New ‘Dinosaurs for Kids’ from Ken Ham Wows Kids and Parents Alike

PETERSBURG, Ky., Nov. 18, 2009 – While there is no lack of colorfully illustrated books about dinosaurs for children, by and large these books talk about how many millions of years ago the dinosaurs lived, and how many billions of years old the Earth is. Many creationist parents have largely been stuck supplying these books for their dinosaur-loving children while cautioning them against the evolutionary teaching within.

Not any more, as Ken Ham, president and founder of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum, has just released “Dinosaurs for Kids” through Master Books, with all the great illustrations those other books have, but written from a biblical worldview.

“As a parent, and now as a grandparent, I saw my children’s and grandchildren’s fascination with dinosaurs and their desire to read every book about dinosaurs they could get their hands on,” Ham said. “Inevitably, we were all disappointed by the teaching of millions and billions of years, the claim that dinosaurs evolved into birds, and the humanistic world view presented in them.

“I determined, as a writer of creationist and apologetics materials – for both adults and children – that I would help remedy the dinosaur book situation,” Ham continued. “I couldn’t be more pleased with how the book turned out.  Wonderfully and powerfully illustrated by Bill Looney, this book will not disappoint Christian parents and their children.”

“Dinosaurs for Kids” will help to fill a void of creation-based science books for elementary age children, which has been a contributing factor to young people leaving the church as they get older. Research commissioned by Answers in Genesis and conducted recently by America’s Research Group (ARG) showed that – by and large – children are “already gone” from church in their minds by junior high and high school, because Sunday school could not answer their hard questions about origins and the trustworthiness of Scriptures.

The results from this survey were published in the book “Already Gone,” co-written by Ken Ham and ARG Founder and President Britt Beemer.  The book has been selling steadily since its release in late May, with more than 90,000 copies in print, and has inspired influential churches and church leaders across the nation to re-think how they are conducting church and Sunday school.  Dr. Charles Stanley, pastor of First Baptist Atlanta, has just written an endorsement of the book’s next edition; last month he had Ken Ham give a message based on the book at the church’s morning worship services.

The decay regarding young people often begins, Ham and Beemer discovered, with a lack of faith in the creation story of Genesis. Children tend to separate the “stories” of the Bible from the “hard facts” taught in almost all public schools about evolution and the age of the Earth. They look to their secular textbooks for answers, not the Bible.

Now, with the release of “Dinosaurs for Kids,” parents and teachers alike will have a new resource for helping children understand their beliefs about origins in a scientific context. These kids can once again embrace their love of dinosaurs, and their teachers and parents can encourage those discussions in a biblical context.

“Dinosaurs for Kids” includes full-color illustrations throughout, with an easy-to-understand timeline of dinosaurs’ true history from creation to the most recent discoveries—and convincing evidence that they did not die out 65 million years ago. It explains how the Flood affected the dinosaurs, when and where dinosaurs existed, how fossils like dinosaur skeletons are made, and why they are found all over the Earth. A recurring theme is the difference between biblical history (God’s revelation) and  assumptions by fallible secular scientists.

Recommended for ages 7-12, the 64-page, hard cover, 8 ½ by 11 book retails for $14.99. Published by Master Books, “Dinosaurs for Kids” is available at Christian bookstores everywhere, or online www.answersingenesis.org.

Photo of the Week

The photo below was taken at Northland International University in Wisconsin this past Thursday after I had finished 3 major sessions (over 5 hours of presentations) to students, faculty and public.

From left to right:  Dr. Bobby Wood, Chief Operating Officer:  Dan Wooster, AiG supporter, friend, and BJU Prof: Myself;  Dr. Matt Olson, President of the University.

The reason I chose this as the “photo of the week” is because it is so thrilling to me to see an academic institution so committed to the Word of God and taking  a stand on a literal creation, as all Christian universities should.

If you are researching creationist Christian universities (and there are very few), I encourage you to check out Northland International University.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying

Ken

Master Books, an imprint of New Leaf Publishing Group [and publisher of many of our books], will award one $3000 scholarship for the 2010–2011 academic school year. The 2010 Master Books Scholarship Essay Contest is open to any high school junior or senior or the equivalent thereof from any public, private, or homeschool venue. The applicant must be a U.S. citizen and have a minimum GPA of 3.0 or above.

