GOD IS REAL does not represent any religion, but shows you that God is the most beautiful reality there is. He has surrounded us with evidence of himself and he keeps the question of his existence squarely before us. (16) Francis S. Collins, director of the Human Genome Project, and author of The Language of God, (Free Press, New York, NY), 2006 All performances take place at 46 Walker Street, between Church and Broadway. ", God views your relationship with him as permanent. Here then, are some reasons to consider…. It is a system of purification and supply that sustains life on this planet, a system of recycled and reused water.7. Water is a universal solvent allowing various chemicals, minerals and nutrients to easily dissolve and be carried throughout our bodies and into the smallest blood vessels.6. As I challenged those who believed in God, I was deeply curious to see if they could convince me otherwise. What causes us to do that? Of all the religions known to humanity, only through Jesus will you see God reaching toward humanity, providing a way for us to have a relationship with him. He is Forgiving. Ephesians 1:11 teaches God is the One "who works all things according to the counsel of His will." Jesus revealed that although he views us as sinners, worthy of his punishment, his love for us ruled and he came up with a different plan. (22) Revelation 3:20 Natural, biological causes are completely lacking as an explanation when programmed information is involved. Most of these references occur in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.While the exact term is not found in the Old Testament, the existence of God’s Kingdom is expressed similarly in the Old Testament. The phrase ‘Kingdom of God’ (also ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ or ‘Kingdom of Light’) appears more than 80 times in the New Testament. In the course of God’s self-disclosure to humankind, He revealed His nature in progressive stages. Clark, Creation (London: Tyndale Press, 1946), p. 20 Funding for Is God Is is provided, in part, by the Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation. Water is also chemically neutral. Originaires du village de Glen Of The Downs, à l'Est de l'Irlande, God Is An Astronaut est un groupe de Post-Rock monté en 2002 par les frères jumeaux Kinsella, Torsten (Chant / Guitare / Claviers) et Niels (Basse / Guitare) à l'âge de 26 ans. It had a start...what caused that? God … We sin. He does not just whisper but shows Himself clearly for all to see, in an infinite number of ways. This is your decision, no coercion here. RVR60 VUL WLC LXX mGNT TR . There will also be three 99-Cent Sunday performances of IS GOD IS on February 25, March 4, and March 11. (10) Robert Jastrow; "Message from Professor Robert Jastrow"; LeaderU.com; 2002. I may want to ask Jesus into my life, please explain this more fully... https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/. Why is this so amazing? This astonishment springs from the recognition that the universe doesn't have to behave this way. Many Christians speak of knowing or doing God's will, but what is it? (9) Hugh Davson, Physiology of the Eye, 5th ed (New York: McGraw Hill, 1991) (7) Ibid. I have come to find out that God wants to be known. (13) Dinesh D'Souza, What's So Great about Christianity; (Regnery Publishing, Inc, 2007, chapter 11). Our primary job as Christians is not to prove God’s design of trees and other created things. I too had no expectations other than rightfully admitting God's existence. He treats all His creations the same. All 5 words are multiplied by eternity and infinity. - His Nature We know certain things to be true of God for one reason: in His mercy He has condescended to reveal some of His qualities to us. He gave us the Bible as His guideline to learn about His plan for mankind and to reveal who He is. NET RSV ASV YLT DBY WEB HNV . (21) John 3:16 If the Sun were at the top of the door frame, the Earth would be like a small coin sitting on the bottom door frame.4. In fact, the day I chose to acknowledge God's existence, my prayer began with, "Ok, you win..." It might be that the underlying reason atheists are bothered by people believing in God is because God is actively pursuing them. Yet evolution alone does not fully explain the initial source of the eye or the brain -- the start of living organisms from nonliving matter. God's incorporeality or corporeality is related to conceptions of God's transcendence (being outside nature) or immanence(bein… 30:9; God is eternal, Psalm 90:2; 1 Tim. The Moon creates important ocean tides and movement so ocean waters do not stagnate, and yet our massive