Recent content by Grump

That's not what I'm asking. I'm wondering if the manifestation of this fallen state will continue to get worse and worse. My evidences for such draw from the fact that human health is gradually decaying, our emotional and intellectual state is decaying, our moral compass is decaying, arguably...

Put more clearly, my question is: Is the fallen state a constant, or is it getting progressively worse through each iteration/generation?

During my private study of catastrophism and the holes that are in uniformitarian theory as it relates to the Earth and how things have come to be, I came back to the second law of thermodynamics. Assuming that God is, in all things, divinely good and His ways are higher than ours and His...

I wasn't direct with my intentions. I was skipping past the "millstone around the neck" analogy and just addressing the fact that these sides of the arguments are most strongly held by people of my generation. Though it sounds like, you may need to refine your current definition of modern...

This could be because, as we look farther into science, we find many pieces of evidence that point to a young-earth and to a global flood.

What do you disagree about? How do you come to these conclusions?

The phraseology used in the Genesis creation story erases all areas of doubt - it was a 24 hour period. Biblical and non-Biblical Hebrew scholars agree on this point. Eden was a place on earth. Most educated people are theoryzing it was around current-day Egypt (at the very least, the...

As mentioned in some of these articles/links, you would really need to take into consideration that the population would need to have a common starting point of post-Flood, since all but Noah and his family was wiped out.

Well, the Hebrew words used in the Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 representations of plant are different, so I believe it's safe to assume that some types of plants were there but not others. This could explain why it appears like the order differes. Genesis 1: 9-12 parallel quite perfectly with...

Haha, I was on a mission trip to Nicaragua at the age of 19 (wasn't saved at this time). The entire group went to the house of a dead presumed prophet in the region and we all prayed and had a couple of men start to speak words of divine insight. About 5 minutes in, I was on the receiving end...

The first three chapters of Genesis show some overlap - they are not separate accounts of the creation story; they just showcase different details. The named rivers were probably given names AFTER Adam and Eve were around, but when spoken of in divine revelation were already addressed by the...

It's actually our relationship with everybody else that encourages people to put their guards down concerning Christianity. It's our relationship with Christ that gives us that assurance of salvation. It's our relationship with the Holy Spirit that sanctifies us. It's our relationship with...

For one who claims we should not judge, you seem to be doing a bit of it (bolded that part for you). And to clarify your judging (or it may just be assumption, I cannot tell), I am not that type of person. I actually have a healthy respect (but not fear) for the power demons have and would not...

All Scripture is God-breathed. To deny any of the Pentateuch is to call God either a liar (in that he lies when He speaks to us through His Word) or powerless (in that He cannot preserve His own Scriptures from generation to generation).. This pretty much sheds light on whether or not the...

We must never forget that Christians who constantly keep their house clean (vacant) are inviting demons back in seven-fold. During one of my studies on Biblical demonology, I saw the passage on this and realized that it's entirely possible for a (group of) demon(s) to be driven out and then...