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Tim Chaffey (Author), Joe Westbrook (Author)
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What would you do if you could travel through time? When four unsuspecting teens from the world's top science academy attempt a trip to ancient Egypt, they dive into an adventure beyond their wildest imaginations. Jax and Isaiah expect pyramids and pharaohs, but come face-to-face with some of the deadliest creatures to ever walk the earth. Can JT and Micky get there before it's too late? And what will happen when they are confronted with the true history of the world?

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  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Risen Books (April 15, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0984093133
  • ISBN-13: 978-0984093137
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 8 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #730,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Tim lives near the Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio borders with his wife and two children. He enjoys spending time with his family, walking, basketball, and good theological discussions. In 2001, he was the starting center for a national championship basketball team.

He currently works as a writer and editor with Answers in Genesis. He has spent five years as a pastor and associate pastor, in which he taught youth ministry, adult Sunday School, and a weekly theology class in addition to regular preaching duties. He has also taught high school Bible and science classes for six years.

Tim earned a Th.M. in Church History and Theology from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary in May 2011, after successfully defending his thesis on "The Sons of God and the Nephilim" (available on Kindle). In 2008, he earned a Master of Divinity degree (summa cum laude) specializing in Apologetics and Theology. Tim also holds a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Science in Biblical and Theological Studies.

He is the founder and director of Midwest Apologetics, a ministry dedicated to defending the word of God from the beginning to the end.

Tim specializes in the creation v. evolution controversy (and the corresponding age of the earth battle). He is especially interested in the theological nature of the debate. This interest led to the publishing of his first book, Old-Earth Creationism on Trial: The Verdict Is In (co-authored with Jason Lisle, Ph.D. in Astrophysics).

In 2008, Tim published a booklet entitled God Means What He Says: A Biblical Critique of the Framework Hypothesis. This booklet critiques those views which claim that Genesis 1 should be interpreted in a poetic or allegorical manner. This work was originally an 89 page paper for his Master of Divinity program and is available from the Midwest Apologetics website and the Kindle edition is available from Amazon.

Tim is also a cancer survivor. He was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia in July 2006. He has been in full remission since September 2006. His second full-length book, God and Cancer, traces his battle with the disease, but focuses on providing insight and advice to others who are going through difficult times. The book concludes with an apologetic for the existence of God. This section demonstrates that suffering and evil do not provide evidence against the God of the Bible, but rather the Bible provides the only solution to this issue.

Recently, Tim co-authored The Truth Chronicles youth fiction series. Book 1 (The Time Machine) was published in April 2010, book 2 (The Contest) in May 2010, and book 3 (The Rescue) in June 2010. These books are designed to teach young people how to defend the faith, and learn more about the biblical worldview. Books 4-6 are currently in the works.

Tim is a popular speaker and often teaches on topics related to apologetics, theology, and worldviews in churches, camps, and schools. He has been a guest on numerous radio programs and speaks regularly at the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well-written and fun, June 24, 2010
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This review is from: The Truth Chronicles: The Time Machine (Paperback)
"The Time Machine" is a science-fiction adventure for boys and girls about age 8 to 14. This fast-paced, humorous adventure had an anime/manga flavor to it. There were black and white illustrations--about one per chapter, and the chapters were short.

The world-building was sketchy (it's vague as to when and where the present day events occur), but I don't think most kids will notice or care since Middle Grade fiction often spends less time on details. The characters were engaging, interesting, and acted in realistic ways. I cared about what happened to them. I also liked the ending. It wasn't necessarily what one might expect, and it turned out that way for a good reason.

There was a Christian element that was worked realistically into the story. Jax refused to go to church like his mom wanted him to because he didn't understand why a loving, all-powerful God would allow his father to die. Also, JT believed the machine really took them back 4,500 years while the others believed the machine glitched and sent them back to the previous entry, 70,000,000 BC, because there were dinosaurs. However, these issues were only briefly touched on. The story was a potential discussion-starter rather than slowing the pace to give detailed answers in the story itself.

There was no bad language or sex. Overall, I'd recommend this novel as well-written and exciting clean reading for kids.


I gave this book to a friend--a girl who's turning 13 years old next month. She read the entire novel in one night and told me the next morning, "It was SO AWESOME! I put it down and tried to go to sleep, but I just couldn't until I knew how everything turned out. So I finished it. And what a twist at the very end! When is the next book out?"


I received this book as a review copy from the publisher.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A much-needed book, April 21, 2010
This first book in "The Truth Chronicles" trilogy is stepping in to fill a big gap that I see in current literature: solid Christian fiction for younger readers. Authors Tim Chaffey and Joe Westbrook have done an incredible job of tackling real-life issues that today's teenagers face (evolution, sharing faith with unsaved friends, relationships), and giving Biblical answers in a way that does not come across as preachy or cheesy.

Very suspenseful and action-filled, this book is sure to keep the attention of younger and older readers alike, while at the same time presenting solid Scriptural truths that will impact lives and serve as excellent discussion-starters.

Highly recommended!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars exciting science fiction from a Biblical worldview, January 5, 2011
This review is from: The Truth Chronicles: The Time Machine (Paperback)
Did dinosaurs live seventy million years ago or just 4,500 years ago? It's the year 2015 and Jaxon (Jax) Thompson is a sophomore student at the prestigious Silicon Valley Prep School. A few years before, Jax's dad, Dr. Jeff Thompson who was a famous research scientist, was involved in an explosion at his laboratory and is presumed dead. Jax, who used to love going to church when he was younger but now bitterly blames God for what happened to his father, and his partner Isaiah (Izzy) Weber have used some of Dr. Thompson's work to invent a time machine for their school science fair. Their friends JT Bankers and Micky Simmons have invented a hover technology for the science fair.
To test the machine, Jax and Izzy set it to go back seventy million years to see some dinosaurs, but nothing happens. However, the next day they test it again by setting it to go back 4,500 years to ancient Egypt to do some research for a paper that they're writing on the pyramids. But what do they find? Dinosaurs! Izzy gets into trouble with an allosaurus, so Jax has to go back and bring JT and Micky with their hover technology to save him. Did the time machine make a mistake and send them back the original seventy million years instead of just the 4,500 years? Will Jax and Izzy be able to enter their machine in the science fair? And is it possible that Jax might use it to find out what happened to his father?
I purchased this book and its two sequels, The Contest and The Rescue, at the Creation Museum bookstore in Petersburg, KY. With the Japanese style anime drawings on the cover, obviously intended to attract teenagers, I just assumed when I first saw them that they were graphic novels, for which I do not care, but they are not. They are science fiction novels for young people that not only involve time machines and international intrigue but are based on a Biblical worldview. It is so nice to read a science fiction book out of which one does not have to weed evolutionary theory but which actually helps to refute it! The Biblical worldview also comes across clearly in the interpersonal relationships. JT is a strong believer, and even though she likes Jax and he likes her, she tells him that she cannot date him as long as he is an unbeliever. Both my fourteen-year-old son and I found the book exciting, and he called it "awesome."
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