"Past Meetings Before 2003"

Dr. Baugh hosts a weekly television program,"Creation in the 21st Century". He has been a guest lecturer at NASA for his independent research on the world's first hyperbaric biosphere. More than 30 years of his life have been spent researching the atmospheric conditions before the Genesis Flood. Dr. Baugh is also Co-Director of a research team searching for Noah's Ark and founded the Creation Evidences Museum in Glen Rose Texas.

Directions: Take Hwy 494 to Hwy 5 West, go 6 miles to Chanhassen. Turn left (south) on Power Blvd/Carver Cty #17. Take the second right on Lake Drive (west). Turn right on Mallory Court, you will see the building from the road.

Mr. Faulstich is a noted engineer, inventor and industrialist who has devoted 30 years to Biblical Chronology and is founder of the Chronology-History Research Institute in Spencer Iowa.

November 4th & 11th. 10 AM to 3 PM
United Methodist Church
275 North Halycon
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
Contact person: Susan Phillips (805) 489-8051
Email address: valianttruth{at}juno.com
Mailing Address: Shining Light P.O. Box 1334 Arroyo Grande, CA 93421
Registration Deadline: Friday, November 1, 2002

November 6th & 12th 9 AM - 2 PM
Calvary Chapel 2620 Santa Maria Way
Santa Maria, California

November 7th & 13th 9 AM - 2 PM
Calvary Baptist Church
3355 Constellation Rd. Lompoc
(in Vandenberg Village)
Lompoc, California

Series will include: Worldviews, Revisionist History, School-To-Work system, School Curriculums, Health, Government, Violence Prevention, and more. Series will be video taped for cable and broadcast.

Location: Benson Great Hall at Bethel College (St. Paul/Roseville area)

Schedule:
8:30 Math and Science Festival Registration for participants and volunteers
9:00 Hands-on Activities for Grades 3-6--Adult Volunteers welcome
11:00 Physics Force Circus
12:00 Dismiss
Parking: Across from Benson Great Hall (right side as you approach the building)

The Physics Force is a troupe of university professors that illustrates on stage how much fun physics can be, and provides a uniquely enjoyable science learning experience for all ages. These guys are nuts.

This Saturday's event is coordinated with a hands-on Math and Science Festival for grades 3-6 hosted by Bethel College, and admission is free. Don't let the age group limitation turn you away from the Circus at 11:00. I understand that the show is open to everyone. Details are as follows:

This documentary about the search for Noah's Ark is the most up-to-date video available and does a good overall job of introducing this comprehensive subject and the history surrounding it, if taken along with the 482-page, 265-photograph, 21 co-author book The Explorers Of Ararat: And the Search for Noah's Ark.

The History Channel video features SEARCH Foundation Treasurer Elfred Lee, ARP Director John McIntosh, ArcImaging's Vice President B.J. Corbin and President Rex Geissler, Duke University Professor Lloyd Bailey, Attorney Porcher Taylor, and Georgia Tech Professor Rob Michelson. See https://noahsarksearch.com for more information and a link to order the video.

On a CD-ROM, we have about 50 of Dr. Wilson's books and/or radio series included, plus about another 50 college courses. Included in the books are: Crash Go the Chariots, War of the Chariots, Gods in Chariots and other Fantasies, Close Encounters - A Better Explanation, and The Occult Explosion. The CD should satisfy any genuine researcher. The whole CD was $12.00

Nazareth Hall Chapel
(the building with the microwave dishes on the side)
Northwestern College
3003 North Snelling, Roseville Minnesota

Totino Fine Arts Center, Rm. 116 (the room on the right of the main auditorium) Northwestern College, 3003 North Snelling, Roseville Minnesota

Confused about our origins? See scientific evidence for creation. This course studies scientific issues in: biology, the origin of life, natural selection, embryology, the fossil record, irreducible complexity, and the philosophy of science. See why the Intelligent Design movement continues to grow. The instructor is a leading proponent of Intelligent Design theory, and author of the book, The Biotic Message. (www.SaintPaulScience.com)

The church is visible from the junction of 169 and Rockford Road (Co. 9).
4225 Gettysburg Avenue N, New Hope, MN 55428

Saturday, September 28, 9:00 am--12:00 noon
Archaeology Confirms Accuracy of Bible

First Evangelical Free Church
5150 Chicago Ave. So., Minneapolis.

Totino Fine Arts Center, Rm. 116 (the room on the right of the main auditorium) Northwestern College, 3003 North Snelling, Roseville Minnesota

Any conclusion reached by the use of data must have a sound reasoning system. Any data can be alleged to "prove" anything if we are willing to accept faulty reasoning. Evolutionary theory in general and specifically fossil reasoning is weak. Often creationists jump to the defense of a position when challenged needlessly. We will look at the many problems inherent in attempting to gain insight about the origin of a species by examining the burial of individuals. This will be an advanced level presentation for high school and above.

