WILL IT BLEND?
Deuteronomy 12:32
"What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it."
For several years now, the humorous "Will It Blend?" videos on YouTube have entertained millions of viewers. In each video, a man wearing a white lab coat places an object into a blender and turns it on, demolishing iPhones, Coke cans, a pair of Nikes, and anything else you can imagine. One of the only objects he wasn't able to "blend" was a crowbar. He didn't even try.
Though the videos might crack you up, they remind Creation Moments of something that's really quite serious. Many people throughout history have tried to blend Christianity with other religions to make it more acceptable to people of other faiths. But all they end up doing is stripping Christianity of its power, its truth and its Savior.
Webster's dictionary defines "syncretism" as "the combination of different forms of belief or practice." From the earliest days of Christianity, syncretism has been a blight on orthodox, biblical Christianity. It has taken many forms and has been successful at deceiving millions. Even today there are people who are trying to blend the "Bible" with "evolution" – as in theistic evolution. But like that crowbar, the Bible and evolution just will not blend.
Without knowing it, however, many Christians have "blended" their beliefs with the belief systems of non-Christians. That's why it's so important for each one of us to examine the things we believe as well as the traditions we practice – placing them not in a blender but under the "microscope" of the Word of God.
Heavenly Father, I pray that Your Holy Spirit will make me aware of any beliefs in my heart that are not based on scriptural truth so that I may turn away from them in repentance. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Tom Dickson has been the star of the "Will It Blend?" videos since Blendtec's very first video appeared in 2007. Copyright © Blendtec Inc.
Deuteronomy 12:32
"What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it."
For several years now, the humorous "Will It Blend?" videos on YouTube have entertained millions of viewers. In each video, a man wearing a white lab coat places an object into a blender and turns it on, demolishing iPhones, Coke cans, a pair of Nikes, and anything else you can imagine. One of the only objects he wasn't able to "blend" was a crowbar. He didn't even try.
Though the videos might crack you up, they remind Creation Moments of something that's really quite serious. Many people throughout history have tried to blend Christianity with other religions to make it more acceptable to people of other faiths. But all they end up doing is stripping Christianity of its power, its truth and its Savior.
Webster's dictionary defines "syncretism" as "the combination of different forms of belief or practice." From the earliest days of Christianity, syncretism has been a blight on orthodox, biblical Christianity. It has taken many forms and has been successful at deceiving millions. Even today there are people who are trying to blend the "Bible" with "evolution" – as in theistic evolution. But like that crowbar, the Bible and evolution just will not blend.
Without knowing it, however, many Christians have "blended" their beliefs with the belief systems of non-Christians. That's why it's so important for each one of us to examine the things we believe as well as the traditions we practice – placing them not in a blender but under the "microscope" of the Word of God.
Heavenly Father, I pray that Your Holy Spirit will make me aware of any beliefs in my heart that are not based on scriptural truth so that I may turn away from them in repentance. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Tom Dickson has been the star of the "Will It Blend?" videos since Blendtec's very first video appeared in 2007. Copyright © Blendtec Inc.
WHY EVE WAS MADE FROM ADAM'S RIB
Genesis 2:21-22
"And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man."
True or false: Women have one more rib than men have. You might be surprised to know how many people believe that men have one less rib because God took a rib out of Adam and used it to make Eve. The fact is that men and women have 12 pairs of ribs in our chest.
However, modern science may now be able to explain why God chose to make Eve by using one of Adam's ribs.
A research team from USC has reported that humans and mice are able to re-grow removed ribs within a matter of months. The rib, in fact, is the only bone in our body that can regenerate itself. When the researchers removed rib sections and its surrounding sheath of tissue – called the "perichondrium" – the missing rib sections failed to repair itself even after nine months. However, when they removed the rib – but left its perichondrium – the missing rib entirely repaired itself within one to two months.
As one creationist group explains it, "Many doctors know about this feature of the rib being able to regenerate itself. Quite often they will very carefully remove a rib and use it to rebuild or replace things like damaged jaw bones and eye sockets. Not only does the patient get their face reconstructed, but in time the rib grows back and they are as good as they were before the surgery."
So we see once again that the Bible makes perfect sense down to the very smallest details!
Heavenly Father, I thank You that the Bible can be trusted from the first chapter to the last. Instill in me a greater hunger to read the Bible each and every day. Amen.
"We can regenerate! Researchers reveal our ribs regrow if damaged – and say the same could be true for our entire skeleton," Daily Mail, 9/16/14. "Why God Chose Adam's Rib," CreationRevolution, 10/7/11.
Genesis 2:21-22
"And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man."
True or false: Women have one more rib than men have. You might be surprised to know how many people believe that men have one less rib because God took a rib out of Adam and used it to make Eve. The fact is that men and women have 12 pairs of ribs in our chest.
However, modern science may now be able to explain why God chose to make Eve by using one of Adam's ribs.
A research team from USC has reported that humans and mice are able to re-grow removed ribs within a matter of months. The rib, in fact, is the only bone in our body that can regenerate itself. When the researchers removed rib sections and its surrounding sheath of tissue – called the "perichondrium" – the missing rib sections failed to repair itself even after nine months. However, when they removed the rib – but left its perichondrium – the missing rib entirely repaired itself within one to two months.
