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This Is My Father’s World

Beauty, Creation, God's Glory, Hope, Nature

Maltbie D. Babcock, a Northeastern native and poet, penned the words that became the well-known hymn “This Is My Father’s World.” “While a pastor…

The Creation Story

Creation, Genesis, Home, Origin, Purpose

Rather than getting bogged down in minute details, the author of Genesis focuses on telling its first readers how the world is meant to…

When God Seems Silent

Apologetics, Creation, Faith, God's presence

When it feels like God is absent, we’re tempted to believe that he really is. “Atheists will tell us that the reason God seems…

Do It Again

Childlike Faith, Creation, Faith, GK Chesterton

Perhaps in the lessons we learned when we were young, we were closer to God than we realized; perhaps we have grown old and…

A Beautiful Book

Creation, Creator, Psalm 19, Romans, Universe

The historic Belgic Confession says the entire universe has been set before our eyes “like a beautiful book in which all creatures, great and…

God and His Creation

Art, Creation, Romans

Consider an artist like Bob Ross: he is famous for his naturescapes, his distinctive “wet on wet” style of painting, and for his signature…

Hardwired

Creation, Design, Following God, Generosity, Giving, Happiness, Joy, Purpose

It is amazing how God has hardwired our brains and bodies to even function in ways that reward us following him. While it is…

Gospel View

Creation, God's Plan, Human History, Jesus, Narrative, Redeemed, Redemption, Salvation, Sin, the Bible, The Gospel, The World

The gospel goes beyond individuals being saved from their sins and going to heaven after they die. The gospel involves the full scope of…

Law & Poetry

Creation, Freedom, God's Plan, God's Will, Worldview

In the classic novel A Wrinkle in Time, the angel Mrs. Whatsit is talking to the character Calvin about God’s laws for creation: “In…

Representatives

Ambassadors, Creation, Creator, Imago Dei, Respresentatives, Worldview

A biblical worldview of God as the Creator does more than encourage us with an understanding of our value; it also shows us that…

The Toxic Nature of Sin

2 Corinthians 11:3, Consequences, Creation, Destruction, Genesis 3:1-24, James 1:15, Pollution, Relationships, Romans 5:12, Romans 6:23, Romans 8:20-21, Sin, The Fall

Things like natural disasters and disease are evidence of the fallenness of all of creation. Sin did not just affect human relationships but the…

Looking For Us

Christian Life, Creation, Desire, Ezekiel 34:11, Intention, John 3:16, John 4:23, Looking, Luke 19:10, Matthew 18:12, Prayer, Relationship, Restoration, Seeking, The Lost

“So long as we imagine it is we who have to look for God, we must often lose heart. But it is the other…

Ark Encounter

1 John 5:13, Ancient World, Creation, Faith, Genesis 7:5, Genesis 8:1-19, God's Judgment, Grace, Hebrews 11:7, Imagination, Matthew 24:38-39, Miracle, Remnant, The Ark, The Flood

Ark Encounter, the latest attraction by Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis, will feature a true to scale ark and a visual retelling of…

Power In The Blood

1 John 5:6, Colossians 4:2-6, Common Grace, Creation, Crucifixion, Freedom, God's Love, Hebrews 13:12, Intentionality, Joy, Power, Redemption, Romans 5:9, Romans 6:14, Wonder

“More recently, Horace Smith, a clinical hematologist as well as the pastor of Chicago’s Apostolic Faith Church and a former World Vision board member,…

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