of teaching and spiritual refreshment.



So please forward this blog item to your pastors (or Christian leaders) and let them know that not only can they be blessed by some wonderful Bible teaching from such a renowned speaker like Dr. Al Mohler (president of Southern Seminary) and a variety of AiG speakers, but they can also tour the Creation Museum next door if they haven't already visited.

Thank you for sending this information to your pastors/Christian leaders—perhaps you'll even help the church pay for their registration (which offers [delete: is] a very fair rate compared to other pastors' conferences we've seen). Your pastor's/Christian leader's registration includes admission to the Creation Museum—and they will also get information about the future full-size Noah's Ark we're building in Northern Kentucky.

Answers Resources Ministering in Bulgaria

Last October, Dr. Terry Mortenson of our staff gave lectures in various places in Bulgaria. We have been thrilled to receive reports of the continuing positive impact of that visit. (In a future blog, we'll report on Terry's speaking opportunities in Egypt last week.)

Recently we received a number of photographs from Bulgaria, along with the following email report:

Another few pictures I am sending you from the Child Evangelism Fellowship ministry in Bulgaria. They have gotten 200 sets of AiG's Kids Answers Books series and are actively using them to train Sunday school teachers and church kids all over Bulgaria and their staff in their offices in the big cities of Bulgaria.  In this line of thought [we want to] translate and distribute the Kids Answers series in Turkish in Bulgaria to the Muslims here which are ethnic Turks. The books will have a major effect in reaching the young Muslims here for sure . . . there are already missionaries, ministries and churches that work with Muslims that are eagerly awaiting for the books.

Here are the photographs:

How we praise the Lord for the way He uses AiG to equip and challenge people around the world.

Speaking in Illinois This Weekend

Today I begin a series of lectures for the home educators convention in illinois. I speak Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.  For details, go to the event page.

Seminary President Speaks at AiG

Yesterday, AiG staff were privileged to welcome Dr. Daniel Akin, president of the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (North Carolina) as our special chapel speaker. Dr. Akin and his wife Charlotte then toured the Creation Museum. He visited with Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission with his wife Becky and daughter Rachel. Here is a photograph of Dr. Akin as he spoke to our staff:

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

I Agree with the Atheists!

The June issue of the (rather theologically liberal nowadays) Christianity Today magazine features a cover story entitled "The Search for the Historical Adam."

This lengthy article quoted a number of Christian academics whom I have quoted on this blog a number of times. These academics such men as Francis Collins (known for his work on the human genome project, founder of the very liberal BioLogos website, and now Director of the National Institutes of Health as appointed by President Obama), Karl Giberson (professor at Eastern Nazarene College), Darrell Falk (professor at Point Loma Nazarene University), Bruce Waltke (now at Knox Theological Seminary), Daniel Harlow (Calvin College), John Collins (Covenant Theological Seminary), and Peter Enns (BioLogos) among others.

In fact, if you search my blog for most the above names, you will find numerous entries illustrating that these Christian academics clearly compromise God's Word with man's fallible beliefs about evolution, millions of years, etc.

The article in Christianity Today quotes from these and other scholars in regard to whether Christians need to believe in a literal Adam and Eve. Although the article contains a few quotes that insist Christianity must believe in a literal Adam and Eve, it contains a majority of quotes against this position.

Consider the following quotes from the article:

In a recent pro-evolution book from InterVarsity Press, 'The Language of Science and Faith,' Collins and co-author Karl W. Giberson escalate matters, announcing that "unfortunately" the concepts of Adam and Eve as the literal first couple and the ancestors of all humans simply "do not fit the evidence."

Collins's 2006 bestseller, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief—which so vexed those secularist critics—reported scientific indications that anatomically modern emerged from primate ancestors perhaps 100,000 years ago—long before the apparent Genesis time frame—and originated with a population that numbered something like 10,000, not two individuals. Instead of the traditional belief in the specially created man and woman of Eden who were biologically different from all other creatures, Collins mused, might Genesis be presenting "a poetic and powerful allegory" about God endowing humanity with a spiritual and moral nature? "Both options are intellectually tenable," he concluded.

A BioLogos paper by Venema and Falk declares it more flatly: The human population, they say, "was definitely never as small as two . . . Our species diverged as a population. The data are absolutely clear on that."

BioLogos not only promotes the current scientific consensus on human origins, but ways in which Scripture can be rein- terpreted to accord with evolutionary theory.

They also quote Peter Enns who was a speaker at a recent series of homeschool conventions.

