Surrounded by Radiation
Published 3-17-2015 If our blog title provokes fear, we must act quickly to allay a feeling of alarm. We must replace alarm with appreciation and respect for a mostly harmless, beneficial phenomenon surrounding us every moment of each day throughout our lives. Electromagnetic radiation, sometimes abbreviated EMR, is a ubiquitous life-sustaining energy phenomenon surrounding us.…
Read MoreA Walk on the Water
Robby Gallaty March 15, 2015 Message, Robby Gallaty, Senior Pastor The title of the message today is “A Walk on the Water.” A Walk on the Water. Kandi and I recently purchased a new puppy. Her name is Annie. She is a Golden Doodle and she is a big dog. She is going to…
Read MoreThe Meal on the Mountainside
Robby Gallaty March 8, 2015 Message, Robby Gallaty, Senior Pastor Good morning! The title of the message today is “The Meal on the Mountainside.” The Meal on the Mountainside. Up to this point, Jesus, in the Gospel of John, has performed already three miracles. He brought His disciples to the wedding at…
Read MoreDiscovery and Discussion
Published 3-11-2015 Recollections from my tenure as a secondary school science educator filter through my memory after many years. My chosen teaching fields of physical and earth science enabled me to help students already equipped with delight in the natural world to intensify their level of interest. Perhaps a greater responsibility was helping students with…
Read MoreStudy of God – Part 7
The Works and Government of God I. The Works of God A. Creation: Immediate and Mediate. Immediate creation, or creation Ex-nihilo, “out of nothing” refers to the free act of God, whereby He brought into being the entire universe, directly and instantaneously, without the use of preexistent materials. This includes the visible and invisible (angelic)…
Read MoreAssurance of Salvation in the Bible
Many Christians, by virtue of poor teaching, have no assurance or certainty of their own salvation. Because of this they reject the doctrine of eternal security (that the true believer in Christ can never lose his or her salvation). But we believe that not only does God want us to know that we can…
Read MoreElement Identity
Published 3-6-2015 Midway through my teaching career our district offered a popular science course called Introductory Physical Science (IPS). One primary purpose was to introduce the concept that matter was composed of billions of tiny particles called atoms rather than a continuous homogeneous mass of matter. The particulate nature of matter is not visually obvious…
Read MoreStudy of God – Part 6
IV. The Doctrine of the Trinity A. Introduction. The word “trinity” is not found in the Scriptures, but the teaching is there. The fact of the Three Persons of the Godhead cannot be explained away. On the one hand, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are mentioned as distinct Persons with equal attributes; at the same time,…
Read MoreA Walk from the Water
Robby Gallaty March 1, 2015 Message, Robby Gallaty, Senior Pastor The title of the message today is “A Walk from the Water.” A Walk from the Water. As we continue on in our journey through the life of Jesus through the book of John, we are going to see here in Chapter 5 that there…
Read MoreSpectrum of Elements
Published 2-25-2015 Flashback to your high school chemistry classes. Early in the course we were privileged with the discussion of chemical elements. In the context of our studies we found that all matter is composed of chemical entities—pure substances called elements, the primary constituents of matter. The smallest unit of an element is the atom.…
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