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The Bible, Geology and Time

How do scientists use geology to determine time? In this video Mike uses observational evidence to demonstrate that: The geologic layers (column) do not support millions of years. Radiometric dating is based on assumptions and is not an acc…

2017-05-16
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Why we celebrate July 4th

In this short 6-minute video, Mike (former Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps) talks about why we celebrate July 4th. He concludes with a powerful prayer to the only one who can save this country, the Creator of the Universe, Jesus Christ. Th…

2016-06-27
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Is the age of the earth an important issue for Christians?

There is a heated battle within the church about the age of the earth. Does it really matter if it is old or young? Is the age of the earth an important issue for Christians? Watch this 6-minute video and find out the answer.

2016-04-15
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Critical Thinking Examining Their words

In this video Mike shows how to use critical thinking methods to analyze statements made by evolutionists. Mike reveals four different types of words to look for in books and conversations: 1. Magic words 2. Fuzzy words 3. Red-flag words 4.

2015-12-31
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Responding to Foolish Statements -Part 2

In part 2 of “Responding to Foolish Statements,” Mike answers the following challenges: Why are Christians against a woman’s right to choose (abortion)? Why are Christians so intolerant of other viewpoints? We shouldn’t teach creation becau…

2015-11-30
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Responding to Foolish Statements

Christians are often challenged with foolish statements. There are three elements that make these statements foolish. 1. The challenge shows the person’s lack of knowledge of the Bible. 2. The challenge has inconsistent elements. 3. The cha…

2015-11-10
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The Gap Theory

The Gap Theory has been used to explain how to add millions of years into the Bible. The Gap Theory places a large gap of time (millions of years) between the first two verses of the Bible. During this gap the original creation was destroye…

2015-10-26
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The Origin of Humans

In this session Mike covers 4 topics: The Bible makes it clear that God did not make ape-man. Two misconceptions commonly found in textbooks that are used to support human evolution. Some of the famous characters that have been used in text…

2015-10-06
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Genetics and Evolution

Are Apes and Humans Cousins Did Humans evolve from ape-like creatures? Mike uses understandable language to examine three of the main genetic arguments evolutionists use to support their claim. Human and chimp DNA is only 3% different. Junk…

2015-09-21
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Who Should Christians Blame?

In this session, Mike discusses four philosophies that are attacking the church and Christian families. (1) evolutionism, (2) moral relativism, (3) abortion, and (4) same-sex marriage. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent to prom…

2015-08-19
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Why we celebrate July 4th

In this short 6-minute video, Mike (former Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps) talks about why we celebrate July 4 th . He concludes with a powerful prayer to the only one who can save this country, the Creator of the Universe, Jesus Christ.

2015-08-03
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Evolutionists' Responses to the Problem of the Origin of Life

In this talk, Mike answers some counter challenges commonly used by evolutionists about the immense problem of the origin of life by naturalistic processes. Mike’s answers include responses to these seven counter challenges: Probability is…

2015-06-22
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Why the Origin of Life Is a Showstopper for Evolution

Evolutionists have spent over 50 years creating scenarios for how life originated by naturalistic processes. However, every attempt has failed scientifically. In this talk, Mike demonstrates that the origin of life is not possible scientifi…

2015-05-26
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Is Evolution Both a Fact and a Theory?

This video takes a logical and scientific approach to answer the question. The first step is to establish the proper definitions of both a scientific fact and a scientific theory. The second step is to compare what has been observed to thes…

2015-05-04
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Why the Book of Genesis is Important

Genesis is a book about beginnings, a book about doctrines and a book about answers. The book of Genesis is critical to understanding the character of God, the consequences of sin, the doctrine of salvation and the doctrine of marriage. It…

2015-04-13
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Does the Age of the Earth Matter?

