The Cracked Door Conference 2011 - Grenada: Faith Science - The Invisible World

The Cracked Door Conference 2011 - Grenada

Faith Science: Where Faith and the Scientific Method Collide
Day One: The Invisible World

1. What is faith?

Hebrews 11:1 and Romans 10:17 - Biblical faith is "complete trust in the invisible evidence provided by the Word of God confirmed by commensurate action."

2. An Introduction to The Invisible World

Colossians 1:15-17 - God created both the visible and invisible worlds
2 Corinthians 4:18 - The visible world is temporary while the invisible world is eternal

Excerpt from Faith Science
Biblical faith is "complete trust in the invisible evidence provided by the Word of God confirmed by commensurate action." Based on the Scriptures, there is an invisible world that exists simultaneously with the visible world we live in. In that world are thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities. Thus, if we believe the Word of God, we cannot ignore it. In the same way that Christ is the visible image of the invisible God, what we see in our lives are visible images of what's happening in the invisible world. Even if we choose not to acknowledge it, our lives are directly affected by what we cannot see with our natural eyes.

3. Case Study #1 - Elisha and his servant

2 Kings 6:15 - Elisha's awareness of the invisible world around him gave him confidence in the face of great odds. In contrast, his servant could only see with his physical eyes and was terrified.

4. Case Study #2 - Daniel

Daniel 10:1-9 - Daniel's intercession

Excerpt from Faith Science
For three full weeks, Daniel went through an intense season of fasting and prayer. In a fascinating display of discipline, he put his natural desires under subjection and focused his life on deep spiritual intercession. Fortunately, the hierarchy of heaven noticed, and God sent an angel with a message that blows this teaching on the invisible world wide open.

Daniel 10:10-14, 20 - The battle lines were drawn in heaven.

Excerpt from Faith Science
Carefully observe the name of the spirit that opposed the angel of God, because it will become very important as we move along. Daniel's vision reveals so much wisdom that it can change how we approach the spirit realm altogether. The angel asserted that even while he spoke with Daniel, Michael the archangel was still fighting against the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia. The heavenly war was far from over, and once he was done with delivering his message he had to return to the battlefield.

Nonetheless, the hidden message in this portion of Scripture begins in verse twenty. Since there is no time in the spirit, the angel knew exactly what would happen after they were finished with the territorial spirit over Persia. An intense battle with the territorial spirit over Greece would follow. Why is that so significant? I'll show you.

Daniel 11:1-2 - Identical battle lines were drawn on earth.

Excerpt from Faith Science
The spiritual battle that was taking place in heaven was a precursor to the physical battle that was coming. In the spirit realm, God's angels were already in the middle of a heated fight with the fallen angel assigned to Persia. Soon after, the Grecian fallen angel was on his way to the battle. In the natural realm, after the reign of Cyrus, the current king of Persia, three more Persian kings were rising to power. Then a war with the kingdom of Greece was next on the schedule. What looked like random wars between opposing earthly kingdoms was really a reflection of the spiritual war. The real war was invisible and was being fought between God's angels and the spirits behind these kingdoms.

That is so important for us to understand because in these few verses dwells the entirety of spiritual warfare and its effects in the natural realm. While Daniel prayed, angels were fighting for the people of Israel. They were being physically controlled by the Persian kingdom on earth but may not have been aware of the spiritual consequences. The territorial spirit in control of the Persian kingdom used that authority to resist Daniel's prayers from being answered. Once he was defeated by the angels in heaven and the Greek spirit took over, it was only a matter of time before the Persian kingdom on earth lost its power over God's people to the Greeks. So many conclusions can be drawn from that, but I'll leave it right there. The mystery revealed here is the direct connection between the invisible and visible realms.

5. The Connection Between the Visible and Invisible Worlds

2 Corinthians 5:16-17 - Don't evaluate people from a human point of view
Ephesians 6:10-12 - What we see in the natural is just a reflection of the spiritual battle taking place for our lives.

It doesn't matter what it is. If you face trouble on earth, take the battle into the spirit realm and you will win. Keep it in the natural realm and you will struggle.

6. Pray about everything

Ephesians 6:18, Luke 18:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:17 - Pray all the time about everything.

