Coming to SABBSA in April- "The Origins Film Series"

Our program in April will include the next two segments of the classic "Origins Film Series" as it has been recut for DVD. Our evaluation of the first two segments, which we viewed in March, is that this is still a very viable film series with a wealth of truthful information packaged in a very good format.

We will watch Segment 3: "Origin of the Life" as it examines the origin of life, how the simplest cell could not evolve by chance and shows us the superb design of God's creation in ourselves. We will also watch Segment 4 called "Origin of the Species." This video gives evidence that living things cannot evolve by mutations, natural selection or any other means.

Please join us on April 9 for this inspiring program and warm Christian fellowship!

April and May 2013 - Creation Science Seminar

Two more creation science presentations have been added to the schedule of multi-media presentations at Live Oak First Baptist Church, 11560 Toepperwein Road, Live Oak, TX 78233. All presentations will begin at 5:00 pm on Sunday evenings.

The schedule of presentations are listed below (see our resources page for a synopsis of each of these presentations):

April 7 - "His Wisdom in our Cells" with Dr. Daniel Harris
May 5 - "How did Cain get his Wife?" and
"How did Bad Things get into God's World?" with Scott Lane

Call 210-861-0454 for more information.

April 2013 - Creation Science Seminar in McQueeney, Texas

Starting on Sunday, April, 2013 SABBSA will offer a creation science seminar featuring a series of multi-media presentations. All presentations will begin at 6:00 pm on Sunday evenings at McQueeney Baptist Church, 201 Schumann Road, McQueeney, Tx. 78123 .

The schedule of presentations are listed below (see our resources page for a synopsis of each of these presentations):

Sunday, April 7 "What If God Wrote the Bible?" with Scott Lane
Sunday, April 14 Underpinnings: Fossils, Physics, and Genetics
Sunday, April 21 Young Earth Evidences
Sunday, April 28 "His Wisdom in the Cell" with Dr. Daniel Harris

Science Workshop Movies at FEAST in 2013

"Popcorn and a Movie" night will be on the 4th Monday of each month. Below are the movie titles that we have scheduled for each month as well as our guest moderator.

We have had great and enthusiatic crowds all year for this fabulous series and we expecially thank our audiences for their excellent questions and participation!)

March 25, 2013 - "Darwin's Dilemma" with Scott Lane handling Q&A
April 22, 2013 - "Metamorphosis" with an added presentation on the Monarch Butterfly

A companion young children's program will also be provided by SABBSA staff!

Coming to SABBSA on May 14, 2013-
"Genetic Entropy and the Mystery of the Genome"

Our program in May will be a multimedia presentation showing most of the current creationist research in the field of DNA and the human genome. This program will include information on: "The ENCODE Project"; several studies on the wide differences in human and chimp DNA; the impossibility of our genome being developed by chance; and the degeneration fo our genome and the implications of genome decay both to the theory of evolution and to our species eventual exticntion!

Please join us in May for this intriguing program and warm Christian fellowship!

March 12, 2013- "The Origins Film Series"

Our program in March included short presentations of the current research on
human - chimp DNA comparisons as well as as a report on the new
"Dinosaurs Unearthed" exhibit at the Witte Museum.

We then viewed the first two segments of the classic "Origins Film Series" as it has been recut for DVD. The first video is entitled the "Origin of the Universe" and it examines the Big Bang Theory and shows that it is not an exception to the
Law of Entropy (everything is wearing out), but that it clearly violates it.

The second episode is called "Earth: A Young Planet." This video gives many
young Earth evidences, but also includes some of the best explanations of
Carbon 14 and radiometric dating we have, and shows how these methods do not substantiate long ages for the Earth.

We were impressed by how well this video has stood the test of time and remains a viable resource in creation apologetics.

February 12, 2013 - "Apemen: The Grand Illusion"

The consensus among secular scientists is that man evolved from an ape-like creature over a period of millions of years. But what is that claim based on?

In this illustrated lecture presentation featuring Dr. Terry Mortenson, we saw that the "scientific evidence" does not stand up to scrutiny and that Christian leaders trying to fit ape-men into Genesis are seriously mistaken. The gospel importance of the supernatural creation of Adam and Eve is then made clear. We saw that the idea of ape-men is a grand illusion, deceiving millions and undermining both the clarity and authority of Scripture and the gospel message itself!

