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Spring has sprung and episode 40 of the LITC podcast arrives! Today, famous palaeontologist, artist and all-around international fabulous guy Mark Witton returns to the show as he geeks out with our own Marc Vincent about Tyrannosaurus rex! Mark's upcoming new book, King Tyrant, is all about the toothy star from Hell Creek. For Vintage Dinosaur Art, Marc, Gemma and Natee go back to 1950's Denmark and discuss a rare treat from illustrator Verner Hancke, or rather from Gemma's attic. Will Gemma and Natee finally accept the superiority of T. rex over all other dinosaurs? Will Marc finally learn to pronounce "pterosaur" correctly? Are hadrosaurs secretly evil? Is Megatherium going to eat those passengers, or does it just want to play? And how does Gemma really feel about AI? All shall be revealed... in episode 40! Show Notes At LITC!
Los evolucionistas, dicen que un dinosaurio emplumado de 66 millones de años de antigüedad parecido a un demoníaco pájaro gigante, fue descubierto en la formación Hell Creek de Dakota del Sur y del Norte. No es de extrañar que esta especie de dinosaurio recién descubierta fuera apodado el "pollo del infierno… To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29
Send us a textThis week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks with the founder of the now 31st Annual Jerry Johnston Memorial Tough Guy Walleye Tournament, Joe Herbold. For those of you that fish the Walleye Tournament Circuit in Montana you'll likely recognize that name. In addition to starting the Tough Guy Tournament, for many years Joe was also the MC of the Super Bowl of Montana Walleye Tournaments, The Montana Governor's Cup. Of course, the Jerry Johnston Memorial Tough Guy Tournament is still very special to Joe and you will hear that when you listen to this Podcast. You'll also hear Joe talk about the history of the tournament like, how it got its name, what the first one was like all those years ago, where some of the "go to" hot spots are to find fish during the tournament, ideas on what to use and how to use it to catch Walleyes this early in the season and oh so much more! Joe also talks a bit about the history of the Hell Creek Campground and Marina, where the Jerry Johnston Memorial Tough Guy Tournament is based out of and also about the wonderful town of Jordan where Joe still lives today which is not far from the Hell Creek area and is the the town that most everyone goes through to get to Hell Creek and is also where the Jordan Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited holds their annual banquet which takes place on April 25th the night before the Tournament on the 26th. Don't miss that banquet folks! It's a blast, and you will dine on some of the best prime rib around and you can buy one of just 600 tickets to try to win the, get this, $10,000 cash prize! Click here for more info on that. But of course, first you are going to want to mash that play button and listen to all the other great info that Rigger and Joe give you during this fun podcast!Links:Click here to go to the Jordan Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited Facebook page to get updates on the Jerry Johnston Memorial Tough Guy Walleye Tournament.Click here to get info on this and other Walleye Tournaments around Montana.To get more info about the Hell Creek Campground and to reserve a campsite click here. Click here to get more info about the Hell Creek Marina. You can get more info about Jordan Montana by clicking here.Click here go to our Montana Outdoor webpage to get all kinds of fishing reports, outdoor news, weather forecasts and of course updates about the Jerry Johnston Memorial Tough Guy Walleye Tournament. Questions? Click here to email Downrigger and he will get you answers!Remember to tune in to The Montana Outdoor Radio Show, live every Saturday from 6:00AM to 8:00AM MT. The show airs on 30 radio stations across the State of Montana. You can get a list of our affiliated radio stations on our website. You can also listen to recordings of past shows, get fishing and and hunting information and much more at that website or on our Facebook page. You can also watch our radio show there as well.
Darren Maurer, Maurer Sign & Design – Owner Amateur Paleontologist – Promoting “Dinosaur's of the Hell Creek” — Fossil Exhibit at the Sioux City Public Museum from February 1, 2025 to July 31, 2025 The post Darren Maurer, Maurer Sign & Design – Owner appeared first on KSCJ 1360.
Something to Say? Send Us a Message!Embark on a journey into the Ultraverse featuring bespoke races and nutrition designed for the ultra-endurance athlete with Chase and Casey Hammond of Ultraverse Supplements. They join me, Richard Gleave, to share their inspiring tale from passionate ultra-runners to innovative supplement creators. We uncover the secrets behind their bestseller Proxima C, along with the birth of Terminus and T30, crafted to fuel the long miles ahead. Not to be outdone, the Hammonds also pull back the curtain on their race series, featuring the grueling Hell Creek 100 and the Pure Hell 140, along with festive races that celebrate both competition and community.Prepare to be captivated by the stories of camaraderie and the close-knit ultra-running community that thrives even in the most demanding races. The Hammonds and I talk about what goes into organizing the ultimate test of human endurance, from the intimate Summit 200, set to be the highest altitude, non-repetitive race in the U.S., to the inclusive Front Range Ultra Days in Colorado. We dive into the nuances of race day chaos, the importance of runner safety, and the joy of handing out those finisher's buckles, making every step worth the effort.Feel the pulse of the ultra-running scene as we explore the value of supporting each other, from the trails to the finish line. Whether you're an aspiring ultra-runner or a seasoned veteran, the Hammonds' insights into nutrition and race directing offer a wealth of knowledge. And for those yearning for more than just miles, our discussions on the Hell Creek Half and 50K, Eternal Damnation, and The Sticks promise a blend of high-spirited race culture and pure endurance festivities. Tune in and gear up to conquer your next ultra challenge, fueled by passion and the right supplements.Ultraverse:https://ultraversesupplements.com/https://ultraversesupplements.com/our-supplementshttps://ultraversesupplements.com/our-racesWebsite:https://www.choosetoendure.com/YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@ChoosetoEndureInstagram:https://instagram.com/choose_to_endure?utm_source=qr Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552757049526
Eoneophron, the "Pharaoh's dawn chicken from Hell”, was described from the Hell Creek; The large carnivore Acrocanthosaurus roamed all over what's now the U.S.; and an update on the Yale Peabody Museum's renovationsFor links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Chaoyangsaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Chaoyangsaurus-Episode-480/Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more.Dinosaur of the day Chaoyangsaurus, a small ceratopsian whose whole body was only about the size of a single Triceratops horn.In dinosaur news this week:A new oviraptorosaur, Eoneophron, the "Pharaoh's dawn chicken from Hell.” is a close relative to Anzu the "chicken from Hell"Acrocanthosaurus has definitively been found in Maryland, U.S. (Arundel Formation)The Yale Peabody Museum is reopening this spring Tell us what you think about our show in our 2024 Annual Survey! We want our show to be as enjoyable as possible, and your input will help us improve. Head to bit.ly/ikdsurvey24 to help shape the future of I Know Dino!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Hell Creek in Montana has fossils from the end Cretaceous around 66 million years old including some of the most iconic dinosaurs in the US as well as plants, mammals, reptiles, and aquatic invertebrates.
