All Creation Points To Him
Larry Ricksen Larry Ricksen

All Creation Points To Him

In his letter to the Colossians Paul makes this astounding claim about Jesus Christ:

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 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 . . .

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Jesus and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
Larry Ricksen Larry Ricksen

Jesus and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave

It is easy for us to fall victim to illusions. Part of the reason is that we live in two worlds: the material-social world around us, and the invisible, spiritual world operating within and through the visible . . .

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Powers of Ten
Larry Ricksen Larry Ricksen

Powers of Ten

When I was in college (1973 - 1978) two classes that profounded affected me were astronomy and cosmology. As a person of faith I have always believed that science ultimately reveals God’s amazing design in everything. It was during my college years that most cosmologists accepted the Big Bang, the theory that the universe had a beginning. This shift in the scientific understanding of the origins of universe mirrored the creation story in Genesis 1:1 . . .

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