Saved by the grace of God through the blood of Jesus! Special Citizens Pastor @ New Manna Baptist Church. Husband and Daddy to the greatest family in the world!
I have decided to follow Jesus
I have decided to follow Jesus
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back; no turning back
If no one joins me, still I will follow
If no one joins me, still I will follow
If no one joins me, still I will follow
No turning back; no turning back.
Troublesome times are here, filling men’s hearts with fear
Freedom we all hold dear now is at stake.
Humbling your heart to God saves from the chast’ning rod
Seek the way pilgrims trod, Christians awake!
Jesus is coming soon, morning or night or noon
Many will meet their doom..
Does the Bible give us an age of the earth?
Over the years, I’ve heard the objection over and over again that the Bible doesn’t give us an age for the earth—that’s what science is for! I usually respond a bit tongue in cheek by saying I’m glad it doesn’t, or it would have been outdated the very next year!
But then I go on to explain that the Bible doesn’t give us an age for the universe—it gives us something better: a birth certificate and a detailed chronological history.
You see, Genesis 1 is clear that God created everything in six, literal 24-hour days. That means the universe was six days old when Adam was created. We then have detailed genealogies in Genesis 5 and 10 that don’t merely provide the names of the fathers from Adam to Abraham but also their ages when they had their sons. This means anyone can easily add up the time that elapsed from Adam to Abraham (about 2,000 years). Since the Bible gives us the details to figure out Abraham lived about 2,000 years before Christ and we know Christ walked on this earth 2,000 years before us, we can determine that there’s been about 6,000 years of history.
So, no, the Bible doesn’t say, “The earth is 6,000 years old.” Earth wasn’t that old when the Bible was written anyway! But it gives us a “birth certificate” we can use to figure out how much time has passed since the beginning.
(And, just as an aside, this birth certificate is why most people in the West believed the earth was just a few thousand years old until relatively modern times!)
A museum exhibit had to be covered up because new discoveries showed it was wrong.
Human theories change. God's Word does not.
Evolution is not a neutral conclusion. It is a worldview built on assumptions about the past.
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"...for Joseph was in Egypt already..." - Exodus 1:5.
Reading that this afternoon made me smile.
A famine was coming. But God had Joseph in Egypt already.
We don't know what problems tomorrow holds, but we do know God has already sent the answer ahead of us.
“And in the universities they have ordained that no man shall look in the Scripture until he be noselled [nursed] in heathen learning eight or nine years and armed with false principles with which he is clean shut out of the understanding of scripture.” William Tyndale, William Tyndale, A Biography, by David Daniell. #Bible #Scripture #Tyndale
"Today, I suspect that only a minority acknowledge the authority of God in their lives. Perhaps that is why we have turned to the state to do so many things which in the past were the prerogative of the family.”
— Margaret Thatcher
Speech at St Lawrence Jewry. 1978
Biblical preaching requires laborious study (2 Tim. 2:15), because God’s truth is deep (Rom. 11:33) and difficult (2 Pet. 3:15,16). Milk is necessary but so is meat. Preaching that could be outlined on the drive to church will not suffice for collective edification. Adage: while some scripture is deep enough to drown an elephant, some is shallow enough for a lamb to wade. Jesus, Paul and the other apostles all delivered truth that was mysteriously deep. Much is required for adequate preparation in preaching (Acts 6:4). Read, think, write, repeat.
I'm working on a project for our July 5th service and asked ChatGPT to check the grammar and facts.
It flagged an "important" correction saying that Lincoln never said "under God" in the Gettysburg Address.
However, according to primary sources, he did.
There are five known copies of the speech in Lincoln's handwriting. Three of the five clearly have "under God" included. It is only missing from the two early drafts.
Eyewitnesses of the time recorded it being said.
Months later when asked to write out copies, Lincoln included the phrase.
The Christian foundations of the United States, from the very beginning, cannot be denied and should be ignored. They certainly should not be written out of the history books to fit a modern, secular agenda.
Still praising the Lord for the wonderful service we had the final night of Youth Rally! Thankful that our Advocate pleads!
Song: My Advocate Pleads
Author: Jonathan Hibbard
Singing: Vision Baptist College