I am always interested in reasons to believe in God, and one such reason is science’s law of biogenesis. But before talking about biogenesis, we should define what makes a scientific law a law in the first place. A scientific law is a discovery achieved through extensive investigation which consistently points to one conclusion. The laws of science explain how things work in nature all the time, without exception. The most common scientific law that I can think of is the law of gravity; when we let go of something, we know where to look for it – it’s down there. The difference between a “law” and a “theory” is that a scientific law points to one conclusion; all the time. A theory points to a possibility among many possibilities. Continue reading
A Colony of Heaven
If you weren’t born Canadian, you probably went through an expensive and complicated process to gain citizenship. The rights of citizenship are valued around the world, for with it comes all the benefits of the state. Pride of citizenship motivates a person to appreciate their new country and to live in a way that honours it.
Paul told the Philippian Christians that they possessed citizenship in heaven. (Phil 3:20) The original language means either the state itself, or the rights of belonging to it. Thus some versions of the New Testament use the word “commonwealth.” One version says, “We are a colony of heaven.” (Moffat) No doubt this thought is what the Philippians gathered from Paul’s words. Continue reading
The Flight That Disappeared
Two weeks ago we were shocked to hear about the Malaysian Airlines #370 jet that seemed to disappear somewhere over the ocean of of southeast Asia. Our hearts go out to the families of the passengers who beg for answers about the fate of their loved ones. It’s amazing that a modern airplane equipped with the latest computerized systems could be lost without a trace, especially when it was being tracked from the ground by air traffic controllers. Theories will continue to swirl until the facts are finally known. Continue reading