Creation Science
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Setting the Stage
First Steps4 Steps -
1. An Overview of Everything7 Steps|1 Quiz
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Watch "Is Genesis History?" (110 min)
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Read the Guide to the Film
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Write Essay: The Structure of the Film
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Read "Why Time Matters to the Origins Debate"
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Watch "Exploring Paradigms and Design" (22 min) - Dr. Paul Nelson
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Project: Compare the Two Primary Views of Earth History
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Go Deeper: Watch "Comparing the Two Paradigms of Earth History" - Dr. Danny Faulkner Conf Lecture (57 min)
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Watch "Is Genesis History?" (110 min)
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2. What is Science?7 Steps|1 Quiz
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Read "A Path Through the Experts"
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Watch "Why I am a Creationist" - Various Scientists
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Project: Research a Scientist
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Read "History, Science, and Authority"
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Watch "How Should Christians View Science?" (12 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Read "What is Science?" - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Go Deeper: Watch "Creationism in the 21st Century" - Dr. Todd Wood Conf Lecture (44 min)
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Read "A Path Through the Experts"
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3. The Biblical Record10 Steps|1 Quiz
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Watch "Why Genesis is Truly History" (22 min) - Dr. Steve Boyd
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Read "The Doctrine of Creation"
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Watch "Overview of the First Chapters of Genesis" (16 min) - Dr. Steve Boyd
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Read "A Proper Reading of Genesis 1:1-2:3" in Thousands...Not Billions
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Read "Should Genesis 1 & 2 Be Taken Literally?"
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Go Deeper: Watch "How Do We Know Genesis is True?" - Dr. Steve Boyd Conf Lecture (44 min)
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Go Deeper: Read "The Genre of Genesis 1:1–2:3: What Means This Text?"
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Go Deeper: Watch "Is Genesis 1:1-2:4 Narrative or Poetry?" - Dr. Steve Boyd Conf Lecture (46 min)
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Commentary from Del & the Director on filming Dr. Steve Boyd (10 min)
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Project: Link Science and Scripture
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Watch "Why Genesis is Truly History" (22 min) - Dr. Steve Boyd
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Advanced Topics: Biblical Authority to Philosophy of Science6 Steps
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Watch "How did the Authority of Scripture get Dethroned?" (58 min) - Dr. Steve Boyd Conf Lecture
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Watch "Literary Structures in the Flood Account" (54 min) - Dr. Steve Boyd Conf Lecture
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Watch "Intro to Old Testament Studies" (49 min) - Dr. Steve Boyd Conf Lecture
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Watch "Intro to Old Testament Theology" (65 min) - Dr. Steve Boyd Conf Lecture
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Watch "Importance of Literary Structure" (59 min) - Dr. Steve Boyd Conf Lecture
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Watch "Philosophy of Science" (63 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise Conf Lecture
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Watch "How did the Authority of Scripture get Dethroned?" (58 min) - Dr. Steve Boyd Conf Lecture
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Understanding the Flood4. The Cause of the Flood8 Steps|1 Quiz
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Read two chapters from The New Creationism
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Watch "Catastrophic Plate Tectonics" (21 min) - Dr. Andrew Snelling
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Read about Catastrophic Plate Tectonics
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Watch "Introduction to Catastrophic Plate Tectonics" Conf Lecture (48 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Go Deeper: Watch "Geophysics of the Flood" - Conf Lecture (130 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Go Deeper: Read two technical papers on Catastrophic Plate Tectonics
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Go Deeper: Watch "Continental Sprint" (65 min) - Dr. Steve Austin Conf Lecture
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Project: Explaining Catastrophic Plate Tectonics
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Read two chapters from The New Creationism
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5. The Evidence for the Flood8 Steps|1 Quiz
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Read "The Doctrine of Judgment"
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Watch "The Grand Staircase" (18 min) - Dr. Steve Austin
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Watch "Grand Canyon: Desert View & the Colorado River" (18 min) - Dr. Steve Austin
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Watch "The Great Unconformity & Megasequences" (18 min) - Dr. Steve Austin
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Read about The Geologic Column
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Read "Why Do Some Christians Think Noah’s Flood Was Local?"