January 8, 2013 "Darwinism as a Philosophy"

In January we had a presentation called"Darwinism as a Philosophy". In this program presenter Terry Read showed that the General Theory of Evolution (Darwinism):

1. Is Materialist Philosophy
2. Requires inconsistent thinking
3. Is bad Science
4. Does not fit what we observe, but the Biblical World View does.

We thank Terry for this intriguing presenation.

December 11, 2012 - "Programming of Life."

"Programming of Life is a 45 minute documentary created to engage our scientific community in order to encourage forward thinking. It looks into scientific theories "scientifically". It examines the heavy weight theory of origins, the chemical and biological theory of evolution, and asks the extremely difficult questions in order to reveal undirected natural process for what it is - a hindrance to true science.

This video and the book it was inspired by (Programming of Life) is about science and it is our hope that it will be evaluated based on scientific principals and not philosophical beliefs." SABBSA Board member Dr. Carl Williams reviewed this film and was impressed by its visual representations of the biochemistry of life

Our membership who viewed it were impressed by this very well done and thought provoking video. If you would like to see the trailer for this video, read the book its based on or view or order this video, its all online at http://programmingoflife.com

November 13, 2012 - "Our Young Sun"

With the benefit of special effects and graphics, qualified creationist astronomers and astrophysicists shared fascinating insights into our amazing sun - the powerhouse of life on Earth we tend to take for granted. This DVD included evidence consistent with the biblical timeframe, showing that, like the rest of the universe, our sun cannot be millions of years old! Features Dr Danny Faulkner (who is a professor of astronomy at a secular American university), Dr Ron Samec, and Dr Jason Lisle. Although a little slow for the general public due to all the background information included about the sun, this video would be excellent in a science classroom.

October 9, 2012 - "Starlight, Time and the New Physics"

This video details a new cosmology (universal physics) put together by Dr. Meoshi Carmeli and Dr. John Harnett.

One reviewer wrote: "This is a GREAT video! I read the book, which was a little heavy in some advanced mathmatics, so I thought I would watch the video and am glad I did! I have studied the big bang theory and the Genesis 1 creation model and still struggled with this issue. As I looked at the different big bang models there were just too many assumptions that had to be made in each model to make it work, assumptions that were based upon no evidence whatsoever (such as Dark Matter, Dark Energy, etc.) and felt it was just calling upon the tooth fairy too many times.

I found Starlight, Time and the New Physics scientifically satisfied the question of the time it takes light to travel from distant galaxies. What was really satisfying was when I went through this video and Genesis 1 together (along with Psalm 42) I found that this explaination fit perfectly and it was already in the Bible I just hadn't looked at it closely enough in the past. Carmeli's 5D Theorem takes Einstiens General and Special Theories of Relativity to their natural conclusion."

We highly recommend this video especially for those who have been honest with themselves about the short comings of the various Big Bang models, this will solve those questions. Please join us in October for food, fellowship and creationist teaching!

September 11, 2012

A Brief, But True, History of Time

We watched the video by Dr. Mark Harwood titled: "A Brief, But True, History of Time" produced by Creation Ministries International (61 minutes long). In tracing the chronological timeline of biblical history from Creation to the Cross, Dr. Harwood reveals the exciting implications of taking Genesis as true history, and shows how the scientific evidence is actually consistent with it. The big picture of the gospel message presented is good news indeed! This spurred an interesting timeline debate afterwards.

for more information or to order this video go to: http://usstore.creation.com/catalog/brief-true-history-time-p-1104.html

August 14, 2012

The Great Global Warming Debate: The Facts, Fiction and Future

Former US Vice President Al Gore, Nature and Science magazines and the news media are all proclaiming that man is responsible for global warming. Their alarmist call to action is that we need to act now before the climate becomes uncontrollable and most of the world overheats. The cultural confusion is rampant. Atmospheric scientist, Michael Oard, has examined the observed data and concludes that global warming is having a smaller affect than forecast, that natural processes are responsible for more than 50% of it, and that we have time for unbiased research.

