The Body of Christ is Irreducibly Complex
Among the various camps in the debate between creation and evolution is a set of ideas called intelligent design (ID). A key part of ID is “irreducible complexity,” a term that comes from the book Darwin’s Black Box, by Lehigh professor Michael Behe.[1] In short, irreducible complexity argues that evolution by chance, without an intelligent designer driving it, is unreasonable because the multiple systems in a complex organism like a…
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Time for a Change 2026 (4 of 9)
Fellow travelers, Are there small changes you can make to improve your life? Are there small things you are doing that are harmful to you? Can each of us build a better “liturgy” for our lives over time, step by step? Can we accumulate victories in small battles that help us fight bigger ones? Over time can we better love God, ourselves, and others? Instead of making New Year’s resolutions…
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Loveless Words
“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.” – 1 Corinthians 13:1 The church in 1st-century Corinth was divided over spiritual gifts, particularly the gift of speaking in tongues. The apostle Paul wrote 1 Corinthians 13 as a gentle rebuke to the misuse of gifts and the arrogance that came from competing over them. …
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Render to God
The phrase “render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s” which Jesus spoke in Luke 20:25 is likely a familiar one. I had a friend in college who worked at Little Caesar’s pizza, and he showed up at Bible study with some pizza from there one night. We had agreed to split the cost, so when he walked in he said “render…
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The Work of Our Hands
Psalm 90 is the only one out of 150 that was written by Moses. Psalm 90 is also the first in book 4 of the Psalms, which some say carries many of the themes and ideas from the 4th book of the Pentateuch, the book of Numbers. That book tells of the consequences of Israel’s disobedience and grumbling on their journey to the Promised Land. The nation of Israel spent…
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Daily Readings for April 27 – May 3
Fellow travelers: For those looking for a Bible reading plan, each week I post 2 chapters to read per day as a main reading plan, and for anyone who wants to read the whole Bible in 2026, I’ll post the extra chapters to read that week. The main readings will include nearly all of the New Testament, plus Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Prophets, and a few other Old Testament books.…
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Goodness By Design: A Quint of Quotes
Fellow travelers, Here is another “Quint of Quotes” from my collection, on the theme of “Goodness By Design.” I did not group these together by accident… “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes” – Sherlock Holmes, in Hound of the Baskervilles “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” – Carl Sagan “Even if you’re…
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Hope’s Anchor
Sometimes we fall into a pattern of trying to rely on our own merit to please God. We try our hardest to do everything we think He wants us to do in order to earn His love. We live like the classic hymn “Great is Thy Faithfulness” was changed to “Great is My Faithfulness.” We put our hope in our own efforts to earn our salvation. Hebrews 10:23, which says…
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Daily Readings for April 20 – April 26
Fellow travelers: For those looking for a Bible reading plan, each week I post 2 chapters to read per day as a main reading plan, and for anyone who wants to read the whole Bible in 2026, I’ll post the extra chapters to read that week. The main readings will include nearly all of the New Testament, plus Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Prophets, and a few other Old Testament books.…
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God, Our Eternal River
When comparing Genesis and Revelation, we find similarities between the Paradise man lost and the Paradise to come. Consider these verses about each: Genesis 2:8-9: “And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food.…
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