Let's Talk Creation

As we continue our series on Creationism 101, Paul and Todd tackle Genesis 5-6, which include the genealogy of Adam's son Seth and the world before the Flood. Topics include exploring the intriguing similarities between Cain's and Seth's genealogies, the debate over the identity of the "sons of God" and "daughters of men," and the rather surprising literary structur...

We apologize for the lateness of this episode. In this episode of "Let’s Talk Creation," hosts Todd Wood and Paul Garner are joined by returning guest Joe Francis for a deep look at the crazy world of viruses. Framed in the context of God's good design, Dr. Francis and our hosts explore the purposes and functions of viruses beyond just agents of disease. Because God made the world &q...

On this episode of Let's Talk Creation. Todd and Paul answer more of your questions. We've collected questions from YouTube comments, emails, and other social media, and Todd and Paul try to answer as many as they can in one episode. We didn't get through all of them! This episode covers the Lucy Skeleton, flood boundary, and more! Support our work   🔬📖Donate to Support the Mentoring...

Ken Coulson from @CreationUnfolding joins Paul and Todd to talk about his new book Creation is Fallen: The Curse, Animal Suffering, and the Problem of Natural Evil (https://amzn.to/4dpiOUe). As theologians continue to try to reconcile evolution and the Christian faith, more scholars advocate doing away with the traditional doctrine of the fall. In this episode, Ken explains in detail why that just...

Our Creationism 101 series continues with the tale of Cain, Abel, and Cain's family. Todd and Paul chat about the nature of an acceptable sacrifice, the personification of sin, and the way Cain's descendants are described. They also give a brief overview of the genealogy in Genesis 5. And yes, because everyone still wants to know, they talk again about the mysterious origins of Cain's...

Episode 135: Creation Theology with Rahel Wells   Before anyone gave the science of creation any thought, creation was a theological doctrine. In this 3-part series, Paul and Todd chat with theologians about the doctrine of creation and its importance to Christian theology. In part 3, the guys talk with Rahel Wells of Andrews University onthe practical and moral dimensions of creation theology. Ho...

Before anyone gave the science of creation any thought, creation was a theological doctrine. In this 3-part series, Paul and Todd chat with theologians about the doctrine of creation and its importance to Christian theology. In part 2, the guys talk to Hans Madueme of Covenant College on what theology and the doctrine of creation are. Why is the doctrine of creation important to Christians? Find o...

Before anyone gave the science of creation any thought, creation was a theological doctrine. In this 3-part series, Paul and Todd chat with theologians about the doctrine of creation and its importance to Christian theology. In part 1, the guys talk to Jud Davis of Bryan College on the relationship of creation to the biblical metanarrative. How does creation relate to our salvation and our ultimat...

It's been more than a year since we answered some of yourquestions, so let's get back to it! We've collected questions from YouTube comments, emails, and other social media, and Todd and Paul try to answer as many as they can in one episode (which turns out to be not very many). They cover limestone formation, endogenous retroviruses, the timing of the ice age, snake venom composition, animal migr...

Does oil take millions of years to form? If it did, that would be proof positive that the earth could not be thousands of years old. Join Todd and Paul as the chat with geologist Richard Bruce all about the formation of oil. Not only can oil form rapidly, hot water makes it happen! Oil is uniquely explainable by a global flood. Learn all about it in this latest episode of Let's Talk Creation!...

As we celebrate FIVE whopping years of thoughtful creationist discussions, Paul and Todd pause to answer a common question. Why are you doing this? Our hosts spend a lot of time researching and planning the show and recording episodes. Todd and Paul describe the passion for God and his creation that drives them both to explore and study God's works and to share their learning with the world. A...

And here you thought our "After the Flood" series wasover! Surprise, we got a new episode! We had several thoughtful responses to our "After the Flood" series from last year, and we decided to record a response episode. Is there too much happening in too little time? Can we be sure? How could species change so much? Could animals really raft across the ocean? All that and the C...

In this latest installment in our ongoing Creationism 101 series, our hosts Todd and Paul tackle the fall as described in Genesis 3. Our story begins in the idyllic Garden of Eden where God has just created Adam and Eve, but it all comes crashing down when Eve has a conversation with a serpent! Who is this serpent, and how do we know? Join Paul and Todd as they explain all the consequences of Adam...

