Dr. Terry Mortenson Articles

• Lyell’s Atheistic War Against Genesis

  

  Nov. 14, 2025

  What does Charles Lyell have to do with the moral and spiritual collapse of America?

• Magazine Department Article

  What Can We Learn About God from Creation?

  

  Oct. 26, 2025 from Answers Magazine

  Nature reveals so much more about God’s character than a few hints we might easily overlook.

• Magazine Department Article

  Can the Heavens Declare the Age of the Earth?

  

  Oct. 1, 2025 from Answers Magazine

  The design of nature certainly declares something about the Creator. But is it a “sixty-seventh book” of the Bible?

• Pastor: Do the People in Your Church Have a Biblical Worldview?

  

  Aug. 16, 2025

  Three ways pastors can counteract the discouraging statistics

• Adam, Apologetics, and the Age of the Earth

  

  Aug. 3, 2025

  What is the goal of Christian apologetics? Is the earth old since human and dinosaur fossils aren’t found together?

• Who Wrote Genesis?

  

  June 6, 2025

  Strong evidence suggests that Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible, but not everyone agrees.

• Were Rock Layers and Fossils Formed Quickly?

  

  May 23, 2025

  15 pieces of fossil and geological evidence for a young earth and global flood—with pictures.

• Are John Lennox and Jack Collins Right About the Age of the Earth?

  

  April 11, 2025

  John Lennox says, “You can believe the earth is young, but you don’t have to.” Is he right?

• The Necessity of Believing in a Historical Adam

  

  April 8, 2025 from Answers in Depth

  Rejecting the historical Adam comes with serious theological consequences.

• In-Depth Article

  Are the Genesis Genealogies Mostly Gaps?

  

  Jan. 3, 2025 from Answers in Depth

  Responding to Hugh Ross’ Old-Earth Arguments

• Magazine Article

  Making the Leap from Ape to Adam

  

  Oct. 27, 2024 from Answers Magazine

  If you just connect all the dots, isn’t it easy to see how the first humans could evolve from a shared ancestor with the apes?

• In-Depth Article

  Critique of Hugh Ross’s Creation Story

  July 24, 2024 from Answers in Depth

  Does Dr. Ross’s view (particularly about the origin the earth, sun, moon, and stars) really stand up to scrutiny with an open Bible?

• In-Depth Article

  Genesis 1–11: Essential for a Biblical Worldview

  

  May 31, 2024 from Answers in Depth

  Why biblical creation is the answer to today’s worldview crisis.

• Is John Piper Reading Genesis 1–2 Through Paul’s Eyes?

  

  April 6, 2024

  Paul’s historical view of Genesis is clear from his writings.

• “I’m on the Fence About the Age of the Creation, but I’m Open.”

  

  April 3, 2024

  An encouragement to stand on the authority of God’s Word.

• Magazine Article

  Denying Adam: Navigating Evolutionary Ideas and Biblical Truth

  

  March 10, 2024 from Answers Magazine

  When we deny the existence of a literal Adam, we undermine the very authority of Scripture.

• Book Chapter

  Galileo & Creation in Early Modern Science

  

  Feb. 9, 2024 from The Great Turning Point

  The controversies regarding the early chapters of Genesis and the geological discoveries and theories were part of a complex movement of thought which pulsed through the educated minds of Europeans.

• Reformation Day, October 31: Why It’s Important

  

  Oct. 31, 2023

  The authority of Scripture is still under attack today.

• How God’s Work of Creation Differs from His Provision for Creation

  

  Sept. 29, 2023 from Answers in Depth

  As Christians think about the origin and history of the universe and everything in it, it is important to distinguish between God’s original work of creation and his work of providence since.

• In-Depth Article

  Exodus 20:11—An Insurmountable Stone Wall Against Adding Millions of Years to the Bible

  

  Sept. 22, 2023 from Answers in Depth

  God’s commentary on the Sabbath refutes all long-age theories.

• Magazine Department Article

  The Problem of Death

  

  June 30, 2023 from Answers Magazine

  At some point, everyone struggles with tragedy. Without the Bible’s account of creation, there are no good answers.

• Theistic Evolution Is Not the Real Problem!

  

  Feb. 1, 2023

  The billions of years timeline undergirds the secular attack on the Bible.

• Magazine Department Article

  3 Connections Between Adam and the Age of the Earth

  

  Jan. 1, 2023 from Answers Magazine

  Christians who believe in the literal historical existence and fall of Adam should also believe that God created everything in six literal days about 6,000 years ago.

• A Literal Adam Is Not the Issue

  July 6, 2022

  A defense of only the historical Adam without the rest of the creation account is incomplete.

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