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Why Does A Young Creation Have The Appearance Of Being Old?

February 2, 2011 in Bible 0

One of the most frequent questions I hear regarding the Creation/evolution discussion concerns the appearance of age. How can the universe be so young when it looks old?

Eagle Nebula

Taken at face value, Genesis presents us with a dilemma. If we read the Creation account literally, we find that the earth and the universe were created around 6000 years ago. This is in direct opposition to what the evolutionary model of our origins tells us. Currently, the evolutionary model estimates that the universe is 13.6 billion years old. But which view is correct?

If we truly accept God’s Word as infallible, then we need to trust it in all matters, including science. Anytime science disagrees with Scripture, we have to assume that science doesn’t have all the facts. Throughout history, the Bible has repeatedly been shown to be accurate in scientific matters, as well as all manner of other areas. So, Genesis must be correct concerning the age of our universe as well. Our knowledge is limited, finite. We need to trust that God knows all the answers, even though we may not. Why are we so quick to ignore the God of Creation concerning matters that he obviously know more about than we do?

E.M. Bounds on Prayer

January 28, 2011 in Resources 1

Hands Folded In Prayer

It’s Friday. My goal for Friday is to give you something that’s either an inspiration to me or a great resource that I’ve found helpful. This week, I’d like to share something that has impacted me pretty heavily.

A few years ago, I read several of E.M. Bounds’ books on prayer. These are powerful books, and I go back to them again and again.

In The Reality Of Prayer, Bounds describes what pray is, and what it isn’t. This is something that I’ve copied and stashed in several places, so that I come across it frequently and remind myself of the reality of prayer. I hope you find it as encouraging as I do.

The Case Of The Missing Mountain by Kim Jones

January 26, 2011 in The Randleman Review 2

Case Of The Missing Mountain One of the main arguments evolutionists bring against Creationism is a lack of evidence for a global flood. However, the evidence is compelling for those who are willing to take a closer look. One such accumulation of evidence lies in the destruction caused by Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980.

Mount St. Helens’ eruption is rich in evidence for a global flood. But how do you go about teaching that to children? Geology is a tough subject for younger kids, especially early elementary.

Fortunately, Kim Jones has found a way to teach the truth of Noah’s flood through the evidence presented in the Mount St. Helens catastrophe. In The Case Of The Missing Mountain, Jones creatively examines the evidence, which she has provided in a series of clues, leading the young researcher to the final conclusion of volcanic activity being part of the mechanism God used to destroy the earth in Genesis 6-9.

My kids are excited to go through The Case Of The Missing Mountain as a part of our geology unit in our homeschool science curriculum. I feel it will serve as a great resource for me to teach the reality of Noah’s flood. And Jones has made it interesting and fun.

I highly recommend The Case Of The Missing Mountain. This is a valuable resource to include in your library, and will assist your children in the development of a biblical worldview.

If you are interested in reading The Case Of The Missing Mountain, you can order it from Amazon.com.

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Passport To The World by Craig Froman

January 26, 2011 in The Randleman Review 0

Passport To The World is a great book to introduce young children to several different world cultures and languages. Featuring 26 different cultures, this resource is an excellent primer for a family to use as a family activity, prayer guide, or a homeschool resource.

Passport To The World includes several interesting features for each culture visited, including location around the world, population and other statistics, phrases from that particular language, and several facts about the country or culture being examined.

Passport To The World also includes a children’s “visa” and a series of stickers that can be inserted after reading about a particular culture.

While not going too in-depth, Froman has created a great resources that can introduce not only world cultures to young children, but world missions as well.

There are numerous possibilities for using Passport To The World. We plan on using it with our children to examine a particular people group, and add more details to our study using resources available from Operation World.

I think it will be a well-used book in our home.

If you are interested in reading Passport To The World, you can order it from Amazon.com.

Deadly Disclosures by Julie Cave

January 26, 2011 in The Randleman Review 0

Deadly Disclosures is Julie Cave’s first book in her Dinah Harris trilogy. I read and reviewed the second book in the series, A Shadowed Mind, late last year, and I loved it.

So I went back to read the first book in the series. And loved it as well. Julie Cave does a great job of weaving current issues into a non-stop, edge-of-your-seat, gripping plot-line.

In Deadly Disclosures, FBI agent Dinah Harris is called upon to investigate the high-profile murder of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. While dealing with her own issues, such as alcoholism and the loss of her husband and son, Harris has to get a grip on her life in order to dig to the bottom of this conspiracy.

And conspiracy it is! What could cause someone to murder the Secretary of the Smithsonian? Creationism. When the Secretary wants to add displays featuring Creation to the heavily evolutionized museum, he causes some serious agitation in the highest levels of society and government.

Cave does a great job in this book explaining the young-earth creation model, and its struggle with evolutionism. And she lands firmly in the camp of Creation, without compromising.

As with A Shadowed Mind, I am extremely impressed. Order this one and read it today!

I highly recommend that you read these two books. Order Deadly Disclosures from Amazon.com by clicking here. Or, you can order A Shadowed Mind by clicking here.

Tips For Becoming More Consistent In Your Bible Reading

January 26, 2011 in Spiritual Growth 6

Bible Reading

I am convinced that in order to grow as a Christian, you have to be connected daily to God’s Word. But one of the hardest things to do, in my experience, is take the time to make this a priority.

Here are a few tips that I’ve picked up over the years that have helped me become more consistent in my Bible reading. Maybe they’ll help you too.

Remove distractions. Turn off your phone, iPod, TV, etc. Don’t read the Bible on your computer, where FaceBook or other websites could be a distraction. Distractions keep you from concentrating. Removing all that you can will help ensure success in your Bible reading.

Engage: Philippians

January 25, 2011 in Youth Ministry 2

Engage: Philippians

Our annual Winter Retreat at our camp system was this weekend. We called it Engage: Philippians. Our goal was to present the letter of Philippians in a fresh, new, exciting and deeper way than our students have ever understood it. We had an incredible weekend!

This is typically a weekend focused on high school students. This year we opened it up to college-age students as well.

I’m not sure how successful we were. The weekend was a great success, sure. And if we’d focused on strictly high school students, it would have been a huge success. If we had geared it to only college-aged students, it would have been smaller, but still a great weekend.