Life Compass

Quotes from Scientists Regarding Design of the Universe Introduction Does science lead us down a road that ends in the naturalistic explanation of everything we see? In the nineteenth century, it certainly looked as though science was going in that direction. The "God of the gaps" was finding himself in a narrower and narrower niche. However, 20 th century and now 21 st century science is leading us back down the road of design - not from a lack of scientific explanation, but from scientific explanation that requires an appeal to the extremely unlikely - something that science does not deal well with. As a result of the recent evidence in support of design, many scientists now believe in God. According to a recent article: "I was reminded of this a few months ago when I saw a survey in the journal Nature . It revealed that 40% of American physicists, biologists and mathematicians believe in God--and not just some metaphysical abstraction, but a deity w...

Is God Real? Does Science Answer "Is There a God?" by Rich Deem Introduction Does God Exist? The reality of God's existence is the most important question, since it has eternal consequences. The evidence for God's existence comes primarily from the design of the universe. It is virtually impossible that all the physical laws would just happen to be tightly constrained by chance in order for stars and galaxies to exist. Rich Deem Part 1 of the introduction for non-believers showed that strong atheism contradicts its own worldview by believing the universe has a natural cause despite the lack of observational evidence for such a belief. However, since there is no direct observational evidence regarding the origin of the universe, why should one believe the equally unobserved hypothesis that God created the universe? Although there is no direct evidence for the cause of the universe, we now have a fair amount of knowledge abou...

Old Testament Messianic Prophecies Fulfilled Concerning Jesus Christ ALL of these prophesies were made hundreds, some thousands, of years before Jesus Christ was born. Looking in the face of how He literally fulfilled them all (plus hundreds more), it is an impossibility that He is not Messiah, Saviour of the world. The ONLY person... past, present or future... who could fulfill all these prophecies is Jesus Christ. See His genealogy starting from faithful Abraham.   Fulfilled Prophecy Tenakh/Hebrew Scripture New Testament His pre-existence Micah 5:2 John 1:1, 14 Born of the seed of a woman Genesis 3:15 Matthew 1:18 Of the seed of Abraham Genesis 12:3 Matthew 1:1-16 All nations blessed by Abraham's seed Genesis 12:3 Matthew 8:5, 10 God would provide Himself a Lamb as an offering Genesis 22:8 ...

How Much Does Jesus Loves You and Me? In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. [10] In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. [11] Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:9-11 Since I was a small boy I can remember singing, "Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so." Do you know the song? Do you also know for a fact that Jesus loves you? I'm not just asking if you know the information. More than 2 + 2 = 4; more than some impersonal factoid, do you know that Jesus loves you? Have you experienced God's love for you personally? It's only been more recently in my life that I've known in my heart that God loves me, that He really loves me. I'm a little embarrassed to admit this. I ...

Jesus Matters More Than Anything The demands of the kingdom are so offensive to a world already convinced of its rightness that they provoke that world's hostility. Opposition from Unconverted Family Members (10:34-37) Although Jesus values families (5:27-32; 15:4-6; 19:4-9), the division his mission brings is particularly evident in families (compare 10:21; 1 Cor 7:16; of course more people prefer to quote Acts 16:31). Jesus' example demonstrates how this division is accomplished: although we are "harmless" (Mt 10:16; 12:19-20), God's agents proclaim the kingdom uncompromisingly and thus face hostility from others (13:57). Jesus' mission separates us from the values of our society, and society responds with persecution. Jesus selects these specific examples of in-laws ( mother-in-law and daughter-in-law ) because young couples generally lived with the man's family Jesus matters more than the approval or even the civility of our fami...

FACTS, ACHIEVEMENTS, INVENTIONS: EXAMPLES OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY ISRAEL AND JEWS THAT MAKE OUR MODERN WORLD WHAT IT IS AND WILL BE     Genesis 12:1-3 The Call of Abram 12  The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2  “I will make you into a great nation,      and I will bless you; I will make your name great,      and you will be a blessing. [ a ] 3  I will bless those who bless you,      and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth      will be blessed through you   Consider this prophecy of God's Blessing which was foretold more than 4000 years ago and now in the 20th Century being fulfilled. God is in control of what he promises.     Israel is the 100th small...