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Heart Smart
by The Shopper
RICHARD ZEKVELD
God, in His wisdom, ordered the universe, down to its intricate details, so that life can thrive on Earth. As of 2001, scientific studies had identified 150 precise conditions that must be in place and work together perfectly for life to exist on Earth. Consider several of those conditions. If Earth were slightly larger, increased gravity would make life impossible. If Earth were slightly smaller, decreased gravity would make life impossible. Extreme temperature swings would result if earth took longer than twenty-four hours to rotate. Extreme winds would result if earth took fewer than twenty-four hours to rotate. God commissioned Jupiter to be Earth’s gigantic, magnetic bodyguard, sucking all kinds of space debris into itself that might otherwise hit Planet Earth. Our moon is just the right size to stabilize Earth’s axis and ensure that the tides are just right to sustain life*.
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To declare this a mindless, cosmic accident is like saying a tornado created a Boeing 747 when it whipped through a junkyard. Let us marvel at God’s wise design and rejoice that in Christ “all things hold together” (Colossians 1:16).
Christ, the One who holds all things together, is the One God sent to put us back together in right relationship with him and others. We must own the fact that we are estranged from God because we have rejected his loving rule to seek life on our own terms. Confess and renounce your sin. Ask God to forgive you. Trust that Christ bled on the cross to secure your forgiveness and place in God’s family as his child. Be reconciled to God.
COVENANT UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
1130 East 154th St., South Holland 708-333-5955 www.covucc.org
PASTOR REV. DR. PATRICK L. DAYMOND WORSHIP SERVICES
RECONCILIATION CHURCH
833 East 168th St., South Holland 708-331-7755 www.reconciliationchurch.org
PASTOR GLEN MCCARTHY WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday Worship 10:00
REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH
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WORSHIP SERVICES
Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Channel 6 Tues. 10:00 a.m.
*Eric Metaxas. Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, And How They Can Change Your Life. “Chapter 4: Is Life A Miracle?”. New York: Dutton, © 2014, pgs.40-41.
Richard Zekveld Pastor, Covenant Fellowship Church cfcsh.org
FIRST CHURCH (PCA) 3134 Ridge Rd, Lansing 708-474-9610 www.firstchurchpca.org
PASTOR WYBREN OORD
FIRST ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF SOUTH HOLLAND
16248 South Park Ave., South Holland 708-333-8211 www.firstchurchsh.org
PASTOR REV. DANIEL SVENDSEN WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday
ESPIRITU DE DIOS
16400 S. State St., South Holland 708-439-1220 sogfchurch.com
PASTORES Jose & Paula Lopez
SERVICIOS: Grupo de Oracion de Hombres Jueves ........................................... 7:30 p.m. Sabado Alabanza y Predicacion.....6:00 p.m.
UNITY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA
Plum Creek Center
2138 Moeller Street Dyer, IN 46311 (219) 931-5284 www.unitynwi.org ALL WELCOME
MINISTER: REV. GERALDINE COLVIN SUNDAY SERVICE.......................10:00 AM