To Enns, a literal Adam as a special creation without evolutionary forebears is "at odds with everything else we know about the past from the natural sciences and cultural remains." As he reads the early chapters of Genesis, he says, "The Bible itself invites a symbolic reading by using cosmic battle imagery and by drawing parallels between Adam and Israel."

The New Testament passages are different, he allows. Enns has little doubt that Paul indeed thought Adam was "a real person." But Enns suggests that the apostle was reflecting beliefs about human origins that were common among the ancients. After scanning various interpretations of Genesis, Enns joins those who see the Genesis passages on Adam as "a story of Israelite origins," not the origin of all humanity, in which case there is no essential conflict with evolutionary theory.

Waltke is open to the new thinking. In an interview, the former president of the Evangelical Theological Society affirmed the "inerrancy of the Bible, but not of interpretations." He sees Adam and Eve as historical individuals. But if genetics produces the conclusion that "Scripture has a collectivity represented as an individual, that doesn't bother me," he said. "We have to go with the scientific evidence. I don't think we can ignore it. I have full confidence in Scripture, but it does not represent what science represents."

The article quotes two Calvin College professors. These quotes really illustrate the ultimate end of rejecting a literal Adam and Eve.

For instance, Schneider, who sees conservative Protestantism as being on "the brink of crisis" on this topic, wrote that the evidence "seems to discredit" the Fall from original righteousness as a historical event. Vices we associate with consequences of the Fall and original sin, such as self-serving behavior, exist in lower primates and would have been passed on via evolution to humans. Thus Eden "cannot be a literal description of how things really were in the primal human past."

Harlow proposed that understandings of the Fall may need to be "reformulated" and the church must be willing to "decouple original sin from the notion that all humans descended from a single pair."

The article does quote Answers in Genesis.

As writers with Answers in Genesis, in commenting on recent developments, insisted, "God created the mature, fully functioning creation in six literal days about 6,000 years ago.

The writer then continues to state something that is very important for Christians to understand.

If substantiated, this would of course demolish Darwinism because such a brief chronology offers no time for evolutionary processes to occur.

As we have been saying for some time, the secular world will not and cannot accept even the possibility of a young earth, because then they could not even postulate the idea of evolution. They require an incomprehensible amount of time to propose evolutionary beliefs. That is why the secular world use terms like "anti-science," "anti-intellectual," and "anti-academic" for those who reject billions of years and accept a young universe. And sadly, that is why so many Christian academics give in to the secular world—they want to be seen as academically respectable in the eyes of the world. (The research detailed in our book, Already Compromised, documents that the majority of Christian academics in Christian colleges believe in an old earth and universe.)

Note that if the billions of years is not true and the universe is only a few thousands of years old, then this debate about a literal Adam and Eve is over! It is so obvious from Scripture that God created a literal Adam and Eve—this is vital to the Christianity and an understanding of the Fall and why God's Son became our Savior.

The Christianity Today article is promoting the idea that the battle over a literal Adam and Even may be the major theological battle in Christianity in the 21st century.

So, is the Adam and Eve question destined to become a groundbreaking science-and-Scripture dispute, a 21st-century equivalent of the once disturbing proof that the Earth orbits the sun? The potential is certainly there: the emerging science could be seen to challenge not only what Genesis records about the creation of humanity but the species's unique status as bearing the "image of God," Christian doctrine on original sin and the Fall, the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, and, perhaps most significantly, Paul's teaching that links the historical Adam with redemption through Christ (Rom. 5:12–19 . . .

The interesting point is that this quote actually does deal with the real issue, and sadly, atheists understand this better than the majority of Christian academics these days. And in this instance, as shocking as it may seem, I agree with the atheists, not the majority of Christian academics. The following is what the atheists say (now I don't agree with the first paragraph of course, but I agree with the essence of their points as you read them):

Chances are, if you're reading this, you don't believe in the fable of Adam and Eve and the talking snake. You probably think it's a story, created out of ignorance, to explain the origin of life. You probably don't believe that Adam literally ate a fruit, resulting in God expelling him and Eve out of the idyllic Garden of Eden.

In other words, you know that's a myth.

Right so far? So if Adam and Eve and the Talking Snake are myths, then Original Sin is also a myth, right? Well, think about it.

Jesus' major purpose was to save mankind from Original Sin.
Original Sin makes believers unworthy of salvation, but you get it anyway, so you should be grateful for being saved (from that which does not exist)
Without Original Sin, the marketing that all people are sinners and therefore need to accept Jesus falls moot.

