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Question: In the recent lead article by Dave Hunt [February 2025], he says, "So by the gift of healing, the disciples could loose the sick from their bondage to illness; and by casting out demons they loosed souls from that form of bondage. Every Christian has the power, in the name of Jesus (as He would and to His glory), to do the same today." So, TBC thinks every Christian today has the power of Jesus and the disciples to heal the sick and cast out demons? If so, why isn't this happening all the time? I think you are wrong on this one.

Response: The issue regarding what Dave Hunt said is not the question. Rather, did he quote the Scriptures correctly and in context? You ask: "So TBC thinks every Christian today has the power of Jesus and the disciples to heal the sick and cast out demons?  If so, why isn't this happening all the time?"

As Dave wrote: "The promise of having from the Father what two or three agree upon echoes Christ's similar promises concerning prayer, such as, 'Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you' (Matt:7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
See All...). All of these promises—binding and loosing, agreeing upon a request, or simply believing—seem very much alike. But what is meant? Christ surely does not mean that no matter what we bind, loose, agree upon, or ask, God will grant it like an overly indulgent grandparent. It is axiomatic that God has not turned His universe or mankind over to us to do with as we will.

"James declares that God, far from giving us a blank check, does not indulge our selfish desires: ‘Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts’ (Jas 4:3). John writes, ‘And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight…if we ask anything according to his will…we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him’ (1 Jn:3:22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
See All..., 5:14-15)."

Consequently, those in the Third World Nations today where the gospel is now reaping greater numbers of the saved bear a likeness to the history of the church in its early days. Yet, even in our nation, there is a growing number of individuals who have come to the Lord through the intervention of the Holy Spirit operating in ways some have not more recently seen.

In short, with today's growing interest in the occult by our citizens, there certainly is a need for the Lord to do as He did in the early church. And, He does so in His time, place, and reason in using those who are available.

Question: I have kind of a loaded question concerning the kingdom parables of Matthew 13. I don’t know if you are able to follow me on this, but the typical evangelical interpretation of the parable of the “leaven hidden in three measures of meal” starts with “leaven is usually bad in the Bible,” but in this case it is good. This to me is not an acceptable interpretation, but I’m really perplexed as to why so many evangelical leaders, who undoubtedly are aware, at least, of the other interpretation still persist in this.

Response: The fuller context of this parable is found in Matthew:13:33-42 [33] Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. [34] All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: [35] That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. [36] Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. [37] He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; [38] The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; [39] The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. [40] As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. [41] The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; [42] And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
See All..., which includes the Lord’s explanation of the “tares and the wheat.” It is instructive that in the parable of the tares and wheat, the Lord has planted “good seed.” We cannot deny that this is good. The enemy, however, has (using the same method) sowed his own seeds. The seed of the Lord permeating the world like leaven is good. Yet the tares (until the harvest) are virtually indistinguishable from the wheat. This is bad. Leaven is a natural development in the process of making good bread and the process is used by both the good and the bad. And it is true that most references to leaven are used as a negative: “A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump” (Gal:5:9A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
See All..., etc.).

This parable gives insight to what we are seeing in the world. Church congregations have tares in them, which have been planted by the enemy. Today, it seems like we are drawing close to the end, and perhaps the initial stages of the harvest are being seen. People speak about the problems of church splits, but often the “split” occurs because the good seed are withdrawing from congregations controlled (for the most part) by tares.

In summary, the short parable about the leaven has both good implications (God’s seed working like leaven) and bad (Satan’s seed also working like leaven and affecting the whole), as the Lord explains in the parable of the wheat and the tares.

Question:I challenge you to prove the Trinity without the help of Catholic Church councils like Nicea in 325 and others after. Also don't even give me the opinions from the early Church Catholic Fathers either. Also, don't even give me any theological eisegesis interpretation on who is God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.

Response: You sound like you're not acquainted with our position on the Godhead. The Berean Call has never referenced "Church" Councils in establishing that the Scriptures are the final authority as to whether or not the Trinity exists.

