Month: February 2026

28

Feb

2026

A Look At Genesis Chapter 1

A Look At Genesis Chapter 1

Genesis chapter 1 opens the Bible with one of the most profound declarations in all of Scripture: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). These ten words establish the foundation of our faith. Before time, space, or matter existed, there was God—eternal, sovereign, and all-powerful. Unlike ancient creation myths that depict gods battling chaos or emerging from it, the biblical account presents one true God who speaks order into existence from nothing. This ex nihilo creation reveals His unmatched authority and sets Him apart as the sole Creator.

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28

Feb

2026

1 Tim 6:16 – Does God Dwell in Light or Darkness?

1 Tim 6:16 – Does God Dwell in Light or Darkness?

Problem: In the February 12, 2009 Butt/Barker Debate on the existence of the God of the Bible, atheist Dan Barker spent nearly two-thirds of his opening 15-minute speech alleging that the Bible’s portrayal of God is contradictory. Barker alleged several discrepancies (most all of which we have answered elsewhere on our website), including that God cannot logically dwell in light and darkness. Twelve minutes and five seconds into his first speech, Dan Barker asserted:

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27

Feb

2026

Cave Mysteries

Cave Mysteries

Have you ever been in a cave? If you have, perhaps someone has told you that the rock formations hanging from the ceiling—called stalactites—are thousands or even tens of thousands of years old. Scientists tell us that stalactites take 100 years, on average, to grow one inch. But just how accurate is this figure?

Stalactites grow where water seeps through limestone rock, dissolving limestone in the process. When this water containing dissolved limestone emerges from the roof of a cave, it hangs for a moment. In a current of air, some of it evaporates, causing the limestone to deposit. Finally, the remaining water drops to the floor of the cave and continues to evaporate and deposit. The deposit on the floor is called a stalagmite.

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27

Feb

2026

1 Tim 6:16 – Does God Alone Possess Immortality?

1 Tim 6:16 – Does God Alone Possess Immortality?

Problem: The Bible repeatedly testifies to the fact that this life is not all there is. For the faithful, the best is yet to come (Luke 16:22; 23:43; 2 Timothy 4:8). For the unfaithful, the worst is yet to come (Luke 16:23-24). The unrighteous “will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life” (Matthew 25:46, emp. added; cf. Lyons and Butt, 2005). At death, “the dust will return to the earth as it was,” but “the spirit will return to God who gave it” (Ecclesiastes 12:7; cf. Genesis 2:7). Jesus taught: “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die” (John 11:25-26, emp. added). In short, the soul of man is immortal (Romans 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:10; 1 Corinthians 15:53-54).

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25

Feb

2026

Swing

Swing

Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the Lord.
(1 Samuel 2:12 ESV)

A permissive father says, “Whatever you want!” An abusive father says, “Whatever I want!” The passive father simply says, “Whatever.” He is not really engaged or connected. He watches his children hurt themselves and self-destruct, and he doesn’t even raise a voice of restraint. Almighty God put a whole story in the Bible so that we know what He thinks of passive dads, because those father wounds run very deep.

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25

Feb

2026

1 Tim 6:16 – Does this passage support annihilationism?

1 Tim 6:16 – Does this passage support annihilationism?

Problem: Paul writes that God “alone possesses immortality” (1 Tim. 6:16). Annihilationists argue that this supports the notion that those in hell are not conjoined to an eternal soul. Instead, they are annihilated at death. Is this the case?

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24

Feb

2026

How Deep Is the Moon’s Dust?

How Deep Is the Moon’s Dust?

Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the earth is billions of years old?

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24

Feb

2026

1 Tim 6:10 – Root of All Evil?

1 Tim 6:10 – Root of All Evil?

Problem: Have you ever heard of the phrase, “Money is the root of all evil”? This expression is derived from a passage of Scripture, but is it accurate?

However, the Bible includes other statements that seem to contradict this one, such as the following:

…but money answers everything. (Ecclesiastes 10:19)

How can money be evil and yet be the answer to everything?

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23

Feb

2026

In Essentials Unity

In Essentials Unity

The evangelical philosophy is often stated by the dictum, “IN ESSENTIALS UNITY; IN NON-ESSENTIALS LIBERTY; IN ALL THINGS CHARITY.”

Though commonly attributed to Augustine, it was apparently first stated by the 17th-century Lutheran Rupertus Meldenius (a.k.a. Peter Meiderlin).

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23

Feb

2026

1 Tim 6:1 – Did Paul Endorse Slavery?

1 Tim 6:1 – Did Paul Endorse Slavery?

Problem: Thousands of years prior to the establishment of the Lord’s Church, and long before Paul addressed the conduct of Christian slaves in the first century, various forms of slavery were commonplace. In fact, virtually every ancient civilization used slaves.¹ Slavery was prevalent enough in Babylon in the 18^th century B.C. to be mentioned numerous times in the Code of Hammurabi.² The Egyptians enslaved hundreds of thousands of Israelites in the 16^th century B.C. (Exodus 1; cf. Numbers 1:46). Historians estimate that, by the time Paul wrote his New Testament epistles in the first century A.D., five to eight million slaves resided within the Roman Empire,³ including 15-25% of the total population of Italy.⁴

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21

Feb

2026

One Designer

One Designer

If you give a design problem to ten different engineers to solve, chances are you will not get ten different solutions. In fact, you are likely to end up with ten solutions that look very much alike.

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21

Feb

2026

1 Tim 5:18 – Why does Paul cite Deuteronomy 25:4?

1 Tim 5:18 – Why does Paul cite Deuteronomy 25:4?

Problem: Does Paul accurately handle this OT passage, or does he quote it out of context?

“Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.” (Deut 25:4 KJV)

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20

Feb

2026

Hope Maketh Not Ashamed

Hope Maketh Not Ashamed

“And hope maketh not ashamed…” (Romans 5:5).

“Ashamed” is kataischúno, “from kata, denoting ill, and aischúno, to shame, to confound, dishonor, disgrace” (Complete Word Study Bible). It is “to frustrate, disappoint” (Mounce). It is translated “confound” (1 Co. 1:27), “dishonor” (1 Co. 11:4, 5), and “shame” (1 Co. 11:22).

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20

Feb

2026

1 Tim 4:10 – The Saviour Of All Men

1 Tim 4:10 – The Saviour Of All Men

“For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe” (1 Timothy 4:10).

Problem: There are those who teach that God has provided salvation only for those who are His elect. They would also teach a limited atonement, that Christ died on the cross only for the sins of God’s elect [those who will believe on Christ and be saved]. Such false teaching is answered by the verse cited above. This verse teaches that there is a sense in which God is the Saviour of all men and there is a special sense (“especially”) in which God is the Saviour of those who believe. Timothy should have had no problem understanding this because Paul had already written in this same epistle that there is a sense in which God is the Saviour of all. He is the Saviour of all men because He desires all men to be saved (1 Tim. 2:3-4) and because Christ died for all men (1 Tim. 2:6). Paul also made it clear that there is a special sense in which He is the Saviour of those who come to God through Christ and who believe and know the truth (1 Tim. 2:4; 4:3).

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19

Feb

2026

Have Evolutionists Found a Bad Design in the Eye?

Have Evolutionists Found a Bad Design in the Eye?

Evolutionists, trying to answer creationist arguments, have suggested that there is an “error” in the design of the eye that any wise Creator would not have made. That “error” in design, as evolutionists call it, is that the retina of the mammal’s eye is “inside out.” The light entering the eye passes through other eye tissue before hitting the photoreceptors. But is this really an error in design?

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