April – June 2013

What unique conditions were required to start the Ice Age, and where does it fit in Bible times? Why did Ice Age animals grow so big, and what happened to them? Also, can you explain why God made more species of beetles than any other animal? Can you prove that Genesis 1–3 is not a Near Eastern myth? Read the answers to these questions and many, many more in this issue!

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Features

• Magazine Article

  Genesis—The Original Myth Buster

  

  Jan. 10, 2021, pp. 26–29

  Is the Genesis account of creation a well-told myth, a sly story with a theological twist, or true history that demolishes all alternatives?

• Magazine Article

  Epigenetics—Inheriting More Than Genes

  

  Jan. 24, 2021, pp. 30–32

  All our lives, we’ve heard that our physical makeup is determined by our genes, not environment. But the science of epigenetics is forcing scientists to rethink their assumptions.

• Magazine Article

  Nanobots Show Promise with Artificial Muscle

  

  Jan. 31, 2021, p. 33

  Doctors dream of the day when they can send micro-machines up our bloodstream to attack cancers and deliver medicines.

• Magazine Article

  Does God Hear?

  

  April 11, 2021, pp. 34–37

  Many churches now place a heavy emphasis on praise and worship music in their services. It’s important to make sure our priorities line up.

• Magazine Article

  Experiment—Iron: Toxin on the Table

  

  June 23, 2016, pp. 38–39

  Rusty old iron is toxic to our bodies. Yet God designed all living things to depend on a steady supply of iron to continue living.

• Magazine Article

  Environmental Clean-Up Crew

  

  April 22, 2021, pp. 40–41

  Did the Creator foresee the biological resources we would need to help correct our mistakes, as we fulfill His command to “subdue the earth”?

• Magazine Article

  Slime Mold—Mindless Mapmakers

  

  Feb. 28, 2021, p. 42

  Food-gathering slime molds can build a complex network as efficient as Tokyo’s rail system in just 24 hours, without giving it a second thought!

• Magazine Article

  Special Feature—Mysteries of Our Frozen Past

  April 1, 2013, pp. 45–59

  Few people dispute that an Ice Age once struck the planet, leaving telltale marks. But many mysteries remain.

• Magazine Article

  When Was the Ice Age in Biblical History?

  April 1, 2013, pp. 46–52

  The Bible doesn’t say, “And then there was an Ice Age.” Yet it does help us narrow down when the ice built up and then melted away.

• Magazine Article

  What Started the Ice Age?

  

  April 1, 2013, pp. 53–55

  Geophysicists have a love-hate relationship with “the Ice Age.”

• Magazine Article

  Why Were Ice Age Animals So Big?

  

  April 18, 2021, pp. 56–59

  When you think of the Ice Age, you think of big critters like the woolly mammoth and giant sloth. Why was this huge size so helpful?

• Magazine Article

  Gay Marriage as a Civil Right—Are Wrongs Rights?

  

  April 1, 2013, pp. 60–63

  The homosexual rights movement has adopted the language of “civil rights” as its own. Do these claims have any legitimacy?

• Magazine Article

  Beetles—Go Anywhere, Do Anything

  

  April 24, 2021, pp. 64–68

  The most diverse order of animals on the planet is by far the beetle order. God shows how He can take one design and create a spectacular array of forms.

• Magazine Article

  How Did We Get All This Coal?

  

  April 1, 2014, pp. 70–73

  Were enough plants alive at the time of the Flood to produce huge reserves of coal so quickly?

Departments

• Publisher’s Pen

  p. 6

• Readers Respond

  p. 7

• Perspective

  p. 10

• Resource Preview

  p. 20

• Created Creature

  pp. 22–25

• Parents’ Corner

  p. 79

• Biblical Authority

  p. 80

• Subscriber Exclusives

• Impact

  pp. 15–18

• Last Word

  p. 82

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