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For “progressive Christians,” many Christian children’s books are skewed and they don’t want to read them to their children. So, they are writing their own.
Do we live on a young or an old earth? That question was the subject of a debate between Ken Ham and Dr. Jeff Zweerink on a radio show, Unbelievable.
Chinese law forbids Christian parents from teaching children about Christ promising fines and other consequences for those who violate the law.
Recent headlines were reporting on a study that claims that human embryos supposedly have muscles not found in adult humans, but are found in lizards.
Clear biblical teaching—accepted by nearly everyone until very recently—has been declared “incompatible with human dignity” by a British court.
Saturn’s rings are made up of billions of particles of dust, rock, and ice, all orbiting the planet together. But exactly how old are Saturn’s rings?
The topic of climate change is always in the news but has been dominant lately due to protests from young people around the world. Is this hysteria justified?
Union Theological Seminary in New York City actually held a chapel service where students confessed and prayed to a bunch of potted plants.
This new Merriam-Webster definition for the word “they” reads that “they” can be “used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is nonbinary.”
The Scientist discusses Neanderthal DNA and its appearance in our genome. Researchers have been digging to see what marks Neanderthals left in our DNA.
Netflix brought back the animated show based on The Magic School Bus books, and authors have a new book planned, The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution.
Researchers discovered that “angry” (aggressive) spiders in storm-prone areas survived better and reproduced more offspring than tamer spiders.
For decades, scientists have been searching for a so-called “gay” gene. Of course, this is more than just some dry academic pursuit.
A case in Virginia involving a transgender student and restrooms has been settled by a federal judge. The case was decided in favor of the transgender student.
A recent study found that, in both gray squirrels and fox (red) squirrels, the black fur on some squirrels is caused by a variant form of the same gene.
The newest example of so-called “convergent evolution” is the eyes of crane flies and humans, supposedly as revealed by the fossil record.
In an Instagram post (that’s been taken down), the popular Hillsong songwriter Marty Sampson announced he was walking away from his professed Christian faith.
Headlines around the world announced that an international team of scientists working in China had created human-monkey chimeras.
A recent poll in the UK revealed that 89%—nearly 9 in 10—of young people, aged 16 to 29, “believe that their lives have no meaning or purpose.”
The results from the 2018 GLAAD “Accelerating Acceptance Survey” showed there has been a significant drop in LGBT “allies,” particularly among 18–34-year-olds.
Dr. William Trollinger, professor at the University of Dayton, recently launched an attack on the Ark Encounter and Ken Ham on his supposed “scholarly” blog.
Okjökull, known as Ok, lost its status as a glacier in 2014 due to its shrinking size. The presumed cause of the shrinkage? Man-made climate change.
Recently, a major Kentucky newspaper, the Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky.com), stooped quite low and published an opinion column worthy of a tabloid.
Last week, the National Education Association (NEA) adopted a statement that endorses abortion. The NEA is the largest teachers’ union in the US.
Recently, scientists announced the discovery of a new species of lizard inside the stomach of a microraptor, what they call a type of “gliding dinosaur.”
A recent news article about a fossilized lily, the supposed oldest ever discovered (115 million years), reported the fossil looked just like. . . a lily.
Our culture has largely abandoned God’s definition of marriage, throwing out “man” and “woman.” This dangerous precedent has begun to redefine marriage yet again.
The evolutionary story has changed about the so-called time of the dinosaurs, and the old story is now considered a myth and false narrative.
The Nicene Creed has been repeated in churches around the world, including one in Maine. But the writers of the Creed certainly wouldn’t recognize one part.
When you think of fungi, you probably don’t think “smart”—especially considering they don’t have brains! But these incredible organisms are indeed “smart.”
According to the sexual revolution, love has “no gender, race, or religion”—but does “love” have an age? Well, according to Snapchat—it doesn’t.
A slab of limey shale features something incredible—259 fish, with scales, eyes, and fins—frozen as if in mid-swim. But how on earth is this possible?
The website The Conversation hosted an article, in a series designed for children, to answer a reader-submitted question, “Are humans going to evolve again?”
A recent article from Fox News looked at five recent climate change warnings, and various experts weighed in on why these warnings were too over-the-top.
The intention of a recent article is clear: bills which recognize the humanity of a baby, based on fetal heartbeat, are wrong and abortion is acceptable.
Dr. Georgia Purdom and Dr. Jennifer Rivera attended the annual meeting of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), and it wasn’t quite what they were expecting!
A recent article announced the so-called “rapid evolution” of bird species in Hawaii. It’s happening so fast, they call it “a blistering pace” of evolution.
