Foundations of Creation: Volume 23

The conflict between biblical creation and evolutionary theory did not begin in a courtroom or a classroom — it began with a deliberate philosophical decision to reinterpret the history of the Earth without reference to God or Scripture, and in this sweeping historical volume of Foundations of Creation, young readers are taken through the full story from the early church to the present day. The Church Fathers, the Reformers, and the founders of modern science — Newton, Kepler, Boyle, Faraday — are shown to have embraced both rigorous inquiry and a young-earth reading of Genesis without contradiction. The pivotal roles of James Hutton and Charles Lyell in establishing deep time — explicitly motivated by a desire to free geology from the influence of Moses — are examined honestly, showing how the intellectual groundwork for Darwin was laid before a single fossil was interpreted through an evolutionary lens. Darwin’s 1859 publication, its rapid conquest of academic culture, and its devastating effects on both science and the church are traced with clarity. Then comes the inspiring story of the modern creation movement: from George McCready Price to the landmark 1961 publication of The Genesis Flood by Whitcomb and Morris, to the founding of Answers in Genesis, the Institute for Creation Research, and Creation Ministries International, to the rise of the Intelligent Design movement under Phillip Johnson, Michael Behe, Stephen Meyer, and William Dembski. The battle for Genesis has a history. Know it. Own it.