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Guests: Doug Sharp and Rich Geer Description: How do you recognize if a painting is a cheap Starving Artist painting or one that has been painted by a Master Artist? Rich Geer relates from his experience as staff artist for the Michigan Historical Museum how to recognize a work by a master. Determining whether a painting is by a master artist can be challenging, especially for those without formal art training. Master artists are renowned for their exceptional skill, techniqu

This is a talk at the West Michigan Creation Fellowship about church growth and indentfies the key reasons why some churches are dying and others thrive. Jerry Bergman’s book, Evolution is the Doorway to Atheism, talks about the problem where churches ignore the challenge where the teaching of evolution causes young people to drift away from the church. This is not because the scientific evidence is compelling, but more that the evolutionary smoke screen is so pervasive and c

Exploring the Complexities of Faith and Skepticism The question of why people reject God, even in the face of adversity or miraculous events, is one that has intrigued theologians, psychologists, and philosophers for centuries. While belief in God is a cornerstone in the lives of millions, others choose to reject or remain skeptical of divine existence. This rejection is not always borne out of hostility or indifference but often arises from a deeply personal interplay of exp

Is Abortion the result of a Death Cult? Evolutionists believe that mankind is merely an advanced animal, but creationists believe that mankind is distinct from the animal kingdom and that God formed man in His image. THE ANCIENTS WORSHIPED MOLOCH WITH THEIR BABIES HAECKEL’S EMBRYO FRAUD FROM THE MOMENT OF FERTILIZATION, THE ZYGOTE HAS 23 PAIRS OF CHROMOSOMES, WHICH CONTAIN INFORMATION FOR GENDER, EYE COLOR, APPEARANCE. HEART STARTS BEATING A FEW WEEKS AFTER FERTILIZATION

One of the most powerful arguments for the existence of God is answered prayer and God Stories, where He intervened directly in our lives. Many times these are not acknowledged or recognized. Many people are willfully blind to God’s providence and wouldn’t recognize his presence or intervention even if He was standing right before them. We do not recognize miracles. We take them for granted though they occur frequently. What does it look like to live for God? How do we discer

1.The Image and HIstory A. What is it? 1.The man on the shroud was about 5’10’, and His build allows the weight to be evaluated at about 176 lbs. 2.There is no trace of bodily decomposition on the shroud. 3.on the right side, between the 4th and 5th ribs, there is an oval shaped wound which is 4 centimeters long. The blood from the wound is not coagulated, which indicates that blood came from an already dead body. 4. On the chest, back, and legs of the man, there are more th

The use orf artificial intelligence and its recent appearance in our society is raising a lot of concerns for those of us who are interested in preserving our Christian values. Ian Juby explains how the technology works and how it is possible to take someone’s podcast and cause it to produce video and audio with that person’s likeness and voice saying what you want it to say. Furthermore, the point of views that it produces are skewed toward the liberal side, and an experimen

What is intelligence? How can we emulate it? Evolutionists cannot recognize intelligent design when it is right in front of them. With the SETI program, scientists searched for signals from space to see if there is any intelligent life outside our planet. But evolutionists are clouded by their own bias that refuses to acknowledge God as the source of intelligence. This creates a dilemma. If they believe that they are a produce of random, chance juggling of atoms in the univer

It is a tragedy that people will abandon their faith in God because of what they have been taught in science classes. Geology textbooks will map out the history of the world using the geologic column identifying layers of rock strata and giving them names of eras, periods, and epochs. They assign ages to these based upon the fossils they find in each of them, but they also date the fossils based upon the strata where they are found. The trouble is that very few places in the

Jerry Bergman’s new book Canceled Three Times, Emerging Victorious, tells about what he experienced as a student in academia and later as a college professor as a Darwin doubter. After a lot of reading and careful research, he determined that evolution of life from non-life did not make scientific sense. But when he brought these issues to his professors and colleagues, he was met with a lot of consternation and anger. As an atheist, he wrote many articles in the American Ath

Jerry Bergman has written three books about the problem of discrimination in academia against those who believe in creation or intelligent design. They are Slaughter of the Dissidents, Censoring the Darwin Skeptics and Silencing the Darwin Skeptics. Unfortunately, this is a great hindrance against the advancement of science. Scientific facts that point to a creator cannot be taught in academia because it is not philosophically fashionable to do so. He documents many cases whe

What’s Lurking Behind Current Events? We have a sense that there are supernatural powers behind all that is occurring today. There is a good supernatural and a bad supernatural. God is more powerful yet He is much more gentle. The bad supernatural is showy, noisy and in your face. How do we determine what is right? If we assume that God is in control, and He is the truth, we can ask Him to lead us into the truth and protect our body, mind and soul. I Corinthians 12:3 says tha

Dan and Teresa Janzen are missionaries to South Sudan, and every time they come back to the United States, they observe each time the degree that the culture has changed to become boldly hostile to the Christian faith. In addition, the church has become weak, unresponsive, and unable to engage this culture. The majority of those in leadership in the church grew up as baby boomers and became Christians during the Jesus movement of the 60’s and 70’s. Though they have remained f

DID GOD MAKE A MISTAKE? At the Creation Museum, we were the first to view their new exhibit Fearfully and Wonderfully Made which shows the development of the human baby from conception to birth. This exhibit clearly shows that life begins at conception, and it is all part of the plan and purpose God created for man. We have a debate in this country whether it is a right for a woman to have an abortion and regardless of what our government decides, what supersedes that is God’

What does it mean to control/subdue (manage/steward), reign/rule, exercise dominion over in Genesis 1&2 (also in chapter 9–it could not be more clear), and what does it mean in chapter 2:5&15 “abad” to (work, till, cultivate, “dress”–KJV, and the next word “shamar” commonly translated as keep or watch over, maintain or guard? Should “abad” rather be translated as “serve” as the environmentalists and some newer translations have us believe? And why does that neither fit the

Doug and Rich were guests in a behind the scenes tour at the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter, where they were treated to a demonstration of how exhibits in the museum are made. The equipment they have to construct life-sized dinosaur models and other animals use 3-D printers and CNC machines. The new exhibit “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made” was unveiled and they were first in line to see it. At the Ark Encounter, there is a new virtual reality ride and a carousel.

ANCIENT PAGANISM REBRANDED Modern American culture has for the most part shed its Christian veneer and has instead adopted a cult-like religion that resembles ancient paganism. Deuteronomy 18:9-14 list pagan practices that we are to avoid. 9 When you come into the land which the Lord your God gave you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you any one that makes his son or daughter to pass through the fire, or tha

Contemporary culture has made a virtue out of “tolerance”. If being tolerant means that you are nice to people no matter what their circumstances are or beliefs, then I agree. But I often find that the most intolerant people are those who preach this and if you don’t agree with their definition of what they think is right or wrong, they become angry and hateful. Contemporary culture also has a warped sense of what “truth” is. It embraces existentialism, which creates a bubble

A landmark decision in the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, throwing the decisions concerning abortion back to the states. Already, some states, including Michigan, are proposing legislation to make abortion a permanent right. Advocates argue that a woman has a right to her own body. However, we believe that this view comes with awful unintended consequences that oppress women rather than free them. Moreover, it allows men to pressure women to have unprotected sex withou

Utila is the smallest of the Bay Islands of Honduras in the Caribbean with a population of about 10,000. The other two islands are Roatan and Guanaja. Utila is a scuba diving destination and has beautiful beaches and a jungle overgrowth. The people of Utila are of African, English, and Dutch descent. Life in Utila is pretty laid back. There are only a few trucks on the island, a main street, and a few side streets. People get around on mo-peds, scooters, motorcycles or take a