Singing Praise Songs in the zoo

God’s animal kingdom should never be taken for granted or overlooked.

Our community zoos, like our public museums, have been developed for the sole purpose of not just entertaining, but to the indoctrination of the evo-lutionary teachings that animals changed from the simple to the complex.

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The originally perfect world that God gave to us had no death. Death was introduced when man sinned. This leaves us with the question; What did the first carnivores eat before their was death?

The piranha is one of todayʼs most ferocious carnivores. They hunt in schools of 30 or more, sporting teeth so sharp that they are often used as razors by South American Indians. If they lose a tooth, a complete new set of teeth quickly emerges from the gum. So what would piranhas eat in a world of no death? The answer may be found in the pacu that looks so much like a piranha that misidentification is common. While piranhas are known as carnivores, pacus are primarily vegetarian. They are satisfied with eating aquatic plants and fruit that has fallen into the water. It would appear from the genetic evidence that piranhas and pacus belong to the same created kind and that pacus are closer to the original vegetarian type. After manʼs fall into sin, genetic mutations became a reality. Mutations in the original piranha kind coupled with a shortage of vegetation to eat may have led some of the original kind to begin scavenging carcasses. Eventually, some of the kind became the piranha we know today. Not because of upward evolution but because of degeneration of the original kind.

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Imagine having a worship service in the zoo. Just think if the animals could talk! What would they say? Mon-keys, elephants, giraffes, lions, tigers, and even that slug-gish sloth covered with a green blanket of algae saddled on his back—all on display and declaring our Creatorʼs grandeur, power, and glory. Imagine them praising not in a normal audible language, but expressing in a care-fully designed structure that would accomplish their divinely inspired purpose of giving glory to their Cre-ator. Godʼs animal kingdom should never be taken for granted or overlooked. We should make the connection that God is the Maker and Author of every meticulous detail we see in zoo animals. From the smallest to the largest creature there are hidden mysteries that, upon dis-covery, reveal Godʼs glorious majesty. All you have to do is open your eyes and observe. Each creature has a unique story to tell. Like the book of Psalms filled with praise songs, these creatures emanate His glory and sing their own songs of praise through their physical structures, their interactions, and their designed plan of life that could only come from the hand of God. “Let everything that has breath praise the LORD” (Psalm 150:6).

As I was preparing to write this article, my lovely wife Linda and I paid a visit to our local zoo. In the spirit of giving God all the glory, we pur-posely sought features that were unique to each animal and gave much at-tention to these, while looking and mediating on Godʼs workmanship. We saw a variety of monkeys swinging on the trees who were designed with excep-tionally strong tails, slender limbs, and long fingers that allowed them to move grace-fully above us. They no doubt were built for those trees. We looked at numerous kinds of monkeys. We could see the many different shaped faces, different sized bodies and length of limbs, all arrayed in almost every color of the rain-bow. We enjoyed the way they groomed each otherʼs fur, delicately removing parasites, dirt, and dandruff. God is extremely creative and detail oriented. He even gives us a glimpse of His sense of humor with so many different types of monkeys—some with long faces, some with short faces, flat noses, round noses, stump noses, and the list goes on.

As we moved from cage to cage and from area to area, the zoo creatures acted as messengers from our heavenly Father. He used them to give wit-ness to us that He has manifested himself in His Creation. It is plain and clear that He is here amongst us. As it says in Romans 1, we are “without excuse.” It causes one to ponder and celebrate “All you have made will praise you, O LORD; your saints will extol you” ( Psalm 145:10). Article continues on page 2...

Our ministry needs your help. We serve our Creator through your support. As of July 1, we are now an independent ministry. While we will continue to serve as a resource for the origins edu-cation outreach of Coral Ridge Minis-tries, CSI has become a free-standing ministry. This was a mutual decision by both organizations to maximize ef-fectiveness and refine our missions. So now more than ever, we need your partnership. We are first and foremost in need of your prayers, “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avai-leth much” (James 5:16 KJV).

Next we ask that you be as generous as possible with your financial gifts. This year our ministry needs to raise $500,000 to continue reaching our communities and the world with the truths of Creation. This message is not only vitally important for our growth as Christians, but also to reach the lost by exposing the lies of evolution and shar-ing the hope of salvation through our Lord, Savior, and Creator Jesus Christ. A donation of at least $50 would be greatly appreciated to help us reach our goal. In gratitude you will receive the two wonderful resources that were mentioned in this letter: Zoo Guide: A Bible-Based Handbook to the Zoo and If the Animals Could Talk. They will cause you and your loved ones to truly celebrate our Creator and His magnifi-cent creations.

