Luke 1:26-27  :

Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

In only 26 verses, Luke records two angelic visitations. Just a reminder, these are historical accounts of supernatural events that were witnessed by people that Luke researched. Many scientists today deny such accounts on based on their own predispositions against accounts of the supernatural. I would like to take a bit more time to discuss the problem with this way of thinking.

It is important to remember that it is only false testimony that can affect the character of the witness. Until the witnesses testimony is proven to be false, the witnesses character should be considered good enough to consider. Scientists today are attempting to discredit witnesses based only on their belief in the record supernatural events. They claim that these events go against science because science is confined to the natural world. A significant problem with this partitioning of science is that it goes against two obvious things.

First, science is based on observation. Most scientists would agree with that statement, but when it comes to evolution, they say the opposite by limiting observed evidence to their definition of science.  They are saying, in the case of evolution, that observation must first be based on science.  Rather than allowing science to learn from observation, they stop learning by disallowing evidence. It shouldn't take long reading this paragraph to understand the madness that takes place when you trying to justify these two opposite positions. When someone promotes circular logic, the are often attempting to deceive the listener into believing something untrue.

Second, disallowing the supernatural breaks natural law. Most people know without going to school that there is a natural law of "cause and effect." We know based on our own lives that in order for something to happen, something bigger has to cause it. The thing that causes the the thing to happen is more greater than the thing that get's effected. When we are talking about evolution, we are talking about all of nature. This law of cause and effect would lead us to believe that if all of nature is the "effect", then cause and effect would tell us that something greater than nature had to cause it. If something "super" to nature caused it according to natural law, then I would have to say that belief in the "super" natural would be clearly scientific. Purposely avoiding a natural law in order to believe something you want to believe is not science, it's stubbornness.

We can sum this up by saying that the reason people put themselves through such logical misery in order to believe something as crazy as evolution, is because that way they can believe what they want to believe without having to worry about the facts and they can teach others to do the same.

There is another angel that fell to evil that is also willful and deceitful and he is called the god of this world, but those who believe in evolution will continue to allow this angel to do whatever he wants because they don't believe in him... yet.

Luke 1:18-20  :

Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”

The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news. Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn’t believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

For the last few days we have been going over the wonderful things that Zacharias was being told by the angel. Zacharias' response here demonstrates the depravity of humanity. Think about this for a moment.

Zacharias was visited by an angel in the temple of God after praying for who knows how long. Even with all of these obvious "signs" Zacharias still asks: "How can I be sure of this?" That is an amazing demonstration of faithlessness, but isn't that the way we are sometimes? Perhaps this explains why God had taken so long to answer. Read what James says about this:

James 1:5-8  :

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord. He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Faith is extremely important to God. We tend to focus on good works and think that God responds when we do good things, but God is very clear that it is faith that He wants from us. This means that He wants us to believe what He says and that's exactly what Zacharias wasn't doing here.

I want to make it clear that there is kind of healthy doubt. After all, Satan is angelic too and is not to be believed. This, however, wasn't what was bothering Zacharias. He was concerned about God's ability to make him have children, which represents a lack of faith in the supernatural power of God. This is an important thing to understand today this very kind of faithlessness is being practiced in the church concerning Evolution.

The Bible clearly states that God created the world in six literal days. The Evolutionary Model requires billions of years to get from molecules to man. Christian leadership today is questioning God's ability to create in six days because of an assumption that "facts" must modify our understanding of the Bible. The problem with this is that "facts" originate from the word of God according to the Bible. It is inconsistent to think that a fact would ever go against the Bible, leaving the Bible unharmed. I believe that this is what is fueling the atheist movement today. We should not be fooled into attempting to assume that there is any Biblical consistency with Evolutionary Model when the Bible has to be modified in order to do so!

Back to the story, Zacharias ended up getting a sign from God as He would be unable to talk until it happened. Let's not be too quick to ask for more signs. Let's start by reading and believing the signs that we have already been given. If God's people don't show respect for the word of God in regard to Evolution, it would not be inconsistent if God decided to "shut up" scientific discovery until our faith problem is dealt with.

Galatians 6:8  :

For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

The environment you choose to do your farming in depends on what you plan to grow. The other way around it can be said that the land that you have been given to work with determines what kind of things you can plant. You can't grow bananas in Alaska for instance. Also, how you tend the plants will be different. Some things need water, some need pruning. Some need more or less light.

I find this principle is even easier to illustrate in terms of genetics and cloning. When you are cloning a sheep, for instance, you can't take the sheep DNA and put it into a cow. Only a female sheep can create a new sheep clone. The womb you put the DNA in must be the one that can interpret the kind of animal being made and then make it.

You are probably wondering why I'm talking about cloning on a Bible study blog about Galatians. Well, it so happens that since DNA is information about growing something it is like a seed and follows the same principle as this verse. If you plan on growing something in your flesh, you will go and get flesh DNA information or a fleshly worldview and plant it in your flesh so that it can grow the things that the information produces. If you plan on growing Spiritual things, you will go and get Spiritual information or Spiritual a worldview and open up to Him so that He can grow the things that the faith in that worldview produces. It is good to understand that seeds are information packets because it demonstrates the importance of God's word and reasoning. We are to understand the truth and believe it so that, by faith, the Holy Spirit can do His work in us.