All we are asking is that you take what you know into serious consideration, even if it means taking a hard look at all you've been taught for your whole life. No Adam and Eve means no need for a savior. It also means that the Bible cannot be trusted as a source of unambiguous, literal truth. It is completely unreliable, because it all begins with a myth, and builds on that as a basis. No Fall of Man means no need for atonement and no need for a redeemer. You know it. (http://atheists.org/atheism/Christmas)

What a sad day when the atheists understand Christianity better than so many Christians do. No wonder we are losing most of the next generation from the church (see the book Already Gone, which documents research as to why two thirds of young people are leaving the church). And no wonder we are losing the Christian base that so permeated our once Christianized Western world.

I thought it would be good to end this blog post with a few verses of Scripture.

Adam, Seth, Enosh, (1 Chronicles 1:1)

If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom, (Job 31:33)

the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. (Luke 3:38)

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. (Romans 5:14)

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. (1 Corinthians 15:22)

And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. (1 Corinthians 15:45)

For Adam was formed first, then Eve. (1 Timothy 2:13)

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. (1 Timothy 2:14)

Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints. (Jude 1:14)

Yes, Adam was a real man—the first man and a literal Adam. To say otherwise is to undermine Scripture and thus attack the Word, which is an attack of the person of Jesus Christ, Who is the Word.

These compromising Christian academics need to fall on their knees before a Holy God and repent of their attack on the Word.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

New High Tech Exhibit

For many months now, some of AiG's talented staff have been working on a special exhibit that should be open in the next few weeks—hopefully before the end of June. This is an exhibit to deal with the topic of so-called "ape-men."

The exhibit will be located in the area on the south side of the popular Special Effects Theater, where there is already a world-class collection of fossils. This exhibit will consist of a human skeleton and an ape skeleton, but the high tech aspect is what is really fascinating.

Working with the company who constructed the various animatronics for the Creation Museum, AiG artists have installed a special computer-controlled laser. Rather than use a large number of signs and other models that would take up a large area, a monitor has been installed on which people will be able to see AiG's Dr. David Menton speaking on the topic of apes and humans. As Dr. Menton speaks, he will use a laser to point at various parts on the skeletons as he makes his teaching points. The laser will then shine on the particular parts of the skeletons, as if Dr. Menton is live on the monitor actually using the laser pointer!

To get this ready, required expertise from different people was needed. First, a special film set had to be erected for Dr. Menton to be videotaped as he teaches the various points that need to be made. Then special programming had to be completed for the computer to run the laser and coordinate exactly with Dr. Menton is doing on the monitor.

I can't wait for this exhibit to be up and running. Keep watch on www.creationmuseum.org for news of when this exhibit is operational. Here are some photographs taken during the video shoot to give you just a glance of what had to be done as part of construction of this soon to be opened "ape-man" exhibit.

Our talented museum staff are also working on other exhibits we plan to open in the near future. I will let you know more as the exhibits are completed.

Make sure you plan a visit (or return visit) to the Creation Museum! We've made lots of great changes and additions over the past four years.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Remembering

Here in the USA, today is Memorial Day—a national holiday when we remember members of the U.S. military who have died in service. While we can be distracted by taking advantage of a long weekend to do things like shopping, eating out, taking a short trip somewhere, etc., let's not forget the sacrifice of so many. As a U.S. citizen now, I see Memorial Days as more significant.

At church yesterday (Sunday morning), people who had lost a family member while fighting for their country were asked to stand up, and there were several of them. It was quite moving.

In just a few days, many Americans (and Europeans) will be thinking about another important date on the calendar: June 6. On June 6, 1944 in France, Allied forces landed on the beaches of the province of Normandy in a huge counter-offensive against Nazi Germany in WWII. It turned the tide of the War. Find out more about one of the great turning points in world history when you visit a special new website of the ministry of Vision Forum.

At least two of our staff members have visited the American cemetery in Normandy—situated just a few yards from the famous beaches. One of them told me that it is one of the most patriotic places any American could visit and found it even more moving than Arlington Cemetery near Washington, D.C. He told me he got teary-eyed as he walked among the graveyard's thousands of white crosses—Americans who had sacrificed their lives to preserve freedom.

Mike Zovath and Mark Looy of our staff have both been very moved by their visits to the American cemetery in Normandy. Mike took these two photos a few years ago.

One of the D-Day beaches—near the American cemetery.

By the way, Memorial Day is considered the unofficial start of the summer and a time of vacations. If you have not yet planned any summer trips, how about visiting our Creation Museum? If you were here 3–4 years ago during the museum's first years of operation, you'll be surprised to see what's been added and the extensive gardens are looking fantastic. Go to www.CreationMuseum.org to make your plans. Located near the Cincinnati Airport, the museum is within a day's drive of about 200 million Americans and Canadians.