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At the Zoo: An Admonition — Giving Praise to Darwin’s Evolution During our visit we were bombarded with written information everywhere—on the displays and in the programs—giving praise and honor not to their Creator, but to Dar-win and his theory of evolution. Our community zoos, like our public museums, have been developed for the sole purpose of not just entertaining, but to the indoctrination of the evolutionary teachings that animals changed from the simple to the complex. The platform for these teachings is based on common descent, meaning that all are connected in Darwinʼs tree of life, which dictates that every animal in that zoo has a designated branch or position in the evolutionary hierarchy. The ultimate question of origins is answered, devoid of God, by materialistic natural selection and genetic change. They blindly ignore the Creator that made them and give glory not to God, but to Darwinianʼs evolution. They boldly proclaim the creature's uniqueness as a result of evolutionary processes... There is no praise for Christ, the Creator of the universe and all living things. Everything is His and we are subject to Him, but nowhere in the zoo we visited that day was the Creatorʼs name mentioned. He is ignored and Darwin and his evolution are praised forevermore. This is an abomination to God!!!!

Speaking Out Boldly of His Wonderful WorksWe are not to be silent and passive in this matter. The righteousness of Christ should radiate in our homes, churches, and communities. As it states in Psalms 145:5, “They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty, and I will meditate on your wonderful works.” Dr. Kennedy, in the many years I have worked with him, has inspired me to boldly speak out about Godʼs workmanship. He has preached bold-ly from the pulpit, in the spirit of Christ righteousness, against the false teaching of evolution as science. We have seen Dr. Kennedy on TV and heard him on radio broadcasts all over the nation and the world proclaiming God as the Creator—not Evolution. Over the years I have always admired his ability to never cower from the evil one, but face the enemy head on, inspired by the Holy Spirit to “speak of Godʼs glorious splendor.” He did this with excellence, and the many times I spent with him, he was always a great encouragement to me personally and to our ministry. We all need to speak out and start to use our community zoos to give glory to God. Zoo Guide: A Bible-Based Handbook to the ZooThere is always a fascination, particularly for children, to seek out animals we donʼt normally see in our homes or neighborhoods. The zoo is a great place for young, curi-ous minds to witness the assemblages of these unusual creatures from far-off lands. The Zoo Guide, a wonderful resource, is available for parents and grandparents to help share the truth about Godʼs magnificent works with their children and grandchildren. We are commanded to “commend Godʼs works and mighty acts” to the next generation. (Psalm 145:4). Each animal mentioned in the guide is kept in the biblical context of what day it was created. The most unique features of the animals are discussed, along with interesting, fun facts and the possible created “kind” members. This resource is filled with over 100 zoo animals, with emphasis on design and giving glory to God. “They will tell of the power of your awesome works, and I will proclaim your great

deeds” (Psalm 145:6). The Zoo Guide has beautiful pictures of each of the ani-mals, so that children can identify them before they arrive at the zoo. You

will be fascinated by the facts in this resource that supports “created by design,” and demonstrates Godʼs awesomeness.

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“Zebras smile. Their grimace is used to greet other zebras.”

(p. 109)“Yaks are designed with large

lungs, a high red-blood cell count and high concentration of blood

sugar. These features make the yak able to survive in higher eleva-

tions.” (p. 107)“If the wallaby didnʼt have such a long, thick tail, it would probably

fall over on its nose” (p. 93)“Much of the sloth s̓ fur is covered by a type of algae. The algae help camouflage the animal while it is

in the trees.” (p. 89)“Female llamas will often hum to

their offspring.” (p. 57)“The camel can

consume up to 30 gallons of water at

one time.” (p. 29)

If the Animals Could TalkGodʼs awesomeness is everywhere in the zoo and in all of His creatures. Just as the Scripture says “I will meditate on your wonderful works,” (Psalm 145:5). What if we were to meditate, take time, and seriously study these animals? Would we not see how God reveals Himself to us? As I read Dr. Werner Gitt, If Animals Could Talk, I could not help but get a sense that I was being taught by His animals. “But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee” (Job 12:7). Gitt, one of my favorite creationist authors and a German Information Scientist, uses the animals to talk to you in his book. Sound childish? Wait until you hear them talk about their fascinating details. Here is how the swallow describes itself: At rest, I breathe something like 26 times a minute. While flying, it goes up to 490! You can well imagine that a normal lung sys-tem wouldnʼt be able to handle the strain. So our Creator figured out something quite unusual for us. Can you imagine going from 26 to 490 beats in that brief moment as the swallow, or for that matter any small bird, flies through the air. As an engineer, you see Gitt focus on detail again and again. That is evolutionʼs biggest menace. I believe that as Christians we need to brag on Godʼs wonderful fine features that He formed with his hands in every creature He made and keep hammering it home to the hearts of our loved ones and to the next generation and the next. When we let the animals talk to us, as Gittʼs animals do in his book, we will come closer to our Creator and see how He cares about every fine detail.