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Go Deeper: Watch "The Sedimentology of the Flood" - Dr. Kurt Wise Conf Lecture (90 min)
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Commentary from Del & the Director on filming Dr. Steve Austin (12 min)
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Read "The Doctrine of Judgment"
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6. Catastrophes in the Past7 Steps|1 Quiz
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Read "What Actually Happened at Mount St. Helens?"
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Watch "Catastrophic Geology" (21 min)
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Watch "Mount St. Helens - Spirit Lake and the Floating Log Mat" (19 min)
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Read "Mount St. Helens and Catastrophism" by Dr. Steve Austin
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Go Deeper: Watch "Mount St. Helens: Explosive Evidence" (61 min) - Dr. Steve Austin Conf Lecture
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Go Deeper: Read articles from Dr. Steve Austin on various catastrophes
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Commentary from Del and the Director on filming at Mount St. Helens (12 min)
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Read "What Actually Happened at Mount St. Helens?"
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7. The Fossil Record - Part 18 Steps|1 Quiz
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Read "What Does the Fossil Record Show About the History of the Earth?"
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Watch "An Overview of the Rocks and Fossils" (23 min) - Dr. Marcus Ross
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Read "Why are Fossil Footprints Curious Evidence for the Flood?"
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Watch "The Fossil Record and Design" (22 min) - Dr. Marcus Ross
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Read "Fossil Graveyards Everywhere"
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Go Deeper: Watch "The Fossil Record" (64 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise Conf Lecture
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Go Deeper: Read about Fossilization
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Commentary from Del & the Director on filming Dr. Marcus Ross (11 min)
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Read "What Does the Fossil Record Show About the History of the Earth?"
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8. The Fossil Record - Part 27 Steps|1 Quiz
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Read "10,000 Dinosaurs in 1 Meter of Mud"
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Watch "Exploring Fossils and Paleocurrents" (21 min) - Dr. Art Chadwick
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Watch "Catastrophe & Complexity" (20 min) - Dr. Art Chadwick
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Watch "Fossil Nautiloids" (18 min) - Dr. Steve Austin
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Behind the Scenes: Filming Steve Austin's Nautiloid Fossils
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Go Deeper: Watch "The Paleontology of the Flood" (70 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise Conf Lecture
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Commentary from Del and the Director on filming Dr. Art Chadwick
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Read "10,000 Dinosaurs in 1 Meter of Mud"
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9. The Age of Things: Evidence for a Young Earth8 Steps|1 Quiz
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Watch "Evidence for a Young Earth" (19 min) - Dr. Andrew Snelling
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Read "A Youthful Creation" in the New Creationism
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Watch "Soft Tissue in Dinosaur Bones" (21 min) - Dr. Kevin Anderson
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Read "Does the Age of the Earth Matter to the Gospel?"
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Watch "Dating the Earth" (54 min) - Dr. Andrew Snelling Conf Lecture
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Go Deeper: Watch "The Age of Things" (62 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise Conf Lecture
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Go Deeper: Read Evidence for a Young Earth from Earth's Catastrophic Past Vol 2 (Books Chapters)
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Commentary from Del and the Director on filming Kevin Anderson
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Watch "Evidence for a Young Earth" (19 min) - Dr. Andrew Snelling
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10. The Age of Things: Radioisotope Dating7 Steps|1 Quiz
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Watch "Radioisotope Dating - Part 1" (23 min) - Dr. Andrew Snelling
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Watch "Radioisotope Dating - Part 2" (18 min) - Dr. Andrew Snelling
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Read "Thousands...Not Billions" (Book)
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Go Deeper: Read "Radiometric Dating Methods" by Dr. Andrew Snelling
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Go Deeper: Watch "Radiometric Dating: Relative, not Absolute Ages" (79 min) - Dr. Andrew Snelling Conf Lecture
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Go Deeper: Watch "Radiocarbon: In need of Recalibration" (52 min) - Dr. Andrew Snelling Conf Lecture
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Commentary from Del & the Director on Filming Dr. Andrew Snelling
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Watch "Radioisotope Dating - Part 1" (23 min) - Dr. Andrew Snelling
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11. The Natural History of the Earth9 Steps|1 Quiz
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Watch "The History of Life" (19 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Watch "Evidence of the Catastrophic Past" (22 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Watch "The Rapid Formation of Coal" (18 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Watch "The Order of the Fossils" (21 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Watch "After the Flood & the Nature of Science" (20 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Read "History of Life" by Dr. Kurt Wise
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Go Deeper: Watch "Pre-Flood Hydrothermal Biome" (65 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise Conf Lecture
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Go Deeper: Read "The Hydrothermal Biome: A Pre-Flood Environment" - Kurt Wise ICC Technical Paper
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Commentary from Del and the Director on filming Dr. Kurt Wise
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Watch "The History of Life" (19 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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12. The Post-Flood Period8 Steps|1 Quiz
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Read "What was the World Like After the Flood?"
