November 21, 2025 • 15 mins
This is Episode 158 of Christian Research Journal Reads. This is an audio version of the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL article, “God’s Other Book: What It is and How to “Read” It” by Dan Story.https://www.equip.org/articles/gods-other-book-what-it-is-and-how-to-read-it/
This article first appeared in the Effective Evangelism column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 41, number 02 (2018).
This podcast presents audio versions of Christian Research Journal articles. As the flagship publication of the Christian Research Institute, the Journal seeks to equip followers of Christ to think and to live Christianly—to exercise truth and experience life. Truth, especially essential Christian doctrine, forms the basis for how we live our lives in Christ. As the apostle Paul instructed Timothy in 1 Tim. 4:16, “Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.”The Christian Research Journal enjoyed a print incarnation of almost 45 years. Now exclusively an online publication, the Journal consists of thousands of free articles. We hope that through these audio articles you are not only equipped to proclaim and defend your faith but that as a disciple you also draw closer to Christ in your walk with Him. You can find the written version of each article that is an episode of Christian Research Journal Reads at the website of the Christian Research Institute, equip.org. All Christian Research Journal articles at equip.org are completely free and do not require a subscription and are not under a paywall.All episodes are available at the following podcast platforms with more being added daily! You can help spread the word about this podcast by giving us a rating and review from the other channels we are listed on and telling others!You can view off our Website at the at this link and off our Journal main page.
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This article first appeared in the Effective Evangelism column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 41, number 02 (2018).
This podcast presents audio versions of Christian Research Journal articles. As the flagship publication of the Christian Research Institute, the Journal seeks to equip followers of Christ to think and to live Christianly—to exercise truth and experience life. Truth, especially essential Christian doctrine, forms the basis for how we live our lives in Christ. As the apostle Paul instructed Timothy in 1 Tim. 4:16, “Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.”The Christian Research Journal enjoyed a print incarnation of almost 45 years. Now exclusively an online publication, the Journal consists of thousands of free articles. We hope that through these audio articles you are not only equipped to proclaim and defend your faith but that as a disciple you also draw closer to Christ in your walk with Him. You can find the written version of each article that is an episode of Christian Research Journal Reads at the website of the Christian Research Institute, equip.org. All Christian Research Journal articles at equip.org are completely free and do not require a subscription and are not under a paywall.All episodes are available at the following podcast platforms with more being added daily! You can help spread the word about this podcast by giving us a rating and review from the other channels we are listed on and telling others!You can view off our Website at the at this link and off our Journal main page.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/christian-research-journal-reads--6022978/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to episode one hundred and fifty eight of
the Christian Research Journal Reads Podcast. God's Other Book, What
It Is and How to Read It? By Dan's Story.
This article first appeared in the Effect of Evangelism column
of the print edition of the Christian Research Journal, Volume
(00:27):
forty one, number two in twenty eighteen. The Christian Research
Journal Reads Podcast presents audio versions of Christian Research Journal articles.
To read the full text of this article and its documentation,
please go to equip dot org. That's e qu ip
(00:51):
dot rg.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
God's Other Book, What It Is and How to Read It.
