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by Steve Risner

[This blog post is part of a series. The previous post is here, and the next post is here.]

Are you ready for this? This blog post is going to be part one of a mini-series within the larger series I’ve been working on regarding theistic evolution. We’ve been tackling a blog post by a theistic evolutionist Tyler Francke that he calls “10 theological questions no young-earth creationist can answer.” Within that blog post is a series of links to other posts he’s written. I’ve been dismantling them over the last several weeks. Today we start a very lengthy response to “Why Ken Ham’s scientific defense of young-earth creationism just doesn’t make any sense.” As one can tell from the title, it is yet another attack on Ken Ham, which seems to be the sole intent of Tyler’s writings. We will also find that this entire blog post by Tyler is filled with strawman arguments, which I feel is unfortunate. His entire case against Biblical creation is built on something other than Biblical creation—in other words, he’s made up a number of issues or exaggerated the Biblical stance to make it easy to refute. Over and over he has failed to accurately describe the Biblical position. This is strange as well since he claims to be a follower of Christ and a lover of the Word of God. So let’s take a look at Tyler’s blog post and see what we find. Be advised that there are actually two links in this post we will be addressing. The other post is “Ken Ham has a problem with the Bible.” Because some of the points are the same or similar, I will treat them as one larger post (they are, in fact, a series by Tyler).

Tyler starts out by saying, “One of my favorite verses in the Bible is 1 Corinthians 14:20: ‘Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.’ In a time when it seems all too fashionable for Christians to be stereotyped as mindless sheep, this verse helps me remember the rich intellectual tradition our faith has. But sometimes, I can see all too clearly where those ‘stereotypes’ come from, and — in those instances — I can’t say I blame any atheist who walks away thinking that Christians are dunces who have no idea how to think.”

There are a few things to note in this single paragraph. 1) He uses the Bible to mount a personal insult on the intelligence of Christians. 2) Evolution from a single common ancestor is impressively naïve in its beliefs but is dressed up in a way to make it seem intelligent. This has been brilliantly developed over the last 150 years since Darwin. Darwin’s ideas were based on an enormous ignorance on genetics and the complexity of living things in general. He also failed to ever come up with a mechanism by which the indescribable advancements in living things occurred. Pond scum to people is a large leap and we’re no closer to figuring out how that could possibly happen than when he suggested it in the “Origin of Species.” Combine this with the fact that the theory relies on abiogenesis to even get started (I know, these two things—Darwinian evolution and abiogenesis are not linked according to them but we all know that’s just wishful thinking on their part), which was shown by Redi and Pasteur to be an old wives’ tale long ago. Dunces indeed. 3) He references the “rich intellectual tradition” of Christianity in this writing while insinuating that Christianity was responsible for the Dark Ages in another. I responded to that here if you’re interested. 4) He once again agrees with atheists in trashing Christianity. Does anyone find this troubling?

Tyler moves on to say he’s going to address two problems Ken Ham has, then he lists a third. The third issue Ham has is a reliance on Scripture. Again, this is a strange thing to cite as a problem for a Bible believer and Bible lover as Tyler claims to be. He then gets to one of the problems Ham has—Ken Ham believes that science is limited (gasp!). The way Tyler describes it is a little harsh and actually exaggerated, but what else can we expect? Tyler accuses Ham of believing that science is “completely useless in examining the past.” This is obviously not true. Word usage is very important. He further states, “We can use geological and biological evidence to reconstruct the past as surely as a CSI team can use forensic evidence to investigate a crime. But it ‘sounds’ good.” Is it difficult to determine one time past events with any degree of accuracy? Sure. Is it even harder if the alleged event took place before anyone was around to observe it? Of course. Is it even more difficult if the conditions of such an event are unknown? Clearly. This is what Ken Ham believes. I have written quite a bit about the issues with what some call “historical science.” Take a few moments, if you like, to read here, here, here, and here. Drop me a comment to let me know you were there. To say we can “surely” reconstruct that past in terms of Darwinian evolution is simply a terribly inaccurate statement, in my opinion. These reconstructions exist only in the minds of those who want it to be true. Lucy is an excellent example of the desire to find something leading to a monumental discovery that’s really nothing of the sort.

