March 4-6, 2022, Pigeon Forge, TN Join us for our seventh annual Smoky Mountain Retreat! Our creation retreats allow students and scholars to wrestle with the hardest questions in a safe and supportive space. In the quiet seclusion of the Smokies, we will think carefully about the believer’s lifelong quest to understand God and His creation.…
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Here at Core Academy, we look back on 2021 with gratitude for God’s provision through yet another challenging year. The COVID outbreak and subsequent restrictions hindered our former outreach activities, but these pressures also pushed us to new avenues of ministry and significant new achievements. Our mission is to nurture the next generation of…
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Our 2020 Creation Retreat has come and gone, but we had a great time! Our guest this year was Henry Smith of Associates for Biblical Research. He’s the administrative director of ABR’s ongoing dig at Shiloh, and he also co-hosts their show Digging for Truth. He led our discussions of biblical archaeology, first by…
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In Genesis 2-3, the Bible tells the story of Adam and Eve, who were originally created for fellowship with God in the garden of Eden but who fell into sin by eating the forbidden fruit. Church fathers like Theophilus of Antioch and Tertullian believed that this original transgression brought sin and punishment into the world. …
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