ORIGINS-Contents

Origins is the journal of the BCS, currently published three times a year. The "Contents" listed below is not exhaustive, but identifies the main articles in each issue. Origins was preceded by Biblical Creation. Purchasing information is given at the end of this file. Price: 30-36 (£3), 37/38 joint(£6), and 39 - 43 (£3), 44 - 47 (£5.00).

February 2008 (47)

What can we learn from Francis Schaeffer ? - Ranald Macaulay
40 years of Creation Ministry in Britain - David Tyler
Development of Resistance - Marc Surtees
Evidence for the Evolution of Bats - Jerry Bergman
Skeletal Muscle and the Maximum Life-Span of Men - Hans Degens
Did Humans evolve from Apes ?- Marc Surtees

Book Reviews
- Lessons from the Living Cell by Stephen Rothman - reviewed by Professor Colin Reeves
- The Geologic Column: Perspectives within Diluvial Geology by JK Read and MJ Oard (editors) - reviewed by John Peet

June 2007 (46) (Bone of Contention Special)

The ostrich: a wonder of God's creation- J. H. John Peet
Bone of Contention:
- Why evolutionism is wrong and creation is right - Sylvia Baker
- Its history and influence - Sylvia Baker
'Back to creation basics': a personal journey of faith - Bob Allen
Visit to Poland - Sylvia Baker
'Old or new' or 'Old and new' - Kevin Charman
Violence in netherland - William Worraker
The foundations of our faith. 7: The doctrine of salvation - J. H. John Peet
The creation of man: part 1 - Geoff Thomas
'Old or new' or 'Old and new' - Kevin Charman

Book Reviews
- Design and Origin of Birds by Philip Snow - reviewed by Richard and Ruth Ward
- Creation Out Of Nothing: A Biblical, Philosophical, and Scientific Exploration by P Capon and WL Craig - reviewed by Andrew Cullen
- Dismantling the Big Bang: God's Universe Rediscovered by A Williams and J Hartnett - reviewed by Ray Trainer

February 2007 (45) (Technical Issue)

Transposons: the good, the bad and the ugly - Marc Surtees
Arguments for Design: language, the 'flight' of the human tongue - Nancy Darrell
An evaluation of punctuated equilibrium as a mechanism for evolution - Hans Degens
Meetings
- Exploring the History of Life: The Fifth conference of the Creation Biology Study Group (BSG)
- Origins North- West
- Intelligent Design

Book Reviews
- A Creationist review and Preliminary Analysis of the History, Geology, Climate and Biology of the Galapagos Islands by Todd Charles Wood - reviewed by Timothy R Brophy
- Philosophy Matters by Roger Trigg - reviewed by Harriet Gray

August 2006 (44)

Creation in the news
Science of Earth's Birth not set in stone - Ian Fuller
Polar Bears - one of a (created) kind - David J Tyler
Tribute to Dr Henry M Morris, Jr (1918 - 2006) - David J Tyler
Bird flu and a good God - J H John Peet
In the beginning God - Geoff Thomas

Meetings
- Has biology eliminated God? - Ray Trainer
- Tom and Paula Vail's visit to the UK - Diana Panes
Video Review
- Unlocking the Mystery of Life - reviewed by Barbara Verrall

March 2006 (43)

Life in Focus: A Scientist looks at 'Intelligent Design' - David J Tyler
Proof-reading and Origins - J H John Peet
Teaching Evolution in a Christian School - Sylvia Baker
The Foundation of our Faith. 6: The Doctrine of the Fall - J H John Peet
The Stone Runs of the Falkland Islands - Charles Whitworth
Box Jellyfish: not dainty delights - Margaret Helder
Similarities and Relationships - Paul Garner

Meetings
- The Chimpanzee Genome Reveals its Secrets - J H John Peet
- Ministry Report - Visit to Northern Ireland - Paul Garner
Book Announcement/Review
- The Love of God in the Classroom - the Story of the New Christian Schools by Sylvia Baker and David Freeman

Cover of Origins Special Issue - The Solar System October 2004

January 2006 (42)