Excerpt from Faith Science
Why must we always pray? It's our connection to the invisible world. We cannot see it with our natural eyes, so we can't do anything about it with our natural strength. However, we have to do something because what happens in it directly affects our lives. When we don't pray, life happens to us and we have to respond to circumstances after they take place. Yet, when we pray we determine what happens in our lives. God gives us the authority to plug into his eternal kingdom and change our future.

Considering what was just discussed, the idea of the spiritual armor of God should make a little more sense. It's more important than any natural armor because we can fight a spiritual battle and determine the outcome of a war in the earth before it even starts. The enemies we face on earth are driven and directed by our spiritual enemies. Until we defeat the spirits behind them, we will exhaust ourselves fighting battles that will never end.

When we fight against people, the spirits just leave the people we defeat and get behind others. It will go on and on just like that until we follow the advice of the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 5:16-17 and stop seeing people from a human point of view. Our fight is not with flesh and blood but with the spirits that rule invisible kingdoms that control the kingdoms we can see. Before we start fighting we should have our spiritual armor on.

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Faith Science - Private Author's Reception

Do you know that cloning, synthetic biology, entropy and Ice Ages can be traced to The Bible? Can the discovery of the Higgs Boson, or God Particle, by scientists in CERN or FERMILAB help us perceive the spirit realm? In Faith Science, author Donnell Duncan exposes scientific mysteries hidden within scriptures then employs the scientific method to approach the study of faith. In this radical departure from common knowledge, Duncan seamlessly blends scientific research and scriptural truth. Are you ready for the impact caused by this collision between faith and The Scientific Method? If so, prepare for the ride of your life.

“Mr. Duncan meticulously analyzes the scientific process and shows how it can be effectively used to understand Christian faith. I came away with a stronger understanding of how my scientific background can further strengthen my relationship with God.”
—Shanta Whitaker, Ph.D. Associate Director of the Health Professions Advisory Program, Yale University

Event: Faith Science - Private Author's Reception

Description: Enjoy an intimate evening with author Donnell Duncan and his personal network of friends as he launches his fascinating new book, "Faith Science - Where Faith and the Scientific Method Collide."

Location: AMLI at Milton Park, 26000 Mill Creek Ave Alpharetta GA 30022
Date: Saturday, January 15th, 2010
Time: 2:00PM
Dress Code: Business/Business Casual

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Light refreshments will be served.
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Faith Science - Athiests and Agnostics Parading As Scientists

Mr. Duncan is a theologian, not a scientist. Rather than spend his time on academic pursuits, Duncan spends his time (by his own admission: “twenty-four hours a day”) on“spreading the gospel.”
—Arthur Ide, PhD, MD, DA: October 6, 2005, responding to comments by Donnell Duncan on the article “Drawing a Line in the Academic Sand” on Inside Higher Ed.

I guess I pushed this man over the edge when I said the following in
a heated debate that day: “Intelligent design is definitely a sketchy
issue, but some of the foundational principles of evolution, though
widely accepted, are also highly debatable. A university is the one
place where we hope students can develop into independent thinkers.
If they cannot even discuss the validity of a contentious scientific
theory with the faculty in a bio-physical science class, then some of
that independence is lost. It is unfortunate that a public university
administration chooses to be one sided instead of allowing competing
theories fair exposure.”

The most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets could
only proceed from the counsel and dominion on an intelligent
and powerful Being.
—Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), Principia (1687)

Science and theology are not mutually exclusive. Sir Isaac Newton
is considered to be one of the most prominent physicists, mathematicians, astronomers, chemists, and theologians. Newton’s laws of
motion are the foundational principles for classical mechanics. He
also wrote the book “Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel
and the Apocalypse of St. John.” If I were to respond with the same
logic as those secular scientists who think Christians can’t also be
scientists, I would say, “These guys are agnostics and atheists; they
are not scientists.”

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Faith Science - Love Brings Faith To Life

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision
avails anything, but faith working through love.
Galatians 5:6 nkjv

In much the same way that unbelief kills faith, love has the opposite
effect. When Jesus was moved with compassion in Matthew
14:14, he healed every sick person. Then in the following verses he
miraculously multiplied food to feed all who were following him at
the time. The Bible says in 1 John 4:18 that perfect love removes fear,
which is the root of unbelief. A revelation of God’s love removes the
limitations placed on what your faith can do. It causes you to believe
the unbelievable and brings the impossible to life. Because of love, a
mother has the faith to lift up a car to save the life of her child who’s
trapped underneath. Because of love, a father has the faith to pray
for his son with all of his heart and see deliverance. When there is
love, people start believing God for the impossible.