Scientist Michael Oard has spent 30 years as a meteorologist and six years as a research meteorologist at the University of Washington. He has published several articles on meteorology in multiple peer reviewed periodicals. On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 we saw this professional in the field cut through all the hype, and gives us the straight facts on global warming in a video lecture.

July 10, 2012

We asked Creation Evangelist to Latin America John Pendleton to give us an update on his pterodactyl hunt. He detailed what has been done so far and enumerated the steps he will take once he raises $97,000 to fund his next try at capturing one.

John also shared with us the results, pictures and the way of life he observed in his recent ministry trip to Cuba. It is a ministry showing real fruit. The pictures and his commentary illustrate the "flashback to 50 years ago" feel you get from seing all the 1950's cars, bicycle cabs, austere public transportation, the simply constructed and worn out buildings. He also went over the severe restrictions put on him and others, and how he had to go there with a specific visa or he would not be allowed to minister. It was an interesting and informative evening and we thank John for his presentation.

June 12, 2012

Last year SABBSA board member, Dr. Daniel Harris made a considerable contribution to the creation effort with his groundbreaking presentation of "The Truth About History - Part I" to an enthusiastic and standing room only crowd at our April, 2011 meeting. In this power point talk, Dr. Harris gave us a new detailed timeline for Earth history and events which agrees not only with current scientific evidence, but also with the Bible as well as historical records. His updated presentation places the creation in the year 10,003 BC, with the flood at 5999 BC. New information included the largest structure ever built in Egypt, the Labyrinth, and a greater accumulation of solid evidence of Joseph in Egypt.

The most startling development of his research is the verification of a previously tossed about idea of the ice age not being a direct result of the flood, but of rapid movement of the continents and tectonic plates after the flood. This event included considerable volcanic activity in the deep ocean ridges to spread the sea floor and move the continents, but also contributed to mountain building (as the bible says, "fixing a divide between the waters and the land") This allowed the continents to be moved over a 1000 year period after the flood and the resultant volcanic activity both heated the oceans causing large amounts of evaporation as well as seeded the upper atmosphere with debris which clouded the skies, cutting off enough sunlight to create cooler continents. This is a recipe for the formation of an ice age, and scientific discoveries, historical records and those of the Bible have a good amount of agreement that this all occurred about the time of the life of Peleg in the Bible, which references to these events occurring.

There was much more in this updated presentation, including evidence for the complete drying of the Mediterranean in historical times. Thanks to Dr. Harris for this fine work.

May 6-8, 2012

Mr. Skip Tilton gave us three fine presentations in May.

Mr. Tilton presented "Creation: a Key to Effective Evangelism." at Live Oak First Baptist Church, 11560 Toepperwein Road, Live Oak TX 78233 on Sunday May 6.. The focus of that talk was that you cannot just "preach Jesus" to a person who rejects the Bible as myth. For effective evangelism to take place we have to show them that the Bible has not been disproved by science and that they can depend on it as God's Word!

He spoke to the Castle Hills First Baptist Church School on Tuesday, May 8 in the afternoon on the topic of "God and Dinosaurs"

Later that night he spoke at our regularly scheduled SABBSA meeting on the topic of "The Ice Age: Only the Bible Can Explain It!" and showed quite convincingly how even though modern science has no workable theory for the ice ages, the Bible does and it is the only one that makes sense.

May 18-19, 2012

FEAST Homeschool Conference with Dave Nutting speaking!

FEAST will sponsor their annual homeschool convention at the Family Educators Alliance of South Texas facilities at 25 Burwood, San Antonio, TX 78216 on Friday May 18 and Saturday May 19. Dave Nutting of the Alpha Omega Institute will speak both days. Go to the FEAST website for details and Dave's speaking schedule

Young children attending the conference will have a two day "Creation Conference" of their own staffed by SABBSA members Terry and Elizabeth (Lisa) Read, Dr. Carl Williams and Mrs. Cindy Wiliams. We thank FEAST for this opportunity for ministry and heartily endorse everyone to attend the conference and be enriched by Dave Nutting and the wide variety of quality speakers this conference hosts each year.

June 22-23, 2012

Dr. John Morris, President of the Institute for Creation Research will be speaking in Austin on June 22 and 23, 2012 at the CHEACT Home School Conference. The conference will be held at the Palmer Events Center 900 Barton Springs, Austin TX 78704. For more information go to the conference website at CHEACT Home School Conference
Below is a list of his of topics for the conference.

