Intelligent Design - SciFi Novelist Dean Koontz

A glimpse into the mind of Preston Maddoc, psychotic killer, in One Door Away From Heaven:

...Five years ago, when he discovered that some quantum physicists and some molecular biologists had begun to believe that the universe offered profuse and even incontrovertible evidence of intelligent design, and that their numbers were slowly growing, his comfortable world view had been shaken, and been too deeply disturbed to allow him to shrug off this information and blithely go on with his killing.

He continued killing, yet, but not blithely. He could not accept any God hypothesis whatsoever because it was too limiting; it resurrected the whole business of right and wrong, of morality, which the enlightened community of utilitarian ethicists had largely succeeded in purging from society.

A world created by a superior intelligence, who had imbued human life with purpose and meaning, was a world in which Preston Maddoc didn't want to exist; it was a world he rejected, for he had always been and forever would be the only maser of his fate, the only judge of his behavior.

Fortunately, in the midst of his intellectual crisis, Preston had come across a most useful quote by Francis Crick, one of the two scientists who won the Nobel prize for the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA.  In a crisis of his own, Crick had reached a point at which he no longer believed that a sound scientific case could be made for evolution through natural selection.

All life at even a molecular level was so irreducibly complex that it argued for intelligent design, which convinced him that the Earth-- all floral and fauna, the entire ecosystem--had been created, but not by God (who he refused to believe in) but by an alien race of incomprehensibly vast intelligence and powers, a race that might have created this universe itself, and others...Extraterrestrials....



If that theory satisfied Francis Crick, Nobel laureate, it was plenty good enough for Preston Claudius Maddoc.

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{Extraterrestrials... ET's...any answer as long as it wasn't God..!and it still doesn't answer the question of 'First Cause" or "Origin" of it all.....only belief in God does that....}

Darkness to Light - Sarah Young

Seek My Face and you will find fulfillment of your deepest longings.

My world is filled with beautiful things; they are meant to be pointers to Me, reminders of My abiding Presence.

The earth still declares My glory to those who have eyes that see and ears that hear.

You had a darkened mind before you sought Me wholeheartedly.

I chose to pour My Light into you so you can be a beacon to others.

There is no room for pride in this position.

Your part is to reflect My Glory!

I am the LORD!

See, darkness covers the earth

and thick darkness is over the peoples,

but the LORD rises upon you and

His glory appears over you.

Isaiah 60:2

Look to the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Psalm 105:4

How Science Can Help - Lis Wiehl

It seemed rational and logical to believe in God, in that the world itself, the universe, had  a logic to it, independent of anybody's perception or interpretation; immutable mathematical and physical laws that would exist even if human beings never existed, and the way to study and understand that logic was through reason and science and skeptical inquiry. 

Some people worried that science was going to somehow explain away the mystery or wonder, or that there was something anti-theological about it, but there wasn't a single scientific discovery she could think of that didn't create more wonder and open the door to greater mysteries.

And to her way of thinking God was that infinite wonder and boundless mystery.....


--From Waking Hours, by Lis Wiehl

Who Knows God's Will? - Henry Blackaby

The Holy Spirit will never misunderstand the Father's will for your life. The Father has a purpose to work out through your life, and He places His Spirit in you so you don't miss it.

The Spirit's job is to guide you according to the Father's will. Then He enables you to do God's will. You are completely dependent on God for the knowledge and ability to accomplish His purposes.

That is why your relationship with Him is crucial. That is why you need to wait until you have heard a word from Him about His purposes and ways.

Jesus is your example of One who never failed to know and do His Father's will. Everything the Father purposed to do through His life, the Lord Jesus did immediately.

What was the key to His success? He was always rightly related to the Father! If you walk in a consistent relationship with God's provision--the provision of His Son, His Holy Spirit and His presence in your life--then you should never come to a time when you do not know the Father's will. Nor should there be a time when you are not enabled to carry out His will.

In Jesus we have the picture of a solitary life in a love relationship with God, consistently living out that relationship. He is the perfect example.

You and I quickly realize we are a long way from that. True! But the Christ who lived His life in complete obedience is fully present in you to enable you to know and to do His will.

We need to adjust our lives to God and consistently live out that relationship with absolute dependence on Him. He will never fail to lead your life into the middle of His purpose and enable you to do it.

         --From Experiencing God,
       by Henry and Richard Blackaby and Claude King

It's going to be a long day! - Sarah Young

Come to Me, and rest in My loving Presence.

You know that this day will bring difficulties, and you are trying to think your way through those trials.

As you anticipate what is ahead of you, you forget that I am with you -- now and always.

Rehearsing your troubles results in experiencing them many times, whereas you are meant to go through them only when they actually occur.

Do not multiply your suffering in this way!

Instead, come to Me, and relax in My Presence.

I will strengthen you and prepare you for this day, transforming your fear into confident trust.


Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.  Joshua 1:9

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.  Matthew 11:28-30


He said, "Learn from Me....."