This scholarship is a one-time award and may be used at any accredited two-year, four-year, or trade school within the contiguous United States. This award covers only tuition and university-provided room and board. The scholarship monies will be forwarded to the college, university, or trade school of the winner’s choice in the winner’s name upon receipt of a copy of the winner’s confirmed admission to their chosen school.

• Scholarship information and application can be downloaded online at www.masterbooks.net
• High school transcript or the equivalent is required. Transcripts or the equivalent must be signed by the high school counselor, homeschool evaluator/supervisor, or principal. Scholarship submission name must be exactly as noted on the transcript in order to qualify for the scholarship.
• Scholarship applicant information, essay and transcript must be submitted by mail to:

Master Books Scholarship Essay Program
P.O. Box 726
Green Forest, AR  72638

Deadlines and other important dates:

• Scholarship available online: Now
• Scholarship due date: Applications, transcript, and essay are due February 28, 2010
• Scholarship Announcement: Winner will be notified by student and parent email on or before May 1, 2010

Conditions of Scholarship Eligibility:

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must be a high school junior or senior or the equivalent
• Must be enrolled or enrolling in a U.S. accredited two-year, four-year, or trade school for the fall of 2010 or the fall of 2011
• Must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 (or the equivalent)

The Essay:

Students planning to apply for this essay scholarship may download two free chapters of the AiG book The New Answers Book 2 at www.masterbooks.net. After reading these two chapters, students are invited to write a 500 to 1500 word essay with the following focus:

Describe the differing views concerning the beginning of life (according to Chapter 29) and your personal conclusions based on the information.

The essay will be judged on creativity, clarity of thought, accuracy, research, grammar, and spelling. The student’s essay will be the property of Master Books and may be used as an example or to promote this scholarship in the future. The student winner and his/her parent or guardian will be notified by email of their winning status and then must submit a written acceptance of the scholarship award by no later than July 30, 2010. If the acceptance of the scholarship is not received by July 30, 2010, the monies will be awarded to the 1st runner-up.

The Master Books Scholarship will be submitted to the winner’s accredited school upon receipt of a copy of their acceptance to that school. If the scholarship winner does not complete a full semester at the accredited school, the monies must be returned to Master Books to be awarded to the 1st runner-up. The winner agrees that all of his/her scholarship combined benefits do not exceed the cost of tuition, fees, and university-provided room and board as stated in the institution’s cost of attendance.

Download the application from Master Books.

Devotion

Look unto me, and be ye saved

(Isaiah 45:22)  Look unto me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

We were saved when we looked exclusively to the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, apologized to Him as God for sinning against Him & fell on His mercy.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species on November 24, 1859. Atheists, agnostics, and skeptics are thus celebrating 150 years of its evolution teaching. In response to the 150th year of Darwin’s publication, Tennessee Temple University will have a special Creation Chapel tomorrow (November 19th). For the Creation Chapel, TTU will not highlight Darwin’s publication; instead, faculty, staff, and students will worship the Creator for His miraculous creation—and as the sovereign Lord of everything (Romans 1:20–21).

To honor our Creator, the Creation Chapel will include the video Six Days produced by Answers in Genesis. Furthermore, the song service will focus on God as Creator—in addition to fostering a continual atmosphere that upholds truth of the Bible starting with the first verse. What mercy the Lord has extended to us in that we can observe anything beautiful in light of the Curse from Adam’s Fall!

Tennessee Temple University is a distinctively Christian liberal arts institution of higher education that prepares students for lives of leadership and service. Each year, a biology class is taken to the Creation Museum.

Photo of the Week

Here are some children at the Creation Museum enjoying the amazing balloon creations that some of our young volunteers make for them. The young lady in the background, Chelsea Driver, made these balloon headpieces.

Devotion

Unto His habitation shall ye seek and thou shalt come

(Deuteronomy 12:5) But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall you seek, and there you shall come:

Love to the Lord Jesus Christ is when in the morning we say no to the many pressing urgencies that call out me first & instead seek first our private time with Him.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

Well the pastor responded on his own blog, virtually ignoring the fact that we pointed out numerous false statements in his previous posting concerning AiG and its CEO. He admitted he was wrong about the publisher of the Already Gone book—but tried to justify his mistake. However, he basically ignored everything else and used his next blog to attack us for answering his accusations that he put up publicly on the worldwide web!