Please click Subscribe/Follow and give us a 5-star rating and review. Click here to go to our website. Click here to donate to the show. Click here for Jens Closet. Second week in Hell With Nadine..for the start of Season 8! Thanks to Black Swamp Paranormal's Nadine for sharing more creepy and spooky tales from their ghost outings! Michigan Dogman In folklore, the Michigan Dogman was allegedly witnessed in 1887 in Wexford County, Michigan, United States. The creature is described as a seven-foot tall, blue-eyed, or amber-eyed bipedal canine-like animal with the torso of a man and a fearsome howl that sounds like a human scream. According to legends, the Michigan Dogman appears in a ten-year cycle that falls on years ending in 7. Sightings have been reported in several locations throughout Michigan, primarily in the northwestern quadrant of the Lower Peninsula. In 1987, the legend of the Michigan Dogman gained popularity when disc jockey Steve Cook at WTCM-FM recorded a song about the creature and its reported sightings. History This creature was unknown to most of the modern world until very late in the twentieth century. It is said to have been stalking the area around the Manistee River since the days when the Odawa tribes lived there. Authentic sources for sightings made prior to 1987, however, have never been documented beyond Steve Cook's song, discussed below. The first alleged encounter of the Michigan Dogman occurred in 1887 in Wexford County, when two lumberjacks saw a creature that they described as having a man's body and a dog's head. In 1937 in Paris, Michigan, Robert Fortney was attacked by five wild dogs and said that one of the five walked on two legs. Reports of similar creatures also came from Allegan County in the 1950s, and in Manistee and Cross Village in 1967. Linda S. Godfrey, in her book The Beast of Bray Road, compares the Manistee sightings to a similar creature sighted in Wisconsin known as the Beast of Bray Road. Hell, Michigan Hell is an unincorporated community in Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As an unincorporated community, Hell has no defined boundaries or population statistics of its own. Located within Putnam Township, the community is centered along Patterson Lake Road about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Ann Arbor and three miles (4.8 km) southwest of Pinckney. The community is served by the Pinckney post office with the 48169 ZIP Code. History Hell developed around a sawmill, gristmill, distillery and tavern. All four were operated by George Reeves, who moved to the area in the 1830s from the Catskill Mountains in New York. He purchased a sawmill on what is now known as Hell Creek in 1841. In addition to the sawmill, Reeves purchased 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land surrounding the mill. Reeves then built a gristmill on Hell Creek which was powered by water that was impounded by a small dam across the creek. Farmers in the area were quite successful in growing wheat and had an abundance of grain. Reeves opened a distillery to process the excess grain into whiskey. Reeves also opened a general store/tavern on his property. The tavern and distillery soon became a thriving business for Reeves. He built a ballroom on the second floor of the establishment and a sulky racetrack around his millpond. Reeves also sold his alcohol to nearby roadhouses and stores for as little as ten cents a gallon. His operation came under the scrutiny of the U.S. government in the years after the American Civil War. When tax collectors came to Hell to assess his operation, Reeves and his customers conspired to hide the whiskey by filling barrels and sinking them to the bottom of the millpond. When the government agents left the area, the barrels were hauled to the surface with ropes. As Reeves aged, he slowed his business ventures, closing the distillery and witnessing the burning of the gristmill. He died in 1877. Reeves' family sold the land to a group of investors from Detroit in 1924. The investors increased the size of the millpond by raising the level of the dam, creating what is now Hiland Lake. The area soon became a summer resort area, attracting visitors for swimming and fishing. Henry Ford considered building some manufacturing facilities in the area but decided against it.
This was a really interesting book detailing before and after the asteroid hit. The first third of the book paints a picture of Hell Creek in the days preceding the asteroid impact, while the remaining chapters detail the aftermath (one hour after impact, one year after impact, and so forth into a million years). While the main focus is on Hell Creek, each chapter also contains a section on a different area of the planet, showing the aftermath on a global scale. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/you-betterknow4/message
Black keeps us focused on one particular location, Hell Creek, in Montana, with bits at the ends of every chapter commenting on things going on in other, far-away parts of the world, showing that this change was global. When the impact devastates the entire planet, it makes much less sense to think of the specific landing spot as ground zero. It makes more sense to see it as a planet-wide event, which would make the entire Earth, Planet Zero. It was not the first major planetary extinction, or even the second. But it was the most immediate, with vast numbers of species being exterminated within twenty-four hours. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/you-betterknow4/message
This was a really interesting book detailing before and after the asteroid hit. The first third of the book paints a picture of Hell Creek in the days preceding the asteroid impact, while the remaining chapters detail the aftermath (one hour after impact, one year after impact, and so forth into a million years). While the main focus is on Hell Creek, each chapter also contains a section on a different area of the planet, showing the aftermath on a global scale. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/you-betterknow4/message
Black keeps us focused on one particular location, Hell Creek, in Montana, with bits at the ends of every chapter commenting on things going on in other, far-away parts of the world, showing that this change was global. When the impact devastates the entire planet, it makes much less sense to think of the specific landing spot as ground zero. It makes more sense to see it as a planet-wide event, which would make the entire Earth, Planet Zero. It was not the first major planetary extinction, or even the second. But it was the most immediate, with vast numbers of species being exterminated within twenty-four hours. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/you-betterknow4/message
Apex fossil predator/paleontologist, Walter Stein skips the light fantastic 67 million years back in time to visit T Rex, Triceratops and all their Hell Creek friends. paleoadventures.com
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Amphicoelias, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Amphicoelias-Episode-413/Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more.Dinosaur of the day Amphicoelias, a diplodocid that was widely reported to be the largest dinosaur of all time, but is now considered much smaller.In dinosaur news this week:An Edmontosaurus from the Hell Creek formation nicknamed Dakota likely desiccated for weeks before being buried and fossilizingThe new dinosaur Mbiresaurus helps show that the earliest dinosaurs lived in the far south of Pangaea in temperate climatesNew dinosaur Nevadadromeus schmitti has officially been publishedHaving narrower eye sockets may have helped tyrannosaurs and other large theropods to have a more powerful biteHow SUE the T. rex got holes in its jaws remains a mysteryIn Australia, Muttaburrasaurus is officially Queensland's State Fossil We're headed to the 2022 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting very soon! Get premium content only available to our patrons and help us make it to SVP by joining us on Patreon. Our patrons' generous contributions make our podcast possible! You can now save 10% by paying annually. Go to Patreon.com/iknowdino to sign up and help us keep creating I Know Dino every week.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Dave interviews field and lab manager from the Museum of the Rockies, paleontologist, Lee Hall. Dave and his son, Carson, spent an amazing 6 days in the Hell Creek formation digging up tons of dirt with a cadre of the most hard working volunteers and students of all things paleo.