This article is by Dan's story and is read by
an automated voice. Three thousand years ago in ancient Israel,
when wild nature was as common as sunshine and rain,
a wistful King David looked to the wilderness as a
way to escape his troubled life. Oh that I had
(01:16):
wings like a dove, I would fly away and be
at rest. Behold, I would wander far away, I would
lodge in the wilderness. I would hasten to my place
of refuge from the stormy wind and tempest. Psalm fifty five,
verses six to eight. Jump ahead a thousand years to
the life of Jesus Christ. Again, we see the wilderness
(01:38):
as as sought after retreat for peace and rest. When
Jesus learned of John the Baptist execution, he withdrew in
a boat to a secluded place by himself Matthew fourteen thirteen. Likewise,
when the pressures of ministry became great, Jesus sought out
the mountain to be alone John six fifteen. On other
(01:58):
occasions he would drue to remote places simply to pray
Mark one thirty five Luke six twelve. And when Jesus
Discaples were so busy they did not even have time
to eat, Jesus instructed them to come away to a
secluded place and rest awhile Mark six thirty one. This
same urge to seek peace and rest in a secluded
(02:21):
place is just as common in today's civilized world. When
the stresses of daily living become burdensome, most of us
craven escape to a place where the pressures, annoyances, distractions,
and anxieties of ordinary life are held at bay. More
often than not, just like Jesus and King David, we
envision a place somewhere in wild nature. This is true
(02:43):
for Christians and non Christians alike. There is a reason
for this. Just as the human race possesses an intuitive
sense of eternity because God placed such knowledge in the
human heart Ecclesiastes three eleven. Just as the human race
intuitively recognize is a universal moral code because God placed
such a code in a human conscience Romans two, verses
(03:07):
thirteen to fifteen. So to God placed in us an
awareness of his existence, which can be awakened through contact
with nature Romans one, verses nineteen and twenty. We might
say we become aware of God's presence by reading the
Book of Nature. The call of the Wild is God's
voiceless summons. It is his universal self disclosure to the
(03:29):
entire human family, the Book of Nature. During the Late
Middle Ages, theologians use the term Book of Nature as
a metaphorical description of God's revelation outside the Bible and
for creation. Today, theologians usually refer to God's self disclosure
in Nature as general revelation, as the term implies. It's
(03:51):
called general because as a channel of divine revelation, Nature
is limited in scope and details about God. For example,
it does not reveal God's redemptive plan for the human race,
nor the depth of the immeasurable love he offers all
of us. But it does reveal that God exists, is
the creator of life and the cosmos, and that He
(04:12):
is eternal, all powerful, and sovereign over all life on earth. So,
although the Book of Nature is an abridge limited version
of God's more detailed revelation in the Bible, what Creation
does reveal about God is in perfect harmony and consistent
with scripture. Two passages are sufficient to demonstrate this. The
heavens are telling of the glory of God. Their expanse
(04:35):
is declaring the work of his hands Psalm nineteen to one.
For since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes,
his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen,
being understood through what has been made, so that they
people who suppress this truth Verse one are without excuse
Romans one twenty. These passages capture the essence of general revelation.
(05:00):
Besides the self evident fact that God exists, they portray
physical creation as revealing his awe inspiring glory and artistic craftsmanship.
The work of his hands. Creation reveals God's attributes power
and divine nature. Together, these two passages are a preefest
to the Book of Nature. The entire cosmos and the
(05:22):
laws of Nature make known to all people God's spectacular
creative acts, his transcendent and sovereign power, and his splendor
expressed in the beauty of creation. The Book of Nature, then,
is God's second book. It discloses real truth and knowledge
about God in and through creation. Everywhere we look in
the natural world there are symbols and pictures of God's
(05:45):
divine nature, character and eternal truths, his presence, creativity, grandeur, wisdom, love, care, glory, provision,
and eternal promises to both human and non human life.
Even the resurrection is pictured symbolically in Nature One Corinthians fifteen,
verses thirty five to thirty eight. C. S. Lewis provides
(06:09):
examples of and the limitations to general revelation. Everything God
has made has some likeness to himself. Space is like
him in its hugeness. Not that the greatness of space
is the same kind of greatness as God's, but it
is a sort of symbol of it, or a translation
of it into non spiritual terms. Matter is like God
(06:31):
and having energy, though again, of course, physical energy is
a different kind of thing from the power of God.
The vegetable world is like him because it is alive
and He is the living God. But life in this
biological sense is not the same as life there is
in God. It is only a kind of symbol or
shadow of it. When we come onto the animals, we
(06:54):
find other kinds of resemblances in addition to biological life.
