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Creation Basics: The Gospel Is Grounded in Genesis

Today wraps up the blog series I���ve been running for the past 10 weeks���Creation Basics. And this post emphasizes the most important aspect of taking Genesis as literal history: the gospel. You see, Genesis is foundational to all of our major Christian doctrines, and that includes the gospel! Christianity is based in history, and that history is recorded for us beginning in Genesis 1���11.

Genesis really is foundational, as every single major Christian doctrine is either grounded directly or ...

An Orangutan Herbalist?

In June of 2022, a wild male orangutan named Rakus in Indonesia was observed with an open wound on his face from a fight with another male. Then, surprisingly, he was observed applying a ���poultice������basically, chewed leaves and sap from a ���very potent healing plant������to the wound, which soon healed. Researchers claim this is the first example of a wild animal ���self-medicating with a plant with known therapeutic properties.���

The plant Rakus chewed and applied was akar kuning, a plan...

���Undertakers��� at the Ark Encounter?

We have two ���undertakers��� at the Ark Encounter���well, at Ararat Ridge Zoo, located behind the life-size Ark. Now, what do I mean by this? Well, meet Nzuri (ZUR-ee) and Mrembo (REM-boh).

Nzuri and Mrembo are our new female marabou (MARE-ah-boo) storks, the largest living members of the stork kind. Their names both mean ���pretty��� or ���beautiful��� in Swahili. Native to sub-Saharan Africa, these storks weigh up to 20 pounds, grow 4���5 feet tall, and have wingspans approaching 10 feet.

Mara...

5 Tips for Building a Biblical Worldview in Your Kids

Late last year, I wrote a blog commenting on a new study that found that ���only 3% of children have the ���cornerstone beliefs��� that make a biblical worldview.��� Only 3 in 100 children! And studies tell us that most children will have developed their worldview by the time they are 13. This means the vast majority of the next generation will not have a biblical worldview. So what can parents do?

Well, here are five tips for building a biblical worldview in your kids:

Do worship time together a...

Boy Scouts Changes to Scouting America���What���s the Lesson for AiG?

Boys and girls are not the same. There are only two genders of humans, male and female. These are statements that would not have been even slightly controversial 114 years ago when the Boy Scouts of America was formed. Such statements are considered by many today to be offensive and intolerant. But they are true!

It was that the Boy Scouts of America is changing its name next year to Scouting America in a move to ���be more welcoming of the entire scouting community.��� Report...

This World Needs More Children

We live in a very dark world filled with evil, confusion, and chaos. (This may seem like a strange way to begin a Mother���s Day blog, but stay with me!) What���s the solution to overcoming the evil in our world? Well, the answer is children!

What do I mean by this? Well, our Executive CEO, Martyn Iles, recently released a new episode of his Truth in 10 YouTube series, in which he shared that new life is the answer to our world���s darkness.

And I thought in honor of Mother���s Day and of all of ...

Ken Ham���s YouTube Channel Hits 100,000 Subscribers

We have a very dedicated social media team at Answers in Genesis, who has been working hard to grow our impact with our YouTube channels so we can reach even more people with the message of biblical authority and the gospel. Their hard work has resulted in over 700,000 subscribers to our Answers in Genesis channel (and increasing daily), and I���m excited to announce that my channel has also reached a milestone���100,000 subscribers!

And not only have 100,000 people subscribed to my YouTube chan...

Creation Basics: What Did Jesus Say About Creation?

When you think of the term ���creation,��� you probably think of Genesis, but Scripture actually references God���s creative acts throughout the Bible. You���ll find references or allusions to creation (and even the flood) in the Psalms, in Job, throughout the Prophets, and more. And Jesus even references creation in the New Testament. However, Genesis was written as a clear cosmology, as it was written in historical narrative. So to understand the details, we first need to take Genesis as writ...

James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Fast-Growing Galaxies

Well, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is in the news again because it keeps making discoveries about galaxies that astronomers and astrophysicists did not expect. This time, the discovery is regarding evidence of supposed ���star bars,��� structures formed in galaxies that supposedly existed only a couple billion years after the big bang. These star bars are regions of heavy star density often found at the center of spiral galaxies (like our Milky Way), which are supposed to be star-birth...

Want to Work for AiG? Join Us for an Open Interview on June 13

Would you love to work in a Christian organization like Answers in Genesis, the Ark Encounter, or the Creation Museum? Well, we���re hiring! We need people in a wide variety of positions, but particularly at our attractions during the busy summer season.

You can learn all about these seasonal job opportunities at the attractions at our open interview day at Mt. Olivet Christian Church on Thursday, June 13, 2024.

These seasonal jobs are a great opportunity for college students and others looking f...