Five things you may not know about Adam
Adam, the first man, made in the image of God from dust of the ground. What else do you know about him? Here are five things to test your knowledge.
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Puzzling over evolution of language
The ‘great apes’ are not-so-great at providing clues as to our origins
The oldest example of applied geometry in the world
A newly interpreted Old-Babylonian clay tablet reveals a sophisticated understanding of mathematics and survey consistent with the biblical timeframe
Out of Babel—not Africa: genetic evidence for a biblical model of human origins
How recent genetics research supports the Bible’s history of humanity.
The world’s oldest alphabet
Evidence suggests that the first alphabet may have been developed by the Hebrews, not the Phoenicians, as commonly believed.
The languages of babel
How does the origin of languages fit with the account of the tower of Babel?
The sounds of long-dead languages
Many ancient people left a written record of the spoken word, but it takes hard work to understand the texts.
Defending Faith of Our Fathers
Dr Chan Kei Thong, author of Faith of our Fathers, answers a critical review.
The sixteen grandsons of Noah
Secular history shows that the survivors of Noah’s Flood were real people,
whose names were indelibly carved on much of the ancient world.
Born to communicate
Amazingly, deaf children stranded by themselves develop their own complete sign
language.
The original ‘unknown’ god of China
The oldest Chinese writing shows that the people had the knowledge of the God of Genesis.
The language faculty: following the evidence
Attempts to link language and biological evolution have encountered impassible problems
but the evidence points to a designed system.