Culture

One of the most difficult times in a child’s life is the time that they enter junior high school. Their bodies are changing, they are full of emotions, and there is a desire to separate from their parents and become more independent. This is the time when critical decisions concerning faith in God are made, and the experiences they have with family and the church will influence the rest of their life.

Since the 1980’s, the national health standards have promoted what is called the food pyramid, which tells us that sugars and fats should be eaten sparingly, if at all. Dr. Jean-Guy Daigneault is a chiropractor who is also a nutrition expert, and though he agrees with sugar being bad for you, recent studies have shown that avoidance of fat is a problem. Consumption of good fats is essential for the production of hormones and it helps to lose weight. The culprit is trans-fatty

Dr. Jean-Guy Daigneault, a chiropractor who combines his practice with nutrition, talks about the problem with food being processed with sugar, and the fact that our culture is oriented where sugar is a reward and given as a sign of love. He also talks about sugar substitutes that are harmful to the body. The recommendation is to use natural products like honey, maple sugar, coconut sugar, or stevia.

If you were to ask ten questions of an atheist, what would they be? Doug and Rich gives a list of the top ten questions that an atheist would find it tough to answer.

Kerby Rials is a missionary who has established a church in Belgium. He relates what it is like to talk about the Christian faith to people in Europe and why the message of the gospel is not being heard there. They are establishing a Christian cable channel in Belgium and one of the keys is to have materials about Creation Science in French.

The Greatest Showman is a movie about P. T. Barnum. The interest here concerning the theory of evolution is the treatment of those who were “freaks” and played a role in his sideshow. There was a good and bad side to this, and a Christian perspective is discussed.

Jeff Conklin explores the various evolutionary explanations why we wear clothing and compares these explanations to the Biblical model of how God clothed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

This program talks about scientific lies, philosophical lies, biological lies and what we can do to detect them. Often a scientific lie will start out with the wrong assumptions and though all of the science that follows is correct, because the assumption is wrong the conclusion is wrong. There is a spiritual lie detector called discernment that is a gift from God, and it takes a spiritual perspective to be able to use this gift.

What is the origin of lying, and why are we tempted to believe lies? This program explores some of the major lies that are found in evolutionary theory, and what we can do to detect them.

On of the first commands given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden was the responsibility to take dominion of the resources that God placed in the garden. That is why Christians should take seriously the responsibility to care for the environment. That is in contrast to what extreme environmentalists propose, and many of the things they fight for are irresponsible and cause much more harm than good.

Dan and Teresa Janzen are operating a school in South Sudan, and are teaching the students practical principles they can apply in their lives from a Biblical point of view. Dan is an agriculture specialist and is helping the students to learn farming skills. The opportunity to build an up-to-date curriculum from scratch is part of what we are doing at RAE.ORG.

Paul Thompson spent a year teaching English as a second language in the Middle East, and shares with us his observations about the political and religious climate where he traveled.

Jeff Conklin talks about the negative effect of evolution on the basic doctrines of Christianity. Was there a literal Adam and Eve? If they were simply myths or legend, and if the first eleven chapters of Genesis are questionable, how can we explain the goodness of God, the origin of sin and death and the need for Jesus Christ the savior? Jesus himself believed in the historical fact of the fall of Adam, and that is why he came to redeem us. Evolution erodes the foundation of

Existentialism is a philosophy that originated in the early nineteenth century with the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. This philosophy defined truth that is relative to the individual and places an emphasis on free choice. Other existentialists have taken this to its ultimate conclusion and framed it within an atheistic worldview. Various versions of existentialism are discussed and the negative fruits that are born as a result.

This is the title of Jerry Bergman’s new book “How Darwinism Corrodes Morality.” He explains how the theory of evolution leads to sexual perversion, eugenics, abortion, euthanasia, war and death. There are several biographies of people whose writings screwed up the world with their immoral philosophies, and how each of them were dependent upon Darwin’s teachings.

There are many examples of things Christians may get caught doing that might cause a person to reject Christianity as a result. Ultimately every person is responsible to God to make that decision for themselves despite the actions of others.If a person finds themselves standing before God someday and they use the excuse that a Christian offended them and that’s the reason they rejected Him, how would that fly?

In the effort to appear “tolerant” many people make the statement that all religions are basically the same. The ten commandments, however, contradict that idea, and that explains why there is pressure to remove them from public display. The first three commandments, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me, thou shalt not make any graven images, and thou shalt not take the Lord God’s name in vain” point out the exclusive nature of Christianity. Jesus said I am the way, the t

Kerby Rials is a missionary to Belgium, and he discusses the spiritual climate of Europe. It is interesting that there are atheist churches there that conduct weddings and funerals, but he observes that their atheism is only skin-deep. Deep down, according to Kerby, there are no real atheists. When times get tough, they pray.

This is an age-old question. War is an evil that has always been part of this world, and the question of how a Christian should deal with it has always been difficult. “Apparently I must shoot you,” declared Blaise Pascal in Pensees. “You live on the other side of the river, and my leader has a quarrel with your leader. Sorry, I must shoot you.” This seems senseless, and in perspective of heaven and hell, and God’s ultimate purpose, there is a paradox that a believer must res

The message of Creation Evangelism seems to be important only to a percentage of Christians, and the reasons people become Christians vary. These reasons are explored in this program, We conclude that the role of Creation Evangelism is to remove the intellectual stumblingblocks to faith. Not everyone faces these issues.