Creation

On Friday, I was reading Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler. The chapter was focused on creation. Chandler does a great job explaining his view on creation. Here are some quotes to think about:
"Science has severe limitations that the God who created all observational data does not."
"The place to begin is . . . not in Genesis; rather, it is the opening of the Gospel of John."
"God is more interested in declaring than in explaining. . . the Bible is more interested in telling us what happened and why than it is how."
"there is no way to turn the worship switch in our hearts off."
"All of creation has been given to us so that we behold the awesome God who made it all and made it all good."
"because God's design is for us to be responsible for each other, to live not for ourselves but for God and others."
"The miracles of healing, deliverance, provision and resurrection all reveal that God, through Jesus, is making all things new, that he is restoring what once was unbroken."

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