Carl Kerby

Answers in Genesis Speaker/Writer
(USA)

Biography

Carl Kerby, one of the founding board members of Answers in Genesis and now one of its speakers and writers on the topic of Genesis, became a Christian in 1987 after attending a crusade in Salt Lake City, Utah. Because Carl had grown up in a very liberal church and in a family that was involved in the wild world of professional wrestling (Carl's father was known as Luke Brown the "Kentuckian," and wrestled from 1958-1974), he did not take the Bible and its teachings seriously. In fact, even as a new Christian, Carl's very first Sunday school teacher taught him that evolution and the Bible could mix.

As an air traffic controller in the military in the late 1980s and a "baby Christian," Carl happened to take a flight to Portland, Oregon to visit his father. He rode in the cockpit of a civilian airline. During a conversation with the pilots, the Creation/evolution issue came up. Carl indicated that you could take evolution and add it to the Bible and there wouldn't be a problem. Well, the co-pilot sat up straight and looked over at the pilot and then looked back at Carl and said: "I'm sorry Carl, but that's incorrect!"

Now, the pilot wasn't trying to shove his opinion down Carl's throat. He simply showed him from the Bible that evolution was a completely different worldview and could not be found in Scripture. He introduced Carl to Ken Ham's book "The Lie: Evolution." After reading it, Carl's faith was totally changed. He now knew that God's Word is true from the beginning (Psalm 119:160).

Since 1996, Carl has been an air traffic controller at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, one of the busiest airports in the world, and in a position that is perhaps the most demanding in air traffic control today.

Carl has a particular burden to reach the people of Japan. As an air traffic controller in Japan during the early 1980s, he met his wife there (they now have two children, Alisa and Carl Jr.). Carl reports that Japan is "a very anti-Christian nation, although they have a wonderful culture and a beautiful land." He believes that the AiG message "will have a profound effect on the Japanese."

Carl says that the Answers in Genesis ministry "is not just about Creation/evolution. It is all about being able to trust God and His Word without reservation."

Interviews:

	DATE	TITLE	PROGRAM	LENGTH
[PLAY]	10/27/00	Carl Kerby: 'Bringing Genesis to Japan'	Weekend Webcast	15.31
[PLAY]	10/20/00	Carl Kerby: 'The Bottom Strip'	Weekend Webcast	12.25
[PLAY]	10/6/00	Carl Kerby: 'Here I am Lord, Send Me...to Jamaica!'	Weekend Webcast	15.12
[PLAY]	9/29/00	Carl Kerby: 'The Humble Beginnings of AnswersInGenesis.org'	Weekend Webcast	13.10
[PLAY]	9/22/00	Carl Kerby: The Truth is in 'The Lie'	Weekend Webcast	12.34

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