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I think we fail to recognize just how significant the three simple words, “And God said,” truly are for a proper understanding of the world in which we live. God spoke, and His artistic, immaterial thought became a physical reality. There is no direction we can turn without encountering His divine discourse. God spoke, the heavens declared, and humans listened. The Bible is a remarkable book…..
As a physician, I find it quite disconcerting that academia has not only attempted to silence the voices of scientists that recognize a Designer in the world, but also has the chutzpah to silence the voice of nature itself. Uncomfortable, when the heavens declare they jump up to the podium, become nature’s press secretary, and put a materialistic spin on every transcendent feeling…..
In the beginning, God created … The first words of the Bible reveal a God who is at heart a Creator. He is a painter, potter, and performer. He hovered over His easel, raised His brush, and the dark canvas exploded in a big bang of Technicolor. He took a formless lump of clay, spun it on His orbitary…..
I practiced neonatal medicine for 20 years and during that time I noticed that the more I treated disease and saved lives, the more I began to feel like I was a tinkerer in somebody else’s workshop. I didn’t create the factory in which I worked, but I seemed to be reading from its owner’s manual. In medical school,…..
Atheists are haunted by the clanging chains of the spiritual ghost wandering their fine-tuned physical factories. They cannot escape the fact that humans are composite physical and spiritual beings. We are in the awkward position of having one foot in the spiritual world and one foot in the physical world. We are puzzled by the fact that we can…..
God created a beautiful story world and declared it to be very good, but in a twist of narrative narcissism, the characters rebelled against their Author and created a manuscript mess. The cartoon characters took hold of the Artist’s pen and tried to write their own script without any understanding of the grammar of divinity. Not surprisingly, the characters found…..
As parents we frequently direct our children’s activities to things that previously elicited feelings of awe and wonder in us when we were young. We become almost childlike ourselves as we expectantly wait to see the sparkle in their eyes when they see Disneyland or Sea World for the first time. Since God is our Father, His delight is no different. He gets just as excited when our eyes light up with wonder as we experience His creation. Maybe this…..
In Genesis, God conquers the waters of chaos. He establishes order in the midst of disorder. He thoughtfully plans, builds, and organizes. God spoke and His words transformed the universe into an orderly physical manifestation of His personal thoughts. We are surrounded by God speak. His words are reassuring. We feel comfortable in this world because we are surrounded by the rhetorical flourish of One who seems to be in charge. It is for this reason that our daily walk…..
Critics of Christianity have a very difficult time denying the beauty, order, and complexity found in the world around them so they are forced to try another tactic – crush us under the sheer weight of God’s creative output. They point out that the universe is so immense that humans just have to be insignificant. If you can’t deny…..
The very first thing we find out about God in the Bible is that He is creative. In a stunning revelation, we are introduced to a God that makes His artistic immaterial thought a physical reality through speech. I think we too often pass by the words, “And God said,” failing to recognize just how significant they are. We are…..
