creation vs. evolution
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In a NutshellTidbits – July 2026
How he learned he needed to preach Mark 2:28 Some years ago, on an early Sunday morning, a young Dutch pastor faced a quandary. A…
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Adult non-fictionDarwin’s Sandcastle
Evolution’s Failure in the Light of Scripture and the Scientific Evidence by Gordon Wilson 2023 / 222 pages In the protective bubble of my Christian high…
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Recent ArticlesPerfect planet
In our garden is a plum tree. Now this may not sound unusual except that stone fruit trees, like plums, do not grow well on…
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NewsSaturday Selections – May 16, 2026
Athanasius vs. Arius, the rap battle Athanasius offers up a hard-rocking right…. Parents hold the key to building strong readers Between a fifth and a…
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In a NutshellTidbits – March 2026
Still true in some places… Johan had left Edmonton to go up northward, near Neerlandia, for a bit of skydiving. Late Sunday evening he was…
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In a NutshellTidbits – February 2026
For want of a comma In her best seller Eats, Shoots and Leaves, author Lynne Truss highlighed the importance of commas with the story of…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 1, 2025
Luther vs. the Roman Catholic church In light of Reformation Day this week: Luther’s stand, as a rock opera. A theology of bed Many of…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 12, 2025
Josiah Queen’s “A Garden in Manhattan” On the crowded streets, all the people that I see Want them to know the Jesus that I know…
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Adult non-fictionStockholm Syndrome Christianity:
by John G. West 2025 / 348 pages While it is common to blame atheists and agnostics for the current wave of secularism, author John…
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Recent ArticlesThe “Watchmaker argument”
Two hundred years ago a bishop, by the name of William Paley, wrote a book in which he used a watch to illustrate how clear…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Feb. 15, 2025
Charles Darwin’s birthday was Feb. 12, so for this edition we are marking that event by featuring a collection of very different rebuttals. Click on…
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Book ReviewsGuide to Dinosaurs
by the Institute of Creation Research 2014 / 120 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give Hardly any other field of science has been so distorted by secular, unbiblical theories…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 23, 2024
Click on the titles to go to the linked articles… Debunking the best proofs of evolution in 12 minutes Some of the best “proofs” of…
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DocumentaryMountains after the Flood
Documentary 2023 / 102 minutes Rating: 7/10 The folks who brought us Is Genesis History, have crafted a sequel of sorts. Host Del Tackett is…
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NewsSaturday Selections – August 31, 2024
Click on the titles to go to the linked articles… Jordan Peterson pressed on whether he is Christian or not (10 min) Jordan Peterson has…
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DocumentaryThe Ark and the Darkness
Documentary 2024 / 110 minutes RATING: 7/10 Got doubts about whether the biblical Flood really happened, or really covered the whole of the Earth? Then…
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Book ReviewsWhat really happened to the dinosaurs?
by John Morris and Ken Ham 1990 / 32 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give Some children, it seems, are born with a love for all things dinosaurs while…
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Book ReviewsDire Dragons: Untold Secrets of Planet Earth
by Vance Nelson 2018 / 180 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give The old adage “never trust a book by its cover” certainly doesn’t apply to this beautiful…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 1, 2024
If there is a common theme to this week’s edition it might be government overreach. For Christians, who know God has set up different governments…
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Recent ArticlesMy dog ate the evidence for evolution
There are plenty of great, readable books that expose the many problems with evolutionary theory. These include Gordon Wilson’s Darwin’s Sandcastle, Change Laura Tan and…
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Recent ArticlesIs creation worth fighting about?
Does it matter? Of all the questions in the creation vs. theistic evolution debate, whether the debate even matters may be the biggest, and…
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Book listsICR’s impactful half century
The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) in Dallas, Texas, was established in 1970 and has developed into an outstanding center of scientific research where well-qualified…
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NewsA new lead in the search for life beyond Earth
Is there life beyond our earth? And are there planets out there waiting to be inhabited? Dating all the way back to ancient Greece, philosophers…
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Recent ArticlesBig Bang Christianity?
