October 2022 Newsletter

This Month’s Speakers:

Mike Riddle: Is the founder and president of Creation Training Initiative. He is an international speaker and teacher on biblical creation, apologetics, and Christian education. He has been involved in creation apologetics for over 35 years. Mike has spoken at NASA, many secular and Christian universities, churches around the world, state homeschool conventions and secular and Christian schools. Prior to being involved in creation ministry, Mike was a Captain in the USMC and a national champion in track and field.

Dr. Joseph Kezele: Studied the sciences and music at the University of Arizona, while earning his B.A. in Russian in 1971, and his M.D. in 1975. He then completed a Pediatric Residency and practiced Emergency Medicine for 25 years in the Phoenix area, and was a diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is now retired from the practice of medicine, serves as President of the Arizona Origin Science Association, and is Associate Professor of Biology at Arizona Christian University in Glendale, teaching Nutrition and Wellness, Medical Terminology, Human Genetics, Biochemistry, Pathophysiology, Organic Chemistry, and Creation Science Apologetics.

Jim Clarke: BS, Geology, MS, Hydrological Engineering, from Arizona State University. Jim is a Registered Professional Geologist, working for a private company remediating ground contamination sites. Specializing in presentations such as The Earth and Environment from a Biblical Perspective, Evidence for the Genesis Record or Evidence for Uniformitarianism, Survey of the Geology of Arizona and the Salt River Valley from a Biblical Perspective, The Battle of World Views, Volcanism in Arizona from a Biblical Perspective, The Geology of Kartchner Caverns and the Whetstone Mountain, The Biblical Significance of Rocks, Survey of Geology of Arizona and the Salt River Valley, and Natural Disasters, Why Do They Happen?

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***Special Announcements

**Inauguration of Coconino
AzOSA welcomes a new addition to its wide range of God-loving servitudes, with the inauguration of the Coconino division. Adam Huff, a director of operations for Canyon Ministries, saw that Coconino County wasn’t getting nearly as much traffic as the other AzOSA divisions got. After speaking with some church leaders, and connecting with AzOSA speaker Joseph Kezele, they all collectively agreed upon Coconino becoming part of AzOSA’s reach. Huff has worked for Grand Canyon Ministries for many years now, organizing and leading backpacking trips, lectures, and white water rafting through the Godly landmark. Huff is passionate about spreading the word of God by using science and the evidence creation itself has for an all-powerful Creator. Huff saw the opportunity to make Coconino a spot on the map for Christian science lectures, and events that would spark the hearts of God’s people. The inauguration for Coconino is set to take place on October 13, with a passionate calling to serve, and a crippling love for the Lord, Huff looks forward to what lies ahead.

**Stand for Truth Broadcast:
Sal Giardina along with guests Donny B. and George Bond have made their first official broadcast presentation on the relevance of Genesis on their YouTube channel Standing For Truth. This is the first in what’s soon to be a long line of broadcasts discussing scriptural and modern-day truths, as well as connecting the two to prove one another. This first broadcast is roughly two hours long, and two hours will be the time future broadcasts will expect to meet. This broadcast in particular discusses just how magnanimous Genesis is in correlation to our lives as human beings. Sal Giardina presents most of the facts throughout the two hours, attributing to how fossils are and are not made, and the different theories and evidence present for the age of the Earth. As well as referencing other speakers and books that should be looked up for a better understanding of these topics. Look forward to more mind-igniting discussions and explanations of God’s elegant craftsmanship in creation. Click the link below to watch now:
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Mg8aMydC0

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***Events:

**God’s Amazing Creatures-2
October 13 @ 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Calvary Bible Church
6555 Townsend-Winona Rd #1421, 86004

*Summary:
The physical structure and operation of any animal is so complex that it would be easier to reprogram an average computer than it would be to break down even the smallest of insects. Among these creatures are certain special ones with so complicated anatomy, that they simply couldn’t have evolved into what they are now. These three creatures are the Sea Horse, Woodpecker and Butterfly.

