To explain the Ice Age, think Flood. Post-flood oceans were likely quite warm, due largely to undersea vulcanism. Warm, moist air masses from these hot oceans dumped massive precipitation over the emerging cooler continents. Near the colder center of the continents and in the higher altitudes, tremendous amounts of snow would have accumulated leading to the Ice Age. The oceans finally cooled allowing the ice to recede. According to meteorologist, Michael Oard, in his books,...
Read MoreCoincidence or God-cidence ?
Do you believe in coincidences? I usually like to call them God-cidences. I was really up to my neck with things to do before the next speaking trip and needed to get the articles written quickly for the next issue of Think & Believe. The article I wanted to write to fit the flow of the issue was on the communications of honeybees. I made myself a note to begin doing research the next AM for some of the latest info on honeybee communication. Not having computer web...
Read MoreRefreshing
After a seminar the other evening, an elderly gentleman (CW for short) came up to me an introduced himself. He had been a professor of physics at a nearby secular university for over 25 years, retiring a few years ago. I had noticed him during my talks that evening … he was seated with his wife and a friend, all with beaming smiles and nodding heads the whole time I spoke … public speakers love this type of person! He had heard the Nuttings speak in the early 90’s,...
Read MoreContinuing to Go Well
I just want to finish up the the details of our time at Cornerstone Bible Institute, again, things went very well. Tuesday through Thursday, I had the opportunity to teach in Chapel and on Monday I taught the Genesis class. I was able to cover Genesis chapters 2-3 in a subsequent Genesis class. Wednesday evening I presented ‘The Folly of Dolly and Stem Cells’. It was an eye opener for some people. The teaching at Crawford, NE also went very well. On Sunday morning, I...
Read MoreThanks Upon Thanks
I just read Lanny’s blog (yesterday’s titled-The Right Choice) where he was thanking Mary Jo & I for the Creation seminar we conducted many years ago. That seminar caused him to re-evaluate and finally reject his atheism and later come on staff with us at AOI. I am just wondering how many, young and old, have now gone to Lanny and Marilyn’s presentations on Creation, have had their faith in evolution or Atheism challenged, and like Lanny are now walking with the...
Read MoreThe Right Choice
We see many different reactions to the message of Creation we present at various locations. Last week, an elderly man got up and stomped out after listening to only 10 minutes of a talk on human origins. His grandson came up after the program and shared that his 81 year old grandfather was a stoic believer in evolution, and had only come to the program at the grandson’s request. Apparently, the older gentleman did not like what he was hearing. I was reminded that in...
Read MoreThe Big Bang and Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking announces: Our Universe came from the Big Bang, not from God. Did you hear the momentous announcement earlier this month? Famed cosmologist Stephen Hawking announced that the Universe was not created by God. Instead, the Universe created itself, via the Big Bang. Was this an unlikely event? No. This was actually an ‘inevitable consequence’ of the laws of physics, especially gravity. As he explained: “Because there is a law such as gravity,...
Read MoreThe Blessing of Teaching
Teaching at Cornerstone Bible Institute was a blessing! The students were very inquisitive and eager to learn. On Monday mornings, the freshmen would attend a two hour Genesis class. I was invited to teach my Genesis series as part of the class. Usually each chapter takes about an hour to teach, but we spent two hours on chapter one alone, and were still unable to finish it . I continued the next week in finishing chapter one and went on to the subsequent chapters. ...
Read MoreTypical Teaching Week on the Road – pt 2
Thanks for joining me again, as we continue on, in a typical teaching week on the road. Here we go….. Saturday – Get up early … On the road traveling by 7:30 … Drive for 6 hrs. … Arrive in Fremont, NE, at church … Set up books … Get settled into provided home … Dine with church elder and wife … Return to guest home and in bed by 10 pm. Sunday – Get up early … Get to church early to set up slides and sound … Teach 1 hr. first church service … Teach 1 hr. Bible School...
Read MoreTypical Teaching Week on the Road – pt 1
While out on the road on teaching circuits, all of the speakers at AOI try to take every opportunity to teach about God and His Creation. The following is a rough breakdown of more-or-less typical week of ministry in the field: Monday and Tuesday – Travel to Ainsworth, NE. … Meet with church officials and get settled in with a host family (another 25 minutes of travel to their home). Wednesday – Have lunch and visitation with Pastor or members of the church (typical 2+...
Read MoreGod is Good!
God is sooo Good! We recently had a last minute cancelation with only a few days to fill it. But God is so good, and He filled it with an event at a church near Cornerstone Bible Institute where our daughters, Claudia and Abby, attend. So we were able to see them and celebrate Abby’s birthday on Sept. 19th. I was also blessed with the opportunity to teach an additional two hour Genesis class at the Institute. As it states in Proverbs, God truly guides our stays....
Read MoreThe “Goldilocks” Planet – Speculation vs. Observation?
We’re living in a very interesting age for science. It is an age where speculation becomes the headlines for scientific research. Just today, I noticed an article in the New York Times online Space and Cosmos section saying that they have discovered a new planet about 20 light years away from us (a very long way outside of our solar system). The headlines state, “New Planet May Be Able to Nurture Organisms.” The AP headline – “Could ‘Goldilocks’ planet be just right...
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