Tyler moves on to defend things like the speed of light and radiometric decay in determining the age of the earth and/or universe. Tyler is certainly not up on things in this debate at all. The starlight “problem” has a few solutions proposed. I tend to like Dr. Humphreys’ work on the topic, but Dr. Lisle and others have proposed solutions as well. The fact is, the “deep time” believers have their own issues with distant starlight, and, to my knowledge, no one is trying to deal with it (see the end of this article). Maybe they’re just waiting on the creationists to solve the problem for them. Since creationists have invented this thing we call science, it wouldn’t be a bad move. Then there’s the decay rates. Oh, boy. If he truly believes the rate of decay is the only thing in question, he’s misinformed. Decay rates do vary and this is common knowledge, or so I thought. The RATE project has done some great stuff on this as well as a number of other things. But there are no less than 5 assumptions that radiometric dating uses. The fact that rates of decay do change is only one of them. The other assumptions are not hard to grasp: you must assume how much of the parent isotope was there to start with, you must assume how much daughter isotope was there to start with, you must assume the parent isotope did not leak in or out during its decay process, and you must assume the daughter isotope did not leak in or out during the decay process. So if Tyler is okay with giving a solid age for anything based on these 5 very unlikely assumptions rather than the clear communication in God’s Word, that’s his problem. We also have a number of problems that arise when we use radiometric dating. Here’s just a little on that.

The truth here is that neither the speed of light (and, therefore, distant starlight) nor radiometric dating are issues for the Bible or a Biblical worldview. I’m not sure why he acts like they are issues for Biblical creation. He makes a strange comment here, though. He says we “trust these findings are reliable because of Occam’s Razor.” This really isn’t the case. He trusts them because he’s relied heavily on uniformitarian philosophy. In reality, in employing Occam’s Razor here, we find the extremely large assumptions (in number and magnitude) of the theistic evolutionist means his theory is doomed. He also says, “We’ve never found anything that would indicate otherwise.” As I’ve mentioned above, he must be way behind here because, at the very least, radiometric dating is questionable for a variety of reasons.

Next week, we’ll continue exposing this awful belief system for what it is—secular humanism that wants to masquerade as a Christian belief system. Please stay with us and please leave a comment or two if you feel led to do so.

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by Logan Ames

Hopefully, you have remembered the significance of this day before even reading this post. For those who may have forgotten, today is Veterans’ Day. While our veterans deserve our respect and admiration throughout the entire year, we take this day at the very least to thank, remember, and pray for the men and women who serve in our military and face the trying circumstances brought by their service so that the rest of us can enjoy the freedoms they protect. Not every one of these individuals has had to face combat during a time of war, but those who have know something that most of us don’t have to experience - the way your thoughts and actions change when you recognize that it could all be over for you at any moment.

The reality is that all of us walk this earth with no breath and no time guaranteed to us except what we are using at the present time. We “know” that our lives could end at any time but that doesn’t stop us from taking our future for granted. We think we have time to live how we want and then repent and make the necessary changes later. But as the saying goes, desperate times call for desperate measures. Many people, including murderers on death row and those with life sentences, find the salvation offered through the Lord as they sit in prison. Others do so from a hospital bed as they realize their time is running out. And of course, many of our soldiers surrender their lives and their fate to the Lord as they prepare to enter a dangerous mission. Everyone that I know who has served in a combat mission has told me how so many soldiers turn to faith in a God they have never known before when capture, injury, or death becomes a very real possibility.

The Apostle Paul understood that sometimes believers lack a sense of urgency in their Christian walk. In Romans 13:11-14, he basically tells his audience of believers in Rome that it is time to wake up. It is important to look at these verses in the larger context of what he is saying in this letter. As we saw earlier in the chapter through the last two weeks’ posts here and here, Paul has been stressing to the believers that they must submit to the authorities (verses 1-7) and also must be willing to show love and mercy on a continual basis (verses 8-10). These are marks of the Christian life. After explaining what the believers need to do, he explains that they are not to wait and assume they have time to figure it out. He says, “And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed” (verse 11). In the next few verses, he proceeds to tell them that because Jesus could return at any moment, they had better make sure they are ready. There is a sense of urgency to make sure their behavior is consistent with what they believe about Jesus Christ, since he will soon be returning to take his followers with him.

