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On the Air with Chuck Smith

I have been in California most of this week, and while there had the wonderful opportunity to go into a radio studio with well-known pastor Chuck Smith—known as the founder of the Calvary Chapel church movement worldwide (over 1000 churches)—for a radio program called "Pastor's Perspective." Listen to the podcast of the interview below:

Pastor's Perspective Interview

I thank God for the many pastors who are using their pulpits and radio ministries to proclaim the authority of the Bible from...

Smithsonian's New Human Evolution Exhibit Opens Today

Here is a preview of a brief article (slightly edited here) found in our next Answers magazine (April issue), as it relates to a new evolution exhibition in Washington DC that opens today:

Hall of Shame

The Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History was scheduled to open a new Hall of Human Origins—an exhibit that cost nearly as much as the first phase of our own high-tech 70,000-square-foot Creation Museum. Speaking of which, the Creation Museum will soon open a new exhibit...

Thousands Hear AiG Message at Chino Hills

Thanks to Pastor Jack Hibbs for inviting Dr. Jason Lisle and me to speak at Calvary Chapel of Chino Hills (California) over the past two days. On Sunday morning, between 6000-7000 people attended the three morning services, then the around 2000 turned out for the evening session.  People were hungry for the resources, and the interest in AiG's "I am not ashamed" campaign overwhelmed us (see www.IAmNotAshamed.org), with hundreds of the "I am not ashamed" T-Shirts being purchased.  There is...

You Won't Believe What Came Out of Calvin College Last Week

Here is a sad but very real example of what can happen to a Christian college when it does not maintain a stand on biblical inerrancy beginning with Genesis.

I wrote a blog item recently in response to a guest writer for the Calvin College student newspaper who wrote a scathing attack of me (accusing me of lying)—he was responding to my "State of the Nation 2" address where I quoted a Calvin religion professor who said Scripture is not inerrant and there are mistakes in the Bible.

Well, the...

Ministry Leaders in for a Museum Tour

Dr. Matt Olson, president of Northland International University in Wisconsin—a college where I spoke a few months ago (a school that stands up for inerrancy beginning with a literal Genesis)—visited the Creation Museum this past week, along with some friends. (See my previous blog posts about NIU). It was good getting caught up with Dr. Olson.

In the photo, left to right, are the members of his party: Mike Miller from Greenville, South Carolina; Dr. Matt Olson, president of Northland; me...

"Awe Inspiring"

It is interesting to read the responses that our new "I am not ashamed" campaign (www.iamnotashamed.org) is receiving. We are getting overwhelmingly positive responses from Christians.

It is interesting to note a number of atheist blogs, though, that are mocking the campaign and are taking Scripture out of context to level their usual emotional anger at God's Word. Now, if we took their comments out of context as they do to the Scriptures, they would be up in arms. But it is obvious that...

Teaching the Teachers in Georgia

Last evening I spoke to around 1200 people who attended the National Sunday School Convention at First Baptist Church of Woodstock (in the Atlanta area). After the presentation, many people came up and told me how they either are or would be using Answers in Genesis apologetics materials in their Sunday schools. Over and over again, attendees told me they recognized there is a major problem in churches and that we are losing kids to the world. Also, a number of pastors told me they would b...

Bible Bee

Representatives from the Bible Bee–a national competition involving Bible memorization, Bible study, etc. for young people—visited us this week and spoke to the staff at one of our chapel sessions.

In the photo with me are Mark McMahan, Bible Bee CEO; Tom Widdoes, VP of Development for the Bee; and our ministry CCO, Mark Looy.

Local Bible Bees are being held in April. The finals will be held in Chicago. Find out more at http://www.biblebee.org/

Overflow Crowd in Georgia

Last night, around 3000...

Answers for Women Conferences

For all you ladies, Answers in Genesis speaker, writer, and researcher, Dr. Georgia Purdom, wants to let you know about a special opportunity not only to attend a great women's conference, but also learn more about our new ministry outreach called Answers for Women. The True Woman 2010 conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on March 25–27 promises a great lineup of speakers, including Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Voddie Baucham, and Kay Arthur. Answers in Genesis will have a booth at the...

Setting the Record Straight on Marriage and Divorce in the Church

Over the past year, a few times in secular media interviews I've done, it was thrown in my face that divorce rates among Christians were higher than non-Christians, so obviously Christianity doesn't help marriage. I have read such statements in newspapers and other media sources.

Recently, one of our Answers in Genesis board members, who is an attorney, read a similar accusation in a newspaper—so, he decided to research this topic more thoroughly, checking original sources to correctly...