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Read "The Post-Flood World"
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Watch "The Ice Age & Climate Change" (20 min) - Dr. Larry Vardiman
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Read about the Ice Age (Book Chapter)
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Go Deeper: Watch "The Post-Flood Period" (74 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise Conf Lecture
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Go Deeper: Read "From the Ice Age to the Present World" - Dr. Andrew Snelling
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Go Deeper: Read "Hypercanes Following the Genesis Flood" - Dr. Larry Vardiman ICC Technical Paper
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Go Deeper: Read "The Potential for and Implications of Widespread Post-Flood Erosion and Mass Wasting Processes" - Dr. John Whimore ICC Technical Paper
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Read "What was the World Like After the Flood?"
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Advanced Topics: Precambrian Rocks to Flood Boundaries7 Steps
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Watch "Precambrian Rocks: Record of the Creation & Pre-Flood Eras" (28 min) - Dr. Andrew Snelling Conf Lecture
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Read "North American Precambrian Geology: A Proposed Young Earth Biblical Model" - ICC Technical Paper
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Watch "The Sedimentology of the Flood" (90 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise Conf Lecture
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Watch "The Pre-Flood/Flood Boundary" (42 min) - Dr. Steve Austin Conf Lecture
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Read "The Pre-Flood / Flood Boundary: As Defined in Grand Canyon and East Mojave" - ICC Technical Paper
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Watch "The Flood/Post-Flood Boundary" (53 min) - Dr. Steve Austin Conf Lecture
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Read "Using Suites of Criteria to Recognize Pre-Flood, Flood, and Post-Flood Strata in the Rock Record with Application to Wyoming (USA)" - John Whitmore & Paul Garner ICC Technical Paper
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Watch "Precambrian Rocks: Record of the Creation & Pre-Flood Eras" (28 min) - Dr. Andrew Snelling Conf Lecture
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Understanding Life & Design13. Intelligent Design in Nature9 Steps|1 Quiz
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Watch "How the Natural Realm Reflects God" (15 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Read selections from "The Living God" in Devotional Biology
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Watch "Intelligent Design in Nature" (20 min) - Dr. Paul Nelson
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Watch "Amazing Relationships Throughout Creation" (21 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Read about the Biomatrix in Devotional Biology
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Watch "The Design of Animals & People" (20 min) - Dr. Stuart Burgess
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Read "Complete Optimum Design" in Hallmarks of Design
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Go Deeper: Watch "Introduction to Creation Biology" (65 min) - Dr. Todd Wood Conf. Lecture
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Commentary from Del and the Director on filming Paul Nelson
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Watch "How the Natural Realm Reflects God" (15 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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14. Created Kinds: Living Creatures8 Steps|1 Quiz
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Watch "Introduction to Created Kinds" (16 min) - Dr. Todd Wood
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Read about Created Kinds in The New Creationism
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Watch "The Power of Natural Selection" (16 min) - Dr. Todd Wood
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Read two chapters on created kinds in Hallmarks of Design
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Watch "The Origin of Flight & Mosaic Animals" (10 min) - Dr. Todd Wood
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Read "The Irreducible Flight Mechanisms of Birds" in Hallmarks of Design
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Go Deeper: Watch "Created Kinds" (47 min) - Dr. Todd Wood Conf. Lecture
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Go Deeper: Watch "The Wonders of Biological Change" (60 min) - Dr. Todd Wood Conf. Lecture
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Watch "Introduction to Created Kinds" (16 min) - Dr. Todd Wood
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15. Created Kinds: Humans7 Steps|1 Quiz
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Read "The Doctrine of the Image of God"
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Watch "Humans & Apes" (12 min) - Dr. Todd Wood
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Read "Confusion, Cavemen, and Culture" from The New Creationism
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Watch "Ape Men & Adam" (47 min) - Dr. Todd Wood Conf Lecture
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Read Chapter 4 "God is Distinct" in Devotional Biology
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Go Deeper: Watch "Human Genomes" (56 min) - Dr. Todd Wood Conf Lecture
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Commentary from Del and the Director on filming Todd Wood
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Read "The Doctrine of the Image of God"
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16. Diversity, Design, & DNA8 Steps|1 Quiz
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Watch "Diversity & Design in the Ocean" (21 min) - Dr. Rob Carter
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Watch "Evolution, Creation, and the Order of Species" (18 min) - Dr. Rob Carter
