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Having looked at some other articles on this website, I'm not persuaded that this is genuine, reputable, peer-reviewed science.

I don't get this. Why is it necessary to 'walk away' from Christian belief in order to do a bit of self-experimentation?

Ah, I misunderstood you. When you talked about 'revelation' I thought you meant specifically revelation from God, not including straightforward learning.

This applies only to knowledge of God (I Corinthians 2:6-16).

Because people aren't always logical!

This doesn't follow. You can know lots of things without revelation. You are making an assumption aren't you? (We are probably all making assumptions, but since we have differing understandings of the verse, that itself indicates that the interpretation isn't a foregone conclusion). To me it...

That wasn't the kind of thing I was thinking about. God inspired Bezalel and the other craftsmen to make the Tabernacle and its furnishings to the correct design. But He didn't teach them how to work gold, spin yarn, cut gemstones, weave cloth, etc. They already knew how to do these things. On...

Can you give me an example of technology being revealed from heaven? I can't think of one.

There's no "reference" - it's logical deduction. First principle: Technology has never been revealed from heaven; from the wheel to the computer, we've had to invent it. At some time in the distant past, somebody must have had the idea of constructing something to make it easier to burn a...

Simple explanation. At some point in mankind's early history (between Abel and Noah), altars were invented to make the offering of sacrifices easier. Once altars existed, they became part of the 'culture' of worship and God could instruct people to make them.

James begins his section on faith and works with a question: "What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?" (James 2:14) Why would he ask such a question, unless he and his readers believed in salvation by faith? The issue being...

To mark Mothering Sunday, the Church of England recently commissioned a poll to discover “Britain’s ideal mother.” Now this is actually quite a tricky question to answer. First of all, what are the qualities that make an ideal mother? And secondly, does anyone in the world measure up to them...

Yes No. "God's divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life." (NIV) That's not at all the same as "using" God's divine nature. God gives us what we need, as and when we need it... the initiative is His, and continues to be His. The power for living a godly life comes from Him...

The 'angel' that Abraham met was actually God Himself (Genesis 18).

"Can a person be a Christian and also believe in evolution?" Yes - if they believe that God used evolution as a mechanism of creation. Many Christians do. So what? Lots of things that aren't mentioned in Scripture are real. America, kangaroos, bacteria, black holes...

There is a book by Colin Nicholl called "The Great Christ Comet" in which he makes a very good case for the 'star' being a comet (apparently comets, like planets, were regarded simply as a type of star in ancient times). It certainly convinced me. A mere planetary conjunction would not have...

You didn't read what I actually said. I said, "Jesus told us to address God as 'Father'" All the evidence in the Gospels is that Jesus referred to Him as "Father". So no, I don't think that Jesus called Him "LORD God"!

Jesus told us to address God as 'Father'. In the Acts of the apostles, the apostles never feel the need to use God's name in their preaching. The entire New Testament was written without using God's Name once - even when quoting from the Old Testament. So debate over the 'correct' form of His...

Crossing the Jordan (Joshua 3 & 4) At long last, the Israelites are standing on the east bank of the River Jordan - as close to Canaan as they can possibly get without getting wet. And there they pause, to prepare themselves for what is to come. There is a feeling of tense anticipation in the...

Settling for less (Numbers 32) The tribes of Reuben and Gad (who have been camping close to each other for 40 years) suddenly come up with what they think is a brilliant idea (verses 1-5). The plateau east of the Jordan (which gets more rain and is therefore relatively fertile) has an abundance...