#communicates

[tryandbehappy]

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

General revelation communicates truth to everyone – truth that ought to lead each of us to turn to God. And yet nowhere in the Bible is there record of anyone turning to God on the basis of general revelation alone. This shows a problem with neither the revelation nor the Revealer, but rather, with the human being. All men reject this revelation of God.

Tim Challies

[brooklynmuseum]

The Yorùbá masquerade dance costume on view in One: Egúngún is comprised of various fabrics, such as this “African print” or “wax print” fabric, as it is commonly referred throughout much of the world. That fabric was originally manufactured in the Netherlands, inspired by Javanese batiks. In Nigeria these textiles have various names such as “wax,” “hollandais,” or “ankara;” this particular “ABC” pattern is popular among consumers that value education. It provides an example of how fabric communicates social values in Yorùbá culture.

Posted by Noemi Diop Vlisco BV, the Netherlands. Wax-Print Fabric (VL00017.019, known as “ABC” or “Alphabet”), ca 2018. Cotton, synthetic dye. Brooklyn Museum; Gift of Vlisco BV, the Netherlands, 2019.1.4. Provenance: Gift of Vlisco BV, the Netherlands, 2019

[the-moonlight-calls]

I hate my family

[terracemuse]

And sometimes, it is through the words of others.   (Wu Wei.  I Ching Wisdom)

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Bible and Evolution Are Incompatible

by Dr. Henry M. Morris III | No one has observed the evolutionary process of upward change taking place today. It does not happen! The Genesis narrative clearly communicates recent, special creation by the Triune God. The Bible and evolution (vertical change) are incompatible. The false reasoning used by evolutionists is that “since there is evidence of small changes (horizontal), there must […]

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

I’m often asked, “Do you take the Bible literally.” My answer is, “Yes, where it is meant to be taken literally. When I read, ‘Jesus is the door,’ I don’t think he has hinges.” That’s a metaphor. It communicates a literal truth but not in a literal way. In fact, everything in the Bible is literally true but not all of it is expressed in a literal way. Likewise, when Paul says that he preached the Gospel “all over the world,” he doesn’t mean literally everywhere. He means in many prominent places, just how we might describe a lengthy trip by saying we went “everywhere.” That’s a literary or rhetorical device called “hyperbole”—exaggeration for effect. We don't communicate in a hyper-literal way, and we shouldn't expect a book as diverse as the Bible to either.

Frank Turek