Discipleship Minute #19

Read John 1:1-4, 11-14.Pastor and writer A. W. Tozer said (you’ve heard this before) “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” Think about that for a moment. Our thoughts about God shape our worldview and give focus to our lives. Or at least they should.When … Continue reading Discipleship Minute #19 →

It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 30)

Therefore, man, because of his sinful nature, causes the earth to be cursed. The fact that the ground responds badly to its misuse is a fulfillment of the penalty for human sin.We have to note, however, that God, in His mercy, gave His people regulations for the proper use of farmland.· Allow the land to … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 30) →

Discipleship Minute #18

Read John 15:1-8.Within thirty years of Jesus’s resurrection, His followers had taken the Gospel message to most of the Roman world. Why were they able to multiply so quickly? A couple of possible answers are that they took the call in the Great Commission seriously and that they believed the resurrection of Jesus was true. … Continue reading Discipleship Minute #18 →

It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 29)

Then, how do we reconcile the information about an earth that is cursed? Again, we must look at and evaluate the evidence with objectivity.The key may be man’s original assignment. In Genesis 1:26, man was charged with dominion over the earth. Even though Adam and Eve sinned and were thrown out of the Garden of … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 29) →

It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 28)

We do have windows into the past. Astronomy is also available to give a picture of past events. And we have already mentioned the fossil record. There is no time at which a change in the physical laws which governs the universe occurs. Astronomers do not see a time in which the Second Law of … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 28) →

It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 27)

The impact of the Fall on the record of nature is usually focused on the “curse.” The Bible has God speaking, “And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it:’ The ground is cursed because of you. … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 27) →