Mike is the founder and president of Creation Training Initiative. He is an international speaker and teacher on biblical creation, apologetics, and Christian education, and has been involved in creation apologetics for over 40 years. Mike has spoken at NASA, many secular and Christian universities, churches around the world, state homeschool conventions, and secular and Christian schools. Prior to being involved in creation ministry, Mike was a Captain in the USMC and a national champion in track and field.
He resides in Meridian, ID, with his wife, Lesley.
Experience & Education
- B.S. Mathematics, M.A. Education
- Captain and Instructor for the United States Marine Corps
- Mathematics teacher at junior and senior high schools
- Director/instructor, U.S. Sprint’s worldwide engineer and technical training
- Director/instructor of Microsoft’s engineer training
- Adjunct professor, Northwest Graduate School of the Ministry
- Instructor at the Institute for Creation Research Graduate School
- Speaker and author for Answers in Genesis
- Developed and taught teacher training and communication skills courses worldwide
- Spoken/taught in over 500 churches
- Spoken/taught to over 16,000 youth
Presentations by Mike
Sunday Messages
- Understanding the Days of Creation
- Theological Problems with an Old Earth
- Biblical Apologetics: Answers to Biblical Challenges
- Genesis and the Sovereignty of God
- Why the Bible Is Truth
- Creation: Why It Matters What We Believe
- A Briefing: Preparing Youth for the Battlefield
- God’s Amazing Design in Life
- Facts That Confirm Creation
- Six End-Time Deceptions That Are Happening Today
Additional Presentations
- Critical Thinking Skills and Tactics
- Aliens, UFOs, and the Bible
- Refuting Human Evolution
- Biblical Apologetics: Answering Challenges
- Why Evolution Cannot Be True
- Why the Age of the Earth Matters
- Examining the Methods for Dating Fossils and Rocks
- The Genesis Flood and Geology
- Thinking Biblically About Dinosaurs
- Is the Big Bang Biblical?
- Christian Education: Confronting the Giants of Deception and Compromise
- Christian Education: Building Spiritual Warfare Champions
- What Schools Teach and Don’t Teach About the Woke Agenda
Children’s Presentations
- Dinosaurs and the Bible
- God’s Amazing Creation
- The Six Days of Creation
- The Genesis Flood and Old Bones