Special Issue: Design in Nature

Intelligent Design: Is it Science? - David J Tyler
'God of the Gaps': A Valid Objection? - Stephen Lloyd
Arguments for Design: Language and Communication (Part One) - Nancy Darrall
John Ray's Design Arguments: Intelligent Design in the 17th Century - Sheena Tyler

Meetings and Media
- Geology workshop Report Members of the BCS recently visited Ardley Quarry which contains a variety of dinosaur tracks
- Letters to Christianity in reply to the article What you need to know about the evolution debate by Tony Watkins
Reviews
- The Origin of Man (Stuart Burgess) by David Tyler
- Refuting Compromise (Jonathan Sarfati) by Andrew Cullen

October 2005 (41)

The Foundations of our Faith. 5: The Doctrine of Man (part 2) - J H John Peet
A visit to Mt St Helens - Jonathan Swingler
The amazing shrinking humans from Flores - David J Tyler
The Grand Canyon Adventure (Part Two) - Paul Garner
World War II ... and an unfinished battle - Sheena Tyler

March 2005 (40)

Beauty in the Blackbird's Song - Stuart Burgess
The Immune System: Designed to Interact with Microbes - Alan Gillen and Frank Sherwin
The Grand Canyon Adventure (Part One) - Paul Garner
Demolishing a Straw Ark: The BBC's Noah's Ark Fiasco - Paul Garner
The Foundations of our Faith. 4: The Doctrine of Man - J H John Peet
Creationism: Science versus Faith in Schools - Paul Garner

December 2004 (39)

Technical Issue

The Life and Work of John Ray - Sheena Tyler
Reflections on Evangelicalism Divided - Mike Matthews
Comets Still Puzzling Astronomers - Paul Garner
A Whale of a Tale - David J Tyler
The Fifth International Conference on Creationism (A Report) - Paul Garner
Cambridge's Christian Heritage - Ranald Macaulay

October 2004 (37/8)

Special Issue: The Solar System

Our Solar System and its Origin - Wayne R Spencer
A Blaze of Glory - William J Worracker
Mysterious Mercury - J H John Peet
The Goldilocks Planet - Danny R Faulkner
When the Sun Goes Out - David J Tyler & Sheena Tyler
Footprints on the Moon - David J Tyler
Lord of the Rings - Wayne R Spencer
The Outer Limits - Paul Garner
Realm of the Comets - Danny R Faulner
The Foundations of our Faith - J H John Peet

December 2003 (36)

The Foundations of our Faith: 2 The Doctrine of Scripture - J H John Peet
Tracking Dinosaurs in Britain - David Tyler
James Clerk Maxwell - Neil Brownrigg
Is Scientific American unscientific - J H John Peet
Discovery of Hormones (Ernest Starling) - Alan L Gillen
Herto Man in the limelight - - David Tyler

Meetings and Media
- The 8th European Creationist Congress (Report) - Sheena Tyler
Reviews:
- Genesis Agendum Occasional Papers 4 - 9: Surtsey (4), Contemporary Cosmology (5), Relating science and theology (6), Speciation among Chiclid fish (7), Radioactive dating (8), Fish to tetrapods?(9)
Books
- How Blind is the Watchmaker by Neil Broom
- Responding to the challenge of Evolution by Kevin Logan
- Writings on Ethical Life by Peter Singer

July 2003 (35)

The Man who Shaped Science - David J Tyler
A Hole in the Eye - Marc Surtees
Warfield and Evolution - J H John Peet
Dating the Earth and Accidents of Geochemistry - David J Tyler
A Genetic Bottleneck Affecting the Mauritius Kestrel - David J Tyler
The 'Smoking Gun' Way to do Geological Science - David J Tyler

Meetings and Media
- Teaching the Truth about Evolution - Paul Boyd-Lee
- The BCS 2002 Geology Workshop
- Typing Monkeys Produce a Mess - David J Tyler
Reviews:
Books
- God and Cosmos by John Byl
- The Dating Game by Cherry Lewis
- Creation and Change by Douglas F Kelly
- Six Modern Myths by Philip J Sampson