The key to understanding the Godhead is knowing His Word. To study the Trinity to the point of full understanding requires extremely finite individuals grappling with an infinite God. Further, we have to understand what is said in Scripture. Titus:3:4But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
See All... speaks of "God our Saviour" and Titus:1:3But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
See All... speaks of "God our Saviour," while the next verse speaks of "Jesus Christ our Saviour" (1:4). 

Isaiah:43:11I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
See All... tells us, "I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour." Yet in Acts:4:12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
See All... (speaking of Jesus), we are told, "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."

The declarations made are often explained by the idea that the one God takes on a different "mode" or existence. Yet Jesus, the Son, left the disciples at times to go and have conversations with the Father. As limited humanity, we cannot conceive of a simultaneous unity and diversity. Our closest "understanding" (and that a stretch) is what some call schizophrenia; but we are not deities. 

Yet even the prophecies concerning the Lord Jesus contain elements foreign to anyone less than God: "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting" (Mic:5:2But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
See All...). Jesus is a distinct individual who regularly talks to His Father. "For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak" (Jn:12:49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
See All...). He was also in submission to the Father.

That's just a few of the challenges to those who deny the Trinity (Godhead). We would encourage you to read what we have already written; there is quite a bit more (see—https://bit.ly/4csqWT3).

Dear TBC,

To say "Pope Francis is just a big-hearted guy who loves people" is a shockingly NAIVE and misinformed portrayal of a man who LEADS an organization that is OPPOSED to the True Gospel of Jesus Christ: and not only that, but a man who claims to REPRESENT CHRIST (Vicari di Christo) to the world: which, btw, is the textbook definition of the word ANTICHRIST. The HOLY GHOST, not any man, or a man-made organization, represents Jesus Christ, the Head of His church, and Savior of the world, to the church, and to those He is calling OUT of Satan's world system (the Ecclesia). AM (email)

Dear T. A.,

I thank the Lord for you and Dave and all the discernment you have brought to the body of Christ. As a new Christian in the 1980s, TBC helped me so much to see the error of the [Roman Catholic] Church/Calvinism and the New Age Movement. I met you once near Southampton, UK, and found you to be such a humble and gentle man—and you gave me wise advice when I was withdrawing from an ungodly church. May the Lord bless all your days—long or short—with His peace and presence. AP (email)

Dear TBC,

Blessings to you all at the Berean Call. I just happened to notice a question in December's newsletter about a person wanting to know about praying, whether using beads or some other kind of thing to hold on to would help them to pray better. Maybe if they just got quiet and put away ALL distractions and do what works for me…I talk with my Father like I would talk to anyone else, because He…wants a relationship with me. That might be the only appropriate way to spend time with your favorite Friend. It works very well with me because I'm always in prayer, and might not be able to carry around some beads or, like you said, a distraction. Love your work and I pray blessings on your ministry. See you in the sky. SG (email) 

Dear TBC,

I thank God for this ministry. Keep it up, Bereans. You are an eye opener and the Lord will not "forget your labor of love shown towards His name." God will justly judge all who are blaspheming and insulting Him and His holy Word to perfect judgment. They think they are wise and smart but they are fools. ID (email)

Dear TBC,

[Concerning the video “King of Screens”, see—www.bit.ly/3ReYiem] “They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood" (1 John:4:5-6 [5] They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. [6] We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
See All...). Those involved in these so-called “faith” productions are of this world and speak from the viewpoint of this world. They are blind fools held captive to the will of the ruler of this world. They do not know the one true God and they do not obey the true gospel of Jesus Christ. They reveal themselves as pawns in the hand of the father of lies, used by him to craft false narratives that subvert the truth and seduce a multitude onto the broad way that leads to destruction. HH (email)

Dear TBC,

I didn’t know all these stories are claiming to come from the Bible; it’s blasphemy. Satan is trying to reach those that like to be entertained and have their ears tickled. TEACH DIRECTLY FROM THE WORD OF GOD.

Thank you for sharing and keeping us aware of the worst entertainment of all times. SM (email)

Dear TBC, 

I am grieved and heartbroken. However they can, this new world ecumenical movement of gathering all religions into one big happy group is going strong. Pray that all these people who are involved or who get sucked into watching these movies will be able to separate the lies from the truth. In the last days there will be many who come to the true Christ, and perhaps the true and only God will use this blasphemy for His good. Anon. (email)

Dear TBC,

We walk by faith, not by sight. Without faith it is impossible to please God. We should be led by the still, small voice of the Spirit and not by scripts or actors' voices trying to portray Jesus. Even though maybe well-meant and intentioned, these movies and docuseries are presented through the media of entertainment.

The time watching them should be spent in prayer and the Word. The money to make them could be donated to missions. America desperately needs revival, not movies, acting, and entertainment. Sadly, one of the definitions for acting is "hypocrisy,” pretending to be someone you are not. Believers are to be Christ-like, not acting a part, and not paid to do it. Sadly, this will greatly deceive and mislead children. 

Horrible literary "license" is being practiced in The Chosen series with "clever" and "humorous" lines found nowhere in Scripture. Really an insult to God's Word and Jesus' sacrifice on the cross for our sins. Pray this will stop and all involved will repent of their sins. GJ (email)

Would you know who is the greatest saint in the world? It is not he who prays most or fasts most; it is not he who gives most alms or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice; but it is he who is always thankful to God, who wills everything that God wills, who receives everything as an instance of God’s goodness and has a heart always ready to praise God for it. Could you therefore work miracles, you could not do more for yourself than by this thankful spirit, for it turns all that it touches into happiness.

— William Law (excerpt from A Serious Call to a Devout & Holy Life)

Pedigree Dogs and Artificial Selection

Creation.com, 7/1/10, “‘Parade of mutants’—pedigree dogs and artificial selection” [Excerpts]: When choosing a pet, many people opt for purebred pedigree dogs. Though they come at a price, it is easier to predict the eventual size, temperament, and needs of a purebred dog breed than for a “mutt.” But as a new BBC documentary “Pedigree Dogs Exposed” shows, the cost of breeding purebred dogs is genetic as well as economic.

All dogs are descendants of a wolf-like ancestor. This ancestor had the genetic diversity that allowed people to breed dogs as different in size as the Chihuahua and the Great Dane. Other traits such as colour, temperament, and exercise needs are just as diverse among the breeds. This great variability is an example of just how much genetic variation is built into the various created animal kinds. Other breeds, as will be shown, are the result of downhill mutations.

Over many hundreds of years, humans have produced the various breeds by specifically selecting different traits to breed for; there are currently over 200 distinct varieties of dog, but all belong to the same species, and could theoretically breed with each other….

Over time, breeding only for certain traits allows great predictability in what a dog’s offspring will look like—a Dalmatian mated with a Dalmatian will produce Dalmatian puppies, and so on. When this occurs regularly, the type of dog becomes an official breed. But this predictability comes at a genetic cost. The breeders have drastically reduced the amount of genetic information in the population of dogs—such as for other coat colours and lengths, or different sizes or temperaments.

The Eugenics movement, founded by Darwin’s cousin Francis Galton, held that the key to human improvement was in controlling who could reproduce with whom…. While we know today that the eugenicists’ ideas about purity make no scientific sense, the documentary argues that The Kennel Club is one of the few organizations that still operate under the fundamental assumptions of eugenics.

https://bit.ly/3Eh8joi

On a Positive Note

MidwestOutreach.org, 2/13/25, “On a Positive Note” [Excerpts]: According to “Most American teens ‘very motivated’ to know about Jesus: Barna” by Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter:

Although religious affiliation and church attendance are on the decline, more than half of American teenagers say they’re “very motivated” to know more about Jesus, and just over 75% say they’re at least “somewhat motivated” to learn about the centerpiece of Christianity, according to Barna Research.

While not a biblical worldview, there is an interest in churches that take the time to answer the questions and disciple the youth into a biblical worldview that could bring about a considerable change in culture as a whole.

https://bit.ly/42vAojW

Swedish Woman converts to Islam, joins ISIS, holds slaves

JihadWatch.org, 2/13/25, “Sweden: Woman converts to Islam, joins ISIS, holds Yazidi slaves, forces them to recite Qur’an and pray” [Excerpts]: What Lina Ishaq did after converting to Islam is wholly inexplicable in light of the picture of Islam that the Western political and media establishment pushes on the public. Maybe that picture is inaccurate, eh?

