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A Special 90-Year-Old

While in San Diego yesterday, I had the privilege of meeting up with an old friend—known as the world's most famous creation debater, Dr. Duane Gish.

I had the honor of working alongside Dr. Gish when I worked with the Institute for Creation Research from 1987–1993. For the past 40 years, he has written a number of books and many articles dealing with the creation/evolution issue. He has also conducted hundreds of creation/evolution debates. Dr. Henry Morris founded the Institution for Creation Research, and Dr. Gish was the first full-time scientist and became the vice president of ICR.

Recently, Dr. Gish turned 90! It was great to catch up with him—and to hear him still telling jokes as he always loves to do!

Job Opportunities

Recently I posted a list of Job Opportunities available at AiG on my Facebook page. Here is the list for my blog readers.

Job Opportunities in the United States

Application Developer I
Constituent Data Administrator (CDA)
General Accountant
Housekeeping Staff
Java Script Web Developer
Outreach Event Coordinator
Seasonal Food Service Support Staff
Other Seasonal Staff
Senior Database Administrator (Senior DBA)
Warehouse Specialist
Web Developer—Python
Web Designer
Web Operations Coordinator
Web Order Associate
Zoo Keeper

For further details, take a look at our jobs page.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Drained in Ministry?

Pastors and other Christian leaders: do you ever get discouraged in ministry? Do you feel like you spend so much of your time giving of yourself that you feel drained at times? We all need times of refreshment and encouragement—and perhaps pastors and other Christian leaders most of all, it seems. Times of fellowship with other church leaders can be encouraging—and can strengthen the Christian faith.

At Answers in Genesis, we understand this drain on Christian leaders. It's one of the reasons that last year we created our first national pastors' conference, "Answers for Pastors," and we had about 400 people attend. We've now created another opportunity to provide pastors and other church leaders with a time of renewal and revitalization, and it will happen . . . here at the Creation Museum, in October.

On October 18–20, Christian leaders will gather at our renowned Creation Museum for three days of inspiration, fellowship, and teaching—and, of course, the opportunity to tour the museum (as a part of the registration fee). And the cost? Much lower than most pastors' conferences that last three days, plus special sessions (and a discount) that are offered to the wives of the Christian leaders who will be attending! There's no big drain on your pocketbook.

This conference will be conducted in the new 1,000-seat auditorium/multipurpose room at the Creation Museum that will be opened this summer. What a great opportunity to spend time at the Creation Museum, relax, and be fed in such a wonderful environment. And there are special programs for your wives.

The speakers? They include:

Dr. Al Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville (your pastor will recognize the name). SBTS is one of the largest seminaries in the world. Dr. Mohler has been recognized by such magazines as Time and Christianity Today. Called "an articulate voice for conservative Christianity at large" by the Chicago Tribune, Dr. Mohler's mission is to address contemporary issues from a consistent and explicit Christian worldview.

Other speakers include Brad Bigney, a dynamic Bible conference speaker and pastor of Grace Fellowship in Florence, Kentucky; Pastor Don Landis, chairman of the board for Answers in Genesis; and AiG speakers Dr. Jason Lisle, Dr. Tommy Mitchell, Dr. Terry Mortenson, Dr. Andrew Snelling, Mike Riddle, Steve Ham, Dr. Dave Menton, and Dr. Georgia Purdom (she will do special sessions for wives, along with international speaker and author, Karen Haught).

See www.answersforpastors.org for more details.

Would you please do me a favor? Please forward this blog item to your pastor and other Christian leaders in your church and tell them about this fantastic conference—and that visiting the Creation Museum (right next door to the conference auditorium) is included. Thank you for doing that.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Prominent Southern Baptist Pastor Speaks About AiG

AiG is a non-denominational organization, and as such, our speakers are invited to a number of different church denominations to give talks on biblical authority. We praise the Lord for this endorsement below from a well-known leader in the Southern Baptist Convention denomination, Pastor Johnny Hunt, who is the outgoing president of the SBC:

I wholeheartedly encourage pastors to host a faith-building Answers in Genesis speaker in their churches. I know first-hand that AiG speakers are able to communicate effectively to teens and adults.  Pastor, you're aware that many young people are leaving the church when they become adults. Why? One major reason is that they can't defend the Christian faith in our secular world. But a speaker from Answers in Genesis will equip your church — and community — with answers and a renewed boldness in our precious Christian faith.

– Dr. Johnny Hunt, First Baptist Church Woodstock (Georgia), former president of the Southern Baptist Convention

I will be speaking at Dr. Johnny Hunt's church this year.

