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The Legacy of A Stress-free Life

You know, one of the realities of life that our current physical science-based medical system has had to admit in recent years is that there are non-physical causes to poor health and disease. One widely accepted non-physical cause is “stress.” It’s quite well known today that the presence of stress in one’s life, and how one deals with that stress, has a direct impact on our health. Unfortunately, the solutions the medical system most often prescribe today for mental and emotional health are expensive drugs. And they often have serious side effects. So many people are “stressed out” that anti-depressant drugs have become a growing and prosperous business for pharmaceutical companies.Read more

Meekness – What is the most important thing you have ever learned?

When you think about taking a proactive change of direction to reclaim your legacy, what do you think is the most important thing that you’ve personally learned in your lifetime so far? While you make the focus of your attention on having a positive influence on your own children and grandchildren – your next generation – what truth or idea have you discovered that is such a powerful influence on your own life that you’d have to include it among the very top dozen or so important things that you have ever learned in your life?Read more

Will You Leave a Legacy of Confidence in God and in His Word?

Does it matter what you believe about origins? The devil hopes you don’t think so. Maybe you’ve heard people say… “It doesn’t matter what you believe about Genesis.” “Beliefs about origins are not really important to my life.” What do you suppose is the Number One Thing that causes God’s own children to suffer unnecessary losses, frustrations and destructions in their lives? Remember What Jesus said about why He came? The enemy disturbs people’s lives for a reason, why? It’s … “to steal, kill and destroy.” Jesus came to give his children what? “…that you may have life and life more abundantly.” John 10:10 Abundant Life? Would you say that deception and destruction should be a part of that? Notice what the prophet Hosea says about the one thing that affects God’s people destructively. “My people are destroyed for a lack of… what? … Knowledge! Hosea 4:6 So, who do you think is the one who wants you to stay dense (stupid)? … in other words, do you think you should just remain ignorant about what God and true open investigation have to say about any fundamental knowledge like the topic of origins, creation and evolution? How high of a Priority do you put on Truth? Where do you find the truth? Remember what Jesus said? “…for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." John 18:37 And what was the sarcastic comment of the one man to whom Jesus spoke these words? Remember what the Roman Governor Pontius Pilate said? “What is truth?” John 18:38 So why are so many people so mixed up about the truth? Paul’s letter to believers in Rome said: “They did not like to retain God in their knowledge.” Romans 1:28 Do you think that’s why many people say… we don’t talk about religion and politics around here? They don’t want to think about God and what He has to say about the vital issues of society that everybody’s talking about. Read more

The only Gospel that Saves Anyone

The gospel Jesus preached demanded total surrender. He told people to count the cost (Luke 14:28). He said following Him might cost family, comfort, reputation, maybe even life itself (Luke 14:26-27). He never chased crowds by lowering the standard. When people walked away, he let them go. Contrast that with today's approach. Churches compete for attendance. Sermons are shortened. Sin is renamed as struggle. Holiness is replaced with becoming religious, whatever that means. And the cross is softened into a mere icon of identification, or worse yet, to some, a symbol of good luck. But the gospel is not about self-improvement. It's about self-crucifixion. Jesus said, "Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not do the things which I say?" Luke 6:46. That question still echoes today. The gospel Jesus preached demanded total surrender. He told people to count the cost (Luke 14:28). He said following Him might cost family, comfort, reputation, maybe even life itself (Luke 14:26-27). He never chased crowds by lowering the standard. When people walked away, he let them go. Contrast that with today's approach. Churches compete for attendance. Sermons are shortened. Sin is renamed as struggle. Holiness is replaced with becoming religious, whatever that means. And the cross is softened into a mere icon of identification, or worse yet, to some, a symbol of good luck. But the gospel is not about self-improvement. It's about self-crucifixion. Jesus said, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me." Matthew 16:24-25. How many Christians actually think of anything like that, when they put on their “Christian” jewelry to publicly show they are a blood-bought child of the living God?Read more

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Dennis Petersen, author of Unlocking the Mysteries of Creation and founder of the Creation Resource Foundation.

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Could celebrating Halloween be spiritually dangerous?

Did you know that the word Halloween can be translated as holy night? But holy for whom? What happens when a night meant to be sacred is hijacked by rituals of death and darkness?

The word Halloween comes from something that sounds sacred. It means ‘All Hallow’s Eve,’ meaning the evening before All Saints Day. In the medieval Christian calendar, November 1st was chosen to honor believers who had died as martyrs. The night before became known as the eve of this holy day. When church leaders chose November 1st for All Saints Day, that date was already marked by ancient peoples across Northern Europe. It was a time for rituals far older than any Christian observance. The church tried to overlay a holy remembrance on top of existing pagan celebrations.

Unlocking the Mysteries of Evolution

It’s important that we understand the impact of a concept called GRADUALISM

“Gradualism” is a term often used regarding biological evolution in place of uniformitarianism, but the intended meaning is usually the same. Slow processes of genetic change, gradually going on generation after generation, through immense spans of time, are assumed to be the ultimate cause for virtually every living thing in nature. As a modern zealot for Darwinism insists:

“Gradualness is of the essence. In the context of the fight against creationism, gradualism is more or less synonymous with evolution itself. If you throw out gradualness you throw out the very thing that makes evolution more plausible than creation”

In other words, you don’t want to accept the miracle of God creating so you accept the miracle that gradual, slow, long processes, drawn out for millions and billions of years can somehow perform miracles. That’s what it amounts to.

Days of Creation – How Long?

How long were the days of creation? You might wonder why some people would even ask that question after reading the first chapter of Genesis. Each of the first six days described there is clearly separated by the phrase, “the evening and the morning were the first day… second day…” and so on. Those descriptive boundaries certainly make sense to us. Is there any reason to suspect it wouldn’t have been quite clear to Moses as well? But what is the condition that makes an evening and a morning? You might say “the sun.” But on day one the sun wasn’t created yet. And reading the text of Genesis, we discover that God didn’t create the sun until the fourth day along with all the other stars. Here’s a question for you. Even without a sun, how would you determine the length of a day? Is it not by the rotation of the earth? If you were on another planet the length of your “day” would be determined by the rotation speed of your planet, right?

Of course, with only a modest knowledge of Bible history, the implication of this idea would lead any reader to very naturally conclude that God said “let there be light” for the very first time only about six or 7,000 years ago. Well, that’s quite a thought. But, some find this far too implausible. But why? Is it because of their pre-conceived idea that the universe must surely be much older than that? If that’s the only kind of information about earth’s ancient history you were ever taught, well then naturally we would expect that kind of reaction. But, to follow it up, if they’re trying to show agreement with the Bible, you might hear them ask: “Isn’t there some place in the Bible where a day is described as a thousand years long?” Do you suppose they might be thinking they have to find a way to help the Bible get itself out of trouble with its credibility?