Can we fit the Big Bang into the Bible? **** Cosmology is the most important subject in the world. Why? Because it is the story…
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Recent ArticlesHow does the world explain the origin of life?
Naturalism can be defined best by what it doesn’t believe: in the Supernatural; it denies the existence of God. That means that all naturalists are…
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Recent ArticlesMasters of disguise!
“Poppa! Have you seen the Mimic octopus?” My oldest granddaughter’s question was lit with excitement. I had been mentioning a presentation I was working on…
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DocumentaryThe Master Designer: The Song
Documentary 2014 / 76 minutes RATING: 8/10 What I most appreciated about The Master Designer was this nature documentary’s patience, showing us just a half dozen…
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DocumentaryLife’s Story 2: the reason for the journey
Documentary 2006 / 107 minutes Rating: 6/10 This is the sequel to Life Story: the one that hasn’t be told, and once again there’s loads of…
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DocumentaryDarwin: The Voyage that Shook the World
Documentary 55 minutes, 2009 Rating: 8/10 This must be the most expensive documentary ever made by creationists and it is certainly the best looking. Creation…
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DocumentaryLife’s Story: the one that hasn’t been told
Documentary 2004 / 58 minutes Rating: 7/10 This is a gorgeous investigation of how Creation evidences its Creator. Life’s Story was filmed in more than ten…
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DocumentaryEvolution’s Achilles’ Heels
Documentary 2014 / 96 minutes Rating: 10/10 I’ve watched this at least 5 times now, and many sections many more times than that. This is…
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DocumentaryIncredible Creatures That Defy Evolution I, II, and III
Dr. Jobe Martin was once an ardent evolutionist and only became a creationist after getting challenged by one of his students. While he was a…
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DocumentaryLiving Waters
Documentary 69 minutes / 2015 Rating 8/10 This is one part nature documentary and one part evolutionary takedown. Illustra Media understands that a great way…
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Adult non-fictionThe Ultimate Proof of Creation: Resolving the Orgins Debate
by Jason Lisle 2009 / 254 pages Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) is an important figure from our Reformed heritage. A careful theologian with a love for…
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Recent ArticlesDinosaurs and dead bodies
In a Russian laboratory, a team of highly trained Russian scientists is leaning over a dead body. The body is that of a man who…
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FamilyThe Creation Adventure Team
A Jurassic Ark Mystery Family / Children 45 min / 2001 Rating: 7/10 Six Short Days, One Big Adventure Family / Children 38 min /…
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DocumentaryGod of Wonders
Documentary 85 min / 2008 Rating: 7/10 This is a nature documentary that starts at the stars and touches on just about everything else: lightning,…
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Apologetics 101Wrong questions lead to wrong answers
Why don’t brilliant scientists see evidence of God’s design in Nature? Because they deliberately limit the questions they are willing to ask. ***** The conflict…
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TheologyDid Adam have enough time to name all the animals?
Some people argue that the activities assigned to Adam on the sixth day, described in Genesis 1:26-28 and Genesis 2:19-20, were too many for him…
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Adult non-fictionIn the Beginning: Listening to Genesis 1 and 2
by Cornelis Van Dam 2021 / 371 pages Dr. C. Van Dam begins his latest book by explicitly laying out his presuppositions. He’s upfront about his…
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DocumentaryIs Genesis History?
Documentary 100 min / 2017 RATING: 8/10 We live and breathe and move in an atmosphere that is full of assumptions. We assume that what…
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Adult non-fictionReplacing Darwin Made Simple
by Nathaniel T. Jeanson 85 pages / 2019 How’s this for an intriguing thesis for a creationist book: Darwin got it right. So what exactly…
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Adult non-fictionEchoes of Ararat: a collection of over 300 Flood legends from North and South America
by Nick Liguori 2021 / 300 pages Why are there Flood myths all over the world? Christians can explain it by pointing back to Noah:…
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Book excerptsFree book: How should Christians approach origins?
