Christians

I honestly believe that the solution to the problems in the inner city has more to do with Christians being willing to go there and less to do with any program (political or religious) that comes from the outside. The inner city needs the increased presence of the Holy Spirit and the best and most effective way that can happen is by Christians carrying it there. We are the temple and where we go is holy ground, so why are we not in the inner city saying, like Christ did before us, this is my Father’s house and it will be a house of prayer? Not once or twice, but each and every day. Why is it so hard for us to see that we don’t need more soup kitchens, we need more Christians feeding people out of their kitchens. Why can’t we see that we need less homeless shelters and more homeless men, women and children sleeping on Christian couches finding the way to God and to Hope? Why can’t we see that while it is always good and right to pray that God changes situations, it is more effective to pray that God uses us to change situations? Why can’t we see that the problems in the inner cities are not the people that are there, but the people who are not? The problem of {insert favorite inner city here} ☀

Lectio divina (translated “divine [or sacred]

Lectio divina (translated “divine [or sacred] reading”) is an approach to the Scriptures that sets us up to listen for the word of God spoken to us in the present moment. Lectio divina is a practice of divine reading that dates back to the early mothers and fathers of the Christian faith. Referring to the material being read and the method itself, the practice of lectio divina is rooted in the belief that through the presence of the Holy Spirit, the Scriptures are indeed alive and active as we engage them for spiritual transformation (Hebrews 4:12). Ruth Haley Barton ☀

Proving Darwin... Laws regarding Evolution, IC and ID

I am never good at technical details regarding genetics and such but I posted my view before this one regarding the fossil record. IC may be a fooler... It may be nature based if intelligent evolution is viable. If IE is not viable it may be nature based nonetheless, through processes that look ID but are not (with ID, IC or Evolution the laws of bonding, attraction, magnetism and reactions, patterns, pairing, etc come into play, information systems and technology, complex algorithms, complex system's, patterns, complex information, etc also applies but, again, may be a nature based complex process of living organism's and their systems).




Theistic Evolution is viable btw, as is Intelligent Evolution. Special Creation may apply to Humans and certain animals.

Proving Darwin... The Fossil Record

"The fossil record is incredibly sparse. There were probably billions of species that are now extinct or evolved, but we have fossils for only about 250,000 unique species.
 You cannot use the fossil record for inferrring very much about abrupt changes, as just about everything in the fossil record is an abrupt change.


 The fossil record is like a series of snapshots of different countries from a vacation trip through Europe, where there are less than one snapshot per country." DC via FB

Biology Through The Eyes of Faith book excerpts

Some excerpts regarding Evolution taken from Biology Through The Eyes of Faith by Richard T. Wright:


 "Evolutionary relationships dominate our understanding of the genetics of living organisms, from DNA structure to the importance of characteristics in the next generation. Ecology, animal behavior, comparative anatomy, embryology.. All are organized and interpreted from an evolutionary framework" (The Importance of Darwinism to Biology, pg. 117)


 "The millions of species of plants, animals and microbes are classified according to evolutionary principle's (common descent). The adaptations of all living things are understood as natural selection acting on genetic variations. The geographical distribution of organisms is interpreted as the outcome of speciation followed by dispersal." (The Importance of Darwinism to Biology, pg. 117)


 "...General trends in the fossil record suggest a progression: For example, single cells are found only in the oldest fossil bearing layers, invertebrates are found in the Cambrian (early Paleozoic), the first replies in the late Paleozoic, the first mammals in the Triassic, and placental animals in the late Cretaceous." (Evidences for Evolution, pg. 121)


 "..The appearance of gill arches in land animal embryos and notochords in higher invertebrates" (Evidences for Evolution, pg. 122)


 "Darwin's work on the biological sciences was his most greatest and revolutionary accomplishment" (The Darwinian Revolution and Human Thought, pg. 120)


*Applies to God guided or theistic evolution as well.

Common Ancestory Unites Us

Common Ancestory unites us, Special Creation divides us.

Evolution, creation

People don't like.the idea of a common ancestor and evolution because if they acknowledge that, they relinquish their rights to special creation or engineering, which gives many people not only a moral superiority complex and takes away fear of death but also means that all living things are related and many people do not want to give up prejudice, racism, control, religious ideology nor other views which may include hunting, destruction of environment, war, etc..
 Having a common ancestor through evolution would mean that every living thing is related and many people are not cool with that, they like the idea of being created, special and superior in nature to other Humans and species.