When living by faith in this world's belief system, it eventually turns into corruption and death. When Spirit's worldview grows, it produces eternal life. Isn't that amazing? It may be easy to sow to the flesh because of how available the information is in this world, but it is not the way to go if you want to live forever. When a person really believes in Jesus, they will sow to the Spirit because they understand that the flesh can't make it to heaven and trying to sow to the flesh, no matter how "good" the works are, will lead only to corruption.  Isn't that what we see in other "gospels" that attempt to combine law with grace?

Science: Cloning is not as mysterious as it sounds. It's actually a natural occurrence in humans. That's what identical twins are. When you have an identical twin, you have a clone for a brother or sister! That's why it is very bad to use human cloning as a means of doing experiments. It's like experimenting on a twin. It's every bit as bad as abortion. Cloning animals is not a problem, but man is not that good at it and when we try to do it they often have problems that make them not last long. It's easy for us to get a bad copy (corrupted version) of the DNA program. When God's human program naturally does the human cloning, it works out quite nicely.

Creationism/Evoloutionism: When Creationists talk about God creating separate "kinds," it has a very practical application in cloning. Kinds grow their own kind and you can see this clearly in genetics. It is difficult to "evolve" to another kind using any time at all if it requires a male and a female of a specific kind in order to produce offspring. The Bible really is a book that fits our modern world and scientific discoveries.

Do you want to turn the United States' problems around?  I have a suggestion:  Remember God.

We are having problems because we don't do what He says.

God is our creator.  One amazing thing about our Creator is that He cares.  He cares enough to punish us when we don't live the way He wants us to live.  He cares enough to give us a way back to Him.

For many years, through good times and bad times, the United States has wandered from and returned to God.  We have wandered very far this time.  I know that God is a loving God and that He will forgive us, but we have to admit our wrong and get back.  We need to stop supporting wicked things that we know are bad for us as well as anything that promotes rebellion against God and hurts our country.

When we ignore our Creator, we loose our clarity.  We become morally blind and don't really know where we are going.  If we return to God, and to Jesus the one He sent for us to listen to, the blinders come off and we see the distruction that we were headed for.  Do you think that you are exempt?  Let me ask you:

1) Do you thing that God ignores it when you lie just to get your way?  Do you think that your lie will not hurt those telling the truth?  Do you think that God won't eventually defend those who are still telling the truth?

2) Do you think that being passive and ignoring evil will not eventually find its way into your life?

3) Do you think that you are better than others because you don't get as much money when you basically stole money from lenders by taking on a loan that you knew you could not pay back?

4) When you watch movies and worship people that constantly do things that God says are wrong do you think that you won't be noticed?

5) Do you even know what God expects?  When was the last time you read your Bible? 

The answer to our problems is to return to Jesus.  God, our Creator, said that He died to save us from our sin.  He paid the price for those sins that you have done and is ready to forgive you because the penalty has been paid already.  If you are a believer and you have been living in sin, return to God by confessing your sin to Him and he will forgive you.

Nothing is out of control for God.  He is drawing you back to Himself.  I beg you to return to Him before it brings us down further.

Ron Reagan Jr. obviously doesn’t know his father.  I say “know” in the present tense because I know that Ex-President Ronald Reagan is alive in heaven today.  It is a shame that Ron Reagan used his relationship as a platform to tear down his father’s work in front of God and man.  I know that God will always forgive the one who comes to Him, and I have to strongly rebuke Ron for what he said.

I am referring to an article that World Net Daily ran last month in which Ron Reagan (The president’s son) said that he didn’t believe his father would approve of Palin.  The article is here.

Fortunately, President Ronald Regan had more than one son. Michael Reagan believes that he sees his father in Palin.  I definitely agree and it is easy to explain why.

Ronald Reagan was an outspoken Christian, like Palin.  He stood up for God and the bible when it wasn’t politically expedient for him to do so.  He was a champion for life and was not afraid to face evil head on in this world.  He was one who wanted to see America restored to its position as an example to the world.  He wanted to see the government come down off of its high horse and serve the people without robbing the people of all of their resources.  He liked to talk directly to the people in spite of the media.  Sound familiar?

How do I know that Ron Jr. was up to no good?  Listen to what he was quoted as saying in regard to Palin’s belief in a God who created the world:

"It's such a profoundly anti-intellectual, anti-science stance, I don't see how you can hold high office and believe something like that."

So I thought I would share today what President Ronald Reagan actually said about God as a Creator:

“Each of us, each of you, is made in the most enduring, powerful image of Western civilization.  We’re made in the image of God the Creator” – Remarks to citizens in Hamback, Federal Republic of Germany, May 6, 1985

“How can we hope to retain our freedom through the generations if we fail to teach our young that our liberty springs from an abiding faith in our Creator?” – Remarks at a White House ceremony in observance of National Day of Prayer, May 6, 1982

“I’ve always believed that we were, each of us, put here for a reason, that there is a plan, somehow a divine plan for all of us.  I know now that whatever days are left to me belong to Him.  I also believe this blessed land was set apart in a very special way, a country created by men and women who came here not in the search of gold, but in search of God.  They would be free people, living under the law with faith in their Maker and their future.”  Remarks at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, February 4, 1982

“Two visions of the world remain locked in dispute.  The first believes all men are created equal by a loving God who has blessed us with freedom.  Abraham Lincoln spoke for us: ‘No man,’ he said, ‘is good enough to govern another without the other’s consent.’ 