To request a faith-building AiG speaker for your church or area, go to this web page.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Special Five-year Anniversary Edition—Don't Miss Out

The world's leading creation apologetics magazine, Answers, will be producing a special 192-page (normally 96 pages) five-year anniversary edition for the 2011 July–September issue.

Answers magazine now has 75,000 subscribers. It is available in both print and digital formats. Don't miss out on this coming massive spectacular edition. Subscribe to Answers today.

AiG Speaker Calendars

Here is a list of speaking engagements involving AiG speakers this month:

Ken Ham

March 9—Horizon Christian Fellowship, Rancho Santa Fe, California
March 17–19—Carolina First Center (HEC)/Greenville, SC
March 25—Duke Energy Center (CNF)/Cincinnati, OH
March 26–28—Cross Roads Community Church/Mansfield, OH (with Dr. Jason Lisle)
March 31–April 2—Duke Energy Center (HEC)/Cincinnati, OH

Dr. Tommy Mitchell

March 6–7—Cornerstone Church/Broadway, VA
March 13–14—Bucks County Community Church/Langhorne, PA
March 20–21—Mecca Community Church/Cortland, OH
March 27–28—Dunning Park Bible Chapel/Redford, MI

Dr. Terry Mortenson

March 20–21—Central Christian Church/Ft. Wayne, IN
March 27–28—St. Paul Lutheran Church/Ann Arbor, MI

Mike Riddle

March 6–7—First Baptist Church/Villa Ridge, MO
March 13–14—Calvary Baptist Church/Canton, MI
March 20–21—Calvary Chapel Delta/Delta, PA
March 27–28—Calvary Chapel Bellmawr/Bellmawr, NJ

For details, go to the AiG outreach calendar.

We praise the Lord for the opportunities He gives us to communicate the message of biblical authority and the gospel around the world. Pray for our speakers and the events where they speak.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Maligned by Ken Ham?

Compromising Nazarene Professor Wants Unity around Man's Word Not God's Word

Karl Giberson, professor at Eastern Nazarene College and vice president of the extremely liberal BioLogos Foundation has written an article on the BioLogos website about the new book he and Francis Collins co-authored, entitled, The Language of Science and Faith.

In this article he states that he has been "uncharitably maligned by Ken Ham, Al Mohler . . ." and others.

He states this because those he accuses of maligning him have publicly challenged him concerning his compromise of God's Word with man's fallible word concerning the history of the universe. But it goes much further than that.

Giberson is one of the leaders of the BioLogos Foundation. I have written previous blogs about what this organization teaches, and clearly they undermine the authority of God's Word. See my previous blog post (and there are others—just do a search on my blog for "BioLogos").

One of the quotes from BioLogos in this particular post states the following:

We cannot know the exact time that humans attained God's image. In fact, it may be that the image of God emerged gradually over a period of time. Estimates of the historical time of Adam and Eve are varied . . . . While some literalist interpreters of Genesis argue that God created Adam and Eve in their present form, the evidence of DNA and the fossil record establishes that humans were also participants in the long evolutionary continuum, and God used this process as his means of creation . . . .

We also do not know if humanity received the image of God by the immediate onset of a relationship with God or by a slower evolutionary process. In either case, this development occurred before the fall of Adam and Eve, since moral responsibility and a broken relationship with God are both involved in the story of the fall. Perhaps God used the evolutionary process to equip humankind with language, free will and culture, and then revealed God's will to individuals or a community so that they might then enter into meaningful relationship with God through obedience, prayer and worship. In this scenario, the evolutionary process is necessary but not sufficient to encompass the biblical teaching on the image of God . . .

This is certainly unorthodox teaching concerning how God created man in His image.

In regard to the Fall of man—when the first man Adam (see 1 Corinthians 15:45) rebelled by eating the forbidden fruit—there is a discussion on the BioLogos website of various views about the Fall, but it is so obvious when you read them that those leading BioLogos come out strongly against the literal history of one man and one woman:

How does the Fall fit into an evolutionary history, where the Earth is billions of years old, and humans originated hundreds of thousands of years ago most likely in Africa? Is the story of Adam and Eve actual history, or is something else going on here? Christians over the centuries have held many positions on this, ranging from straightforward literalist interpretations of the texts to readings that emphasize the theological content . . . The scientific evidence suggests a dramatically larger population at this point in history. Recently acquired genetic evidence also points to a population of several thousand people from whom all humans have descended, not just two. Finally, fossil and DNA records point strongly to a more unified creation reflected in the relatedness of humans and other animals. The comparison of human and chimp chromosomes provides one of many compelling pieces of evidence for this unity. The chromosomes of the two species match up almost exactly, except for human chromosome 2, which appears to be a fusion of two chromosomes that were distinct in a primate ancestor of our species. This remarkable claim was confirmed when sequences that are normally found only at the ends of chromosomes were discovered in the middle of human chromosome 2, right where the fusion was thought to have taken place. Today, we carry in our bodies this evidence of our relatedness to other species. The evidence argues strongly against a literalist interpretation of the Genesis creation account of humans.

