Superior Young-Earth Creation Science Textbook for Earth and Space - 2025 Edition
The Heavens and the Earth (2025 Edition) – A Bold Biblical Vision of Earth & Space Science
What if your Earth science textbook didn’t force students to choose between academic excellence and biblical conviction?
Creation Science Without Compromise - A Comprehensive Christian Earth Science Textbook
Unlike conventional Earth science textbooks, this text is thoroughly Biblical in worldview—yet academically serious. It openly advocates Biblical young-Earth creationism, carefully interacting with naturalistic and evolutionary interpretations so students can understand, evaluate, and respond thoughtfully.
This is not a simplified devotional science book. It is a college-preparatory, university-level creation science textbook that equips Christian students to:
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Understand geological and astronomical processes
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Evaluate evolutionary models critically
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Defend a biblical view of Earth history
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See God’s handiwork in the natural world
For homeschool families, Christian high schools, university students, and anyone searching for a serious creationist Earth science textbook, The Heavens and the Earth offers something rare: intellectual depth rooted firmly in Scripture.
If you’re looking for a Biblical Earth science curriculum, a young-Earth creation geology textbook, or a rigorous Christian alternative to secular science texts, this volume stands in a category of its own.
More Specific Details:
The Heavens and the Earth is thoroughly Biblical in approach and content, and the only textbook in Earth and space sciences that advocates Biblical, young-Earth creationism while also fairly and respectfully presenting naturalistic/evolutionary views of history. The four authors are each recognized leaders in young-Earth creationism with over 70 years of combined university teaching experience in the fields of astronomy, meteorology, and geology.
The Heavens and the Earth surveys widely across disciplines to provide an integrated approach to God’s creation and man’s role and interactions with it. At 553 pages, it is perfect for the advanced student or as your go-to resource to find answers for your student's (and your!) questions about our planet and its true history. Topics include rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, natural disasters, historical geology, oceanography, meteorology, climate, astronomy, and many others written in clear and understandable prose and generously illustrated with helpful figures, images, and charts. The Heavens and the Earth will attune you to the world around you and draw you closer to its, and our, Creator.
Authors and Institutions
Dr. Marcus R. Ross, Paleontologist, Cornerstone Educational Supply, Liberty University
Dr. John H. Whitmore, Geologist, Cedarville University
Dr. Seven Gollmer, Atmospheric Scientist, Cedarville University
Dr. Danny Faulkner, Astronomer, Answers in Genesis
Table of Contents
(Each chapter is 20-36 full-color pages, packed with illustrations, tables, and photos, end-of-chapter summaries, review questions, and "Focus on Scripture" components)
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The Earth is the LORD’s
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Minerals
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The Earth’s Rocks
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Plate Tectonics
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The Restless Earth
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Reading the Record of the Rocks
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Earth’s Geologic History
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Soils, Weathering, and Mass Wasting
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Streams and Groundwater
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Glaciers and Deserts
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Earth Resources
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Oceans and Coastal Systems
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The Earth’s Atmosphere
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Phenomena and Processes of the Atmosphere
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Weather Patterns and Forecasting
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Our Solar System
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Beyond Us: Outside Our Solar System
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Models of Cosmic Origins
