Biography
Gavin graduated from Camborne School of Mines in 1991 and has since worked in land survey with remote sensing and internationally in the seismic industry, prospecting for oil and gas. For more than a decade, this work took him to places such as Uganda, Tanzania, Egypt, Kurdistan (north Iraq), Abu Dhabi, Sweden, Finland, Holland, Macedonia, France, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, as well as the UK. Having a keen interest in geology and fossils, he has collected for many years along the Jurassic Coast and beyond.
Gavin took a career break in 1999 to study theology and this was his ‘wake-up call’ to the importance of accepting Genesis creation as real biblical history. Since then he has earned two Masters degrees, one in Biblical Studies and the other in Egyptology. It was while living in Egypt for approximately a year that Gavin first became interested in the ancient history and archaeology of Egypt, particularly the connections between Ancient Egypt and the Old Testament. His specific focus on the Egyptians’ beliefs regarding creation and the Flood inspired his M.A. dissertation (for which he was awarded a distinction) and his desire is that this will form the basis for further study in Egyptology.
Gavin is keenly aware of the need for Christians to be given good solid answers to the skeptical questions raised by secularists within western culture, education and the media. Having been through the education system (both secular and religious), he recognizes the need for good biblical apologetics and creation information to be made available to Christians. This is especially the case for young people who face challenges to their faith from both education and the media. For Gavin, the creation issue is not a side-issue, rather the central issue facing the Church in the modern age; therefore it should inform our evangelistic and missionary endeavours.
In April 2017, Gavin was accredited as an associate speaker for CMI (UK/Europe) and he joined CMI’s staff full time in June 2018.
Two online interviews with Gavin are: ‘Raiders of the Lost Archeology’ (18 July 2020) and Temple of Destiny! Exploring the Pyramids and Egyptian Beliefs (25 July 2020).
Example Presentations
Education
- H.N.D. in Engineering, Camborne School of Mines
- Diploma in Minerals Engineering, Camborne School of Mines
- B.A. in Theology, London School of Theology
- M.A. in Biblical Studies, University of Exeter
- M.A. in Egyptology, University of Birmingham
Technical publications
- Cox, G. (2013), The ‘Hymn’ of Amos: An Ancient Flood Narrative, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 38(1):81–108.
- Cox, G. (2013), Verses in Amos and Job Provide New Insights Into the Mechanisms Behind Noah’s Flood, International Conference of Creationism, Pittsburgh.
- Cox, G. (2013), Egypt’s Hieroglyphs Contain a Cultural Memory of Creation and Noah’s Flood, International Conference of Creationism, Pittsburgh.
Articles
- Dynamic drones
- Amazing ammonite animatronics!
- Biggest ichthyosaur ever found in the UK!
- Gentleman geologist leads Jurassic journeys
- Gold deposits—formed by the global Flood
- The writing God
- Goliath—the BHG
- The passing of a monarch
- Altogether—Unbelievable! Part 1 (Christian radio interview with Francis Collins and Richard Dawkins)
- Altogether—Unbelievable! Part 2 (Christian radio interview with Francis Collins and Richard Dawkins)
- “830-million-year-old” microorganisms?
- Tremendous trilobites, with complex, compound eyes—complete from creation
- Wonderful whale sharks—divinely designed denizens of the deep
- Stonehenge’s solar secrets
- Humanists UK seek to ‘ban repentance’!
- Fantastic folds—curvy rock layers undermine millions of years
- Newly discovered jumping beetle mechanism inspires bionic design
- Mightiest, multi-million-year-old millipede
- Breakthrough in paleomagnetic measurement
- Chalk challenges deep-time dogma
- Defying deep-time dogma
- The oldest example of applied geometry in the world
- ‘Scientific research’—or depraved barbarity?
- The Antikythera Mechanism
- The inhuman nature of secular humanism
- ‘Billion-year’ fossil ‘balls’ (part 2)
- ‘Billion-year’ fossil ‘balls’ (part 1)
- Divine design denies evolution
- Providing hope during a pandemic
- Deceitful religious education: Review of God and the Big Bang: Exploring science and Christian belief (ages 11–18)
- Matti Leisola—bioengineer dumps Darwin, declares design
- Intriguing Ice-Age art
- Brilliant builder-bees!
- Designer DNA—replicating like rabbits!
- Leaving a lasting legacy
- Jettisoning Genesis and the silent genocide
- Denis Alexander’s hermeneutics: heretical, horrible, and harmful
- Stonehenge: new discoveries are still stunning archaeologists!
- Tyrannosaur ‘walking with sharks’?
- Stunning Stonehenge!
- A patronizing letter to the author of Genesis
- The BBC—teaching British school children to celebrate “more than 100 genders”
- Senseless cynical censorship
- No monkey business here please, we’re the BBC!
- Steve Chalke’s ‘New Reformation’—or new defamation?
- The Lost World of Walton
- 10 answers from biblical creationists—Part 1
- 10 answers from biblical creationists—Part 2
- 14C dating—who is fooling whom?
- How old? When archaeology conflicts with the Bible
- Humanism: neither healthy, nor humane
- Building morality on evolutionary foundations?
- Evolution, the age of the earth and blasphemy
- 2012 The Movie Review
Egypt articles
- The search for Noah and the Flood in ancient Egypt—part 1
- The search for Noah and the Flood in ancient Egypt—part 2
- Horus—the deified Ham: part 1
- Horus—the deified Ham: part 2
- Newly discovered Egyptian relic witnesses to biblical king
- Is CMI confusing Egyptian chronology?
- Finding Adam—in Ancient Egypt
- Does the Ark of the Covenant have Egyptian influences?
- Time fears the pyramids?
- Can we understand Egyptian chronology before the Exodus?
- Shunning the Shishak/Shoshenq synchrony?
- Egypt’s Great Pyramid, pre-Flood, or post-Flood? Questions answered!
- Who is wrong about the biblical date of the Flood, and the Great Pyramid? with Gary Bates
- The search for Adam, Eve, Noah and the Flood—in Ancient Egypt?
Journal Egypt articles
- Strengthening the Shishak/Shoshenq synchrony
- What’s the point of the pyramids?
- The search for Noah and the Flood in ancient Egypt—part 1
- The search for Noah and the Flood in ancient Egypt—part 2
- The search for Noah and the Flood in ancient Egypt—part 3
- The search for Noah and the Flood in ancient Egypt—part 4
- Horus—the deified Ham: part 1
- Horus—the deified Ham: part 2
Feedback
- Ancient Apocalypse ‘hooey’
- Speleothem growth
- Challenging chalk-talk
- Challenging chalk-talk—Round 2!
- Do claimed dates for Göbekli Tepe and the Lost City of Dwarka outdate the Bible’s timeline?
- SpeleoIthem growth—In caves vs man-made structures.
- Vying with Velikovsky—what does CMI think?
- W.L. Craig’s ‘original’ views on original sin.
- T. rex, cats, and attack-defence structures
- Chronology vs. chronogenealogies: Is Ussher to blame?
- Carbon 14—still drawing a blank