Should a business have to supply female uniforms to male employees who identify as female? That’s the basis for a lawsuit against a Detroit funeral service.
Here at Answers in Genesis, we’re often accused of being “anti-science.” But do you know who is often anti-science? Those who support abortion.
The headline for a new study summarized by National Geographic declared, “Speedy horses evolved only recently, says landmark equine study.”
A new study showed it’s not just our noses that contain olfactory receptors (the protein responsible for detecting smells)—it’s also our tongues.
Headlines around the world are announcing the discovery of a new species of “bat-wing dinosaur” uncovered in China. But what was this creature?
Since tube anemones live slow, long, predictable lifestyles, it’s assumed they’re simple. New research shows their mitochondrial DNA is anything but simple.
Researchers in the South American nation of Chile have announced the discovery of a human footprint they’ve dated at 15,600 years.
An article highlights one of the reasons why Christians shouldn’t buy into every alarmist and dire claim—many of the “gloomy predictions” haven’t come to pass.
A Barna Group study revealed that half of pastors in the US “feel worried about speaking out on certain issues because they’re worried about offending people.”
One supposed extinction event, “the Great Dying,” is the subject of new research that claims volcanoes were responsible for wiping out 95% of life on earth.
Easter Sunday is truly a day to rejoice as we specifically set aside time to remember and celebrate the victorious resurrection of our Lord from the grave.
Matt Walsh “contend[ed] that Christians should not appeal to the Bible when arguing with unbelievers about political and cultural topics.” Is he right?
Headlines trumpeted the news last week, “New species of early human found in the Philippines.” How should we as biblical creationists understand this find?
What is marriage? According to an opinion piece by human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell, it’s an outdated, patriarchal system that needs to be replaced.
A recent journal article features the discovery of a fossil (MUSM 3580) touted as a “walking whale,” in the Pisco Basin, located in the desert of Peru.
The news has been buzzing recently with headlines such as this one from New Scientist, “Incredible fossil find may be first victims of dino-killer asteroid.”
Scientists announced their analysis of a 65% complete T. rex skeleton, and their estimates put this dinosaur at 28 years old at death and 19,500 pounds.
Should you or should you not have children? Can’t decide? Maybe you should go and see a parenthood-indecision therapist (and that’s not an April Fool’s joke!).
After examining a fossil left in a storage box, scientists made a surprising discovery—this fossilized bird was preserved with her unlaid egg still inside her.
What’s to stop the redefinition of sexuality from including children, multiple partners, or even animals? And that’s exactly what we’re seeing.
Many UK churches have been forced to close their doors. And now a national heritage group in Canada is warning that the same thing is happening there.
National Geographic reports that scientists have now observed a pod of “type D” killer whales in the wild for the first time.
A new reconstruction features baby T. rex as a turkey-sized ball of fluffy feathers. Did T. rex and other dinosaurs feature a covering of feathers?
How did humans start cooperating with one another? A recent study suggests the belief in “punitive gods” caused our evolutionary ancestors to begin cooperating.
A recent article on Forbes.com blared with the headline, “Earliest Signal Ever: Scientists Find Relic Neutrinos From 1 Second After The Big Bang.”
Yet another report has hit the news of a child being sexually assaulted in a restroom by a biological male who self-identifies as a woman.
New legislation in France erases the words mother and father from school forms, instead replacing them with the terms parent 1 and parent 2.
Many Christians are rescuing and adopting embryos as an affirmation that even the tiniest embryo is a human being, made in the image of God.
Increasingly, relationships called “polyamory” are growing and becoming more acceptable in the eyes of the culture.
A new study proposes maybe it was a taste for fat that gave early humans bigger brains needed to evolve into modern humans—and that’s why we crave fat today.
An online document called Dissent from Darwin has been signed by over 1,000 scientists, including many from respected institutions.
The Bible clearly teaches all humans descended from Adam and Eve. A new discovery confirms what the Bible taught all along!
It’s hard to believe it’s already been five years since my debate with iconic TV personality and ardent atheist and evolutionist, Bill Nye, “the Science Guy.”
South Carolina allowed faith-based foster care agencies to abide by their religious convictions to place children with Christian, church-going families only.
In recent times, Americans have been waking up to the extreme bias of the secular media, understanding that you can’t necessarily trust the media.
The NY Senate passed what they call the Reproductive Health Act, to legalize abortion up until birth, on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.
In an obvious display of their anti-life bias, most major news outlets completely ignored the massive crowd at the annual March for Life, in Washington, DC.