If Christians have any question when they are evaluating their lives whether they are consistent with the faith or not, Paul says all they have to do is think about whether their deeds are those they’d want to hide in the darkness or display in the broad daylight. The deeds of darkness are things that generally have to do with lust. It’s not just a sexual lust, but those deeds are most certainly included in the list. The lust Paul is talking about in verses 12-13 is really referring to the craving of anything that pleases the flesh. In addition to sexual sins, drunkenness, dissension, and jealousy are mentioned. As you read this post and take a look at the passage, consider whether those things are marks of your life. If so, it is time for you to wake up from your slumber.

Paul knows, however, that one cannot simply add good behaviors to his life to mask the bad ones. He first says to “put aside the deeds of darkness” (verse 12), then later says, “Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh” (verse 14). In other words, it’s just like getting dressed in the morning before you start your day. If you’re heading to work, you dress according to your job. I have to dress professionally for my job, but when I go to the gym afterwards I don’t just walk in and start running on the treadmill in khakis. I also don’t throw on gym shorts over my work clothes. It’s necessary for me to put aside the wrong clothes before I can put the right ones on. If you are currently walking in darkness in your life, you have to make a conscious choice to surrender your fleshly desires to the Lord. You have to put them aside, THEN put on your Jesus outfit!

None of us know how much more time we have left before our final breath is taken or before our Lord decides it’s time to come back for us. Are you ready? What things need to be consciously rid from your life? Don’t make the mistake of assuming you can “enjoy” them for just a little while longer before you finally set them aside. Think about what Jesus would see in your life if he came back today. The truth is he can see it already. You cannot hide your choices from him and you are only deceiving yourself if you are pretending that you can. Once you’ve made the choice to get rid of the things in your life that don’t belong, fill those voids with Jesus. “Clothing” yourself with him can mean a lot of things. I would suggest getting into the Word, spending time both talking AND listening in prayer, and finding an accountability partner who will not judge you but will not enable your bad behaviors either. These are just some of the things that have helped me put on Jesus. But I can confess to you that I’m not covered in Jesus enough at times. I am susceptible to the deeds of darkness like anyone. Let’s join together and not wait any longer to “change our clothes.” We don’t know if we will have tomorrow, so RIGHT NOW is the time!

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by Bill Seng

"Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows. After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, "Don't be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and homes." Nehemiah 4:13-14

As a preface to what will follow, I have had difficulty piecing the events that led to this triumph together as neatly as I had hoped. Regardless, after critical analysis of the facts, this is what I have deduced.

The pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. It was a treacherous season in their history because they had arrived at a new land beyond civilization that entailed new challenges. A native of America, and once former slave in England known as Squanto, helped the Pilgrims communicate with a nearby tribe known as the Wampanoag. The Wampanoag provided food for the pilgrims through the winter. It was in 1621 that the pilgrims made their first successful harvest and thus celebrated their first thanksgiving. 50 pilgrims attended, and 90 natives attended as guests. The feast lasted 3 days.

What is not as common knowledge was that the pilgrims would face even greater challenges following the first thanksgiving. The Plymouth colony nearly starved to death from famine. What the source of famine was stirs controversy.

During the first years, the pilgrims implemented a system that resembled what we call communism. Each family was only allowed to keep what would sustain them and were to give away whatever abundance remained. The results were devastating.

Men did not want to produce for the sake of everyone else's family and women felt it unfit for them to be tending to the needs of other women's husbands. Those that worked hard were only rewarded as much as those who were lazy. This injustice created an atmosphere where abundance was avoided. The result was that everyone was scraping to survive.

In 1623, Bradford noted that this communal system was not only a failure, but it went against man's nature as was designed by God. These communist principles were abandoned and a new system was devised. Each family would be allowed to produce as much as they wanted and keep whatever they desired. If they wanted to give a portion of their abundance to charity, they were free to do that as well. This yielded remarkable results.

Families started over producing because they were granted permission to thrive. If things progressed naturally they would produce an incredible abundance at harvest. But a drought struck the land and almost decimated all of the work they put forth. The pilgrims fell to their knees and fasted and prayed. God heard their prayer and blessed them with rain for fourteen days. The harvest dwarfed that of the first thanksgiving, and so the pilgrims had yet another thanksgiving feast to thank God for his incredible provision.

Our country is founded on the free market principles that the pilgrims stumbled upon. These are often recognized in Nehemiah as the author ordered that each working man who was constructing the wall would construct the segment that protected his own family's home. It is only natural and right that we care for the well being of our own families. Because of this new system, the pilgrims could provide for those in need out of their own abundance. Without the blessing of God, their settlement would have been a failure even after they abandoned their former governing system. It is to God that all thanks and glory should be attributed.