每日英語跟讀 Ep.K430: The Dinosaur Age May Have Ended in Springtime The dinosaur-killing meteor hit in spring. 殺死恐龍的流星是在春天撞擊地球。 That is the conclusion of scientists who examined the bones of fish that died on that day when a 6-mile-wide asteroid collided with Earth. 這是科學家們研究一顆6英里寬小行星撞上地球當天死亡的魚骨，得出的結論。 “These fishes died in spring,” said Melanie During, a graduate student at Uppsala University in Sweden and lead author of a paper published in the journal Nature. “The reign of dinosaurs ended in spring.” 一篇發表於《自然》期刊論文的主作者、瑞典烏普薩拉大學研究生梅勒妮．杜林說：「這些魚在春天死亡，恐龍的統治在春天結束。」 Scientists have known when the meteor hit — just over 66 million years ago, give or take 11,000 years — and where it hit, off the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. That ended the Cretaceous period of Earth's geological history, but even though three-quarters or more of the species of plants and animals disappeared in the mass extinction that followed, it has been hard to pinpoint fossils of anything directly killed by the meteor. 科學家們已經知道這顆流星撞擊時間，大約在6600萬年前，誤差頂多11,000年，撞擊地點則在墨西哥猶加敦半島。這起事件結束了地球地質史的白堊紀時期，但儘管四分之三或更多動植物物種在隨後的大滅絕中消失，卻很難精確找到被流星直接殺死的化石。 But in 2019, paleontologists published the discovery in southwestern North Dakota of what appeared to be a mass graveyard of creatures that died hours or days after the impact. Although North Dakota was about 2,000 miles from where the meteor hit, the seismic waves of what was the equivalent of an earthquake with a magnitude of 10 or 11 sloshed water out of the lakes and rivers and killed the fish. Tektites — small glass beads propelled into the air by the impact — rained from the skies. 但在2019年，古生物學家公布一項在北達科他州西南部的發現，當地似乎是一個在撞擊幾小時或幾天後的生物集體墓地。雖然北達科他州離隕石撞擊地約2000英里，但相當於規模10或11的地震波，讓湖水和河水濺出，殺死了魚類。被沖擊拋至空中的小玻璃珠狀玻璃隕石從天而降。 The researchers spent years exploring the site, known as Tanis, which is in the fossil-rich Hell Creek formation that stretches across four states. 研究人員花了數年時間探索這個被稱為塔尼斯的遺址，當地位在橫跨4個州、富含化石的地獄溪地層中。 With the new science results, the fossils now provide insight into the cataclysm that was previously impossible to discern. 有了新的科學成果，這些化石如今讓我們了解到以前無法辨識出的大災難資訊。 “It's amazing that we can take an event, a single moment that happened 66 million years ago — literally a rock falling down and in an instant striking the Earth — and we can pinpoint that event to a particular time of the year,” said Stephen L. Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh who was not involved in the research. “I think it's a detective story of the highest caliber.” 未參與研究的愛丁堡大學古生物學家布魯塞特說：「太棒了，我們可將一個發生在6600萬年前某個時刻的事件，即岩石墜落與瞬間撞擊，確認是在一年中的某個特定時間。我認為這是一部最高水準的偵探小說。」 Animals in the Northern Hemisphere — some emerging from hibernation or giving birth to young — might have been more vulnerable to extinction. “If it was spring, then it was not very likely for many organisms to be in hibernation,” During said. 北半球動物有些剛從冬眠中甦醒或剛生下後代，可能更容易滅絕。杜林說：「如果是春天，那麼很多生物不太可能處於冬眠狀態。」
Filmmaker Danny Donahue has drawn my commercial storyboards for over a decade. While I knew he was a talented filmmaker (He's amassed millions of YouTube views.) I did not know of his terrific acting chops. His latest sci-fi horror short "Hell Creek" (6 min) stars Danny and a dinosaur. A very realitic, Hollywood-level CG dino Danny crafted himself. Oh, you can see his etchings on his site too. Great chat with my friend Danny. "Diamond In The Rough" streams on the Creator+ platform starting now! Please support my wife filmmaker Jeannette Godoy's romcom debut. It's "Mean Girls" meets "Happy Gilmore" and crowds love it. Here's the trailer. How to Pitch Agencies and Win! I'm doing a live zoom course July 18th, that's a Tuesday, at 2pm Pacific. Sign up as it will sell out. SOLD OUT!!! My first annual Filmmaker Retreat Joshua Tree is September 30th through October 2nd, 2022. Out theme is “Define Your Voice” and more can be found here at the Commercial Directing Film School site. Next Commercial Directing Bootcamp is January 7th, 2023 in Los Angeles. Save $100 if you've completed either of my Masterclass or Shadow online courses. Online Commercial Directing Masterclass has received 100% 5 star reviews. Plus we do a free filmmaker consultation call. Check out the new Commercial Director Mega Bundle for serious one-on-one mentoring and career growth. It's everything and more. Thanks, Jordan This episode is 60 minutes and is sponsored by Oso Delicious Hot Sauce, the hot sauce made by bears. Flavorseeker Fun Pak‘s ship Friday's at 3pm. My cult classic mockumentary, “Dill Scallion” is online so I'm giving 100% of the money to St. Jude Children's Hospital. I've decided to donate the LIFETIME earnings every December, so the the donation will grow and grow. Thank you!
Filmmaker Danny Donahue has drawn my commercial storyboards for over a decade. While I knew he was a talented filmmaker (He's amassed millions of YouTube views.) I did not know of his terrific acting chops. His latest sci-fi horror short “Hell Creek” (6 min) stars Danny and a dinosaur. A very realitic, Hollywood-level CG dino Danny crafted himself. Oh, you can see…
Chase Hammond is a man with vision. As an ultramarathon runner he saw an opportunity to create a race series at the trail he runs in central Kansas. The Hell Creek race series is both challenging and beautiful. And for those who think Kansas is flat, the elevation profile for the 100 mile is over 10,000 feet of gain. Chase also saw an opportunity to use his training in nutrition to start a supplement company to serve athletes in endurance sports. In this episode we talk about all this and more: running, race directing, and nutrition.
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In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook this one spot, and imagining what might have been happening elsewhere on the globe. Life's losses were sharp and deeply-felt, but the hope carried by the beings that survived sets the stage for the world as we know it now.Picture yourself in the Cretaceous period. It's a sunny afternoon in the Hell Creek of ancient Montana 66 million years ago. A Triceratops horridus ambles along the edge of the forest. In a matter of hours, everything here will be wiped away. Lush verdure will be replaced with fire. Tyrannosaurus rex will be toppled from their throne, along with every other species of non-avian dinosaur no matter their size, diet, or disposition. They just don't know it yet.The cause of this disaster was identified decades ago. An asteroid some seven miles across slammed into the Earth, leaving a geologic wound over 50 miles in diameter. In the terrible mass extinction that followed, more than half of known species vanished seemingly overnight. But this worst single day in the history of life on Earth was as critical for us as it was for the dinosaurs, as it allowed for evolutionary opportunities that were closed for the previous 100 million years.Read the book: https://wellingtonsquarebooks.indiecommerce.com/book/9781250271044
In this Horror Special, Mike and Rich take a look at four new shorts... We start with ALL OF THEM WITCHES, which takes a wry look at indie film-making before segueing into horror! Next is THRESHOLD, in which a man tinkering in his garage has a strange encounter! Next is UNWELCOME GUEST, where a female author soon realises she might not be alone in her secluded winter cabin! Finally, we have HELL CREEK, a bit of a change of pace in which a time-travelling hunter gets more than he bargained for! Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!
Episode 114 – A Flood of Truth Part 10 – An Ark's Worth of Evidence Part 10 Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script/Notes: [God said] Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Genesis, Chapter 9, verses 14 and 15, New International Version ******** VK: Hello. I'm Victoria K welcoming you to another episode of Anchored by Truth. I'm in the studio today with RD Fierro, author and Founder Crystal Sea Books as we wrap up the series we called “A Flood of Truth.” RD, would you like to say a word of greeting and give us a little preview of what we are going to hear about in this final episode of our series? RD: Greetings to all the Anchored by Truth listeners. Well, in our last episode of Anchored by Truth we began our review of a baker's dozen of facts that listeners can rely upon to assure themselves that the Bible's account of Noah and the flood is literal history. We understand that in this day and time that skepticism of the Bible's historicity is widespread. That's one of the biggest reasons we do Anchored by Truth – to help listeners understand that that skepticism is quite often not grounded in evidence or reason. We also understand that one part of the Bible that is frequently attacked by the skeptic is the first few chapters of Genesis – which is of course where we find the story of Noah and the flood – in chapters 6 through 9. That's why we wanted to do this series on Noah – to reexamine the evidence that supports the Bible's historicity. So, in our wrap-up we're going back over 13 data points that listeners can absorb quickly and easily to assure themselves that the Bible's account of Noah, the ark, and the flood is trustworthy. VK: And by extension that other parts of Genesis – and the entire Bible for that matter – are equally trustworthy. We know that a lot, probably most, of the listeners do trust the Bible. But we also know that in today's world people are often so overwhelmed with the details of life that it can be hard for them to find time to assemble the facts and evidence that can reinforce their faith in the Bible. That's what we want to do on Anchored by Truth. We want to look at the Bible – and many of the criticisms that are directed against it from the standpoint of an honest layman. And we want to find out whether a reasoned analysis of available evidence supports the Bible's truth claims or the critic's. When people do so we think that they find that evidence from a wide variety of disciplines provides overwhelming support of the Bible's trustworthiness RD: Yes. So last time we went through the first 7 of our baker's dozen of data points. Today we want to go through the last 6 data points. VK: So, just as a brief review the first 3 data points are that the Bible's description of the ark show that the ark had the size and strength to carry a huge cargo of animals, their food, and Noah's family. Even when you use conservative estimates the ark had the capacity to transport at least 19,000 sheep sized animals. Also, the ark's 6-to-1 ratio of length to width is the same basic design proportion used for modern, ocean going vessels so it could be expected to be stable even in rough waters. And, third, the interior and exterior coating of pitch not only sealed the ark against leaks but also improved its impact resistance against collisions with debris. Especially during the earliest parts of the flood