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Christian Courage Is ImperativeCourage was a character trait I heard a lot about growing up, primarily from my dad but also teachers, and even on television. I saw courage to do your duty in Combat! and quiet, principled courage...Paleontology Supports an N-Q Flood Boundaryby Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D., and Tim Clarey, Ph.D.* Defining where the global Flood of Genesis terminated in the rock record is of great importance in developing an accurate and cohesive story for...Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: The Blanket Sand fro.,.Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore lies a few miles east of the town of Munising, Michigan, along one of the most scenic shorelines in the United States. America’s first national lakeshore, it...Dragon Art Defies Millions of YearsOf all the displays in the 30,000 square feet of the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History in Dallas, the Dragon Encounters exhibit has become some visitors’ favorite. It shows...Flightless by Design or Designed by Death?Jesus is amazing! He is also brilliant and glorious. It can be difficult to find the right words to describe Him. Earth is absolutely filled with His brilliantly designed life—everywhere. Environments...Sturgeon and the "Latest Therefore Greatest" .,.Chesapeake Bay, the world’s largest bay, continually confuses evolutionists, but not so Atlantic sturgeons, who periodically spawn in that bay’s tributary rivers.1 Why? Erroneous...Strengthening God’s Holy TemplesWe read in 2 Chronicles 24:4, “Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.” The historical context of this verse has to do with the death of the wicked queen Athaliah. The seven-year-old...Meet ICR's Communications Department“Can we get a kids’ book on dinosaurs?” “Does this sentence sound okay?” “Can you add zing to this title and make this letter sing?” These questions and...Creation Kids: Hummingbird Flightby Christy Hardy and Susan Windsor* You’re never too young to be a creation scientist! Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s special Creation Kids learning and...Full versions of current and previous Acts & Facts can be viewed online in PDF format using the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.
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[body_edit] =>Why is it vital for us to demonstrate Christian courage? How does the N-Q boundary provide evidence supporting Dr. Henry Morris’ prediction for the Genesis Flood? Did actual encounters with supposedly “prehistoric” creatures inspire dragon art? How can flightlessness be a display of God’s design? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the March-April 2022 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 13265] [MACRO aaf_article, 13266] [MACRO aaf_article, 13267] [MACRO aaf_article, 13268] [MACRO aaf_article, 13269] [MACRO aaf_article, 13270] [MACRO aaf_article, 13271] [MACRO aaf_article, 13273] [MACRO aaf_article, 13272]
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Finding Biblical Clues to DesignTrue story…and the star is physicist Dr. Russ Humphreys. Every so often someone passes on a new insight that revolutionizes our thinking. We remember these occasions because they are so rare. About...New Year, New LogoAfter 52 years of fruitful ministry, the Institute for Creation Research is renewing its commitment to rigorous scientific research that affirms the truth of Scripture. As a staff, we’re delighted...Announcing ICR’s New Digital Media DepartmentToday there are more ways to communicate than ever before, so we have assembled a Digital Media Department to explore the best new avenues for sharing ICR’s pioneering research. The department’s...ICR Ice Core Research ContinuesCreationists think the thick ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica began forming just 4,500 years ago during a short Ice Age triggered by the Genesis Flood. During the Ice Age, warm oceans resulted...Crater Lake National Park: Serene Beauty After Volcanic.,.by Tim Clarey, Ph.D., and James J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D.* The deepest and arguably most spectacular lake in the United States is located inside a volcano. Known as Crater Lake, it reaches 1,943...The Creation Week: A Systems-Based ApproachWe are clearly told in the book of Genesis that God created the heavens and the earth in a very short sequence of time, six literal days. The Hebrew text is grammatically put together using a specific...Bucket Orchids and Bees, a Codependent DesignFlowers hold a fascination for most people. They have at least a threefold purpose: First for attracting animals (e.g., insects, birds, and mammals) for reproduction via pollination, the second for...Puffins, Fitted for Living in Sea, Air, and LandIn order for tufted, horned, and Atlantic puffins to “be fruitful, multiply, and fill” specific habitats on Earth,1 they need the right equipment. That requires God-given design...Donors Make It HappenIn 1 Samuel 30, there’s an interesting story that’s easy to overlook if you fly by too fast. David and his men are returning from Jezreel to Ziklag. Upon arriving at Ziklag, they find the...Creation Kids: Our Young Solar Systemby Christy Hardy and Susan Windsor* You’re never too young to be a creation scientist! Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s special Creation Kids learning and...Full versions of current and previous Acts & Facts can be viewed online in PDF format using the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.
