Genesis 5:5,8Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died….Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died…. Calculating the age of the earth, from empirical data, requires presuppositions. The scientists, who calculat...
Continue ReadingEcclesiastes 1:9The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. There are some who think that the book of Ecclesiastes is a depressing book. The writer&mdash...
Continue ReadingProverbs 9:10“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.” What arrogance to tell someone that he is a fool! How much more arrogant, if that man is a highly educated, highly qualified scient...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:31a “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” C.S. Lewis suggested that those who deny the supernatural can still believe in a god of sorts. He said: The great interlocking event called Nature might be ...
Continue ReadingHebrews 11:6 “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” We have talked before about Cain and Abel, and we have seen how Cai...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:26-27 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upo...
Continue ReadingEcclesiastes 12:12b “Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.” There is a time and a place to defend your faith. Scripture tells us that we are always to be ready to give that defense to someone who asks us the...
Continue Reading2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” When you come up against a Christian who believes in evolution, your conversations with him will be qualitatively d...
Continue Reading2 Timothy 1:13 “Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.” A poll conducted by George Gallup reveals some alarming trends in Americans’ religious thinking. First, the ...
Continue ReadingMatthew 6:8 “Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.” Qohelet, the writer of the book of Ecclesiastes, reminds us to “Remember your Creator”. Why do we need to remember Hi...
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