the wind and waves would have been tossing huge amounts of vegetation being torn off the sinking lands. RD: Exactly. And data point 4 is that even the incidental details mentioned in the instructions given to Noah make sense. The opening below the roof would have helped manage the heat load and the 3 decks made sense from the standpoint of both cargo capacity and load management. VK: And data points 5, 6, and 7 have to do with the fact that there is abundant geological evidence that at one time there was water covering the surface of the entire globe and that that water moved enormous volumes of sediment and earth in exactly the way you would expect in the Biblical flood. Marine fossils are found in a limestone layer just below the summit of Mount Everest. There are layers of sedimentary rock found on every continent on earth and some of these layers are hundreds of feet thick and extend over thousands of miles. Finally, many geologists such as J. Harlan Bretz who is a recipient of the Geological Society of America's highest award acknowledge that there are canyons on many continents that were not carved gradually through the slow erosion of a particular river. Instead, they were carved suddenly, catastrophically by floods of unimaginable proportions. RD: Exactly. So, those are 7 of our 13 data points that listeners can return to when they hear assertions that the Bible's flood story is just a fictional morality tale. Data point 8 is that the earth's fossil beds contain abundant evidence of a past, sudden catastrophe that caused an immediate burial of both marine and land creatures. For instance, here is an exquisitely preserved fossil of an extinct marine reptile called an ichthyosaur. The mother ichthyosaur is shown having almost completed giving birth to a live infant—the beak of the young reptile is still inside mother's birth canal. If you find a fossil of an isolated tooth or shell, for example, it is not possible to say how quickly or slowly it formed. But there are countless examples of fossils like this one concerning which it is obvious that long time-spans could not have been involved. In this case, not only is the fossil exquisitely preserved, but the fact that mother and infant are 'trapped' in a not-yet-completed birth process makes it profoundly clear that both were rapidly overwhelmed by catastrophic burial, consistent with the world flood of Noah's day. It is, of course, not feasible that mother just lay on the bottom of the ocean floor giving birth for thousands of years while being slowly covered up by accumulating sediments! Unlike many other reptiles, ichthyosaurs gave birth to live young. This means that if the birth had been completed the youngster would have immediately gone to the surface for its first breath. VK: That's certainly a dramatic example that, at some point in the earth's past history, vast quantities of sediment were being swirled around in the oceans. If the bodies of the dead animals that became fossils had been exposed for any length of time fossils wouldn't have formed at all. So, fossils like that which have features so beautifully preserved must have been buried and hardened before they could be damaged by scavengers or decay. Is that the only fossil evidence that demonstrates the earth was subjected to a massive flood that covered the entire surface? RD: Definitely not. So, data point 9 is that there are large fossil beds that contain mixtures of marine animals and land animals. Since it is unlikely that these kinds of animals would have lived in close proximity to one another during life, their burial together suggests they were swept up in a common catastrophe and quickly deposited under a thick layer of protective sediment. The fact that marine and land animals were all quickly buried together strongly suggests the burial took place underwater. For instance, one of the richest fossil discoveries ever was made near a huge deposit of coal basin near Autun in France. Some of the fossils discovered in this deposit were saltwater marine creatures. Some were definitely freshwater dwellers (e.g. amphibious), and some were definitely land creatures such as spiders, scorpions, millipedes other insects and reptiles. This kind of mixing of creatures from widely separated regions could easily have occurred when the creatures were brought together by ultra-massive flooding. VK: And this kind of fossil bed where land and sea creatures are mixed isn't limited to that bed. Fossils discovered in Hell Creek rock formation in Montana contained not only the largest ever T. rex fossil but also the teeth of various species of small marine sharks. The T. rex fossil also contained intact soft tissue and protein. The discovery of soft tissue that was still “soft and stretchy” and intact proteins really poses a problem for the hypothesis that dinosaurs lived tens of millions of years ago. Even the chief of the team that first discovered the intact soft tissue, Dr. Mary Schweitzer has admitted there is no known way soft tissue could be intact after tens of millions of years. They also discovered proteins such as collagen, hemoglobin, osteocalcin, and tubulin. These are complex molecules that continually tend to break down to simpler ones. All of these discoveries are perfectly consistent with dinosaurs being around in Noah's time and the fossils being created by a worldwide flood. RD: Right. And data point 10 is that there are other features on the earth that point out at some time in the past there was a huge hydrological event that created vast deposits of vegetation that would be extremely hard to explain in any other way. In Australia there's an enormous coal deposit called the Latrobe Valley Coal Measures. The coal seams there occur within thick layers of clay, sand and basaltic lava, which together form a 2,300-foot sequence of rocks. These lie in a large, deep depression, called a ‘basin', shaped like a triangle that's almost 200 miles wide and long. Most of the basin lies under the ocean off the southern coast of Australia. Offshore the coal measures are estimated to be almost 3 miles thick. Latrobe Valley coal consists of a mass of very fine plant debris containing partly-decomposed plant remains. It is clear that a great quantity of plant material accumulated in the past to produce such huge deposits of coal. A worldwide, catastrophic flood is the easiest explanation for how so much vegetation could have accumulated in this pattern in one place. VK: But, of course, there are geologists who believe that a Biblical flood didn't cause the Latrobe Valley Coal Measures, aren't there. Some geologists believe that the coal deposits were created by an enormous swamp where plants just grew for hundreds of thousands of years and as they died they gradually accumulated in layers deep enough to form the coal. They say that the vegetation accumulated as peat in a swamp during ideal climatic and geologic conditions. They say the swamps formed on floodplains near the coast, which were slowly sinking and eventually inundated by the ocean. Isn't that a possibility? RD: It's a possibility but there are problems with this explanation. First, there is no sign of soil under the coal, as there would be if the vegetation grew and accumulated in a swamp. Instead, the coal rests on a thick layer of clay and there is contact edge between the coal and clay is so clean it could be a knife edge This kaolin clay is so pure that it could be used for high-class pottery. Furthermore, there are no roots penetrating the clay. Second, not only is there no soil, but the vegetation found in the coal is not the kind that grows in swamps today. Instead, it is mostly the kind that is found in mountain rainforests. The best match for the mix of vegetation in the coal occurs in the mountains of the western half of the island of New Guinea some 4,000–7,000 feet above sea level. Similar vegetation is also found in the mountains in Australia, Malaysia, New Caledonia and New Zealand. The kinds of plants that make up the coal did not grow in a swamp on a floodplain. Third, within the coal seams are pollen-rich layers up to 20 inches thick. It makes sense that the pollen was washed there by water, because flowing water would sort vegetation into its different components. The idea that such huge pollen-rich layers could gradually accumulate in a coastal swamp over long periods of time does not make sense. Finally, when the brown coal burns, it leaves hardly any ash behind. The ash produced from most of these coals ranges from 1.5–5%, which is less than the 3–18% ash in typical peat. The low ash is consistent with the vegetation being transported and washed by water, not with lying in a swamp for tens of thousands of years. Then there are a number of distinct volcanic ash layers that run horizontally through the coal. If the vegetation had grown in a swamp, these distinct ash layers would not be there. After each volcanic eruption, the volcanic texture of the ash would have been obliterated when the swamp plants recolonized the ash, turning it into soil. VK: And the Latrobe Valley Coal Measures is not the only feature we see on the face of the earth that points to a massive flood as its cause. But it's one that is easy to think about concretely and absorb readily. And listeners who would like to study this point more thoroughly can go to creation.com which is the website for Creation Ministries International. So, what is data point 11? RD: Data point 11 is that we see genetic evidence of the flood in the composition of the human population that's currently living on the earth. We can see this through what is known as mitochondria DNA. This is a limited set of DNA that is not found in a cell's nucleus but in the organelle