As one creationist group explains it, "Many doctors know about this feature of the rib being able to regenerate itself. Quite often they will very carefully remove a rib and use it to rebuild or replace things like damaged jaw bones and eye sockets. Not only does the patient get their face reconstructed, but in time the rib grows back and they are as good as they were before the surgery."
So we see once again that the Bible makes perfect sense down to the very smallest details!
Heavenly Father, I thank You that the Bible can be trusted from the first chapter to the last. Instill in me a greater hunger to read the Bible each and every day. Amen.
"We can regenerate! Researchers reveal our ribs regrow if damaged – and say the same could be true for our entire skeleton," Daily Mail, 9/16/14. "Why God Chose Adam's Rib," CreationRevolution, 10/7/11.
ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS?
Genesis 4:21-22
"And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah."
Some of you will remember the book Chariots of the Gods that was such a hit in the 1980s. Though its author wasn't the first or the last to write about "ancient astronauts", Erich Von Däniken popularized the notion that aliens from other worlds had come to our planet eons ago. These alien beings supposedly left traces of their visits all over the world – from the pyramids of Egypt to the Nazca lines in southern Peru.
Of course, Creation Moments does not agree with Von Däniken's conclusions. Neither does mainstream science. However, we believe that Darwinian evolution helped to make the ancient-astronauts theory somewhat credible. After all, evolutionists tell us that ancient man slowly evolved upwards. For most of mankind's history, we were supposedly little more than brute beasts, lacking both intelligence and technology. With this in mind, science was unable to explain the many out-of-place artifacts that Von Däniken wrote about in his books.
The Bible, however, tells us that mankind – going all the way back to the first man – has always been intelligent and technologically savvy. In fact, while Adam was still alive, his grandkids were already fashioning things out of brass and iron and making musical instruments.
It was the rejection of biblical truth that made it impossible for scientists to explain ancient technologies and out-of-place artifacts we've told you about on other Creation Moments programs. Perhaps if scientists had believed the Bible, the notion of ancient astronauts from outer space would never have taken off.
Heavenly Father, the next time I'm asked if I believe in extraterrestrials, I will tell them I believe that Your Son came to our planet to provide salvation for Earthlings like me. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
This aerial photograph was taken by Maria Reiche, one of the first archaeologists to study the Nazca lines. (PD)
Genesis 4:21-22
"And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah."
Some of you will remember the book Chariots of the Gods that was such a hit in the 1980s. Though its author wasn't the first or the last to write about "ancient astronauts", Erich Von Däniken popularized the notion that aliens from other worlds had come to our planet eons ago. These alien beings supposedly left traces of their visits all over the world – from the pyramids of Egypt to the Nazca lines in southern Peru.
Of course, Creation Moments does not agree with Von Däniken's conclusions. Neither does mainstream science. However, we believe that Darwinian evolution helped to make the ancient-astronauts theory somewhat credible. After all, evolutionists tell us that ancient man slowly evolved upwards. For most of mankind's history, we were supposedly little more than brute beasts, lacking both intelligence and technology. With this in mind, science was unable to explain the many out-of-place artifacts that Von Däniken wrote about in his books.
The Bible, however, tells us that mankind – going all the way back to the first man – has always been intelligent and technologically savvy. In fact, while Adam was still alive, his grandkids were already fashioning things out of brass and iron and making musical instruments.
It was the rejection of biblical truth that made it impossible for scientists to explain ancient technologies and out-of-place artifacts we've told you about on other Creation Moments programs. Perhaps if scientists had believed the Bible, the notion of ancient astronauts from outer space would never have taken off.
Heavenly Father, the next time I'm asked if I believe in extraterrestrials, I will tell them I believe that Your Son came to our planet to provide salvation for Earthlings like me. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
This aerial photograph was taken by Maria Reiche, one of the first archaeologists to study the Nazca lines. (PD)
DINOSAUR FEATHERS!
Genesis 1:20
"And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven."
Creation Moments isn't in the business of reviewing Hollywood films, and we're not about to start now. However, we do have some thoughts about the whole Jurassic Park movie franchise. Though these films are entertaining, Christians need to be aware that the films are also promoting evolution by claiming that modern-day birds are descendents of Jurassic-age dinosaurs.
The fourth film in the franchise – Jurassic World – wasted no time in making this point. As the film begins, the movie screen is filled with the image of a dinosaur claw emerging from an egg, followed by a shot of the dinosaur's malevolent eye. After a sound effect of a screeching dinosaur, you see a close-up of the claw, but the camera pulls back to reveal that what you're really looking at is the claw of a modern-day bird.
Evolutionists and creationists, of course, won't fail to see what is being taught. Meanwhile, the general movie-going public receives a not-so-subtle message that the birds we see today are a product of evolution.
Many evolutionists, however, thought that the latest Jurassic Park film didn’t go far enough. They were outraged that the dinosaurs didn’t have feathers all over them.