oceans are restrained from spilling over across the continents.5. Though he talked about his Father in heaven, it was not from the position of separation, but of very close union, unique to all humankind. God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you (2 Thessalonians 1:6). It is also rotating on its axis, allowing the entire surface of the Earth to be properly warmed and cooled every day. He who hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him [or her]. – Helen Shaw, “a rich, funny, unnerving, exhilarating gold mine”, Performance OBIE Award to Alfie Fuller and Dame-Jasmine Hughes, Soho Rep. | Theatre 46 Walker Street, NYC | Administrative Offices 401 Broadway Suite 300, NYC | Confession (The Sacrificial Mix) 13. Because of Jesus' death and resurrection, he offers us a new life today. Lewis went on to write a book titled, "Surprised by Joy" as a result of knowing God. God is commonly portrayed as being eternal; however, there is more than one way to understand the concept of “eternal.” On the one hand, God may be thought of as “everlasting,” which means that God has existed through all time. I didn't realize that the reason the topic of God weighed so heavily on my mind, was because God was pressing the issue. God is a family. The Earth's size and corresponding gravity holds a thin layer of mostly nitrogen and oxygen gases, only extending about 50 miles above the Earth's surface. Water in plants can therefore flow upward against gravity, bringing life-giving water and nutrients to the top of even the tallest trees. Water freezes from the top down and floats, so fish can live in the winter. Is God real? Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize winner for quantum electrodynamics, said, "Why nature is mathematical is a mystery...The fact that there are rules at all is a kind of miracle."15. All of the sciences--molecular biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, etc.--hinge on the consistent laws of nature. The universe has not always existed. It's made up of four chemical units, called nucleotide bases, that scientists abbreviate as A, T, G, and C. These are arranged in the human cell like this: CGTGTGACTCGCTCCTGAT and so on. (5) The Wonders of God's Creation, Moody Institute of Science (Chicago, IL) Dr. Emily Baldwin commented, "One of the most important numbers in physics, the proton-electron mass ratio, is the same in a galaxy six billion light years away as it is here on Earth…"12. Picture a typical front door of a house. Pain is God 2. Kickin Ass 12. It was also commonly used by Sweden in most of its wars and especially as a war cry during the Thirty Years' War Winner of the 2016 Relentless Award, Aleshea Harris collides the ancient, the modern, the tragic, the Spaghetti Western, and Afropunk in this darkly funny and unapologetic world premiere. 14:33; God is a most pure spirit, John 4:24; God is a righteous judge, Psalm 7:11; God is all-knowing, 1 John 3:20; God is all-powerful, Jer. You cannot find instruction, precise information like this, without someone intentionally constructing it. Seed of Evil (PIG Mix) 8. The force, effect, or a manifestation or aspect of this being. No statements of, "You just have to believe." (17) John 8:12 This was the singular start to everything that exists: the beginning of the universe, the start of space, and even the initial start of time itself. b. Search a pre-defined list OR Select a range of biblical books. Everything about who God is stretches not only across the 100 billion light-years of this universe, but also stretches far beyond this universe to God’s throne in heaven. Ninety-seven percent of the Earth's water is in the oceans. Badland 6. The universe had a start - what caused it? God is spirit, by nature intangible (John 4:24). DNA is a complex, arranged program telling the cell to act in a certain way. Rock n Roll Refugee 4. Gott mit uns ("God with us") is a phrase commonly used in heraldry in Prussia (from 1701) and later by the German military during the periods spanning the German Empire (1871 to 1918), the Third Reich (1933 to 1945), and the early years of West Germany (1949 to 1962). Jesus said: “What I teach is not mine, but belongs to him who sent me.” Jesus, the Son of God, paid for our sin with his death on a cross. As Billy Graham once explained, “God has shown Himself to us in three ways—as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. "17 He claimed attributes belonging only to God: to be able to forgive people of their sin, free them from habits of sin, give people a more abundant life and give them eternal life in heaven. Believing Jesus is God doesn’t mean there are multiple