Read the whole article for yourself at: http://biologos.org/questions/evolution-and-the-fall/

If there was not one man Adam and one woman Eve, and a literal event of the one man Adam taking the fruit in rebellion and thus bringing sin and death into world, then one may as well throw the rest of the Bible away. It would mean what God wrote through Paul in 1 Corinthians 15 and Romans 5 for instance is plain wrong. If we are not all descendants of one man who sinned, then who are we, and why are we sinners?

Of course, people like me, Al Mohler, and others have publicly challenged Karl Giberson (as well as others like him such as Darrel Falk from Point Loma Nazarene University, and of course, Francis Collins—the founder of the BioLogos Foundation). What Giberson et al. are doing is demanding that we accept the secular beliefs of evolution and millions of years and reinterpret God's clear Word. This undermines the gospel, and all Christian doctrine. Most of all, it undermines the authority of the Word of God. And, as Christ is the Word, it is an attack on person of Christ.

In his latest article, Giberson is in essence calling for unity instead of division. However, in reality, he wants unity around man's fallible word (and thus division over God's Word), whereas we at Answers in Genesis are calling for unity on God's Word and division over man's fallible word. He states this in his article:

The most discouraging aspect of the discussion in this book and at BioLogos is that it is, for the most part, between fellow Christians—a sort of civil war pitting brother against brother, and sister against sister. If Christians of all stripes were united against poverty or sickness, that would be a glorious war, as they set aside their small—and even large—differences to do battle with and ultimately defeat a genuine enemy. There was something grand in that. But there is something sad when Christians at Answers in Genesis and Al Mohler's seminary, at the Discovery Institute, and even at BioLogos attack each other over the topic of origins. And, although nobody loses their lives in this war, there are real casualties, like Bruce Waltke, who lost his job last year for suggesting that evangelicals needed to take evolution seriously, or the faculty members at Calvin College on the hot seat now for their publications about Adam.

Intramural quarreling is a great embarrassment to Christianity. The clearest marker of the Christian, according to Jesus, who should know, is supposed to be love: "By this all men shall know you are my disciples," said Jesus in John 13:35, "if you have love for one another." Unfortunately, our love for each other is often set aside as we quarrel about evolution. I have been uncharitably maligned by Ken Ham, Al Mohler, William Dembski and other fellow Christians—all of whom I could easily imagine joining for a service project to Haiti, or communion in any local church. I would love to say that I have consistently responded to them with only the most gracious love but, given that another Christian virtue is honesty, I dare not put such an obvious falsehood in print. I, like them, am only too eager to leap into the fray and use whatever weapons I have at my disposal against my fellow Christians when I disagree with them. It would be nice to say that I do this because I am young and foolish and will eventually grow out of it. But, alas, my youth has long since departed without taking my foolishness with it.

Actually, in a previous blog post of mine, I could claim that it is Giberson who continues to malign Answers in Genesis by accusing us of teaching and believing things that are simply not true. Of course, saddest of all, he really maligns our Creator God—the Lord Jesus Christ—because of his attack on God's Word. Compromising God's Word is an attack on the Son of God.

In this article on his new book, Giberson states, "No belief about the actual teachings of Jesus is threatened, and certainly not his most important command that we should be known by our love."

Well, I thought Jesus identified another command as the most important: "'Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?' Jesus said to him, '"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." This is the first and great commandment.'" (Matthew 22:36–38 NKJV). This also means to honor and believe God's Word. Changing God's Word to fit man's fallible beliefs (such as millions of years and evolution, which are really man's pagan religion to explain life without God) is not loving God, but loving man instead.

As you read his article, you will see that Giberson seems to be asserting that this is a "feud" over our personal opinions, using Freud as his support. If we were like that, God should judge us harshly. He fails to see this as an issue of biblical authority—at least from our position.