The intense activity and fertility of the insects, for example,
is a first dim resemblance to the unseizing activity and
the creativeness of God. In the higher mammals, we get
the beginnings of instinctive affection that is not the same
thing as the love that exists in God, but it
(07:15):
is like it, rather in the way that a picture
drawn on a flat piece of paper can nevertheless be
like a landscape. Since Christian scripture provide the most insight
into the use of General revelation as a testimony to
God's existence and activities Acts fourteen, Verses fifteen to seventeen,
it's not surprising that its inspired authors would record many
(07:38):
examples of people encountering and communing with God in wild,
lonely habitats. It was in the wilderness that God often
reached out to his faithful followers. God gave Moses the
Ten Commandments on Mount Signing. John the Baptist received his
commission to be the forerunner of the Jewish Messiah Jesus
in the wilderness Luke three to two. And it was
(07:59):
in the world the wilderness that he preached his baptism
over Penns Mark one to four. Jesus confronted and rebuked
Satan's temptations in a desert wilderness prior to beginning his
ministry among the Jews Matthew four, verses one to eleven.
He appointed his twelve chosen apostles on a mountain side
Mark three, verses thirteen and fourteen. Preached his most famous
(08:24):
sermon in a mountain valley Luke six seventeen, and gave
a few of his disaples a glimpse of his heavenly
glory on a high mountain Matthew seventeen, verses one and two.
How to read the Book of Nature. The visible world
of Nature can be an introduction to unseen spiritual realities
inaccessible to science and impossible to fully comprehend independent of
(08:47):
divine assistance the Holy Spirit. In other words, God has
created two realities, the invisible spiritual realm undetected by our
five senses, and the physical visible realm axis accessible to
our senses. In science, nature can be a bridge between
the two. On the one hand, it is thoroughly physical.
(09:08):
Yet because the natural world is the product of God's creation,
it is filled with pictures and symbols of spiritual realities.
Since knowledge about God is beyond the purview and limits
of science, knowledge from God revealed through the Book of
Nature is of far greater value than anything we can
learn from science. This is not to say that empirical
(09:28):
science is unimportant in terms of understanding God's general revelation
in nature. In fact, science corroborates the Book of Nature
and thereby can enhance our wonder of Nature and thus God.
But I am saying that in order to gain knowledge
about God through nature, to understand the Book of Nature
requires that we look at nature more as a poet
(09:48):
than a scientist. This means we must be alert to
our feelings more than facts. That is, seek to be
more sensitive to the pleasures elevated thoughts and impressions, and
insight into space spiritual realities that wild nature conjures up,
features and phenomena within Nature are visual indicators of supernatural
realities that penetrate our feelings and intuitions independent of normal
(10:12):
reasoning processes. In particular, they provide direct apprehension of the
reality of God's existence and his continuous, loving outreach to
the entire human family. Time spent contemplating the Book of
Nature can awaken thoughts and feelings that often lie dormant
and unexpressed in the human heart, such as enhancing a
desire to think about and worship God. Wild Nature's beauty
(10:35):
and grandeur softens inflated self esteem, humbles tendencies towards self exaltation.
He's is stress and offers peace to troubled souls. Nature
can be a place for physical and emotional retreat and renewal,
and a setting where greater insight into spiritual truths can
be realized. Former religious skeptic turned theologian Atleastir McGrath, referring
(10:57):
to his own spiritual journey, speaks to this. I now
know that nature was charged with the grandeur and majesty
of God. To engage with nature was to gain a
deeper appreciation of divine wisdom. Nature as an apologetic slash
evangelistic point of contact. One of the great blessings God
(11:19):
has granted the entire family of man as his most
beloved creation is his self disclosure in nature and making
it available to every human being who ever lived, regardless
of period in history, culture, religious beliefs, or secular ideologies
Romans one, Verses eighteen to twenty. This is why nature
(11:39):
can be an effect of apologetic and evangelistic point of contact.