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by Katie Erickson

“And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.” (Romans 13:11-14)

Since the beginning of Romans 12, Paul has been giving the church in Rome guidelines and ideas on how to live lives that demonstrate following Christ. As you’ve seen, this is helpful for our lives today and in our culture as well. But, we do need to remember that this book of Romans was originally written as a letter to the church in Rome; it’s always important that we keep this context in mind when reading it. Fortunately, this is a passage that does apply both then and now, in Rome and in wherever you’re reading this blog post from.

The context of this passage is particularly important when we read “And do this” at the start of verse 11. If you haven’t read what comes before this, you should be asking, “And do what?” Since the start of Romans 12, Paul has been mostly talking about love and how to live that out in a life that follows Jesus Christ. Remember back in Romans 12:1-2 how we’re supposed to have transformed lives that don’t look like the lives of those in the world? This is what we’re supposed to do!

Paul reminds us that our salvation is always growing nearer. We don’t know when Christ will return again, but we’re always getting one day closer to it. Each day that goes by is one day closer to eternal life - or eternal condemnation, depending on your choice to have faith in Jesus Christ or not.

Because the day of judgment is always getting closer, Paul urges us to stop sinning! We need to continue to strive toward that transformed life that focuses on God and on loving others. We should not allow human and worldly desires to invade our thinking or our actions, but of course that is easier said than done. Until judgment day comes, we still live in this world, and we are very easily corrupted by its sinful ways.

How can we combat this? Replace the bad things with the good. Paul gives us the image of taking off and putting on clothes. Think about when you’ve just had a really sweaty workout session or done a really dirty job. Aren’t you anxious to get those smelly, stinky clothes off and get cleaned up? That’s how we should feel about conforming to the world. Giving in to the desires of our flesh and of this world is like continuously wearing that stinky clothing. When we live transformed lives and follow God’s ways instead, it’s like putting on fresh, clean clothes after you’ve cleaned yourself up. Clothe yourselves with Jesus, not with the evils of this world.

What clothes are you wearing today? Are you wearing the stink of the world’s ways, or are you wearing the fresh smelling cleanliness of God’s ways? Take a look at your life today, so you’re prepared and cleaned up for when the day of judgment comes.

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by Jason DeZurik

The United States: A Unique Endeavor

This is a continuing series based off of Romans 13:1-7. Please go read the first post in the series here. To understand this text, know that that the United States is a unique government and experiment based on the very fact that “We The People” are the governing authorities that God has established, which Paul is writing about in this passage. To correctly interpret this in our time, remember that the subjects in our form of government are those who are elected into office and those who work for them. Now read Romans 13:1-2 in that light below. (I have added terms in place to make this easy to follow)

“Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities [We The People], for there is no authority [We The People] except that which God has established. The authorities [We The People] that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever [Subjects, Representatives] rebels against the authority [We The People] is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those [Subjects, Representatives] who do so will bring judgment on themselves [Subjects, Representatives].” Romans 13:1-2

For those of you struggling with what I’ve written, perhaps this will help. Looking at founding documents, “We The People” are the government in the USA. We are the government who elect representatives to serve We The People. When these elected subjects work or go outside of the scope of their range of service, within the proper framework of the U.S. Constitution, they are in rebellion. (Click here for more info.)

Let me try and help us understand this idea with the following little story.

One day, Ron, who is the owner of a home, needed to move with his family to another state. He decided to rent this property and found Joe and his family to rent it while he was living out of state. Ron moved to his new property to live and Joe started renting from Ron. Month after month Joe paid Ron his rent, and months became years.

After 15 years of renting, Joe figured out that he had paid Ron what the house was worth and decided to stop paying rent. After the first month of not paying rent Ron contacted Joe about this and Joe told Ron, “Oh, don’t worry. I’ll pay you soon. I’ve come under some difficult times.”

This took place for three months and still no payment.

Ron decided to take a trip to the house Joe was renting from him and found that Joe was claiming the house to be his own. Joe would not let Ron in the house. Ron also noticed that some things were now changed to favor what Joe wanted and liked, even though Ron had not agreed to these changes. Joe made claims that others in “power” had given him permission to make the changes he wanted, and he no longer needed Ron’s permission because times had changed. Yet, Ron was the one who held the deed to the property and was the rightful owner. Ron was the one with the rightful claim to the property.

