Creation Archives | Council Fire

July 30, 2026

July 30, 2026

God’s Water Recipe

“All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.” Ecclesiastes 1:7 (NIV) First, how do mighty rivers keep running for thousands of years? Second, as they empty into the oceans, why don’t the oceans fill up and flood over our lands? How does God’s water recipe stay so balanced? Can you imagine the two of us sitting down at your kitchen table to decide how much ocean water we needed to evaporate and float over the earth to rain on thirsty lands, forests, pastures, and gardens? […]

July 15, 2026

July 15, 2026

Changing the Impossible

“Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things — and the things that are not — to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.” 1 Corinthians 1:26b-29 (NIV) If we had never seen it happen, we might think it impossible for a crawling caterpillar, slinking along […]

July 14, 2026

July 14, 2026

Star Light, Star Bright

“He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.” Psalm 147:4 (NIV) When I was a young child, my grandfather used to take me outside at night to look at the stars and the moon. “If we don’t go outside to look at the stars and the moon, they will stop shining, and the lights will go out and the night sky will be dark and empty,” he’d tell me, and I’d believe him. I never understood how the rest of the family could sit inside watching television when the night sky was so full of […]

June 29, 2026

June 29, 2026

Music with Creation

“In the beginning God created the heavens and earth.” Genesis 1:1 (KJV) “All things were made by Him and without Him was not anything made that was made.” John 1:3 (KJV) Just recently I was reading a short article about creation. The writer said that he believed that while God was in the act of creation, He did it with music in the background. He noted Job 38:4,7. It reads, “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? . . . When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” (NJKV) […]

June 19, 2026

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June 19, 2026

From Rusting Away to Rescued

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV) Previously, I wrote a devotional about an old 1964 Mercury school bus that’s been rusting away in the bush behind my dad’s place since 1976. I looked forward to the hope that someday, someone would take it, work on it, and transform it to the “sweet machine” it had the potential to be. I’ve waited since 1976 for that to happen and, finally, I think it’s almost here. You see, this collector from Seattle […]

June 13, 2026

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June 13, 2026

What if Jesus is Who He Says He is?

“Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made t hat has been made.” John 1:3 (NIV) If the Bible is true, and if Jesus is who He says He is, then Jesus is our Creator, and He made it all. Think about what that all includes. Look around you; even look at yourself. Go back through your memory files to find favorite activities, foods, friends and loved ones. He made every single atom and molecule for everything; He provided life to His plants, creatures, and people. How much personality, artistic ability, imagination, and power did it take […]

June 9, 2026

June 9, 2026

My Cup Runneth Over

“Oh, how abundant is your goodness.” Psalm 31:19 (ESV) I love flowers. God could have given us just one flower, and only three flowers are mentioned by name in the Bible — the Rose of Sharon, the Rose, and the Lily of the Valley. But there are over 400,000 kinds of flowers in the world! All colors, all kinds, some so small you can barely notice them. Others are huge, some have wonderful fragrances, others barely have any scent at all — but they bring such beauty into our world! It’s hard to look at any flower and not feel […]

May 31, 2026

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May 31, 2026

What if the Bible is True?

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV) Our lives today and for eternity depend on knowing whether the Bible is true or not. If it is not true, then it does not matter if we read it or obey what it says. If it is true, then we must know what it says because our lives for today and eternity rely on what we do with it. I hear false statements from people who […]

May 26, 2026

May 26, 2026

And God Said …

“Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” 2 Peter 1:20,21 (NIV) I was with some First Nations young people who believed that the white man wrote the Bible. So, in a gentle manner, I asked, “What is written on the cover of this Bible?” They replied, “The Holy Bible.” I said, “So, the one who wrote it is ‘holy.’ If you say […]