In the beginning God created…
Feb 19
Genesis 1:1-2 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was without form and empty. And darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters." The Bible undoubtedly contains the first words ever written and, since it is the opening statement of the world’s most often printed book, the words, "In the beginning God created..." are surely the most widely read words ever written. Furthermore, this one verse refutes all of man's false philosophies concerning the origin and meaning of the world.
God – an Eternal, uncreated being? Part III
Feb 13
Can Mutations Produce New Information? Actually, scientists now know that the answer is “no!” Dr. Lee Spetner, a highly qualified scientist who taught information and communication theory at Johns Hopkins University, makes this abundantly clear in his scholarly and thoroughly researched book, Not by Chance:
When NOT to pray…
Feb 12
"And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?" (Joshua 7:10) After the mighty victory at Jericho, it was abundantly obvious that God was fighting for His people as they entered the land of Canaan. God had promised Joshua: "There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life" (Joshua 1:5), so nothing could stop them now. Except one thing--sin in the camp! After a humiliating defeat at Ai, "Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face" and began to complain to the Lord about how He had let them down (Joshua 7:6-9). Now, normally prayer is a good thing, especially in such times of great need as this. Yet God rebuked Joshua for praying! There is a time to pray, and a time not to pray.
God – an Eternal, uncreated being? Part I
Feb 07
God—an Eternal, Uncreated Being? In our everyday experience, just about everything seems to have a beginning. In fact, the laws of science show that even things which look the same through our lifetime, such as the sun and other stars, are, in reality, running down. The sun is using up its fuel at millions of tons each second—since the sun cannot last forever, it had to have a beginning. The same can be shown to be true for the entire universe. So when Christians claim that the God of the Bible created all the basic entities of life and the universe, some will ask what seems to be a logical question: “Who created God?”
The walk of a "Christian" is anything but easy…
Feb 05
Our lives today are continually badgered by various trials, or "manifold temptations." The trials are to bring about a pure and effective faith, pleasing to God. But the apostle Peter is not referring to trials or their results when he declares: "Wherein ye greatly rejoice." On the contrary, he is summing up a list of blessings given in the preceding three verses. As we delineate them, let us rejoice as well. "His abundant mercy" (v. 3). Mercy implies a compassionate act on one who is in desperate need. In context, God's mercy was granted to us in salvation when there was nothing we could do to save ourselves. "Begotten us again" (v. 3). We have been born again! We are now His children, born into His family. We now have spiritual life--eternal life.
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