The second vision believes that religion is opium for the masses.  It believes that eternal principles like truth, liberty, and democracy have no meaning beyond the whim of the state.  And Lenin spoke for them: ‘It is true, that liberty is precious,’ he said, ‘so precious that it must be rationed.’

Well, I’ll take Lincoln’s version over Lenin’s – and so will the citizens of the world if they’re given free choice.”  Remarks at a ceremony marking the annual observance of Captive Nations Week, July 19, 1983

I absolutely love this gem... O'Reilly says "I'm throwin' in with Jesus because He's the only one who has an explaination about how all of this got here."  And Dawkins ridiculous reply "We working on that."  Priceless... and note that one of the main problems with people like Dawkins who demonstrate no understanding of the information problems in biology, early on in this piece when he says how we clearly understand how the tides work.  Notice that understanding how something works and even what the component parts are made of, have nothing to say on WHO put them there, who or what organized them with know-how, properly tuned, to function day after day. 

Imagine we find a complicated engine somewhere in a desert, with gasoline and lubricants, working, etc., the whole nine yards... and say "well obviously, that gear there turns and rubs against that gear over there and these parts are made merely of metal which is found in the earth and these oils are known to be in the ground as well.  Clearly when this part goes up and down, this part over here reacts and the continual sparking of this keeps this machine going until it runs out of fuel."   Dawkins would have us believe that since we know how it's working and what it's made of, the case is solved and science has proven that this engine needed no creator and no one to make sure that the oil is topped up and the gasoline filled.  Anyone who suggests a "creator" of this device is simply an enemy of science, who's clearly trying to take the "easy way out" and suggest something besides natural forces are at work.    This is complete ignorance of the information problem.  Read my lips Mr. Dawkins:  All design has a designer.   And to believe otherwise is to be an enemy of truly observed science.   One last point.... I have always found this humorous and I can't recall where I heard it:  "Atheists don't believe in God, but some people are surprised to learn that God doesn't believe in atheists either."   In other words, God tells us that even the most ardent combat soldier against Christianity (we'll use Richard Dawkins as our example), deep down knows that there is a God.  All of observed nature makes this clear.  Since all things which exist had a causation, and a cause must be greater than it's effect, we look at this universe with it's untold billions and trillions of stars and spinning galaxies, quasars, nebulae, black holes, suns and planets, and the planet earth with its beautiful and exquisite life forms, it is readily accessible information that the cause behind it all, must truly be a GOD. 

What a joy it is to hear a man show no fear in marching about in the public square shouting that the emperor hasn't any clothes.  Dr. Berlinski, we salute you.  Not because you're pushing Jesus in the schools.  Not because you're anti-science.  Not because you're a rebel.  Because you are unafraid to stand up against the pseudo-science of our times and the priesthood that will blacklist you for speaking out.   Dr. Berlinski is standing up FOR science.  He is a clear and level head in a time when it has become against the rules to question the authority of Darwinism.

Watch and enjoy!

I wanted to alert readers of Ben Stein's new movie: "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed".  I haven't seen it yet, but I didn't want it to go by unnoticed.

Here's a link to more information: Expelled The Movie Site

In this book, Ken Ham takes a bold stand on the Bible as the literal and true word of God starting with the first verse of Genesis. In this book, you find out that the Bible isn't just a book about religion, it is a book written by God Himself and one that contains real history.  You also discover that just as the Bible isn't just religion, evolution isn't just science either.

This book can help a Christian understand why a belief in evolution actually damages a belief in Christianity by changing Salvation doctrine.

Ken Ham explains that what you think about your origin modifies everything you believe about life. This includes every form of study you may pursue.

This book demonstrates how a literal view of Genesis explains what we really see in the fossil record. It even explains things like why we wear clothes, and why there is suffering in the world around us.

Ken also explains why it is important that we all take a stand and explain to others the lie of evolution and be ready to defend Genesis as literal truth.

This book is very easy to read and contains many helpful illustrations.

Even the two appendices were very well worth reading. They provide condensed information on why evolution and creation don't mix as well as reasons why it is appropriate to believe that the world was created in only six days.

I highly recommend this book.

You can get the book from the Amazon Here

Before you conclude that the Theory of Evolution proves that God does not exist, please consider:

• Dating methods depend on assumptions not on science.
• There is a significant amount of evidence that the earth isn’t billions of years old.
• There are a significant number of scientists who don’t agree with the Theory of Evolution.
• The fossil evidence for the theory has significant issues to overcome before it reasonably be used as proof.
• The Theory of Evolution doesn't fit with the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
• Matter doesn’t ever generate information.
• Millions of years doesn’t make a difference when monkeys use disapearing ink in their typwriters.