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April 2013 AzOSA Newsletter

April 4, 2013

April 2013: Showers, Flowers and Mental Powers

Arizona sprints through Spring, that’s true, but not before AzOSA engages the intellectual growing season in Yavapai, Maricopa, and Pima Counties this month. Lots of future opportunities to calendar, too! 

In this Newsletter: 

Tell Everybody in Show Low: Click here for the Frank Sherwin and Dr. Randy Guliuzza ICR Event Apr. 5-7 in Show Low, AZ.

Strange Live Animals Teach Bible Lessons – Two More Locations!

Turn Back the Clocks – Where Did Everything Go?

Smackdown $20,000 Challenge – Nominate Your Nemesis!

Bring Mr. Riddle’s Advanced Course to Your Church – Super Opportunity!

Peeking is Allowed – Scroll Down to See! 

 ICR Shows Truth in Show Low This April 5-7 

Click here for the Frank Sherwin and Dr. Randy Guliuzza ICR Event Apr. 5-7 in Show Low, AZ. No time to delay. Click now.

Annual AzOSA General Membership and Board Meetings 

Please calendar and plan to attend the Annual General Membership Meeting and the Board Meeting will be on Saturday, April 27, at 10:00 a.m. Location(s) to be announced. Participate in discussion and elections!

Maricopa County Events 

Apr 14 – 11:15 AM – Scottsdale Bible Church: 50 Facts vs. Darwinism in the Textbooks. Eye-opening for anyone who thinks Darwinism is, or may be, true. Taking Darwinian teachings directly from college and high school books, Russ Miller exposes frauds that have undermined the faith of billions of people, including 86% of today’s Christian-raised students. Russ also reveals how these false secular teachings have corrupted scientific research and education. No one with an open mind will ever believe in Darwinism after seeing these revelations.

Apr 15 – 7:00 PM – Phoenix: Ancient Earth Conditions. When people today think of ancient Earth, visions of a molten planet, billions of years, ammonia atmosphere, and the gradual creeping of evolutionary life emerging from a primordial pond often come to mind for those holding an evolutionary world view. The biblical narrative paints a picture of sudden life, high complexity, and an environment perfectly suited for human existence. Today we find fossils of giant animals and plants from a world that we would hardly recognize. Brad Barnhart (B.S. in Marketing, M.B.A. in Project Origins) examines how the ancient world properly fits into a biblical world view, and offers multiple proofs and examples to answer: Why did man live so long? How did animals and plants grow so large? What happened to the dinosaurs? Why was there no Burger King? (Seriously.)

Apr 16 – 7:00 PM – Tempe: “Live” Lessons from the Bible & Biology! Combining God’s living Word with God’s living Creation, Steve Lachonas will present four live animals, focusing on both their incredible designs and the lessons they teach us about God and His Word. Depending upon availability and the animals’ moods, Steve will select from these: African bullfrog (teaching devotion); Legless Lizard (illustrating change); Tarantula (ideas on salvation); Vinegaroon, a scorpion-like arachnid (modeling bitterness); Dead Leaf Mantis (teaching character and camouflage); Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (how to bear a burden).

Steve graduated from the Masters College and has a passion for using animals to glorify God. His ministry has ranged from zoo keeper and animal presenter, to outdoorsman-educator, to family programs instructor and animal handler at the Phoenix Zoo. Don’t miss this terrific thought-provoking animal fest!

Apr 17 – 7:00 PM – Ariz. Christian Univ.: Time Clocks in Nature and the Evidence of a Young Earth. On the issue of time, the evolutionary and biblical world views are locked in mortal combat. All evolutionists argue for long time frames extending billions of years into the past, while some creationists hold to a much shorter time frame going back only a few thousand years. Most people are not familiar with the evidence for both positions and how to interpret it. This session seeks to explore and explain the mechanisms of clocks in nature and how they work, how to interpret them, and the pitfalls of logic that undergird their arguments. Many natural clocks indicate a young earth, yet few people have heard of them. Brad Barnhart (BS, MBA) answers: How does radiometric dating work? Why do radiometric dating techniques give radically different dates? How is the formation of oceans best explained by short time frames?

Click for locations and more details at the Maricopa County Events Page

Pima County Events 

Apr 18 – 7:00 PM – Tucson: “Live” Lessons from the Bible & Biology! Combining God’s living Word with God’s living Creation, Steve Lachonas will present four live animals, focusing on both their incredible designs and the lessons they teach us about God and His Word. Depending upon availability and the animals’ moods, Steve will select from these: African bullfrog (teaching devotion); Legless Lizard (illustrating change); Tarantula (ideas on salvation); Vinegaroon, a scorpion-like arachnid (modeling bitterness); Dead Leaf Mantis (teaching character and camouflage); Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (how to bear a burden).