An Appeal to Join the FightAs God reveals Himself through his Word and His Creation, I am convinced we have to step forward in Christʼs righteousness and fight the most important battle on earth. Paul reminds us in Romans 1 of our need for the Gospel. If man does not acknowledge God as his Creator by thanking Him and glorifying Him, he will suffer His judgment. The Church where we gather will disappear, and society will run rapidly to lawless-ness and decadence. The church will be annihilated and the truth that we are made for and saved by our Creator, Jesus Christ will be suppressed. The Gospel and Creation account are intimately connected, and we need to remember this as we move forward boldly to proclaim Godʼs splendor. This ministry is Godʼs and we have turned ev-erything over to Him. Our motivations are simple—we have to speak the truth about our origins and eradicate the lie of evolution that has been propagated in our public schools and has even made its way into our churches. God has given us the vision to combat this lie. We have to be face-to-face, interacting with young and old, through exciting and engaging activities that proclaim the truth of creation. One of the activi-ties that God lead us to involves the Peace River in Florida, where we excavated Ice Age fossils. CSI is continually making the connection between creation and the Creator. We are in the process of producing engaging hands-on elementary curriculum and are planning to publish the first series this winter. Our website is now de-signed to be a resource for those who have questions in any area of Creation studies. There is a section titled Operation Salt, which is designed for teachers and students in public schools to assist them in exposing the fallacies of evolution. We receive many requests from students and teachers who desire to speak out and demonstrate the real prob-lems with evolution, and we need to be in position to help them.

There is an old saying that people seldom remember how rapidly the job was done, but they do appreciate good workmanship. However, the staggering variety and number of things created by God did not limit the elegance of His fine workmanship.The relationship between the snapping shrimp and a fish called the “goby” is a good example of the Creatorʼs attention to the finest detail. The snapping shrimp has very poor eyesight while the goby has excellent eyesight. Both share the same burrow, which is dug by the shrimp and guarded by the goby.

The shrimp uses the goby as a blind person uses a see-ing eye dog. Whenever the shrimp is outside its burrow, it always keeps one antenna on the goby. The shrimp stays hidden inside the burrow if the goby should tem-porarily swim away. When danger approaches, the goby signals and disappears inside the burrow. The shrimp is right behind him. Neither the goby nor the shrimp can survive without each other so pairs are es-tablished for life when both goby and shrimp are very

young. In order for this system to work, the goby and shrimp reproductive systems, which differ greatly, are synchronized so that shrimp and goby youngsters are ready to pair at the same time. This astonishing relationship shows us how our Creatorʼs stan-dards of excellence bring His love to every corner of the creation.

Why all the fuss over how we all got here? What difference does it make if it was God or “Chance”? Evolutionists tell us that the very discipline of science is at stake in this

debate. If God is brought into the picture, so the argument goes, then there wonʼt be any new medical discoveries since evolution is the foundation of modern science. This is a rather humorous argument since science was the product of a Christian worldview and some of the worldʼs most famous scientists were Christians—from Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) and Robert Boyle (1627–1691) to Michael Faraday (1791–1867) and James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879). While science is important in this debate, there is another consideration that people can more easily grasp. Can morality be accounted for given naturalistic assumptions? If the atheists are right can anything be wrong? Ideas have consequenc-es. What are the real-world consequences if atheists get their way?

For answers to these questions and many others, Join us for our And God Said Seminar.

Does the Creation/Evolution Debate Really Matter?

Gary DeMar President of American

Vision Ministries

The Genesis Connection can be heard currently on the Calvary Chapelʼs FM ra-dio network on REACH-FM. The potential listening audience is currently 4 mil-lion with a plan to reach the entire State of Florida by years end. A potential listening audience of 12 million people! Another breakthrough for the ministry is the launch of our new website at www.creationstudies.org where you will be able to hear all the current radio programs with the click of your mouse. These will be changed daily to correspond with the broadcasts from REACH-FM. Program descriptions will be hyperlinked to our updated ministry supply of materials so that visitors can

avail themselves of the best current resources available.

