Whitney's Testimony

Just so everyone knows, Whitney See is now Whitney Dill!

Snailing Season Into Sailing Season

@Taylor Kauffman, Nicely put bro.

Hardball Leadership

Yeah, getting it ingrained in your mind that you must always do what’s right, whether it feels pleasurable or not, is the first step to being a leader for Christ. Lifestyle that portrays following the right path is always key.

Truth

No problem.

The Godly Pursuit: Knights and Damsels

Just a dude learning from his Abba.

Romans 8:1-4

@Philip Stephens, thanks Philip

Creation vs. Evolution by Tom Shetler

I admire your writing style. Your vocabulary is also quite extensive. you have taught me a couple of new words that I have been putting into use.

With the utmost respect I will say that it seems you have boxed all Christians into a stereotype our culture has advocated, swallowing a lie. I know that there are people out there who regard themselves as Christians, yet are in essence just minions of a religious order. Because of this I am not terribly offended at all, but I would like to write this on behalf of the followers of Jesus out there who actually have brains in their heads.

as long as you immediately associate science with evolution and creationism with stupidity, we will get nowhere.

I feel that both of us can agree with this definition of science:
A systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.

I do believe in science, please don’t associate me with a religious stereotype. Science is comprised of recordable observations of the patterns of our world. If I drop an apple out the window I can observe the law of gravity.

Theoretically speaking, strata layers are said to have formed over hundreds of millions of years and distinguish one time period from the other (Triassic, Jurassic, etc.). we also have fossils differing one from another in their complexity. the more complex ones being found in the higher strata layers while the less complex ones are found in the lower strata layers. So it seems theoretically possible, though not scientifically recordable, that a slow development of a living organisms occurred over millions of years.

What about polystrata fossils? These are fossils that intercept more than one strata layer said to distinguish one era of time from another. Are there such things as polystrata fossils? if so, is that a recordable observation that the strata layers aren’t millions of years apart? Could it be evidence towards something other than a slow development?

Thanks, hope to hear back.

Power of the Cross

I am currently leafing through a book called Jesus on Leadership. it’s a good read, and often expresses servant leadership that Jesus showed throughout the gospels.
If you willingly lay down your life to save the life of someone else, whether good or bad, and that person saw you do that, their heart would melt and their continence would change. Even if we lay down our time for another person, our money or our interests for the sake of someone else, overtime it will pierce the heart of stone, and, no doubtingly show the sacrificing individual more of the heart of Jesus.

I am feeling incredibly convicted now. the only way I’ll find this life I’m looking for is by losing the one I’m clinging to now.

Creation vs. Evolution by Tom Shetler

@Donutdrinkp, Well, I have no knowledge of the “scientific” methods of proving either evolution or creation. I will not lie, I have little understanding of the workings of any scientific field. I nearly failed chemistry in high school! So I cannot help you when it comes to scientific evidence proving creation or disproving evolution.

What I do want to ask you is this: Why is evolution taught in schools if it is still a theory? is a biased opinion the impetus behind advocating evolution and shunning creationism? You wrote that you can no more prove intelligent design than you could prove evolution. if this is the case than why is evolution taught as truth while creationism is taught as blind faith?

Also, I wanted to know what distinguished evolution from all other beliefs of the past. Every culture has formed some kind of belief when it came to their origin, later on that belief was regarded as foolishness. What makes the evolution theory so different? What makes us think that evolution is invincible?

The last thing I want to do is regurgitate a plethora of creationist facts. I’m not a scientist, but I do want you to ponder these questions and tell me what you think.

1. why is evolution taught in schools if it cannot be proven beyond theory?
2. what makes us think that evolution is bullet-proof?

I do have reasoning as to why I think creation is more plausible, please don’t think I’m trying to gain the victory by pointing out the idiosyncrasies of evolution. I just want to know what you think first.

thanks, I hope to hear back.

Creation vs. Evolution by Tom Shetler

@Morgan Coomes, Keep up the good work. You jarred a few people out of the brainwashed mindset of believing things just because they were told.

True Love and Fake Friends

Well, thinking back I can honestly say that I had little love when I was in high school. I cannot remember many names, and remember very few faces. even times after high school I have difficulty remembering the names and faces of people I have been around. This post cuts deep. Perhaps this is how we distinguish selfish Christianity from real Christianity.

Walking Across the U.S.

@Morgan Coomes,

I had a teacher at Bethany tell me that I was a little too careful. He and I were at lunch. I was in slacks, a dress shirt and a tie. He told me that I looked like a preacher, a young man that just wanted to get everything right. he then told me this:

“sometimes, you just have to go ahead and do it. Just do it, and God will direct you.”