Helps To Truth Seekers Or Christianity And Scepticism

'A dazzling chronicle, a bracing challenge to modernity's smug assumptions' - Bryce Christensen, Booklist 'O what a world of profit and delight Of power, of honour and omnipotence Is promised to the studious artisan.' Christopher Marlowe, Dr Faustus Between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, Europe changed out of all recognition. Particularly transformative was the ardent quest for knowledge and the astounding discoveries and inventions which resulted from it. The movement of blood round the body; the movement of the earth round the sun; the velocity of falling objects (and, indeed, why objects fall) - these and numerous other mysteries had been solved by scholars in earnest pursuit of scientia. This fascinating account of the profound changes undergone by Europe between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment will cover ground including folk religion and its pagan past; Catholicism and its saintly dogma; alchemy, astrology and natural philosophy; Islamic and Jewish traditions; and the discovery of new countries and cultures. By the mid-seventeenth century 'science mania' had set in; the quest for knowledge had become a pursuit of cultured gentlemen. In 1663 The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge received its charter. Three years later the French Academy of Sciences was founded. Most other European capitals were not slow to follow suit. In 1725 we encounter the first use of the word 'science' meaning 'a branch of study concerned either with a connected body of demonstrated truths or with observed facts systematically classified'. Yet, it was only nine years since the last witch had been executed in Britain - a reminder that, although the relationship of people to their environment was changing profoundly, deep-rooted fears and attitudes remained strong.

Henry Adams once said, "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." If the secular thoughts of Darwin have affected academia like tissue paper absorbing water, what about the teachings of Christ? Well, genuine Christianity is the light of this world. When the non-Christians dominate society as in the U.S. today, their first move would be to ban the Bible in schools in the name of religious freedom. American society has become the bastion of abortion, feminism, homosexuality, gender confusion, and all forms of godlessness. Wickedness, like tumor cells, infects all threads of the social fabric and thus weakening the power of Christian influence. We must reclaim our Christian values and principles, or it would be too late to defend our faith and culture from the attacks of liberalism, atheism, and other demon-inspired creeds and schools of thought. This paper intends to rekindle our cherished Christian teachings and values amidst the Liberals' accusation of religious bigotry. Jesus Christ is true. We don't need the opinions of our Lord's enemies. Do we want to benefit from the divine wisdom of the Prophets, the Apostles, and our Lord Jesus? We ask this question because Christ said, "He who does not love Me does not keep My words." (John 14:24) Our Father God will not give truth to those rejecting His Son. Like other Christian writings, a book like this one receives acceptance only from those seeking the face of Christ in their hearts. For the Scripture seekers, the 32 biblical subjects in this paper may give them the ground and route for their spiritual compass in life. God's faithful presence belongs to those seeking His face day and night. "The Lord has looked down from heaven," wrote the psalmist, "upon the sons of men To see if there are any who understand, Who seek after God." (Psalm 14:2)