Creation

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) Nowadays, the concept of a new identity is emphasized in superhero movies like Ironman or Batman. Also, there is the idea that we can be more than ourselves and become a new improved “self.” We live in a world that is redefining “identity,” and the world celebrates “self-identity.” In the Bible, “the flesh” is equivalent to “self.” When we focus on what “we” want, what “we” need and who “we” want to be, we surrender to the […]

“After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb.” Revelation 7:9 (NIV) It was my first time out of North America, and London’s Heathrow Airport dazzled my senses. I noticed the different planes as we taxied in. Colorful fl oral prints adorned planes from Indonesia; kangaroos decorated those from Australia. British Airways advertised far away destinations — a Dutch windmill, a Celtic plaid, and an African shield. Air Canada proudly displayed its red maple leaf. […]

“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? […]

“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 […]

“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 […]

“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) […]