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Creation Day 1
Discusses the properties of light that contribute to make our planet habitable
Age of the Earth
How old is the Earth? What is the basis of radiometric dating? What is the meaning of “half-life?” How can creationists explain radiometric dates of many millions of years? What unsolved questions about the age of the Earth are of greatest interest?
Creation Day 2
What are the properties of the earth's atmosphere that make it just right to sustain life?
Creation Day 3
Explains how the composition of the crust, properties of water, and metabolism of plants contribute to support life on earth
Return of the God Hypothesis
Stephen C. Meyer. 2021. New York: HarperOne. ISBN-13: 978-0062071507
Book review by Jim Gibson
Geology
A collection of original photos taken by GRI scientists, illustrating a variety of geological features
Creation Week Banner, Day 4
Relation of the Sun and the Moon to the Earth and some biological cycles
Plate Tectonics
Have the continents truly moved apart? When did the continents move apart? Does mention of the division of the earth in Genesis 10:25 refer to plate tectonics? Does Pangaea represent the pre-Flood world? How could the continents move fast enough to rearrange the whole surface of the Earth during the year of the Flood? What unsolved questions about plate tectonics are of greatest interest?
Radiocarbon Dating
What is the basis of carbon-14 dating? What materials can be dated by carbon-14? How accurate are carbon-14 dates? What are the assumptions used in determining carbon-14 dates? How would carbon-14 dating be affected by a global flood? What unsolved problems about carbon-14 dating are of greatest interest?
Compact Time: A Short History of Life on Earth
John C. Walton. 2021. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1800461246
Geologic Column
Explains the principle of superposition, the ordered distribution of fossils, the main subdivisions of the geologic column, and the concept of gaps and paraconformities
Faith, Reason, and Earth History - 3rd Edition
Leonard Brand and Arthur Chadwick. 2016. Andrews University Press. ISNB-13: 978-1940980119
Short videos based on this book are available here.
Understanding Creation
L. James Gibson and Humberto M. Rasi, (Editors). 2011. Pacific Press. ISBN-13: 978-0816324286
The New Creationism: Building Scientific Theories on a Biblical Foundation
Paul Garner. 2009. Evangelical Press USA. ISBN 13: 978-0852346921
Book review by Jim Gibson
Science Discovers God
Ariel A. Roth. 2008. Autumn House Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-0812704488
Origin by Design
Harold G. Coffin, Robert H. Brown and L. James Gibson. 2005. Review & Herald Publishing Assn. ISBN-13: 978-0828017763