Some reading this might say, well of course Ron owned the home. Plus, he had the deed.

I believe this little story shows a great parallel going on in our country right now. The renters are our representatives, claiming to be the government in the USA, when all they really are is effectively the renters of a position held in an office that the owners (We The People) have given them permission to hold. The owners have given the renters a certain boundary to work within, and many of them are working outside of their boundary, effectively rebelling against We The People. We The People are the authority that God Himself put into place, according to Romans 13. How can I make this claim? We The People hold the deed, the U.S. Constitution.

And what does it say about “rebels” in Romans 13?

“Consequently, whoever [Subjects, Representatives] rebels against the authority [We The People] is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those [Subjects, Representatives] who do so will bring judgment on themselves [Subjects, Representatives].” (Romans 13:2)

Those aren’t my words, friends. That is straight up Scripture. Think about it.

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by Nathan Buck

This past week I had some great conversations with close friends about how to handle people in our lives. Whether it’s our own children, our parents, co-workers, clients, or patients, there was a consistent theme - responding with love and not being captive to expectations.

Read Romans 13:8-10: "Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law… whatever other command[s] there may be, are summed up in this one command: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law."

The initial point of this passage is clear: any debt we have with another should be settled immediately. We should live free from having others waiting on us to repay a loan or a favor. No one should be waiting on us to pay a debt, not even a debt of gratitude or an expression of our love. We should actively be resolving what we owe others and proactively seeking to give to the one debt we owe everyone, love.

Have you ever felt the weight of other's expectations so heavily that it made it hard for you to make the best decision? Have you ever felt like no matter how much more you give, it's never appreciated? Have you ever felt paralyzed because no matter what you do, someone is going to be upset with you?

Living by what others expect is a "no win" situation. Emotionally, we are always caught in somebody's net, and we end up exhausting ourselves trying to please everyone. These are FALSE debts. They are not a reflection of what is good, and sometimes are not even a reflection of what is real. They will drive us to an unhealthy, and unholy, place where we end up trying to be everyone's savior and everyone's favorite person. False debts should never be "paid," because the only way to pay them is to play god.

The only debt that should be between us and another person is the debt to love. I can love someone and not agree with them. I can love someone and let them be mad at me, because I did what was best instead of what they wanted. I can love someone and still not ignore their sin or rebellion. I can love someone and still offer correction or discipline in their life. I can love someone and forgive their angry yelling over their broken expectations. I can love someone and let them wander farther into a dangerous place, because they were not ready to deal with the deeper issue that is hurting them. I can continue to love someone who rejects my Lord Jesus Christ, because He patiently loved me when I still rejected Him.

So, maybe we get the initial point of this passage, but let's also remember to avoid fulfilling false debts, because that is NOT love, it's patronizing.

The only debt we owe to anyone is our love: expressing God's love through us. If the only thing you owe your family, friends, co-workers, enemies, etc. is love, how will you love them differently?

May you satisfy any outstanding debts you do owe, and may you be free from the false debts created from expectations and insecurity. May you find freedom in relentlessly loving others, the way God loves all of us.

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by Charlie Wolcott

Faith is a topic that is often grossly misunderstood. Christians are often accused of depending on faith because we have no evidence. But what is this accusation actually saying? According to Dictionary.com, faith has a number of definitions. The one cited in this claim is #2. Other dictionaries I’ve seen have it down to #5. The idea is that faith is belief without evidence, and if you have evidence, you don’t need faith. Let me clear this up and set the record straight.

The definition being referenced is talking about blind faith: trust without reason for the trust. But is this really what faith is? Take a look at who defines faith this way. It’s the secularists. The Evolutionists. The one that rejects the notion of a supernatural being that oversees everything. They claim to be without need for faith because they have science. But is this really so? The truth is, these people have far more faith than they ever wish to think they could have. Let’s find out what it really is.

Hebrews 11 is the famous chapter on the “Heroes of Faith,” the great heroes of the Old Testament that acted in faith. First this chapter defines faith in the first verse. “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen.” This doesn’t sound like “blind faith” at all, does it? But go around and look at the different religions out there. They all define faith somewhat along these lines. The only ones that define faith as “blind” are the ones that mock the idea. Yet they are the ones that exercise the most faith of all.

