Author: Bryan Gibson

Weekly Bulletin
September 12, 2021

There Is No God?
Author Unknown
There is no God. All the wonders around us are accidental. No almighty hand made a thousand-billion stars. They made themselves. No power keeps them on their steady course. The earth spins itself to keep the oceans from falling off toward the sun.
Infants teach themselves to cry when they are hungry or hurt. A small flower invented itself so that we could extract digitalis for sick hearts.
The earth gave itself day and night, tilted itself so that we get seasons. Without the magnetic poles man would be unable to navigate the trackless oceans of water and air, but they just grew there.
How about the sugar thermostat in the pancreas? It maintains a level of sugar in the blood sufficient for energy. Without it, all of us would die.
Why does the snow sit on mountaintops waiting for the warm spring sun to melt it just at the right time for the young crops in farms below to drink? A very lovely accident.
The human heart will beat for 70 or 80 years without faltering. How does it get sufficient rest between beats? A kidney will filter poison from the blood, leave good things alone. How does it know one from the other?
Who gave the human tongue flexibility to form words, and a brain to understand them, but denied it to other animals?
Who showed a womb how to take the love of two persons and keep splitting a tiny ovum until in time, a baby would have the proper number of fingers, eyes and ears and hair in the right places, and come into the world when it is strong enough to sustain life?
There is no God?
“The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God” (Psalms 14:1).
Don’t “Cell” Yourself Short
by Bert Thompson (from Discovery Magazine)
There are many amazing things in this universe which God created. But surely one of the most amazing is the cell. Just think about it. Cells come in a variety of different shapes and sizes. Cells may be shaped like rods, spirals, daisies on their stalks, string beans, shoeboxes, or snowflakes. Some cells can be quite large, like the yolk of an ostrich egg. Others can be quite small. For example, if you were to place some cells of the human body into a capital “O” from a keyboard, 20,000 of them would fit inside that “O.” Some cells live very long lives. Nerve cells in a human can live over 100 years! Some cells have very short lives. Platelets (which help blood to clot) live less than 4 days.
Yet cells are beautifully organized and extremely complex. Each human cell can communicate with other cells, dispose of waste, reproduce, feed, and repair itself. Some areas of the cell produce proteins, which are carried to other parts of the body. Some areas of the cell produce the energy which your body needs to work, think, or play. Still other areas of the cell are responsible for what we call reproduction—the process by which cells make more cells.
Deep inside the cell is the nucleus, which contains what we know as the “genetic code.” This code is a set of instructions inside each cell which tells the cell to become a fingernail, a hair, an eye, a bone, or some other part of the body. These instructions are very complicated, and are placed in the cell in a chemical which scientists call DNA (a short way of saying deoxyribonucleic acid). The DNA in a single human cell is about 3 feet long and contains over 6 billion “steps.” If all the DNA in a single human body were stretched out end-to-end, there would be over a billion miles worth.
The writer of Psalms said to God, “I will praise You for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (139:14). Our bodies, composed of 60-100 trillion cells, are wonderful. Could evolution have produced such cells, or such bodies, by accident? No! The Bible says, “For every house is built by someone; but He who built all things is God” (Hebrews 3:4). The cell speaks to us about how great and powerful our God is.

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The Prattmont Church of Christ is just what the name suggests, a church that belongs to Christ. We are not a denomination; we are simply a group of Christians trying very hard to practice the teachings of our Head, Jesus Christ. The New Testament offers a complete pattern for what each local church should be like—its organization, its worship, its work, etc. We are committed to following that pattern. We cordially invite you to attend our services. We would also welcome any comments or questions about this bulletin.

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Bible Classes………...9 A.M.
Worship 10:00 A.M.
Worship/Bible Study..5 P.M.
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