This and That

Read Into It

The Last Word on the First Adam, p. 36

Examine more biblical, historical, theological, and archaeological evidence for a literal Adam in Searching for Adam. Find it at AnswersBookstore.com.

Evolution’s Issue with Soft Tissue, p. 22

Are dinosaur fossils really millions of years old? Read about it in Echoes of the Jurassic by Dr. Kevin Anderson. Find it at AnswersBookstore.com.

The Problem With Pronouns, p. 27

Learn about culture’s attack on sexuality and confront those lies with Scripture in Rosaria Butterfield’s new book, Five Lies of an Anti-Christian Age. Available from Crossway.

Beauty Beyond Our View

James Webb Telescope, p. 12

You might be surprised to learn that the magnificent images of our universe would look completely different to the naked eye. Telescopes, like the James Webb, capture infrared light beyond a human’s visible spectrum, turning what might be invisible dust and gas into data that instruments and computers can record. To visualize the stunning discoveries, the data must be transformed into colors we can see. This complex process assigns portions of the non-visible spectrum into colors on our visible spectrum. Imaging experts at NASA typically assign the shortest wavelengths of infrared light a blue color, the middle wavelengths a green color, and the longest wavelengths a red color. This allows us to see beyond the limits of our own eyes and marvel at our Creator’s handiwork.

More Evidence Confirming a Young Earth

Evolution’s Issue with Soft Tissue, p. 22

Soft tissue isn’t the only biological material sometimes found in fossils. Scientists have discovered fossils containing red blood cells, bone cells, and biochemical compounds like proteins, including collagen and keratin.

But that’s not all. Carbon-14 (a radioactive element used to date fossils) has been found in fossils supposedly dated at hundreds of millions of years old. The problem for evolutionists is that carbon-14 decays so quickly that no detectable carbon-14 is expected to remain in fossils after 50, 000 years.

Digging Up Biblical History

Cursed, p. 52

Have you ever wondered what goes on at an archaeological dig site? As it turns out, a lot happens each day, and it takes a lot of people to make a successful dig.

At a dig site, diggers must break up the compact dirt within an archaeological square. Next, they scoop the loose dirt into a basket and move it to a dry sift station where the smaller pieces of pottery and other objects are removed. The leftover materials get taken to a wet sift to further filter any other finds that may have been covered by mud and dust.

Photo courtesy of Associates for Biblical Research

At the end of the day, each piece of pottery is scrubbed and placed in a basket to dry. The next morning, experts sort the pieces according to their period.

Once a dig is completed, the archaeologists compile a report that details and analyzes their discoveries and correlates them with Scripture when appropriate.

Here are some of the people you might find working on a dig project:

• Director of excavations
• Project coordinator
• Square supervisor
• Small finds expert
• Wet sifting supervisor
• Ceramic typologist
• Excavation nurse
• Archaeologist
• Conservationist
• Pottery restorer
• Numismatist (coin specialist)
• Metal detectorist
• Zooarchaeologist (analyzes animal remains)
• Photographer
• Archaeological architect