Today on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, known as National Sanctity of Human Life Day, we remember those murdered children, and we weep over their lost lives.
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, was stripped of his honorary titles by the laboratory where he did most of his work. But why?
The abortion giant Planned Parenthood recently released a new billboard campaign in Iowa to normalize the killing—murdering—of unborn children.
Recently the Nashville Statement was translated into Dutch and signed by over 250 Christian leaders—and prosecutors are investigating if this breaks the law.
Researchers have announced what they believe to be the oldest flowering plant, a flower with a tree-shaped style and spoon-shaped petals.
Following the FFRF’s most recent attack on freedom of religion, American Atheists has launched an attack on tours arranged by park and recreation departments.
Our thanks to attorney Nate Kellum of the Center for Religious Expression for this response to the latest attack on freedom of religion in America by the FFRF.
For nearly 60 years Barbie and Ken—the dolls produced by Mattel—have been a pair. But a gay couple is meeting with Mattel in the hopes of changing that.
A recent editorial reminded me of the secular claim that diamonds take billions of years to form. Is that true?
We recently had the opportunity to welcome the directors from our international offices and videotaped updates on what is happening in their mission fields.
The American Atheists are holding an anti-Christian convention in Cincinnati in April. Join us for AiG's Easter conference: Answering Atheists.
A new study reveals ichthyosaurs likely had blubber, smooth skin, countershading, and may have been warm-blooded.
Instead of saying, “beat a dead horse,” animal activist group PETA wants you to say, “feed a fed horse.” Why? To “remove speciesism” from daily conversation.
The group Americans United for Separation of Church and State site ran a blog, “Creationists Remain Hard at Work Trying to Block Sound Science Education.”
A recent news item explained that Twitter has updated its terms and user agreement to include a ban on “misgendering” and “deadnaming”.
It’s long been believed the great Inca civilization never left behind any written records. But what if that’s just because we couldn’t recognize their writing?
A recent survey of Netflix Originals found that 61% have a TV-MA (mature content) rating, with an additional 18% receiving a TV-14 rating.
Neanderthals have long been considered our evolutionary cousins and are usually portrayed as brutish and uncivilized. But is this characterization true?
If a biological male can claim he’s a female based on how he feels, why can’t a 69-year-old male claim he’s 49 years old based on how he feels?
Matt Walsh misses the heart of the issue in his rebuttal of Ken Ham and young-earth creation.
Matt Walsh has since responded to this post. We will be responding to his video on Answers News November 19, 2018, starting at 2 p.m. (ET)
A minister in the United Church, a liberal denomination in Canada, has reached a settlement that allows her to continue pastoring despite her professed atheism.
An “Ask a Scientist” article explains, “The Big Bang Theory is a timeline of the history of the universe. It says nothing about how the universe was created.”
A recent study of the tiger genome confirmed that there are six extant subspecies of tigers, confirming exactly what we would expect starting with God’s Word.
Many Christian colleges, institutions, and Christians stand at a crossroads right now. God’s Word gives us direction on how to think for such a time as this.
Theaters have dropped the top-performing film Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer apparently because it paints abortion in its proper light.
Can we call creation “very good” in the face of climate change? That’s the question posed by “eco-theologian” and Presbyterian minister Dr. Neddy Astudillo.
A recent letter in the Guardian expresses concern over the “suppression of proper academic analysis and discussion of the social phenomenon of transgenderism.”
Kelvin Cochran, former Atlanta fire chief, was terminated from his position in 2014 after writing a devotional book for a Christian men’s Bible study.
A news item from close to home caught my eye. What stood out in this article was that the dinosaur in question was a juvenile sauropod.
A small wooden sign hanging in the cafeteria of a Maryland school simply reads: “Give us this day our daily bread.” Sounds rather innocent, doesn’t it?
Earlier this year in Alaska, the Downtown Hope Center became embroiled in a religious freedom lawsuit filed by the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission.
All three of the Nobel Prize winners in chemistry were recently awarded their prize “for their work in evolutionary science.”
It seems researchers studying plants found that plants seem to produce fruits in colors matching what the local animals that eat them can easily see.
Azusa Pacific University had announced in the student-run campus newspaper that the restriction on same-sex relationships between students was being lifted.
In only 10 years or so, you’ll be able (so we’re told) to see woolly mammoths, rhinos, cave lions, and long-extinct horses in a Siberian “Pleistocene Park”.
Stephen Wood claimed to identify as a woman, and he was sent to a jail for women. He used this as an opportunity to sexually assault four women in the prison.
