In the Beginning, God…
Special Events:
“Getting Back to the Bible on the Age of the Earth”
May 18-20, 2023
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church
At the 2019 Synodical Conference, the LCMS passed a resolution affirming its belief in a six natural day creation. That was a great step in getting back to the Bible on creation. However, there is another significant question regarding creation. When did God create? When was the beginning? The chronogenealogies of Genesis 5 and 11 give a clear Biblical basis for determining an age for the earth of 6-8000 years. The 1932 Brief Statement says, “We reject every doctrine which denies or limits the work of creation as taught in Scripture,” yet over the years, the LCMS has made no specific statements on the age of the earth. The church has made several statements on creation, (Brief Statement of the Doctrinal Position of the Missouri Synod (Adopted 1932), A Statement of Scriptural and Confessional Principles (1973), and 2019 Synod Convention Resolution 5-09A), but none of them have contained a clear statement on the age of the earth. Compromise on the age of the earth was suggested in the Concordia Journal in the Summer 2017 edition, and never recanted by Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. The Denver Society of Creation is, therefore, sponsoring this conference which is intended to challenge the LCMS to commit to an age for the earth based on the Bible. This conference features Speakers:
Dr. Robert Carter
Dr. Robert Carter received his Bachelor of Science in Applied Biology from the
Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992, spent four years teaching high school
science, and went on to obtain his Ph.D. in Coral Reef Ecology from the University
of Miami in 2003. Rob has studied the genetics of fluorescent proteins in corals
and sea anemones and holds one patent on a particular fluorescent protein gene.
His current research involves looking for new genetic patterns in the human
genome and the development of a Biblical model of human genetic history. Rob
works as a speaker and scientist at CMI-US and is passionate about displaying the
Truthfulness of God’s word using science.
Watch the Video:
Pastor Brian Flamme Brian Flamme is a pastor for the saints at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Roswell, New Mexico. He is also the husband of his beautiful wife, Jennifer, and the loving father of his three boys, Jason, Noah, and Caleb. Watch the Video: Rev Dr. Joel Heck Dr. Joel Heck serves Redeemer Lutheran Church as Assisting Pastor, having taught Old and New Testament and the life and writings of C. S. Lewis for more than three decades at two Concordia Universities. He holds the Doctor of Theology in Exegetical Theology from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He is the author or editor of sixteen books, including five on C. S. Lewis. He spent the fall of 2004 in Oxford, working with Walter Hooper on Vol. III of Lewis’s Collected Letters and the fall of 2012 in Cambridge, doing additional research on Lewis. His most recent book on Lewis is No Ordinary People: Twenty-one Friendships of C. S. Lewis (2022, Winged Lion Press). He has authored more than 120 articles, forty of them on C. S. Lewis, and he is the creator of “Chronologically Lewis,” a 1,300-page database of detailed information about the lives of C. S. Lewis and his brother Warren. Recently he and his daughter Brenda wrote a children’s book in the tradition of Narnia entitled The Lion That Roared (Lulu.com). He and his wife Cheryl reside in Austin, Texas USA. They have three grown children and three grandchildren. Watch the Video - “Creation in the New Testament” Watch the Video - “The Genesis Genealogies” Dr. Heck’s Paper “The New Testament on Creation” Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz Rev. Dr. Adam C. Koontz is pastor and evangelist of Trinity Lutheran Church, Denver, CO. He has pastored Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Lititz, PA and planted Concordia Lutheran Mission in Myerstown, PA, and he taught New Testament at Concordia Theological Seminary in IN. He and his wife, Jen, have eight children and live in Lakewood, CO. Watch the Video: Pastor Jared Melius Pastor Jared Melius has been the pastor at Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Denver, CO for the last 17 years. He graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary in 2005. He serves on the Denver Society of Creation board Watch the Video: Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller is pastor of St. Paul and Jesus Deaf Lutheran Churches in Austin, TX. He is the author of Take They Our Life: Martin Luther’s Theology of Martyrdom (2019), A Martyr’s Faith for a Faithless World (CPH, 2019), Has American Christianity Failed? (CPH, 2016) and Final Victory: Contemplating the Death and Funeral of a Christian (CPH, 2010). He is host of What-Not, The Podcast, posts videos on YouTube at wolfmueller1, and has a number of other theological projects that all end up on his blog, www.wolfmueller.co. Bryan is a member of the Doxology Collegium. He and his wife Keri live with their four children in Round Rock, TX.
