“First, a New Testament scholar’s view of creation matters because Genesis was important to the New Testament authors. Every New Testament author quotes or alludes to Genesis. The New Testament has a total of 60 allusions to Genesis 1–11 specifically, and when we widen the search to include all of Genesis, the number grows to 103. For such a tiny body of literature, the New Testament has a staggering amount of references back to Genesis.” See the refences in that...
Read MoreStory Time – This Pastor’s Answer Shocked Me!!
In keeping with the post from yesterday, I couldn’t believe what I heard from a pastor. Recently while hiking in the Grand Canyon with Jackson Hole Bible College students, I heard one of the students talking with a gentleman on the trail. I heard the gentleman say “I am an evolutionist.” That got my attention! In talking with him, he said that he is a pastor of a church. We tried reasoning with him that Evolution and Genesis don’t fit – and he agreed with that, but...
Read MoreBy Chance??
“While traveling in outer space, Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, made a fascinating discovery about our planet. He said, “…I looked out my window and tried to find Earth. The little planet is so small out there in the vastness that at first, I couldn’t even locate it. And when I did, a tingling of awe spread over me. There it was, shining like a jewel against the black sky. I looked at it in wonderment, suddenly aware of how its...
Read MoreHow are you doing with the great commission?
Here are some great reminders! “It is not me that people are rejecting. Humans’ inbuilt sin nature is simply trying to reinforce their desire that there is no God. A default position from birth! It is not my job to save people. We can’t and don’t save anyone. Only Christ can do that. We are commanded to be a faithful witness. “always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and...
Read MoreDoes it really matter??
Read this carefully! “I remember in seminary the theology professor saying, “The Hebrew text in Genesis clearly points to a recent creation and the creation days being ordinary days, but science points to an old earth—so you guys go figure it out.” This left me with lingering questions. Why would God be so clear about the history in Genesis if ‘science’ disproves it so readily? How could the God who transmitted Scripture through inspired human authorship be a...
Read MoreJesus really lived!!
“Among scholars of the New Testament of the Christian Bible, though, there is little disagreement that he actually lived. Lawrence Mykytiuk, an associate professor of library science at Purdue University and author of a 2015 Biblical Archaeology Review article on the extra-biblical evidence of Jesus, notes that there was no debate about the issue in ancient times either. “Jewish rabbis who did not like Jesus or his followers accused him of being a magician and...
Read MoreEvidence of a Biblical Earthquake
Evidence of biblical earthquake from days of King Uzziah found in Jerusalem! Confirmation yet again that the Bible is True! Take note of Mary Jo’s personal experience seeing some of this evidence: “We visited another site in Israel where you could clearly see evidence of the earthquake predicted by Amos in the days of King Uzziah. It was one of the most memorable sites in Israel for me. Now they have found evidence in Jerusalem that seems like it was from this earthquake...
Read More2 Types of Willful Ignorance
Many people don’t want the Bible to be True. There are 2 types of willful ignorance: “Both varieties of wilful ignorance flow from not wanting there to be a Creator to whom we are accountable. Some people know where the light-switch is, but won’t flick it, remaining in the dark. Others have turned the light on, and quickly turned it off, not liking what they saw and not wanting others to see it either… …Some of the wilfully ignorant flatly reject the information...
Read MoreJesus’ Resurrection Confirmed!
“Indeed, the weakness of any conspiracy is one of the main things to have convinced former corrupt Nixon staffer Chuck Colson of the fact of the Resurrection: I know the resurrection is a fact, and Watergate proved it to me. How? Because 12 men testified they had seen Jesus raised from the dead, then they proclaimed that truth for 40 years, never once denying it. Every one was beaten, tortured, stoned and put in prison. They would not have endured that if it weren’t...
Read MoreGod’s Rest – Not Evidence for an Old Earth!
We are not in the seventh of the seven suggested long-aged days – when God rested on the seventh day – that was the end of His creative works. To enter into God’s rest as described in Hebrews 4 is to believe and trust in Jesus to have everlasting life (which is God’s rest)!! If you have not trusted Jesus with your life, Hebrews 4:6-7 says “6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news...
Read MoreDo Dinos Really Matter to Faith??
“I remember at their first conference, a lady did ask a question about the science. She was concerned about her nephew who had fallen away because the Bible did not mesh with the “science.” The speaker begged her question by asking “Does it really matter what happened to the dinosaurs?” I do not understand why he gave that response. The lady who just asked that question was saying that it did matter to her nephew; and she wanted to help him. We really do have...
Read MoreAre there gaps in the genealogies as recorded in the Bible?
“A straightforward reading of the biblical genealogies from the reliable Masoretic Text shows that Adam was created about 4000 BC and that the Flood occurred around 2500 BC. Contextual, linguistic and historical analyses of the book of Genesis confirm that the chronogenealogies are a complete record with no gaps. Creationists who wish to push back the date of the Flood and Creation to fit their geological or archaeological theories have no grounds to do this based on...
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