Light and Time
Published 4-6-2016 As a science teacher one of my favorite curricular topics was astronomy. Some years I extended the unit beyond the time our teaching syllabus actually prescribed. Our supervisor understood that the interests and talents of individual staff members might supersede strict rigidity in applying curricular time allotments. Time, space, distance, and speed were…
Read MoreTime or Timeless
Published 4-1-2016 Our universe, 13.8 billion years of age, reveals a marvelous story of its existence. Within this age-span we possess the timeline of cosmological history. The earliest events following the initial creation have been understood and described surprisingly well. Likewise, events as they have evolved in the vast time since the universe’s infancy, have…
Read MoreHandling Your Emotions
What is the role of my emotions? God gave them to me, so they must be good to have. I’d hate to go through life without them or go through eternity unable to feel the euphoria of being in the Savior’s presence. But here on earth, my emotions have such a powerful influence on me…
Read MoreWhat Came Before
Published 3-21-2016 As a student I wondered if there was a beginning to time. I reasoned that every day must follow a preceding day. Therefore, time had always existed without a beginning. Likewise, I wondered about the end of space. If space had a hypothetical “end,” what was just on the other side of the…
Read MoreThere Is More to the Cross than Forgiveness
God Wishes Christians Knew…There is More to the Cross than Forgiveness! (from his book What God Wishes Christians Knew About Christianity Harvest House, 1998) I’m convinced that many Christians focus on one gracious facet of what our magnificent Champion, Jesus Christ, accomplished for us: the forgiveness of our sins. God forbid that I am…
Read MoreHow Does Jesus Death Help Me Face My Own Death?
How Does Jesus’ Death Help Me Face My Own Death? Dr. John Ankerberg: Erwin, as we’ve been looking at the topic of death over the past few weeks, you’ve mentioned to me that there is a lot of comfort Christians can gain by looking at Jesus’ death. Why don’t you share that with us now.…
Read MoreA Gifted Einstein
Published 3-16-2016 The trio of gifted scientists beginning with Michael Faraday and James Clerk Maxwell ends with Albert Einstein, the 20th century contributor to the revolutionary “field” concept. Einstein, who died in Princeton, NJ in 1955, contributed his theories of relativity, extending his reputation as one of the most brilliant scientists ever to tackle long…
Read MoreWhat Can We Expect at the Judgment Seat of Christ?
The Bible says that at Christ’s Judgment Seat, each of us “will receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether GOOD or BAD.” What does the Bible mean when it says “good or bad”? We all want to be rewarded for the “good.” The “good” here refers to…
Read MoreVariety of Giftedness
Published 3-11-2016 The popular excitement generated by the detection of gravity waves (more accurately gravitational waves) in February 2016 has inspired popular broadening of interest in science as it molds our visualization of reality in our creation. Our recent posts highlighted the concept of fields, in particular, gravitational fields. The recent gravitational wave publicity emphasized…
Read MoreCan I Really Live A Virtuous Life?
Text: Romans 6:1-7, 11-13 Romans 6:18—You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. Introduction: The Problem and Potential of Addiction Like it or not, we all know something about addiction these days. When we hear the word addiction, we immediately think about drugs and the near hopeless war that seems…
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