that is the more-or-less the power plant of the cell which is called the mitochondrion. Mitochondria DNA is generally inherited only from our mothers. As such the mitochondria DNA distribution of the world's population can give us insight into our female ancestors. Well, genetic studies have shown that there are three main mitochondria lines of DNA present around the world. Evolutionists refer to these lines as “M,” “N,” and “R.” Evolutionists were surprised at the lack of diversity present in the mitochondrial lines but this evidence is entirely consistent with the Bible's flood account. VK: Yes. It's important to remember that all the people living today are descendants of Noah's 3 sons and their wives. So, the lines of mitochondrial DNA that would be present could only have come from one of the four women on the ark: Noah's wife or his 3 daughters-in-law. But the Bible never tells us that Noah had any daughters – only sons. Noah's sons would not have contributed to the mitochondrial descent lines. So, it reasonable to conclude that the 3 main mitochondrial DNA lines we see present on the earth today trace back to Noah's 3 daughters-in-law. Again, this is observational evidence that is consistent with the Bible's flood account. Listeners who would like to investigate this subject further should visit creation.com where there are several good articles on mitochondrial DNA or there's a discussion of the flood effect on mitochondrial DNA in chapter 19 of Dr. Jonathan Sarfati's commentary on Genesis called The Genesis Account. So, data point 11 is that even human genetics points out that at one point in the past there was a something that caused a bottleneck in the population. This bottleneck resulted in the preservation of three primary lines of mitochondrial DNA. And one simple explanation for how that happened is provided by the Bible's flood account. So, what about data point 12? RD: Data point 12 is what I call “the story of the story.” With any event as catastrophic as the Biblical flood you would expect the generation that experienced the event and the succeeding generations to repeat the story over and over. But of course, when the story is repeated it won't always remain the same. It will grow, be embellished, or just repeated erroneously. And that's what we see with the flood story. Some observers have counted almost 200 different variants on the flood story around the world and just about every culture on earth has one. VK: What are some of the best known of variants? RD: As we mentioned in our last episode, one of the best known of the variants and probably the one that most closely tracks the Biblical account is the Babylonian flood narrative. In the Babylonian narrative their Noah is called Utnapishtim. Utnapishtim is warned by a friendly god in advance that a great flood is coming and orders him to build an ark to save not only his own family but also a group of representative animals. The ark finally grounds on a mountain named Nisir in a mountain range northeast of Babylon. VK: But as we also mentioned last time, the design of Utnapishtim's ark reveals that the Biblical account is far more reasonable. In the Babylonian account the ark Utnapishtim built was a perfect cube with six decks. It goes without saying that - in complete opposition to the stability of the Biblical ark - a cube-shaped vessel would roll and capsize quite easily in open waters. Such a vessel could never have remained upright in the roiling seas that would have been present in the initial flood conditions. RD: Yes, and that same kind of lack of reasonability marks the other flood legends. An Ojibwa Indian legend from around Lake Superior tells of a great snow that fell one September at the beginning of time. A bag contained the sun's heat until a mouse nibbled a hole in it. The warmth spilled over, melting the snow and producing a flood that rose above the tops of the highest pines. Everyone drowned except for an old man who drifted about in his canoe rescuing animals. There is another Native American tribe, the Havasupai, attributes the Grand Canyon's carving to a catastrophic flood down the Colorado River that occurred when the god Ho-ko-ma-ta unleashed a tremendous rainstorm. A more benevolent god, Pu-keh-eh, put his daughter in a hollowed-out log to save her from the monstrous current. After the flood receded, she crawled out and became mother of all humanity. VK: So, it's easy to see that these kind of legends contain mythological elements that are quite different from the reserved and historical character of the Biblical account. Ok. What about your 13th data point? RD: My 13th data point is that the ice age is a good case where the Biblical flood account makes more sense than the conventional explanation. The Bible says that the cause of the flood wasn't just a torrential rain for 40 days but also that the “fountains of the great deep burst open.” Many Biblical geologists agree that this referred to not only underwater volcanoes erupting into the oceans but also subterranean reservoirs of extremely hot water also being injected into the oceans. This activity would have formed the ideal conditions for an ice age to develop. The ocean's temperature would have risen. Warm water evaporates more quickly than cool water so there would have been abundant precipitation for an extended period. At the same time, the volcanic ash that would have entered the atmosphere would have reflected sunlight producing a protracted period of colder weather. This would have been a perfect condition to allow ice sheets to form over the land in the upper parts of the northern hemisphere and Antarctica. The cooler temperatures in the summer would have reduced the glacial melt allowing the glaciers to gradually extend to the limits that are now evident. VK: But, of course, this isn't the only possible explanation for how the extensive glaciers of the Ice Age could have formed, is it? Non-Christian geologists believe that change in the tilt of the earth's axis may have produced extended periods of colder temperature – conceivably up to thousands or even tens of thousands of years. RD: That is another possible explanation for the Ice Age but the kind of changes proposed in the earth's orbital geometry have too small an effect. And if the earth had cooled in this way it would have become much drier. There would have been less evaporation from gradually cooling oceans, not more. This would interfere with snow development and the formation of the enormous ice sheets which all scientists agree once existed. By some calculations the air would have been as much as 60% drier in the proposed scenario – which is pretty much a fatal problem for the recurrent precipitation/freeze/accumulation cycle that would have been required. This is why the Ice Age is a major challenge for secular scientists. There are over 60 ideas (theories) on the origin of the Ice Age. That is why David Alt who is a professor of geology at the University of Montana, stated: “Although theories abound, no one really knows what causes ice ages.” VK: So, all 13 of these data points – plus a great many more that we didn't have time to cover in this series – points out the conclusion is that the Bible's flood account is consistent with scientific observations of the earth and life on the earth. And for anyone who would like to investigate this topic more thoroughly we are including several helpful links to the podcast notes that will be available through most major podcast apps. We would also recommend visiting the website for Creation Ministries International at creation.com. Do you have any final thoughts for today? RD: Yes. We are well aware that a great many people do not agree with the conclusions that we have reached during our Flood of Truth series. But one thing I would point out is that a worldwide flood as described by the Bible points to a clear and straightforward explanation for all of the phenomena that we have discussed. If you dismiss the historicity of the flood account you have to come up with another explanation and very often these explanations are only plausible, at best, for one or two of the phenomena but not the others. The Bible's explanation clearly, easily, and straightforwardly accounts for them all. VK: People need to study these subjects and make up their own minds. But as we've set so often, approaching these topics through a lens that rejects the Bible's historicity is not more scientific than a lens that accepts the reliability of the Bible. Bible critics may doubt the Bible but their doubt is just that - doubt. Doubt is not evidence. Sounds to me like a good time for a prayer. Today let's listen to a prayer for the upcoming celebration of American independence – the fourth of July. ---- PRAYER FOR FOURTH OF JULY We hope you'll be with us next time and we hope you'll take some time to encourage some friends to tune in too, or listen to the podcast version of this show. If you'd like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We're not famous but our Boss is!” (Bible Quote from the New International Version) Genesis, Chapter 9, verses 14 and 15, New International Version https://creation.com/topics/global-flood https://activechristianity.org/6-unbelievably-good-reasons-to-read-your-bible https://considerthegospel.org/2014/03/28/the-noah-controversy-could-that-flood-have-happened/ How could Noah get all the animals on the Ark? - creation.com Fascinating French fossil find - creation.com Hell Creek Formation supports the Bible - creation.com What caused Ice Age - creation.com Marine Fossils on Mount Everest - Media Center - creation.com Also, consult Chapters 17 through 20 of “The Genesis Account” by Dr. Jonathan Sarfati available from creation.com.