Have a memorable Memorial Day.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

They Call It "Science"

It is interesting to note that secularists can speculate with all sorts of (even way out) ideas concerning the origin of the universe, and it is written up as serious scientific research—without receiving ridicule. For instance, read the following:

But a Canadian scientist and his British co-researcher, perhaps convinced that the end of Oprah [the TV show] doesn't yet seem insignificant enough in the grand scheme of things, have published a paper outlining the possibility that this universe is just one of many that have existed through infinite time, and that black holes — super-dense nodes of nothingness scattered across the expanse of space — could be key to proving their mind-bending theory.

Although other scientists disagree with them, nonetheless, they are not mocked.

However, as soon as a Christian mentions "In the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth," they are usually greatly ridiculed by such writers and these researchers.

Even in this article about the universes existing through infinite time, there is a slam at the Bible's account of origins. The article goes on to state the following:

But he compares the quest to the way 19th-century geologists and other scientists, including Charles Darwin, pioneered new ways of interpreting rock layers and began to develop the idea that life actually evolved over "deep time" — millions and even billions of years — rather than appearing abruptly a few millennia ago, as suggested by the Bible.

To me, such an attack on the Bible is a reminder that we are in a spiritual battle. Why is it that secular scientists can suggest all sorts of way out ideas and be taken seriously, but as soon as Christians talk about the Bible's account of history, they are ridiculed?  Romans 1 reminds us that men "suppress the truth in unrighteousness." As the Bible teaches us, if one is not for Christ, then that one is against!  There is no neutrality in this spiritual battle. People would not react the way they do about what the Bible teaches if it was not a spiritual battle. For me, this is a confirmation that what the Bible teaches about the state of man is true.

You can read the rest of this article.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.  (Romans 1:18–23)

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Creation Museum Birthday Today!

When I speak to guests inside our Creation Museum or talk to the media, they are often surprised to learn that the Creation Museum is four years old. To them, it just seems like a year or so ago when the opening of the museum was international news—are you aware that we had over 100 media outlets come to the museum during our first week of operation in late May 2007?

Today, May 28, is our official 4-year anniversary. We've already been interviewed about this milestone on the American Family Radio network and by the Salem Radio News network. Nowadays, the media are also asking for a progress report on the Ark Encounter—the full-size, all-wood Noah's Ark we're building south of the Creation Museum.

As I look back on the Creation Museum's short history, I think of the study I received last year about the impact the Creation Museum has had in the region and a snapshot of who our visitors have been. Over the years I have shared life-changing testimonies from our museum guests, but this time I wanted to give you some interesting museum findings from the study:

The average Creation Museum visitor lives 259 miles away
The average length of stay at the museum for a guest is nearly six hours
Just over half the museum visitors spend the night in the area, and the average overnight stay is 1.8 nights (this is a huge economic benefit to the region—for hotels, restaurants, etc.)
According to our outside consultant, the direct and indirect expenditures spent by museum visitors adds $61.3 million each year to the local economy; also the tax revenue generated in the area is estimated to total $3.6 million each year.

I recall four to five years ago when some people (even some Christians) thought that the Creation Museum would be a "white elephant" and fail. We publicly said we hoped 250,000 people would come the first year, and many scoffed. Well, 404,000 came that first year, and we've been averaging over 325,000 guests a year since then.

Now in 2011, we are noticing that some humanists are scoffing at the possibility that 1.6 million visitors (according to a research firm) would come to the Ark Encounter the first year. A recent study—commissioned by the State of Kentucky and conducted by another researcher—estimated (conservatively) that 1.2 million visitors would come to the Ark from outside the State of Kentucky; if you add that number to the many tens of thousands of people who will come to the Ark Encounter from all around Kentucky, we think the Ark will attract at four to five times as many visitors as the Creation Museum each year.

By the way, when I wrote that we were hoping for 250,000 people to come to the museum the first year, an outside consultant (ARG) predicted that we would have about 400,000 visitors; we felt that number might be high, and so we went public with a more conservative 250,000 annual figure. ARG was  pleased to see their prediction confirmed when we told them that we had 404,000 visitors the first year. Their estimate was spot on.

I noticed a blog recently that falsely indicated that we receive 250,000 visitors a year, and the blogger's point was that our museum was not very popular at all and thus our Ark projections were not realistic. Well, he had his figures wrong. We've had annual attendance ranging from 305,000 to 404,000, and given the rough economy, we are praising God for such great attendance—it has exceeded our projections.

I suggest that on our museum's fourth birthday today that you take a quick look at the history of the Creation Museum—its design, opposition, construction, and grand opening—and rejoice with us. Go to  www.answersingenesis.org/about/history and scroll down a bit to the large section that covers the Creation Museum.

