Ken Ham

VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer calls evangelicalism a ‘hot mess.’ He hasn’t given up hope.

By Bob Smietana — February 24, 2021
(RNS) — For nearly three decades, the VeggieTales creator has been making people laugh while telling them about Jesus. Now, spurred by his faith, he has been attending to the recent struggles of American evangelicals.

After a rescinded invitation, Ken Ham talks about God at an Oklahoma university

By Bobby Ross Jr. — March 6, 2018
(RNS) — Its president cited the historic commitment of the public university to the critical and civil examination of ideas, no matter how controversial. 

Creationist’s speech back on at university in Oklahoma

By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 15, 2018
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — The founder of a Kentucky creationism museum will appear at an Oklahoma university, after all, after the student body president initially canceled the event over objections of female and LGBTQ students and their supporters.

Faith and the cosmos: An astrophysicist fields the big questions

By Lauren Markoe — July 13, 2017
(RNS) 'I have my own personal rule, which is I never, ever tell people what to believe. And I never, ever tell people they’re wrong,' says Paul M. Sutter, an astrophysicist who fields questions from the public — some of them religious — on the cosmos.

Ken Ham disputes reports the Ark Encounter is sinking

By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 19, 2017
(RNS) The Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Ky., hasn't seen bad attendance, Ham blogged on Answers in Genesis' website, just bad press.

Did God choose Trump? What it means to believe in divine intervention

By Lauren Markoe — January 17, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) For some believers, a God who picks the president is a God close at hand. For skeptics, the belief can lead to catastrophic conclusions.

No, Ken Ham, whites are not colored people

By Jacob Lupfer — October 6, 2016
(RNS) Substituting the term 'people groups' for 'race' is not going to rectify the manifold injustices of a nation that was founded on the enslavement of millions of Africans.

Reaction to the death of evangelical author Tim LaHaye

By Lauren Markoe — July 25, 2016
(RNS) Fans and critics alike remember him.

Bill Nye visits Noah’s Ark theme park

By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 11, 2016
(RNS) And it was like their earlier debate 'all over again but more intense at times,' according to Ken Ham, president and CEO of Answers in Genesis, the Christian apologetics ministry behind the park.

A flood of guests expected as Noah’s Ark theme park opens in Kentucky

By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 7, 2016
WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. (RNS) The Ark Encounter's aim is to show that the biblical flood account is historic and the Bible is true in regard to history and science, says Answers in Genesis President and CEO Ken Ham.

The 10 most read ‘Faitheist’ stories of 2014

By Chris Stedman — January 1, 2015
As we begin 2015, here's a look back at the most read 'Faitheist' posts from last year—from whether or not atheists can be fundamentalists to why atheists shouldn't call religion a mental illness.

Excerpts from the Ham on Nye showdown

By Kimberly Winston — February 5, 2014
(RNS) The two-and-a-half-hour debate Tuesday (Feb. 4) between Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis and Bill Nye the Science Guy was a much-hyped showdown between the creationism and evolution camps. Here are some morsels.

On Bill Nye, Ken Ham, and talking to those we disagree with

By Chris Stedman — February 5, 2014
When I first heard that Bill Nye and Ken Ham would be debating evolution and creationism at the Creation Museum, I thought it was a big mistake. But as the Nye-Ham debate set the Internet ablaze, I couldn’t help but think of one of the only people I know who has actually visited the Creation Museum.

Ham-on-Nye debate pits atheists, creationists

By Kimberly Winston — January 30, 2014
(RNS) Bill Nye may be “The Science Guy,” but Ken Ham is the “Answers in Genesis” man, and a debate between the two over the origins of life has nonbelievers and Christians wringing their hands.
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