(The Dinosaurs Are Arriving) By Dennis Lindsay

Why a Creation Museum at a Bible College?
Going into all the world and preaching the Gospel is being hindered by evolutionary teaching. For over 100 years, textbooks in American schools have presented a challenge to the faith of young people. Theories of unguided origins and godless evolutionism have been presented as if they were the only possible conclusions based on observable facts.

Those conclusions are being questioned today. There are new interpretations that are logical, solid and consistent with Biblical teaching, interpretations that call into serious question many of the assumptions of Darwinian evolutionism. The problem is that this information has been censored from our country’s textbooks, museums, and media.

Dr. G. Thomas Sharp, founder of Creation Truth Foundation, Inc., and Christ For The Nations are in the process of developing the Museum of Earth History, a museum dedicated to Christ Jesus that will provide many infallible and tangible proofs for His Lordship, His position as the Creator of the Universe, and ultimately, for the power of His resurrection (Acts 1:3). The Museum of Earth History will be a much-needed counter-balance to a world of post-Christian ideology, misleading statistics, and questionable conclusions. By supporting a biblical view of creation and demonstrating that modern science makes perfect sense in light of that view, the Museum of Earth History will fulfill a vital role in the call of Jesus “to go, and make disciples of all nations.”

The First of its Kind
As far as we know, Christ For The Nations Institute will be the first Bible college to have a creation museum. In the last several years God has raised up other such museums, but they are not connected to a Bible school with a mission to train and equip students to go and make disciples in the power and anointing of the Risen Savior.

CFNI ’s Museum of Earth History will present the Biblical account of early history with high-quality, scientific exhibits displayed in a totally authentic setting. Viewers will journey through epochs of Biblical history, such as life before the Fall, the post-Fall world, and life after the Genesis flood. The museum will present Biblical history with scientific and historical evidence to support a Biblical worldview.

This new Biblical presentation of the origin of life will provide a platform for display and a forum for discussion. Using micro-theaters, interactive displays, HD-quality films, and multi-generational learning tools, Biblical and scientific creation will take center stage to provide young people with the tools to confront the lies of evolutionism. At the Museum of Earth History, science and Biblical faith will go hand in hand.

The Dinosaurs Are Arriving
Dr. Thomas Sharp’s collection of dinosaurs is world-acclaimed. God has provided the artifacts for his Creation presentations, which Dr. Sharp and his team have transported from seminar to seminar in several semi-trailer trucks for decades. Soon, many of these megasaurs will reside in the Museum of Earth History on the CFNI campus. Full-size replicas of extinct mega-giants such as T-rex, Pteranodon and Triceratops, to name a few, will provide an exhibit to rival any found in secular museums, such as the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. Visitors will be astounded by Dr. Sharp’s collection of dinosaurs and reptilian birds. When word gets out about the fossilized creatures on display, science teachers from surrounding schools will be eager to bring their classes to visit and to learn. The possibilities are endless.

Through partners of the ministry, God has provided a beautiful multi-functional facility with an auditorium, workshop classrooms, a library and space to exhibit these gigantic creatures from the past. The facility has already been paid for and completed. Now we must design and construct each setting where the dinosaurs will be located, placing them in historical context within the Biblical account of creation. We need partners who will invest in this project to make the vision a reality.

The Museum of Earth History will not be completed with tax dollars, university endowments, or massive foundation grants. It will only become a reality through friends of the ministry who believe in the mission and its urgent necessity.

It will be incredible to have a creation museum erected on campus — a museum that will not only give glory to God but will present the story of His creation from a Biblical perspective!

Who Will Be Coming to the Museum of Earth History?
I believe God wants to raise up partners who will help support this effort with a facility that will bless the Christian community, not only in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, in Texas and the U.S., but world-wide as well. Considering the influence of CFN, such a strategic exhibit can have far-reaching effects:

1. A student body of over 1000 each semester, including 250 international students representing nearly 50 nations.
2. Several thousand teens attending Youth For The Nations each summer.
3. Hundreds of children attending Kids For The Nations each summer.
4. Annual conferences including the Healing, Worship, FMC and Alumni Conferences, as well as a number of others who use our facilities.
5. Our monthly Night Of Worship with attendance of over 1500.
6. Several thousand visitors who attend graduation each year.
7. Christian schools bringing students on field trips to the CFNI campus and to tour the museum. As a public relations tool, the Museum of Earth History could attract these and other potential students to CFNI.

Building an Alternative
What a lifelong dream! This museum will help to destroy the lie of evolutionism that continues to erode faith in God among millions of young people throughout the world. Evidence suggests that even Bible-believing families in the U.S. lose 60 to 70% of their children to secular thinking by the time they reach age 15. Evolutionism can creep into the belief system of Biblical Christians and it can corrupt them. Every aspect of life in America today has been saturated with the subtle and godless philosophy of evolutionism. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity.

We now have access to a collection of life-size replicas of God’s original creatures that will effectively illustrate the story of Creation. Without an understanding of the Genesis account, young people today will not have a complete understanding of the Creator becoming the Savior of mankind. The story of creation and the story of redemption must be united. This is why Paul in Rome had to begin with the Creator and His creation before he could help the Romans understand the plan of redemption (Acts 17).

The fulfillment of this vision could become the catalyst for other Christians around the world to erect similar exhibits to the glory of God, so that the whole world is filled with the knowledge of the Lord. The time is right, and I believe this is in God’s plan for expanding our boundaries at CFN.

I am convinced God’s desire is to establish a place for people of all ages to visit. A world-class exhibit of the Genesis account would be monumental for evangelism and missions. Let us not pass up this opportunity. Please pray with us as we seek to follow this amazing, providential, guiding hand and proceed to tell God’s story of creation coupled with His story of redemption.

Connecting Genesis with the Great Commission
What better way is there to fulfill the Great Commission than to begin with origins and creation? When young people fully understand their origins, they will better understand their purpose, identity and destiny. The Museum of Earth History will provide our students and visitors with a biblical worldview, a worldview that will help them in fulfilling the Great Commission. However, support is needed. If you know an individual or a foundation that would want to help provide funding for such a worthy cause, please contact CFN. God wants to tell His story of Creation through His perspective, as opposed to the pagan, evolutionary, atheistic fantasy of Satan.