It Couldn't Just Happen: Knowing the Truth about God's Awesome Creation

by Lawrence O. Richards

Book Overview

This four-color, Gold Medallion Book Award winner is a perfect tool that offers solid, biblical answers to some of the tough questions kids ask about evolution and our world. " Did Earth begin with a 'Big Bang' cosmic explosion? " " Does science contradict the Bible? " " What happened to dinosaurs? " " Is there life on other planets? " " Did we evolve from apes? " " What makes my body work on its own? " Kids are daily exposed to the theory of evolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1400317142
• ISBN13: 9781400317141
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Tommy Nelson
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Very incite full read and our kids love it too!

Good read for the factual details, thought provoking and curious mind! Helps explain logically and factually those hard to answer or make sense of in Science.

Great tool for building a "Creationist" foundation!

First of all realize that this book is written for Kids ages 9-12.Now I would like for you to also realize that this 30+ year old learned tons while teaching from it to a Junior High Sunday School class!The year I taught this, we had 18 kids and half of their parents purchased the book after the class. It was such a hit that we are teaching it again 2 years later.This book does a wonderful job at setting a foundation from which kids can build on and learn from. Lawrence Williams blends the laws of physics, theories on origins of the universe, "true science" vs. "junk science", nature, the Divine Will of God, Biblical references, and tons of real world examples into a brilliant, easy to read source for learning to understand, explain, and defend Creationism.We know that our Children are going to learn the theory of Evolution at one point or another in their life. Instead of hiding in the sand and hoping they'll either a.) Not be exposed to it at all. b.) Learn it from a weak teacher. Or c.) Somehow be able to formulate an irrefutable argument without really learning about physics, science, nature, the Bible, and how they all work together to support and prove Creation.Why don't we add a "d."? "Build them a strong Creationist foundation, so that they not only understand their faith, but they can defend it and teach others also."This book does just that! Pick it up for your kid, but don't be surprised if you read it also. Better yet, use it yourself for a "Family" Bible Study!

Good book full of truly educated research!

After years of my own personal research on the subject ofcreation vs. evolution, I find this book to be a good summation of alot of information. It is written in a format that a Junior High student can understand.

Excellent introduction to creationism for young people

The author has given the young reader a lot to think about in an easy to understand and well illustrated format. Richards introduces topics like the big bang, dinosaurs, the Genesis flood, the fossil record, earth dating systems, and alternative biblical interpretations relating to the creation topic but keeps it managable for young minds. Highly recommended.

This work clearly argues the Biblical truth of our origin.

Mr. Richards' book clearly and concisely puts the whole debate of how we began into its rightful perspective. By consigning a small-case "e" to the word "evolution" (and quite rightly so), he makes a compelling case for the Biblical truths that are so readily available to us all, while at the same time debunking the Victorian-era darwin theory (small "d") for the fanciful conjecture and parlor-gab it originally was...and still is today! Three cheers for at least one literati type weighing in on the side of "sacred sense"!!