In Giberson's article, we read the following:

Almost none of these young people are enthusiastic about their own denominational traditions. They want to be known simply as "followers of Jesus." They are far more concerned about the plight of Haitians than the age of the earth. They want to talk about social justice, not the parameters of biblical inspiration.

Well, that's because they don't understand the Bible in the first place, so they misplace the focus.

Then we read this statement commenting on an author they endorse:

If you read between the lines you can see that she shares our vision for the purpose of The Language of Science and Faith—namely to bring Christians to the point where they can accept modern science and stop arguing over whether that science threatens their faith.

This is it in a nutshell. Their goal is to accept what they call "modern science" (what they mean by that is man's beliefs about the past concerning origins—fallible man's historical science) and reinterpret God's Word accordingly.

In the book, The Language of Science and Faith (which Giberson's article is all about), we read this statement:

The leading YEC proponents are not, in fact, biblical scholars and have limited training in the relevant biblical scholarship. Their expositions of Genesis are almost entirely based on English translations of Genesis with little consideration of what the words and concepts meant in the original Hebrew.

First of all, Answers in Genesis has a number of staff who have advanced degrees in theology, and we also work with a number of highly qualified theologians and Christian scholars who take God's Word in Genesis as they should—as literal history. For instance, at our upcoming Apologetics Mega Conference, one of our guest speakers is Dr. Steven Boyd, a Hebrew scholar and Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at The Master's College in Santa Clarita, California.

In essence, Giberson is promoting an elitism—acting as a pope: The average person can't understand the Bible, God couldn't communicate to the average person. No, you have to trust the academics of this age! We will tell you what to believe—and by the way, basically, what sinful fallible man believes concerning the origin of the universe, you can accept that and change God's Word accordingly!

But Karl Giberson, and Francis Collins are awfully uncharitable in their book in implying that none of the authors of the book Coming to Grips with Genesis (published by Master Books) or John Whitcomb, John MacArthur, and Douglass Kelly have adequate training in Biblical scholarship and in Greek and Hebrew to exegete Genesis properly. Also, their statement would seem to imply that the Hebrew says something significantly different than our English Bibles say, which then implies that the translators of our various trusted English translations were totally incompetent in their work—at least in Genesis. But wait a minute; what qualifies this biologist and this geneticist to make such a statement about the Hebrew text, since they are not trained at a scholarly level in either Genesis, Hebrew, or theology?

In the book, they give a typical example of what they have to do to compromise man's beliefs about billions of years of history with the Bible. Consider what he says about the Fall:

Some Christians try to wiggle off this particular hook by arguing that the unpleasant aspects of the world are the consequences of human sin: byproducts of the Fall. This is an appealing argument in which all good things in nature—the song of the birds and the beauty of the flower—can be attributed to God, and all the bad things in nature—the poison of the snake and the sting of the bee—can be attributed to human sin. This intriguing point of view, unfortunately, cannot be reconciled with what we know about the history of life.

What does he mean by "what we know about the history of life"? What he means is that God got it wrong in the Bible, but fallible man got it right.

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. (Psalm 118:8, NKJV)

It comes down to this: Giberson, and those like him, make man's word infallible and God's Word fallible! And because Answers in Genesis and others stand on God's Word and "contend for the faith" publicly (as we need to), we are accused of maligning this liberal compromiser. His plea is basically, "Can't we all just get along?" But the author goes after those who don't get along or agree with him!

Pray for our Christian colleges! Pray for the Church leaders. Pray for the Christian scholars.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Southern California on Wednesday

Because I will already be in California for a couple of days meeting with some people about the Ark Encounter project, I have been invited to speak at 6pm Wednesday evening at Horizon Christian Fellowship in Rancho Santa Fe,  California (near San Diego).  For more details, go to:   AnswersInGenesis.org/outreach/event/6983/

Memphis

Well—I didn't see Elvis , but I did meet a lot of very enthusiastic children and adults in Memphis, Tennessee, who have been greatly impacted by the AiG ministry.  Here are some photographs taken at the Home Educators conference where I spoke Thursday through Saturday:

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Living Science

We were thrilled this past week to have a group  of students and their leaders from "Living Science" at the Creation Museum for a few days.

