Is a Designer Revealed in Creation? The universe not only implies the existence of a designer but suggests something about what he might be like. In the movie Contact, Jodi Foster portrays Ellie Arroway, a beautiful young scientist obsessed with finding intelligent life on other planets. One day, as Ellie monitors radio transmissions from space, a …
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64408.1 Endnotes
Imagine the Designer 1. Fred Hoyle, “Let There Be Light,” Engineering and Science (November 1981). 2. Quoted in John Boslough, Stephen Hawking’s Universe (New York: Avon, 1989), 109. 3. Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time, 174. 4. George Greenstein, The Symbiotic Universe (New York: William Morrow, 1988), 27. 5. Paul Davies, God and the New Physics (New York: Simon & Schuster, Touchstone, 1984), …
65701 1. Life’s Many Stresses
Rachel was a bundle of nerves. She could not sit still for long. She would often pace the floor. She tossed and turned in bed at night, unable to sleep. Her family and friends wondered what was wrong with her. More and more, she would, for no apparent reason, suddenly break off a conversation, turn …
65711 Notes
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65702 2. Self-Discovery
Jack and Ann met at a college football game and started dating soon after their initial meeting. In walking Ann to class and in taking her to parties and games, Jack discovered some things about this woman. He quickly learned that she was a very neat person. Her clothes fit perfectly and were never wrinkled. …
65703 3. After Discovery…What?
What is your reaction when a friend comes to you and says, “I want to be honest with you, there’s something about you that I need to tell you”? Most of us dread this type of interaction. If your friend has a compliment, you are only too glad to have him say it; you don’t …
65704 4. The Impact of Our Emotions
Think for a moment about the different emotions you often experience in a day: happiness, fear, anxiety, anticipation, hope, envy, desire, love, contentment, pride, guilt, jealousy, anger, joy, sadness, surprise; you may even have a few others to add to this list. Consider how you express these emotions, and how others see these emotions affecting …
65705 5. Embracing the Truth
In his letter to the Ephesians, the apostle Paul explained that God has given the church various skilled people to help it grow up—like evangelists, pastors, and teachers. Because of their ministry, he reminded the Ephesians: Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind …
65706 6. Behaviors That Stand in the Way of Your Peace
The person who progresses steadily from childhood into adulthood, and experiences peace along the way, learns to shift gradually and quite normally with the situations of life. Sometimes, however, a person will meet rebuffs, disappointments, failure, or tragedy with a variety of behaviors that are not only childish, but real deterrents to experiencing peace. Regressive …
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65707 7. Mind and Body
The body, host to the mind, can influence its invisible partner. I was reminded of this when traveling with a missionary friend in Africa. During our trip, he was stricken with malaria. Over several days, this normally articulate individual was frequently delirious. At such times it was impossible for me to discuss anything of a …