March 2003 (34)

The Whale that Wasn't - Paul Garner
Foundations of our Faith - J H John Peet
What use is the Uvula? - Paul Garner
The Camel - J H John Peet
Parallel Universes: has God anything to say? - David J Tyler
Volcanic Catastrophe on a Scottish Island - David J Tyler

Reviews:
Books
- Rock of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fulness of Life by Stephen J Gould
- Creationist Diet: Nutrition and God-given Foods according to the Bible by Gary F Zeolla
- Discovering Christ in Genesis by Don Fortner
- Designer Universe, Intelligent Design and the Existence of God by J H Davis and H L Poe
- Faith, Form and Time: What the Bible Teaches and Science Confirms About Creation and the Age of the Universe by Kurt P Wise

November 2002 (33)

The Amazing World of Ants - Judith Young
The world of Plants an interview with Dr Nancy Darrall
Walking with the Beasts - Paul Garner
Creation in the Headlines - David J Tyler
7 Reasons why we believe in a Global Flood - Paul Garner
Debate Report
- Creation vs Evolution - a report by Paul Garner

Reviews:
Books
- Creation Evangelism for the New Millenium by Ken Ham
- The Great Alaskan Dinosaur Adventure by Buddy Davis, Mike Liston, John Whitmore
- A Trip to the Ocean by John D Morris
- Daddy, Is there really a God? by Clifford Wilson
- The Bible comes Alive: Volume 1 by John D Morris
Videos

The image of God by David Aikman
From a Frog to a Prince by David Aikman

July 2002 (32)

The Flood Bottleneck and Genetic Diversity - Marc Surtees
Sola Scriptura and Science - Philip Duce
Can darwinism explain the irreducibily complex?
Learning from nature
Look out, that mountain is moving fast
Granite up to speed

Meetings and Media
- Revisiting the Wilbeforce-Huxley debate
- Creation-based Biology in Germany
Reviews:
- Icons of Evolution, Science or Myth by Jonathon Wells - reviewed by David Tyler
- The Triumph of Evolution and the Failure of Creationism by Niles Elridge - reviewed by Alan Linton
- The Biotic message: Evolution versus Message Theory by Walter J ReMine - reviewed by Arthur Jones

July 2001 (31)

The Noah's Ark Farm - Paul Garner
Claws, Jaws and the Fall - Paul Garner
Trilobites: the 'Beetles' of the Palaeozoic - Paul Garner
Reader's viewpoint:
- The Ambitions, Beliefs and Concepts of Charles Darwin (II)- Leonard Loose

Reviews:
- Inventing the Flat Earth by Jeffrey Burton Russell - reviewed by David Tyler
- The Darwin Wars: How Stupid Genes Became Selfish Man by Andrew Brown - reviewed by David Tyler
- The Wedge of Truth by Philip E Johnson - reviewed by David Tyler
- The Piltdown Mystery: The Story behind the World's Greatest Archeological Hoax by Ronald Millar - reviewed by Pete J William

December 2000 (30)

Hallmarks of Design - an interview with Stuart Burgess
Snake evolution and the Garden of Eden - Steven Robinson
Reader's viewpoint:
- Observations on the Creationist/Evolution debate - Jeff Lowe
- The Ambitions, Beliefs and Concepts of Charles Darwin (I)- Leonard Loose
7th European Creationist Congress - Marc Surtees Commendation - Dr Henry Morris

Reviews:
- Refuting Evolution by Jonathon Sarfati - reviewed by Paul Garner

November 2000 (29)

Junk DNA - More Vestigial organs? - Nancy Darrall
Butterfly Wings - A Case for Design? - J H John Peet
The Then World with Water having been Deluged Perished - Steven J Robinson
Reviews:
- Science, Life and Christian Belief, by M Jeeves and R J Berry - reviewed by Philip Duce
- Green Eye of the Storm by Prof John Rendle-Short - reviewed by J H John Peet

May 2000 (28)

