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Mon, 29 June 2009

Theories on the Origin of the Moon - 3 of 3

For your consideration...the following is an excerpt from a radio spot on KAPL radio, Jacksonville, Oregon, called " Akin For the Truth". To listen to the entire spot (a few minutes long), click the little microphone icon....Jack

So next time you look up at that Moon, whether ¼, ½, full or whatever phase, recall to your mind that its testimony is staring you right in the face. First, take note, that its light is only reflected light from the Sun. So we, when at our best, are merely reflections of the light from the Son of God. Second, we could notice that the moon’s size, speed of orbit, distance from the Earth necessary for ocean circulation and tidal, biological life, its effect on the gradual slowing of Earth’s rotation, its gradual, orbital drift, demonstrates to us that, since the fourth day of creation, this beautiful silvery object has orbited the earth, as David proclaims in Psalm 33, By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

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Sat, 27 June 2009

Our Marvelous Moon - 2 of 3

Earlier we were looking at the wonderful testimony of the Moon, Sun and planets in our Solar System. But it would benefit us to look a little more closely at some of these heavenly bodies, beginning with our Moon. The Moon is just the right size, is just the right distance, and revolves at just the right speed around the Earth. It’s mass in proportion to the Earth is unique in all the Solar system. It’s 10 times that of any other Moon-planet relationship, providing scriptural evening light, phased to give us the promised accurate time record. If the Moon was much closer or farther from the Earth, it is likely that tidal influences could prevent life from even existing on Earth. The same effects would occur if the Moon’s orbit about the Earth was a little faster or a little slower. The earth’s gravity keeps the Moon in orbit, and is so strong that it would need a steel cable 850 km (531 miles) in diameter to provide an equivalent binding force without breaking. The Moon rotates around its own axis once every 29½ days, counterclockwise with the Earth’s rotation, locked in with its revolution about the Earth.

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Thu, 25 June 2009

The Magnificent Moon - 1 of 3

As the Bible student looks at the tremendous complexities of our moon and how, in so many ways, it affects life on earth, a deeper sense of awe and mystery is felt, so Scripture once again is manifested as more than mere statement of fact, when declaring, And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

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Tue, 23 June 2009

Fathers of Christianity - 9 of 9

Recently we’ve been looking at just a few of the hundreds of Apostolic Fathers whose writings have been discovered. We’ve looked at Clement of Rome, Ignatiius, Polycarp, Justin Martyr, Marcus Felix and Irenaeus. Now, some critics of our times, professing to be Biblical scholars, have presented, as a result of their analyses, that Christ Himself, as well as the apostles and writers of the New Testament, are really the products of a “Christ myth��?, a fabrication, folk-lore that has developed over some period of time into what we call today New Testament Christianity.

But knowing what we now know, one will find it difficult to disagree with the conclusion by the eminent Rylands University scholar, F.F. Bruce, stating near the end of his book “Some writers may toy with the fancy of a Christ-myth, but they do not do so on the ground of historical evidence. The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic for an unbiased historian as that of Julius Caesar. It is not the historians who propagate the “Christ-myth theories.��?

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Sun, 21 June 2009

Fathers of Christianity - 8 of 9

We’ve doing some literary time travel together through the written works of Christian brothers and martyrs from the first and early second centuries. These, who have been since dubbed “Apostolic Fathers��?, were some of those that knew one or more of the last living Apostles of our Lord, or knew some of those that knew them. We’ve looked briefly at Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Polycarp, Justin Martyr and Marcus Felix. As you may suspect, there are many more to available to study, but for now we’ll take a one minute look at just one more, Irenaeus.

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Fri, 19 June 2009

Fathers of Christianity - 7 of 9

As we catch a glimpse of first and early second century writings and memoirs of devout Christian writers, we should not leave out Polycarp. Ignatius was, it seems, somewhat of a mentor to Polycarp, and both Ignatius and Polycarp disciples of John.

John’s influence on Polycarp is evident in his letter to the Philippian church, quoting 1^st John 4:3, for example, stating, “For every one who shall not confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is antichrist��?. And Polycarp also borrows heavily from 1^st and 2^nd Timothy, when he wrote “I exhort you all therefore to be obedient to the word of righteousness and to practice all endurance, which you saw with your own eyes in Ignatius, Zosimus, Rufus, in others also who came from among yourselves, as well as in Paul and the rest of the Apostles;

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Tue, 16 June 2009

Fathers of Christianity - 6 of 9

In this series so far we’ve boarded our time machine and briefly visited the first and second century church through the recorded lives of Clement, Ignatius and Justin Martyr. Let’s now look at some memoirs that have been found of a Christian lawyer, Marcus Felix, written sometime after Justin Martyr’s death, in polished, elegant Latin style.

The story, entitled Octavius, begins with a description of a leisurely journey taken by three reunited friends, Octavius, Caecilius and Marcus Felix, as they walk on the sands and great rocks along the ancient port of Rome, the seaside resort of Ostia.