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Watch "The Extraordinary Design of DNA" (22 min) - Dr. Rob Carter
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Read about DNA in Devotional Biology
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Watch "Evolution & Mutations" (21 min) - Dr. Kevin Anderson
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Read "Evolution" from Devotional Biology
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Go Deeper: Watch "The Biochemical Basis of Life" (47 min) - Dr. Joe Deweese Conf Lecture
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Go Deeper: Watch "Examining Mutations & Natural Selection" (40 min) - Dr. Joe Deweese Conf Lecture
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Watch "Diversity & Design in the Ocean" (21 min) - Dr. Rob Carter
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17. A World of Beauty & Death8 Steps|1 Quiz
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Read "The Glory of God" from Devotional Biology
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Watch "Biological Beauty" (32 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Read "The Doctrine of the Fall"
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Watch "The Curse" (21 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Read "Defects & Degeneration" from The New Creationism
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Read "Biological Evil" from Devotional Biology
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Watch "Biological Evil" (22 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Go Deeper: Watch "Death & Natural Evil" (33 min) - Dr. Todd Wood Conf Lecture
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Read "The Glory of God" from Devotional Biology
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Advanced Topics: Molecular Biology to Genomes2 Steps
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Understanding the Stars18. The Design of the Earth & the Solar System8 Steps|1 Quiz
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Watch "The Extraordinary Design of the Universe" (21 min) - Dr. Danny Faulkner
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Read "The Heavens and the Earth" from The New Creationism
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Watch "The Design of Earth & Stars" (19 min) - Dr. Stuart Burgess
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Read "The Provider God" from Devotional Biology
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Watch "The Anthropic Principle & the Earth" (25 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Watch "The Anthropic Principle & the Solar System" (25 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Go Deeper: Watch "The Anthropic Principle & Atoms" (29 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Go Deeper: Watch "The Anthropic Principle & Molecules" (37 min) - Dr. Kurt Wise
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Watch "The Extraordinary Design of the Universe" (21 min) - Dr. Danny Faulkner
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19. Competing Cosmologies5 Steps|1 Quiz
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Watch "The Light Travel Time Problem & the Big Bang" (21 min) - Dr. Danny Faulkner
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Read "Universe By Design"
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Watch: "Biblical Cosmology" (44 min) - Dr. Danny Faulkner Conf Lecture
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Go Deeper: Read or Listen to "The Current State of Creation Astronomy II" - Dr. Danny Faulkner ICC Lecture
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Commentary from Del and the Director on filming Danny Faulkner
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Watch "The Light Travel Time Problem & the Big Bang" (21 min) - Dr. Danny Faulkner
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Advanced Topics: UFOs to Black Holes5 Steps
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Watch "Aliens and UFOs" (49 min) - Dr. Danny Faulkner Conf Lecture
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Watch "Biblical Astronomy" (56 min) - Dr. Danny Faulkner Conf Lecture
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Watch "Extra Solar Planets" (65 min) - Dr. Danny Faulkner Conf Lecture
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Watch "Countering Flat Earth" (76 min) - Dr. Danny Faulkner Conf Lecture
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Watch "Black Holes, Dark Matter, & Dark Energy" (59 min) - Dr. Danny Faulkner Conf Lecture
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Watch "Aliens and UFOs" (49 min) - Dr. Danny Faulkner Conf Lecture
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Understanding Archeology & Culture20. The Tower of Babel5 Steps|1 Quiz
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Watch "Identifying the Tower of Babel" (23 min) - Dr. Doug Petrovich
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Watch "Carbon Dating & the Septuagint" (17 min) - Dr. Doug Petrovich
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Go Deeper: "Identifying Babel and its Tower" (51 min) - Dr. Doug Petrovich Conf Lecture
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Go Deeper: "Identifying the Post-Babel Dispersion" (55 min) - Dr. Doug Petrovich Conf Lecture
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Commentary from Del and the Director on filming Doug Petrovich
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Watch "Identifying the Tower of Babel" (23 min) - Dr. Doug Petrovich
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21. The Culture of Genesis5 Steps|1 Quiz
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22. The Church & Genesis6 Steps|1 Quiz
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Watch "The History of the Church on Creation & Evolution" (18 min) - Dr. Doug Kelly
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Read "Theistic Evolution"
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Watch "The Importance of the Doctrine of Creation" (18 min) - Dr. Doug Kelly
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Read "What does the Rest of the Bible Say About Genesis?"