Russell Arndts earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Louisiana State University in 1968, and returned to St. Cloud State University to teach Chemistry. He was promoted to Full Professor in 1970.

In 1975 he was challenged to look at the theory of evolution by a group of Inter-Varsity students. He was surprised at the weakness of the evolutionary theory and soon learned that the weakness is in the logic system being used to "prove" evolution. In the early 80's, he worked on the mixing model as an alternative to isochrons with Bill Overn, and was a featured speaker at the 1983 National Creation Conference held in the Twin Cities.

Having retired in August of 1999, much of his time is involved in helping grandsons in their lawn mowing and snow blowing businesses. His involvement with church involves helping Christians understand the role of the Christian worldview in their thinking, and especially the role of Creation in the Christian's worldview. Present writings have to do with the big bang and the reasoning process used by evolutionists.

Totino Fine Arts Center, Rm. 116 (the room on the right of the main auditorium) Northwestern College, 3003 North Snelling, Roseville Minnesota

You judged using traditional standards for Intercollegiate Debate judging, which were provided at the debate outset. Did you bring a notepad and pencil?

(There were intermittent pauses for commentary provided by TCCSA during the debate.)

Totino Fine Arts Center, Rm. 116 (the room on the right of the main auditorium) Northwestern College, 3003 North Snelling, Roseville Minnesota

The presentation will follow the outline used by Erich von Fange in his book "Noah to Abram: the turbulent years." We will look at many "greats."

This will be a great presentation to correlate the evolutionary timetable versus the young earth Creation timetable.

Homeschool Science Teacher and Adventure Safaris Leader John Nuckols gives a Biblical perspective as it relates to the paleolithic, copper, bronze ages, etc. Join us!

"Truth is not to be confused with the majority opinion of the experts." Erich von Fange

Erickson Center (Physical Education building)
Rooms 205 and 206
Northwestern College, 3003 North Snelling, Roseville Minnesota

What is the effect of abortions on the U.S. population? was a question posed to Parade Magazine's Marilyn vos Savant in the 20 Feb 2002 issue. Her answer:

"The effect is large. The National Center for Health Statistics reports that, in the U.S., about 6,192,000 pregnancies concluded in 1997 (the latest figures available). Of those, 1,330,000 were aborted."

The same column that day gave three times the ink to a question and answer about the Sandman (and the Tooth Fairy). How can someone "who is listed in the 'Guinness Book of World Records' Hall of Fame for 'Highest I.Q.' even offer a four-word answer to her readers, and expect them to be satisfied? How can evolutionists continue to dodge questions about the origin of life and its staggering information content, and expect the American public to be satisfied?

Unfortunately, the Parade article is a commonplace example of how frustratingly deficient all the answers by evolutionists are when it comes to answering very simple questions about our origin, and what those answers mean to how we live our lives. Carl Sagan did an even worse job of discussing the answers to how life originated in many of his books, once again leaving the reader frustrated.

Dave Stoltzmann's talk will explore a number of "non-answers" given by evolutionists when they discuss life and its origin. Come hear some simple straightforward common-sense questions that never seem to get any detailed answers. "There are certain forms of stupidity that one has to be highly intelligent and educated to commit" (former atheist Dr. J. Budziszewski).

Our community is asking with the rest of the Country "Why is there so much violence?" Want to be shown real answers from reliable known sources, and what can be done to reverse the threat and violence in our lives and community? This is the same information that the instructor presented to the Minnesota State Legislature January 2001. On June 13, 2001, the US Senate passed bill S1-A799 asking educators to discuss information presented in this class with their students.

This easy to understand information is targeted to educate the public in the Worldviews controversy surrounding Creation Science and Evolution Theory. The focus is to make known what individuals and the community can do to prevent and reduce not only violent crime, but other offences to humanity as well, individually and nationally. There is an underlying reason why we are wrestling with increased tolerance for disrespect, failure and unrest in our lives and world issues.

The class is designed to expose the "why" using publicly available information so you can make informed, educated decisions. Some questions to be answered are: Should known fraud and/or deceit be taught as science? What is the real issue behind suppressing information? Why are historically received documents being changed? Is there a social impact from withholding important information? The myth that a person must be a Christian to be a creationist; and the difference between "Creation Science" and "Biblical Creation Science" will also be presented. Actual graphics, illustrations and evidence are presented, parental guidance suggested, not recommended for young children.

Nancy Pearcey's great gift is in elucidating the moral and philosophical implications of evolution. Her talk will also cover the controversy over teaching Darwinism that is going on right now in Ohio, as well as an update on the scientific debate itself -- both the negative evidence against Darwinian evolution and the positive case for intelligent design. Finally there will be an analysis of evolutionary psychology (a revised version of sociobiology), and how it is extending evolution into a comprehensive worldview that can honestly be described as shocking.

Nancy R. Pearcey is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and managing editor of the science journal "Origins and Design." She became a Christian while studying under Francis Schaeffer at L'Abri Fellowship in Switzerland, and went on to earn a master's degree from Covenant Theological Seminary, followed by graduate work in history of philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto. She also studied violin at Iowa State University and in Heidelberg, Germany.