“A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges, in the country’s first court case over crimes by the Islamic State group against the Yazidi minority.

“Accused of keeping Yazidi women and children as slaves at her home in Syria in 2015, Lina Ishaq was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, the Stockholm district court said in a statement….

“Ishaq also forced the Yazidis, who practice their own religion, to ‘become practising Muslims’ by making them recite Koran verses and pray four or five times a day.

“She also called the injured parties ‘demeaning invectives such as “infidels” or “slaves”’, the court said….

“Ishaq grew up in a Christian Iraqi family in Sweden but converted to Islam after meeting her late husband and Islamist Jiro Mehho, with whom she had six children, in the 1990s….”

https://bit.ly/4cwgTMH

Some have asked why we attend events like Paganicon. After all, we are Christians, not pagans. Some of the leadership at Paganicon asked us the same question; why were we attending their event? They were concerned we might stir up trouble. We have covered this in previous articles like “Walking in Their World,” “Mission to Paganistan,” and others. The answer is fairly simple. We want to know what it is that Pagans truly believe? As we point out in both of the linked articles, the best way to find out what someone believes is to go where they are and ask them directly. We also were interested to know if they came out of some sort of Christian tradition, and if so, what caused them to leave and how did they come to embrace one of the various pagan groups. We were not there to accost anyone. Their workshops are another good way to understand pagans and their beliefs and practices. The Western world and even churches are very quickly adopting pagan ideas, and it behooves us to understand why.

Paganicon offers a variety of workshops, such as “Money Drawing Magic.” It turns out that their teaching on that subject is not all that different than the Word Faith/New Apostolic Reformation’s teaching concerning acquiring wealth. Another workshop, entitled “Coming Out as a Pagan,” covers the question of whether a pagan should or should not let their family and friends know of their new faith commitment, how that might be done, and how those they care about may react.

As it turns out, many of those that are now embracing a variety of neopagan beliefs and practices grew up in or had at some point been part of a church. There is, as John Daniel Davidson’s puts it in his article, America Becoming Less Christian Is A Problem For Everyone, an ongoing “de-Christianization of American society.” He comments on a recent headline from an article by Pew Research Center, “Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off.”: “It’s easy to misread the study, or misapprehend what’s important about it, which is that the de-Christianization of American society is not going to stop anytime soon, in part because it’s being driven by a younger, less Christian, increasingly neopagan cohort of Americas as older Christians die off without being replaced and aging Christian parents fail to pass the faith onto their children. Pew itself seems to misapprehend its own survey, giving it the rather optimistic headline, “Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off.”

Quite a few pagans that we have had the opportunity to speak with at events like Paganicon or the Parliament of the World’s Religions or Burning Man feel betrayed, angry, or, as one of the organizers of Paganicon put it during a conversation with us, have experienced “spiritual trauma” for a variety of reasons. One I spoke with was raised in the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church, but was caught up in the Quiver Full movement. As we spoke, it became clear that she was also very familiar with Bill Gothard, who is closely tied to the Quiver full movement. The faith and the God she rejected based on her experiences was most definitely not the God of Scripture, but she was not interested in discussing it more fully.

Others may not have really known much about the faith they were rejecting. One woman I spoke with grew up Roman Catholic but said she never really understood it. Catholicism was her family tradition, but she believed there had to be something more; in her search, she eventually embraced Wicca. She hasn’t told her family yet. She also said she really likes Jesus. I asked her if she realized Jesus and the apostles were calling the nation of Israel to repentance while He walked the earth. I went on to say that Jesus offered redemption from sin and is the one who died to pay the debt for our collective sin and raised Himself from the dead to defeat death itself. She was interested and said she did not recall hearing these things before. We spoke for a while and I able to share the gospel. I am not sure what she will do with it, but perhaps God will water that seed.

https://midwestoutreach.org/2025/04/03/paganicon-2025-re-enchantment-and-neopaganism/

Of course, their confident faith in the Bible, in Jesus Christ, His death for man’s sins, and resurrection does not prove that the biblical record is true. It does disprove, however, the claim that only ignorant, uneducated people believe in God, the Bible, and Christ, and that faith is based only upon emotion and not on evidence.

