Exploring the Intersection of Science and Faith in the Spirit of John Ray
On our way to the bighorn basin last month we stopped at Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming. It was a beautiful cool morning and so we took the 1.3 mile hike around the base of the tower. From there we were able to watch several climbers scaling the sides. Unlike Mt. Rushmore which always leaves […]
In Egypt the Nile River Valley conceals a massive canyon that once was as deep and wide as the Grand Canyon in Arizona. We have explored the origins of this lost canyon in the past three posts. We found that geologists have described the origins of the canyon itself at the time of the Messinian Salinity […]
The past month has been quite an adventure. It has been good to get a break from my job and this blog, which was starting to feel like a job. Hopefully I am refreshed and bring some new perspectives – and photos – to share with you in the coming months. Below are a couple of highlights […]
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A massive canyon lays hidden below the Nile Valley in Egypt. In Part II we looked as how this massive canyon was formed. Before we go on to look a bit deeper into this canyon and how it fits into Biblical chronology lets look at the chronological sequence of historical events – according to the consensus of geological […]
A meandering river on a wide river plain running through Egypt is the site of one of the best-known civilizations in history. But the Nile Valley has a deep secret. A huge canyon lies directly under the Nile Valley that attests to a time long before the Egyptians came to inhabit the fertile valley floor. How could […]
The Grand Canyon is one of the best-know geological formations on earth. Today I want to introduce you to another canyon you have probably never heard of. I call this canyon the lost grand canyon of Egypt. Through a series of four posts I will introduce you to this amazing canyon and demonstrate that it […]
The Grand Canyon is one of the most iconic geological features on Earth. Its immensity of the canyon regularly causes those that have peered into its depths to wonder about its origins. How could such an awe-inspiring canyon have formed? This fascination with the Grand Canyon has fueled a long a history of geological research. As a result there is a wealth […]
Sudden catastrophic events are not unknown in Earth’s history. Large craters are evidence of past cosmic impacts. Widespread layers of volcanic ash are a testimony of massive volcanic eruptions. But when did these catastrophes occur and could they have impacted human history? Standard geological models place the largest catastrophic events many eons ago. So long […]
Countless numbers of footprints made by hundreds of kinds of organisms are preserved in hundreds of individual layers of the geological column. Millions of these tracks have been identified from just the tiny fraction of the rocks that are exposed at the surface of the Earth. But how were so many footprints preserved? In conversations with […]
What happened to dinosaur eggs that were either abandoned or broke prematurely? You might think that this is a question that is impossible to answer, but dinosaur eggs have been discovered with intriguing evidence of scavenging of many forms. By studying the remains of organisms that are preserved in preserved dinosaur eggs paleontologists have discovered compelling evidence that a complex ecology […]
The formation and development of caves is called speleogenesis. Everyone knows that caves typically form via the dissolving of limestone to form voids in the rock. Usually this begins deep underground and as the void expand and reach the surface animals may enter and occupy the cave. But what happens to caves when the water source that has […]
Soon after the revelation that the remains of at least 15 individuals had been found in the deep recesses of a cave and that these bones looked as if they had been deposited there purposely, I asked the question: How Will Creationist’s Respond to a Huge New Hominid Fossil Find? The first responses came within […]
I am frequently struck, while reading literature by young earth creationists, by how often authors seeking to resolve one problem are unaware of how many new problems their explanations create. Yesterday I came across an article by Dr. Snelling of Answers in Genesis in which he discusses his YEC explanation for the origin of oil and coal. In this case the […]
Fossilized bones of dinosaurs, whales and mammoths get all of the attention but trace fossils provide important evidence for interpreting when and how organisms lived on Earth in the past. Trace fossils are not the fossilized remains of organisms themselves but rather are evidence of the past presence of organisms. The most recognizable trace fossils […]
A volcano slides into the sea causing an 800 foot wave to crash onto into an adjacent island. That wave picks up 700-ton boulders and throws them uphill leaving them stranded far above their source. It sounds like a plot from a Hollywood movie but this is real. It happened in the Cape Verde Islands off of […]