Mrs. Pearcey has been publishing articles on Christian worldview since 1977, when she began writing for the Bible-Science Newsletter, a position she held for 13 years. In 1991, she became the founding editor of "BreakPoint," a daily radio commentary program, and was executive editor of the program for nearly nine years. She was also policy director and senior fellow of the Wilberforce Forum. Her articles have appeared in The Washington Times, Human Events, First Things, Books & Culture, World, The Human Life Review, Christianity Today, The World & I, and the Regent University Law Review. She is currently on the editorial board of Salem Communications Network, and a regular commentator on Public Square Radio. She is coauthor of the books "How Now Shall We Live?" and "The Soul of Science."

Nancy Pearcy wrote the Breakpoint commentaries for 9 years, and is the author of "How Now Shall We Live" with Chuck Colson. She recently testified before Congress on the intelligent design movement. Learn about the movement and its strategy, and much more. The public is invited. For more details call (800) 944-3066 or go to www.blc.edu.

Saturday, April 27, 2002
6:00 P.M. to 9:45 P.M.
at West High School in Iowa City, Iowa with
Dr. Gregory Brewer
Dr. David Kaufmann
Dr. David Demick
for a historic triple-header.

No he was not in two places at once, but it was still workable by driving back and forth.

A two part series for New Hope Baptist Church at Sun Path Elementary School, 2250 E. 17th Ave, Shakopee, MN

Dr. Hovind was also speaking April 21 at Cornerstone Baptist Church, 602 SW 5th St. in Willmar from 9:30 through 11:30 AM.

Dr. Kent Hovind, a world-renowned speaker from Creation Science Evangelism is scheduled to speak on the foundational issue of creation vs. evolution.

Dr. Hovind is known for his ability to speak to all ages, making the subject of creation and evolution very clear and obvious. He speaks over 700 times each year on the subject. He uses humorous stories, cartoon illustrations and simple logic to reach all ages. He welcomes debate.

Second-Ever-International-Creationist
How-To-Build-Your-Own-Fossil-Museum-Seminar

Totino Fine Arts Center, Rm. 116 (the room on the right of the main auditorium) Northwestern College, 3003 North Snelling, Roseville Minnesota

Dr. Donald Chittick, an Answers in Genesis guest lecturer, is a highly effective and experienced speaker on the topics of origins and Earth history, with a special interest in the first eleven chapters of Genesis.

Dr. Chittick earned his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Oregon State University. For many years, he served as chairman of the division of Natural Sciences at George Fox University in Oregon. Since 1988, he has been an adjunct professor of chemistry at the Institute for Creation Research in the San Diego area. University. He was Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Puget Sound and Professor and Head of Natural Sciences at George Fox College.He also holds patents on alternate fuels and in "programmed instruction." He has traveled and lectured in many countries.

As an inventor, Dr. Chittick holds several U.S. and foreign patents and is active in the area of alternate fuels. He also continues an interest in the homeschooling movement.

He and his family also run a ministry entitled 'Creation Compass'. With the help of his wife Donna he now devotes the majority of his time to conducting seminars on science and the Bible, speaking both in the U.S. and abroad. He speaks in schools and universities in addition to churches.

Dr. Chittick is a highly effective and experienced speaker on the topics of origins and Earth history, with a special interest in the first eleven chapters of Genesis. As an inventor, Dr. Chittick holds several U.S. and foreign patents, and is active in the area of alternate fuels. He also continues an interest in the home schooling movement.

Totino Fine Arts Center, Rm. 116 (the room on the right of the main auditorium) Northwestern College, 3003 North Snelling, Roseville Minnesota

Heart of the Matter Lectures St. Paul Series
Borders Bookstore, 1390 West University, near Hamline, in the Midway Marketplace

According to Stephen Hawking, there are many numbers whose values appear to have been deliberately set in order to make life possible on Earth. Does Science point to a possible Designer?

7:30 p.m. Totino Fine Arts Center, Rm. 116 (the room on the right of the main auditorium) Northwestern College, 3003 North Snelling, Roseville Minnesota

Dr. Macosko who is currently at the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry of La Sierra University in Riverside, California, is doing cutting edge research on the structure and function of the molecular machines in living cells. He is also an excellent communicator. Dr. Philip Johnson, godfather of the Intelligent Design movement, says of this lecture: "I found the whole presentation stunning."

Dr. Macosko describes his presentation as, "a guided tour of the inner workings of a cell", "a case for an intelligent designer behind the intricacies of biological molecular machines", or "reasons to reconsider the design hypothesis based on recent biological findings from inside the cell".

Through a virtual tour of life's molecular machines, Dr. Macosko makes a visually compelling case for the intelligent origin of life. He offers examples of "biological machines" which he and fellow researchers study utilizing single-molecule techniques. This is an exciting multimedia presentation that makes molecular biology understandable to young and old alike.

