The Grand Canyon: Creation and Flood written in Stone

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The Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon

I had the opportunity to visit the Grand Canyon this summer. It was a vacation I was looking forward to, but not just to see the beautiful vistas like the one above. Knowing the canyon reveals truths difficult to see anywhere else, I was looking forward to seeing truth about the earth that you’re unlikely to see elsewhere. Well, the canyon didn’t disappoint. I had expected to see evidence of the global flood, and that is definitely there. What I didn’t expect to see is evidence of creation as God described in Genesis. That’s also there. As the heavens declare the glory of God (Ps 19.1), the Grand Canyon declares his creation and Noah’s flood, written in stone for those who are paying attention. Let me explain. 
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A Tribute to Dr Ken Funk

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Dr Kenneth Funk

The Midwest Creation Fellowship Memorial page for Dr. Kenneth Funk Begins:

“On May 28, 2025, our beloved co-laborer and brother in Christ passed into the presence of the Lord.”

It is followed by a brief memorial. Between that memorial and the obituary here, the two list his accomplishments as: Director of the (MCF) North venue, peptide chemist, respected scientist, Navy veteran, creation advocate, cherished family man, scientist and servant of Christ. This is all very true, and for this tribute, I want to add what is for me perhaps both his most understated but most defining personal trait that was apparent to me through the years that I knew him. That trait is visionary. Ken was a visionary who saw clearly two things: 1. Our creator God, and 2. Our human need for salvation. As a man of science who used science to solve a hard-to-address human need (he assisted with the development of Lupron, a treatment widely used for prostate cancer and hormone-related conditions), Ken was aware of the power of science to address difficult needs in ways that could be made understandable and discernible. As the drug whose creation he had contributed to treats the human body, it is clear Ken wanted the concrete, discernible truths of science applied to God’s creation to treat the disbelief in the human heart and mind.
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Q.59 Christians, the Law and Privately held beliefs

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Supreme Court Building

Supreme Court Building

In this response to the 100 questions, the full objection here is, “Christians keep trying to use the law to impose their privately held beliefs on other people.”

Apparently this questioner believes it is only Christians who use the law to impose their privately held beliefs on other people. If this questioner truly believes that, then it shows a striking level of naievité and lack of awareness of how often the law is used to impose privately held beliefs on other people. So let me break it to the questioner gently:

Most, if not all laws that are imposed, are imposed by one group of people trying to use the law to impose their privately held beliefs on other people.

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Easter – A Passover Journey For Christians

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From the Exodus to the Cross
A Resurrection Day Meditation

Most Christians are aware that Jesus, Yeshua, is our Passover lamb (1 Cor 5.7) and thus completes and fulfills the symbolism of the Passover. The Passover lamb was a type. Jesus is the fulfillment, the reality that the symbolism and the type pointed to. We often focus narrowly on the typology of Jesus being our Passover lamb, the sacrifice for our sins who “died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.” (1 Pe 3.18) This is or course of paramount importance because it is Yeshua’s sacrifice that makes it possible for us to have peace with God (Ep 2.14-15)  and thus enables us to live with God. (John 14.23) But for this meditation I want to widen the focus and take a look at the bigger picture of what God is doing through the Passover and Easter and the ultimate purpose for both that we should keep in mind. Continue Reading

Q.34 People with real courage will face up to the cold hard realities of a godless universe.

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Does consciousness arise out of a lifeless, mindless explosion of nothing?

Does consciousness arise out of a lifeless, mindless explosion of nothing?

It seems this questioner has been imbibing too deeply into the flawed philosophy of atheists such as Richard Dawkins. Dawkins, in his 2006 book “The God Delusion”, is often quoted as saying:

“The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.”