Special Guest Cullen Bunn joins us to discuss his work on Valiant Comics' forthcoming relaunch of Shadowman, which two classic horror movies have most shaped his approach to the horror genre, and Karl Edward Wagner's classic short story, "Hell Creek," for our spoiler-filled discussion of the week. We also sound off on the Director's Cut of Dr. Sleep, the first three releases in Unnerving's Rewind or Die series of novellas, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Hill House Comics, and Gwendolyn Kiste's latest charitable chapbook from Nightscape Press, The Invention of Ghosts. The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring
A world of blistering heat and dirt, a biosphere where 20-foot-tall dinosaurs roamed. Home to cretaceous creatures that could rip apart their prey with 6-inch serrated teeth! Venture into this landscape to learn how a group of researchers and school teachers tracked down the elusive Tyrannosaurus rex in the sweltering badlands on Montana. Follow how the last-minute discovery of a small protrusion of ribs led to the extraction of a three-thousand-pound block containing the head of a ravenous rex. You’ll be on the ground in an active paleontological field research site examining fossils from millions of years ago. You’ll also learn what it takes to bring a prized scientific discovery into the forefront of research and for all the public to see and touch.Resources:Listen and Subscribe to DIGDIG Field School | Facebook | Twitter | InstagramBurke Museum | Facebook | Twitter | InstagramGreg Wilson | University of Washington | TwitterBrandon Peecook | Idaho State University | Twitter | InstagramKristy Mar | TwitterDave DeMar | Smithsonian InstitutionMichael Holland | Site | LinkedINThomas Carr | @TyrannosaurCarr | Site | Carthage CollegeJean Primozich | "Meet the Tufts-Love T. rex's biggest (little) fans," Burke MuseumListen to and Subscribe on Apple PodcastsListen to and Subscribe on Spotify
Dinosaur of the day Huayangosaurus, a smaller Chinese relative of Stegosaurus.Interview with Ari Rudenko, the founder and artistic director of Prehistoric Body Theater, a performance company that uses dance to teach about paleontology and evolution. His show, Ghosts of Hell Creek, is currently fundraising to go on tour.In dinosaur news this week:A new study finds that raptors likely used their claws for grasping or restraining preyA new fully rooted Triceratops tooth is on display at Casper college in WyomingThe Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands 3D printed some missing bones of their new TriceratopsTo get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdinoFor links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Huayangosaurus, links from Ari Rudenko, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Huayangosaurus-Episode-251/
Dinosaur of the day Gargoyleosaurus, a Jurassic ankylosaur from Wyoming.Check out our new Parasaurolophus gear at bit.ly/iknowdinostoreIn dinosaur news this week:A new Late Jurassic sauropod named Oceanotitan was described from PortugalA new study shows that sauropods probably walked on their toes with a large fleshy pad under their heelAbout 20 bones have been recovered from the ceratopsian in Highlands Ranch, ColoradoThe court case over the dueling dinosaurs (a ceratopsian and tyrannosaur) is headed back to MontanaTheropod dinosaur footprints have been found in Phu Pha Lek National Park in ThailandAmerst College’s Beneski Museum of Natural History is now home to some dinosaur footprintsGlenrock Paleon Museum in Wyoming has a new ceratopsian, nicknamed CarolSmithsonian created 3D models of the Nation’s T. rex and their Triceratops which are free to downloadThere’s a big dinosaur exhibit at the Guangdong Science Center in China, called The World’s Largest DinosaursFlamingo Gardens in Florida has life-sized dinosaurs on displayField Station: Dinosaurs reopened in New JerseyThe Milwaukee County Zoo in Wisconsin has Lego dinosaurs for the summerIn Kansas City, Missouri, retired couple Bruce and Judith Wake dig up dinosaurs and show them at schoolsPC Games made a list of the best dinosaur games on PCA new production of Ari Rudenko’s Ghosts of Hell Creek will in Bali, Indonesia on June 14-15To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdinoFor links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Gargoyleosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Gargoyleosaurus-Episode-236/
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About 66 million years ago an asteroid at least 6 miles wide crashed into the Earth, in the shallow sea that is now the Yucatan Peninsular in Mexico. It gouged the Chicxulub crater 18 miles deep; threw 25 trillion tonnes of debris into the atmosphere, much of which was hotter than the Sun, created huge seismic waves and massive tsunamis churning the Gulf of Mexico, tearing up coastlines and peeling up 100’s of metres of rock. 75% of the Earth’s forest burned. Debris was thrown out across the Solar System and North America was showered by a fan of glassy molten rock droplets. This geological event marked the end of the Cretaceous period and the start of the Palaeogene. Most people accept that this massive event caused the last great extinction, the end of the dinosaurs and a period of intense cold. Many fossil finds back this theory up. But very little fossil evidence showing the impact of the actual event has been found. Until now. Hundreds of miles from Chicxulub in a fossil site called Tanis, in North Dakota, part of the vast Hell Creek formation, is a fossil find that depicts the turmoil 10's of minutes after the asteroid hit. Marine and freshwater fish are found tangled together with these glassy droplets crammed in their gills, Charred trees are mixed up with hundreds of mangled animal bones, amber perfectly preserving drops of what was molten Earth. It's got palaeontologists including Professor Phil Manning at Manchester University very excited. The gravitational wave detectors LIGO and VIRGO have been recently upgraded and made more sensitive to the miniscule signals that denote ripples in gravity - gravitational waves. Professor Sheila Rowan of the University of Glasgow explains to Gareth Mitchell that she hopes that with this third run of the detectors, they will be finding not just one or two signals that provide evidence of massive events in our universe, but hundreds, maybe even thousands. In the quest to understand how corals are affected by rising sea temperatures we need to understand the symbiotic relationship they have with dinoflagellates, the single-celled algae that live in, and use photosynthesis to make food for the coral. When coral gets too hot and undergoes 'bleaching', this is the algae leaving the coral. Yixian Zheng at the Carnegie Institution of Washington takes Roland Pease on a tour of her coral tanks and explains that she's hunting for a model coral organism to study this process at the genetic and molecular level. A crime has been committed in the studio. Gareth's tea has been drunk and his biscuits have been nibbled. Luckily evidence was left at the scene of the crime - a shoeprint with distinctive wear patterns. One quick phone call and the director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Dundee, Professor Niamh Nic Daeid is on the case. She's asking the public to help build up a database of footwear prints. The project is the largest ever study into the variation in footwear marks made by the same shoes across different surfaces and activities so that the variation observed can be used to explore links between the shoe and the mark it makes. In order to do this, she's asking thousands of individuals to take part in a large-scale citizen science project by taking pictures of their footwear and the marks they make. This will help the Dundee team build a substantial database for use in their research to aid the scientific validation of footwear marks as evidence for use in the criminal justice system. Producer (and biscuit thief) - Fiona Roberts
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“Saurian is a video game focused on providing the most captivating prehistoric experience ever developed for commercial gaming: living like a true dinosaur in a dynamic open world through intense, survival based gameplay. Players will have the opportunity to take control of several different species of dinosaur in their natural environment. You will attempt to survive from hatchling to adult, managing physical needs, while avoiding predators and environmental hazards in a dynamic landscape reflecting cutting-edge knowledge of the Hell Creek ecosystem 66 million years ago.” Can video games be educational? If they portray ancient life accurately, could they even be considered palaeoart? We put such questions and more to Saurian project lead, Nick Turinetti. Please visit the Saurian website for more details about the game and contribute to the Saurian project via their Kickstarter campaign.
