I Look to the Stars: Embracing the Joy of General Revelation
Astronomy When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained (Psalm 8:3 KJV). My parents were my teachers. They homeschooled me and my four younger siblings from first grade through high school. When I was nine or ten, my mother began to teach us about astronomy. We learned to identify the constellations of the northern hemisphere from studying books on astronomy and star maps:...
A Chapter from the Book of Nature
Last spring, the trustees of my church decided the bushes in front of the parsonage we call home had overstayed their welcome. Over several days various men dug and tugged and clipped until the bushes were gone. In their wake was a sullen strip of dry dirt. It called to me like Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree. I knew it just needed a little love and it would be as good as new. Although I had a baby on the way and knew I would not have...
“The Teaching of the Creatures”: An Early English Free Will Baptist Appeal for a “Serious” and Thoughtful Christian Worldview
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. (NASB) In 1651, sixty-one men, representing thirty General-Free Will Baptist congregations in England, gathered together to commit to paper a formal statement of their beliefs and practices. Appropriately named The...
The Pursuit of Excellence
Introduction “True greatness should never go unrecognized,” or so says Audi’s recent luxury sedan ad campaign. Indeed, the truly great or excellent should never go unrecognized. It should be sought after and recognized for its worth. Yet the question remains, “In our pursuit of excellence, what is truly excellent?” In this essay I will explore the topic of excellence: What do we find concerning excellence in the natural world? And...
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