Mark Looy, AiG’s Chief Communications Officer, in a gracious but firm way, attempted to post a comment to the pastor’s blog—but the comment was not approved.

The ELCA pastor has now stated that he “had to close all the comments on my personal blog due to hate filled comments from AiG supporters.” This included, we suppose, Mark’s rebuttal to correct the many mistakes the pastor had made about our book Already Gone—but was denied. Now, do Mark’s comments below seem hateful to you? Here is what Mark tried to post—word for word—so that the pastor’s blog comments will not go unchallenged.

Greetings, pastor, from Answers in Genesis.

Ken Ham did not make a personal attack on you as a person but on the content of your lengthy, error-filled commentary on our book Already Gone. Even though you said you did not read the book, you wrote so knowingly (and at length) about it, including the book’s conclusions. You were wrong, though, on so many counts about the book’s content:

—You originally wrote that AiG has “one goal and one goal only—to teach Creationism.” That is a patently false statement. In so many of our articles, and even in our core values statement and our mission statement, we state clearly that our mission is to bring reformation to the church and to proclaim the gospel. As Ken wrote in his blog in countering your many false statements, “we stand on the authority of God’s Word, proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, to see people saved and be in Heaven! In fact, I often state in my talks that there is no purpose in converting people to creationism—for creationists will end up in Hell just like an atheist if they don’t believe and trust our Creator as Lord and Savior.”

—You stated that our book was about “only mainline” churches being in decline. An absolutely wrong comment. If you had read the book, you would have noticed that we summarized the contents of a poll taken of those who attended theologically conservative churches, NOT mainline (generally liberal) ones. You missed the intent of the whole survey: to see why so many young people leave conservative churches, and you said it was mainline churches.

—You called us a “fringe” ministry. Well, in recent Gallup polls, almost half of Americans agreed with the statement that humans today are the descendants of Adam and Eve from about 10,000 years ago. And many of the largest churches in America have hosted us in their pulpits this year, such as First Baptist Atlanta, Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, Thomas Road Baptist, etc. This is not “fringe”. Plus, Dr. David Menton of our staff spoke at a Lutheran seminary last month. Our supporters come from all across the evangelical spectrum.

In addition, our website gets more traffic than almost all ministries, our radio program is on 800 stations in the U.S., over 900,000 guests have visited our Creation Museum in less than 2 1/2 years, etc., and yet you write that we are “fringe”?

—Another wrong statement you made: that we tie “nuclear weapons” to creationism. Where have we ever made a bizarre statement like that?

—You wrote that “as society changed, the definition [of] marriage changed in the Bible. It wasn’t just between a man and a woman . . . .” Well, how do you deal with what Jesus said about marriage in Matthew chapter 19? “Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?” God made them male and female, and this is the “cause” (i.e., reason) for marriage. Marriage is between a man and woman only.

—No, we are not a rich ministry, however you have chosen to define “rich”. Our biggest expense is staff salary (we have about 300 staff), and that’s the biggest chunk of our expense (as we attempt to pay a “workman worthy of his/her hire”). Also, had you done your research, you would have noticed that much of the excess we have on the books is money that has been set aside for the construction of a new auditorium (we are still collecting the funds and have not yet started to build). Plus, the salary figure you quoted for Ken includes benefits and expenses. I should mention that the executive directors of two similar-sized non-profit organizations in this area receive 2–3 times the compensation. Lastly, most people would say that “rich” describes a person earning at least $1 million a year.

You were concerned that “the part that hurt me the most” about Ken’s blog was that he mentioned your name and church name, adding that “I am assuming there was a reason for this which I can guess is to encourage people who come and read his blog to spam my site, my twitter address, and possibly church with personal attacks.” No, we don’t want people to attack you. But when we read of someone making so many false charges about our ministry and is also compromising the Bible’s clear teachings in the foundational book of Genesis, we want to warn people. As you yourself stated in your original article, “I write this not to only criticize, but also to warn.” You find it fine to warn people about us in a public way and yet we are not allowed to? Yes, it’s not fun being corrected, but that is not an attack on your person.

You wrote a “scathing” (your word) article about us and mentioned Ken by name, but why did you hide behind a pseudonym?

You apologized for mistakenly calling AiG the publisher of Already Gone. Thank you for that. But please retract the much more serious mistakes you made.

Pastor, please: next time you summarize the contents of a book and present a critique (a “review”), read it first.