As we enter the museum's fifth year of operation, we are looking forward to the completion (in a few weeks) of our 1,000-seat multi-purpose auditorium (which we are calling Legacy Hall), the building of an observatory (we have a couple of donated high-power telescopes), and also some new exhibits. When we opened the museum four years ago today, we determined that this place would not become a "static" one.

We hope you plan to visit the Creation Museum this summer—go to www.creationmuseum.org to help in your planning. To donate to the Ark project, go to https://arkencounter.com/donate/

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Already Compromised—The Reviews Are Coming In

We are now seeing a number of reviews on our book Already Compromised. And so far, I have received so many overwhelming positive reviews of the book. Below are some excerpts from such reviews:

The most striking result of their survey was the "newspeak" employed by faculty and administration. Two examples: First, many affirmed that the Bible is literally true—yet, when asked a more precise question, also affirmed that Genesis 1's account of a six-day creation was not literally true. Second, many affirmed that Noah's Flood was worldwide—but admitted upon further questioning that, by "worldwide," they only meant the region of the world known in Noah's Day.

This reviewer gave us a four star (out of five) rating! That's good. The reviewer would have liked us to go further regarding the "Christian school model'' etc.  However, we deliberately didn't do that because we recognize that for many parents, they have no idea of the compromise in Christian colleges and many are woefully ignorant of the damage being done to students in many cases.  We felt we had to bring people along step by step—if we did too much at one time, then we were concerned many parents would not necessarily listen.  Anyhow, we are thrilled with the reviews like this one that encourage Christian parents to read the book and take serious note.

I encourage you to read the entire review.

Another review stated the following:

As crazy as this sounds, 77.8% of the Religion departments of the  Christian colleges and universities polled considered themselves Old  Earth Creationists (with only 14.8% calling themselves Young Earth  Creationists) compared to only 34.9% of the Science departments (who  weighed in at 57.1% Young Earth). It appears that theologians have  abdicated the battle for the mind and now defer authority to the  expertise of secular scientists who are, by and large, opposed to God,  supernatural agency and supernatural revelation; on the other hand,  Christian scientists have been forced to evaluate the limits of science, the meaning of naturalism and the effect of evolution and millions of  years on the Bible.

I've been seeing this for a while.

One of the other things of note that this book uncovers is a  difference in perception between college presidents [who must market and  fund-raise for their schools] and vice-presidents [who deal with  inter-departmental issues]. Presidents tend to have a rosier view of the situation than the fellow just below them in the trenches. This is  nothing more than a lack of intercommunication [and honest  introspection] that Christian colleges must address.

You can read the full review at this link.

And then this reviewer stated the following:

One of the things that was uncovered in this study and helpful to understand is that people don't always say what they mean. So a good level of discernment needs to be exercised in actually understanding what a person means when they say something in particular. Ham uses the example of "conservative evangelical" to demonstrate that we don't even know what this means anymore. Postmodernism and the rejection of absolute truth has fueled a culture of what Ham identifies as "newspeak." Some of the questions were fashioned in a way that they should show similar results. For example, they asked "Do you believe in the flood of Noah's day?" 84% of those in religion departments (theology, Bible) said yes. When asked if they believed the flood was worldwide, local, or nonliteral, 12.3% said nonliteral. One would have expected this percentage to match the 16% that didn't believe there was a flood. So do people really even know what they think they know?

There is so much more in this book! I would highly recommend picking up this book and diving in. Ken Ham and the folks at AIG have done a tremendous service to the church in pulling this data together. Part of what they are doing with this study is launching a new website that has a list of creation colleges. You can also find the schools that were a part of this study … You can find it by clicking over to www.creationcolleges.org.

Here is the entire review.

Another reviewer wrote the following:

"Just because it is said to be 'Christian' does not mean it will teach a Christian worldview as it should." Learning to have a Christian worldview begins at home in the family, and within a church environment with like minded believers. There are colleges out there with a Christian worldview, but many have fallen prey to the Humanistic mindset and have given in to the ease of 'fitting in'.

Being armed with the truth of God's word, prayer and a biblical worldview is a must when setting out to find a college that is write for you.

Fantastic book, well worth the wait, and an answer to prayer for newbie parent on the college front.

You can read this review at this link.

There are many other reviews, but this is to give you just a sample of what is being said about this new book.

Radio Interview on Already Compromised

I have now been interviewed many times on Christian radio programs about the book Already Compromised. Here is a link to a 30-minute interview that was quite a dynamic program.

You can find out more about Already Compromised and how to order it on the AiG online store.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken