This “is one of those vague half-truths that fails to address the specifics of either the passage or the issue that the statement is trying to comment on.” Later in this article, the author also says: “I don’t even think the description of the scene in Genesis 1 is poetic. It’s quite a mundane description of God’s creative activities from the point of view of one on the earth.” Read more here:...
Read MoreDoes the Age of the Earth and Science matter to Christianity??
Does a belief in the ancient Earth lead to Atheism? Charles Templeton “was more famous than his team-mate at the time, Billy Graham.” “Then things changed. Templeton had long had doubts about the history in Genesis, which is foundational to the entire structure of the Gospel, and how it seemed to contradict the ‘scientific facts’. Logically, ‘millions of years’ meant that the fossils were laid down long before man, hence before sin. But the fossils showed death,...
Read MoreEvangelism must confront the errors of the culture
“Nearly every line in Paul’s Areopagus address seems tailored to the cultural errors and misconceptions of the Greeks. This made his message very relevant to them because it addressed particular areas where they needed correction, and where they needed to repent. Some think it is offensive or unloving to engage in this type of dialogue, but provided we do this “with gentleness and respect” (1 Peter 3:15), it is actually one of the most loving ways we can engage with...
Read MoreWho is Leviathan?
In responding to Job, would God just make up a fictional powerful creature solely to illustrate to Job how small Job is compared to how big He is? See verses below. The description of Leviathan reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQQeSnrVSMw Job 41: 1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3 Will he make...
Read MoreWhat is the Behemoth??
Job 40: 15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. 16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. 17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. 18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. 19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food,...
Read MoreWhat Evidence Do You Need?
In the last year, often I have heard people say “I don’t believe in God because there isn’t enough evidence (or there is no evidence).” There might be different ways of approaching that statement, one might be to simply say: If I gave you evidence, would you seriously consider God? Another key aspect is to define what is meant by the word “evidence”. I asked someone recently, “what evidence do you need for a supernatural entity?” He said he need some physical...
Read MoreSouvenirs from the Ark!
The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus who lived and wrote in the first century and who mentions Jesus a couple of times also had this to say: “Now all the writers of barbarian histories make mention of this flood, and of this ark; among whom is Berosus the Chaldean. For when he is describing the circumstances of the flood, he goes on thus: “It is said there is still some part of this ship in Armenia, at the mountain of the Cordyaeans; and that some...
Read MoreGod…will…give you more than you can handle!
Recently, in trying to encourage a friend who is facing some really hard struggles, I used the phrase that “God will never give you more than you can handle”, but I just learned that that is not exactly true. This article explains it and I guess what I meant to say is that “God may give us more than we can handle alone, but with Him and His help, He will help us endure anything – because of who He is.” In fact, the article put it this way: “God will give us...
Read MoreThe Difference in Walking the Walk
Here is an interesting article on how “walking the walk” is more important! https://www.psypost.org/2018/08/how-parents-act-on-their-religious-beliefs-linked-to-the-onset-of-atheism-in-their-children-52058 There is also evidence that the absence of a good father figure leads many towards atheism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBBJaVXCR4I
Read MoreCan Evolution and the Bible Fit Together?
This is a great article on the problem with trying to fit billions of years with the Bible: “So, am I accusing every Christian who holds to a theistic evolutionary/old earth position of directly blaspheming Jesus and God the Father? No, because the fact is, most Christians don’t join-the-dots when they accommodate evolution and long ages into their understanding of the Bible. However, what I am saying is that to attribute error (and by extension) falsehood to Jesus...
Read MoreWhere Do We Stop?
Some say because evolution is accepted Science that we ought to accept (believe) it too. “What’s the alternative? Theistic evolutionists say we must bend or die, but when we bend on something so basic, where do we stop? Is our chief task to glorify our Creator or to be glorified by other creatures? When Darwin trumps the Bible, what are we worshipping?” Read more here:...
Read MoreOriginal Sin – Truth from Genesis
Put so clearly: “We might think chapter 2 of Genesis teaches that “God formed the man of dust from the ground,” and Eve from Adam—but if they were the product of evolution, then early Genesis becomes a myth, and everyone who assumed the history to be true (including Jesus and Paul) were naive. Original sin becomes a theoretical construct rather than harsh reality, so why do we desperately need Christ?” Read more here:...
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