Did you know that previously unknown species of animals, insects, reptiles, and plants are discovered all the time? Did you know that this has been happening in the Mekong Delta region for the past TEN years at a rate of two species a week? These aren’t “new” species, by the way (Creation ended on Day 6), they are simply “new” to us.

When the media reports 1,000 newly discovered species should we be surprised?  Not really, but the hearts of believers should skip a beat with excitement and awe at the ongoing pagent of Creation that is compliments of our God. “The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it.” – 1 Cor. 10:26

Here’s a clip from the World Wildlife Fund showing just a small fraction of all the species that we have never known before. Watch out for that hot pink centipede…it produces cyanide!

Posted: January 18th, 2009 under Apologetics, Creation/Evolution.
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Matthew Fountaine Maury (1806-1873) is known as the Father of Oceanography.  Using Psalm 8:8 as his guide, he was determined to learn what “the paths of the seas” were, and he did just that, discovering what we call today ocean currents.  Even Wikipedia notes his complete reliance up on Scriptures for his endeavors, “Maury lived by the Scriptures; he fully and unconditionally believed in what the Holy Scriptures stated; he hardly ever spoke or wrote without the inclusion of scriptural references; he prayed every day.”

Hear what the man himself once said.  Maury’s daughter wrote a book in 1888 about her famous father and recorded these words:

“I have been blamed by men of science, both in this country and in England, for quoting the Bible in confirmation of the doctrines of physical geography. The Bible, they say, was not written for scientific purposes, and is therefore of no authority in matters of science. I beg pardon! The Bible is authority for everything it touches…The Bible is true and science is true, and therefore each, if truly read, but proves the truth of the other.”

Posted: December 2nd, 2008 under Creation/Evolution, Scriptures, Testimony.
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Did you see this?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/20/hadron.collider.damage.ap/index.html

Incidentally, did you see anything in the news that the super collider was dead *just 36 hours* after it was fired up?! No, you didn’t. That’s partly because the agency that boasted of it with such fanfare (CERN) didn’t announce the thing had broken until two days ago.

As for the thing failing, doesn’t surprise me at all, except for how quickly it did…and now they’ve done let their Lemon Law window close so they’re stuck with the thing.

Men set out to prove a big bang that never happened but Genesis 1:1 still stands. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

Psalm 2 sums up how God doesn’t even have to lift a finger to show how foolish the “wisdom” of men is. In this case all He had to do is tell a couple of superconducting magnets to sieze up and they immediately obeyed.  No irreverance intended, but “Go God!” I think that is just the coolest

Dear scientists at CERN, this one’s for you:

Psalm 2
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Posted: September 21st, 2008 under Apologetics, Creation/Evolution, Current Events, Scripture, World Events.
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This article in the NY Times’ global paper talks about the latest biblically-related discovery of a three-foot tall tablet with writing on it that supposedly discusses “a messiah who will rise from the dead after three days.”  Although it was found ten years ago, it is in vogue now, it seems; with some putting the discovery on par with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947-79.

The article (or the actuals scholars) aim at, once again, insinuating that the accounts of Jesus as God who dies and is resurrected may not be so original in antiquity afterall.  I say “once again” because it was only a few days ago where I covered similar stories collectively known as the “Christ Myth” (Read here).

Besides the above “been there, done that” element, there are at least three significant problems with the tablet:

1. The “some” who would hope to see the tablet put on par with the Dead Sea Scrolls are basically those who would stand to gain from its new-found notoriety.

2. The tablet has sign_f_cant  por___ns of let__rs  m_s__ng in very im___tant _arts so _t_ not ve_y reli_ble.  In fact, any words that would make it sensational were subjectively read into (onto?) the tablet, so who can say for sure what it originally said?  It is an unreliable witness–certainly not a 2,000 year old “star” witness–I wouldn’t want to be the lawyer bringing this guy to the stand!

3. Some quick math from a guy with a public high school education: Nearly 1,000 scrolls were found at Qumran and thousands more fragments.  Over three dozen copies of Psalms, 33 copies of Deuteronomy, two dozen copies of Genesis…all nearly identical (allowing for copyist errors) and thus cross-validating each other’s validity or subsequent translations……..so far all that’s in the news about the “Gabriel’s Revlation” tablet as it is called is one rather suspect tablet.  Now a thousand more similar tablets?  That’d be news-worthy.

So, Christian, no need to be dismayed or befuddled by headlines or news blurbs connecting the words “tablet” and “Jesus” together to make for attention-getting teasers and sound-bites.  Just keep walking with the Savior Who said, “The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but MY WORDS shall not pass away” (Luke 21:33, emphasis added).

Posted: July 6th, 2008 under Apologetics, Current Events, Scriptures, Uncategorized.
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If you had to say “hello”, “please”, or “thank you” in some language other than English, could you? Probably a word or two, right?

Tonight I shared the gospel with Scientologist. Here is basically everything I know about Scientology:

1. L. Ron Hubbard
2. Tom Cruise
3. They believe everyone has a spirit; their term is a “thetan”
4. They all go to “auditing” which is like psychoanalytical counseling
5. Hopefully, through auditing out all their bad things they’ve done, a Scientologist can achieve “clear” (few, if any, ever do)

I’m not very fluent in the language of Scientology, but I spoke my broken Scientologuese to “Mike” and struck up a conversation with him. He was impressed at how much I knew(!) and it enabled me to share the gospel with Him for about 10 minutes.

The Holy Spirit helped me, big time! I pointed out to “Mike” that he could never, ever recall every lie, every bad thing, every sin he ever committed; so he could never cleanse his conscience the way he thinks. Then the Lord reminded me of Psalm 51, which I showed him, where David said that his sin was against the Lord alone–so even if he could cleanse his conscience, “Mike” still had to face the fact that he has sinned against a holy, perfect, just God and if he rejected God’s way of escape from judgment all his efforts in this life were a waste.

“Mike”’s cell phone just “happened” to ring, which broke up our chat, but he heard the gospel and got a tract!

What foreign “languages” do you know? A little Jehovah’s Witnessian? Roman Catholique? A sampling of Sarte? Don’t let Satan trick you that you are not “qualified” to witness to a _________ (pick a worldview) about the gospel. Start from common ground, speak a few words of broken whatever, and preach the gospel.

Posted: July 1st, 2008 under Apologetics, Evangelism, Getting Started.
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One of the first objections whenever someone challenges the Bible is, “So you really believe God created everything in six 24-hour days?!”

If you have been stumped by just having “Yes” as your answer, let me help you with two thoughts:

1. The folks at Answers In Genesis have done a wonderful job with this one.  In short:  Before sin entered the world there was no death.  So no creature, down to the lowest organism, could have yet died, so creation could not have occurred over millions of years.
2. My favorite answer:  God is God!  The true miracle of creation is not that God created everything in six 24-hour days…its that He chose to take so long!  Folks, we serve the LORD OF EVERYTHING…He could’ve just as easily done it in six seconds!

Creation in six literal days??  Pfft!!  Puhleez…that’s a no-brainer…let’s move on…”Would you consider yourself a good person?”

P.S.: Incidentally, “Yes” is a perfectly reasonable answer by itself.  The Bible is not the one on the witness stand. “Let God be true and every man a liar.” (Rom 3:4)

Posted: June 23rd, 2008 under Creation/Evolution, Uncategorized.
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