Regards,

Mark Looy
CCO
Answers in Genesis

The above certainly doesn’t seem like one of the supposed “hate filled comments” to me! I challenge this theologically liberal Lutheran pastor to admit where he was wrong—he can certainly disagree with us, but to publicly make false statements against us and not allow us to present the other side for his followers to read? That needs to be dealt with! Sadly, the pastor dealt with it this way on his blog:

Attention Spammers from AiG November 16, 2009 at 12:23 am

In the past few days, I have been getting lots of spam/hate comments/comments telling me how horrible I am/telling me how I am going to hell/telling me I am wrong/telling me how much I hate the Bible/etc. I have also gotten phone calls at the church I am called to. This is exactly what I wrote would happen due to a negative blog from the president of Answers In Genesis. I am so glad that you are taking the time to check out my blog and then writing comments that are either hurtful or unkind about me or about my ministry. I have been forced to remove comments until this all blows over. I hope your zeal for insulting me is just as strong as it is for Christ. I will continue to hold onto the grace of God and the cross of Christ. I will continue to preach his word. Please use your time for this purpose as well. As you can see, I have removed the articles to help speed the process of healing and forgiveness. I challenge Ken Ham to do the same. Have an awesome Christ filled day!”

So, he can make false statements about me and AiG—he can misrepresent us in various ways—we correct him (NOT in a hateful way), and his response is the above? Again, I challenge the pastor to deal with the false accusations he made against us—yes, we obviously disagree regarding marriage, creation, etc.—but many of the previous statements he made about our ministry and us personally were simply not true (as Mark has gently but firmly demonstrated). That needs to be dealt with by the pastor, but he is apparently so embarrassed by what he has written, that he now does not want any further public embarrassment by being corrected on his blog by our posting—and has shut down further comment. He has refused our efforts to give his readers the other (correct) side.

Also, we would never say that a person who does not believe in Genesis as written can’t be a Christian—it’s faith in Christ that saves.

By the way, Mark would welcome a call from the pastor if he wants to discuss this further.

In Wisconsin

Today I am in Wisconsin to speak at Northland International University, Dunbar, Wisconsin. I will be speaking at three major sessions—all are open to the public. Go to the AiG website for details.

Devotion

Everlasting salvation

(Isaiah 45:17) But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

As we win souls we never stop to marvel at how when a sinner from his heart calls on the name of the Lord to be saved that an everlasting salvation takes place.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

“Godless” Billboard Going Up in Cincinnati.

The item continued:

“Don’t Believe In God? You are not alone.” [sic] are the words featured on the billboard on Reading Road at 12th Street, one block south of Liberty Street. It was placed there by Cin CoR, the Cincinnati Coalition of Reason.

The group says the display is part of a coordinated statewide campaign that includes similar billboards announced today in Columbus and Cleveland. It’s aimed at raising awareness about people who don’t believe in a god.

First of all, who is in this group putting up these billboards? From their own words, they state:

The United Coalition of Reason is a national organization that works to raise the visibility of local groups in the community of reason. Nationally, we do this by conducting campaigns which highlight the fact that nontheists live in every community across America. Locally, we do this by promoting informal cooperation among local groups, hosting a local coalition website, providing group leaders with free public relations training, and funding a publicity campaign. There is no obligation, financial or otherwise, for these services and United CoR’s efforts are cooperative and supplementary to the work already being done by national and local nontheistic organizations.

Now there are currently three of these billboard campaigns in Ohio: Cincinnati area, Columbus area, and Cleveland area. Each has its own local Coalition of Reason group with various atheist/rationalist/freethinker/secular humanist groups as “members.” The Cincinnati sponsor is the Cincinnati Coalition of Reason (Cin CoR). They state:

Welcome to the The Cincinnati Coalition of Reason. We are a collection of nontheistic groups in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky working together to increase awareness of secular-minded principles and organizations. We invite you to explore all of the groups, listed under the member organizations tab, and to join one or two if you are interested.

Three local atheist groups are members of Cin CoR: Cincinnati Atheists Meetup Group (they arrange informal meetings in the Cincy/Northern Kentucky area.); Free Inquiry Group of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky (FIG); and Camp Quest Ohio.

Here is what is interesting about all this: the Free Inquiry Group and the atheist founder of Camp Quest (and a founding member of the Free Inquiry Group) were some of the atheists who demonstrated outside the Creation Museum when it opened in 2007, and also the Free Inquiry Group was the group that initially opposed the first site we had selected for the Creation Museum—and their opposition initially was because we were a Christian group. And the founder of Camp Quest was one who was with nearly 300 atheists/agnostics who visited the Creation Museum in recent times and held a mock communion service outside the gates to openly mock the death and resurrection of our Lord.

Now, America is a country with freedom of religion, and, so, atheists are able to put up these billboards to promote their religion of atheism (yes, it is a religion—a system of belief held to with ardor and faith, and in this case, blind faith). However, it is interesting to note that many people from these atheist groups actively opposed the Creation Museum, demonstrated against it, held up placards at the opening with statements that were personal attacks, and rented a noisy plane to pull a banner over the museum to harass us and accuse us of lying. Many such atheists have written blogs attacking us personally, using vile language and blaspheming God.

Yes, these intolerant atheists cry loudly when people have opposed some of their billboard campaigns in certain areas—but they themselves actively oppose Christian organizations—and the Christian message—and attack people personally. The inconsistencies and hypocritical nature of what they do is blatant.

Also, think about this: a group called Free Inquiry wanted to stop us from building a museum on private property and using private funds, initially saying that it was because we were a Christian ministry. Then they tried to come up with more legitimate-sounding reasons (e.g., we were in a rural area) to oppose us, but their true motivation in vehemently opposing us had already been shown by that time. But, then again, for an atheist who doesn’t believe in absolutes (except their own belief that their opinion determines what should be done), there is no such thing as right, wrong, love, or whatever—all depends on how such a person determines they will define things. So, it’s no wonder they do whatever they want to—all is ultimately relative—there is no purpose and meaning to anything except what they themselves determine.

One last thing: the ultimate message of these billboards is that there is no God. Therefore, there is no ultimate meaning or purpose in life. What is the point of even putting up such billboards? They have no ultimate purpose anyway!

Today’s devotion is one every atheist needs to take heed of:

Devotion

I, even I

(Isaiah 43:11) I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no savior.

The plain truth is that there is just no other hope to be saved from sins, avoid hell, and gain heaven other than through the rejected and despised Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

Two of our long-time volunteers (about 15 years here) served during WWII: Art Hunsicker was in the famous Battle of the Bulge during the bitterly cold winter of 1944/45, and Dick Sauer served in the Pacific theater. Thank you, men, for your service as well.

Answers in Library’s Read Campaign

One of our friends and supporters sent this in:

I thought Ken Ham might get a kick out of this picture. Nappanee [Indiana] did a read campaign this summer, and Marcus and Debra sponsored me for a picture that is displayed in their coffee shop and I believe also at the city library. When I was asked to hold one of my favorite books, of course my mind went immediately to the [New] Answers Book :=) Hope you are having a great day.

—Matt

Beyond Our Expectations

If you asked me what is one of the most-heard comments from people who visit the Creation Museum, it would be that it is “beyond their expectations.” Here is a comment received by email this past week:

Thank you so much for all you did for our family! [We] had a wonderful time at the Creation Museum . . . . We were all impressed with the excellence and thoughtfulness put into every display and how the whole complex was beyond our expectations. You have all done a tremendous job of showing how our Creator and Savior loves us from the beginning and to this day.

The entire staff and volunteers were helpful, courteous, and professional. The lecture by Dr. David Menton was educational and the Stargazer’s Planetarium was awe-inspiring. The grounds were peaceful and beautiful, and we enjoyed being out in the midst of the trees, water, and nature. We have already shared our journey with many family and friends, encouraging them to experience it for themselves.

Devotion

Called thee by thy name

(Isaiah 43:1) But now thus says the LORD that created you, O Jacob, and he that formed you, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed you, I have called you by thy name; you art mine.

The Lord Jesus Christ calls each sinner by his name with an intimate knowledge of everything about him and a deep concern for his eternal destiny.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

I was reminded of this verse when I read a secularist’s response to my recent blog on atheists and their claim of “child abuse” against Christians for teaching children about Christianity and creation. I encourage you to read my previous blog post and then read the response that was written to this:

Ken Ham lives in a prison of his own making. A dark narrow place where the light of reason and knowledge may never shine in. He teaches children that they are inherently evil and depraved from birth, and their only hope of avoiding being thrown into the Lake of Fire to scream forever in infinite agony is to debase themselves before an imaginary bronze-age deity and surrender their intelligence and autonomy as human beings. Evolution teaches us the great truth that all live on this planet is related, and connected to all other life. What a wonderful, uplifting thought – as opposed to believing a primitive just-so story about humans being created from dirt, or from the rib of a thing that was created from dirt. Depriving children of the opportunity for knowledge, keeping them ignorant and cowering from a non-existent old man with a beard in the sky, is most definitely child abuse in my book.

