Three Things We Learned about Creation on our Grand Canyon Tour

Last fall we went crazy and booked a creation tour for our family to the Grand Canyon! I had the privilege of camping at the Grand Canyon several times as a kid and even hiked up and down the canyon with our church youth club. But my kids had never been to the canyon before even though we live only a couple hours away. So when I saw the flyer at church, I asked my husband if we could go. It would be a great homeschool learning experience I said 😄

Despite the pricey ticket, we took the plunge and rode a tour bus with a creation science speaker on board as our Grand Canyon tour guide! Here are three things we learned from him that day...

The Grand Canyon is Part of a Large "Staircase" of Evidence for the Biblical Flood

Many people look at the Grand Canyon and marvel at its size, but few realize that it’s actually part of a much larger geologic formation known as the “Grand Staircase”—a vast series of layered rock formations stretching from Bryce Canyon to the Grand Canyon. These layers show a sequence of massive sediment deposits that could only have been laid down quickly, under water, and under great pressure. This matches perfectly with the description of a global flood found in Genesis. Instead of slow erosion over millions of years, the evidence here screams of rapid, catastrophic processes—just what we’d expect from a worldwide deluge. The Grand Canyon isn’t just a natural wonder; it’s a visual timeline of judgment and mercy—a massive, silent witness to the truth of God’s Word.

The Big Reason Why Evolution Contradicts The Gospel

At the heart of evolutionary theory is the idea that millions of years of death, disease, and survival of the fittest took place long before humans ever appeared. But this flatly contradicts the clear timeline given in Genesis.

According to Scripture, death entered the world only after Adam and Eve sinned—not before.

If animals were dying for millions of years before the Fall, then death isn’t the result of sin, and the Gospel loses its foundation. Yeshua came to conquer death, the final enemy—so if death was always part of God’s “very good” creation, then the need for redemption is undermined. Believing in millions of years of pre-human death puts man’s ideas above God’s Word and replaces the biblical timeline with one that erases the core of the Gospel message.

God Doesn't Ask for Blind Faith. He Left Us a Giant Piece of Evidence For the Biblical Flood

God is not a God of confusion or vague mysteries—He invites us to trust Him based on real, observable truth. The Bible never calls us to blind faith but to a reasoned faith rooted in His Word and in the world He created. The Grand Canyon, with its vast layers of sedimentary rock and dramatic formation, stands as a massive, visible reminder of the global Flood described in Genesis. It’s as if God carved a record into the earth itself—layer upon layer testifying to a sudden, watery cataclysm that reshaped the world. It’s not blind faith to believe in the Flood—it’s bold faith, built on the evidence God graciously left behind.

Rather than being a monument to millions of years, the Canyon is a powerful witness to God’s judgment, His mercy, and the truthfulness of the biblical account. Just as He once judged the earth with water, He will one day judge again—but this time with fire