Last night I went to the Creation Museum and attended the world premiere of a most remarkable film in a packed Legacy Hall: Is Genesis History? The film features Dr. Del Tackett (of The Truth Project) who interviews Christian scholars about the historical accuracy of Genesis. The film opens with Del walking... View Article
Recently the Cedarville University Geology program celebrated its 8th birthday; the CU board of trustees officially approved the program in January of 2009. Since then we have had 21 BS Geology graduates, 3 BA Geoscience graduates and 4 more Geology graduates set to graduate this spring. When the program started,... View Article
img_1404 I know this post doesn’t have anything to do with geology, other than perhaps Jesus’ words to Peter (“the rock”), but I felt that I needed to write a few things down about my experiences this past week. Perhaps someone will stumble across my comments and find them encouraging.... View Article
Dr. Thomas White, President of Cedarville University, joined me (Dr. Whitmore) and 26 other Christian leaders from six continents and rafted the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon on a week-long whitewater adventure (July 15-22). The purpose of the trip was to learn about and discuss the merits of the... View Article
Congratulations to two Cedarville alums who earned their PhD’s from Loma Linda University in June. Patrick studied stromatolites in Utah and Matt studied the taphonomy of a dinosaur bone bed at the Hanson Ranch in Wyoming. Matt and Patrick were in the first graduating class of Cedarville geology majors in 2012.... View Article
I was privileged once again to lead a raft trip down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon with Jon Albert of Canyon Ministries June 20-26. The seven-day trips are fully outfitted by Arizona River Runners who do a first class job! Jon and I taught about the geology of the Grand... View Article
Cedarville has again graduated some outstanding geology and geoscience majors this spring. Some have found immediate employment and others are headed off to various graduate schools. We are proud of this excellent group of students and are looking forward to great accomplishments from them!
Cedarville University geology and geoscience majors are continuing to move forward in their understanding of the application of drones (unmanned aerial systems) in geologic reconnaissance for sites that typically have been deemed inaccessible. With the recent acquisition of two quadcopters and with some upcoming field trips, the geology program intends... View Article
Fourteen CU Petrology students (GEOL 3300) went on a spring break field trip to the Anza Borrego Desert of southern California, which lies just north of the Mexican border. Dr. Steve Austin spent three days with us showing us some spectacular and little known sites in the desert. The students studied sand... View Article
Recently, two new papers on the Coconino Sandstone were published by the Answers Research Journal. John Whitmore, Ray Strom, Paul Garner, Guy Forsythe, Stephen Cheung and some others have been working on the Coconino for about the past ten years. The Coconino is a cross-bedded sandstone that outcrops prominently in... View Article