There is much that could be said, of course, but I first want to point out that this person not only mischaracterizes and misrepresents Christianity, but excludes the real truth concerning what this person wants children to be taught.

Christians teach children that life is special—the God loves us with an infinite love—so much so that despite the fact we did rebel against our Creator (we sinned in Adam) and thus sentenced ourselves to being separated from a Holy God—Our Creator stepped into history to pay the penalty for our sin to save us from what we did to ourselves! And the gift of salvation is FREE—nothing we can do to earn it—but freely receive it! (“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,” Ephesians 2:8.)

And what is the “wonderful, uplifting” message we are “depriving children of” by not teaching them they are just animals, evolved from primordial pond scum?

When Dr. Richard Dawkins (atheist and God hater) was asked for Beliefnet:

What are your thoughts about the despair some people feel when they ponder natural selection and random mutation? The idea of evolution and natural selection makes some people feel that everything is meaningless—people’s individual lives and life in general.

He answered:

If it’s true that it causes people to feel despair, that’s tough. It’s still the truth. The universe doesn’t owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn’t owe us a nice warm feeling inside. If it’s true, it’s true, and you’d better live with it.

What a wonderful message for the world! Life is meaningless and hopeless! So live with it! How is that for a wonderful meaningful uplifting message for children?

And in response to a question about the “after-life” and death—Dawkins responded:

I would say, “Don’t imagine for one second you’re going to paradise . . . . You’re going to rot in the ground.”

What a wonderful uplifting message for readers—you are just going to rot in the ground! Of course, if people took Dawkins’s message seriously for the children of the world—that there is no purpose and meaning in life, and when you die, that’s it; you won’t even know you ever existed—then what is the point of living? Why not end it now and get it over and done with? And he (and others like him) accuse Christians of conducting “child abuse”?!

And let’s ask this question of the secularist who wrote that ridiculous response to my blog—is there any evil in the world? Actually, this person has to admit that if there is no God, then one’s morality is whatever one wants to make it to be. And yet, I am sure this person would condemn murder or child abuse—but if life is just chemistry and we are just animals, why is it “wrong” to commit any act one wants ultimately?

People need to wake up to the fact that the secularists have taken over the public education system and are teaching an atheistic, naturalistic, anti-God religion to generations of children. That is the ultimate child abuse—raising up generations of children to believe there is no God and they are just animals in a materialistic, mechanistic, evolutionary world. Thus, there is no purpose or meaning.

So, as it states in the book of Judges:

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes (Judges 21:15).

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

Intellectual child abuse … Our favorite [expletive] crazy Creationut Ken Ham has a new Dino-book out for the kiddies …

But who is really conducting the ‘child absue?’

These secularists want to teach children they are nothing but rearranged pond scum  (as a Scientific American article once called people)—they are just animals—when you die that is the end of you totally, so there is no real meaning and purpose in life. There is no hope—all is hopelessness and purposelessness.  This is why they want children only taught atheistic evolution: so they will believe they are just an animal.  No wonder we see generations increasingly acting in accord with such a philosophy.  And these secularists are the ones who have demanded legalized abortion, so they can allow millions of children to be killed in the womb!

This is all real child abuse that is going on across this nation and around the world.

At AiG and the Creation Museum, we teach children the truth concerning who they are and where they come from—that they do have purpose and meaning in life—that they were created for a purpose—that our Creator so loves us, even while we are sinners (as we sinned in Adam), He paid the penalty for our sin and offers a FREE gift of salvation so we can live with Him for eternity. Yes, there is purpose and meaning in life. We are not just animals; we are all made in the image of God.

Christians need to become more active in responding to these “child abuse” claims and standing up for what is right and showing this culture who the real “child abusers” are.

But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea. Mark 9:42

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying

Ken

Long-time supporters Dr. Steve and Ruth Carter have been “creationist evangelists” for many years in southern Pennsylvania, where Dr. Carter gave many creation talks—especially for young people. They both saw the power of the creation/gospel message to change hearts and minds (one of our ministry’s best friends became an on-fire Christian after hearing Steve speak on creation in the ‘90s).