Older programs, including classic interviews with leaders in the Creation/Evolution field, will be archived on our website. CSI is actively seeking sponsors for the Genesis Connection radio outreach so that we can even more effectively Reach the World with the Truths of Creation in 2007.

Pastor Steve Rowitt CO-Host

Evolutionary Trees: “Molecules to men: Goo to you, by the way of the zoo.” The alleged reality of Darwinʼs Evolutionary Tree of Common Descent is exposed with evolutionistʼs quotes as a fantasy. Log on to our website, click on the radio tab and enjoy the program.

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A roach can live a month without food, and can hold its breath for 45 minutes.

Evidences Overwhelmingly Speak, “God Said” There is overwhelming amount of scientific evidence that supports the foundational doctrine of creation and a catastrophic world wide flood as stated in Genesis. These evidences come from the heavens with its vast array of stars and all the heavenly

bodies as well as from the scared and tortured earth that was produced by a devastating world wide flood. The complexity of detail in every living creature on this planet speaks loudly of planned design that could only come from the divine hands of our Creator. For instance the remarkable struc-ture of DNA, an amazing storage house of information, carries the code of life which by its own nature destroys evolution at its very roots. Man created in Godʼs image is the crown of honor. We are secured with a unique eternal plan that defies the horrific lie that the human being is an animal. Christians should be speaking out about Godʼs wonders and against the lie of evolution.

Learn how this debate can be reduced to five powerful proofs that destroy evolutionʼs core belief and that should be taught in every public school.

Tom DeRosa Director of Creation

Studies Institute

The Apostle Paul implies that we can learn much about our salvation by carefully observing the pattern of the original cre-ation. Moses wrote that creation began with the movement of the Spirit, who hovered over the waters of the deep (Gen 1:2). He tells us that creation was finished when God rested (Gen 2:1-2). Creation thus occurs between the “unrest” and the “rest” of God. In other words, it is all of God. It is entirely Godʼs work and man is merely the recipient of Godʼs grace and goodness. The conclusion of creation we learn from Job, was that the an-gels called the “morning stars” sang together and shouted for joy in celebrating the creative work of God (Job 38:7).

Dr. Warren Gage Professor at Knox

Theological Seminar

Redemption in Creation

Watch and be inspired as you enter the fascinating world of animals. Join Dr. Martin and study the lives of some remarkable animals that

cannot be explained by evolution.

Did you know that God created a creature that produces fire as a defense mechanism? Or that the giraffe with its long neck can take a drink without causing

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Aquarium GuideWith aquariums around the world using God's amazing creatures to teach evolution, christians need in-formation that gives them biblical truth. Each page includes the animal's scientific classification, size, features, fun facts, and more. It will direct your attention to the Creator God.

Unlocking the Mysteries of Creation Complete with beautiful photo-graphs and colorful illustrations, this book will prepare and challenge you to intelligently discuss creation with an evolutionist. Discover the scien-tific accuracy of the biblical Creation account. Free CD-Rom sampler in-cluded.

Of Pandas and People A supplemental textbook for public school use presenting a rationale for intelligent design as an alterna-tive theory for biological origins. Thoroughly researched and beau-tifully illustrated. Interest level: High School-Adult

Marvels of CreationThese full-color, hardcover books are chock-full of great information about animals, from black bear to bass. Buddy and Kay Davis, through their love of nature, have written books perfect for Christian education or just recreational reading. In each of these three books, a detailed description of 30 animals is given, focusing on habitat, eating habits and design features. There are also study questions at the end to test knowledge. Accompanying pho-tographs give the reader a complete perspective. Sold separately for $12.99 each

God's Amazing Creatures and MeA creation devotional for children ages 6-10, which shows detailed, pen and ink illustrations of animals - mammals, insects, birds - paired with a description of each, then an applica-tion for the youthful reader.

Uncovering the Mysteri-ous Woolly mammothFollow Tungus and his tribe as they travel to a better climate away from the dust storms at the end of the great ice age. Learn how people lived, the challenges they faced , and why woolly mammoths disappeared while the ice age was ending.

Noah's Big Animal Adventure GameThis unique pop-up Noah’s ark product has been carefully designed to create hours of fun while actively teaching that God used a global flood to usher in a better world. Complete with a FREE story booklet, Noah’s Big Animal Adventure Game teaches important Biblical history while it creatively entertains in a unique all-in-one book.

95 Animals of the BibleEnter the world of animals God created. Each page of description opens with a Bible verse in which the animal is mentioned. This provides a great way for parents and grandparents to expose their children to the whole Bible.

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