Hebrews #35 - 4:12-13 (part 2)
Speaker Notes The Word of God
Collect for Ash Wednesday
Almighty and Everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made and dost forgive the sins of all who are penitent: create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness may obtain of Thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness: through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God world without end. Amen.
Hebrews 4:12-13
12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Six Dimensions in understanding Logos
1 - The understanding of The Ordering of The Universe
2 - The Logos is Christ
3 - Scripture is The Word of God
4 - The Totality of The Christian Revelation
5 - The Continuing of the Living Word of God
6 - The Word of God Speaking to Us, Individually
Colossians 1:15-20
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
Lectures from the Intelligent-Design School
YouTube video - “Science at the Doorstep to God and Christ” by Fr. Robert Spitzer S.J.
https://youtu.be/KvghlgftwnE
YouTube video - Father Spitzer’s Universe - 2016-06-08 - Evidence Of God's Existence: Near Death Experiences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV3d88jOxZo&authuser=0
from Dick Mann: Here are 3 web pages I have put together in the general area of Biblical vs Scientific concepts of Creation.
This features the former MIT and now Israeli Physics professor, with his reconciliation of the Biblical creation with Einstein's theory of Relativity. Even a little help from the Talmud:
Genesis 1 - Reconciliation of Biblical and Scientific Views - The Berean Watch
Here are some of the leading people in the Intelligent Design movement, as of 2019, with John Lennox and Eric Metaxas also included:
Intelligent Design - 2019 - The Berean Watch
And here is a March 2018 conference at Biola University dealing with the issue of "Theistic Evolution" within the Christian Community:
Critique of Theistic Evolution - The Berean Watch
Jürgen’s Blog