Read Genesis 1:26-28, 2:18-23; Psalm 8:3-9.What does it mean to be human? There are many things that we could say at this point. Human beings are self-aware. Human beings are creative. They exercise the ability to reason and to show compassion. Fundamentally, to understand what it means to be human must begin with the creation … Continue reading Discipleship Minute: Creation #2
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Discipleship Minute: Creation #1
Read Genesis 1:1-5, 14-19, Hebrews 11:1-3.How did your favorite childhood story start?· “Once upon a time…”· “It was a dark and stormy night…”· “Captain’s Log, Stardate…” (OK, that was mine.)At the beginning of the twentieth century, the consensus of scientists was that the universe had no beginning. It had always existed. By the end of … Continue reading Discipleship Minute: Creation #1
It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 39)
And the special revelation gives us an answer.The apostle Paul says, For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 39)
It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 35)
From the special revelation, we can see additional reasons why God created the universe.· God made the universe to serve as a classroom for humanity (Job 12:7-8).· God made the universe to provide for the rapid development of global civilization and technology (Gen. 1:28).· God made the universe to personally initiate our rescue (John 3:16).· … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 35)
It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 26)
The evidence from special revelation thus far suggests other reasons why God created the universe.God made this universe because He wanted humans to exist (Gen. 1:26-27). God made this universe to show us our own human nature (Isa. 53:6a; 59:2). God made this universe for the conquest of evil (Job 19:25). Hugh Ross, Why The … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 26)
It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 14)
THE SECOND MAJOR QUESTION: What happened at the Fall?Let’s continue to use our dual revelation framework as we look at the Fall.The sixth great creation period, or day, was a time of great change. The first great change was in the introduction of something new, a species that the Earth had never seen before.That new … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 14)
It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 5)
THE FIRST MAJOR QUESTION: What does special and general revelation tell us about the world and death before the Fall?If we look at the primary creation passage, Genesis 1, we can see several things about God’s creation.First, the Genesis account gives us the ability to interpret the age of the Earth as being old. The … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 5)
It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 3)
Between the two views of Young-Earth and Old-Earth creationism, we have divergent views of the issue of death before and after the Fall of man. This issue touches on the nature and goodness of God, the problem of evil, the nature of death, and the atoning work of Jesus.It is an issue that Christians should … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 3)
It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 2)
Christians see this record in nature as well. Some recoil from it. Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis, a leading Young-Earth creationist organization says,“As soon as one allows for millions of years, one has to accept death, bloodshed, disease, and suffering before sin, since the millions of years are invariably applied to the fossil … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 2)
It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 1)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in his long poem In Memoriam A.H.H. (1850), gave a description of the natural order,Tho’ Nature, red in tooth and clawWith ravine, shriek’d against his creedTennyson used this phrase “red in tooth and claw” to describe the dilemma between the apparent callousness of the natural realm versus the love embodied in the … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 1)
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