The students spent hours studying the museum's exhibits and producing the beginnings of an activity-based curriculum for students to use at the museum.  While visiting with us, they also gave a dramatic presentation to the AiG staff.  Here are some photographs taken of them this past week:

The Living Science Ministry is described this way on their website:

Living Science Home Studies, Inc. was founded by Lance and Penney Davis of Woodstock, Georgia. While teaching at a Christian school in nearby Roswell, some "homeschool moms" approached Mrs. Davis to have her teach science to their children. She considered their request carefully and prayerfully and, after confirmation from the Lord, "Living Science" was formed in the basement of the Davis home with a class of twenty students …

Students were drawn to Living Science because of Penney's dynamic teaching style. Affectionately known as Mrs. D, she taught "hands-on" science, which culminated each year in a multi-day science expedition to the Golden Isles of Georgia. Within a year, Living Science grew to three classes for grades six through eight.  After several years of teaching classes in the evening, Mrs. D prayerfully resigned her position at the Christian school and pursued her dream of teaching homeschoolers full-time. As God brought people to Living Science through word of mouth, what began as a favor to a few homeschool moms expanded in 2001.

That fall, Living Science offered Math, English, and Spanish for the first time, in addition to the six science classes. By 2002, there were 135 students, twenty-seven classes, seven teachers and one staff secretary. And, Mrs. D's husband (known to students as Mr. D, of course!) joined Living Science as the administrator. As middle school students reached high school, they pleaded with Mr. and Mrs. D to serve them through high school. To meet this need, courses were added in Physical Science, Biology, Chemistry, Literature, Algebra, Geometry, Spanish I and II, and World History.

In 2002, Living Science became Living Science Home Studies, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation with the goal of helping homeschooled students "reach beyond academic excellence." Through the generous contributions of many families, Living Science Home Studies moved from the D's home onto a five-acre campus in 2004.   The campus has a large home which houses offices and two classrooms. An adjoining classroom building was constructed with a science lab and an additional classroom. In 2009, a local construction company donated a large pavilion for students to use for studies and activities. In an atmosphere that fosters biblical truth and development of a biblical world view, Living Science students continue to strive to reach beyond mere academic excellence.

For more information on Living Science, go to:  www.livingscience.com

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

Home Educators Conference in Memphis

After we had lunch at the famous Blues City Café (you may have seen it mentioned in travel magazines, TV travel shows, and so on), we went to the convention center in Memphis, Tennessee, where I will speak a total of five times over three days. Last night, I spoke on the relevance of the book of Genesis. Here are some photographs from the evening:

Talking with Doug Philips and his sons (Doug heads up the Vision Forum ministry).

Our volunteers.

My first presentation was on the "Relevance of Genesis."

A homeschool family I met after my presentation.

Please pray for all the sessions at this conference. You can find out more details on the event page.

Standing with You for God's Glory

Here is an email recevied this week:

I heard a quote by Charles Spurgeon this last week: "Scripture is like a lion. Who ever heard of defending a lion? Just turn it loose; it will defend itself." The first thing I thought of was your ministry.  THANK YOU for loudly and confidently standing on the Word of God and encouraging the people of God to trust the Bible.  I have been so blessed by your newsletters, your website, and my many purchases of books and DVDs from your bookstore and I just wanted to let you know.  I am so excited about your new Ark Encounter and can't wait to visit when it is completed!  Standing with you for God's glory!

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

AiG and the NRB

As God has been growing AiG's "media" ministries—especially our radio, TV, and web outreaches—we've become increasingly involved in the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) group. NRB is a trade association with over 1,000 ministry members, including most of the top conservative and evangelical non-profits.

Mark Looy, who is our Chief Communications Officer and helps filter my radio and television interview requests, and I both attended the recent national NRB event in Nashville together with a number of other AiG staff.

I've already reported that I was able to do numerous interviews and meetings there the past several days. Behind the scenes are other key AiG employees who design and transport our booth, spend days on the convention hall floor meeting with station managers, transmit our radio and television programs, and create translations for other language groups. The radio and TV team is led by Dale Mason, our VP of media and product distribution. Here is a photo of Dale, Mark Looy, and me taken recently in our recording studio:

While Dale has been active in recent years as a member of the NRB Internet Committee and the NRB President's Council, this year he was asked to also run for one of the NRB's board of directors positions. We got word on Saturday that Dale was elected to the board position.

He will be helping to guide NRB and representing AiG at their leadership meetings along with other board members-elect, such as Kay Arthur (Precept Ministries), Jim Daly (Focus on the Family), Tim Wildmon (American Family Association), John Ankerberg, Michael Youssef, Joni Eareckson Tada, and numerous others. Dale shared the following with me via email:

It is thrilling to see the way that the Lord is continually raising awareness of Answers in Genesis, the Creation Museum, and now the upcoming Ark Encounter among these leading Christian ministries. He's doing great things and it's wonderful to be part of it. We've got a great team and the Lord is blessing the efforts of so many who work hard behind the scenes to get the truth of His Word out worldwide!