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Sat, 13 June 2009

Fathers of Christianity - 5 of 9

As most of us are aware, John was the last of the Apostles to die, according to such reliable records as those of Clement, who was alive during and beyond John’s life and death, and Irenaeus, who we’ll talk about later. Both clarify that John lived into the reign of the Roman Emperor Trajan, who reigned from 98 through 117 AD. About 25 years after John’s death, a young philosopher named Justin began a spiritual journey of his own. One day, while taking his routine walk through a field overlooking the Mediterranean, he noticed he was being followed by an old man. Wanting his privacy for daily meditation, Justin became annoyed as the old man approached and then presented him with a series of troubling questions, challenging his philosophies.

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Thu, 11 June 2009

Fathers of Christianity - 4 of 9

As afore-mentioned, the writings and records of hundreds of great Christian living in the first centuries of the Church have now been found. So far we’ve briefly looked at the life of Clement of Rome, very likely the third pastor, or bishop of Rome after the apostles, Linus, mentioned by Paul in II Timothy 4:21, being the first. Next we’ll look at Ignatius, also called Theophorus. He was, according to Eusebius, the second bishop of Antioch after Peter. A bold and fearless martyr for his Christian testimony, Theophorus, Latin for “the God Hearer��?, when asked by Emporer Trajan, “And who is Theophorus?��? answered, “He who has Christ in his heart��?.

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Tue, 9 June 2009

Fathers of Christianity - 3 of 9

In these critical times some Christians, and non-Christians, young and old, are stumbled, hampered by disinformation, false facts, presented by critics of the Scripture. Poorly qualified and far-from-center Bible scholars are courted by the media, themselves ignorant and out-of-date, delivering to the public their dismal reports. These critics’ “proofs��? that the Scriptures are inaccurate and largely non-historical, are little more than thinly disguised exposition of popular liberal thinking, characterized by vague suppositions, poor Biblical scholarship and ignorance of contextual, scriptural meanings. The writings and records of hundreds of great Christian living in the first centuries of the Church have now been found. Their rich testimonies are backgrounded in historic certainty far beyond any other ancient documents of their era.

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Sat, 6 June 2009

Fathers of Christianity - 2 of 9

Last time we began to embark on a journey through time, introducing some of those champions of faith, using Eusebius, the third century historian, as well as other viable sources. The power, reliability and accuracy of God's Word is preserved and presented to us by the mosaic comprised of their lives and deaths. Eusebius, as one source, living between 263 and 339 AD, has often been dubbed the Father of Ecclesiastical History. This great historian enthusiastically dedicated his life and energy to documenting the first 300 years of Church history. When reading his summary, History of the Church, it quickly becomes clear that his theme is : the working of God"s providence through the apostolic succession.

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Thu, 4 June 2009

Fathers of Christianity 1 of 9

Sometimes, when I’m feeling like I’m having a rough time, I’ll crack open and read a chapter out of Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. While reading this historical account of persecutions all the way back to Nero’s in AD 67, one can’t help but be amazed at the grace of God, and the courage of these lovers of God, these martyrs for Christ. And John Foxe knew the scriptures, Old Testament and New, clearly understanding grace, forgiveness, communion, and the Son-ship and the deity of Christ. John Foxe, who lived from 1516 to 1587, recorded the persecutions and martyrdoms of notable Christians, from Coomans, Hues and others in 1568, Ridley and Latimer in 1555, Calvin, Huss, Bunyan, Tyndale, Luther and Wickliffe, to the early 1300’s, and thence back to the Apostles themselves. When you read the writings of ancient, devout followers of Christ, you are peering into their spiritual insights, personal prayer lives, opinions about entertainment, clothing, work, and every other aspect of daily life.

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Tue, 2 June 2009

Radioactivity, What is it Telling Us? Differing Views - 3 of 3

Today we’re going to go ahead and add some basics about radioactivity to what we have recently discussed. Various events (especially melting of the rock such as that seen during a volcanic eruption) will cause the elements in a rock to redistribute. Theoretically, when the rock solidifies it can be thought of as starting a stopwatch. By finding the amount of the parent and daughter isotopes present scientists can determine when the stopwatch started. Therefore, newly formed volcanic rock, if properly dated, must be found to be only as old as the eruption that formed it.

Surprise! The RATE Group, a group of scientists dedicated to a focused study to test these assumptions, have found that study of such rocks, known to be only recently formed in volcanoes, have revealed that molten magma actually absorbs argon into its crystal molecular lattice while cooling, and perhaps thereafter.

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Sun, 31 May 2009

Radioactivity, What is it Telling Us? Differing Views - 2 of 3

Last time we were introducing the concept of radiometric dating by looking at the basic structure as it may be understood of an atom, and how unstable atoms comprise materials that are described as radioactive. We then introduced one, probably the most popular, dating method, based on the known rate of potassium to turn into argon. At that point we brought up the fact that this and the other radiometric dating methods are under fire these days, even among some evolutionists.

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