Steve graduated from the Masters College and has a passion for using animals to glorify God. His ministry has ranged from zoo keeper and animal presenter, to outdoorsman-educator, to family programs instructor and animal handler at the Phoenix Zoo. Don’t miss this terrific thought-provoking animal fest!

Click for details and location of Pima County Events here.

Yavapai County Spring Seminar (Prescott) 

April 13 – 9:00 AM – Dinosaurs Are More Recent Than You Think! Dr. Kezele presents the contrast between the evolutionary views and the Biblical concept of dinosaurs through time, explores the “myths” of dragons, presents Scriptural references to dinosaurs, and supplies the historical and physical evidence that dinosaurs lived recently.

April 13 – 10:00 AM – Dinos to Birds? – Horse Feathers! Prof. Kezele demonstrates the impossibility of dinosaurs evolving into birds by analyzing: Avian lungs vs. reptilian lungs, bird hips vs. lizard hips, different types of three-clawed feet, the origin of feathers, the origin of flight, and Archaeopteryx and Protoavis. Two rarely quoted Scripture verses are incredibly appropriate for this subject discover all of the secrets.

April 13 – 11:00 AM – Do You Have a Date with Carbon 14? Learning about one atom starts with an overview of the relationships among Scripture, science and evolution, then scopes in on the basics of atomic structure that describe Carbon-14’s unique formation and decay processes. The “aha!” comes with the discovery of Carbon-14 in diamonds and coal – which should not be there if the earth is very old. Meanwhile, Carbon-14 decay may well lead to the potential of accumulating mutations in the human genetic code. Will we someday glow in the dark? Or as a species just self-destruct? Get the good news from Dr. Kezele!

Click here for Yavapai County Seminar Details

Marketing Guys and Gals (And Other Skilled People, Too) – Devote Just a Few Hours and Ideas

 Want to make a difference? Be counted among the saints who climbed out of the foxhole when the enemy charged. No joke. It is time to roll forward, and your skills can be vital. Consider the opportunities:

Marketing Consultant – absolutely essential and right now. Help the leadership team develop ideas and strategies for expanding AzOSA membership and influence in target areas. Contact Dr. Joseph Kezele at Dr. Kezele’s contact portal.

Church Survey Assistant – using simple direct mail techniques, help this ongoing original research project obtain and organize data to understand origin science’s challenges in some churches and how to overcome them. Contact Dr. Joseph Kezele at Dr. Kezele’s contact portal.

Bookstore Assistant – Straightforward but vital to our mission. Help maintain the stock for the AzOSA stores, using the systems already in place. AzOSA can thrive only by delivering the materials people need to make the scientific case for Creation. You can directly contribute to everyone’s success. Contact Dr. Joseph Kezele at Dr. Kezele’s contact portal or Vern Hartz (bookstore@azosa.org). This e-mail address is being protected from Internet risks, so you need JavaScript enabled to view it; or phone 520-721-8278 for more information. 

Bring Mike Riddle’s Creation Science Course to Your Church 

Get the expert to settle the isssues, once and for all. Mike Riddle’s Advanced Creation Apologetics course comes to Arizona this Fall, and you can help make this course available at your church or other organization. The timeframe is September through November, 2013. No cost to the church for the course, and individual students pay only bargain basement fees. The facility needs to be a classroom or other space big enough for 20-30 students with room for a projector and screen. The course runs Friday evening through Saturday. The topic areas include: (1) The need for apologetics (Biblical discernment); (2) Presuppositionalism; (3) Critical Thinking and Issues in Science; (4) The Value of Good Questions; (5) The Transcendental Argument for God’s Existence; (6) Logic and Logical Fallacies; (7) Theodicy (resolving the problem of evil); (8) Knowing how to Answer Questions about Rights; (9) The Gospel, Apologetics, and Evangelism.

Don’t miss the chance to have an entertaining national expert personally take you and your church members to another level of expertise! Bring Mike Riddle to your church or other organization – contact him directly here.

Explore the Bookstore

AzOSA.org has launched its new online store. Visit the store and check out the many products being added. Browse and buy while they last!

$20,000 Prize Offered in Young Earth vs. Old Earth Debate Contest!

 The Creation Science Hall of Fame has issued a debate challenge backed by a $20,000 prize. If you know of a Theistic Evolutionist, Allegoricalist, or Long Age / Old Earth proponent, please transmit this information to him or her. The details of the challenge are available on line. Click on this web page describing the Literal Genesis Trial Contest. 

The Only Thing Necessary is Courage

New items, more opportunities, AzOSA continuously serves. Click here to view our dedicated events page. Don’t wait for a monthly newsletter to stay informed. Visit http://www.azosa.org every week. The year 2013 is bringing real challenges. Even so, when others lose their minds, you will be connected to truth the whole time. Bookmark us now.

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