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What is the purpose of art?
When God created man He created him in His image. That man is created in God’s image gives us a key insight into what art is and what its purpose is. Man as an image of God is living art. His existence reveals what God is like. He is not God, but as you look… — read more
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On Exile
Exile is a universal mode of punishment which pictures hell, the permanent exile from God. Earthly exile comes in many different forms and we know it to be punishment. It could be literal, so sending one away from his country. When the people of Israel sinned against God, God punished them by sending them away… — read more
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Some peculiar things in Genesis 1
I’ve recently been very interested in the peculiarities of Genesis 1 and its revelation of how God created the world. 1. The earth was created before light was created. 2. The earth was once just dark waters. 3. The earth is central to creation. All of the physical world is created in relation to the… — read more
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On Angels and Entertainment
It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look. (1 Peter 1:12) We are told in the scriptures that the workings… — read more
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Why do we want our children to be gifted?
During childhood there is this yearning question of “what will you be?”. Parents place their children in various activities and as their children improve there is a sense of inifinite potential. Will my child go pro? Will they be a president? And so on. There is a seeming yearning parents have for a special child.… — read more
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Is the ground still cursed?
After Adam and Eve sin God tells Adam that because of his sin the ground is cursed. From then on man’s labor would be full of toil, he will have to deal with thorns and thistles, as he eats plants from the field. Man enters into a miserable plight. Yet later on there is an… — read more
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How did Jesus grow in wisdom though He is sinless?
In Luke 2:52 we read of the young Jesus: And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man. With this backdrop we may ask, how is it that Jesus increased in wisdom since He is sinless? We know to be a fool is sin and to do foolish things… — read more
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On Language and Software Engineering
The use of language to build software pictures God creating the world with His word. It also displays man’s desire to likewise be able to control the elements of the world with his words. One can use language to orchestrate a machine in various ways via software programs. This can be as simple as writing… — read more
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What does praying “in the name of Jesus” mean?
What does it mean to do something in the name of the Lord? We can explore this by considering two side by side examples in the book of 1 Kings. First, when Elijah goes up against the prophets of Baal he builds an altar in the name of the Lord. 1 Kings 18:32 and with… — read more
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On Frankenstein by Guillermo Del Toro
disclaimer: I watched this movie with filters to remove any unhelpful gore/imagery. (movie spoilers ahead) Guillermo Del Toro explores the reality of creation in the movie Frankenstein, but through the lens of a perverse creator. The deranged creator shows his folly, and in turn points to the beauty of the one true creator. Victor Frankenstein… — read more
