As many other words throughout the Bible, Om, the word that the creation story uses for day, has three possible meanings, one of which is “an indefinitely long period of time”. For more on that though, see this Let there be LIGHT post. With super fast computers to crunch data, underwater sensors, deep space satellites, and a plethora of...
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Just as a house proves the existence of the builder, and a garment proves the existence of a weaver, the world testifies to God as the creator. But what is this fabric that God has lovingly woven for us? Stick with me here, because this is a pretty cool concept to understand about how...
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Yesterday I was listening to the radio and learned that, due to a paradigm shifting discovery about the Universe, there is a new winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Peace prize honors people that ”have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies...
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I recently watched a TV documentary that talked about the stories of creation from the Inca people of Peru. Archaeologists believe that these people are among some of the oldest in our recorded history. As a result, the Inca story of creation is thought to be the first. As someone who is intrigued by...
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I’ve mentioned that I have an intense passion for the beginnings of creation, and how the Bible and science mesh together. Science and religion are often (incorrectly in my opinion) thought of as enemies. There seems to be an overtone of, “If you believe in science, you can’t believe in the Christian God.” ...
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In my last post God and his universe, I talked about my recent fascination with Genesis, the Universe, and science’s role in helping the Christian faith grow. In the early 1600s, the invention of the telescope allowed us to discover new and unbelievable things about the world (and beyond) we live in. Smart people in various academic disciplines (i.e....
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Thanks to some cutting edge technology and human brain power, we are rapidly learning new things about the Universe that God so magnificently created. Math, physics, biology, and various other disciplines are using new findings and technology to discover and explain new things about the Universe. In fact, a growing number of people think...
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This weekend, my wife and I have the pleasure of spending a few days with our niece Gabby. Before bed tonight, Erica was finalizing tomorrow’s plans to go to the Chicago children’s museum. As a result, it was my responsibility to “entertain” our three year old guest. Erica and I don’t have any...
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In the mid 1850s, a man named Christian Doppler discovered something that changed the world forever. He is partially responsible for countless modern day marvels. From the Doppler radar on your local news, to radar detectors, to submarine navigation, there is no doubt that this ordinary man hit on something groundbreaking. Now, lets go...
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Sometime after college, I became interested in the story of Creation as told in the book of Genesis. God, and the evolving universe that he created blows my mind. The idea that we worship a God that created EVERYTHING facinates me time after time. How could there be a presence so big, so powerful,...
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