God has revealed enough information about Himself in Creation so
that the Book of Nature general revelation can inspire sincere
spiritual seekers to desire a deeper, fuller understanding of God.
For those who acknowledge the reality of God's existence revealed
(12:00):
the Nature, a door is open for Christians to share
biblical testimonies of the Book of Nature and its influence
in their own spiritual journey. There are millions of non
Christian outdoor enthusiasts, campers, sportsmen, wildlife photographers, backpackers, bird watchers,
day hikers, environmentalists, and Neolpigin's nature worshippers. Many of them
(12:22):
hope to find spiritual fulfillment in nature as an apologetic
slash evangelistic point of contact. With the help of Christian friends,
the Book of Nature provides a legitimate way for people
of any faith, as well as non religious people, to
begin to learn truth and gain knowledge about the only,
true and living God. The apostle Paul confirms this in
(12:44):
Romans Chapter one, and applies it in his encounter with
the Greek philosophers in Acts seventeen. He first points out
that God may created the world and all things in it,
Acts seventeen twenty four, and then assures his life listeners
that if they would seek this God, perhaps they might
(13:04):
grope for him and find him, though he is not
far from each one of us twenty seven. Let's see
how this can play out today. Since virtually all people
appreciate and enjoy the natural world, opening the Book of
Nature for unbelievers to examine can be an inspiring evangelistic conversation.
Starter point out God's creative brilliance displayed in the ecological
(13:26):
harmony of nature, his great love for the human race
displayed in the abundant resources nature provides, his design of
wild habitats for the welfare and survival of wildlife Psalm
one hundred and four, and that the only sensible explanation
for why nature intuitively provides peace restoration and heightened spiritual
sensitivity is because God created it that way, the Book
(13:50):
of Nature can encourage non Christians who love the outdoors
with Christians as their guide, to begin a life changing
journey that inevitably leads to the Gospel. And this is
because God desires all people to come to know Him
one Timothy two to four. In the same way, the
Book of Nature can be a compelling apologetic point of
(14:12):
contact with secular nature lovers, followers of earth based religions,
or other like minded people who have never responded to
traditional apologetic efforts. After all, the very person unbelievers find
so hard to accept created nature Collotions one, verse sixteen,
and loves and enjoys it as well, Psalm one hundred
(14:32):
and four, verse thirty one.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Thank you for listening to another episode from the Christian
Research Journal Reads podcast, which provides audio articles of Christian
Research Journal articles. If you go to equip dot org,
you will find a brand new article for the Christian
Research Journal published weekly. In addition, please subscribe to our
other podcasts. Wherever you find your favorite podcasts, you we'll
(15:00):
find the Christian Research Journal Reads podcast, the Postmodern Realities podcast,
which features interviews with Christian Research Journal authors, our flagship podcast,
The Bible answer Man Broadcast, and the Hank Unplugged podcast,
where CRI President Hank Canagraph takes you out of the
(15:22):
studio and into his study to engage in in depth,
free flowing, essential Christian conversations on critical issues with some
of the most interesting and informative people on the planet.
At equipped dot org, you will also find a lot
of resources to equip you, including many thousands of Christian
(15:43):
Research Journal articles. That's e qu ip dot RG.
You're listening to episode one hundred and fifty eight of
the Christian Research Journal Reads Podcast. God's Other Book, What
It Is and How to Read It? By Dan's Story.
This article first appeared in the Effect of Evangelism column
of the print edition of the Christian Research Journal, Volume
(00:27):
forty one, number two in twenty eighteen. The Christian Research
Journal Reads Podcast presents audio versions of Christian Research Journal articles.
To read the full text of this article and its documentation,
please go to equip dot org. That's e qu ip
(00:51):
dot rg.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
God's Other Book, What It Is and How to Read It.