A recent study, led by the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, found around 20% of the genes which had been classified as coding genes were not coding.
A recent find at two archaeological sites in Croatia (just across the Adriatic Sea from Italy) discovered dairy lipids in several fragments of jars of pottery.
A news item recently reported on a study which found that the bonnethead shark (a smaller relative of Hammerhead sharks) actually eats and digests seagrass.
Army chaplain Scott Squires and his assistant Kacie Griffin were recently cleared of religious discrimination in a case significant for religious liberty.
The American Atheists claim field trips to the Ark Encounter or Creation Museum are “violations of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.”
According to a recent article, in 2017 the Humanist Society of Scotland married more couples than the Church of Scotland.
The scientific community is buzzing with the news that a bone fragment was recovered from a young girl whose parents belonged to Neanderthals and Denisovans.
Roger Foley, who has a degenerative brain condition, is suing a hospital, health care agencies, and the government for denying his right to “assisted life.”
According to a study of flowers trapped in amber, flowering plants had the same fragrant scents at the so-called “time of the dinosaurs” as many flowers today.
Euthanasia is the idea that a patient can choose to end their own life with a doctor’s help. Belgium now allows children of any age to choose euthanasia.
Scientists have recently announced the “surprising discovery” of a dinosaur similar to Diplodocus (one of the long-necked dinosaurs) in northwest China.
How far would you go for a belief? Would you be willing to go to jail over your opposition to abortion?
We’re excited to announce we shattered a record at the Ark Encounter last weekend. On Saturday, August 4, 2018, we welcomed over 8,500 guests.
Lab-made fossils showed it doesn’t take millions of years to form fossils! Scientists were able to create fossils from fresh specimens in just 24 hours—one day!
Did the book of Leviticus once permit homosexuality? That’s the (fallible) opinion of Dr. Idan Dershowitz, a Harvard professor of biblical studies.
How often do you read the Bible, and where do you read from? These were two questions a recent study from Crossway asked 6,000 Bible readers.
Are we living in a new geologic age? Recently, geologists announced a name for the geologic age we live in: the Meghalayan Age.
In a new trend, public libraries are hosting “Drag Queen Story Hours,” where drag queens read books, sing songs, and do crafts with children in the library.
Because of researchers’ frequent use of zebrafish, they show up as part of evolutionary studies, including a study comparing their scales to hair and feathers.
A bus company in the UK has pulled advertisements from the sides of its buses promoting an upcoming Festival of Hope featuring Franklin Graham.
Recently former US President Jimmy Carter was asked in an interview for his thoughts on gay “marriage” and if he thought Jesus would approve of it.
A group of professing Filipino Christians recently marched in an LGBT pride parade near Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Their message? “I’m sorry.”
A new study demonstrates that Neanderthals used “advanced hunting techniques to stalk and kill their prey.”
Should people be killed to avoid suffering? That’s the position that famed atheist Richard Dawkins takes on the unborn, according to a recent tweet.
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of pro-life clinics in California, which means they won’t be forced to promote abortion as an alternative.
Canada has just recognized two men and one woman who are involved in a “polyamorous” relationship as the parents of one child on the child’s birth certificate.
This extinct frog species, preserved in amber for us to find today, is just another example of God’s limitless creativity.
The Supreme Court of Canada handed down a highly disappointing decision to a Christian university—a decision that will impact religious freedom in that nation.
The upcoming movie Jurassic World prompted an article in Scientific American titled “Jurassic World: Can We Really Resurrect Dinosaurs?”
Reportedly, LGBT activists got upset with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for eating at Chick-fil-A, especially in June during so-called “Pride Month.”
The Christian Post ran a piece on the question, “Is Jesus the only way?” That is, do only those who repent and believe receive eternal life?
Nine out of ten species alive today have arisen in the last 200,000 years, according to a genetic study looking at select portions of DNA from 100,000 species.
During a roundtable discussion in the White House, US President Donald Trump referred to members of the violent gang MS–13 as “animals.”
We typically think of blood as red, but six lizard species in Papua New Guinea bleed green, not red. A new study claims this green blood evolved four times.
Do Christians have a personal responsibility to share their faith? According to a Barna study, Christians are increasingly answering this question with a “no.”
The US Episcopal church is removing “husband and wife” and “procreation of children” from their marriage liturgy after gay and lesbian couples complained.
Andy Stanley, the pastor of North Point Community Church, recently claimed Christians need to “unhitch” the Old Testament from their understanding of the faith.
An anti-Christian crusade in New Zealand has begun. The famous rugby team All Blacks has started a campaign called #DiversityIsStrength.
