Growing in our Knowledge of the Bible

By Gene S. Foster, M.S. Do you know the process by which the Bible was written? Twenty years ago I was still a new Christian when I realized that I knew nothing about how this grand Book came into existence. I had never heard any lessons in churches about this so I began to personally […]

Evolution vs. Disorder

June 20, 2009 By Gene S. Foster, M.S. Science is all about Hypotheses, Experimentation, Observation, Repetition and final Evaluation. Let’s do a simple but useful thought experiment. Our hypothesis will be that a roll of quarters all neatly stacked together, when thrown into the air will land in the original stacked position. So we throw […]

Macroevolution v. Microevolution…There is a Difference

July 22, 2009 by Gene Foster, M.S. Macro means large. Micro means small. So Macrocosm refers to the whole earth or universe while Microcosm refers to a miniature version of the former. When Charles Darwin wrote his famous book, “The Origin of Species”, which has served evolution’s cause of being the sole view heard in […]

Creation/Evolution and the First Law

April 30, 2009 by Gene Foster, M.S. The first question in the Creation vs. Evolution debate is how the universe came into existence. The Bible says that a Being Who is not subject to natural laws or time created it all from nothing. Many refuse to accept this ‘miraculous’ explanation. Those who do so, readily […]

Growing in our Skill with the Bible

By Gene S. Foster, M.S. This lesson is designed for the person who has little or no experience with using the Bible. The more advanced person may want to skip the following information and go directly to the questions to follow. If you miss very many of the questions you need to go back and […]

Growing in our Trust of the Bible: Matters of History

History is another area of knowledge where we expect accuracy if indeed the Bible is written by God. Just as He knows the future perfectly, we expect that God remembers the past accurately and reflects that fact in His book. The Bible is extensive history because it is a book that has as its setting […]

Growing in our Trust of the Bible: Matters of Prophecy

Each evening’s weather report is man’s attempt to tell the future by means of science and experience. The weather person says, “I think that we may have thunderstorms tomorrow…”, because he/she doesn’t know for sure what will happen. We can make an educated guess at what the future will bring with some accuracy based upon […]

Growing in our Trust of the Bible: Matters of the Physical World

This is what we normally call “science”. Science is merely a means for discovering how the physical world operates. Science consists of data obtained by research. Then this data is interpreted by “scientists”. Each scientist has his/her own personal philosophy and this determines how they will interpret the data. A scientist who rejects God will […]

Growing in our Trust of the Bible

By Gene S. Foster, M.S. Do you trust the Bible? Do you believe that every word of it is the Word of God in every area of its content? Or are you, like many, selective in what you believe of that which is written in it? Perhaps you have been led to believe that only […]