This article is by Dan's story and is read by
an automated voice. Three thousand years ago in ancient Israel,
when wild nature was as common as sunshine and rain,
a wistful King David looked to the wilderness as a
way to escape his troubled life. Oh that I had
(01:16):
wings like a dove, I would fly away and be
at rest. Behold, I would wander far away, I would
lodge in the wilderness. I would hasten to my place
of refuge from the stormy wind and tempest. Psalm fifty five,
verses six to eight. Jump ahead a thousand years to
the life of Jesus Christ. Again, we see the wilderness
(01:38):
as as sought after retreat for peace and rest. When
Jesus learned of John the Baptist execution, he withdrew in
a boat to a secluded place by himself Matthew fourteen thirteen. Likewise,
when the pressures of ministry became great, Jesus sought out
the mountain to be alone John six fifteen. On other
(01:58):
occasions he would drue to remote places simply to pray
Mark one thirty five Luke six twelve. And when Jesus
Discaples were so busy they did not even have time
to eat, Jesus instructed them to come away to a
secluded place and rest awhile Mark six thirty one. This
same urge to seek peace and rest in a secluded
(02:21):
place is just as common in today's civilized world. When
the stresses of daily living become burdensome, most of us
craven escape to a place where the pressures, annoyances, distractions,
and anxieties of ordinary life are held at bay. More
often than not, just like Jesus and King David, we
envision a place somewhere in wild nature. This is true
(02:43):
for Christians and non Christians alike. There is a reason
for this. Just as the human race possesses an intuitive
sense of eternity because God placed such knowledge in the
human heart Ecclesiastes three eleven. Just as the human race
intuitively recognize is a universal moral code because God placed
such a code in a human conscience Romans two, verses
(03:07):
thirteen to fifteen. So to God placed in us an
awareness of his existence, which can be awakened through contact
with nature Romans one, verses nineteen and twenty. We might
say we become aware of God's presence by reading the
Book of Nature. The call of the Wild is God's
voiceless summons. It is his universal self disclosure to the
(03:29):
entire human family, the Book of Nature. During the Late
Middle Ages, theologians use the term Book of Nature as
a metaphorical description of God's revelation outside the Bible and
for creation. Today, theologians usually refer to God's self disclosure
in Nature as general revelation, as the term implies. It's
(03:51):
called general because as a channel of divine revelation, Nature
is limited in scope and details about God. For example,
it does not reveal God's redemptive plan for the human race,
nor the depth of the immeasurable love he offers all
of us. But it does reveal that God exists, is
the creator of life and the cosmos, and that He
(04:12):
is eternal, all powerful, and sovereign over all life on earth. So,
although the Book of Nature is an abridge limited version
of God's more detailed revelation in the Bible, what Creation
does reveal about God is in perfect harmony and consistent
with scripture. Two passages are sufficient to demonstrate this. The
heavens are telling of the glory of God. Their expanse
(04:35):
is declaring the work of his hands Psalm nineteen to one.
For since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes,
his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen,
being understood through what has been made, so that they
people who suppress this truth Verse one are without excuse
Romans one twenty. These passages capture the essence of general revelation.
(05:00):
Besides the self evident fact that God exists, they portray
physical creation as revealing his awe inspiring glory and artistic craftsmanship.
The work of his hands. Creation reveals God's attributes power
and divine nature. Together, these two passages are a preefest
to the Book of Nature. The entire cosmos and the
(05:22):
laws of Nature make known to all people God's spectacular
creative acts, his transcendent and sovereign power, and his splendor
expressed in the beauty of creation. The Book of Nature, then,
is God's second book. It discloses real truth and knowledge
about God in and through creation. Everywhere we look in
the natural world there are symbols and pictures of God's
(05:45):
divine nature, character and eternal truths, his presence, creativity, grandeur, wisdom, love, care, glory, provision,
and eternal promises to both human and non human life.
