Posts filed under Creation/Evolution
The Early Earth
"Your science class is going on a field trip, but this trip is a little out of the ordinary. You're going to travel back billions of years to the earliest days on earth . . . Enter the time machine and strap yourself in . . . a dial on the dashboard shows the number of years before the present. You stare at the dial - it reads 4.6 billion years" (Science Explorer, Pearson Prentice Hall, 8th Grade textbook, p. 338).
Ken Ham and The ARK Encounter
Answers in Genesis, led by Ken Ham, is causing quite a stir in the `rank`s of atheism, secularism, Darwinism, and sadly Christianity, with the announcement that they are planning to build an exact replica of Noah's Ark.
An Undefiled Marriage Bed
"Let marriage be held in high honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous" (Hebrews 13:4).
Weeping in the New Year
"Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom" (James 4:9).
Read a Book in 2011
Jesus said the greatest commandment we could possibly endeavor to obey is to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" (Matt 22:36, emphasis mine).
The Gift of Christmas
"Thanks be to God for His inexpressible gift!" (2 Cor 9:15).
No Need to Ask, They're Bold To Tell
Top story on the evening news tonight (NBC) was the inevitable repeal of the so-called "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) policy for our military. That policy states, in essence and to my understanding, two things:
Give Thanks
During this week that we Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, may I encourage parents to spend a few moments teaching your children of the history of the holiday. This is easily accomplished via a Google search of the Plymouth Colony. Quite `rank`ly, the Charlie Brown special aired a few nights ago is pretty good, too!
Marriage Haters Club
"Then the Lord God said, 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a helper that corresponds to him' " (Gen 2:18).
The Makings of a Man
Most of the dating discussion thus far has focused on Daddy's and Daughters. There is both a practical and theological reason for this emphasis.