Have you been to the 2001 or 2002 Home School Science Fairs? They are great! Some of the best and brightest kids in Minnesota were there. You could have learned how stable the Ark was in strong winds, how to, and how not to make yogurt, how weight effects the speed of a sled, and how to get energy from chicken droppings. Over 60 projects were up for display with many passersby stopping to check them out. It was a wonderful opportunity to place a Christian viewpoint of science before the public. For detailed directions call Julie Von Vett, 651-464-4361 or consult /adventure/fair.html.

This paper is about the history and philosophy of natural kinds. It seeks to destablise a strongly entrenched view about species (models for natural kinds talk until the mid nineteenth century): namely, that before Darwin everybody was an essentialist (or a nominalist) about species and natural kinds, while after Darwin we all should have gone populational. By exploring naturalist debates and philosophical movements in the immediate pre- and post-Darwinian period, it will re-examine what has been cynically called the "cynical" view of species, where a species is "whatever a [competent] naturalist says it is". It also may help us recover earlier notions of natural kinds mislaid in the late nineteenth century.

3:30 p.m. in 166 Physics (Tate Lab of Physics)
(with refreshments at 3:15 p.m. in 216 Physics)

"Segregation in Granular Mixtures or Sandpiles, Traffic Jams and the Neolithic Transition"

This talk reviewed the surprising properties of one of nature's most common materials -- sand. An understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying the statics and dynamics of granular materials, such as powders and grains, is significant for many industrial (including pharmaceutical, construction and agricultural) applications and geophysical problems. Such questions as when will a collections of grains of sand form a stable pile, and under what conditions will an avalanche occur, have recently attracted the attention of the Physics community, though they are well known to Civil, Chemical and Mechanical Engineers. A striking property of granular media is the tendency for an initially homogeneous granular mixture to segregate by size or mass when shaken, rotated or simply poured. For example, when a binary mixture of sand and sugar is poured into a vertical Hele-Shaw cell, the mixture spontaneously forms stratified alternating layers of nearly pure sand and sugar, not unlike the striation patterns observed in sandstone.When a cylinder partially filled with a binary mixture of large and small granular materials is tipped on its side so that its long axis is horizontal, and then rotated like a drum about that axis, the individual species may segregate into alternating bands of relatively pure single concentrations along the axis of rotation, like rings on a finger. In this talk I argue that an analysis of the Axial Segregation effect is relevant to understanding the spontaneous formation of traffic jams in highway flow, and the wave of advance of the transition from hunter-gatherer to agricultural means of food production (the Neolithic transition).

Dr. Phillip Johnson is described by Chuck Colson as "... a law professor at University of California at Berkeley -- the quintessential liberal university. Once a died-in-the-wool atheist, Johnson came to faith in Christ. And since then he has shaken up the scientific community with his books and powerful debates, punching holes in today's Darwinist orthodoxy." This should be an excellent conference with an opportunity to ask questions of Dr. Johnson. about evolution, as one of the break out sessions will be dedicated to that.

Walter ReMine was born and grew up in Rochester, Minnesota and received his BSEE and MSEE degrees at the University of Minnesota in 1974 and 1977, with an emphasis on signal processing and pattern recognition. This would later help him in studying life's biological patterns and recognizing their meaning. His strong math background would prove indispensable in studying the claims of evolutionary genetics. Mr. ReMine has been active in the creation/evolution controversy since his college years writing articles for magazines, attending board meetings, as well as, organizing and speaking at conferences and culminating in his treatise, The Biotic Message. Information on Walter ReMine and his book "The Biotic Message" www.SaintPaulScience.com/biography.htm and www.SaintPaulScience.com/about.htm

Russ McGlenn, is a theology major, Christian Ed minor, game inventor, Creation Science teacher, explorer, dinosaur hunter, photographer, and national camp, school, and seminar speaker. He specializes in hands-on demonstrations of the truths of God's Word. He maintains that pseudo science, built on philosophy not laboratory proven experiments, is poor science and is hurting the discovery of God's beneficial laws for mankind. Mr. McGlenn is also the author of three books. He is also a dynamic teacher whose enthusiasm for his subject matter is infectious to those who attend his seminars. Information on Russ McGlenn and Adventure Safaris /adventure/

Dr. Johnson spoke on Darwin, natural selection and current evolutionary thought. The seminar was aimed at high school and college students and their families.

7:30 p.m. Totino Fine Arts Center, Rm. 116 (the room on the right of the main auditorium) Northwestern College, 3003 North Snelling, Roseville Minnesota

Mr. Helfinstine is a retired guidance-system engineer with Honeywell. The presentation began with a brief history of the Big Bang and then introduced results of quasar research which began to cast doubt on the validity of the concept. The red shift of light from galaxies and quasars, which has been the basis for the Big Bang, has specific characteristics not consistent with a velocity-distance interpretation. A scientific explanation of red shift was given as well as other supporting evidence for a young universe.