What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs? (Dinosaurs and the Bible)
Where do these fascinating beasts fit in the Bible? They were created in Genesis 1, cursed in Genesis 2, fossilized in the Flood, have gone extinct (probably) in following years, and provide an excellent test case for biblical thinking.
The Search for Noah's Ark
Join a well-known Ark explorer as he recounts the lessons and vital facts that he gleaned from his many trips to Mt. Ararat. Leave with an understanding of the biblical Flood's impact on geology and paleontology as well as the Ark's important spiritual analogy to the salvation message.
Creation, Evolution, and Current Issues
What is the best definition for the created kind according to current scientific understanding? How does a creation or evolution worldview affect one's understanding of racism, abortion, euthanasia, and other societal wrongs? Wrong thinking leads to and justifies wrong behavior, which the Bible calls sin. With this understanding, become aware of the impact that the correct worldview has on the current hot topics of cloning, stem cell research, and global warming.
Questioning Evolution's Claims
Students are often exposed to evolutionary "brainwashing." If we can teach them a way to think through issues without losing their faith, we will have borne lasting fruit in their lives. Gain the skills needed for teaching a powerful creation apologetic. Key evolutionary problem areas are discussed-kinds and common ancestor, transitional fossils, etc.

April 10, 2012

HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD

Our April meeting featured the video by creation evangelist Louie Giglio.

From the Macrocosm of the universe to the Microscopic beginnings of life, Louie bears witness to the truly awesome greatness of our God. Starting with our Solar System, we learn of the mind- boggling magnitude of the universe in which we live. We reviewed accounts from the Bible of the seemingly trivial effort ("God breathed") it was for God to produce the literally uncountable number as well as the recognizable individuality of stars.

Then Mr. Giglio delves into the realm of molecular biology examining the intricacies of how we are "fearfully and wonderfully made" thanks to the instruction manual hidden in each of our cells in the form of DNA. He then went on to reveal the nature of the Biblical account of how God "holds together" our very cells in the form of laminin. The truly wondrous images he showed from the macro (using an image of a black hole from NASA through the Hubble Telescope) to the micro (electron micrograph of the laminin protein which latches one cell to another) just happened to show the cross of Christ.

He ends with IS 40:31 to encourage his listeners with the reassurance that the Creator God knows us personally, while large enough to make the Universe, is also aware of and cares for each and every one of us. We began the evening with a presentation of our completed "Darwin Day" materials, presented by Terry Read. Please join us in April!

March 13, 2012

Our speaker in March was Lanny Johnson with the Alpha Omega Institute. Lanny's topic for the evening was IS THE BIBLE SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE?

The Bible is not a science textbook. It was never meant to be. It was not written as a complicated, detailed story about the natural world. It was written to explain God's purpose and relationship to man. Yet the Bible does contain a great deal of scientific truth. Many facts of modern science and medicine were stated in the Word of God hundreds, and sometimes thousands of years before being "discovered" by modern scientists. This talk looks into what God has to say about the Laws of Science, Anthropology, Astronomy, Biology, Geography, Geophysics, Geology, Hydrology, Medicine, Meteorology, Oceanography, and Physics.

We were blessed to have a fine presentation by Lanny, giving multiple examples of God's knowledge of science thousands of years before man would discover the marvels of His work and testifying to the accuracy in the Bible with regard to scientific matters.

February 14, 2012

Along with our theme of battling Darwin Day we saw a video presentation on the effects of Darwinian Theory on our society and an evaluation of its viability from some fairly reasonable minded evolutionists.

Did dinosaurs have feathers? Did whales walk? These are questions asked and refuted by evolutionists in this video. This enlightening new documentary includes amazing admissions by evolutionist leaders and is based on the popular book Evolution: The Grand Experiment by Dr. Carl Werner. Darwin admitted that intermediate links were "perhaps the most obvious and serious objection to the theory" of evolution. He recognized that the fossil record did not validate his idea, but he predicted that it would be confirmed as more and more fossils were found. That has not happened. This video was filmed over 12 years on three continents including many active dig sites, museums, and universities. It is excellent for those who desire physical evidence.