Blaise Pascal once quipped that he had written a long letter because he hadn’t had time to write a short one. Well, in this booklet…
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DocumentaryDismantled: a scientific deconstruction of the theory of evolution
Documentary 2020 / 93 minutes Rating: 8/10 The Creation vs. Evolution debate is sometimes portrayed as being the Bible vs. Science, but Dismantled wants us…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionOur remarkable Sun
Evolutionists like to claim that our Sun is merely an average star, just one among billions. There’s no reason to believe our Sun is unusual…or…
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DramaAlleged
Drama 93 minutes/ 2011 Rating: 7/10 The year is 1925, and Charlie Anderson’s goal is to quit his job, leave his hometown of Dayton, Tennessee…
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Adult non-fictionWonderful & Bizarre Life Forms in Creation
by Jerry Bergman 144 pages / 2020 Have you ever wondered what’s going to be on the bookshelves come the New Earth and Heavens? Will…
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Book excerptsArcher fish: a wonder of creation
This article is the first chapter from Dr. Jerry Bergman’s new book “Wonderful and Bizarre Life Forms in Creation” which you can order at Create.ab.ca. *****…
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Movie ReviewsFree film: Genesis Impact
Docudrama 68 minutes / 2020 RATING: 7/10 This is a very good…something. The topic matter is plain enough – human origins – but what’s less…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionThe cost of an old earth: Is it worth it?
Until recently, most Christians believed that the Bible teaches us that the earth was only a few thousand years ago. This contradicts mainstream science, which…
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NewsDawkins on eugenics: evil uncloaked
Richard Dawkins has been called one of the “Four horsemen of atheism” and is famed, as well, for being one of Charles Darwin’s most ardent…
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FamilyThe Wild Brothers: 8-episode DVD series (+ free vlog series)
Reality / Documentary Each episode is 28-30 min / 2015-2016 Rating: 7/10 Everyone in our family enjoyed this DVD series, from our 2-year-old all the…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionWhy I am a six-day evolutionist
We all know that fish is a good source of protein, but did you know that some are a good source of information? It’s true…
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NewsIs the human population getting colder?
The average normal temperature for a human being is supposed to be 37°C (or 98.6°F) but did you know that figure is based on 150-year-old…
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DocumentaryDragons or Dinosaurs? Creation or Evolution?
Documentary 84 minutes / 2010 Rating: 7 / 10 The Chinese lunar calendar cycle includes twelve animals, eleven of which are quite familiar to us:…
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TheologyCountering Tim Keller’s case for evolution
**** Tim Keller’s trusted place among Reformed and Presbyterian folk is well-earned, but not when it comes to his views on evolution. In a discussion…
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Book ReviewsAnimals by design: exploring unique creature features
by ICR illustrated by Susan Windsor 125 pages / 2018 Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Mexican walking fish, lantern fish, immortal jellyfish, and zorses – those are just…
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DocumentaryScarred Earth (The Grand Canyon)
This half-hour video is divided into two parts. The opening 15-minute are an investigation into how the Grand Canyon was, and was not formed. Presenter…
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Apologetics 101God is visible to any with eyes to see
Our universe, if just slightly different, would never have been able to support life. For example, a proton’s mass is 1,836 times greater than that…
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Movie lists12 free Creation videos that’ll have you awestruck
There’s something to be said for short and sweet. Each of the following dozen clips is just 6 minutes or less, totaling up to just…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionMankind is rusting out…and that’s a problem for evolution
We’re breaking down. In a 2016 talk geneticist Dr. John Sanford explained that there are two conflicting worldviews at battle in our culture: 1) we as…
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HistoryCharles Darwin’s grave mistake
One hundred and thirty-seven years ago, on April 19, 1882, a seventy-three-year-old man died at home in his bed. He was surrounded by his wife…
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RP AppThe ordinary is extraordinary: Dr. Gordon Wilson at Creation Weekend 2018
During the Creation Science Association of Alberta’s Creation Weekend 2018, Dr. Gordon Wilson was the feature speaker, giving three lectures. This is an account of…
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Adult non-fictionThe Genesis Account: A theological, historical, and scientific commentary on Genesis 1-11
by Jonathan Sarfati 786 pages / 2015 Outside of sermon preparation, it is not often that I read a commentary from front to back. If…
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TheologyChoosing Evolution: Bad reasons for a big departure
How I Changed My Mind About Evolution is a recent book featuring 25 evangelical theologians and scientists, each taking a chapter to explain why they have…
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TheologyThe limits of the “two-books” metaphor
There is a metaphor, common among Christians, about how God has revealed Himself to us via “two books”: Scripture and the book of Nature. The…
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NewsCreationists: there’s more of us than we knew!