Does the Bible give enough information to determine how long the days of creation were? Have scientists really proven the earth is billions of years old? What should Christians believe about creation? Should the age of the earth really matt…

2015-03-30
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The Fossil Record

Does the fossil record really support evolution? Does the fossil record demonstrate millions of years of death and struggle? In this session Mike presents three facts about the fossil record: 1. What we believe about the fossil record influ…

2015-02-16
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Evidence for the Existence of God, Part 5

In this final session Mike gives powerful evidence for the truthfulness of the Bible. The combination of evidences (manuscript, history, archaeology, prophecy, and science) leaves no doubt that the Bible is God breathed and all of it is goo…

2015-01-28
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Evidence for the Existence of God, Part 4

In this fourth session on evidence for the existence of God, Mike demonstrates through empirical science that the worldview of materialism (secular humanism) is false. In the talk Mike explains why information is nonmaterial and that inform…

2015-01-12
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Evidence for the Existence of God, Part 3

In this video Mike answers one of the most challenging questions to Christianity. There is evil in the world. Evil is incompatible with God. Therefore, God does not exist. In addition, Mike answers other challenging questions. Did God creat…

2014-12-05
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Evidence for the Existence of God, Part 2

 The Evidence for the Existence of God is the subject Mike is teaching about in a five session series. Cosmological evidence Evidence from design Evidence from the existence of moral absolutes Evidence from the existence of non-material en…

2014-11-10
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Evidence for the Existence of God, Part 1

The Evidence for the Existence of God is the subject Mike will teach about over the next five sessions. Cosmological evidence Evidence from design Evidence from the existence of moral absolutes Evidence from the existence of non-material en…

2014-10-27
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Why America Will Fall

This is a hard hitting and very alarming presentation. The fact that America was founded upon biblical principles is well documented. But why has America changed? Why has the public education system as well as the secular universities aband…

2014-10-09
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Why the Bible is True

Why should we believe the Bible is the true Word of God and not other religious books? In this session Mike provides five powerful reasons why the Bible is the only true Word of God. 1. Is there any difference between religions? 2. Who wrot…

2014-08-18
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Probability and Evolution

Many people believe that evolution really happened and that life originated by purely naturalistic means and humans evolved over millions of years from some ape-like creature. Rather than just listening to claims of events that no one has e…

2014-07-21
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The Bible: the First Three Chapters

In this session Mike gives 20 important teachings in the first three chapters of Genesis that are critical to understanding the rest of the Bible. Some of these include: • Who God is (His Character) • The foundation for a Christian worldvie…

2014-07-08
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The Sanctity of Human Life

In this powerful PRO-LIFE video Mike presents the biblical and scientific evidence for life beginning at conception. He also answers two very important questions: When do we become a person? When does human life begin? Mike presents statist…

2014-06-23
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Christian Education

In this session about Christian education Mike discusses five topics: 1. What is Christian Education? 2. The Bible and education 3. The first step in teaching a class 4. Educating for success 5. A challenge to teachers, the church and paren…

2014-06-16
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Dinosaur to Bird Evolution

Did dinosaurs really evolve into birds as many evolutionists claim? In this session Mike examines the real evidence and clearly shows that that: 1. There is no observational evidence to support the claim dinosaurs evolved into birds. 2. Evo…

2014-06-09
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Genesis and End Times -Part 2

In part 2 of Genesis and End Times, Mike goes through the final three topics: 1. Tools for understanding language in the Bible 2. An incredible beginning 3. An incredible ending Mike continues with the theme, “Paradise Created, Paradise Los…

2014-05-28
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Genesis and End Times -Part 1

In this first of two sessions on Genesis and End Times, Mike goes through the first two parts: Session 1 1. The Book of Revelation in 5 minutes 2. Tools for understanding numbers in the Bible Session 2 3. Tools for understanding language in…

2014-05-27
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Disarming Darwinian Evolution

In this session Mike examines the mechanisms for Darwinian evolution: mutations and natural selection. According to Charles Darwin, and many believing in evolution today, mutations are the source of new information. However, this has never…

2014-04-28
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When Did Dinosaurs Live?