Nice Work - Peter Lewis
On the Alleged Dinosaurian Ancestry of Birds - Ashby L Camp
The Origin of Species - Creation Style! - Paul Garner
Reader's viewpoint:
- A New Geophysics of the Creation of Continents and of Noah's Flood - Sergey N Rumyantsev

Reviews:
- The embryo research debate: Science and the politics of human reproduction by Michael Mulkay - reviewed by Sheena Tyler
- Reading the Mind of God: interpretation in Science and Theology by Philip Duce - reviewed by J H John Peet
- In Six Days: Why 50 scientists choose to believe in creation by John F Ashton - reviewed by Steve Layfield

February 2000 (27) Special Issue

Tektites - J. Timothy Unruh
Evolution or Creation - Philip Bell.
A Designer-made World? - J H John Peet
Biology Textbooks and the Evidence - Nancy Darrall
The Limits of Variation - Eoghan Mhor
Ape-Men and the Quest for Human Origins - David J Tyler
The Origin of the Cosmos - Paul Garner
Catastrophism in Earth History - Paul Garner
Patterns in the Rock record - David J Tyler
Dating Methods - Andrew A Snelling
The Creation Manifesto - Mike Matthews
The relevance of the Biblical Doctrine of Creation - Andy C McIntosh

Reviews:
- Fertility and Faith: the ethics of human fertilization by Brendan McCarthy - reviewed by Sheena Tyler
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June 1999 (26)

Geochronology in the light - Ian Fuller
Green islands - Joachim Scheven
The death of Adam revisited - Philip Duce
Genealogy is not chronology - Steven Robinson
Eight questions for a Christian evolutionist - J H John Peet
News of Creation International Conference on Creationism 1998 - Ewan More

Reviews:
- From Flood to Pharoah (The Genesis Agendum Occasional Papers 2 and 3) by Steven Robinson - reviewed by Paul Garner and John Peet
- A Drama of Creation by Alan Fowler - reviewed by John Peet

October 1998 (25)

Editorial: A tribute to Professor Verna Wright
Adam and Eve at Work: The relevance of the doctrine of creation to the world of work - Michael Matthews
Creation Research and the Community of Jesus: An introduction to the German Creationist group, Wort und Wissen - Reinhard Junker
It's a Horse, of Course! A creationist view of phylogenetic change in the equid family - Paul Garner
News of Creation Just who was Neanderthal Man? - J.H. John Peet
Reviews:
- Science as Salvation - reviewed by Frank Peachey
- The Ice Man - reviewed by Paul Garner
- Faith, Reason and Earth History - reviewed by Paul Garner
- Understanding the Present - reviewed by Frank Peachey
- At Home in the Universe - A review article by Colin Reeves

February 1998 (24)

The biblical ages of the Patriarchs - Richard H. Johnson.
Genesis, the New Testament and historicity - Philip P. Duce.
The real lifestyle of the dinosaurs - Michael Garton.
The first great catastrophe - J.H. John Peet.
News of Creation The puzzling moons of Jupiter
Was there a Late Precambrian Ice Age?
Reviews:
- Darwin's Black Box - reviewed by J.H. John Peet.

And God said ... Science confirms the authority of the Bible - reviewed by Paul Garner.

Queries and Comments:
- Chalk deposition and reductions of atmospheric carbon dioxide
- The lungfish: is it a transitional form?

August 1997 (23)

The Double Revelation approach to knowledge - David J. Tyler.
The Interpretation of Nature and the Bible - Robert Bradshaw.
The Geological Column - Steven J. Robinson.
Queries and Comments:
- Difference between Genesis 1 and 2.
- Adam naming the animals

March 1997 (22)

The Bible and chronology: 4 - J.H. John Peet.
A Spanish Weekend - Michael Garton.
Creation in the news: Life on Mars?
Where's Eden?
Noah's Ark again!
The Geological Record (Statement).

July 1996 (21)

The impact of the Copernican Revolution on biblical interpretation - David J. Tyler.
Was the Flood initiated by Catastrophic Plate Tecctonics? - Steven J. Robinson.
Reviews:
- A new look at an old earth - Paul Garner.
- Running out of time - J.H. John Peet.
- Are you being taken for a ride? - A.J.M. White.
Queries and Comments:
- Cooling of igneous rocks and geologic time
- Absence of certain radioisotopes from earth
- The Zuiyo-maru carcass - a modern plesiosaur?