Let’s dig deeper into this. Last spring, I wrote about the Armor of God. One of the pieces of the Armor of God is a shield. There is nothing that gives a better picture of faith than a shield. Why? Because every soldier that takes cover behind his shield is putting every bit of trust into that shield to protect him. His very life depends on that shield doing its job. This is critical to understand. Faith is an action that puts your dependence on that object holding up to what it is supposed to do. What other examples of faith do we see?

There are very minor examples, such as sitting down in your chair. You put your trust in that chair to hold you up. Some may say: “I’ve sat in this chair over and over again. I KNOW it will hold.” That may be so, but you did NOT know it would hold that time. You assumed it. Based on prior experience, you assumed it. You had assurance that it would hold. You had evidence that it would hold. You trusted that it would hold. If you did not have faith, you would not have sat down in that chair.

Faith requires an object. You cannot just say “I believe” and that’s faith. Believe what? This is what James talks about in James 2:14-18. Some will argue that this passage is promoting a works-based salvation, but that is not so at all. It is addressing a misunderstanding and abuse of what faith really is. Faith requires an object, something you trust to do its job. It also requires action. It requires that you act on that object doing its job. If you believe that a chair is going to hold you, but you never sit on it, is that faith? No.

Eric Ludy uses an analogy that has really stuck with me in his book The Bravehearted Gospel. He is addressing the spirit of the open mind and uses the flat earth/round earth debate to illustrate. According to Ludy, the open-minded person will be open to the idea that the earth is flat and that the earth is round and will gladly have discussions with both sides. However, in action, such a person can only be a flat-earther because such a person will never join the round-earthers to build a ship and go sailing. Now, his point is on the dangers of being open minded, but I want to emphasize on the issue of faith. The open-minded person in this scenario is a practicing flat-earther because he trusts the position of the flat earth more than he trusts the position of the round earth. His faith is in the flat earth because he acts as though it is true, by refusing to go sailing.

Am I getting my point across yet? For some, I may not be. I mentioned earlier how the secularist, the Evolutionist, exercises faith when they vehemently deny they do. How do they exercise faith? They all talk about how science had done this or science has proven that. Has it? Have they personally done the experiments that unquestionably demonstrate Evolution being true? The answer is most have not. I will go as far as saying the Evolutionists themselves have not seen a single thing that is distinctly in support of Evolution and not ALSO in support of the Biblical claims. If you dig deeper, all the actual evidence cited (peppered-moths, e-coli, fruit flies, finch beaks, etc) actually fit the Biblical account, not the Evolutionary one. Because Evolution requires something much more than what is observed. And when examined, the Evolutionist, while denying it, will prove that evidence actually has nothing to do with it. How do I know? They all say “one piece of evidence would change their mind” and when presented with it, they don’t change their minds. It’s not about evidence. It never was. And they will also prove that it all boils down to who do you trust? The word of God or the words of their peers and of the self-proclaimed experts? In other words: It’s all about faith. Whose testimony, whose word, are you believing and trusting to be true?

So what about the 98% of all scientists that believe in Evolution? Ask them and 98% of that 98% will say something like, “I believe Evolution because 98% of all scientists believe Evolution.” It’s trust. It’s faith. And this one is blind. Their faith is not placed on the evidence but on the opinions of these experts, completely ignoring what God says. And these people DO act in faith that Evolution is true. Their rebellion against God depends on Evolution being true.

Faith also acts as trust in a person. The Evolutionist puts their faith in man, that the scientists are the top in all knowledge, and they depend on those claims being true. The Christian, however, depends on what the Bible says is true. Our faith, our dependence, is not in another human; it is not in a process, it is in God himself. Go back and read my posts about God being immutable and faithful. God is the only thing or person we can truly put our faith in because he will not fail to follow through and deliver on his promises. He is no magic genie that will bow to our wishes, but what he promises, he will pull through.

My faith is in God, in Jesus Christ, on what he did on that cross. And my actions prove it because what I do depends on HIM being true. Where is your faith? What do you trust? Who do you trust? What is it that your actions and your way of thinking depends on being true? That is where your faith lies. Everyone has faith. It is not always well placed, but everyone has it. And everyone exercises it. The question is not, “Do you have faith?” The question is, “What do you have faith in?”

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