Lauralee

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[In Touch Ministries @InTouchMin]

God’s peace is contagious—when you’re overflowing with it, people notice. Find out more here:
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[Ken Ham @aigkenham]

How should Christians view “interracial marriage”?

Well, biologically there is no such thing as interracial marriage.

When I speak on the race issue, I first of all go to God’s Word to understand what God clearly teaches about the human race. We learn there was only one man to start with.

1.God made one man at the beginning: “Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature” (Genesis 2:7).

2.“Thus it is written, ‘The first man Adam became a living being’; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit” (1 Corinthians 15:45).

Then we learn there was only one woman to begin with.

1.“So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man” (Genesis 2:21–22).

2.“The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living” (Genesis 3:20).

All human beings descended from Adam and Eve. This means there is only one race of humans biologically:

“And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place” (Acts 17:26).

Yes, all humans belong to one biological race descended from the first man and woman. There’s no such thing as interracial marriage!

[Ken Ham @aigkenham]

Dolly Parton spoke openly about believing in God, heaven, and Christianity—but some of her beliefs also contradicted the Bible. Her life raises an important question for every Christian: When culture and Scripture conflict, which one is our ultimate authority?

[In Touch Ministries @InTouchMin]

"Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us, to the glory of God." –Romans 15:7 #Bible

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The 16-year-old lifeguard who was captured on camera pulling a young boy to the shore off the coast of California over the weekend is speaking out for the first time.

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[Willie Nelson @WillieNelson]

To whom it may concern and to everyone else as well,

[Lauralee @Lauralee_Beth]

Praying for them.

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Nearly 20 people were taken to the hospital after reporting an illness at Capital Guardian Youth Challenge Academy in Laurel, Maryland, on Sunday afternoon. https://t.co/eYY9H9pk9p

[Answers in Genesis @AiG]

The scientific community is about to change FOREVER . . . Today, Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson speaks on a revolution beginning to take place that will turn the scientific community upside down.

[In Touch Ministries @InTouchMin]

When we turn our backs on Jesus, He does not leave us. Rather, He is faithful and just, steering us back on the right path so we are facing Him again. Our God is good, and He is for us. He will never forsake us, even when we fail Him.

[Ken Ham @aigkenham]

We are not animals; we were specially and uniquely created in the image of God, separate and distinct from the animals.

[In Touch Ministries @InTouchMin]

"He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord." –Psalm 40:3 #Bible

[Ken Ham @aigkenham]

There are two genders—male and female (Genesis 1:27).

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‘THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS’ creator Gooseworx reveals if Pomni would ever reunite with Gummigoo.

“I think she’d only want do that if it was THE Gummigoo.”

[In Touch Ministries @InTouchMin]

God doesn't ask us to perform for His peace—He invites us to slow down enough to receive it.

Find rest in the One who meets you in the quiet.

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[Lauralee @Lauralee_Beth]

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[Ken Ham @aigkenham]

New “death trap” spider discovered.

One thing my home country of Australia is known for is our incredibly unique wildlife—kangaroos, koalas, and the platypus are perhaps the most iconic, but we can now add a new and very unique spider species to the list (it’s so new to science it doesn’t even have a species name yet): a spider that crafts a “spring-loaded, cone-shaped death trap.”

This spider was discovered in North Queensland, in the rainforest area (I grew up in North Queensland). The unique catapult trap is fastened to a leaf and triggered by foraging green tree ants, who aggressively defend their territory. When they bite the silken base of the trap, the “silk tethers release and the structure hurls the ant upward.” This “feat of arachnid engineering has never previously been observed.”

It appears that only one species of ant sets off the trap (the ant is amazing in itself: It blasts formic acid at predators and has “adhesive pads on its feet to help it carry heavy loads up trees”). It’s the only known spider to just hunt a single species. Researchers think the special slingshot method of hunting:

“flings the ant from the foraging trail, reducing the risk that the spider will be swarmed by other workers. . . . However, it is still unknown why the green tree ant and no others approach the trap aggressively. One possibility, according to the study, may be that the spiders apply pheromones to the silk catapult that provoke only green tree ants, causing them to attack the cone and trigger its release.”

This snare is incredibly effective “because it releases energy so rapidly that, relative to its size, it produces thousands of times more power than muscle can generate.” It’s a marvel of engineering, and the credit from the researchers and others quoted in the popular science article goes, of course, to evolutionary (blind-chance) processes. They assume an evolutionary arms race between the ants and spiders produced this method of hunting. It doesn’t matter how complex something is, people suppress the truth in unrighteousness (Romans 1) and refuse to give God glory for what he has made.

But spiders spinning intricate webs to snag other insects for dinner and ants blasting formic acid at their enemies brings up a question, “Why is God’s creation filled with creatures who look designed to kill or avoid being killed?” Genesis gives us the answer!

God’s original creation was “very good” (Genesis 1:31), and humans and animals were created to be vegetarian (Genesis 1:30), though it’s unclear if insects fall into the animal category. But when Adam and Eve sinned, creation fell, and now all of creation groans from the effects of sin. Some animals now eat other animals, and everything tries to avoid being eaten, and even insects are now a source of pain, difficulty, and even death for humans.

It’s not the way it was designed to be—slingshot spiders and aggressive ants remind us that it’s a fallen world. God graciously provided for his creation, giving animals and even insects what they would need to survive and thrive in a world broken because of sin.

And God has also given us what we need—the offer of salvation through Jesus Christ who paid the price for our sin when he died on the cross and then rose from the grave, conquering sin and death.

God cares for the spiders and the ants, and he cares for us.

[In Touch Ministries @InTouchMin]

God wants to transform you into who He has made you to be. It starts with surrender.
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