December 1995 (20)

Creationism: Do we have the right agenda? - Edgar Andrews.
The Bible and Chronology: 3 - J.H. John Peet.
A look back over 20 years of BCS - David J. Tyler.
Attitudes between the secular scientific community and creation science in the earth sciences - David J. Simm.
Reviews:
- Creation and time - Paul Garner.
- In the beginning God created - David C.C. Watson.
- The Creationists - Edgar Andrews.
- Creation: the Bible and science - Mike G. Matthews.
- Evidence for Truth: Volume 1 - Mike G. Matthews.
Cumulative Index to Origins

August 1995 (19)

The Bible and Chronology (2) - J H John Peet.
Chaos Theory: Uses and Abuses - Peter Senior.
Jacob's Experiments in Goat Genetics - Ewan More.
Oil Formation and Exploration - Paul Garner.
Reviews:
- Creation and Time - David C C Watson.
- Why I Believe in Creation - Tony Rummery.
- Prehistory: A Time to Throw Away - David C C Watson.
- Thinking about the Six Days of Creation - David C C Watson.
- Fossil Men Reconsidered - David C.C. Watson.

February 1995 (18)

The Fascinating World of Micro-Organisms - Kevin M Charman.
The Bible and Chronology (1) - J H John Peet.
Rapid Formation of Calcium Carbonate Concretions - Paul Garner.
The Earth's Early Atmosphere - J H John Peet.
Review:
- Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophe - J H John Peet.

October 1994 (17)

Dinosaur Breath - David M. Harris.
Tektites - J. Timothy Unruh. Evolution or Creation - Philip Bell.
Reviews:
- Bones of Contention - Steven J. Robinson.
- Creation Scientists Answer their Critics - Paul Garner.
- Facts of Life: Shattering the Myths of Darwinism - Eric Bird.

November 1993 (16)

The Credibility of Genesis 1 & 2 - J H John Peet.
Vast Diatom Mats in the Miocene-Pliocene - Paul Garner.
The Breeder's Nightmare called Natural Selection - Brian A Brady.
Did Bats Evolve Twice? - Paul Garner.
News of Creation:
- The Sickle Cell Gene - J H John Peet.
- Triassic Termites - Paul Garner.

July 1993 (15)

Christ and Creation - Edgar H Andrews.
Genesis and Cosmology - Mart de Groot.
The Starfish Bed of Dorset - Paul Garner.
News of Creation: Evolution: Is it Credible?.
Rocks & Scripture 5 - Micheal Garton.
Reviews:
- The Genesis Debate - Paul Garner.
- The Discovery of Noah's Ark - J H John Peet.

January 1993 (14)

Human Language: Part II - Tony Rummery.
Ammonites, Mussels & Cockels - Joachim Scheven.
A Biblical Look at Early Civilisation - Jonathan Stephen.
5th European Creationist Congress - Frank Peachey.

October 1992 (13)

The Authority of Scripture - Clifford Pond.
Vestigal Organs - Hendrik R. Murris.
Human Language: Part I - Tony Rummery.
Reviews:
- Michael Faraday, Sandemanian & Scientist - David J. Tyler.
- Creation Science: Confirming that the Bible is Right - Paul Garner.
- Origins - Nancy Darrall.

January 1992 (12)

Seeing and Believing: The Amazing Process of Human Vision - Sylvia Baker.
Changing Views of the late Professor Arthur Rendle-Short - John Rendle-Short.
The Decay in the Velocity of Light - Colin Reeves.
Haemoglobin: A Pedagogic Protein - John Ling.
New Fossil Find shows a Whale with Hind Limbs - David J. Tyler.
Methuselah - Graham A Fisher.
Reviews:
- Of Pandas and People - Wendy Sharpless.
- The Illustrated Origins Answer Book - Nancy M. Darrall.

