Comment on La Sierra University Granted Window to Show its Faithfulness to Church’s Creation Belief by Charles.
Ken –
You seem like an honest and good person. I wish you were my next door neighbor so that we could sit on my front porch and visit. (I have an awesome place in the country with a huge front porch and rocking chairs).
I would like to ask you something. For the sake of my question, lets assume that there was actually a cataclysmic event on earth about 4300 years ago that destroyed the earth as it had existed prior to that event. I’ll call that event “the floodâ€. Please humor me in this.
According to the story, the man “Noah†knew about this flood for 120 years before it happened. He was pretty much a lone man with his message and was doing a thing that from a logical (or “scientificâ€) perspective could only be described as “crazyâ€. He was building a huge boat on dry land – far from any sizable body of water. As he built, he explained to anyone who would listen that the world was going to be destroyed and that anyone who would just get on the boat, would survive.
No need to go on with the story – as I am sure that you can see where it is headed.
What if YOU had been Noah? What if you were 100% sure of your message – as he was?
What could have happened to Noah that would have set him on a 120 year course to proclaim an event that seemed as far-fetched as anything anyone could imagine? Noah knew (still – assuming the story is true) what he was talking about. He KNEW. But practically no one would listen – especially after 120 years of just talking about it.
So here is my question: IF you had absolute knowledge of some huge devastating event (anything you could imagine), what would you do for those you love and care for, to warn them or persuade them to take an action to put them at safety from that event? What could one do to persuade? How would you feel when they just look back at you with an “understanding†smile?
Even if you don’t accept that the universal flood story from scripture is true, I ask you to put yourself in a similar place as IF it were, and describe what you would do to bring the ones you love to safety.
Your believer friend
Charles
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La Sierra University Granted Window to Show its Faithfulness to Church’s Creation Belief
I am missing my agnostic friend, Ken.
I hope he read the chapter. He promised.
La Sierra University Granted Window to Show its Faithfulness to Church’s Creation Belief
Happy Sabbath, again. The last day of another week – just as it has been since the week of Creation.
La Sierra University Granted Window to Show its Faithfulness to Church’s Creation Belief
I just checked the news. No earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, tidal waves that were worth mentioning. Just a few wars and rumours of wars.
Guess it was just a quiet day – unusual this near the second coming of Jesus.
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No matter how the FBs are worded, there will be contention about it.
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May I suggest the sermons of Jeremiah Davis. (can be found on Youtube)
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@gene fortner: I don’t think anyone really knows what powers were being exercised on 9/11. Clearly the airliners were involved.
It was an event that changed the world in ways that top-down powers would yearn for.
No point in speculation… I think Veith probably was mistaken to do that deep dive and it seems that he has quietly backed away from it.
The thing we must focus on is to “Turn your eyes upon Jesus….” Clearly, we are in “the last days”.
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@David Read: I find Veith’s “theorizing” regarding “conspiracies” to be spot on and on topic.
There is a great “conspiracy” – otherwise known as “The Great Controversy”. It is the ultimate reality of our rebellious little world today. AND it is the foundation of all of these other problems we deal with.
AND, IT WILL BE ENDING SOON!
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Evidence that God is in control. LSU could become a beacon of light shining on the truth of our world an how we came to be here. That is as it should be.
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I believe we are involved in a Mount Carmel experience. As this world is hurling toward the great climactic “END”, we will see more and greater attacks against the truth by the great deceiver. The prophets of Baal will become bolder and more feverish. (Remember that the prophets of Baal on Mt Carmel were much from within the nation of Israel.)
What a day of reckoning it will be when “at such a time as we think not” that great cloud approaches this world. The signs today are loud and bold. Jesus is coming. Spread the word.
