Prior to his position at The Master’s University, Dr. Francis served four years as a post-doctoral fellow and one year as a Research Scientist at the University of Michigan Medical School and taught biology for ten years at Cedarville University. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Francis has published numerous scientific articles in medical and biological journals. His research interests include: microscopy, cellular immunology, invertebrate biology, and microbiology.

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  • The Seven C’s of history—Creation, Corruption, Catastrophe, Confusion, Christ, Cross, and Consummation—tell the true history of earth as recorded in the Bible.

  • Rev. Jason Carlson is the president of Christian Ministries International, an organization devoted to evangelism and equipping Christians to share their faith.

  • A clone is a genetically identical copy of a living organism. What about cloning humans? Should Christians view the cloning of animals differently than humans?

  • The fascinating study of microbiology reveals the unbelievable diversity of microscopic organisms—some that even dwell in toxic sea vents and the Dead Sea!

  • This free zoo currently houses over 18,000 animals and is a world leader in wildlife conservation and endangered species protection.

  • The heavens declare the glory of God, and the brilliant beauty of countless stars certainly declares the handiwork of the Creator God.

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  • If God Doesn’t Matter to Him, Do You?

    There are consequences to the unquestioned evolutionary belief of humans as mere products of survival of the fittest, rather than beings made in God’s image.

  • Dr. Diana Lynn Severance, a frequent writer on Christian history, received her PhD in history from Rice University and is the director of the Dunham Bible Museum at Houston Baptist University.

  • Memorize facts about the books of the Bible with flash cards.

  • Numerous cultures across the globe contain myths and legends relating to the creation of the world.

  • Ever wondered who was Cain’s wife or where the Bible came from? Everyone has questions about the Bible, and these questions do have answers!

  • Opting to skirt the controversy of Genesis as literal history, the biblical authority of the Holy Word is called into question and reduced to a collection of mere stories.

  • A trip to the Denver Museum of Science and Nature can be a great time to teach your family or other Christians how to distinguish facts from interpretations.

  • Tony Perkins is Family Research Council’s (FRC) fourth and longest-serving president, having joined the organization in August 2003.

  • Justin is committed to the expositional preaching of God’s Word. Justin has a Master of Divinity with Biblical Languages and a Master of Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

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    Map and directions to Creation Museum and AiG–U.S. headquarters

  • In a quiet pond somewhere on early earth, the many complex chemicals necessary for life came together to produce the first living cell—or did they?

  • Neanderthals are often treated as subhuman despite having all the hallmarks of full humanity. Except a few skeletal variances, they were very similar to us.

  • Everyone has a “worldview,” a way that they see the world. Christians need to have worldview that is built out of the Bible.

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    B.S., Michigan State University
    Ph.D., Wayne State University
    Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan

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