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Christian Devotional – December 19, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 4 VERSE: Genesis 4:7–If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it. TRUTH: The simple question that is asked is still very profound. If you do right, will you not be accepted? God reminds us that we have choice to make and that choice affects our relationship with God. If we look down the path of sin, then we need to understand that sin desires not just to be part of our life, but to rule in our life.…
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Christian Devotional – December 18, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 3 VERSE: Genesis 3:6–When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. TRUTH: There are so many great truths in this verse, but today, I want to focus on the fact that Eve took the fruit. She had already given a wrong answer to the serpent about God’s law concerning the tree. God only said don’t eat from it, but Eve told the serpent that they couldn’t eat from it…
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Christian Devotional – December 17, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 2 VERSE: Genesis 2:24–That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. TRUTH: God created all things, including marriage. As the Creator, He alone has the right to define what marriage is. In His statement here, a man and a woman leave all others and become united to each other and only each other. There are many people today who feel that they have the right to define marriage in whatever way they wish and whatever way they feel comfortable with in the moment. However, they didn’t create marriage, so they don’t have the right…
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Christian Devotional – December 16, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 1 VERSE: Genesis 1:31–God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning–the sixth day. TRUTH: Have you ever wondered why God made mosquitos? I have. I’ve been sitting outside at night, enjoying a pleasant evening when all of a sudden, I’ve been bitten by one. There are any number of things that we can wonder why God made and what purpose they have. Ultimately, we see in this verse that God did create everything and that He deemed it all very good. Before sin entered the world and there were fundamental changes to how creation interacted…
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Book Review – Cave Secrets of the Pterodactyl by Lydia Howe
An adventure awaits in the book Cave Secrets of the Pterodactyl by Lydia Howe and Buddy & Kay Davis. This book, labeled as Creation Quest #1, is written for the 4th through 7th grade audience and is specifically part of the creation literature that is part of Answers in Genesis ministry. This youth fiction is actually two stories in one as the young Lydia, who travels around with her parents helping to teach about the creation story, is part of trying to find a mysterious book. The second story is actually about her father Buddy as he is exploring a cave to see some newly discovered petroglyphs that help to…