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Creation Day 1
Discusses the properties of light that contribute to make our planet habitable
Age of the Earth
How old is the Earth? What is the basis of radiometric dating? What is the meaning of “half-life?” How can creationists explain radiometric dates of many millions of years? What unsolved questions about the age of the Earth are of greatest interest?
Creation Day 2
What are the properties of the earth's atmosphere that make it just right to sustain life?
Origin of Life
Have scientists created life? What is the meaning of the famous “Miller-Urey Experiment,” which produced amino acids from a simulated primordial atmosphere? Could life begin by chance in a "primordial soup"? Evaluate the theory that life began on mineral or clay surfaces in the ocean, perhaps around hydrothermal vents. How have developments in chaos theory and emergent properties affected our understanding of the origin of life problem? Has life been found on Mars?
Radiocarbon Dating
What is the basis of carbon-14 dating? What materials can be dated by carbon-14? How accurate are carbon-14 dates? What are the assumptions used in determining carbon-14 dates? How would carbon-14 dating be affected by a global flood? What unsolved problems about carbon-14 dating are of greatest interest?
Design and Catastrophe: 51 Scientists Explore Evidence in Nature
Jim Gibson, Ronny Nalin, Humberto Rasi (Editors). 2021. Andrews University Press. ISBN-13: 978-1940980300
Return of the God Hypothesis
Stephen C. Meyer. 2021. New York: HarperOne. ISBN-13: 978-0062071507
Book review by Jim Gibson
Compact Time: A Short History of Life on Earth
John C. Walton. 2021. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1800461246
Creation? Really?
Leonard R. Brand. 2019. Pacific Press. ISBN-13: 978-0816365029
A book that explores the creationist worldview in the form of a dialogue
Unbelievable
Michael Newton Keas. 2019. Intercollegiate Studies Institute. ISBN-13: 978-1610171533
Many false myths about the history and relationship of Christianity and science have entered the popular culture. This book traces seven of these myths to their origins.
Foresight – Fresh Examples of Intelligent Design
Marcos Eberlin, 2019. Discovery Press. ISBN-13: 978-1936599653
Intelligent design seen from nitrogen-processing bacteria to bird eggshells and respiratory regulation.
Faith, Reason, and Earth History - 3rd Edition
Leonard Brand and Arthur Chadwick. 2016. Andrews University Press. ISNB-13: 978-1940980119
Short videos based on this book are available here.
Darwin's Black Box
Michael J. Behe. 2016. Free Press; 2nd edition. ISBN-13: 978-0743290319
Choose You This Day: Why It Matters What You Believe About Creation
Leonard R. Brand and Richard M. Davidson. 2013. Pacific Press. ISBN-13: 978-0816344345
Understanding Creation
L. James Gibson and Humberto M. Rasi, (Editors). 2011. Pacific Press. ISBN-13: 978-0816324286
The New Creationism: Building Scientific Theories on a Biblical Foundation
Paul Garner. 2009. Evangelical Press USA. ISBN 13: 978-0852346921
Book review by Jim Gibson
The Book of Beginnings: Creation and the Promise of Redemption
Ben Clausen and Gerald Wheeler. 2006. Review and Herald Publishing Association. ISBN-13: 9780828019859
Origin by Design
Harold G. Coffin, Robert H. Brown and L. James Gibson. 2005. Review & Herald Publishing Assn. ISBN-13: 978-0828017763
Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity
Nancy R. Pearcey. 2004. Crossway Books. ISBN-13: 978-1581344585
In Six Days: Why Fifty Scientists Choose to Believe in Creation
John F. Ashton, (Editor). 2001. Master Books. ISBN-13: 978-0890513415