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It is my belief that ultimately science will vindicate the bible. Every truth that science discovers - was already God's truth or a small portion thereof. Holmes put it this way: 'all truth is God's truth wherever it may be found.' It doesn't matter if we consider truths of maths, physics...

Greetings, You could say God created language -- but it is unlikely that English was spoken by Adam and Eve. The confusion at the tower of Babel was a 'restraint' or jugdment God imposed on man's united ambition. While English has a high standing (if not the highest) as a language in the...

Hello Elf,' Your question was why does God have to draw those whom He knows will love Him? Love has a drawing quality and knowledge can be disassociated from it. Loves builds up but knowledge puffs up! An 'order of salvation' can be seen in the following: Romans 8 (New American Standard...

Dave/Elf, The case is made that God loves those who do not know that God loves them, until they are drawn into that love. Those drawn will have to FEEL God's love as well as KNOW God loves them. Blessings

The symbolic OT type and the literal NT reality The interpretive principle I learned in the Reformed faith for understanding scripture was that in OT we have the type and in the NT the reality. There were no instances that I recall where this was knowingly reversed. So we have: the OT type is...

There are opposites in the scriptures like: light and darkness, good and evil etc. The opposite to the image of God would have to be the image of the (first) beast. Revelation 13:15 NASB He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all...

Here is a link to an article that summarises a range of concerns in bioscience other than cloning. http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/glenn.html The article is a brief about the ethical issues, problems and hoped for benefits that the 'new science' will bring. blessings

Vic C wrote: Are you saying regardless of what man becomes 'physically' (or spiritually?) this cannot affect the image of God in man? There's a relation between the physical and the spiritual, though the realms are different as you say, they belong to the same reality. Let's assume the...

handy wrote: Hi handy, Man is body, soul and spirit so it is not intentional that the physical is defined as opposite to the spiritual. I see them as occupying different realms for want of a better expression. When Jesus was born of a woman it was a one way trip and His resurrection and...

Hi follower of Christ, Agreed that God is Spirit, and while we hold to this we also believe that Jesus Christ was resurrected and glorified. All that is said is that Adam was CREATED IN God's image and likeness, while Jesus WAS the image and likeness of God in which Adam was created. blessings

Vic C wrote: Hi Vic, Forensically, if a man's physical body is examined a verdict can be given to each constituent part: bones human, skin human, kidneys human, brain human, .... and eventually if we arrive the pig's heart valve the verdict is 'animal'. This is an argument in degree insofar...

Hello Fembot, You suggested another tread be started on the image and likeness of God. The OP would be something like this: Can the image and likeness of God in man be considered to be physical, spiritual or both? At the creation of man we have at once a being with both physical and...

Hi Fembot, ...about animal 'parts' used in humans The practice will result in 'admixture' which is the essence of unholiness - my argument would be that the image and likeness of God is reserved for man (generic) and man alone. Animals were not created in God's image and likeness. In this...

Fembot wrote:, Hello, As you point out the pig is regarded as unclean by God - this is sufficient basis in and of itself. As such there may be a price tag attached to eating pork by way of a future revealed judgment from God. Lots of things come back to bite humanity with undreamed of...

Greetings Sparrow, Sounds like the passage in 1 Peter3 : 18For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; 19in which also He went and made proclamation to the...

Paidion wrote: Hello Paidion, John Owen said 'there are Christians who don't know that they are Christians.' Not every person in the world articulates the faith as you and I are doing, in fact we would probably be in the minority. One answer to your question are the Jews who believe Jesus...

Dave wrote: Dave, it may be the sin, not just a sin. Just a thought. blessings

Hello minnesota. What your citing is a hypothetical case that tests how good our apologetic is in the face of a seeming contradiction. So here goes - let's presuppose that that God is logically consistent. The weak link will be how logical my reasoning is and how well you reason it to be...

Sparrowhawke wrote: Not sure if you are quoting someone in your reply or not - if you use the reply then quote button it is clearer at least from my point of view. Some are, but there are others who are not. Here is the controversial text: 1 John 1:6-9 (New American Standard Bible) 6If...

Bick wrote: Hello, The difficulty is finding the right figures of speech that essentially describes something that is commonly outside the experience and frame of reference of the living. That is why any construct has to be based upon what is revealed. As to testimonies of those who have come...