When Neanderthals (modern man’s cousin, according to evolutionists) were discovered, they were considered primitive. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be “compelling scientific evidence for the largest single mass child sacrifice event known in world history.”
According to a new study of 4,700 American adults, the Pew Research Center found that 80% of Americans believe in God. But what (or who) do they mean by “God”?
Was there ever an advanced civilization on earth before humans? That’s the “thought experiment” being posed in an article published by two astrophysicists.
Despite a lack of evidence, a YouGov study shows half of people in the UK, Germany, and the United States believe there’s intelligent alien life out there.
According to the Red Letter Christians’ website, their mission is to mobilize believers “to live out Jesus’ counter-cultural teachings.”
The fossil record shows a great deal of diversity among post-Flood humans (scientists haven’t found any pre-Flood humans as of yet).
Schools that think biblically on “sex” and “gender” issues wrestle with how to live faithfully to God’s Word while operating in a culture opposed to Scripture.
“Will there ever be another Billy Graham?” Learn why we need a new approach to evangelism, and how to go about it, in Ken Ham’s new book Gospel Reset.
“Our universe may end the same way it was created: with a big, sudden bang.” This is the opening line of a recent article on Business Insider.
A recent news item carried the story of scientists who are recording the results of a really smelly study that involves watching fish and worms rot.
A geologist critiques the idea of a global Flood, claiming the evidence simply doesn’t support such an idea.
Because evolutionists believe birds descended from dinosaurs, they are often desperate to classify fossils that are bird-like as transitional to dinosaurs.
Professors at a women’s college in Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College, have been instructed not to refer to their students as “women.”
Apparently spending time in outer space can actually lead to long-term changes in your DNA.
Scientists concluded that, if we do receive signals from an alien civilization, the aliens who sent it are probably already dead.
The famous evolutionary primatologist Jane Goodall studied chimpanzees in Tanzania. She originally thought they were nice, but she learned otherwise.
Photosynthesis might have evolved a billion years earlier than previously thought, and faster too!
Atheist Richard Dawkins is known for stirring the pot over at Twitter with his inflammatory tweets, such as “Could we overcome our taboo against cannibalism?”
News headlines around the world proclaimed that the oldest known “Briton” (by secular dating methods) was dark-skinned, according to genetic analysis.
According to the Bible, everything reproduces according to their kinds, and, according to a new study, ravens produce—you guessed it—ravens!
It seems that every other month there’s another article about a new moon-formation hypothesis. This month’s is that “the moon may have formed in a vaporised, doughnut-shaped Earth.”
Archaeologists digging in the city of Jerusalem have made an exciting discovery—a 2,700-year-old clay seal bearing the name Isaiah.
According to an opinion piece in National Post, students in Delaware public schools may soon be able to self-identify their own gender or “race.”
We’re increasingly seeing news items relating to polyamory, the idea of someone having multiple supposedly committed relationships.
Bombardier beetles are often discussed in creation literature because of their incredible design features, including the ability to shoot a boiling, noxious gas so they can escape predators.
According to a female rabbi and professor, Eve was the first victim of #MeToo, the recent movement to raise awareness of sexual harassment and assault.
A beautifully preserved spider was recently discovered in Myanmar—but, unlike living spiders, this one had a “tail” that was longer than its body.
Another squashing of free speech took place at the University of Central Oklahoma when my contract to speak was torn up because the LGBT group on campus complained.
A recent article from Live Science proclaimed, “Oldest Fossil of ‘Missing Link’ Dinosaur Discovered in Germany.”
In a world first, scientists in China have cloned primates using the same method that created Dolly the sheep.
The largest abortion clinic in Ohio has launched a sad billboard campaign throughout the Cleveland area.
If you’re Canadian and pro-life, well, you’re “not in line” with the government or society, according to the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau.
There is a browser-based video game, “Trapped,” in which “players follow a simulation of someone who wants to have an abortion.”
A recent article in The New York Times argues that if your child is lying to you, that’s a good thing! So why would you want your child to lie to you?
Many supporters have asked about an article by National Geographic, featuring breathtaking photos of a fossil of an incredibly life-like armored nodosaur.
On Earth Day, April 22, 2017, a group of scientists and science enthusiasts is marching on Washington for what they call the March for Science.
The weekend of promoting Darwin and evolution takes place on the weekend nearest to Darwin’s birthday, February 12 (Darwin Day).
An article in New Scientist, by Teal Burrell, describes the health benefits that come from having a purpose and meaning to your life.
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