Books recommended for further study:
Darwin's Black Box by Michael J. Behe
The Promise of Freedom and Despair of Bondage
When the Israelites started thinking they might be freed from bondage, Pharaoh wanted to make things harder so the Israelites would give up on that idea. Satan does the same. He knows that it works to his advantage to make the path out of sin as difficult and dark as possible, so that it seems like the best thing to do is just to stay in sin, rather than to gain freedom. It's a terrible irony that the hardship of bondage can cause people to stop listening to the very message that can free them. So what do we do when we find ourselves or someone we know in this place where they have become numb to the promises of God?
Stair Steps of Spiritual Growth
"Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love" (2 Pet 1:5-7)
God is in Control
In the midst of hurricanes in Texas and Florida, monsoons in southeast Asia, earthquakes in Mexico, and nuclear threats from North Korea, is God still in control?
Dealing With Doubt
"Simon Peter answered Him, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. We have believed and have come to know that you are the Holy One of God" (John 6:68-69).
Guatemala Report
"When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to report all things that God had done with them and how He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. And they spent a long time with the disciples" (Acts 14:27-28).