Special Events:
Getting Back to the Bible
on the Age of the Earth
May 18-20, 2023
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church
At the 2019 Synodical Conference, the LCMS passed a resolution affirming its belief in a six natural day creation. That was a great step in getting back to the Bible on creation. However, there is another significant question regarding creation. When did God create? When was the beginning? The chronogenealogies of Genesis 5 and 11 give a clear Biblical basis for determining an age for the earth of 6-8000 years. The 1932 Brief Statement says, “We reject every doctrine which denies or limits the work of creation as taught in Scripture,” yet over the years, the LCMS has made no specific statements on the age of the earth. The church has made several statements on creation, (Brief Statement of the Doctrinal Position of the Missouri Synod (Adopted 1932), A Statement of Scriptural and Confessional Principles (1973), and 2019 Synod Convention Resolution 5-09A), but none of them have contained a clear statement on the age of the earth. Compromise on the age of the earth was suggested in the Concordia Journal in the Summer 2017 edition, and never recanted by Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. The Denver Society of Creation is, therefore, sponsoring this conference which is intended to challenge the LCMS to commit to an age for the earth based on the Bible. This conference features Speakers:
Dr. Robert Carter
Dr. Robert Carter received his Bachelor of Science
in Applied Biology from the Georgia Institute of
Technology in 1992, spent four years teaching
high school science, and went on to obtain his
Ph.D. in Coral Reef Ecology from the University
of Miami in 2003. Rob has studied the genetics of
fluorescent proteins in corals and sea anemones
and holds one patent on a particular fluorescent
protein gene. His current research involves
looking for new genetic patterns in the human
genome and the development of a Biblical model
of human genetic history. Rob works as a speaker
and scientist at CMI-US and is passionate about
displaying the Truthfulness of God’s word
using science.
Watch the Video:
Pastor Brian Flamme
Brian Flamme is a pastor for the saints at
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Roswell,
New Mexico. He is also the husband of his
beautiful wife, Jennifer, and the loving father of
his three boys, Jason, Noah, and Caleb.
Watch the Video:
Rev Dr. Joel Heck
Dr. Joel Heck serves Redeemer Lutheran Church
as Assisting Pastor, having taught Old and New
Testament and the life and writings of C. S. Lewis
for more than three decades at two Concordia
Universities. He holds the Doctor of Theology in
Exegetical Theology from Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis. He is the author or editor of sixteen
books, including five on C. S. Lewis. He spent the
fall of 2004 in Oxford, working with Walter Hooper
on Vol. III of Lewis’s Collected Letters and the fall
of 2012 in Cambridge, doing additional research
on Lewis. His most recent book on Lewis is
No Ordinary People: Twenty-one Friendships
of C. S. Lewis (2022, Winged Lion Press). He has
authored more than 120 articles, forty of them
on C. S. Lewis, and he is the creator of
“Chronologically Lewis,” a 1,300-page database
of detailed information about the lives of
C. S. Lewis and his brother Warren. Recently
he and his daughter Brenda wrote a children’s
book in the tradition of Narnia entitled The Lion
That Roared (Lulu.com). He and his wife Cheryl
reside in Austin, Texas USA. They have three
grown children and three grandchildren.
Watch the Video
“Creation in the New Testament”
Watch the Video
“The Genesis Genealogies”
Dr. Heck’s Paper
“The New Testament on Creation”
Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz
Rev. Dr. Adam C. Koontz is pastor and evangelist
of Trinity Lutheran Church, Denver, CO. He has
pastored Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Lititz, PA
and planted Concordia Lutheran Mission in
Myerstown, PA, and he taught New Testament at
Concordia Theological Seminary in IN. He and his
wife, Jen, have eight children and live in
Lakewood, CO.
Watch the Video:
Pastor Jared Melius
Pastor Jared Melius has been the pastor at
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Denver, CO for the
last 17 years. He graduated from Concordia
Theological Seminary in 2005. He serves on
the Denver Society of Creation board.
Watch the Video:
Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller
Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller is pastor of St. Paul
and Jesus Deaf Lutheran Churches in Austin, TX.
He is the author of Take They Our Life: Martin
Luther’s Theology of Martyrdom (2019), A
Martyr’s Faith for a Faithless World (CPH, 2019),
Has American Christianity Failed? (CPH, 2016) and
Final Victory: Contemplating the Death and
Funeral of a Christian (CPH, 2010). He is host of
What-Not, The Podcast, posts videos on YouTube
at wolfmueller1, and has a number of other
theological projects that all end up on his blog,
www.wolfmueller.co. Bryan is a member of the
Doxology Collegium. He and his wife Keri live
with their four children in Round Rock, TX.
Watch the Video:
