How did Jesus die? Perhaps it was literally from a broken heart.
John 19:34 tells us that blood and water came from His side when pierced by a Roman spear. What was the water?
It could have been pericardial fluid produced by a myocardial rupture (rupture of the heart that can be brought on by severe stress). The result is instant death.
In the midst of what appears to be a description of the crucifixion, Psalm 69:20 says, “Reproach hath broken my heart…”
It is at least possible that Christ literally died of a broken heart.
We live in a time and place where we are free from persecution. But no where in scripture is peace promised or guaranteed. Perhaps we should make use of this time of peace by preparing ourselves for what is likely to come.
The church should want to see as many of God’s people converted as possible, but we should want genuine conversion. Going to church every Sunday is not enough and listening to the Bible be taught is only the beginning.
I’d like to see more than listening ears. I’d like to see willing hearts.
Maybe we don’t know discipleship like we thought we did… http://bit.ly/17VGpHb
James said, “Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). Satan doesn’t even have power over God’s born again people. He cannot do anything which God does not explicitly allow and he knows it.
What was the role of Satan in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ? http://bit.ly/11jR1f4
When Satan desired to overthrow Job’s faith, he was forced to stand before God and seek permission (Job 1:6-12). It is an unfortunate myth that Satan wars with God and we await the results. Satan is little more than a dog on God’s leash.
Did Satan want the crucifixion to happen so that he might kill God? Or did he want to stop it, knowing that Christ would atone for sins? Audio and text at http://bit.ly/19JhEhZ
Let me try and demonstrate the absurdity of evolution with a mousetrap.
A standard mousetrap has five basic parts: wood platform, metal hammer, spring, catch, and the metal bar which holds the hammer back.
If any of the five parts was removed, the mousetrap will not work at all. Furthermore, if the parts were all here but separated, the mousetrap would not work at all.
The only way to make the mousetrap work is to have all five parts and some external agent with intelligence to put them together.
The biological systems of life are extremely complex. The advancements of biochemistry have only further proven their complexities. They are irreducibly complex.
In other words, you can’t trace life backwards without it breaking.
Concerning the creation of the universe, there are three basic possibilities:
1. Nothing became something (i.e. the universe) on its own
2. Something existed before and became something else
3. Something existed before and created something else
In the first scenario, we have an effect with no cause. It is impossible for nothing to become something on its own.
In the second scenario, we have something existing which becomes something else. That’s reasonable, but it offers no explanation as to how the first something came into existence.
In the third scenario, we have cause and effect—something created something. That happens all of the time. It is a possibility that is not only within reason, it’s the only intelligent scenario of the three.
