History – Creation Moments

Another 19th Century Creationist

Proverbs 2:6 “For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.” John Stevens Henslow was a highly respected scientist of the 19th century. He taught both botany and mineralogy at England’s Cambridge University. In...

Radio-Carbon and Vikings

Job 38:36 “Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?” It has become axiomatic among many less scientific creationists to state that carbon dating is inaccurate. I have tried to explain that this is incorrec...

Away from the Fire an Ember Goes Out

Hebrews 10:25a “… not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is;….” On past Creation Moments programs we have reported on individual studies that link good health to religious commitment. It’s a...

Could We Be Heroes?

James 1:27 “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” What makes a hero? Is it a particular character trait? Are some personali...

Noah Found Grace

Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” As creationists, we spend a lot of time working on our models about how we think the Flood could hav...

It’s a Long Distance

Psalm 104:6 “Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.” In one Laurel and Hardy movie, Stan Laurel answers a telephone, says, “It sure is”, and replaces the receiver. When Ollie asks what it was, Stan...

Noah’s “Impossible” Ship

Genesis 6:15 “And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits..” According to the Bible, Noah’s Ark was 4...

Ancient Well Surprises Scientists

Romans 1:22-23 “ Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.” A few years ago archaeologis...

An Accent on Language Ability

Genesis 11:1 “And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.” After suffering a stroke, a man in Baltimore suddenly began speaking with a Scandinavian accent. Though he had no experience with languages other than English, he sudde...

Bacterial Physicists and Chemists

Exodus 3:6 “Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God..” Some types of bacteria are able to go into a state of suspended animati...