Today's Creation Moment

Despite the fact that most microorganisms are necessary and good, throughout our lifetimes each of us encounters tens of thousands of different infectious bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. Ref: "MIT researchers isolate masterbuilder' diseasefighting gene." Minneapolis StarTribune , Dec. 22, 1989. p. 2. Image: T-cell dependent b-cell activation, showing TH2-cell (left) B-cell (right) and seve...

What would the typical living cell look like if enlarged to the size of New York City? Let's take an imaginary journey through the cell. Notes :  Image: HeLa cells stained with Hoechst (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Some things don't have to be understood to be appreciated. You can enjoy the smell of dinner cooking or the scent of a rose without any idea of how your nose works. And believe it or not, you're doing just as well as the most brilliant biologist. REF.: Reyneri, Adriana. 1984. The nose knows, but science doesn't. Science 84 , September. p. 26. Notes: Image: HeLa cells stained with Hoechst (PD) © 20...

While scientists often talk about how it takes millions of years to form oil and gas deposits, they say little about the fact that oil and natural gas are forming today in the ocean's sediments. The sediments of the Gulf of Mexico are well known examples of the rapid natural formation of petroleum deposits. In addition, oil and natural gas are seeping from petroleum deposits under the floor of the...

These days we don't have to wait very long before we hear some nonsense about how flight or—more recently—space travel are but stages in human evolutionary development. As Christians we know that when Adam, the first man, is described as perfect, he is perfect in every way—spiritually, morally and intellectually. This probably explains why Scripture says that within the first few generations of hu...

One of the most studied but least understood organs in the human body is the brain. The human brain is the most complex arrangement of matter in the universe. There are many different theories about how the brain works, but one universally recognized fact is that the brain is more sensitive to damage than any other organ. REF.: Sobel, David. 1983. Brain selfrepair. Omni , v. 55, February. p. 39. I...

Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species opened the modern era of evolutionary thinking. The very name of his book suggests that as we look back in time, we should see fewer kinds of animals. Darwin led many people to think that there should be a greater variety of plants and animals today than in the distant past. And, those plants and animals should be more sophisticated today.   Image: Image:...

What has three eyes, lives in the sea and can swim faster than most boats can travel? No, it's not a creature from another planet. It's the porpoise. REF.: Schwarz, Joel. 1984. Porpoise secrets. Omni , v. 6:6, March. p. 37.  Image: Two Dalls Porpoises (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.  

How would you like to live in a neighborhood where garbage was never collected and taken away? What if there was no provision in the creation for getting rid of waste? By now the earth would have become a filthy mess! REF.: Minute diners love our waste. The Province , July,12, 1989. Image: Trash can with trash (Pixabay.com) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.  

While evolutionary historians refer to the ages of humanity before the birth of Christ with terms like the Stone, Bronze and Iron ages, it seems that human metal working technology was much more sophisticated than these names suggest. And that fits with what Genesis 4 tells us about human history. Notes: Illustration: Drawing of Baghdad battery parts by Ironie CC BY SA 2.5 © 2024 Creation Moments....

One interesting way in which to help young people gain an appreciation for God's creation is to ask them to solve certain problems that the Creator Himself had to solve. REF.:  Science 84 , April 1984, p. 65. Image: Sunflower Seed (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

One of the most amazing things in our modern age is the scientist who thinks he can use science to judge the Bible. After all, many things accepted today as scientific fact were first taught in the Bible. Notes: Illustration: Earth's water cycle (PD) © 2024 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Many different creatures, from mice to insects, eat seeds. The tropical forest offers the greatest variety of seeds found anywhere in the world. The problem is that among this great variety are seeds that are poisonous and others that are hard as rocks. Yet even these seeds are used for food by some creatures. REF: Science 84 , April 1984, p. 65. Image: Hymenaea courbaril (PD) © 2024 Creation Mome...

Relationships among creatures who are often very different from one another are so numerous—and so intelligent—that they witness to an overall design for living things. Even evolutionists recognize this when they talk about the "grand design" of the living world. And if design is that evident, there must be a designer. But there's even more to the matter than seeing a designer. REF.: Science 84 ,...

If we could harness all of the sun's energy that reaches the earth, we would have more than enough energy to fill all our energy needs—even if the entire world became as industrialized as the west. Yet less than .10% of all of the sun's energy output reaches the earth! What is going on within the sun to create so much energy? REF.: DeYoung, Don B., and David E. Rush. 1989. Is the sun an age indica...

Sociologists are treading more boldly on ground that once was the sacred domain of Christianity. In recent years sociologists have tried to explain why certain universals exist among human beings. They are puzzled, for example, by the fact that a smile or a look of grief looks the same in every culture in the world. REF.: Rensberger, Boyce. 1983. On becoming human. Science 83 , April. p. 38. Photo...

The frogfish is yet another strange creature for which those who believe in evolution can find no history. Not only do evolutionists admit that frogfish are not related by evolution to any other creature, but also they can find no relationship among 35 of the 41 known species of frogfish! Image: Frogfish (PD)

Nearly everyone is familiar with the way in which the whistle of a train moving toward them lowers in pitch as the train passes. The change in pitch is caused by the change in the movement of the train relative to the listener—first it is moving toward the listener, but after it passes it is moving away. This change in pitch is called Doppler shifting. Now let's apply this principal to the bat's e...

Is language learned or is it a builtin part of our very nature? If we were made by a Creator who values communication, we would expect to have some builtin language skills and desires. In fact, common features among all languages would also support the Bible's historical account of how humans once had only one language.   REF.: Gould, Carol Grant. 1983. Out of the mouths of beasts. Science 83 , Ap...

We hear it often: Christian values are to blame for most of the problems in society. Marriage is ridiculed as "just a piece of paper." Strongly held convictions of right and wrong are said to be to blame for arguments, fights and wars. And by all means, we must free ourselves from old fashioned attitudes about sex and marriage. REF.: Rensberger, Boyce. 1983. Margaret Mead. Science 83 , April. p. 2...

In Psalms 148:3 the sun, moon and stars are specifically encouraged along with the rest of creation, to praise God. And truly God, as our Creator and our Savior through Jesus Christ, is worthy of all praise. But perhaps many Christians have been a little too ready to accept this biblical language as figurative. Image: Sun by Alexas Foto Pixabay.com

The number of different kinds of insects in the world seems almost endless. There are millions. The larva of many of these insects feed on trees and bushes at least until they develop into adults. One would think, then, that we wouldn't have any trees left, since they are so unfairly outnumbered by such hordes.   REF.: Bernhardt, Peter. 1989. Wily Violets & Underground Orchids: Revelations of a Bo...

Australia has many animals that are not found anywhere else in the world today. One of the most unique is the wombat, which looks like a small bear with brown fur. The wombat is a burrowing animal. REF.:Major, Trevor. 1989. The backward wombat. Reasoning from Revelation , August. p. 3.   Photo: A Youngster   Looks out of it´s mother´s pouch_TimSagorski_CC BY SA 4.0jpg  

           While the origins debate is basically a religious debate, many people have been taught that evolution is science and creation is religion. But even according to the evolutionists's own rules of science, evolution is not good science. Let's the claims of evolution in light of what science knows today. REF.: Brown, Walter T. 1984. The scientific case for creation: 116 categories of eviden...

Evolution says that life began with the simplest forms. It took over a billion years just to evolve algae and another billion years for living things to have more than one cell. It took half a billion years of slow development to generate today's creatures. And evolution says that this story comes from the fossil record. REF.: Marland & Rudwick. 1964. The great intraCambrian iceage. Scientific mer...