Several things struck our members as we viewed this film. First was the stark point underscored by placing zeroes on each branch of the "tree of life" to show how many intermediate transitional fossils have been found to support such a drawing. The repeated message is a grand total of none, zero, zip.

Another startling revelation of this film was the results of CT scans done on Chinese archaeological finds purported to be raptor/bird transitional finds. these scans reveal the two finds which supposedly show bird / dinosaur transitions and feathers to be completely fraudulent, and yet even with these results in hand "National Geographic" went ahead and did a huge piece on these finds hailing them as proof of evolution! The evidence in this video is striking and we endorse its use.

FEAST Science Workshop Schedule for 2011 - 2012

Our friends at the Family Educators Alliance of South Texas (FEAST) have asked us again this year to provide the presentations for their Science Workshops. FEAST has asked us to use our new "Answers for Life" program in these presentations.

"Answers for Life" is geared for adolescents, middle school, high school and college and career. Its presentations attempt to give them answers to the Big Questions in Life? Like, Is there a God? What is the purpose to life? Why is there death and suffering in the world? and more... Many of the topics seem philosophical, rather than scientific, but the presentations mix a good deal of both science to back up our conclusions and biblical apologetics in agreement with that science to underscore the points.

All presentation will be at FEAST which is located at 25 Burwood Lane at 7 pm on the fourth Monday of each month. The dates and topics for each presentation are listed below:

March 26, 2012- by popular demand we will present "God, Dinosaurs and Man" which shows the evidence for man coexisting with dinosaurs in the not so distant past. Also that night we will have a presentation on "Carbon Dating and other forms of Radiometric Dating" and how trustworthy these methods are in dating the Earth and rock samples.

April 23, 2012- "Distance, Starlight and Time." Does the "Big Bang" hold together as the theory of how we came to be? Has it all been "worked out", or are there real issues with this theory? How does this theory and any alternatives compare with the biblical account? We will answer all of these questions with this presentation.

A companion young children's program will also be provided each evening.

January, 2012

Spike Psarris with CreationAstronomy.com has just released his new DVD entitled: What You Aren't Being Told About Astronomy, Volume II - Our Created Stars and Galaxies. After the absolutely fabulous job he did with volume 1 on the anomalies in our own solar system which cry out for a Creator, we were eager to see what he had come up with to reveal the latest research on the cosmos which shows the Creator. Psarris is a former NASA employee who worked on unmanned missions with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His knowledge of what we know about stars and galaxies is on the cutting edge of current science.

He cuts through the evolutionary misconceptions and mangling of this data to give an unvarnished look at what our Creator has made so wonderfully and left his unmistakable signature along the way. He also uses a wealth of scripture to show that what we find in the universe is completely compatible with scripture and indeed predicted in scripture! The evening turned into a worship service as we were awestruck by the beauty, grandeur and infinite power of our Creator!

We strongly recommend the video "Already Gone: Why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it."

Statistics reveal a huge disconnect taking place between our children and their church experience. Nationwide polls and denominational reports are showing that the next generation is calling it quits on the traditional church. And it's not just happening on the nominal fringe; it's happening at the core of the faith. In the first scientific study of its kind, the "Beemer Report" revealed startling facts discovered through 20,000 phone calls and detailed surveys of a thousand 20-29 year olds, who used to attend evangelical churches on a regular basis, but have since left it behind.

The results are shocking:
Those who faithfully attend Sunday School are more likely to leave the church than those who don't;
Those who regularly attend Sunday School are more likely to believe that the Bible is less true;
Those who regularly attend Sunday School are actually more likely to defend that abortion and gay marriage should be legal; and
Those who regularly attend Sunday School are actually more likely to defend premarital sex.
And, we are not losing them in college as previously thought, but in middle school!

In this powerful video, popular author Ken Ham and consumer behavior research/analyst C. Britt Beemer combine to reveal trends that must be dealt with now . . . before we lose another generation! The trends are frightening, but Already Gone showed how to win back our families, our churches, and our world!

We have already had one group who have requested an encore viewing of this material for their organization and another church is doing a book study on this material. If you or your organization would also like to see this video or procure the book, please contact us.