Volume 225 – Creation Moments

Faster Uranium Decay

Ecclesiastes 1:10 “Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.” In two previous Creation Moments, I have described how radiometric dating works, and how uranium changes into lead....

Curiosity for Life on Mars

Isaiah 45:18 “For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.” Like many people of...

Progress in Technology

Genesis 4:20-22 “And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an in...

Fast Dead Tree Oil

Isaiah 55:12 “For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” Forestry organizations have a major problem with be...

A New Volcano Inside the Old

Psalm 83:14 “As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;” Many people know about the devastating and explosive eruption of Mount St Helens in 1980. Not so many people know that the volcano has erupted since then, but in...

The Birth of Deep Time

Psalm 78:15 “He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.” I was on an open-topped tour bus, seeing the sights of downtown Edinburgh—the capital city of Scotland. From this vantage point, our guide stopped fr...

Evolution Lacks Logic

Isaiah 43:26 “Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.” Logic can sometimes be a little difficult to follow without seeing pictures. But if we take this carefully, it should make sense. There is a type...

A Lesson from the Beekeeper

Psalm 119:103 “How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” When I was in my twenties, I had a friend whose father, Peter, kept bees. One day, he invited me to help collect honey. I was fascinated by the paraphe...

Sea Level During the Flood

Genesis 7:19-20 “And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.” “You can’t possibly believ...

Dinosaurs and Feathers

Genesis 1:25 “And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.” I am a long-time fan of the BBC science fiction show Doctor Who,...