This is clearly Dawkins’ way of restating his view that there is no God, because God’s universe is quite different from Dawkins’. God’s universe is of course created by God with superintelligent design, purpose, meaning, and no evil when created. God created it so he could show love to man, the pinnacle of his creation (Ps 8.5), and man could show love back to God. So Dawkins’ assertion about the meaninglessness and purposelessness of the universe can be falsified by demonstrating that his root assertion—that there is no God—is false. Continue Reading

Q41 Didn’t Constantine tell the bishops what to put in the Bible?

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Constantine's Vision - By this sign, you will conquer

Constantine’s Vision – “By this sign, you will conquer”

This question deals with the canon and history. Before we can answer the question concerning Constantine “the Great”, we must understand what the canon is and get a little background on what was happening in the time of Emperor Constantine. Let’s start with the canon.

The Canon of Scripture

As it is used today, the canon is the list of 66 books which are included in the Bible. Here is how the word “canon” and its usage came about:

“Etymologically, kanōn is a Semitic loan word that originally had the meaning “reed.” From this came the figurative sense of a “measuring rod” or “ruler” and from this the general idea of a “norm” or “standard.” Finally, the term could adopt the purely formal sense of a “list” or a “table.” [1]

The 66 books of the Bible—39 Old Testament books and 27 New Testament books—were not wantonly placed in the Bible by kings or bishops. Books were included in the canon because they were recognized to be from God using a process that contained a number of criteria.  As the McDowells put it: Continue Reading

Q18 Hasn’t Science Proved Miracles aren’t Real?

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Five men roll a massive stone to seal Jesus' Tomb - AD - The Bible Continues

Five men roll a massive stone to seal Jesus’ Tomb – AD – The Bible Continues

This question is from someone who clearly does not understand the limits of science or the scientific method. So let me start with a comparison to demonstrate why science can neither prove nor disprove miracles. Asking if science has proved miracles are not real is like asking if your bathroom scale has showed how much your pet [cat, dog, whatever – insert here] loves you. It should be readily apparent why your bathroom scale, which measures physical weight, cannot measure a non-physical quantity like love, particularly in a creature that is not even human. So there is no way for it to determine if your pet is even capable of “love.” Careful – behavior is not love. Even if your pet exhibits certain behaviors, that is not proof of love, and, even if it were, it (love) is still not a quantity that your scale could measure. Continue Reading

An Advent Sign by Faith – A Christmas meditation

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An angel announces the birth of the messiah to shepherds watching their flocks by night

An angel announces the birth of the messiah to shepherds watching their flocks by night


This Christmas I wanted to bolster the faith of those who believe, inspire faith among those have not yet believed, and I wanted to do so by means of a clear sign or, alternately, a vision–not necessarily a supernatural sign but a natural (non-supernatural) sign. I wasn’t sure that would be possible since it is God who is the author and producer of signs, and I wasn’t sure he’d give one for this humble article. But as I was meditating on the advent narratives and praying about this, God graciously granted my request by opening my eyes to a sign I had not seen before. As I pondered it, it occurred to me that I was not the only one who missed it all these years for reasons explained below. We’ll get to that sign in a moment.

Now, with regard to signs, some may not realize this, but not all signs from God are supernatural. God does not always supernaturally manipulate the natural. Sometimes he simply works behind the scenes to bring about the indicated signs using only natural (non-miraculous) means.

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The Minimal-Facts Fallacy

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Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden with a Therapod dinosaur

Adam, Eve and a therapod dinosaur in the garden of Eden (Gen 1.24-30)

Having just dealt with similar issues in the previous article on Hugh Ross’ mis-directions, I felt a twinge of déjà vu as I read through an “A Minimal-Facts Case for Genesis”[1]. The author appears to have a problem with the teachings of origins as laid out in Genesis. He summarizes the main points of the Biblical origin account as:

1. God created the universe, Earth, and all life in six 24-hour days.
2. The Earth is only 6000 years old.
3. Common descent (i.e. “evolution”) is false.
4. Humans coexisted with dinosaurs.
5. Noah fit the ancestors of all present-day animals on the Ark.
6. The Flood covered the entire Earth, killing all other humans and land animals.[2]

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