Blog – Page 17 – Matty (Headwind)

December 11, 2020January 12, 2022

There was Never, Ever, Nothing

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
(Colossians 1:16-17) ESV

As strange as it may sound we have to overcome the ridiculous notion that God created the universe from nothing. Invisible isn’t nothing it’s unseen, like the air we breath. It’s made of atoms and molecules like everything else.

November 10, 2020December 24, 2020

Constraining Obligations

They shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.
(Numbers 3:8) BSB

A note which was written in an old Bible of ours (which somehow got lost) was taken from something a preacher said at Calvary Baptist Church in Carrboro, NC. We have always felt encouraged by it.

Cherish the tender Spirit of your constraining obligations.
– Preacher at Calvary Baptist Church, Carrboro, NC

October 12, 2020April 7, 2022

An Epidemic of Despair

Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
(2 Thessalonians 2:3-4) NKJV

Something startling is happening to middle-aged white Americans. Unlike every other age, racial and ethnic group, unlike their counterparts in other rich countries, death rates in this group have been rising, not falling.

October 9, 2020April 3, 2022

Scientific Sleight-of-hand

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
(Leviticus 19:36) KJV

Everyone thinks that the theory of relativity has been proven. The thing is, the proof exists in a paradigm which is an inductive rationalization it’s premise. It’s scientific sleight-of-hand.

October 4, 2020October 4, 2021

Thou Shalt Keep Them

The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
(Psalms 12:6-7) KJV

We began to search out Bible passages that would substantiate the link between God can’t lie and the Bible is true. Before we knew it we were reaching for our copy of Thou Shalt Keep Them.

September 28, 2020December 25, 2020

Foundation vs. Structure

According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
(1 Corinthians 3:10-11) KJV

Here’s an interesting question for you about church doctrine: what’s the Church’s foundation, and what’s the structure?

September 19, 2020September 19, 2021

Yes You Can

Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.
(1 Peter 2:13-14) NKJV

Some people would answer YES, you can be redeemed and be gay. Those are the moderate and liberal Christians for whom the barn door was left open long ago and the horse ran off.

September 18, 2020October 2, 2021

Climate Change

For a fire is kindled in My anger, And shall burn to the lowest hell; It shall consume the earth with her increase, And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
(Deuteronomy 32:22) NKJV

Since Noah’s flood there’s been a continual net loss of ice on Earth. What physical cause could lead to climate instability as we see in the Bible and which we’re experiencing today?

September 17, 2020May 2, 2022

Creation and Evolution

Sunlight filtering throught leave of a knarled tree in the fall

By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
(Hebrews 11:3) NKJV

The plan for WHY? is a year-long daily devotional in which divine creation and it’s entropic decay pivot on the fall of man, the disobedience of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden.

September 1, 2020September 20, 2021

Unintelligent Design

This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men. But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.
(Titus 3:8-9) NKJV

Is Intelligent Design an intelligent choice? The short answer: NO

But let’s take a step back and see if we can parse this in a way which will be the most benefit to as many people as possible.