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[body_edit] =>How can we use the Bible to guide scientific research? Why is counting ice core layers an insufficient way to determine Earth’s age? How does ICR’s Flood model explain the origin of Crater Lake? What evidence is there for a codependent design between bucket orchids and bees? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the January-February 2022 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 13140] [MACRO aaf_article, 13141] [MACRO aaf_article, 13142] [MACRO aaf_article, 13143] [MACRO aaf_article, 13149] [MACRO aaf_article, 13153] [MACRO aaf_article, 13156] [MACRO aaf_article, 13168] [MACRO aaf_article, 13172] [MACRO aaf_article, 13182]
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Jesus Christ Is Our Perfect MediatorWe’ll never get bored throughout eternity. There is always something wonderfully new to learn about our precious Lord Jesus, the uplifting Holy Spirit, and our good heavenly Father. Even now,...ICR’s First Dinosaur ExcavationICR conducted its first paleontological excavation on September 4-5, 2021. Last years’ inspection of a site on private property in Wyoming concluded that bone material partly exposed from a Morrison...The Oceans Point to a Young Earthby Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D., and Tim Clarey, Ph.D.* Over 70% of Earth's surface is covered by water, most of which is marine and contained in the oceans. On average, the depth of the ocean is...Are Birds "Cousins" to Reptiles?Are today’s birds genealogical “cousins” to today’s reptiles due to a shared evolutionary ancestry? No. However, birds and reptiles share the same Creator, the Lord Jesus...Haleakala National Park: One of Many Young-Looking Vol.,.You can start the day atop the cold peak of Mt. Haleakala and end it on a warm beach on Maui. The sprawling volcanic mountain rises 10,000 feet above sea level. Nene birds, cattle, horses, and people...Biblical Creation and Intellectual FoolishnessIn a recent interview discussing his new book In Quest of the Historical Adam, philosopher and Christian apologist William Lane Craig acknowledged his biased assumptions when interpreting how the words...Early Land Plant Evolution?In a recent Science article, two evolutionists consider land plants (embryophytes) to have evolved from stoneworts (charophyte algae).1 A spore is a haploid (single, unpaired chromosome),...Christ’s Providence Is Clearly Seen in Bird MigrationsJust as monkeys can’t accidently type Shakespeare texts, birds can’t migrate by evolutionary luck, despite imagined eons of time for “lucky” accidents.1 Why? Because...The Gift of God HimselfEach Christmas we remember how deeply God loves us. His wondrous plan of salvation—first set in motion in the Garden of Eden—was miraculously manifested in the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ...Creation Kids: Snowflakesby Christy Hardy and Susan Windsor* You’re never too young to be a creation scientist! Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s special Creation Kids learning and...Full versions of current and previous Acts & Facts can be viewed online in PDF format using the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.