Presenter: Dr. Joseph Kezele

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**Creation Basic Training Course
October 15 @ 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Black Mountain Baptist Church
33955 North Cave Creek Road, in Cave Creek, 85331

*Summary:
Join Mike Riddle’s one-day seminar designed to educate and equip God’s children with the ability to rationally defend the Bible with real and understandable science. There will be a lunch break in between eight sanctioned chapters of class time focusing on different events, evidence, and effective arguments. This event will be an enlightening course to take with classroom training and practices, as well as giving grounds for confidence to those who are unsure about how to defend their faith effectively.

Presenter: Mike Riddle

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**Principles of Warfare – Bringing Down Strongholds
October 16 @ 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Black Mountain Baptist Church
33955 North Cave Creek Road, in Cave Creek, 85331

*Summary:
Spiritual warfare, like all other warfares, has strategy within. Thus, as followers of God, we too are called to strategize and fight in our Spiritual warfare to preserve what is good and welcome the call God has made for us. Learn Spiritual warfare tactics that include knowing the Enemy, training yourself and those around you, and how to take the offensive—looking at Christianity as a true heroic call to battle rather than a delicate hobby or weekly activity.

Presenter: Mike Riddle

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**The Social Justice Movement, CRT and the Bible
October 17 @ 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Arizona Christian University
1 West Firestorm Way, Glendale, 85306
AT&T Auditorium in the Administration Building

*Summary:
One of the biggest challenges for the human race throughout history is the challenge of looking past our differences. It was the same with the Jews and the Gentiles in Jesus’ time, and it’s the same with us and the many different races today. The Enemy has planted many land mines for our destruction in this area, but our call remains the same to bring the good news to all. Learn the intricacies involving the Social Justice movement, Critical Race Theory, BLM and the Bible.

Presenter: Mike Riddle

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**Aliens, UFOs and the Bible
October 18 @ 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
His Church
2334 E Southern Ave, Tempe

*Summary:
There’s no science quite like Space science. The belief in something coming from the skies above, the belief that as big as the Universe is it seems only logical to assume there are other forms of life out there. However, even these topics have answers discoverable by reading God’s word and examining His creation the way He wants us to. Even extraterrestrial life, and the unexplained questions we have about our universe; God left us all we need to decipher them through Him.

Presenter: Mike Riddle

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**Aliens, UFOs and the Bible:
October 20 @ 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Christ’s Church of Tucson
2727 S. Langley Ave., Tucson, AZ

Summary:
Like the one above; learn how belief in extraterrestrials and UFOs correlate to the Biblical narrative. Belief in God is already a huge step in your life, and will continuously be a daily decision for the rest of your life. Since we have such a profound call and faith to uphold, it’s important to understand how our beliefs in other areas of life are affected by the Bible.

Presenter: Mike Riddle

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**Aliens, UFOs, and the Bible:
October 25 @ 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Payson First Baptist Church
303 W. Main St, Payson, AZ

*Summary:
This lecture will follow the same scope as the previous one. Engaging in topics like area 51, what role extraterrestrial life plays in a Biblical worldview, and how the event of Creation plays into the vastness of space. As well as touching on the Great Deceiver’s use of space to dishearten faith, and arriving at four major conclusions by studying these topics with the Bible and science working in duality.

Presenter: Mike Riddle

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**Preparing Youth for The Battlefield
October 27 @ 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Havasu Christian Alliance Church
510 Acoma Blvd N, Lake Havasu City, AZ

Summary:
If you want to change the world, the most effective way is to teach and inspire the young. Unfortunately, our fallen world has ways of getting to them before us or steering them far off course. This presentation is meant to counter that. Motivation for the young influential souls on how much God loves them, and how important a calling their lives hold. Defining the very essence of what you need to know about the Bible, and an inspiring take on having a heart after God in this world of man.

Presenter: Mike Riddle

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**A Flood Model Origin for the Chinle Formation
October 29 @ 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Calvary Baptist Church – Show Low
241 E. McNeil St, Show Low, AZ

Summary:
The Chinle Formation is essentially a type of colored bedrock in the united states making up the Painted Desert and serves as the host for petrified wood found in the Petrified Forest National Park. This special type of rock is ultimately connected to the Flood narrative, with how the rock has settled and the times when the rock was formed. As well as, a very special revelation from studying both this rock and the Flood closely, but you’ll have to wait for Jim Clarke to tell you that little secret.

Presenter: Jim Clarke