https://drive.google.com/file/....d/1lzXDqP4aqsm0VlXlE

In Your Designed Body, systems engineer Steve Laufmann and physician Howard Glicksman examine the numerous, complex systems within the human body to show that intelligent design is better able to explain their existence and operation rather than unguided forces within nature. They explore the carefully choreographed functions of different organs, the delicately balanced feedback mechanisms of specialized tissues within these organs, and the unbelievable capabilities of molecular machines within each living cell.

They argue that the top-down arrangement and functional decomposition of the human body into systems, sub-systems, segments, and components, with complex sensor networks and real-time feedback loops, use the same Systems Engineering principles that humans use to solve difficult design problems and create complex inventions like modern aircraft, automobiles or computer networks.
They show that Neo-Darwinism can’t explain how these irreducibly complex systems could have come into existence through gradual, incremental changes; in order to confer a functional advantage for survival and reproduction, they must have come into being all at once or not at all.

They also discuss the growing crisis in modern evolutionary theory as more evidence accumulates that life did not emerge through a gradual succession of intermediate forms; the sudden leaps forward of punctuated evolution require a source of new genetic information to generate and assemble these new body plans, and the only known source of information is an intelligent designer.

This would be an excellent high school anatomy and physiology textbook for homeschoolers or Christian apologists looking for solid arguments against the pervasive naturalistic and mechanistic views of secular humanism and post-modernism that dominate society.

What's the best Bible translation? Are there any that you should definitely stay away from?

This week, Tim Hegg from @TorahResource joined the Common Sense Bible Study crew for a conversation about translations.
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Good morning! Today is Memorial Day in the United States, so today I'm pondering some of the things the Word of God tells us to remember. https://archive.aweber.com/awlist6425868/MOqeU

On this date in history, 05/29/1848: Wisconsin becomes the 30th state of the Union. #otd #tdih

Today in the United States we pause to remember and honor our fallen military. Other nations do this on other days as well and as we honor those who died we should also remember to pray for the families of those we honor.

"And there shall enter into it none unclean thing, neither whatsoever worketh abomination or lies: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life."

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The next Holy Day we will cover is one that should also be familiar: Passover. Although, typically in the church the Passover from Egypt is kind of looked at as a different event than when Jesus was crucified, it is actually on the same day. The church has instituted a tradition of Good Friday and Easter to remember what Jesus did. However, if we look at the timing of the events of resurrection week, we can see that these events happened on God's Holy Days. We are told in the Gospels that when Jesus and the disciples were getting together for the Last Supper, that it was during the time the lambs were being slain for Passover.

Many see the Last Supper as the Passover meal due to the timing and the dialog surrounding these verses. There are others that see it as a separate meal. When we look at some of the traditions surrounding the Passover meal, we can see some parallels with the Last Supper. For example, the wine that is drank could be one of the 4 glasses that are blessed and passed around. The bread is also something that is blessed and passed around. These examples aren't to say it is or isn't the Passover meal. There are many compelling arguments on both sides, and that isn't the scope of this commentary. I just want to bring attention to the timing and other aspects surrounding these events.

We are told in Exodus 12 that Passover is a Holy Day that is to be kept forever and that it is something to do to remember God saving the Israelites from Egypt. During the Last Supper, Jesus says to do this in remembrance of Him. This parallel always stands out to me.

Some other Biblical events that happened during the timing of Passover include Lot's escape from Sodom and Gomorrah. (more info here: https://thestraightandnarrow.cfw.me/comics/138/) and the Flood started during the week of 2nd Passover. One very cool thing when looking at the timing of things in Scripture, we can see that God likes to do things on and around His Holy Days.

On the prophecy side of things, while Jesus' sacrifice is a fulfillment of Passover, we do see another event that appears to happen on Passover that will take place in the future. Remember how it is stated in Exodus 12 that Passover will be kept forever? In Jeremiah 16, God says that there will be a time that His people will no longer say "God who took us out of Egypt", but "God who brought us back from all the places where He scattered us". Showing that Passover will still be an important event in the future and possibly something mighty God will do on it again.

Our family's observance of Passover usually is a meal with just us; no friends or other visitors. We will have some lamb, bitter herbs, unleavened bread, and wine and grape juice. There are also some other traditional foods we like to add as well, like charoset. We pray and do the Last Supper remembrance, read the passages surrounding the meal, and after we are done eating burn any lamb that is left over.

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