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[body_edit] =>How can we understand Christ’s role as our mediator from a scientific perspective? Why was ICR's first dinosaur excavation significant for creation science? How do oceans point to a young Earth? What can we learn about biology and geology from Haleakala National Park? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the December 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 13086] [MACRO aaf_article, 13087] [MACRO aaf_article, 13088] [MACRO aaf_article, 13096] [MACRO aaf_article, 13095] [MACRO aaf_article, 13097] [MACRO aaf_article, 13098] [MACRO aaf_article, 13101] [MACRO aaf_article, 13099] [MACRO aaf_article, 13100]
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Why Reinvent the Wheel?by Randy J. Guliuzza and Aaron T. Guliuzza* Most of us know the phrase “Don’t reinvent the wheel.” It means that we hope to take the solution for one problem and readily apply it to...New Proposed Babel Site Supports Ark LocationMost people believe the Tower of Babel was built somewhere in Iraq or even modern-day Syria. However, a recent article proposed that the Tower of Babel was built farther north in southeast Turkey.1...The Fossils Still Say No: The Post-Flood Providential P.,.In the previous article in this series, I explained how the final rock layers were laid down in the global Flood as the newly separated continents and their mountain ranges were being uplifted and the...Carlsbad Caverns National Park: Fast Formationsby Dave Woetzel, M.S., and Brian Thomas, Ph.D.* Have you ever toured a cave? There is something especially intriguing about exploring the deep, dark underground and its mysterious animals and rock...Evolutionary Acceptance and MisinformationA recent study claims that a majority (54%) of Americans now accept as true the statement “Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals.”1 Unfortunately,...Pickles for ApologeticsFood, even dill pickles, can provide relevant insights for creation apologetics.1 Since November 14th is National Pickle Day, this is a good time to consider how dill pickles can remind us of...Rich Toward GodWhat do you think of riches? Some of us may instinctively equate riches with money, and therefore have a natural tendency to shy away from it and think of it as a bad thing. However, we are reminded that...Creation Kids: Comparing Chimps and Humansby Christy Hardy and Susan Windsor* You’re never too young to be a creation scientist! Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s special Creation Kids learning and...Full versions of current and previous Acts & Facts can be viewed online in PDF format using the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.
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[body_edit] =>Why do scientists discover similarities between human-engineered systems and creature adaptation? How does the Genesis Flood explain the Ice Age? How is biblical creation the best scientific explanation of our world? What does it mean to be rich toward God? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the November 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 13070] [MACRO aaf_article, 13071] [MACRO aaf_article, 13072] [MACRO aaf_article, 13074] [MACRO aaf_article, 13075] [MACRO aaf_article, 13076] [MACRO aaf_article, 13077] [MACRO aaf_article, 13079]
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The Fossils Still Say No: The Surly Cenozoic Flood FinaleThe Cenozoic is the major upper system of the geologic column. It represents the last global Flood layers that were produced from violent Flood runoff as the newly separated continents and their mountain...The Flood Explains the Missing DinosaursThe pattern of fossils in the rock record has always been complex, and the dinosaur fossils maybe even more so. A recent article tried to explain why only small and large-size carnivorous dinosaurs...John Pennekamp Coral Reef State ParkI surely enjoyed leading college student groups on spring break camping trips to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park on Key Largo in Florida. Diving excursions to the coral reefs about three miles...Another Function of 'Junk DNA' DiscoveredFor decades, evolutionists suggested that huge sections of our genome (about half) did not actively code for the production of proteins or polypeptides—and so were useless, or “junk DNA.”...Mutation, Design, and FaithAny alteration in a cell’s DNA sequence is a mutation. These changes can come from copying errors, exposure to chemicals or radiation, or from an infection. But other types of genetic changes...Hawaii Behind the ScenesICR Research Scientist Dr. Brian Thomas and ICR Video Producer Clint Loveness, with help from friends and family, recently shot footage in Maui, Hawaii, for upcoming video projects. On the north...Does the Universe Look Old?Since distant galaxies are billions of light-years away, some understandably assume that distant starlight must have taken billions of years to reach us. Also, some galaxies are colliding. While God...Eating Bugs Isn't Always So SimpleThe Lord Jesus Christ deserves glory for why He made Earth’s diverse creatures, and He also deserves glory for the complicated details of how they live. Although we cannot learn all of creation’s...A Battle for HeartsSince the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History opened in fall of 2019, tens of thousands of people have walked through our doors. They come from many different places, backgrounds, cultures,...Creation Kids: Floods Form Fossils Fastby Christy Hardy and Susan Windsor* You’re never too young to be a creation scientist! Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s special Creation Kids learning and...Full versions of current and previous Acts & Facts can be viewed online in PDF format using the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.
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[body_edit] =>How is the Lord’s handiwork on display at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park? Does the universe look old? What can we learn about science and logic from Trinidad spider behavior? And what is the latest discovery that debunks the evolutionary idea of “junk DNA”? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the October 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 12993] [MACRO aaf_article, 12994] [MACRO aaf_article, 12995] [MACRO aaf_article, 12996] [MACRO aaf_article, 12997] [MACRO aaf_article, 12998] [MACRO aaf_article, 12999] [MACRO aaf_article, 13000] [MACRO aaf_article, 13001] [MACRO aaf_article, 13002]
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