Even the resurrection is pictured symbolically in Nature One Corinthians fifteen,
verses thirty five to thirty eight. C. S. Lewis provides
(06:09):
examples of and the limitations to general revelation. Everything God
has made has some likeness to himself. Space is like
him in its hugeness. Not that the greatness of space
is the same kind of greatness as God's, but it
is a sort of symbol of it, or a translation
of it into non spiritual terms. Matter is like God
(06:31):
and having energy, though again, of course, physical energy is
a different kind of thing from the power of God.
The vegetable world is like him because it is alive
and He is the living God. But life in this
biological sense is not the same as life there is
in God. It is only a kind of symbol or
shadow of it. When we come onto the animals, we
(06:54):
find other kinds of resemblances in addition to biological life.
The intense activity and fertility of the insects, for example,
is a first dim resemblance to the unseizing activity and
the creativeness of God. In the higher mammals, we get
the beginnings of instinctive affection that is not the same
thing as the love that exists in God, but it
(07:15):
is like it, rather in the way that a picture
drawn on a flat piece of paper can nevertheless be
like a landscape. Since Christian scripture provide the most insight
into the use of General revelation as a testimony to
God's existence and activities Acts fourteen, Verses fifteen to seventeen,
it's not surprising that its inspired authors would record many
(07:38):
examples of people encountering and communing with God in wild,
lonely habitats. It was in the wilderness that God often
reached out to his faithful followers. God gave Moses the
Ten Commandments on Mount Signing. John the Baptist received his
commission to be the forerunner of the Jewish Messiah Jesus
in the wilderness Luke three to two. And it was
(07:59):
in the world the wilderness that he preached his baptism
over Penns Mark one to four. Jesus confronted and rebuked
Satan's temptations in a desert wilderness prior to beginning his
ministry among the Jews Matthew four, verses one to eleven.
He appointed his twelve chosen apostles on a mountain side
Mark three, verses thirteen and fourteen. Preached his most famous
(08:24):
sermon in a mountain valley Luke six seventeen, and gave
a few of his disaples a glimpse of his heavenly
glory on a high mountain Matthew seventeen, verses one and two.
How to read the Book of Nature. The visible world
of Nature can be an introduction to unseen spiritual realities
inaccessible to science and impossible to fully comprehend independent of
(08:47):
divine assistance the Holy Spirit. In other words, God has
created two realities, the invisible spiritual realm undetected by our
five senses, and the physical visible realm axis accessible to
our senses. In science, nature can be a bridge between
the two. On the one hand, it is thoroughly physical.
(09:08):
Yet because the natural world is the product of God's creation,
it is filled with pictures and symbols of spiritual realities.
Since knowledge about God is beyond the purview and limits
of science, knowledge from God revealed through the Book of
Nature is of far greater value than anything we can
learn from science. This is not to say that empirical
(09:28):
science is unimportant in terms of understanding God's general revelation
in nature. In fact, science corroborates the Book of Nature
and thereby can enhance our wonder of Nature and thus God.
But I am saying that in order to gain knowledge
about God through nature, to understand the Book of Nature
requires that we look at nature more as a poet
(09:48):
than a scientist. This means we must be alert to
our feelings more than facts. That is, seek to be
more sensitive to the pleasures elevated thoughts and impressions, and
insight into space spiritual realities that wild nature conjures up,
features and phenomena within Nature are visual indicators of supernatural
realities that penetrate our feelings and intuitions independent of normal
(10:12):
reasoning processes. In particular, they provide direct apprehension of the
reality of God's existence and his continuous, loving outreach to
the entire human family. Time spent contemplating the Book of
Nature can awaken thoughts and feelings that often lie dormant
and unexpressed in the human heart, such as enhancing a
desire to think about and worship God. Wild Nature's beauty
(10:35):
and grandeur softens inflated self esteem, humbles tendencies towards self exaltation.