In this session Mike examines two evidences for when dinosaurs lived: 1. The origin of dinosaurs. 2. The scientific evidence. Mike shows that the evolutionists really don’t have any observable evidence to support the claim dinosaurs evolved…

2014-04-14
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10 More BIG Mistakes Made by Evolutionists

In this second session on big mistakes made by evolutionists Mike discusses the following 10 more mistakes. 1. Dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago 2. Large canyons require long ages to form 3. Antibiotic resistance 4. Life on other plan…

2014-04-07
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10 BIG Mistakes Made by Evolutionists

In this session Mike discusses 10 BIG mistakes made by evolutionists. Piltdown Man Nebraska Man Coelacanth Junk DNA Vestigial organs Archaeoraptor The Miller experiment Origin of stars Human and Chimpanzee DNA is only 2% different Rejection…

2014-03-31
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What is Carbon-14 Dating? Part 2

In session two on carbon-14, Mike discusses two important aspects about carbon-14. 1. How does the carbon-14 dating method work? 2. How reliable is the carbon-14 dating method? Mike points out three things that must be known for carbon-14 d…

2014-03-12
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What is Carbon-14 Dating? Part 1

In this first of two sessions on carbon-14, Mike answers 3 important questions: • What is carbon-14? • Where does carbon-14 come from? • How can carbon-14 be used to determine age? Mike concludes by presenting powerful, observational eviden…

2014-03-03
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#9 Dating Methods and Age of Earth -Mike Riddle

The assumption of long ages is an icon and foundational to the evolutionary model. Nearly every textbook and media journal teaches that the earth is billions of years old. Mike starts this session with why the age of the earth is an importa…

2014-01-20
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#08 The Big Bang

Is the Big Bang compatible with the Bible? Many Christians hold to a belief that God used the Big Bang as part of His creation process. But is the Big Bang really compatible with God’s Word? In this session Mike examines the Big Bang and co…

2013-12-30
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#07 Origin of Life

In this presentation Mike discusses why the origin of life is a major problem for people holding to a belief in evolution. By showing that there is no scientific evidence for how life could start by naturalistic processes it must ultimately…

2013-12-23
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Apologetics 3, two challenges by Mike Riddle

In this session Mike answers two important questions: 1. What is a biblical worldview? 2. Is the battle really between science and the Bible? The Bible defines what it means to have a biblical worldview in Matthew 22:37 and Romans 12:2. Mik…

2013-12-02
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Apologetics 2, Mike answers three challenges

In apologetics part-1 Mike answered the two challenges: 1. How could Adam name all the animals in one day? 2. Who did Cain marry? In this session (apologetics part 2) Mike answers four more challenges. 1. How could first three days of creat…

2013-11-26
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Apologetics 1, Mike answers three challenges

In this first lesson on apologetics Mike answers three challenges. What is apologetics and why is it important for all Christians to learn and practice apologetics? Three Scriptures are given that mandate all Christians to be able to defend…

2013-11-18
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#06 Genesis Flood Part 3 Geology

Does the Fossil Record Really Support Evolution? We often hear that the fossil record proves evolution. For decades students have been taught a continual progression of evolution in the geologic column. The marine fossils appear on the bott…

2013-10-29
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#05 Genesis Flood Part 2 Geology

The Evolution worldview requires long ages for all the physical processes and structures to form around the earth such as large canyons, sedimentation and mountains. But do all these really require long ages? In this talk we will examine ge…

2013-10-22
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#4 The Genesis Flood

#4 The Genesis Flood The Genesis Flood Was the Genesis Flood a worldwide flood or a local flood? Does it make any difference? This topic will be presented in three sessions: 1. The Flood and the Bible 2. The Flood and geology 3. The Flood a…

2013-09-25
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#3 Objections to 6 days

#3 Objections to 6 days Answering biblical objections to a literal six day creation When I ask many Christians why they believe the earth is old very seldom do they start with the Bible. Instead their initial answer is based on the scientif…

2013-09-18
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#2 The Days of Creation in Genesis

#2 The Days of Creation in Genesis There is a lot of controversy about the length of the days of creation in Genesis 1. In our analysis we will start with establishing the importance of the book of Genesis. This is because many Christians d…

2013-09-10
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#1 Did God Use Evolution?

#1 Did God Use Evolution? Many church leaders and Christians today believe God used evolution as part of His creation process. Many Christians have been influenced by the world and because of this influence there seems to be a lack of faith…

2013-09-06
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