In the river-laced jungles of Central America, an agile reptile demonstrates why it has earned the nickname, “The Jesus Christ Lizard”. It runs on water. Upright on two legs, the lizard can skip briskly across the surface of a river. God in His creative genius enabled this little creation to defy conventional physics.

Apparently, most of the basilisk lizard’s ability to run on water comes from a well-timed downward stroke of the leg and foot, slapping the water and creating an air-filled cavity while quickly moving on to the next step. Of course, physical parameters such as the animal’s mass under the pull of gravity (its weight), the length of its leg, and the shape of its foot, etc., also factor into this ability.

God uses the testimony of His “general revelation” (His creation) to remind us of His “special revelation” (Jesus Christ our Lord). And the Jesus Christ Lizard is a little monument to a wondrous miracle that has captured the imagination of many people. Many folks may not know much else about Jesus, but they have heard that He walked on water, hence the lizard’s nickname.

Furthermore, since God created what we know as “the creation”, He created the physics and chemistry that governs all of creation. Therefore, it stands to reason that He can change the physics and chemistry of a local environment in order to perform “miracles”. A miracle is, by definition, a miracle if it falls outside the probability of occurrence defined by the scientific laws of creation. Miracles within the governing laws of this present creation would cease to be “miracles” if the physics and chemistry were changed. But constrained as we are by three dimensions of space and one dimension of time, and with the formulas of physics and chemistry and the present values for the natural constants (like the gravitational constant and the speed of light), miracles when they happen, amaze us and point to a God who created everything in the first place and therefore transcends His creation!

– Mark Cadwallader, Board Chairman of Creation Moments

U. Portland theology majors no longer have to take ‘Biblical Texts’

University of Portland theology majors will no longer have to take a class on “Biblical Texts,” according to the department chair who has previously said opponents of homosexual behavior are like the soldiers who nailed Christ to the cross. The departmental change will allow students more “autonomy” so they can take courses like “Queer Theologies.”

The Catholic university, run by the Congregation of the Holy Cross, also announced it will change the name of the department to “theology and religious studies.” The department changes drew criticism from a Catholic leader who spoke to The College Fix.

“This course examines how Biblical texts and interpretations shape faiths, theologies, spiritualities, ethics, practices, identities, cultures, and social and political dynamics,” a university description states. “It gives students tools to interpret and engage these ancient Jewish and Christian texts from the Mediterranean world in contemporary global contexts.”

Students must still take Theology 105, which does include a Biblical texts component, but now can “pick from a variety of upper-division courses to fulfill their second theology requirement,” according to The Beacon, the student newspaper.

These course options include “Queer Theologies,” “God Our Mother,” and a class on “the intersectionality of gender discrimination with other forms of discrimination.”

https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-portland-theology-majors-no-longer-have-to-study-bible-can-take-queer-class-instead/

Simon Greenleaf, co-founder of Harvard’s graduate school of law, in his day the foremost expert on legal evidence, was an agnostic for years. After examining the evidence for the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, Greenleaf became a fervent Christian. In a book that is still in print, he challenged fellow members of the legal profession that if they would face the facts he presented (which most of them had never considered), they would be forced by the evidence to become Christians as well. Lord Caldecote, Lord Chief Justice of England, became a believer on the basis of “strict evidence.” So did Lord Lyndhurst, one of England’s greatest legal minds, and Thomas Arnold, Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. Many more men and women of similar qualifications could be named.

The “curse of faith”? These critics are under the false impression that “faith” is a leap into the dark. On the contrary, biblical faith is based upon evidence. Many of the greatest historians and legal experts, not for sentimental reasons but on the basis of established scientific evidence, have turned from atheism to believe in everything the Bible declares, including the resurrection of Christ. They have come to this faith not by some mystical or emotional experience but based solidly upon overwhelming evidence that they say will stand up in any court of law.

