by The Berean Call
In comments that may shock some staunch Catholics, Cardinal George Pell has described the biblical story of Adam and Eve as a myth.
He appeared alongside renowned evolutionary biologist and atheist, Professor Richard Dawkins, on the ABC’s Q&A program last night.
Cardinal Pell said the existence of Adam and Eve was not a matter of science but rather a mythological account.
"It’s a very sophisticated mythology to try to explain the evil and the suffering in the world,"
he said.
"It’s a religious story told for religious purposes."
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by Dave Hunt
As God’s unique creation, we live in physical bodies in a material universe that will pass away, “for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal” (2 Cor:4:18). God desires to reveal to us the world of the eternal, the world unseen by physical eyes. While still earthbound, we are to “seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God” and to set our “affection on things above, not on things on the earth” (Col:3:1,2).
But how can God convey spiritual truth to fleshly minded earth dwellers who, because of sin, are separated from Him and know nothing and desire nothing except the material world? He must, with physical terms familiar to us, bring us to a clear understanding of and earnest desire for spiritual truth and reality. He communicates through words, often with figurative language.
The physical realm has been consistently used by God from the very beginning (starting with a tree in the Garden of Eden) to convey spiritual truth. Paul shows us how to interpret God’s object lessons:
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by Mark Cahill
I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the Heaven and say there is no God. -- Abraham Lincoln
Many people believe there is no God because they are convinced that science has fully explained how our universe came to be. If there is a natural explanation of our origins, they think, who needs a supernatural one? Perhaps, like many, you see a contest between science and religion, and believe that science has been declared the winner hands down.
But does science alone explain this incredibly beautiful and complex creation in which we live? Doesn’t its magnificence make you wonder?
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by Dave Hunt
Paul’s prayer for the Ephesian believers is very specific. He asks God to bestow upon them a deeper knowledge and understanding of Christ that we do well to seek for ourselves. This is not something that one can learn in a seminary or even in a Bible study or from reading devotional books. Paul’s desire for them was that they would willingly receive from God "the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ" (Eph:1:17-23).
Specifically, Paul prays that they would know the "exceeding greatness" of the power that God wanted to demonstrate in their lives. His explanation of this power is most instructive. Paul tells us about it in Philippians 3. It was, in fact, what he desired so much for himself. He called it the "power of his resurrection" and declared:
"[Oh] that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus."
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by Nathan Jones
"The guest you’ve had on your TV show the past couple weeks is not one I can believe. He has God placed so in a box that in his finite mind he can’t perceive a universe older than 6,000 years. The reason I have a problem with that is from the words of the Bible itself. Yes, I know the Genesis account very well. I’ve got three questions. Care to comment?" – James in Florida
James’ email, along with a slew of other emails, came streaming into the ministry last September after we aired our "Christ in Prophecy" television show’s four-part series titled Jobe Martin on Creationism and Evolution. Dr. Martin was a former dental professor and Evolutionist who having clearly seen God’s eternal power and divine nature from what has been made came to faith in Jesus Christ and put his trust in the Bible’s account of the six days of Creation. Through Biblical Discipleship Ministries, and their Nature Proclaims videos, he and his family teach all over the country that we can implicitly trust the Bible’s account of the Creation.
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by Yeshua (Jesus) Is Lord
Flowers splash with color, Perfect treasures of art.
More than a feast for the eyes, Their beauty reaches the heart.
The sunset is a painting, Far beyond all works of men.
And it also speaks of hope, To all who will stop and listen.
All of nature is a gift, Waiting to be unraveled,
Filled with hidden roads for souls, That are ready to be traveled.
And behind this beauty there is: Someone at the heart of it all.
Behold! There stands the Creator, Waiting for us to hear His call!
[Benjamin Graber]
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by Yeshua (Jesus) Is Lord
A little girl asked her mother: “How did the human race appear?” The mother answered: “God made Adam and Eve; they had children; and so was all mankind made.”
Two days later the girl asked her father the same question. The father answered: “Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race evolved.”
The confused girl returned to her mother and said: “Mum, how is it possible that you told me the human race was created by God, and my father said they developed from monkeys?”
The mother answered: “Well, Dear, it is very simple. I told you about my side of the family, and your father told you about his.”
[Author Unknown]
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