How fitting that evolution is being taught in science-fiction movies! That's where it belongs! Ironically, the very existence of the Jurassic Park movies tells a story, not of chance and evolution but of design. After all, weren't the films intelligently designed by writers and directors who left absolutely nothing to chance?
Lord Jesus, thank You for creating the universe and for creating me. Thank You most of all for entering Your creation to save me from the penalty I deserve because of my sin. As my Creator and Savior, You are worthy of all my praise! Amen.
Poster being used to promote Jurassic World. © Universal Pictures (Fair Use)
Genesis 1:20
"And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven."
Creation Moments isn't in the business of reviewing Hollywood films, and we're not about to start now. However, we do have some thoughts about the whole Jurassic Park movie franchise. Though these films are entertaining, Christians need to be aware that the films are also promoting evolution by claiming that modern-day birds are descendents of Jurassic-age dinosaurs.
The fourth film in the franchise – Jurassic World – wasted no time in making this point. As the film begins, the movie screen is filled with the image of a dinosaur claw emerging from an egg, followed by a shot of the dinosaur's malevolent eye. After a sound effect of a screeching dinosaur, you see a close-up of the claw, but the camera pulls back to reveal that what you're really looking at is the claw of a modern-day bird.
Evolutionists and creationists, of course, won't fail to see what is being taught. Meanwhile, the general movie-going public receives a not-so-subtle message that the birds we see today are a product of evolution.
Many evolutionists, however, thought that the latest Jurassic Park film didn’t go far enough. They were outraged that the dinosaurs didn’t have feathers all over them.
How fitting that evolution is being taught in science-fiction movies! That's where it belongs! Ironically, the very existence of the Jurassic Park movies tells a story, not of chance and evolution but of design. After all, weren't the films intelligently designed by writers and directors who left absolutely nothing to chance?
Lord Jesus, thank You for creating the universe and for creating me. Thank You most of all for entering Your creation to save me from the penalty I deserve because of my sin. As my Creator and Savior, You are worthy of all my praise! Amen.
Poster being used to promote Jurassic World. © Universal Pictures (Fair Use)
WHAT HAS EVOLUTION GIVEN TO THE WORLD?
Ecclesiastes 1:14
"I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit."
We get lots of interesting letters and e-mails here at Creation Moments. Most of them are positive, but occasionally we hear from someone who disagrees with us. One such writer told us that there are, and I quote, "thousands upon thousands of articles written in medical journals about how evolution has been of enormous benefit in medicine."
Want to hear how we responded? We began like this:
How many of those thousands of articles have you read? We've read some, and the references to evolution appear to have been added without thought or reason. Evolution has had absolutely nothing to do with medicine. In fact, Bible-believing surgeons in the past learned from the Bible how to wash their hands under running water. Evolution had nothing to do with the development of antiseptics. Actually, that comes from Joseph Lister, a Bible-believing scientist. Evolution had nothing to do with X-rays or Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Actually, it was a Bible-believing Christian who invented the MRI.
Evolution has played no part in the science that has given us modern technology, medicine and so much more. Evolution didn't even have anything to do with putting a man on the moon. In fact, it was a combination of applied scientists and engineers who accomplished this.
So what has evolution given mankind? Well, it has given us thousands of scientists who make their living writing about evolution and teaching it. Yes, it has created quite an industry for itself. But it has advanced science not one inch.
Heavenly Father, I pray that You will help millions to realize that Darwin is an emperor with no clothes. Reveal to them that they have been foolish for believing that there's any truth in evolution. Amen.
Magnetic resonance imaging scanner, invented by creationist Raymond Vahan Damadian. Courtesy of Jan Ainali. (CC BY 3.0)
Ecclesiastes 1:14
"I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit."
We get lots of interesting letters and e-mails here at Creation Moments. Most of them are positive, but occasionally we hear from someone who disagrees with us. One such writer told us that there are, and I quote, "thousands upon thousands of articles written in medical journals about how evolution has been of enormous benefit in medicine."
Want to hear how we responded? We began like this:
How many of those thousands of articles have you read? We've read some, and the references to evolution appear to have been added without thought or reason. Evolution has had absolutely nothing to do with medicine. In fact, Bible-believing surgeons in the past learned from the Bible how to wash their hands under running water. Evolution had nothing to do with the development of antiseptics. Actually, that comes from Joseph Lister, a Bible-believing scientist. Evolution had nothing to do with X-rays or Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Actually, it was a Bible-believing Christian who invented the MRI.
Evolution has played no part in the science that has given us modern technology, medicine and so much more. Evolution didn't even have anything to do with putting a man on the moon. In fact, it was a combination of applied scientists and engineers who accomplished this.
So what has evolution given mankind? Well, it has given us thousands of scientists who make their living writing about evolution and teaching it. Yes, it has created quite an industry for itself. But it has advanced science not one inch.
Heavenly Father, I pray that You will help millions to realize that Darwin is an emperor with no clothes. Reveal to them that they have been foolish for believing that there's any truth in evolution. Amen.
Magnetic resonance imaging scanner, invented by creationist Raymond Vahan Damadian. Courtesy of Jan Ainali. (CC BY 3.0)
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