October 1991 (11)

Rocks and Scripture 4 - Michael Garton.
Seeing and Believing: The Amazing Process of Human Vision - Sylvia Baker.
The Maker of Heaven and Earth - John Benton.
Origins of Multicellular Animals - Paul Garner.
Review:
- Evolution: A Theory in Crisis - Sheena Tyler.

February 1991 (10)

Rocks and Scripture 3 - Michael Garton.
Seeing and Believing: The Amazing Process of Human Vision - Sylvia Baker.
A Challenge to Theistic Evolutionists - Arthur Jones.
Reviews:
- The Discovery of Noah's ark - John Peet.
- Wonderfully Made - David Watts.
- Curriculum Unmasked - Peter Butterfield.

July 1990 (9)

Rocks and Scripture 2 - Michael Garton.
Pre-Flood Limestone Deposition - Daniel Wonderly.
The Decay in the Velocity of Light: Real or Imaginary? - John Peet.
Reviews:
- The God who is Real - Bob Robinson.
- The Great Divide - John Tindall.

January 1990 (8)

Rocks and Scripture - Michael Garton.
The Geological Record & Biblical Earth History - Joachim Scheven.
Reviews:
- Lessons from Mount St. Helens - a Video - Peter Senior.
- The Life and Death of Charles Darwin - David Watson.
- How Life Began - Sheena Eisaks.
- Word Biblical Commentary Genesis 1-15 - David Watson.
- An Evolutionary Perspective of the Knee - Verna Wright.
- The Age of the Earth = The Age of Man - David Watson.

October 1989 (7)

Dinosaurs - Designer Made? - Nancy Darrall.
Man in the Image of God - John Peet.
Religious Presuppositions in Historical Geology - David J. Tyler.
Reviews:
- Creation and Evolution: the Facts and Fallacies - David Watson.
- Evolution: the Great Debate - Sylvia Baker.

April 1989 (6)

A New Vista on the Stone Age - David J. Tyler.
Is Evolution a Myth? - David Watts.
Creation a la Suisse Romande - Daniel Mathez.
Glory be to God for Gilbert - David C.C. Watson.
Report:
- European Creationist Congress - Sheena Eisaks and Frank Peachey.
Reviews:
- An Urchin in the Storm - Gerald Duffett.
- The Genesis Solution - Peter Senior.
- Science and the Bible - John Peet.
- Times Arrow, Times Cycle - David J. Tyler.

April 1988 (4)

The Dignity of Man in Creation - Robin Dowling.
Implications of the Doctrine of Creation - Geoffrey Thomas.
Maybe Eve Really Did Exist! - Nancy Darrall.
The Other Big Bang - Andrew Loose.
Reviews:
- Two men Called Adam - Paul Taylor.
- Crossroads Creation Series - David J. Tyler.
- The Great Evolution Mystery - David J. Tyler.
- The Young Scientist Book of Evolution - Sylvia Baker.

December 1987 (3)

Evolution: Science or Religion? - M.G Matthews.
Where was Eden? - Ray Porter.
Origins Opinion Poll - Sheena Eisaks.
Reviews:
- Evolution as a Religion - David Lyon.
- Evolution or Creation - a false antithesis? - Verna Wright.
- In the Minds of Men - David J Tyler.

October 1987 (2)

Questions of Quanta - Philip Duce.
The Catalytic Effect upon the Gospel of Genesis - D.M. Gilpin-Brown.
The Second European Creationist Congress - Frank Peachey.
Reviews:
- Darwin's Enigma - David J. Tyler.
- Concepts in Creationism - David Watts.

May 1987 (1)

Chaos in the Cosmos - Andrew Loose.
Computers and Creation - M.G. Matthews.
The Statistical Improbability of Evolution - B.A. Brady.
Review:
- The Blind Watchmaker - Andrew Jackson.

Prices: Origins 1-16 are available at £1 each; Origins 17-25 at £2 each:
Origins 26, 28, 29 at £2.50 each: Origins 27 at £3.50: Origins 37/8 at £6.00
Origins 30-36, 39-43 at £3 each, 44 at £5.00.

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