Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at 7 pm

Join us in February for Focus on the Family's "TrueU" presentation of the "The Toughest Test in College." This is the first the "TrueU" DVD series. It explores why students are failing to keep their faith on campus. It explores the real story of campus life - from dorm rooms to classrooms. Watch revealing interviews with students shocked by their first semester, and catch a sneak peek at the life changing solution from the creators of the Focus on the Family's "The Truth Project."

Dr. Del Tackett says, "We believe this project has the ability to equip and inspire students to not only survive the college years, but thrive as influential world-changers, no matter where God leads them after graduation!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010, at 7 pm

In January, we saw "Darwin's Dilemma: The Cambrian Explosion." This documentary revealed the huge scientific problems with Darwin's theory as it relates to the Cambrian Explosion. This is not a religious film, but atheists hate it because the scientific evidence is deeply disturbing to their belief system. The absence of transitional forms between the animal body plans implies design rather than a gradual, unguided cobbling together of adaptations.

The movie shows how the Precambrian layer contains single-celled creatures but no obvious ancestors of the Cambrian Phyla. By looking at the Burgess Shale of BC and the Chengjiang fossils of China the film shows how soft-bodied and microscopic creatures are exquisitely well preserved in the rocks but no transitional forms connect the animal phyla. Thus, the old Darwinist excuse that the transitionals really did exist but were too small and soft-bodied to be preserved is untenable(source - one review on Amazon). In spite of this video's prsupposition of old Earth chronology, the science and the logic employed in the film is impeccable. We heartily recommend this film.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at 7 pm

In December, we saw "The Case for a Creator." Our thanks to the Discovery Institute for providing this video to us! This video is a classic work in the field of apologetics. Award winning journalist Lee Stroebel interviews scientitsts and scholars for the answer to the question,
"Does contemporary scientitfic evidence point toward or away from a Creator?"
This film is based on Stroebel's best selling novel, which takes you along on his journey from being a skeptic, to having a profound faith in the God who designed every galaxy and every living cell! We enjoyed the exceptional ID arguments presented in this well done video. We did however, have problems with the old Earth assumptions and some of the astronomical conclusions of the film.

Coming Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at 7 pm

Lanny and Marilyn Johnson are former evolutionists trained in the sciences. Creation teaching was instrumental in bringing them to a settled assurance that all of God's Word can be trusted. In 1993, God led them to join Alpha Omega Institute and establish the Children's Ministry to fortify children with the truth of the Bible and to help them avoid the pitfalls of evolution. They will join us in March and bring a presentation on "The Hand of God - Fibonacci Numbers and the Divine Proportion." They will also be speaking at Communion Church on March 7th and 8th, 2010 and at Castle Hills Baptist on March 10-12, 2010. A special program for parents and younger children will be presented at Live Oak First Baptist on March 6th.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at 7 pm

In November, we viewed the video "Arguments Creationists Should Not Use" with Dr. Jonathan Sarfati, (49 Minutes). In this candid presentation before an international conference of nearly 600 creationist speakers and writers, scientist Dr. Jonathan Sarfati revealed the out-of-date, faulty, and downright "flakey evidences" that reputable creationists must avoid. Bottom line: hold "facts" loosely and instead focus intensely on God's written Word as the guide to evidence interpretations! This video not only updates us on arguments which have been debunked by more recent scientific research and discoveries, but it also reveals several "urban myth" stories which have floated around creationism for years and which have no basis in fact!

Friday and Saturday, October 23 - 24, 2009

Science and Faith: Friends or Foes? Fort Worth, TX
A significant national conference with exceptional speakers!
This conference is only scheduled twice in the United States. It was sponsored by Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture http://www.discovery.org/csc/

It focused on evidences as well as risks to our culture by Darwinism such as- High school teacher Roger DeHart was driven from his public school simply because he wanted his students to learn about both sides of the scientific debate over Darwinian evolution.
Chemistry professor Nancy Bryson lost her job at a state university after she gave a lecture on scientific criticisms of Darwin's theory to a group of honors students.
A biology professor at George Mason University was recently banned from teaching her students about the theory of intelligent design.
Biology professor P.Z. Myers at the University of Minnesota, for example, has called for "the public firing and humiliation of some teachers" because they question Darwin.
Free speech and academic freedom are cherished principles in America. They are too important to be sacrificed to the intolerant demands of extremists on any issue.

