Creation Detectives: The Flooded Desert

A comic book narrating an adventurous journey of discovery based on real research.

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?

Ripply Sandstone

Genesis Flood

Where did the water come from for the flood, and where did it go? How could the waters of the flood cover Mt. Everest? How could the Earth be destroyed by 40 days and 40 nights of rain? Was the flood truly worldwide? What about proposals that the biblical Flood story refers to a local flood somewhere in the Middle East? What unsolved questions about the Flood are of greatest interest?

Ice Age

Was there an Ice Age? When was the Ice Age? Why doesn't the Bible say anything about the Ice Age? What caused the Ice Age? How long did the Ice Age last? How did the Ice Age affect the plants and animals? What about other Ice Ages in the geologic column? What are the most significant unsolved questions regarding Ice Ages?

Austrian Alps

Photo gallery of features of geologic and paleontologic interest

Swiss Alps

Photo gallery of features of geologic and paleontologic interest.

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?

Return of the God Hypothesis

Stephen C. Meyer. 2021. New York: HarperOne. ISBN-13: ‎978-0062071507

Book review by Jim Gibson

Geology

A collection of original photos taken by GRI scientists, illustrating a variety of geological features

Canadian Rocky Mountains

Plate Tectonics

Have the continents truly moved apart? When did the continents move apart? Does mention of the division of the earth in Genesis 10:25 refer to plate tectonics? Does Pangaea represent the pre-Flood world? How could the continents move fast enough to rearrange the whole surface of the Earth during the year of the Flood? What unsolved questions about plate tectonics are of greatest interest?

ByDesign Biology: The Scientific Study of Life

2020. Kendall Hunt Religious Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-1792425424

Colorado

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?

Compact Time: A Short History of Life on Earth

John C. Walton. 2021. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1800461246

Speciation

What are the "Genesis kinds?" How do we account for predators, parasites and poisonous creatures if animals originally ate plants? Aren't there limits to how much species can change? What is the taxonomic unit that best represents the originally created kinds? Can species change rapidly enough to account for present biodiversity in a relatively short time? How do we explain the genetic and molecular similarities of humans and chimpanzees? What unsolved problems about change in species are of greatest interest?

Carved in Stone

Timothy Clarey. 2020. Institute for Creation Research. ISBN-13: 978-1946246257

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.

Understanding Creation

L. James Gibson and Humberto M. Rasi, (Editors). 2011. Pacific Press. ISBN-13: 978-0816324286

Coming to Grips with Genesis

Terry Mortensen and Thane Urey, (Editors). 2008. Master Books. ISBN 13: 978-0890515488

Science Discovers God

Ariel A. Roth. 2008. Autumn House Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-0812704488

Origin by Design

Harold G. Coffin, Robert H. Brown and L. James Gibson. 2005. Review & Herald Publishing Assn. ISBN-13: 978-0828017763