Being a Christian, even in the “Christian” West, can sometimes feel a little lonely, and doubly so if you are a 6-day creationist-type Christian. But,…
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DocumentaryBeyond Is Genesis History?
Documentary 2017 / 400 minutes In Del Tackett’s 2017 documentary Is Genesis History? he interviewed PhD-holding scientists with various areas of expertise, all of them…
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TheologyHow are we to understand the Bible?
Some years ago I attended a three-day conference on the topic how to read the Bible. Actually, the conference organizers used a big name for…
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DocumentaryGenesis: Paradise Lost (part 1)
Documentary 109 minutes / 2018 RATING: 8/10 There have been some very good Genesis-related resources coming out in the last few years and this is…
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DocumentaryDNA BATTLES: Were Adam & Eve historical?
Documentary 59 minutes / 2018 RATING: 7/10 In 2011 the Christian evolutionary group Biologos made a splash with widely published views that questioned whether Adam…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionDeep Time – the god of our age
Throughout history, human beings have had the tendency to reject their Creator, and replace Him in their lives with gods of their own making. From…
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Adult non-fictionAlien Intrusion: UFOs and the Evolution Connection
by Gary Bates 2004 / 382 pages Are people actually being abducted by aliens? That’s the question being asked by this book…and the recently released…
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Adult non-fiction4 books on the irreconcilable divide between Creation and Evolution
Four encouraging books to equip the Church in the current Evolution vs. Creation debates, listed by size, smallest to biggest. No Adam, No Gospel: Adam…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionON THE ORIGIN OF ARTICLES: You thought this article was designed? How unscientific of you!
You might think that someone wrote this article. But of course, you would be mistaken. Articles are not written by people. They are the result…
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Science – GeneralStephen Jay Gould: An evolutionist who helped creationists
Few American scientists achieved fame and fortune as quickly as Dr. Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002), and few scientists aroused such mixed emotions among their colleagues…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionThe appendix question solved
For many years, we were told that the human appendix was a leftover of our evolutionary development and the proof was in the fact that…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionOn DNA and how “things are seldom what they seem”
Sometimes we forget that scientists like to be amused just as much as other individuals, and the illustration in the November 20/08 issue of Nature…
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NewsDid the Church fathers take Genesis literally?
In this 49-minute lecture, Dr. Todd Wood answers the objection that “scientific creationism” is only a recent phenomenon. As he shows by going to the…
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Recent ArticlesNot all humility is humble
Sir John Marks Templeton (1912-2008) is best known as the creator of the Templeton Growth Fund, an investment fund established in 1954, which made him…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionThe Galileo myth as a universal solvent
What do theistic evolutionists and church-attending gay activists have in common? Both think Galileo makes their case. Theistic evolutionists have long loved the story of…
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Adult non-fictionThe Galileo myth: Stories that we all know, often ain’t so
As we grow up, receiving instruction at home and at school, we hear many stories that are enduringly imprinted on our minds. Even years later,…
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TheologyAfter Evolution: 4 Reformed figures who accepted evolution and kept on moving
What follows are very brief bios of four prominent Reformed figures who have accepted evolution and gone on to accept increasingly unorthodox positions. Peter Enns…
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Book excerptsBook excerpt: “How Should Christians Approach Origins?”
Evolution is just a theory. Then again, so is gravity. – as seen on a t-shirt. Is the theory of evolution like the theory of…
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Adult non-fictionNo Christian Silence on Science
SCIENCE FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE by Margaret Helder 2016 / 110 pages From the title onward, No Christian Silence on Science is a clarion call to Bible-believing,…
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Culture ClashesDid Adam have a belly button?
Why we need to clarify Article 14 of the Belgic Confession In the fourth century a big battle was fought over a one-letter difference. The…