Let’s look at this from another perspective. If you believe that I
love you, you’ll have faith in what I say to you. When I believed the
love of God, I had the faith to receive his salvation. Thus, my belief
in his love now empowers my faith in his healing, deliverance, and
provision. In general, his love is the catalyst for my faith in his Word.
I’m sure that he loves me, so I believe what he says and don’t struggle
with living a life that reflects that. He must bring his Word to pass
in my life because he promised it.

Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there
is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, Declaring the
end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are
not yet done, Saying, “My counsel shall stand, And I will do all
My pleasure,” Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man who
executes My counsel, from a far country. Indeed I have spoken
it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it.
Isaiah 46:9–11 nkjv

I trust God’s Word because I trust God’s love. Keeping that in mind,
nothing in his Word is beyond belief for me. What about you? Why
do you struggle to believe what you read in God’s Word? Maybe it’s
because you struggle to believe his love for you. Settle it today with
1 John 4:8! God is love, so it’s inconceivable that his love can have
limits. Nothing you can or cannot do can stop his love, so you’re better
off accepting the inevitable. He loves you, and if you can believe
that, your faith in His Word will be seen. Since nothing can separate
us from God’s love, according to Romans 8:37–39, let nothing separate
you from your faith.

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Faith Science - Unbelief Kills Faith

So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure
him. Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse
generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear
with you? Bring him here to Me.” And Jesus rebuked the demon,
and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very
hour. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why
could we not cast it out?” So Jesus said to them, “Because of your
unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard
seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’
and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
Matthew 17:16–20 nkjv

Can you believe that the same disciples who had enough faith in
Jesus to leave everything behind and follow him hit a roadblock
when it came to using their faith to change certain things? Isn’t
that the same problem with us today? Many of us have the faith to
receive salvation, but from that point we struggle to progress. Jesus
lamented the faithlessness of his generation, so if he was on the
earth today he would surely lament over us also.

Why can’t we proficiently cast out demons? Because of our unbelief!
Why can’t we lay hands on the sick and consistently see them
recover? Because of our unbelief! Why can’t we speak to nature by
the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and see it obey the word of the
Lord? Because of our unbelief!

Instead of accepting that something is wrong with us, most people
I encounter continue to make excuses for the lack of tangible
power in the Western church. They lie on the Holy Spirit and say
that prophecy ended with John the Baptist. They claim that miracles
are only necessary for people who don’t understand the Scriptures.
They say we’re actually more advanced because of our knowledge,
even though we can’t show physical results. They continue to provide
natural solutions for clearly spiritual issues. They continue in
unbelief and wonder why there is such a big gap between what they
read in the Bible and what they see in their lives.

I refuse to limit myself to what other people believe or don’t
believe. Jesus Christ said, “For assuredly, I say to you, if you have
faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from
here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for
you,” (Matthew 17:20 nkjv). He also said, “If you can believe, all
things are possible to him who believes,” (Mark 9:23, nkjv).

In response to those words, a desperate father in need of healing
for his son with tears in his eyes cried out, “Lord, I believe; help
my unbelief,” (Mark 9:24 nkjv). Now that you’ve heard the same
words, what will your response be today? In John 11:27, Martha’s
belief opened the door for Jesus to raise her brother Lazarus from
the dead. In Mark 9:36, Jairus’ belief opened the door for his daughter
to rise from the dead. All the same, if you can’t believe just like
they did, your unbelief will shut the door on your miracle!

Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables,
that He departed from there. When He had come to His own
country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were
astonished and said, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and
these mighty works? Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His
mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and
Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did
this Man get all these things?” So they were offended at Him.
But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except
in his own country and in his own house.” Now He did not do
many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
Matthew 13:53–58 nkjv

The Word of the Lord is described in 1 Peter 1:23 as incorruptible
seed. In other words, as an entity of its own, it cannot be destroyed.
In Mark 4:13–20, Jesus explained that the condition of your heart
determines whether or not the incorruptible seed of the Word brings
fruit in your life. One of the most toxic environments possible is a
heart of unbelief. It is so bad that it stopped the power of Jesus from
operating among his people in the town where he grew up. The
same Jesus who could read minds, disappear into the midst of hostile
crowds, heal any sickness, control the weather, walk on water, raise
the dead, and save us from eternal death could not do much in an
environment full of unbelief.

Faith Science - The Mystery of Faith

• What is faith?

Merriam Webster Dictionary’s definition of the word faith is:
1. a) Allegiance to duty or a person: loyalty
b) (1) Fidelity to one’s promises (2): Sincerity of
intentions
2. a) (1): belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2) Belief
in the traditional doctrines of a religion
b) (1): firm belief in something for which there is no
proof (2) Complete trust
3. Something that is believed especially with strong
conviction; especially: a system of religious beliefs

A quick glance at the secular definition of faith exposes one reason
why there is rampant confusion about what it really means. When
used in the Bible, the word faith is not “firm belief in something
for which there is no proof.” What is considered as “no proof ” is
described in the Bible as proof that is not naturally visible. The mere
fact that invisible proof is considered irrelevant in secular society
points to a major difference between the kingdom of God and the
system of the world.

The people of the world judge by what they see, but we judge by
the Word of God. Biblical faith is based on the evidence provided in
the Bible. According to 2 Corinthians 4:18, this is more reliable than
what can be seen in the natural. Everything seen in the Bible should
be defined by the Bible. Based on Hebrews 11:1 and Romans 10:17, a
proper definition of biblical faith is “complete trust in the invisible
evidence provided by the Word of God confirmed by commensurate
action.”

• How is faith increased?

The apostles said to the Lord, “Show us how to increase our
faith.” The Lord answered, “If you had faith even as small as a
mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you be
uprooted and thrown into the sea,’ and it would obey you! When
a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, does
his master say, ‘Come in and eat with me’? No, he says, ‘Prepare
my meal, put on your apron, and serve me while I eat. Then you
can eat later.’ And does the master thank the servant for doing
what he was told to do? Of course not. In the same way, when
you obey me you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who
have simply done our duty.’”
Luke 17:5–10 nlt

The disciples asked Jesus a simple question, and he gave them an
answer that was about as easy to interpret as other tongues. Why
didn’t he just say, “Do this and you’ll increase your faith”? Let’s now
ask God to show us the message behind this puzzle.

1. The meaning of the mustard seed parable.

The mustard seed story deals directly with the disciples’ request.
Jesus’s point was that if they used the faith they had properly, regardless
of its size, they would have been able to do the great things
they wanted to. Therefore, they didn’t need to ask him for any more.
What they had was enough!

As God’s messenger, I give each of you this warning: Be honest
in your estimate of yourselves, measuring your value by how
much faith God has given you.
Romans 12:3 nlt

You have some level of faith. God gave you just enough to do what
he called you to do on this earth. However, if you aren’t getting all
that you need done, where is this faith that you already have? We’ll
take a look at that soon.

2. The meaning of the servant parable.

The servant parable is another eye-opener. Jesus said that it’s not
about increasing our faith to make things happen. It’s about doing
what God called us to do because that’s all that should matter. Our
most important search is for his will and not for the faith to manipulate
his hands. We must strive to do what he wants done because
we do not exist apart from that. As a result, once you find out what
God has called you to do at this moment, you will realize that the
measure of faith you have received already is just enough.
Therefore, what is this faith you already have?

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report.
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by
the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made
of things which do appear.
Hebrews 11:1–3 kjv

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of
God.
Romans 10:17 kjv

Your faith comes from the Word of God, which is the spiritual material
you need. Your belief in God’s Word is all the faith you need.
The more of the Word of God you feed yourself, the more effective
your faith becomes. Since we have access to the same Bible, we have
access to the same amount of faith. Still, you get out of faith what
you put into it. If you want your faith to be stronger and more effective,
you must feed it with more of the Word of God.

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Faith Science - Faith To See The Invisible

The Chaldeans answered the king, and said, “There is not a man
on earth who can tell the king’s matter; therefore no king, lord,
or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or
Chaldean. It is a difficult thing that the king requests, and there
is no other who can tell it to the king except the gods, whose
dwelling is not with flesh.” For this reason the king was angry
and very furious, and gave the command to destroy all the wise
men of Babylon. So the decree went out, and they began killing
the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to
kill them. Then with counsel and wisdom Daniel answered
Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to
kill the wise men of Babylon; he answered and said to Arioch
the king’s captain, “Why is the decree from the king so urgent?”
Then Arioch made the decision known to Daniel. So Daniel
went in and asked the king to give him time, that he might tell
the king the interpretation. Then Daniel went to his house, and
made the decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
his companions, that they might seek mercies from the God of
heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions
might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. Then
the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel
blessed the God of heaven.
Daniel 2:10–19 nkjv

I established earlier in this book that the spirit realm is as real as the
natural realm but it’s invisible and mass-less. Identifying the details
of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream and its interpretation necessitated spiritual
sensitivity. What the king’s spiritual advisors could not do was
see clearly in the spirit realm. Daniel knew that if he could just get a
glimpse of what God had revealed to Nebuchadnezzar in the dream,
their lives would be saved. He shared it with his three friends, and
they sought the face of God for insight.

In the spirit, the limitations of time and space do not exist. God
said this about himself: “Declaring the end from the beginning, And
from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel
shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’” (Isaiah 46:10 nkjv). God
declared the future through images in a dream and set the stage for
Daniel’s promotion. What kind of wisdom would you have access to
if you approached God in a difficult situation before you ever considered
another option?

Since our hypothesis states that biblical faith is “complete trust
in the invisible evidence provided by the Word of God confirmed by
commensurate action,” Daniel demonstrated his faith by confidently
sharing what God revealed to him with the king. The king expected
him to recount the dream and then explain what it meant, with the
risk of death if he got it wrong. With the only evidence of the king’s
dream being what God showed Daniel in a vision of his own, Daniel
needed faith to survive. After Daniel told the king everything, let’s
see how it turned out.

Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, prostrate before
Daniel, and commanded that they should present an offering
and incense to him. The king answered Daniel, and said,
“Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a
revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.” Then the
king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts; and he
made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief
administrator over all the wise men of Babylon. Also Daniel
petitioned the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-
Nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel sat
in the gate of the king.
Daniel 2:46–49 nkjv

Daniel’s faith led to instant promotion. When people begin to see
life through the eyes of God, they begin to see the invisible. What
might look one way on the surface might be completely different
underneath, and the person who always knows that is God. He
knew all along that this situation was designed for their promotion
and the threat of death was just a catalyst for action. Normal
people limit themselves to what their natural senses can perceive.
In contrast, God has a plan for promotion that cannot be perceived
through physical eyes or with carnal understanding.

Like the magicians, astrologers, and Chaldeans discovered, people
who only see through the eyes of reason will draw blanks at some
important times. They may have been able to create an interpretation
of the king’s dream by reason, but they couldn’t deduce its contents
if he didn’t tell it to them. From their perspective, deductive reasoning
could only go so far and no farther. That lack of spiritual insight
almost cost them their lives, while Daniel and his friends received
great promotion. The lesson learned from faith to see the invisible is
that spiritual eyes can see beyond the limits of time and space.

Faith Science - The Faith To Change Matter

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And

this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that

Jesus is the Son of God?

1 John 5:4–5 nkjv

On July 28, 2009, the technology headline at LiveScience.com said,

“Scientists Claim New State of Matter Created.” The same headline

then showed up on Yahoo.com the next day. Apparently, X-ray

pulses from a powerful flash laser were concentrated on a spot of

aluminum with a diameter of less than a twentieth of the width of

human hair. For an extremely short period of time, the aluminum

turned transparent because a core electron was removed by the light.

This discovery of transparent aluminum caused Professor Justin

Wark of Oxford University’s department of physics to claim, “What

we have created is a completely new state of matter nobody has seen

before.” These results triggered great excitement and enthusiasm as

researchers worldwide continue in their efforts to understand creation

on a natural level.

The Apostle Paul addressed this issue with the statement, “By

faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of

God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things

which are visible,” (Hebrews 11:3 nkjv). In other words, all that is

visible was originally invisible. Hence, the great feat of the team of

Oxford researchers only reinforced the position of the Bible. Their discovery is as crucial to the scientific community as understanding

Faith Science should be to the body of Christ.

In reference to the discovery, Wark also said, “Transparent aluminum

is just the start. The physical properties of the matter we are

creating are relevant to the conditions inside large planets, and we

also hope that by studying it we can gain a greater understanding of

what is going on during the creation of ‘miniature stars’ created by

high-power laser implosions which may one day allow the power

of nuclear fusion to be harnessed here on Earth.” While scientists

dream of the benefits of nuclear fusion for abundant, cheap energy,

I dream of the benefits of effective Christian faith which overcomes

the world.

Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree

dried up from the roots. And Peter, remembering, said to Him,

“Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”

So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For

assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be

removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his

heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will

have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things

you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you

will have them.

Mark 11:20–24 nkjv

If you are full of faith, you can speak to something physical by the

inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Based on your revelation knowledge

of God’s Word, it’s supposed to change. I believe this with all of my

heart, so I started practicing. Several times while jogging outside,

the rain started falling, but without fail I commanded it to stop and

it obeyed. Maybe it was all by chance, but after consistent results I

can’t help but assume that Jesus was right. In the same way, my confidence

while praying for healing has skyrocketed. I have laid hands

on the sick and they have recovered.

What God has done with this message is stir up the pure faith

that existed in me when I first believed in him and received salvation.

Even though I’ve grown tremendously through the years, my Christian maturity has been tainted by the critical culture of Western

society. Like Thomas, who could not believe in the resurrection

of Jesus even though he had eyewitness reports, we struggle to

believe what we have not seen for ourselves. While reading a book

called The Heavenly Man, I believed the testimony of Yun, a Christian

pastor in China who, by the power of the Holy Spirit, translated

from one location to another. While watching a documentary I also

believed the testimony of a pastor’s wife in Africa who received him

back from the dead after three days.

Why shouldn’t I believe them? Nothing they claimed has not

happened already based on what we see in the Bible. Is it that difficult

to believe the testimonies of people who are still alive and can

provide as much current, documented proof as possible? If not, how

can you believe the accounts of people from thousands of years ago

written in the Bible? For faith exploits to be as reproducible as scientific breakthroughs, we need an understanding of the conditions

under which these events took place. Some understanding will come

from research, but only the Holy Spirit will enable us to comprehend

what happened.

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that

you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person

has great power and produces wonderful results. Elijah was as

human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain

would fall, none fell for three and a half years! Then, when he

prayed again, the sky sent down rain and the earth began to

yield its crops.

James 5:16–18 nlt

If Elijah can pray and change natural laws, so can you. He was just

a human. Nothing but faith separated him from the rest of us. As

you’ve learned in Faith Science, a proper definition of biblical faith

is “complete trust in the invisible evidence provided by the Word

of God confirmed by commensurate action.” If you can wrap your

mind around the truth of biblical faith, your confidence will skyrocket.

Your faith can smash the chains that have held you in bondage. Your faith can kick open the doors that refuse to open for you.

Your faith can change your life forever. Like the Bible says in 1 John

5:4, your faith is the victory that overcomes the world.

Episcopal bishop addresses faith, science bond - chicagotribune.com

Episcopal bishop addresses faith, science bond - chicagotribune.com

Faith Science - The Science of Christian Faith

On November 11, 2009, the headline on CNN.com said, “Huge

$10 billion collider resumes hunt for God particle.” That

article, written by CNN reporter Elizabeth Landau, pushed atomic

and molecular physics to the forefront of popular culture for at least

one day. The story highlights read as follows: “The Large Hadron

Collider (LHC) will circulate a beam around the tunnel within two

weeks. CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) scientists

say an electrical failure caused a major shut-down of the collider

in September 2008. The full scientific program for the LHC

will probably last more than 20 years. The LHC will look for the

Higgs boson, quarks, gluons and other small particles.”

Antoine Lavoisier is commonly referred to as the father of modern

chemistry. In 1789, he formulated the law of conservation of

mass, which in simple terms states that matter is neither created nor

destroyed. This is an approximate physical law that loses its credibility

in terms of mass conservation when physical matter changes

to a form without measurable mass.

Albert Einstein, the most famous theoretical physicist in history,

disproved the conclusions drawn by Lavoisier and took the concept a

step further. His discovery of special relativity and the related equation

of mass-energy equivalence, E=mc2, showed a relationship between

mass and energy. This allows for mass to practically disappear during

a chemical reaction and be changed into mass-less energy.

Withal, this still proved that if energy is considered a type of matter,

the simple interpretation of Lavoisier’s conclusions still applies.

Hence, even though mass in its traditional sense is not always conserved,

matter, whether or not it has physically measurable mass,

always is. Therefore, while things that exist can change form, science

has proven that everything in existence has always been in existence

and will always be in existence.

One part of the Standard Model mentioned in the earlier chapter

“Matter versus Antimatter” which cannot be fully understood by

scientists is how fundamental particles have mass. The most popular

proposal is the Higgs Mechanism, which suggests the role of a particle

called the Higgs Boson. In an article called “Ask the Experts,”

published by Scientific American on October 21, 1999, the following

questions were posed: “What exactly is the Higgs Boson? Have

physicists proved that it really exists?”

Chris Quigg, a researcher in the theoretical physics department

at FERMILAB, said, “Over the next fifteen years, we should begin

to find a real understanding of the origin of mass. The interest lies

not just in the arcana of accelerator experiments but suffuses everything

in the world around us: mass is what determines the range of

forces and sets the scale of all the structures we see in nature.”

Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research

(CERN) in Geneva along the Franco-Swiss border with the Large

Hadron Collider and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

(FERMILAB) near Chicago, Illinois, with the Tevatron Collider

have been actively involved in some important research. In an effort

to identify the source of mass, they are currently seeking ways to

definitively isolate the Higgs Boson, or God Particle. According to

the Merriam Webster Dictionary, the Higgs Boson is “a hypothetical

elementary particle that has zero spin and large mass that is required

by some gauge theories to account for the masses of other elementary

particles.”

Therefore, they are attempting to prove what has been accepted

theoretically for a long time. Apparently, elementary particles essentially

have no measurable mass without the Higgs Boson. Thus, the absence or presence of measurable mass does not define the existence

of a particle. Based on this theory, all particles actually exist

apart from mass that can be quantified. If you can understand this

simple fact, it will revolutionize the way you think about everything

in life. We have always known that visibility does not define existence

because many essential elements in life are invisible, like the

air we breathe.

Yet, it was understood that even invisible elements have some

level of infinitesimal mass. Now scientific researchers are out to

prove that particles in existence can be both invisible and massless.

When God created the earth, could it be that he combined

the Higgs Boson with invisible, mass-less particles that were already

in existence? Why not? If that’s what gives a particle its mass, isn’t

every particle in existence essentially mass-less apart from the Higgs

Boson? So when we consider items with mass to be more real than

items without mass, we make as much scientific sense as a person

who concludes that something doesn’t exist because it can’t be seen.

I spent the summer of 2000 working on a cosmology project at

the Berkeley National Laboratory in California with several other

students. The lab was run by University of California Berkeley professor

Dr. George Smoot. We invested our time and other people’s

money in removing rotational noise from the Cosmic Microwave

Background Rotating Polarimeter Experiment (CMB ROPE).

Over several years, with the support of National Aeronautics and

Space Administration (NASA), millions of dollars were spent on

the cosmology projects run by Dr. Smoot.

His amazing discoveries enhanced our understanding of the Cosmic

Microwave Background and provided strong evidence for the big

bang theory. His main research project was called the Cosmic Background

Explorer (COBE), and some estimate its total cost to be $160

million US dollars. It was a smashing success, earning him the 2006

Nobel Prize in physics. Even though it answered many questions

about the origins of the universe, it also left many unanswered. Several

follow-up projects were launched, and I guarantee that this type

of research will continue until scientists run out of money, patience, or time. They will never be able to answer all the possible questions that

arise. Fortunately, that’s why we have the Bible.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence

of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by

the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made

of things which do appear.

Hebrews 11:1–3 kjv

Earth Oceans Were Homegrown - ScienceNOW

Earth Oceans Were Homegrown - ScienceNOW