We are in between series right now. We are coming up on Easter, and then after Easter, we will start a series on the 12 steps which are not just for those recovering from drug or alcohol abuse. The 12 steps are a way of life. Theyre from the scripture, and theyre designed to help us break the patterns of sin and destruction in our lives. We did it years ago, and it has been by far the most used series weve ever done. So I encourage you to bring someone with you who will benefit from that. I was on a plane coming back from Arizona, reading a book called Courageous Leadership, a book Id been meaning to read for a while by Pastor Bill Hybels. He talked about spiritual pathways. He captured a concept or a teaching that Id understood, Id observed it, but never could quite capture it. So, what Im going to do is borrow that terminology and borrow some of the verbiage but add to it my own illustrations and my own thoughts. So I got the concept from the book and some of the verbiage from the book, but Im adding onto that some of my own illustrations and ideas. I want to share with you because I think what it will do for you is, Number 1: It will make you feel better about how God has made you, give you more of a freedom. Number 2: It will make you less judgmental of others who are not like you in these areas, more accepting of them. It will give us a freedom to be who God made us to be. Spiritual pathways. There are many spiritual pathways to experience God. Theres only one pathway to know God. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father accept through Me. I am the door that leads to heaven. God took on flesh and came to this earth, came to this earth, and told us what he was like-how we can approach him, how we can gain favor with him. Im not talking about many pathways to know God; Im talking about many pathways to experience God, once we know Him. Just like we have different gifts, different talents, different passions, different ways we give love, different ways we receive love, there are different ways that you and I connect with God. We tend to think we should all connect in one way. Everybody should love to go to Promise Keepers. Everybody should love to go to mens and womens seminars; thats not the case. Everybody should love to go by himself or herself and study the Bible somewhere in nature; thats not the case. Everybody should connect to God through praise and worship music; that doesnt happen. Everybody should connect through intellect and studying complex theological and philosophical questions; it doesnt happen that way. We all have different pathways that we experience God. Were going to share some of those pathways; see if you can identify your pathway. Youre going to see some, Oh, I can identify with a couple of these pathways, but there will be a prominent or dominant pathway, okay? I would encourage you to take notes because youve never heard a sermon like this before. Ive been a Christian for a long time, and Ive never heard a sermon on this topic. Ive never given a sermon on this topic. I thought it was great that Saturday night and the 8 AM service this morning, nobody had to take notes because they all knew what I was sharing with them. Im hoping thats not the case here, that Ill be teaching somebody something new today. The first pathway were going to talk about was introduced in our media, the pathway of Solitude. When Elijah was bombarded with the threats of Ahab and Jezebel and the context of all the people, when he was burned out, what did he do? He had to get away, he had to run, he had to leave. For some of us, the best way we recharge our batteries is to get away from people, be by ourselves and be alone with our God. Thats how we recharge. Thats how were wired; thats how we experience. One of the most peaceful experiences I ever had, ironically, was at the North Bridge in Lexington, Concord, where the Revolutionary War was started. The shot heard around the world was fired as Ralph Waldo Emerson called it. I lay there by that pond, and it was so relaxing and so peaceful, beautiful, golden leaves reflecting off the still pond. It was a fall day, we were on vacation, and I remember lying down thinking, I could stay here all day. I could stay here tomorrow too. I just remember we lingered there. The family wanted to go on, Lets continue our hike. I said, No, lets just stay. Lets just stay. Something about that solitude, something about that serenity, being able to talk to the Lord in that quietness was recharging my soul. I can identify with Henry David Thoreau in Walden Pond, not very far away from that spot. When he went through a hurt and pain and loss in his life, he then decided to go into nature. He decided to live in isolation. He built a little one-room cabin and wrote the book, Walden Pond. He says, I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. Its different for us, each one of us, to live deep. To live deep for you spiritually is different than to live deep for me. For some of us, its that solitude. Its the walk by ourselves, the time in our study when the kids go to bed. Its the time in the morning before everybody wakes up and before the phone starts ringing. Its going for a jog-that one Ive never understood. Im speaking from some of you whove said to me you have God-time when you jog. You pray when you jog. I cant relate to that one. All I pray when I jog is God, when will this be over? God, how much more can I take? My calves kill me; my lungs are dying. How long has it been? Five minutes! Oh! Please, Lord, rescue me. Come now, quickly, Lord Jesus! You solitude people, you resist. Lets go to Promise Keepers! Lets go to a mens retreat! Lets go to a womens retreat! Lets just fellowship all day long! and youre like, No, thats not going to recharge my batteries. Its going to drain me! If I go on a three-day retreat, Im going to need another three days of solitude to recharge my batteries from the three-day retreat. Im a solitude guy. Any other people, solitude people, out there? I love you!! Lets talk about the other folks, shall we? Lets talk about those Relational junkies. In Acts, Chapter 2:42-47, they talked about those believers who are recharged and energized and connect with God through relationships. They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and the fellowship, and the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everything they did was together. Every day, verse 46, they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Those of us who are relational, we read those verses, and we just start to drool. We say, Thats me! Everything we do has to be in community. When you serve, you want to serve in community; when you pray, you want to pray in community; when you study the Bible, you want to do it in community; when you eat, you want to eat in community; when you worship, you want to worship in community. Sometimes, youve wondered if youre not spiritual like some of the other folks because every time you sit down to read the Bible by yourself, your mind goes somewhere else. Every time you sit down to pray, your mind drifts to another place. But when youre in community, you can study the Bible for a long time. When you pray and there are other believers with you, you can pray and become engaged for a long time mentally because youre doing it in a community. When you serve in community, you get fired up. You watch the faith of others and the actions of some of the others, and it gets you excited and you stay in the game longer. But when you serve by yourself, you lose interest really fast. You think, Somethings wrong with me. To be really spiritual, youre almost monastic, right? You just like that solitude and quietness and alonetime. If I were really spiritual, I wouldnt always have to have other brothers and sisters with me all the time to connect with God. Id be able to do my God-time alone, like this brother or this sister. The truth of the matter is Gods made you relational. Dont feel bad about it-embrace it, lean in to it. Do what you do in community. Its okay. Thats how God made you to be; its how Gods made you connect. Go to camps and retreats and fellowship away! Thats awesome! Thats how you connect. Dont feel you have to be a spiritual monk to be mature. You dont. God has not made you like these solitude folks. Hes made you relational. Embrace that! Then there are those who literally feel more connection with God when they are in Creation. When they are out and about in Gods world, when theyre under a starry sky or when theyre by the water, when theyre by a garden or when theyre outside, they just come alive spiritually. They see God in Creation. One of the reasons I came to Christ, the dominant reason I prayed at age 17 to find out if God was real, was Creation. I wasnt buying what I was hearing at school, that I was an accident-that I had evolved over millions of years. I had a head to think too, and I started seeing design and the complexity of nature. I said, No way. Im not buying it. Ive got faith, but I dont have that much faith. You try to tell me all this came from nothing. I see the evidence of a God. I went to a park, and I got alone in creation, and I said, God, if Youre real, if You really exist and Im not sure He does, but if He really exists, please come into my life. Please change me. Please make me a new person. Im not happy with the person that I am. And I want to tell you something: from that day to this, my life has never been the same. God changed me. The scriptures opened up to me. I began to understand and be excited about what I was reading for the first time. I studied Biblical prophecy and became convinced that Christ was the fulfillment of those prophesies, and I gave my heart and life to Him. That was in 1978, before my 18th birthday. So, that was a pathway for me, creation. There is a slideshow I want to show you that is going to take us from 10 million light years away from our Galaxy, Milky Way, and its going to get closer frame by frame, 100,000 light years, 10,000 light years, 1,000 light years, in about a minute and 20 seconds. Then its going to take us to the Western Hemisphere, to Florida, to a city in Florida, to a tree in Florida, then to the top of the tree, then to a leaf on top of the tree, then into the leaf. Were going to see the vastness of God from the cosmos to the simplicity of a single cell. Lets watch. (Film shows exactly as Pastor Jeff described, frame by frame from 10 million light years all the way into the nucleus of the cell from the leaf.) How do you go from such vastness of the universe down to the most microscopic element of life to see that design and have that not bear witness to the Creator? Lets back up. Were still on creation. Lets turn in our Bibles to the Book of Psalms. It should not surprise us that we see God in creation because in the Book of Romans 1:19-20, it tells us that the glory of God is revealed in His creation and what can be known about God is eternal power to defy nature or clearly see what has been made. What thats called, if youre talking about philosophy, proving the existence of God, is the teleological argument. It says that when we see design, there must be a designer. When we see a law, or we see laws in nature, there cannot be laws without a lawgiver. In Psalms 104, the author of Psalms talks about this teleological argument, about seeing God in nature. Were not going to read the scripture in its entirety, but he begins by talking about the Heavens. He talks about what he observes. He starts talking about the laws of nature, the boundaries that were set in verse 9. And then he goes in to the ecosystem. He starts talking about how God uses grass for the cattle and then plants to cultivate to bring food and how everything works together, the balance of life, how God feeds the birds and provides for them. Pastor Jerry shared this week about a man who came to Christ from looking at a flock of geese. He said, in looking at the way the geese fly, There must be a God. And that led him to explore and investigate and eventually give his life to Christ. Psalms 104 talks about how God provides for even the fish of the sea, and then he looks at all of this-the heavens, on earth, and under the