Biogenesis

Matt Miles • March 1, 2016

     Biogenesis is the observation that living things only produce other living things. That is in direct contrast to abiogenesis that states life has arisen naturally from non-life or non-living matter. One of these two are observational and the other purely faith-driven. Evolution demands abiogenesis to be a reality (at least once) or there is no life. Yet in all of creation we only see biogenesis, just as God told us when He created all living systems on days 3, 5 & 6 of the creation week. Some may try to argue that they were formed from matter of the earth, and rightfully so, yet that doesn’t negate that it was through Christ they were formed – Christ the very life. So throughout those first days of history we see life from life only. In Genesis 3 when we deserved immediate death, a life was given for our atonement and life. Again life to life. As we celebrate our Savior’s great gift of eternal life by the shedding of His blood, let us not be remiss that, yes, He shed His blood and died. But He did not just give His life to pay our ransom, He also resurrected to life. With the resurrection to life, overcoming death, He gives life to us for eternity. Again, it is only life that produces life. Here is yet another principle that God has shown us through His creation that illustrates the spiritual as well: nowhere in all of creation or the Bible do we observe abiogenesis, we only observe biogenesis. This resurrection season do not forget this one thing, only life can produce life. Glory to God, our Savior Jesus Christ, for life.

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Picture of the Moon
By Matt Miles May 6, 2026
Artemis - the Greek goddess of wild animals, the hunt, vegetation, chastity and childbirth. 1 While the Greek goddess may not be openly worshiped anymore, her name has now been irrevocably linked to the lesser light, just as her mythological twin brother Apollo’s was in the last century. Even so, it was not without Providence showing Who is really present in the affairs of men. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has been focused on having a prolonged presence in space with the work of the International Space Station (ISS), so until recently lunar exploration took a backseat. The Artemis missions of NASA have changed that. They began with the first launch in 2022 when an unmanned spacecraft orbited the Moon and returned successfully for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972. The plan for the Artemis program is to establish an ongoing manned presence on the Moon. In upcoming missions astronauts will return to the surface, marking another generation of Moon exploration. As we press forward, may we never forget the sacrifice of many lives throughout our ongoing space program, and may we remember it is only possible by the ordered design and engineered forces at work in creation by the Lord God our Creator. Many of you may have watched, as I did, as four brave astronauts were launched from the clutches of Earth’s gravity on April 1, 2026. It was hard to describe how proud I was as an American on that day. This country, founded on God-ordained rights and privileges, was the first and only country to place His image bearers on the surface of the lesser light years ago, and we are headed back again. We are literally doing what the Lord asked of us from the Genesis 1:28 mandate in studying His creation. As much as I know that not all who work for NASA have this worldview, there are several that do, praise the Lord! On Artemis II launch day, one of the four astronauts on board was our brother in Christ - Victor Glover, mission pilot.
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