While we were at the NRB convention this year, because AiG won three awards (this year two organizations won three awards—this is a first, as no organization has ever won three NRB awards at the one convention), Frank Wright, the President of the National Religious Broadcasters, produced three video endorsements of AiG with me. Here is a photo as we were before the video cameras:

I praise the Lord for all the talented staff at AiG and the way He uses them in this ministry, which enables AiG to be able to be involved in a Christian leadership position in this nation.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken

The Importance of a Spiritual Legacy

Tonight our time in the USA, a memorial service will be held in Australia for the father of AiG's full time geologist, Dr. Andrew Snelling. Andrew and his wife Kym have been on an emotional "roller coaster" over the past few weeks as they have been caring for Andrew's dad in the last weeks of his life on this earth.

I wanted to honor Andrew's dad in this blog post today by reminding us of the importance of leaving a spiritual legacy. One of my favorite verses of Scripture relating to this topic is this one: "A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous" (Proverbs 13:22).

I have reminded people over the years that the most important inheritance to leave is not a material one (such material things do not last) but a spiritual one—an inheritance that lasts for eternity.  I praise the Lord for my godly parents who taught me to stand boldly and uncompromisingly on the authority of the Word of God. I am eternally grateful to parents who made sure I understood the saving gospel so I, like them (and my brothers and sisters), received the free gift of salvation. The Creation Museum and AiG ministry exist because of the spiritual legacy.

I first met Andrew around 34 years ago in Sydney, Australia. I had borrowed a truck and had loaded up with creation apologetics books from Master Books in America to follow an American creation scientist around Sydney and Melbourne as he spoke on the issues of creation vs. evolution and the age of the universe. All those books sold (it was all a part of the embryonic beginnings of what is now the AiG ministry). I met Andrew at the home of a doctor who was an ardent creationist. Andrew was still completing his PhD from Sydney University at the time. We became immediate friends, and of course, the friendship has grown since then.

Andrew and his wife Kym moved to the Northern Territory where Andrew worked with a company searching out uranium deposits. This gave Andrew a wealth of experience to further his research in radiometric dating. Andrew and Kym were generous supporters of our creation apologetics ministry that began in our home in Brisbane. He wrote various articles for publication in both the secular and Christian worlds. Eventually, Andrew moved to a full time position with the flourishing creation ministry in Brisbane. He continued his creation geology research, writing articles (both layman and technical), editing a creationist Technical publication, conducting field research, and also speaking on creation vs. evolution, age of earth, and Genesis topics across Australia and other parts of the world.

A number of years after Mally and I moved to the USA, Andrew began work full time with the Institute for Creation Research (ICR). While with ICR, Andrew wrote the most comprehensive work on creationist geology available today—a two volume set called Earth's Catastrophic Past.

A couple of years ago, after ICR moved from San Diego to Texas, Andrew was led to again team up with our AiG ministry in the USA. He is now our director of research for AiG and the Creation Museum and will obviously be involved in the Ark Encounter project.

Andrew is considered to be one of the leading creation geologists in the world today. His cutting edge research and articles, together with his numerous presentations, over the years have impacted thousands upon thousands of people. The Lord has used Andrew as a leader in the modern biblical creation movement.

The above is just a short summary, but it is a testimony to a father and mother who brought up their son to honor God's Word—as my father and mother did for me.

Andrew's father turned 90 just a couple of days before he left this earth for his heavenly home. Andrew and Kym were blessed to be able to celebrate his ninetieth birthday with friends and family as they gathered around his hospital bed. While in hospital for his last days on earth, Andrew made sure a CD player was playing his father's hymns beside his bed so he could hear them. While the hymn "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder" was playing, Andrew's dad went to be in the presence of his Savior.

I don't know all the details, but Andrew shared that doctors and nurses were amazed that Andrew's dad wanted to go. He was not afraid of dying. He recognized his time on earth was finished and wanted to be with his Lord and Savior. He was a great witness to many even in his last days.

Andrew's dad has left an amazing legacy in the lives of Andrew and Kym as they have been so active over the years in ensuring so many people have heard the message of biblical authority and the gospel.

Here is a question for all of us: what kind of inheritance (legacy) are we leaving on this earth?

"Precious in the sight of the Lord Is the death of His saints" (Psalms 116:15).

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,

Ken