earth-and in verse 24, he says, How many are your works, O Lord! In wisdom You made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Verse 33, I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. May my medication be pleasing to Him as I rejoice in the Lord. In other words, may God be as excited about me as I am about Him. What got this man so excited, so pumped up? What made him feel so energizing that he couldnt contain himself? Creation! Creation spoke of the greatness and the power of God. And just by observing His world and the laws of nature and the design of the world, the complexities of life, he said, God-you exist, and I celebrate you! Lets turn to the Intellectual argument, if you would please. In the Book of Acts 17:1 (pg 1097), Paul would relate through his intellect. It says, When they passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ, he said. How did he deal with those Greeks, those intellectuals? Paul was an intellectual. He proved, he reasoned, logic. With an intellectual, logic reigns supreme. Logic is it. Reason is it. They will never get excited. If somebody comes in, they come into the service, and theres a bunch of testimonies and its all warm, fuzzy stuff, that doesnt get him or her excited. Their connecting needle says uh-uh. But throw some theological questions their way, some deep philosophical kinds of thoughts, truth in the universe-all kinds of truth, and they get excited when theyre learning new things-when theyre engaging their lives; when the puzzle pieces start to fit, things start to make sense, they get excited about their faith. Theyre intellectuals. You know, sometimes we share Christ-this is important when it comes to Christ-because you want to share Christ according to the pathway of the person youre trying to reach. Notice that Paul didnt say, Lets hear his testimony instead. And then since I was knocked off my horse, I just never felt the same. Im so in love with God, and everythings changed. I just feel warm and fuzzy all over. I just know God loves me and my spirit. Thats not what Paul did to prove Christ existed to the intellectuals. Sometimes, if thats our pathway, our relational pathway, and we start sharing with an intellectual about mushy-gushy stories; and we wonder why theyre not crying and singing Kum By Ya with us; its because thats not how they connect with God. They need to engage their minds and challenge their minds. Try going to a person who is relational and tell them they have to isolate themselves and study. Thats not going to work. Find their pathway! How do they connect with God? If its a nature person, lets start there. Lets talk about nature a little bit. How did this world come into existence? How do we see design with our Designer? Deal with the pathway where theyre at. The intellectual gets excited by truth, all truth. I read an article in Discover Magazine about a woman named Dr. Schweitzer. Shes a doctor my age, 29 (congregation laughing), and she lives in… You think discover is funny? (congregation still laughing). She lives in North Carolina and Montana, and she goes to a church just like ours, a very committed believer. She is a biologist who converted to a paleontologist, so shes looking at these bones through a whole different set of glasses. She starts looking at these bones, not just as a paleontologist (minerals and all), she starts looking at it through the eyes of a biologist. She goes to Hell Creek, Montana, two years ago and starts gathering bones and thinking, They smell funny. She tells her boss, Those smell funny. He says, All the bones from Hell Creek smell like that. She says, No, no, no. They smell like the cadavers that I used to work on. So she takes these bones, and she begins to examine them. Do you know what she found traces of? Soft tissue. How does soft tissue exist on a bone 65 million years old? Thats a different story all together, isnt it? So she began to record these findings. The part I would recommend that you read out of that article, especially if you have any interest in dinosaurs, is where she started to repeat the process in different bones and was discovering all kinds of things. This is really going to change paleontology. Its a very revolutionary discovery. But if shes been a scientist I thought if you were going to become a scientist or believe in science, you would have to give up your Christianity because theyre incongruent. Not at all. Do you know what this woman as a biologist and a paleontologist says? She says, My God has gotten so much bigger since Ive been a scientist. He doesnt stay in my boxes. Through her intellect, through her knowledge of the world, God has gotten bigger to Dr. Schweitzer-not smaller-as she sees His greatness in the world around here. Lastly, lets turn to 2 Samuel, Chapter 6:14-16. Another way people connect is through the Arts. When we are expressing and creating, a person has a drawing or a canvas, and they begin to paint or they write a poem, they start to come alive inside. David was a man who connected with God through the arts. David was never more spiritually alive than when he was playing his harp, when he was writing music, singing music, or playing music. He wrote most of the Psalms, which were songs back in their day and still today, they are a big part of our music. Thats when he felt most alive. In fact, sometimes he would get so excited about God that he would dance. Dance is an expression-its one of the arts. He would dance before the Lord, something youll never see this pastor do (congregation laughing). Amen to that! Second Samuel, Chapter 6:14 (pg 301), David is returning the Ark of the Covenant. Theres music going on, people are singing, playing instruments, and David gets spiritually overwhelmed, and he starts to dance. David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the Lord with all his might… It didnt matter who was around him or who was watching. …while the entire house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets. Now, somebody else is watching this whole scenario. It says, As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal-daughter of Saul-watched from a window. Thats his wife, and when she saw David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she was moved by his spirit, and she started to dance too. Uh-uh. She didnt like it. It says, And when she saw him dancing in front of the Lord, she despised him in her heart. She didnt like what he was doing. This is how God made David to be. She just thought that was improper. That was no way for a king to act. That was no way to be dignified, be a leader of Israel. If youre going to go around, expressing yourself like that like some idiot in the street…and she became very irritated. You know, sometimes we judge people in the Body of Christ because their gifts are different than ours. We can use the service on Sunday morning as an example. Sometimes we really get rolling in praise and worship, and those of you who relate to God through the arts, music is a thing that you get excited about. As far as youre concerned, we could have most of the service be music, and youd be happy. Just fill the whole service with music, and thats what gets you excited more than the Word. Theres never enough music for you. You just love music. You love to praise and worship through music, and you get excited about that. There are others of you who cant wait until its done, no matter how good it is, so we can to the important stuff. Lets get to the Word, right? You dont connect with God in that way. So if somebody is really connecting with God, and they lift their hands up and they worship, and a person around them looks at them and says, Look at that super-spiritual person! Who do they think they are? Look at them! Theyre pretending like nobodys around them, kind of like David dancing in the street. Dont they realize how silly they look? Dont they realize that this is Janesville? We dont do things like that in Janesville! Were proper here! They judge that person because the music makes them come alive in their spirit, and they connect to God. They think, They should just be like me, be an intellectual and be reserved or be excited about the sermon thats about to come instead of acting like that. A spiritual person might look around and say, Look at all these people who dont have their arms in the air. Theyre not connecting with God like I am. Theyre not as spiritual as me. If they were spiritual like me, their arms would be up in the air, and their eyes would be closed. Oh yeah! (how can I see them when my eyes are closed.) And they judge those around them because they dont express and connect in the same way. Hey, why dont you get excited about coming with me to mens retreats? I dont like mens retreats. Give me a Bible and let me go under a tree if you want to recharge my spiritual battery. Sometimes, Ive felt bad. People have judged me because Im not a retreat dude. Or the person who is a solitude person judges all the retreat people and says, You bunch of spiritual babies! You always have to have people with you! Why cant you be strong like me and do it yourself? We judge each other, and God says, You know what? Stop judging each other and accept each other. God has made each of you connect with Him differently. Rejoice in that! Watch what David does. He comes home, and hes all excited. Do you ever come home all excited, you had a good day, and your spouse is in a bad mood. I have! Ill know nothing about that in the 11 oclock service when my wife comes to sit down; but in this service, I can safely say it because you will not say a word. I trust you. I understand what this is like, and she does too. Back to 2 Samuel, 6:20, When David returned home to bless his household… Hello honey, Im home! …Michal, daughter of Saul, came out to meet him and said, in her sarcastic tone, How the kind of Israel has distinguished himself today, disrobing in the sight of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would do! She is reading him the riot act. Youve embarrassed me! Youve embarrassed your kingdom! Youre not acting like a king, expressing in song and dance and music like that! You should be reserved and dignified like me! Whats Davids response? David said to his wife, Youre right. Im sorry honey. I will never dance again. I will not sing; I will not play instruments; I will not use the art that God has put in my life, but I will be a quite, reserved intellectual as you are, my dear, (sarcasm here) And thus, the Psalms were never written… No, this is what David says, It was before the Lord, who chose me rather than your father (ouch!) or anyone from His house when he appointed me ruler over the Lords people Israel-I will celebrate before the Lord. (Davids really saying) Im not going to stop being who God made me to be. I will become even more undignified than this… Honey, you havent seen anything yet! …and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. Theres a story of a guy who understood how he was made. You know what? I love you, but Im not going to stop being who God made me to be. I love the way God made me! Im going to celebrate God, and when I celebrate Him through the art, when I sing and dance, I feel His presence. So, sweetheart, I respectively disagree. Im going to get even funkier than this! You watch! Im going to get down again in the streets and boogie even more than this. You just watch and see. Sometimes you and I have allowed people to try to put us into their mold, and we think, Because I am not like that person, Im not somehow spiritual. Weve allowed others to judge us. Weve stopped being who we are in Christ. Be who you are! Walk the pathway God has given you to walk, In Jesus name. Lets stand together as we close: Father, I want thank to you for the fact that youve made us all differently, that each of us are a reflection of your image; that we would come to know our differences, know how youve made us. Let these palms (Palm Sunday) that we take home with us be a reminder of our spiritual pathway; to find, to walk in it, to celebrate, to allow others to celebrate and walk in the pathway that youve given them as well. In Jesus name we pray, Amen
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