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Watch "Answering Common Questions about the Text of Genesis" (17 min) - Dr. Doug Kelly
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Watch "Understanding the Genre & Theology of Genesis" (22 min) - Dr. Doug Kelly
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Watch "The History of the Church on Creation & Evolution" (18 min) - Dr. Doug Kelly
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Advanced Topics: Biblical Archeology to the Hebrew Alphabet4 Steps
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Watch "Introduction to Biblical Archeology" (58 min) - Dr. Doug Petrovich Conf Lecture
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Watch "Jacob and Joseph in Egypt" (66 min) - Dr. Doug Petrovich Conf Lecture
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Watch "Manasseh & Ephraim in Egypt" (54 min) - Dr. Doug Petrovich Conf Lecture
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Watch "Hebrew as the First Alphabet" (53 min) - Dr. Doug Petrovich Conf Lecture
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Watch "Introduction to Biblical Archeology" (58 min) - Dr. Doug Petrovich Conf Lecture
Read “Young Beginnings”
“Who questions much, shall learn much…”
Francis Bacon
Old Questions
The idea for a documentary on Genesis came out of a series of conversations with young people. I have taught students from middle school to college for over 20 years, so I have often heard the questions they ask concerning Genesis. I recently was reminded that those questions haven’t changed much from when I was their age.
In fact, they are almost the same questions. What I find is that kids pick up their Bibles and open to the first chapter and read that God created the earth in six days, that He made Adam out of the dust (and Eve out of Adam), that He put them in a garden, and that that they sinned and were cast out of the garden into a cursed world.
These same kids take science classes or go to museums or see movies that say the earth took billions of years to form by random processes, that man evolved from an ape-like creature (which evolved from something else), and that the idea of a garden of Eden and sin and a global flood are all myths someone made up.
The result is cognitive dissonance. Young people ask questions like: how old is the universe? Were Adam and Eve real? What about the Big Bang? Did God really create in six, 24-hour days? What about the dinosaurs? Was there a global flood? And so on and so forth. All these questions go back to a central question in everyone’s mind: is Genesis accurate when it comes to statements about the history of the world?
These are important questions; and their answers have important consequences. After all, these same kids know that Jesus and the apostles all talk about God creating the world, about Adam and Eve, about Noah, and about the Flood. The New Testament writers seem to present these people and events as being real. If, however, they didn’t happen, then what does that mean for the trustworthiness of Jesus and the apostles?
My Daughter’s Dissonance
These questions all became personal when I sat with my then 10-year-old daughter and listened to a debate concerning the merits of creation vs. evolution. As points were made this way and that, I watched the same cognitive dissonance begin within her. I saw a sense of confusion as she tried to put conflicting pieces together into a Biblical/historical/scientific framework she wasn’t quite old enough to grasp. (And, to be honest, a framework which I had not done a great job providing for her.)
As an aside, I think some level of cognitive dissonance is good for young people. I distinctly recall feeling it myself at 15-years-old when I was confronted with these same questions. My response, perhaps, was a bit unique in that I sat down to research both sides of the debate as thoroughly as a 15-year-old could by reading books by men like Dr. Richard Leakey and Dr. Henry Morris, side-by-side. It was a healthy intellectual challenge, and although I’m sure I didn’t understand everything I read, it did give me a better perspective on the framework surrounding these questions.
That experience, however, happened almost 30 years before my daughter’s experience. I hadn’t studied or read anything on these topics for decades. And I palpably felt my own ignorance. As a result, in light of what I had been hearing in my Sunday School classes from students, and was now hearing from her, I decided to research and create a documentary to address this very question.
My goal was to set out to create a feature-length documentary and accompanying materials that would provide Christians a comprehensive Biblical, historical, and scientific framework to help them think through the questions they were asking about Genesis.