Grand Canyon

This week I returned from a 13-day rafting, camping and hiking trip in the Grand Canyon led by Drs. Steve Austin and Andrew Snelling from the Institute for Creation Research. The trip was organized Tom and Paula Vail of Canyonministries.com, and they contracted with Arizona River Runners to pull off a great experience.

After a couple of days of orientation sessions, about 30 new found friends put in at Lee’s Ferry (mile 0), and over the next nine days and nights we had loads of fun, great adventure and motivating Bible study before reaching our helicopter take point at mile 187. Here are a few of the hundreds of photos I took on the trip.

You might think it was all about running the river, shooting the rapids and enjoying the spectacle of the Grand Canyon, but the trip also included strong research and educational components. Great hikes bouldering in the side canyons ended in finding nautiloids, examining Day 3 rock, seeing the Great Unconformity up close, and observing an Indian archeological site.

In camp, the music was wonderful (check out Take Me to The River), the food was excellent, and sleeping out under the stars was unbeatable. The Bible studies were very inspiring and the friends I made were very encouraging.

Have you ever thought about the Grand Canyon’s creation from a Biblical perspective, or have you bought into the uniformitarian view of process formation over billions of years?

In 2 Peter 3:3-7, Peter wrote about a time when people would deliberately forget the Creator. Don’t make that mistake. Jesus turned water to wine instantly, healed the sick at a spoken word, and cast out demons by fiat. Accept Jesus as Creator as well as Lord and Savior.

If you’d like more discussion, send me email at ronnieward AT yahoo.com.