An Island State of Mind

ctf • September 7, 2015

Creation Truth Foundation has many close ministry co-laboring organizations, with whom we work on many occasions. One of these is Dr. Carl Baugh’s Creation Evidence Museum in Glen Rose, TX. Our founder and president, Dr. G. Thomas Sharp, has often led expeditions of large groups of college students from Christ for the Nations International in Dallas, TX down to the Paluxy River to see the dinosaur and human fossilized footprints side by side in the rock of the riverbed. Last month, I had the honor of going to the island nation of Fiji with Dr. Baugh, and ministering of the creation science message to many students in church schools, on the local radio stations (both Christian and also broadcasting out of the local University of the South Pacific campus), and at the Civic Center in the capital city of Suva and there also in the Sports Arena. There was a large group of speakers and ministers on this expedition. And the Christian people of Fiji were gladdened in their hearts! Let me share a little of why this mission was (and is) important.

Being in Fiji was not like a vacation. My feet never touched the beach. This was a working trip (ha)! But one thing we all saw and heard, everywhere that we went, was just how much Fiji was like the USA – only 50 years ago. Today, in the public school system of the entire nation, teachers can both read the Bible and have prayers with their students! Having had a brutal and pagan past over 100 years ago, once the missionaries came Fiji quickly converted to being largely a Christian nation. Yes, the culture and ethnics are very different from the US. But the status of the Body of Christ in this set of islands in the south Pacific near New Zealand, Australia, and Indonesia … is quite good and strong as it was in the US during the 1950’s. But that will not last.

Fijian culture is on the brink of the same slippery slope that US culture and the US church faced back right about the time that prayer and the Bible were taken out of our public schools. And we all know what happened after that. The Fijian Christians are in a state of fervor for the Gospel and the Word. But they are not invulnerable to the same Deceiver who crept in and dealt a stab to the Christian worldview once held by the US as a nation and as a culture. The Fijians are painfully aware of this precipice. And they are on their knees for their children, their leaders, and their nation.

There are amazing small Christian schools providing a truly high quality of education to many young people on the island. I was impressed. And still, as mentioned, Christian teachers may still minister freely to their students in the public schools as well. But that time may be coming to close.

Friends, with only minimal efforts on our part to help, this compromising spirit can be thrust back into the darkness from whence it came. Fiji – ironically – could be the last of the truly great Christian oases left in the world at the end when the darkness closes in on the rest of the earth. True, the Antichrist will rule as prophecy states, during the Tribulation period. But if there is one hold-out culture of Christians that do endure up to the very end (perhaps until the Rapture itself) … wouldn’t that just be a wonderful thing? And it was wonderful for me, to be a part of that God-driven effort last month. There are plans to return earlier in the next summer, when the public schools are still in session. Please pray for that trip. Please consider supporting it financially, as travel that far is expensive. I am learning Fijian as best I can for the return visit.

God bless you all!
Dr. Jackson

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Flooded Marine Reptile

By Matt Miles • October 2, 2025

The Flood during Noah’s day was a devastating judgement against the sin and wickedness of the time. Most people focus on what the Lord did as He saved the eight people and animals on the Ark. Yet while they were being saved, the Flood destroyed the earth and left behind some remarkable things. Geology around the globe shows water burial of plants and animals. Many of the animal remains show signs of drowning and then burial. One particular reptile that shows this is the Ichthyosaurus. From what we can understand, water was her home for everything in life, even giving birth to live young. This well designed creature may even help us trust the Word of God when it comes to the history of the Flood. In our Mobile Museum of Earth History we exhibit a research replica of an ichthyosaur called Stenopterygius quadriscissus . She is from Holzmaden, Germany and is one example of hundreds that have been found in the area. The reason we can so confidently state this fossil is a “her,” when we rarely know for sure about fossil animals, is because she is pregnant. She has three babies present with her remains: one under her tail, one in or near the birth canal, and one still inside. Our fossil is in situ, which means the fossil remains in the rock matrix it was buried in. So, the presence of momma and babies are how they were buried and not articulated in some manner after excavation. This is important to show the rapid, watery burial that must have taken place to lock this scene in the fossil record. The Flood trapped organisms all over the world in different life positions. Sometimes the fossils left behind have shown eating, hunting, sleeping, swimming, nesting, or drowning. When it comes to ichthyosaurs around the planet, there is a significant number of females that seem to be pregnant. They have been found in the fossil record on at least four continents. A fair assumption would be that Ichthyosaurs had a certain time of year they mated and gave birth to young, much like sea turtles today that nest from late spring to late fall depending on the region around the world. So it should come as no surprise that we find pregnant ichthyosaurs all around the world as the Flood lasted an entire year. It would have buried the females that were pregnant near their location of habitat. Evolutionists maintain that ichthyosaurs lived tens to hundreds of million years ago and each of the mothers found in the fossil record just died while giving birth. This is difficult to support in a millions magnitude time scale. That would mean every time a disaster happened, millions of years apart, the right conditions existed to quickly bury ichthyosaurs that just so happened to be pregnant. It just might take some “faith” to trust that “miracle” would happen over and over again through eons of time. Or you can have faith that the Word of God’s history is correct with a judgement of man’s sin bringing global devastation through the Flood during Noah’s 600th year of life. The Word of God is trustworthy, with even the fossil record showing us glimpses of historical evidence in support of our faith. I’m so thankful we don’t need blind faith to trust our salvation! Blessings.

Our God Whom We Serve Is Able

By Ryan Cox • October 2, 2025

14 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the gold image which I have set up? 15 …if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?” 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” Daniel 3:14-18 In the 6th century BC, three young men stood up for their faith in the one true God, for which someone attempted to kill them. Today, in the 21st century AD, one young man was gunned down for his faith in the one true God. And sadly, Charlie Kirk is not the only one. According to The Esther Project, martyrdom for the cause of Christ is commonplace around the world ( theestherproject.com/statistics ). On average: 322 Christians are killed monthly. 214 churches or Christian properties are destroyed monthly. 772 forms of violence (beatings, kidnappings, etc.) against Christians are committed monthly. 100,000 to 160,000 Christians are killed annually in the 21st century. 1.093 million Christians were martyred between 2000 and 2010. And more than 70 million Christians are believed to have been martyred since the 1st century, with more than half killed in the 20th century alone under communist and fascist governments. And how should Christians respond? Peter wrote, “ if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name ” (I Peter 4:16). Jesus took this a step further; He told us, “ …love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you ” (Matthew 5:44). Now, as Shawn Grant, minister at Kissimmee Christian Church, FL, preached on the Sunday following the assassination, th at may not be what you want to hear right now, but that is what Jesus has told us we must do. Why? So the world will see the difference Jesus makes! The night of and the days after the assassination, businesses did not have to board up their stores. Police and soldiers did not have to be deployed. There were no riots, no property damages, no police spat upon – only tears, prayers, and a witness to the world that Jesus is the answer. So noticeable is this to the world, there were more international press requests for the Charlie Kirk memorial service than are requested for Super Bowls. Within seven days of his death, Kirk’s ministry Turning Point USA had received over 54,000 campus chapter requests. And most importantly, scores of videos of young people considering or even deciding to give their lives to Jesus have been posted to social media platforms.