This year’s $1.5 million Templeton Prize was awarded to geneticist and ardent evolutionist, Franciso Ayala (a former priest). The Templeton Prize website states:
The Templeton Prize honors a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works. Established in 1972 by the late Sir John [...]
Monthly Archive for March, 2010
On what has been called “the most-listened-to Christian radio station in America,” Dr. Jason Lisle of AiG will be representing the young earth position while Dr. Hugh Ross of Reasons to Believe will argue the case for an old earth on Wednesday (March 31st) at 5pm Pacific (8pm Eastern) on KKLA radio out of Los [...]
As we have noted in our lead article today, this Wednesday marks the last day you can take advantage of an “early-bird” discount for our “Defending the Faith” family conference near the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. Right now is the time to make your summer vacation plans and have your family join us in beautiful northern Tennessee in July—and save [...]
On Thursday morning, AiG researcher and speaker Dr. Andrew Snelling spoke to our staff. With a PhD in geology, he is recognized as one of the finest creationist geologists in the world.
In October, Dr. Snelling will be traveling to Israel to do some on-site geological research, but also lead AiG supporters on a one-of-a-kind tour [...]
The book Already Gone—which details the research conducted by America’s Research Group into why 2/3rds of young people are leaving the church—continues to make an impact across the nation (and around the world). Here is an email received last week:
Someone sent our pastor the video and book “Already Gone.” We had already [...]
One of the so-called “angry atheists” visited the Creation Museum last week—social/political commentator and bestselling author Christopher Hitchens. The author of God is Not Great (a hard-hitting book that takes a shot at all theistic religions—it remains very popular), he spent about 45 minutes inside the Creation Museum. I was in California at the time, and so Mark Looy (after someone [...]
I wanted to let you know more about a biblical archaeology ministry called ABR (Associates for Biblical Research). ABR exists to use the field of archaeology to confirm the historical accounts of the Bible, including the Old Testament. Here is a link that takes you to some of its recent articles: http://www.biblearchaeology.org/research.aspx
Two ABR writers/researchers will be [...]
AiG’s Mike Riddle returned from the UK last week after a speaking tour as part of the outreach of AiG UK. As a veteran and a Marine, he wanted to visit nearby Normandy (a province in France) to pay tribute to the several thousands of Americans who lost their lives on the beaches of Normandy in June 1944.
Here is a summary of [...]
In January, just a few days before a massive earthquake hit Haiti, I had a blog item about the AiG booklets that are now available in the Haitian Creole language. We’ve had many requests for the Haitian booklet on the 7 C’s of History since it appeared in my blog and in the AiG newsletter. It is now available online (along with some other articles [...]
This past Saturday at Cornell University, there was a lecture on our Creation Museum. The university website advertised the event this way:
PRI Director Warren Allmon shares his thoughts after visiting the Creation Museum near Cincinnati. The Museum, which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually, is dedicated to the proposition that the Earth is only 6,000-10,000 [...]