Todd and Paul wrap up their big Czech Adventure with a visit to the Stone Age! Long ago, the southern Czech villages of Pavlov and Dolní Věstonice were home to mammoth hunters, and they left abundant evidence of their dwellings, prey, and even culture. Over the past century, Czech archaeologists have been excavating those sites, and Paul and Todd are going to get the whole scoop as they wander the...

Lucy may be the most famous Australopithecus fossil, but Selam is much better preserved. Researchers discovered this fossil in 2000 just across the river from where Lucy was found, and the recent exhibit at the Czech National Museum in Prague included this fossil as well as Lucy. In this episode, Paul and Todd review all the details from this skeleton, including a part that is completely unique in...

Todd and Paul travel to the National Museum of the Czech Republic to see the first exhibition of the Lucy skeleton in Europe! They stood in line with throngs of other people to witness this seminal Australopithecus skeleton firsthand. In this first in a series of three episodes recorded in Czechia, Paul and Todd describe what they saw and what it was like to view the original bones. What surprised...

Hominins and feathered dinosaurs get all the publicity, but what even is a non-mammalian synapsid? They are some of the weirdest and coolest fossils in the fossil record, and they get almost no attention! Join Todd and Paul as they chat with paleontologist Matt McLain about these weird fossils. Do they really prove mammal evolution, or is there much more to the story? Find out on this episode of L...

Did God really make a man and name him "Dirt?" He sure did! Todd and Paul talk about creationist beliefs in Genesis chapter 2. They cover all the basic creationist beliefs from the creation of Adam (AKA "Dirt") to the planting of the Garden of Eden to the naming of animals and the creation of woman. Also: Did it rain before the Flood? (*SPOILER* YES.) Where is Eden? (*SPOILER*...

Were the Flood waters filled with chemical contamination? Did Noah and company leave the ark to find a world poisoned with toxic sludge? In their latest episode, Todd and Paul chat with chemist Aaron Hutchison about the toxic elements arsenic and mercury. Dr. Hutchison explains his research on these dangerous elements and what would have happened to them during the Flood. Listen in and find out ho...

Everyone says that Genesis 2 contradicts Genesis 1! Could everyone be wrong? Join Paul and Todd as they discuss the alleged problems with Genesis 2 in this latest episode in our Creationism 101 series. From the name of God to the creation of birds, Todd and Paul take on eight contradictions and find most of them wanting. The detailed creation of Adam is definitely different from the creation week,...

We often hear the claim that creationism is a recent theological error, but there have been young age creationists for most of the history of the church. In this episode, Todd and Paul chat with Warren Johns about the Scriptural Geologists, a group of creationists active during the earliest growth of the science of geology. Back before geologists were geologists, there were still creationists hold...

Plate tectonics tells us all about how the continents are drifting along at a centimeter or two a year, ever so gradually reshaping the surface of the earth, remaking the ocean floor, and causing earthquakes and volcanoes the world over. But what if it went a lot faster? In this episode, Todd and Paul chat with geophysicist Sarah Peterson about the CATASTROPHIC version of plate tectonics that has...

Sometimes the fossil record preserves some really astonishing traces of past life, including footprints and even burrows! But how can there be burrows if the fossil record were formed by a singular, catastrophic flood? Leonard Brand wondered this very same question and set out to try to understand how much of a problem this really is. Todd and Paul chat with him about his research on fossil burrow...

With yet another Jurassic Park movie in the theaters, popular attention once again turns to dinosaurs, so Todd and Paul made a dinosaur episode! Special guest and T. rex expert Matt McLain tells us all about these "tyrant kings." Where do they come from? What were they like? And most importantly, how can a creationist understand the place of Tyrannosaurus in God's good creation? Chec...

When Todd isn't recording podcasts with Paul, what does he do all day? Find out in this episode as Paul learns all about the ministry of Core Academy. From scholarships to retreats to student mentoring, Core Academy is dedicated to training up a new generation of creation scholars. Find out more at coresci.org! Please excuse our sound quality, we are working to fix the issue. Core Academy of S...