BIBLE AND SCIENCE SUNDAY
January 13, 2002 Three Keynote Addresses

Questioning Evolutionary Claims (9:15 am)

Why Christians Shouldn't Believe in Evolution (10:30 am)

Mount St. Helen's: Noah's Flood Revisited (6:00 pm)

Dr. John Morris, perhaps best known for leading expeditions to Mt. Ararat in search of Noah's Ark, was on the University of Oklahoma faculty before joining the Institute for Creation Research in 1984. Dr. Morris held the position of Professor of Geology and Director of Outreach Ministries at ICR until becoming President in 1996. He has written numerous books and articles on the scientific support for the Bible, currently hosts a nationally syndicated daily radio broadcast, and lectures worldwide on creation.

Dr. Morris received his B.S. in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech. in 1969 and his M.S in Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in 1977. He received his Doctorate in Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in 1980.

Known for his warm speaking style and ability to relate to all ages, Dr. Morris has also produced a series of "Tracker John" adventure books on creation topics for young readers.

Dr. Morris lives in San Diego, CA. with his wife and three children, frequently traveling to speak at ICR's "Back to Genesis" and "Case for Creation" seminars.

Our passion is to see science return to its rightful God-glorifying position, and see creation recognized as a strength by the body of Christ -- supporting Scripture, answering questions", satisfying doubts and removing road blocks to the Gospel.

Pillsbury Baptist College in Owatonna, Minnesota
Contact telephone number is 507-451-2710 ext 0

7:30 p.m. Totino Fine Arts Center, Rm. 116 (the room on the right of the main auditorium) Northwestern College, 3003 North Snelling, Roseville Minnesota

Fox-in-the-Valley (Russ McGlenn) is of Native American decent. He presents a multimedia program of the Christian story of Pocahontas using slides, costumes, and over 100 Indian artifact reproductions.

Before and after the main program, Fox-in-the-Valley had Indian games for all ages to try out. Including a demonstration of the ancient spear throwing and hunting system used by native peoples to hunt mammoth. The games will ran from 7:00 to 7:30 and approximately 9:00 to 9:30 PM in the hallway and in room 116.

Fox-in-the-Valley's great grandmother was Ojibway, and Mr. Fox has done extensive research to find out about his Native American ancestors, which is evident in the wealth of information and artifacts he has collected and made. This is an exceptionally fine program that will inform as well as inspire, as you see God's hand in the lives of Native American peoples.

"With the curiosity of a student and the precision of a veteran Bible teacher, John MacArthur takes you to the heart of the battle in his study The Battle for the Beginning, based on Genesis chapter 1."

The MacLaurin Institute, a Christian study center at the University of Minnesota, presents a free lecture, open to the public, on November 9, at 7 pm, Rm. 150 Physics Bldg (116 Church St SE) on the U of Minnesota East Bank Campus. The speaker is Dr. Jed Macosko, Post-Doctoral Fellow, U of California-Berkeley: "Life's Molecular Machines: By Chance or By Design?" Dr. Philip Johnson, godfather of the Intelligent Design movement, says of this lecture: "I found the whole presentation stunning."

Through a virtual tour of life's molecular machines, Dr. Jed Macosko of the University of California-Berkeley makes a visually compelling case for the intelligent origin of life. He offers examples of "biological machines" which he and fellow researchers study, utilizing single molecule techniques. Throughout his presentation, Dr. Macosko makes an appeal for an open philosophy of science, one that allows scientists to freely infer the best explanation for life's molecular machines.

Bloomington Assembly of God
8600 Bloomington Ave. South
Bloomington, MN 55425
612-854-1100

Speakers
Kerby Anderson, Bill Jack, David Noebel, Josh McDowell, Norm Geisler, Ron Carlson

Greg will examine the weakness of two essential pillars of Darwinism in a way that anyone can follow. He will then give three reasons to take Intelligent Design seriously. Study notes provided. Refreshments will also be served, and the seminar is free and open to the public who may attend any part or all of the meetings.

This is recommended for 7th graders and up, although all adults are encouraged to attend if looking for ways to discuss this issue with any age child.

It is especially pertinent because of the teaching children receive in the school regarding evolution, recent magazine articles, a PBS series on Evolution, and the decision of Dist. 196 last year to refuse two books on Intelligent Design for their library.

Manipogo is a dinosaur era creature that has been spotted in Lake Manitoba, Canada. Russ McGlenn and a group spent a week there looking for the creature and interviewing Native American peoples who have seen the animal. Russ believes it is a Plesiosaurus or Bacilasaurus and eyewitnesses say it may be up to 30 feet long.

