January - March 2010
Cover Story: Five Fossil Mysteries That Evolution Can't Explain: Fossils are a source of mystery and wonder, but once the Bible is included in the picture, amazing possibilities become evident.
  • Life's Unexpected Explosion: Forty major animal groups appear out of nowhere at the bottom of the fossil record. Where does this "Cambrian Explosion" come from?

  • Those Not-So-Dry Bones: If dinosaurs died millions of years ago, how can their fossils still contain soft tissue?

  • Without a Leg to Stand On: Birds are vastly different from dinosaurs, even in the way they walk. How could one come from the other?

  • Amazingly Preserved Leaves: When leaves die, they shrivel up and crumble. So why is the fossil record chock full of well-preserved leaves?

  • Tracks but no Trilobites: Why do we find lots of trilobite tracks in lower rock layers, but no fossils?

Other Feature Articles
  • Dinosaurs - Living Large: We're amazed by the size of some dinosaurs, and the long-necks were the biggest of all. Being the tallest kid on the block had its advantages, but it presented some interesting design challenges.

  • Space-Age Leaves: When rocket scientists needed to find a way to fold a huge solar panel into a small rocket, they turned to a common leaf for ideas.

  • Pint-Size Predators: "Colorful," "beautiful," and "delicious" - those words typically come to mind when we think about plants. But don't tell that to an insect trapped inside a pitcher plant!

  • Stumbling Stones or Stepping Stones: The world is full of mysteries that challenge our understanding. Depending on our starting point, new discoveries can be either a stumbling stone or a stepping stone in our understanding of God.

  • More than a Revolution - Homosexuality in Biblical Perspective: If Christians want to meet the challenges of the homosexual movement with grace and honesty, they need a biblical understanding of God's design for sexuality, rooted in Genesis.

  • Mapping Out the Truth: By starting with the Bible and doing careful research, we can begin to piece together what exactly happened to the dinosaurs. That's the goal of a creationist-run dig in Wyoming.

  • Kan Ham on Maturing the Message: Over the years the creation message has been refined to focus on the root issue - compromise of Genesis ultimately undermines the gospel itself.

  • Order in the Fossil Record: Is the order of the geologic column a figment of evolutionists' imagination, arranged to support evolution? The surprising answer should encourage biblical creationists!

  • Completeness of the Fossil Record: Has the fossil record preserved only a small fraction of all the species that ever lived, as predicted by those who believe fossils were deposited over millions of years? Or is it nearly complete, as the Flood might lead us to expect?

  • Radiometric Dating: Making Sense of the Patterns: Radiometric dates of "millions of years" are clearly wrong because of wrong assumptions, but the technique itself is scientific. The patterns can help creationists identify when rock layers were deposited within biblical history.
DEPARTMENTS
  • Perspective: Looking at science & culture from a biblical worldview

  • Impact: Reaching others with the creation message

  • Truth 4 Teens: Talking on a Watermelon

  • Parent's Corner: Engaging Our Children

  • Biblical Authority: Not Just a Container of Truth

  • Last Word: The Humility Factor
KIDS ANSWERS

In this 8-page mini-magazine, children get answers to questions about woolly mammoths, including:

  • What is a woolly mammoth?

  • How big was it?

  • What does "prehistoric" mean?

  • What do creation scientists believe about the Ice Age?

  • Poster: a comparison of four animals, all members of the Creator's elephant "kind" - woolly mammoth, mastodon, African elephant, and Asian elephant.

...and lots more!




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The purpose of Answers Magazine is to illustrate the importance of Genesis in building a creation-based worldview, and to equip readers with practical answers so they can confidently communicate the gospel and biblical authority with accuracy and graciousness.