Croc Fossils Hint at Extreme Longevity

ICR research continues to discover evidence that at least some fossil creatures experienced extremely long lifespans like those recorded for the early Genesis patriarchs. A recent ICR Creation Science Update article discussed small extinct fossil mammals that lived much longer and took longer to mature than similar-size living mammals.1

This makes sense. Assuming that this early longevity was not miraculous, any mechanism or mechanisms that enabled extreme human longevity would likely also have affected the animal kingdom. In two technical papers, I presented direct and indirect evidence for extreme longevity in giant fossil oysters and sharks.2,3 And a new paper describes how giant fossil crocodilians also show indirect evidence of great longevity. 4,5 By counting growth bands in bony skin plates called osteoderms, paleontologists have concluded that the giant crocodile-like animals Deinosuchus and Sarcosuchus imperator took at least 50 to 60 years to attain their full adult body sizes.

Genesis strongly hints that pre-Flood humans took longer to sexually mature since the youngest two ages at which Genesis 5 patriarchs are listed as having sons are 65 and 70.6 It is difficult to imagine pre-Flood humans undergoing puberty around 13, like today’s humans, and choosing to wait 50 years or more to get married!

If pre-Flood humans experienced delayed sexual maturity, they may have also experienced delayed skeletal maturation. Biologists have long noted that biological timescales, such as ages at sexual or skeletal maturity, lifespans, etc., tend to vary as adult body mass raised to the 1/4 power.7 So, one would expect delayed skeletal maturity to accompany delayed sexual maturity. Moreover, longevity studies of living animals have shown that delayed maturation and larger adult body sizes are often linked to greater longevity. Hence, the delayed skeletal maturation of these giant fossil crocodilians is indirect evidence of greater past longevity.

These two giant fossil crocodilians may or may not be ancestors of today’s crocodiles and alligators since they had some unique anatomical features not found in today’s crocodilians. However, the giant fossil crocodilians Gryposuchus croizati and Euthecodon brumpti both had long, narrow snouts that are very similar to the snouts of living gharials. Evolutionary scientists attribute this similarity to “convergent evolution,” in which the same body features coincidentally evolve in unrelated creatures.

But what if G. croizati and E. brumpti are simply giant pre-Flood gharials? Given that they had body sizes comparable to those of Deinosuchus and Sarcosuchus imperator, they very likely also had comparable lifespans and ages at maturity. Likewise, Purussaurus brasiliensis had a body shape very similar to that of living caimans. Was it simply a giant, long-lived, pre-Flood caiman? I am very encouraged by this research, and I hope you are, too. As former ICR President Dr. John Morris used to say, “It’s a great time to be a Bible-believing Christian!”

References

1. Hebert, J. Methuselah-Like Longevity in Pre-Flood Mammals. Creation Science Update. Posted on ICR.org October 7, 2024, accessed December 17, 2024.
2. Hebert, J. 2024. Crassostrea Oyster Fossils Show Evidence of Extreme Longevity. Creation Research Society Quarterly. 60 (3): 171–190.
3. Hebert, J. 2024. Giantism and Delayed Maturation in Fossil Sharks: Evidence for Extreme Longevity? Creation Research Society Quarterly. 60 (4): 267–283.
4. Hebert, J. 2025. Fossil Crocodilians Grew Larger and Longer, and Lived Longer than Extant Crocodilians. Creation Research Society Quarterly. 61 (3): 172–188.
5. The Creation Research Society has graciously made the fossil oyster, shark, and crocodilian papers “open access” so that they may be freely read at creationresearch.org/crsq-by-decade.
6. The third-youngest age at which a Genesis 5 patriarch is listed as having a son is 90. So it seems likely that the three sons whose fathers were 65 and 70 at their births were born early in their fathers’ reproductive lives. Hence, even if these three sons were not firstborn, early humans were apparently still taking a long time to mature sexually.
7. Calder III, W. A. 1984. Size, Function, and Life History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 139–161.

https://www.icr.org/article/croc-fossils-hint-at-extreme-longevity/

The New Atheists are angrily rallying all nonbelievers to close ranks in a battle to the death against “this debilitating curse: the curse of faith.” The New Atheists’ antagonism and determination know no bounds. They condemn not just belief in God but respect for belief in God.