Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Tag: Creation
How old is the world? It pains me to hear Christian ministers explaining away the word of God, when the motivation can be nothing other than having a greater respect for the word of man. This comes into play in a sharp and stark fashion when the creation and the age of the earth are mentioned. Suddenly ministers claiming to be fully on board with the inspired word of God are reciting explanations and excuses for what the Scripture "really says".
It's heart-warming to remember that I grew up in the land of tea-times and time lords, Big Ben, hot-cross-buns and Queen Elizabeth II. In that kinder, culturally richer world I knew a lovely English gentleman who, always anxious to be punctual, would spur people on by politely saying, "Time and tide, time and tide". This is an abstract of the pithy proverb, "Time and tide wait for no man", which apparently pre-dates not only Shakespeare but the modern English language.
What comes to your mind when you travel the countryside and see the beauty of the earth? If you don't see the world as an expression of creative power, you're not living in praise of God: you're denying God the worship which belongs to Him..
In my science classes at school-admittedly quite a long time ago now, I was taught “uniformitarian” doctrine: the present is the key to the past. Change occurs over eons of time at the rate of processes we observe now, was the instruction I received. This was, at the time, considered to be obvious, proven fact. Well, that proven fact has changed drastically. As we all know facts change regularly (that's a joke).
The Beauty of God extends far beyond what we see or what we imagine God is like. If you superimpose all that is in creation upon what the Word of God, the Bible, says about Him, you have to conclude that the beauty of God is just one more infinite attribute of His being.
Fuel for Faith, Food for Thought 