Walt Brown received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) where he was a National Science Foundation Fellow. He has taught college courses in physics, mathematics, and computer science. Brown is a retired full colonel (Air Force), West Point graduate, and former Army ranger and paratrooper. Assignments during his 21 years in the military included: Director of Benet Research, Development, and Engineering Laboratories in Albany, New York; tenured associate professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy; and Chief of Science and Technology Studies at the Air War College. For most of his life Walt Brown was an evolutionist, but after many years of study, he became convinced of the scientific validity of creation and a global flood. Since retiring from the military in 1980, Dr. Brown has been the Director of the Center for Scientific Creation and has been involved full time in research, writing, and speaking on origins.

In the Beginning is a great creation science book for teens and adults. It's easy to read, carefully researched, meticulously documented, and offers answers to the most important questions of the origins controversy. Besides the usual creation-science approach to questions about the historicity of Genesis and what happened to make the dinosaurs extinct, the book is unique in explaining for the first time how twenty-five major earth features -- including mountains, volcanoes, the Grand Canyon, and ice ages -- resulted from a worldwide flood. At the same time, it reveals serious yet little-known problems with many evolutionist ideas about earth history and the origin of life -- including many ideas that evolutionists themselves have discarded, but are still taught as fact in children's textbooks. You owe it to yourself to get this book.
Mary Pride's Big Book of Home Learning, Volume Three, Science Reviews

Dinosaur digs are in full swing in South Dakota but we still have openings for some activities. You will find dates, times, places and costs as well as an application by clicking below. Do some thing different for your summer vacation; dinosaurs are waiting to be discovered.

We hope to provide scholarships for 10-12 students who would otherwise be unable to attend one of the dinosaur digs. These are young people who are interested and excited about science. We want to offer them a $150 scholarship if they can raise an additional $100 plus travel expenses. Some of these kids make life-changing decisions while attending camp.

We are supported by teaching home-school students as well as by interested congregations and individuals. Russ would like to present his missions outreach to your church Missions Convention. Please consider inviting him. As the Lord provides, we reach out to Native American and foreign-born communities with the Creation message. Will you help? All gifts made out to TCCSA are tax deductible. Please specify what you want your gift used for.

Prof. Edward Blick taught for 36 years at the University of Oklahoma in the ; The Schools of Aerospace, Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering The School of Petroleum & Geological Engineering. He was an Adjunct Professor of Meteorology and an Adjunct Professor of Medicine. He published approximately 150 scientific papers in these areas. He was the Associate Dean of Engineering and Assist. Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Oklahoma. He worked for McDonnell Aircraft Corp on the first manned space capsule (Mercury) and on the F4H and F101 jet fighters. He also worked for Lockheed Missiles and Spacecraft Co. on the Polarus Re-entry Missile and other missile systems.

Dr. Blick discussed how Biblical creation a relatively short time ago is supported by dozens of scientific indicators. In addition he discussed the fossil record evidence against evolution and the social and moral consequences of the adoption of evolution religion by our government schools.

June 5th: 8:30 - 9:00pm "Is there really a God?" [done]
June 12th: 9:30-10:00pm "Why is there death and suffering?" [done]
June 19th: 9:30-10:00pm "Is Genesis relevant today?" [done]

The complete video series is comprised of 12 videos, however we only have plans to show 3 at this time. Lord willing, we may be able to show additional programs as funds come in.

These programs feature a dynamic, multi-media presentation by Ken Ham, Founder and Director of Answers in Genesis (www.answersingenesis.org). This series will be a great way to learn more about the importance of the Bible, Genesis, and God! Through these videos, the viewer will be encouraged to take God's word seriously from the very first verse, and will learn important answers to common objections to the Bible/Christianity.

Each program will feature an introduction/wrap-up by Chris Cowen, with TCCSA's website/contact information, as well as information about the upcoming TCCSA meeting with Dr. Blick (on June 20th).

Most importantly, there will also be information given after each program on how the viewer can enter into a personal relationship with the Creator of the Universe, Jesus Christ.

Every home in the 7 county metro area with cable access (any supplier) will be able to view the program on MCN/Channel 6...over 600,000 homes.

May 15, 2001, 7:30 p.m. Totino Fine Arts Center, Rm. 115, Northwestern College, 3003 North Snelling, Roseville Minnesota

Author, Home Educator and Speaker from Fort Myers, FL. Jill was the first female geologist in Denver and the third ever trained at Texas A & M University. A former evolutionary geologist, she has for the past 16 years applied her expertise in studying and compiling information on Creation Science. She is home schooling her own children and providing excellent resources for other home schoolers including the website Media Angels.) Co-author of Creation teaching books on Science, Astronomy, Anatomy, Geology and more, she is also a dynamic speaker who reaches all ages. Women and youth especially will enjoy as she shares her experiences and vast knowledge.

Jill Whitlock believed that evolution was the way life and the world began. She was trained as an evolutionist and worked as a geologist for 10 years after graduating from Texas A & M University. She worked as a Chief Well Log Analyst for the Rocky Mountain Region and as Senior Staff Exploration Geologist for an oil company in Denver, Colorado. Jill accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior in Dec. 1983 and began praying and studying about the creation vs. evolution question. The Lord was faithful and brought many people into her path who started her on the way to becoming a Flood Geologist and a young earth Creationist. Jill has spent over 12 years studying and compiling information on Creation Science and is available for seminars.

OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION: Information is not only essential to all biological mechanisms involved with life; it is also central to all of mankind's activities. What is the true nature of biological information and why might it be critically important to Christians?

A scientific examination of the basic nature of information reveals it to be the most powerful earthly weapon available for destroying the stranglehold that materialism/ evolutionism has on the Church and our nation.

Bob Compton is an international consultant in immunology and infectious diseases of cattle. He is a doctor of veterinarian medicine and a doctor of philosophy in physiology. He and his wife Patty live in Midvale, Idaho and are actively engaged in reestablishing the Biblical worldview in Idaho and the nation. His enthusiasm is infectious and his knowledge is extensive! Please don't miss this opportunity to be encouraged and strengthened.

WHEN: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 (3:00 P.M.) through Wednesday, April 25, 2001 (9:00 P.M.)

WHERE: Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum, Crosbyton, Texas U.S.A. (near Lubbock, TX; Lubbock has an international airport)

WHO: Creationist organization leaders/representatives AND grassroots creationist individuals.

7:30 p.m. Totino Fine Arts Center, Rm. 116, Northwestern College, 3003 North Snelling, Roseville Minnesota

The Common Sense model of the atom is based on the Scientific Method and Worldview Principles that most people understand and accept. This presentation reviews ancient Greek Science and progress made in the Classical Period. Then Quantum Theory and the new Electric Theory of Matter are compared in terms of the Scientific Method and basic Worldview Principles on the nature of things in the universe.

Russ McGlenn presented a report on his activities this past summer while digging for fossils in the Badlands of South Dakota. Each summer he leads groups to some exotic location to dig for evidence of extinct creatures. In addition, he tries to find creatures thought extinct but with mounting evidence they still exist. For some reason he thinks finding a dinosaur with skin and muscle on it's bones might be fun. Maybe you will want to join him this summer on one of his fabulous excursions.

7:30 p.m. Totino Fine Arts Center, Rm. 116* Northwestern College, 3003 North Snelling, Roseville Minnesota
(*The opposite side of the building as usual)

Sheraton Sioux Falls Hotel and Convention Center
1211 N West Avenue
Sioux Falls SD

Dr. Duane Gish of I.C.R. debated evolutionist Dr. Edward Max.

This was Dr. Gish's last debate as he is 79. He told us that he has always said that when he turned 80, he would ask for an early retirement. (His wife is ill and requires his care.)

For a summary of Dr. Max's previous debate with Dr. Gish, click HERE.

Video Tapes Available From Lehrke Productions

Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 7:00 pm

Dr. Duane Gish

"The validity of creation as an alternative to evolution for an explanation of life's diversity"

Sunrise Assemblies of God Church in St. Peter, Minnesota

All denominations including atheists were welcome.

For more information, you could have called (507) 934-1468.

Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 7:30 pm

Dr. Duane Gish

From the Institute for Creation Research (ICR)

Career Highlights of a Creation Pioneer
and Answer Audience Questions

Dr. Duane Gish, internationally noted author, speaker and debater was our personal guest for this meeting. For more than 40 years Dr. Gish has been an outspoken leader in the Creation movement in the United States and around the world. He has experienced both high praise from allies and bitter attacks by enemies. At Berkley, his alma mater and long considered a bastion of free speech, he was not even allowed to speak by hecklers who were unhindered by campus authorities.

This was an unusual opportunity to see Dr. Gish in a less formal setting and ask questions. Find out more about what makes him tick and where his strength lies. Dr. Gish is -- amazingly -- 79 years old and has incredible physical and intellectual energy! Many of his books were on sale and could be autographed.

this is one of the last speaking engagements because Dr. Gish told us that he has always said that when he turned 80, he would ask for an early retirement.

The audience will be surprised to find out that they are not at Nortwestern College but at the Pasteur Institute in Paris in 1895 shortly before Louis died. Louis Pasteur will review his life works with the group who have come to visit for a tour of the Pasteur Institute. If we would have time a tour would proceed to the rabbit cages in the basement where rabies vaccine is being prepared.

The Physics Force is a troupe of physics instructors that display a fun circus of do-not-try-this-at-home physics demonstrations to groups of all ages. They put on a show free of charge open to the public. My college physics instructor said that this troupe has the mentality of "why do it with a pop can when it's more fun with a 55-gallon drum?"

The public was invited to attend a three-day, 9 & 1/2 hour Creation Science and Evolution Theory Seminar on Violence Prevention on Thursday, November 30 through Saturday, December 2; at the Glencoe High School Auditorium (1825 16th St.; Glencoe).

The intent of the seminar was to educate the public on Worldviews and their related sociological impacts and to make known what individuals and the community can do to prevent and reduce violent crime and other offenses. Each night offered a different outline of information including discussion of Origins and Pre-flood data on Thursday from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.; Post -flood on Friday from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.; and Sociological Impact on Saturday from 1:00 to 5:30 p.m.