Featured speakers included: Dr. William Dembski, author of The Design Revolution and other books; Dr. Stephen Meyer, author of Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design; Dr. Jay Richards, co-author of The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed For Discovery; and Dr. John West, author of Darwin Day in America: How Our Politics and Culture Have been dehumanized in the Name of Science.

Sessions included:

"A Biblical Theology of Nature" by Dr. Jay Richards; "The Role of Christianity in the Founding of Modern Science", by Dr. Michael Keas, "The Rise of Scientific Materialism and Its Impact on Science and Culture", by John West; "The Effect of Darwinian Materialism on Biblical Studies and Theology" by William Dembski, Jay Richards, and Stephen Meyer; "The Return of the God Hypothesis" by Stephen Meyer; "The Case for Intelligent Design" by Ray Bohlin, Stephen Meyer, Jay Richards; and "The Challenge of Theistic Evolution" by Stephen Meyer, John West, Ray Bohlin, Jay Richards

We have notes on all of these lectures and if you are interested in seeing those notes email Scott Lane at lanes_1@sbcglobal.net

Monday, October 26, 2009

We and our partners at FEAST have put together an exciting set of presentations for the coming year. We started off on Monday, September 28 with a Creation Science Magic Show performed by SABBSA founder Ernie Hernandez. Ernie showed a fantastic crowd of 85 children, parents and youth the probability of structure forming all by itself with the application of random energy. He used Stanley Miller's 1953 experiment as a guide and demonstrates similar steps with our own experiment using colored blocks. It demonstrated probability, the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, knowledge of Dr. Miller's experiment and the real results. We followed with the kick off to a year-long presentation of the Answers in Genesis' (AIG) Demolishing Strongholds presentations with SABBSA board member Dr. Carl Williams moderating. Dr. Williams is a practicing medical doctor and he and his wife Cindy have gone through training with AIG in the presentation of this curriculum. Cindy is teaming with him to provide creation experiences for younger children while Carl presents to youth and parents.

Demolishing Strongholds lesson titles and FEAST Presentation Schedule (all presentations will occur on the fourth Monday of each month at FEAST)

We will be taking a two month break for Thanksgiving and Christmas and resume this series after the new year.
Monday, January25: Evolution in Pop Culture - Part 2 (Dr. Williams - Carl Kerby, 21 min.) and Counterfeit Reality - Part 1 (Dr. Williams - Bill Jack, 26 min.)
Monday, February 22: Counterfeit Reality - Part 2 (Dr. Williams - Bill Jack, 23 min.) and Answers to Difficult Issues: How to Share Your Christian Worldview - Part 1(Dr. Williams - Carl Kerby, 21 min.)
Monday, March 22: Answers to Difficult Issues: How to Share Your Christian Worldview - Part 2 (Dr. Williams - Carl Kerby, 17 min.) and Simple Tools for Brain Surgery - Part 1 (Dr. Williams - Bill Jack, 21 min.)
Monday, April 26: Simple Tools for Brain Surgery - Part 2 (Dr. Williams - Bill Jack, 27 min.) and Special Forces for the Savior - Part 1 (Dr. Williams - Charles Ware, 27 min.)
Monday, May 24: Special Forces for the Savior - Part 2 (Dr. Williams - Charles Ware, 25 min.) and "Man on the street interviews" with Bill Jack (moderator-led discussion, 18 min.)

Sunday, November 1, 2009

We had an encore presentation of "Already Gone: Why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it" at Live Oak First Baptist Church on November 1st. The crowd in attendance was stunned at the end by the profound implications of the research we saw and heard in this film.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

We thank all of the visitors to our group who saw "Darwin, The Voyage That Shook The World... 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his book, "Origin of Species". "The Voyage that Shook the World" retraced Darwin's journey, exploring the places and discoveries crucial to the formulation of his Theory of Evolution. Filmed in South America, UK, North America, Australia and Europe. Produced by Creation Ministries International.

We were especially impressed by the balance of the presentation that night. This video does an excellent job of factually recounting Darwin's voyage, explores his discoveries and the cultural background which underpinned his interpretations of those discoveries. Then it very even handedly has several scientists and scholars discuss the cultural impact of his work as well as how current research has backed up or falsified his claims. We heartily endorse this work.

Our program in September was a video presentation of "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.

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. If you or your organization would also like to see this video or procure the book, please contact us.