January – March 2010

Fossils are filled with mystery. They are commonly used to attack the biblical worldview, but in reality the Bible gives us the keys to help us solve these mysteries. How could recently discovered dinosaur tissue have survived until today? Why is the first fossil layer filled with such an astonishing variety of life (“the Cambrian Explosion”)? Read this issue to understand these and other mysteries of our world!

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Features

• Magazine Article

  Sauropods Engineered for Size

  

  Jan. 1, 2010, pp. 26–29

  The biggest of dinosaurs were some of the long-neck sauropods.

• Magazine Article

  Space-Age Leaves

  

  Aug. 19, 2012, pp. 30–31

  The intricate folding of the beech leaf is an ingenious design. Scientists are using patterns found in nature.

• Magazine Article

  Pint-Size Predators

  

  Aug. 26, 2012, pp. 32–33

  Today's carnivorous plants show how topsy-turvy the world has become after Adam;s rebellion.

• Magazine Article

  Stumbling Stones or Stepping Stones

  

  Sept. 2, 2012, pp. 34–37

  To understand fossils, we either begin with God’s Word or with human opinion that rejects God’s Word. Our starting point makes all the difference in the world.

• Magazine Article

  Five Fossil Mysteries . . .

  

  Sept. 26, 2012, pp. 38–47

  How skilled are you at properly handling the Word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15)? Would you know how to answer these questions?

• Magazine Article

  One: Life’s Unexpected Explosion

  

  Jan. 1, 2010, pp. 40–42

  Where did the Cambrian Explosion come from?

• Magazine Article

  Two: Those Not-So-Dry Bones

  Jan. 1, 2010, pp. 43–45

  If dinosaurs died millions of years ago, how can their fossils still contain soft tissue?

• Magazine Article

  Three: Without a Leg to Stand On

  Nov. 23, 2009, pp. 44–45

  Birds are vastly different from dinosaurs. How could one come from the other?

• Magazine Article

  Four: Amazingly Preserved Leaves

  

  Jan. 1, 2010, pp. 46–47

  When leaves die, they shrivel up and crumble. So why is the fossil record full of well-preserved, flat leaves?

• Magazine Article

  Five: Tracks But No Trilobites

  

  Jan. 1, 2010, pp. 48–49

  Why do we find lots of trilobite tracks in lower rock layers, but we don’t find any trilobite fossils until higher up?

• Magazine Article

  More Than a Revolution

  

  Jan. 1, 2010, pp. 50–54

  How should Christians respond to the issue of homosexuality?

• Magazine Article

  Mapping Out the Truth

  

  Sept. 9, 2012, pp. 56–59

  A creationist dig site in eastern Wyoming has set a new standard of excellence in fossil fieldwork.

• Magazine Article

  Maturing the Message

  

  Oct. 14, 2012, pp. 60–63

  The creation message has matured over the past three decades, as the discernment and understanding of creationist leaders has matured.

• Magazine Article

  Order in the Fossil Record

  

  Nov. 3, 2010, pp. 64–68

  Rock layers can be explained within the biblical framework of earth history.

• Magazine Article

  Radiometric Dating: Making Sense of the Patterns

  

  March 16, 2011, pp. 72–75

  Interpreted in a biblical framework, radiometric dating methods help us better understand the earth's history since creation six thousand years ago.

• Magazine Article

  Completeness of the Fossil Record

  Dec. 8, 2010, pp. 69–71

  Creationists predict that we have a nearly complete record of all species that ever lived.

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• Publisher’s Pen

  p. 6

• Readers Respond

  p. 7

• Perspective

  pp. 9–13

• Impact

  pp. 15–18

• Resource Preview

  p. 20

• Created Creature

  pp. 22–24

• Creation on Display

  p. 76

• Truth 4 Teens

  p. 78

• Parents’ Corner

  p. 79

• Biblical Authority

  p. 80

• Last Word

  p. 82

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