Saturday also included a question/answer panel with a former legislator, school board member and the speaker. This portion of the seminar addressed the connection between the seminar topics and the implementation of the Profile of Learning, Minnesota's Graduation Standard and the impact these new laws will have on you and your family.

There was no charge for the seminar, a free will offering was taken to defray the costs of the seminar. This seminar was not intended for young children.

The Magi knew from looking at the stars that Jesus was born the King of the Jews -- and they were GOOD GUYS! How did they know and how does this fit in with the Biblical prohibitions concerning astrology?

Professor Numbers spoke on Thursday on the effect of Darwin on America. His main thesis was that America was already beginning to accept the nebular hypothesis as the origin of the solar system over a long period of time and the geologic ages of Lyell as the source of the rocks, so that Darwin was just another aspect of seeing the world as in a slow process of formation. Yet many of those in favor of Darwin had reservations about some parts and many of those opposed accepted some parts of Darwin's thesis. Dr. Numbers pointed out that Darwin's loss of faith came because his father died as a good man but an unbeliever and Charles could not accept that his father might be burning in hell. The final straw came as his favorite daughter, Annie, died and Charles could not accept that a loving creator would allow such a thing to happen.

Interestingly, in the question time, Dr. Numbers was asked about the intelligent design movement and said he did not think it was a good idea to reintroduce the supernatural into science, although he did admit in one on one questioning afterwards that it was a logical error to believe that the scope of science was all of reality. He also said that his own fall from faith came as a result of investigating the origin of the church he was raised in, The Seventh Day Adventists.

Numbers has specialized in the history of evangelical challenges to biological evolution. His publications include Darwinism Comes to America; The Creationists: The Evolution of Scientific Creationism; and God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter between Christianity and Science.

It was held in Hoversten Chapel of the Foss Center on the Augsburg College campus in Minneapolis

What is a "World View"? Do you get the impression that it is a highly theoretical academic topic of no use to real people? Well, we all have a world view and we interpret everything we experience through its filter. If we do not understand worldview differences, we fail to see where the problem lies in communicating with others.

Creation and evolution are foundations for two diametrically opposed worldviews. The two sides do not even speak the same language.

For over five years, Dave Stoltzmann has written letters and articles to various editors, about the physics and probabilities associated with evolution. No response has ever been given to these submissions, and one must ask the question of how effective are such attempts at communication.

Even Marilyn Vos Savant ("Ask Marilyn" column in Parade Magazine) will not answer simple probability questions that discredit evolution, despite the books she publishes (The Power of Logical Thinking) that give example after example of how to use probabilities correctly to solve everyday questions.

Lately, very narrow-interest publications like Physics Today and Sky & Telescope have gone out of their way to publish negative editorials critical of the Kansas School Board decisions. Why do these editors feel they have a "scientific" duty to attack non-evolutionary points of view? And why are no rebuttals allowed in their magazines, after they themselves throw the first punch?

Dave Stoltzmann illustrated some very simple examples of how 'random-chance purposeless undirected' processes (evolution, and others) get the wrong answer 100% of the time, and only a directed process (Creation) can put order and complexity into anything useful.

He used examples from his own field of work, optical design of lens systems, to illustrate how scientists use creative effort rather than random chance to solve their problems, because random chance always produces garbage rather than complexity. Evolutionary scientists know this, but choose to believe the opposite of the mathematical facts rather than have to admit to a Creator.

The 1925 Dayton, Tennessee Scopes Trial:
The Legend Is Far More Myth Than Reality!

Dr. Philip Johnson, in meetings sponsored by The MacLaurin Institute, spoke on Thursday, Sept. 14 at Christ Presbyterian Church, on the topic of "The Wedge of Truth: A Simple Guide to Understanding the Creation/Evolution Controversy".

He also spoke on Friday, Sept. 15, 7:00 to 8:30 PM at the University of Minnesota,on "The Case for Intelligent Design: Where Darwin and Dawkins Went Wrong." (His campus visit was sponsored by Search Ministries, MacLaurin Institute, and various other campus ministries.) He called for open discussion of the evidence for and against Darwinian evolution and pointed out the ways that language is used to obscure the issue, for instance pointing out that variations of finches beaks does not explain molecules to man evolution. The questions indicated that this was a new concept to some of the attendees.

Dr. Philip Johnson has become a rallying point for over 40 scholars who are writing books and articles and leading conferences on what is now known as the Intelligent Design Movement. Well-known scholars include Dr. Michael Behe, author of Darwin's Black Box, and Dr. William Dembski, whose book The Design Inference is published by Cambridge University Press. Several new scholarly works by other movement scholars are on the presses.

Many of Johnson's books as well as those of his colleagues as seen on the Intelligent Design Movement website will be on sale at the monthly TCCSA meetings listed here or by contacting John Nuckols.