We are excited to announce that prices for this year’s Creation Family Adventure at Redcloud have been reduced by 15% — and there is still room for YOU and your family. These vacations are more than just a “vacation.” They are truly “vacations with a purpose.” Creation teaching, family building activities, great fellowship, opportunities to focus on the Lord and His Word – all in the magnificent beauty of Colorado’s high mountain country. AOI provides: Fascinating,...
Read MoreAn Eagerness in the Youth – For the Truth!
A while back I had flown to Michigan to speak at a regional youth event. After the first evening’s creation presentation, it was time for games. Many of the youth participated in the games, but there were several who did not. They had questions about Creation and Genesis, so we had a Creation/Genesis session that lasted for about two hours. It began with just a few kids, but as time passed, more and more joined in with the discussions. I was greatly encouraged to see...
Read MoreTraining Week in Springfield, MO
We just got home from leading a Creation Training Week in Springfield, MO. Despite thunderstorms, tornado warnings, and high winds, the week went extremely well. Ten people participated in the training. We were much encouraged by their interest in creation teaching, the quality of their presentations, the depth of discussion, and the great times of fellowship. We started doing intensive Creation Training Weeks back in 2006, to help individuals deepen their knowledge and...
Read MoreThe Amazing Elephant Trunk
We went to the circus the other night with our grandkids and families. I love a circus … especially when the grandkids are with me. Just to watch their excitement gives me joy. This small circus had two elephants that entertained us all in the center ring. One of the things that amaze me about elephants (other than their size) is their trunks. One of the elephants climbed onto a metal pedestal, and then, not liking the position of the second pedestal, reached out with its...
Read MoreManufacturing Body Parts
I was just given a link to information on amazing research that has been going on for quite a while. I had heard about portions of the research, but huge advancements have been made recently. The research involves making replacement body parts such as lungs, hearts, livers, kidneys, etc. The video shows the results of a successful replacement transplant of a woman’s damaged windpipe using the patient’s own cells that were grown over a precise scaffold of protein. At this...
Read MoreA Tour, or Two, at the Dinosaur Museum
Just last month, preschoolers from Alpine Christian Academy and some homeschoolers from Basalt, Colorado came to the Grand Junction area to tour the dinosaur museum in Fruita. We began at the AOI office with a program teaching them the truth about dinosaurs and preparing them for what they would see presented at the museum. We then proceeded to the museum. I answered a few questions, but the young children were mostly interested in looking at the exhibits and having the...
Read More“Whatever”
Daryl Witmer wrote in his newsletter to me that there seems to be a switch in our society from a “prove it to me” mentality to a non-committal, “Whatever.” Think about it. I wonder how many times we just let things slide with a casual “whatever” when we should be taking serious action. Many parents have taken the “whatever” approach to what their children are getting in school, especially relating to evolution. The frequent result is that their children sink deep into the...
Read MoreBattling Tomatoes
I just finished getting our small garden planted. Because we travel so much, especially during the summer growing season, I plant only a small garden which I have set up to be watered with a drip system – 6 tomato plants (3 varieties), 1 yellow neck squash, 1 acorn squash, and some carrots and dill ( for making pickles). As I planted the tomatoes, I thought about a recent article I read from Creation Moments about the defense mechanisms God gave plants to help protect...
Read MoreA Flight, a Laptop, a Boy, and Thanks
On a recent trip, I boarded a plane from Grand Junction to Denver; my final destination was Belding, MI. Usually I am seated by adults, but this time I had the privilege of sitting by a twelve year old boy from Canada. He was a bright young lad and, would you know it, was interested in dinosaurs! As soon as it was ok to turn on laptops, I fired mine up and started teaching about dinosaurs. He was thrilled, and so was I! He had never heard of this information before....
Read MoreDucking the Tornadoes
Earlier that same day, we went right through the area in Oklahoma City that was hit with a tornado yesterday. Last night, the weather service is reporting a significant chance of tornadoes where we are staying just outside Springfield. YIKES! We are hoping the Lord allows us to duck those as well. Where Mary Jo & I live in Grand Junction, Co, we are happy to report that they have not spotted a tornado for almost 100 years. So, right now, we are certainly enjoying the...
Read MoreBe Ready in Season and Out of Season
On Mother’s Day, I was getting ready to leave home and go to the church my Mother and youngest daughter attend. Ten minutes before I was to leave, my son-in-law who teaches a Bible study class for deaf adults, called and asked if I could teach for him that morning … our youngest granddaughter had the flu and he needed to stay home with her. This was because his wife, my daughter, was interpreting for the deaf during the church service. Also, he teaches...
Read MoreLiving Fossils
Living on this earth are some interesting creatures which, according to evolutionary theory, “should have” been extinct millions of years ago, yet they live on, virtually unchanged. Some of these include the opossum, the horseshoe crab, the snapping turtle, the cockroach, the platypus, and the famous coelacanth. The coelacanth is a strange fish that was thought to have become extinct along with the dinosaurs over 70 million years ago. It was known only from fossils until...
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