When Dr. Carter retired, he wanted to use this passion for apologetics to advance AiG’s biblical message. A year ago, they volunteered at the museum and on the grounds for several days, and then in early August, he and Ruth (she grew up on the mission field in Africa and eventually became a registered nurse) started here as volunteers alongside dozens of other AiG volunteers–Steve and Ruth matching up the skills of the volunteers with the many tasks here. They spoke to our staff Tuesday morning about their new ministry with us. See the two photos.

To find out how you can volunteer at Answers in Genesis and the museum (many aspects of the Creation Museum, by the way, were performed using volunteer help), go to this web page. It’s so great to have Ruth and Steve with us! By the way, you will love not only volunteering at AiG and the Creation Museum, but fellowshipping with this special couple.

A Spectacle to Behold

We do read numerous, extremely positive reports about the Creation Museum in both the secular and Christian press. Here is one from this week:

Creation Museum was a spectacle to behold

Nebo News
By Debbie Daugherty, Nebo Correspondent Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:09 PM CDT

Greetings once again from the west end of the county. Well, we made it back from Cincinnati. We had a great time, even though it rained on us all the way there and back. The Creation Museum is a must see. It is a state-of-the-art masterpiece. Plan on staying all day, at least, to see all of the exhibits. We also went to the aquarium . . . .

By the way, this is a reminder that there are some other great things to do in our Cincinnati area, so you can plan to visit the Creation Museum and spend your vacation time in this area. For example, my personal recommendations would include the following:

1. Visit the Creation Museum (near the Cincinnati Airport)—allow at least one full day, but many people prefer two days.
2. Visit the Newport Aquarium (a morning or afternoon), which is also here in Northern Kentucky yet very close to Cincinnati.
3. Visit the excellent Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (near Dayton and just one hour from the Museum—and it’s FREE)—it is the largest such in the world. I like it far better than the Smithsonian. You can learn history—the history of flight, World War 1, and World War 2—the space age, walk through Air Force One (the plane that carried the body of President Kennedy from Dallas to Washington, DC in 1963), etc.
4. The Cincinnati Zoo (a bit of evolution/millions of years here and there—but once you’ve been to the Creation Museum, you can cope with that!)—one of the leading zoos in the USA.
5. One of the largest amusement parks in America is King’s Island, which is north of Cincinnati (about a 45-minute drive north from our museum).
6. In downtown Cincinnati, there is the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (about 20 minutes from us).
7. Regionally, we can point you to the world’s largest cave system (so far discovered): Mammoth Caves. It’s about three hours south of our museum. Just make sure you read this article first, though, before you go.

Visit the Creation Museum website for more information on area attractions and day trips.

Devotion

Those that did cleave

(Deuteronomy 4:4) But you that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

As cleavers one day in Heaven, it will be said to us as it was to those Israelites that we as those who have cleaved to the Lord Jesus Christ are all alive this day.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

Why did Barack Obama win the US election and did the fact he is over six feet tall influence the voters? The authors of a paper published in Current Biology this month argue that due to ‘a hangover from our evolutionary past’ factors like age, sex, height and weight play a major part in the determining our choice of leaders.

You can read the entire report at: http://www.physorg.com/news175360092.html

However, the Bible makes it clear that God raises up kings and destroys kingdoms—God is sovereignly in control of everything—even the election of President Obama.  And the Scripture also commands us to pray for our leaders (I Timothy 2:1-2)—and we certainly need to do that.

Creation Museum Ahead of Last Year

Attendance at our Creation Museum is ahead of the previous year!  I still remember secular scoffers claiming no one would come, and also even Christian scoffers claiming it would be a white elephant!  On Friday, a local television news crew interviewed me concerning the Creation Museum attendance.  They were amazed at how many people have visited (almost 900,000 in 2 ½ years) and the fact that attendance is even up compared to  last year.  I have included  a photograph taken Friday of some of the buses that brought various groups (a total of 1300 people were here that day, and 1700 yesterday—and we’re no longer in the summer tourist season):

Mississippi Ministry

Pray for the conference at Morrison Heights Baptist Church where I will be speaking today and tomorrow.  You can obtain details from the AiG website.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying

Ken