He's is stress and offers peace to troubled souls. Nature
can be a place for physical and emotional retreat and renewal,
and a setting where greater insight into spiritual truths can
be realized. Former religious skeptic turned theologian Atleastir McGrath, referring
(10:57):
to his own spiritual journey, speaks to this. I now
know that nature was charged with the grandeur and majesty
of God. To engage with nature was to gain a
deeper appreciation of divine wisdom. Nature as an apologetic slash
evangelistic point of contact. One of the great blessings God
(11:19):
has granted the entire family of man as his most
beloved creation is his self disclosure in nature and making
it available to every human being who ever lived, regardless
of period in history, culture, religious beliefs, or secular ideologies
Romans one, Verses eighteen to twenty. This is why nature
(11:39):
can be an effect of apologetic and evangelistic point of contact.
God has revealed enough information about Himself in Creation so
that the Book of Nature general revelation can inspire sincere
spiritual seekers to desire a deeper, fuller understanding of God.
For those who acknowledge the reality of God's existence revealed
(12:00):
the Nature, a door is open for Christians to share
biblical testimonies of the Book of Nature and its influence
in their own spiritual journey. There are millions of non
Christian outdoor enthusiasts, campers, sportsmen, wildlife photographers, backpackers, bird watchers,
day hikers, environmentalists, and Neolpigin's nature worshippers. Many of them
(12:22):
hope to find spiritual fulfillment in nature as an apologetic
slash evangelistic point of contact. With the help of Christian friends,
the Book of Nature provides a legitimate way for people
of any faith, as well as non religious people, to
begin to learn truth and gain knowledge about the only,
true and living God. The apostle Paul confirms this in
(12:44):
Romans Chapter one, and applies it in his encounter with
the Greek philosophers in Acts seventeen. He first points out
that God may created the world and all things in it,
Acts seventeen twenty four, and then assures his life listeners
that if they would seek this God, perhaps they might
(13:04):
grope for him and find him, though he is not
far from each one of us twenty seven. Let's see
how this can play out today. Since virtually all people
appreciate and enjoy the natural world, opening the Book of
Nature for unbelievers to examine can be an inspiring evangelistic conversation.
Starter point out God's creative brilliance displayed in the ecological
(13:26):
harmony of nature, his great love for the human race
displayed in the abundant resources nature provides, his design of
wild habitats for the welfare and survival of wildlife Psalm
one hundred and four, and that the only sensible explanation
for why nature intuitively provides peace restoration and heightened spiritual
sensitivity is because God created it that way, the Book
(13:50):
of Nature can encourage non Christians who love the outdoors
with Christians as their guide, to begin a life changing
journey that inevitably leads to the Gospel. And this is
because God desires all people to come to know Him
one Timothy two to four. In the same way, the
Book of Nature can be a compelling apologetic point of
(14:12):
contact with secular nature lovers, followers of earth based religions,
or other like minded people who have never responded to
traditional apologetic efforts. After all, the very person unbelievers find
so hard to accept created nature Collotions one, verse sixteen,
and loves and enjoys it as well, Psalm one hundred
(14:32):
and four, verse thirty one.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Thank you for listening to another episode from the Christian
Research Journal Reads podcast, which provides audio articles of Christian
Research Journal articles. If you go to equip dot org,
you will find a brand new article for the Christian
Research Journal published weekly. In addition, please subscribe to our
other podcasts. Wherever you find your favorite podcasts, you we'll
(15:00):
find the Christian Research Journal Reads podcast, the Postmodern Realities podcast,
which features interviews with Christian Research Journal authors, our flagship podcast,
The Bible answer Man Broadcast, and the Hank Unplugged podcast,
where CRI President Hank Canagraph takes you out of the
(15:22):
studio and into his study to engage in in depth,
free flowing, essential Christian conversations on critical issues with some
of the most interesting and informative people on the planet.
At equipped dot org, you will also find a lot
of resources to equip you, including many thousands of Christian
(15:43):
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