Using confidence in the truth of the Bible, it is shown that dinosaurs were created by God for a purpose, namely to glorify God, and they are found in the Bible as well as the fossil record.

Michael Oard shows fossil evidence that dinosaurs were running around, very likely in a panic, as the waters of Noah’s flood were rising.

"Dinosaurs — Chief in the ways of God", a multimedia program by Howard Mudder, is featured at DSA's May meeting. Howard's presentation includes the following dino-information: the fossil record, alternative age interpretations, the history of dino-study, current views of dinosaurs, biblical references to dinosaurs, and evidences of the coexistence of dinos and man, including today. The presentation should hold the attention of middle-schoolers to adults and is intended to equip the audience with tools to share what Ken Ham calls the "Missionary Lizards".

According to the theory of evolution, any specific group of organisms will reveal in the fos- sil record step-by-step changes from complex to simple with increasing geologic age (i.e. progressively lower stratigraphic position).

Dr. Harold Coffin, fossil expert and author of the popular creation book Origin by Design, discussed a number of examples of fossils which greatly extend the range of morphologic stasis downward. That is, these fossils show very little change and no decrease in complexity as one descends in the geologic column. Examples will be shown from various locations including Germany, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.

The purpose of the talk is to show that organisms that have become extinct may be different from modern living types, but organisms that have continued through to the present have been stable as far back as can be traced. This agrees with the predictions of the Creation Model. Dr Coffin has a Ph.D in invertebrate zoology, has taught on the college level and was a senior research scientist with the Geoscience Research Institute at Loma Linda University. His investigation of the floating log mat on Spirit Lake at Mount St. Helens led to an improved interpretation of Yellowstone National Park's petrified forests.

Prolific writer and researcher Michael Oard* was our guest speaker at a special early May meeting.

The extinction of the mammoths, especially those in Siberia, has intrigued scientists and laymen for several hundred years.The mammoth is supposed to be a denizen of the Ice Age, and yet its existence in the frozen tundra of Siberia is a mystery. Recently, the Discovery Channel documented the excavation of another woolly mammoth carcass with great fanfare and evolutionary indoctrination.

The woolly mammoth carcasses, found since about 1800, have especially invoked theories of a quick freeze. How would creationists explain the mammoths within the creation/Flood model? Did the mammoths die during the Flood or were they post-Flood animals living during the ice age? Can creationists explain the Ice Age? Furthermore, why would woolly mammoths live in Siberia and Alaska during the ice age? They could not live there today because of the hostile environment. How many woolly mammoths are entombed in the permafrost of Siberia and Alaska? Just a few or millions? What would they eat? Especially mysterious is why they became extinct, not only in Siberia but all over the Northern Hemisphere. Was their demise in Siberia really a quick freeze?

After 10 years, Michael Oard is revisiting the topic of the mammoth with new information, on the many questions related to the subject. He speaks about an hour, then entertains questions for an hour on this topic and other subjects related to the creation/evolution issue.

*Michael Oard is a recently retired meteorologist with the National Weather Service, and author of the technical monograph An Ice Age Caused by the Genesis Flood, and the books: Life in the Great Ice Age, and The Weather Book. His technical papers and letters are often seen in the Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal.