Kingdom of God

"We spread the kingdom of God when we make a covenant with god to live by his principles. We forsake all rebellion against him and receive his forgiveness through faith in his Son. We come alive. his Spirit can then fill us and make his Word a living thing. We begin to discover who the Living Word within the written Word is. Jesus works to make his principles part of our character. Our character, expressed through our words and actions, becomes the yeast in our society, wherever we are, influencing it for righteousness. This is the way God's kingdom comes and his will is done on earth as it is in heaven."
     -Loren Cunningham in The Book that Transforms Nations: The Power of the Bible to Change Any Country

Science and Christians

After just learning I was a Christian someone asked me if he could try and disprove my faith. I told him to go for it. He focused on science. Obviously he was assuming (as many seem to do) that if science explains the progress and creation of new life that God will have to be lost and forgotten. I don't understand that thinking. If evolution and/or The Big Bang are proven true beyond a shadow of a doubt my God will still exist. If evolution and/or The Big Bang are proven wrong my God will still exist. Many Christians feel like they must disprove evolution to maintain a hold on their faith. Many non-Christians, especially those vehemently opposed to religion, think that proving evolution will negate any need or any reason to believe in a God.

... as if God were only Creator. He is Provider and Lover and Forgiver and Guide and Sustainer...and He is also Giver-of-life -- but He doesn't always work how we expect Him to. My God is bigger than science. He is bigger than the natural laws that control our universe. So why does science scare some Christians? Why does science pull Christians away from Christ? I honestly don't know.

"Christians need have no fear of engaging in the world of science, for we should have no fear of truth."

    -Ross Hastings