gods. "13, Physicist Paul C. Davies, comments, "…to be a scientist, you had to have faith that the universe is governed by dependable, immutable, absolute, universal, mathematical laws…”14. Jesus said, "Behold, I stand at the door [of your heart] and knock. Clear Advanced Options. (6) Ibid. I ask you to forgive me right now and come into my life. God Is Love is a famous verse from 1 John 4:8 about God's loving nature. He is the only necessary being, is purposeful/personal, and possesses both unity and diversity. He says, "I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. These are chemicals that instruct, that code in a very detailed way exactly how the person's body should function. “A snarly new master of high-octane carnage has risen into view. 32:17, 27; God is non-contingent, Isaiah 44:24; God is avenging, Nah. As you may know, a computer program is made up of ones and zeros, like this: 110010101011000. However, God is forgiving and will forgive us from the moment we begin a relationship with him. Sounds ludicrous? There is an intelligence to it, the ability to reason, to produce feelings, to dream and plan, to take action, and relate to other people. Astrophysicist Robert Jastrow, a self-described agnostic, stated, "The seed of everything that has happened in the Universe was planted in that first instant; every star, every planet and every living creature in the Universe came into being as a result of events that were set in motion in the moment of the cosmic explosion...The Universe flashed into being, and we cannot find out what caused that to happen. I want to know you in a real way. People everywhere followed Jesus, because he constantly met their needs, doing the miraculous. – Ben Brantley, “excellent revenge fantasy…furious and incandescent” Deliverance 9. Among many other biblical and theological words, 5 stand out. A line forms outside the theater as early as two hours before curtain time. The play runs 90 minutes, with no intermission. We're told that "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."21. "In God We Trust" is America's official motto. Water...colorless, odorless and without taste, and yet no living thing can survive without it. He rose from the dead and offers us … Elle est sortie le 13 juillet 2018, en tant que le deuxième single de l'album Sweetener. 1:17; God is everywhere, Psalm 139:7-12 Here then, are some reasons to consider... Before you look at the facts surrounding his existence, ask yourself, If God does exist, would I want to know him? At the God level, two beings exist in a family relationship—a Father and a Son, both of whom are eternal, spirit, uncreated. He said if you do not want to believe what I'm telling you, you should at least believe in me based on the miracles you're seeing.19. (15) Richard Feynman, The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist (New York: BasicBooks, 1998), 43. There are three billion pairs of these letters in every human cell.15b, Well, just like you can program your phone to sound for specific reasons, DNA instructs the cell. He created us with the intention that we would know him. Well, here is an attempt to candidly offer some of the reasons which suggest that God exists. I am not the only one who has experienced this. Who Is God ? (11) Steven Weinberg; The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe; (Basic Books,1988); p 5. La chanson est écrite par Ariana Grande, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Richard Göransson et son producteur Ilya Salmanzadeh. And she—yes, she—is putting her own audacious stamp on that most venerable of pop genres…IS GOD IS sees fit to bring down the house.” I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all of England.". Perhaps, but many loving fathers would gladly trade places with their child in a cancer ward if they could. And like many atheists, the issue of people believing in God bothered me greatly. All of our ability to discover, solve problems, create is made possible by the orderly laws of the universe that never change and can be measured with precision. God does not force us to believe in him, though he could. God is perfect in love. "2 Before you look at the facts surrounding his existence, ask yourself, If God does exist, would I want to know him? Sex &; Death (Evil Edit) 14. Look throughout the major world religions and you'll find that Buddha, Muhammad, Confucius and Moses all identified themselves as teachers or prophets. When I was an atheist, I attributed my intentions as caring for those poor, delusional people...to help them realize their hope was completely ill-founded. 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