Sunday, May 3, 2009

RTB = Reasons to Believe

The Connect Group of which I am a part just finished reading one of Hugh Ross's recent books called Why the Universe Is the Way It Is. You may or may not agree with everything he says (like for example, the debate between young earth and ancient earth theorists), but this volume delivers on giving us reasons to believe from a scientist's point of view.

This apologetic argues for a creator, the uncaused cause, who initiated the singularity we read about in Genesis 1. Those who study the origins of the universe in the scientific community have reached the conclusion that the universe has a beginning. (No surprise to creationists of course.) There was something or someone outside of the cosmos that began this process in what they call the Big Bang.

This has enormous significance to those of us who believe in miracles. If that One initiated the universe in what could easily be called a miracle of creation, why cannot that same One intervene within his creation to perform another miracle by superseding the laws of physics within the time and space continuum. The Virgin Birth, the Resurrection, Ascension, etc. are not difficult for the one who created something out of nothing. Turning water into wine, multiplying bread and fish to feed 4 or 5 thousand people, healing blind eyes, and raising the dead don't seem to far fetched in comparison to the creation of the universe. If he can do all of these, why could He not also accomplish the miraculous among us today?

The next time you have the opportunity on a clear night, take another look at the stars in the sky. Let your mind embrace the wonder of what God has done. Be in awe of the One who said, "Let there be light" and it was done. What an indescribable, incredible God we serve!