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Some believe that faith and science are contradictory to one another. The truth is, faith and science complement each other when looking through the correct filter.

As followers of Jesus we use the word “faith’ frequently. We encourage each other to “have faith” or to “keep the faith”. We affirm that we are justified by grace alone, through faith alone, to the glory of God alone. Faith is BIG for Christians. Unfortunately, we seldom stop to ask: “What is faith?”…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Edwin Conklin the biologist said, "The probability of life originating from accident is comparable to the probability of the unabridged dictionary resulting from an explosion in a printing shop." The Christian says that life was created by God, but modern science feels that it will…

By Pastor Glenn Pease David did not need a telescope to consider the heavens and the wonders of God's creation. What he could see with the naked eye left him in awe at the majesty of God. Today we go far beyond the vision of David, not only into the macrocosm of the vast universe, but because of new…

BY PASTOR GLENN PEASE We are sometimes amazed at the fact that no two fingerprints are alike. But this becomes a minor fact when we consider that no two snowflakes are exactly alike. This is a mind-boggling number compared to five and a half billion people. But even this does not scratch the surface…

By Pastor Glenn Pease In 1781 Sir William Herschel, the English astronomer, discovered the planet Uranus. He plotted the course that this new planet should follow, but for some mysterious reason Uranus did not follow the predicted orbit. Other astronomers checked his calculations and found no mistake.…

BY Pastor Glenn Pease The Emperor Trajan said to Rabbi Joshua, "You teach that your God is everywhere. I should like to see Him." The Rabbi replied, "God's presence is everywhere, but He cannot be seen. No mortal eye can behold His glory." The Emperor insisted, however, and so the Rabbi said, "Let us…

By Pastor Glenn Pease In our 5,536 mile trip to Santa Clara and back, we saw the incredible handiwork of God like we never saw it before. The Grand Canyon was so awesome and scary to me with my fear of heights. All of my pictures have the railing in them because I could not get close enough to lean over…

By Pastor Glenn Pease The concept of the impossible changes from generation to generation. Much of what we do today was once thought to be impossible. Because of this, we are more cautious today in what we include in the category of the impossible. We are no longer quick to say it can't be done. What…

By Glenn Pease Jean Baptiste Lamarch, the distinguished French naturalist, came from a military family and, at the age of 17 and in keeping with his family's tradition, enlisted in the army. At 21, however, his health failed and he went to Paris for a year of treatment. It was the bleakest time he had…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Howard Thurman in Disciplines Of The Spirit, tells of one of the most unusual jobs. A large General Hospital hired a high school girl to be there mice petter. Her sole occupation was to take white mice out of their cages several times a day and pet them. They had learned that when…

Intro – D. L. Moody was the visiting pastor in a church one day where many people habitually left before the end of the sermon. When he got up to preach he announced, “I am going to speak to two classes of people this morning; first to the sinners and then to the saints.” He addressed the “sinners” for…

Sovereignty 2. Did anybody manage to catch the weather forecast this morning? What did they say? What do you reckon? Did they get it right? I don’t know if you knew, but when I left university I seriously considered becoming a meteorologist. I sometimes think that I should have – I mean, they get paid…

“I believe in God the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 111; Ge 1:1-23; Rom 1:18-25 CREEDS Do something we haven't done before Rather than base the sermon around the lectionary readings Apostles Creed. St Mary's stimulated much discussion Creeds have been around since the early church.…

gEnesis2007 OurSpiritualroots Sept 9 In thebeginning gen 1:1,2 In the beginning Genesis 1:1,2 Hawking asks "Did the Universe have a beginning?" Genesis 1 gives the answer to Hawking's question Let's look at this important verse word by word. 1. In the beginning * Hebrew is BE-ROSHITH * B' means IN –…

Is the scientific method the sole mans of arriving at what is real? Science has so often been promoted in our modern culture as the power of humanity to rise above all prior conditioning to know the truth objectively. Science has created an elite community of ‘knowers’, knowers of how to manipulate,…

class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>1) 2-10-08…AM…SBCThe How-to’s of Holiness – Part 3 Romans 12:1-3 Introduction: Review from 2-3-08 sermon (v1) God expects sacrifice Remember the illustration of Abraham and Isaac (Gen 22) - Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice the only son of the Promise…

Sermon on Belgic Confession Article 2 Outline: Introduction: Fear. Scientists afraid of what the Bible says. Christians afraid of what science discovers. Confidence Wonder Perspective Conclusion: nail the goal of encouraging confident study of our God. Theme: Christians confidently study to know God…