It's a frustrating time for atheists--they can't blame God for tragedies, because they think there's no evidence for God. Blaming Him would make as much sense as blaming Snow White for a snow storm.

But atheism would suggest that there is a good reason for Japan's massive killer quake and the horrific tsunami that followed: it was nature making improvements. Everything is gradually getting better. People being crushed to death or drowned in a tsunami is just part of...

Earthquakes have been on my mind a lot recently, especially after seeing a picture of massive clouds of dust high in the air over Christchurch, moments after the devastating February 22 quake. The clouds seemed to blanket the inner city, rather than the low-lying suburbs which were hit just as hard. I assume that the dust is from the cement in concrete. Cement can be made from limestone, marl, shale, iron ore, clay, and "fly ash." This very fine, whiteish powder is mixed with sand and crushed stones to make concrete, which is used in the construction of modern buildings. A similar massive dust cloud formed in New York City following the collapse of the twin towers in September 2001.

I also noticed that the buildings that tragically took so many lives in Christchurch were modern constructions, which "pancaked" just like the twin towers. I also assume that this is because the incredibly heavy concrete floors collapse on each other in a violent quake. Perhaps those who construct modern buildings should consider going back to the use of God-made wood, which has a "give" that manmade concrete doesn't.

The following firsthand account of the Christchurch quake was written by our good friend Melissa Day:

There are two main hard and fast rules for anyone who would like to become an “atheist.” If you are tempted, beware. It’s not an easy thing to do.

The first rule is to ignore design in nature. You will see it everywhere—from the planets, to the atoms, to the seasons, to the design of the human body, to the design of the birds and the bees, flowers, fruit, feet, and even fungus. And, of course, the amazing human eye. Everywhere you look and everywhere you can’t look, you will see design.

Now here’s the hard part: ignore your God-given common sense. Admit that everything man made is manmade, but be uncompromisingly adamant that everything in nature came from nothing, with no Designer. Once you have set aside your acumen to do this, crown yourself as being intelligent. Very. Then find other atheists who will confirm that you are indeed intelligent.

The second rule is to...

I call people when I hear that they have had some sort of tragedy. I've been making a lot of calls recently. I phoned one Christian woman after I saw her being interviewed on TV and she mentioned that her husband loved our ministry.

When the couple advertised that they wanted to sell a ring that was worth about a thousand dollars, three people showed up at their door. Once they were inside, they tied up the couple and their two kids, and began to beat them up. When the husband broke free and tried to protect his family, they shot him and left. He died in Charlene's arms...

I wrote a book once, called, 101 of the Dumbest Things People Have Done. It's a funny book. Adults do the dumbest things. The book's almost an autobiography, because most of it is about dumb things I have done. But I do take comfort in the fact that I'm not the only one in this world who messes up. I could easily write book two. I have the material. Ask any of my friends about an average day. I walk into walls, hurt myself, hurt other people, drop things and knock things over. Just my presence can cause things to go wrong.

One of my friends is a school teacher. Recently he told me that he drove his wife's van to work. As he pulled into the school parking lot he noticed that his lips were dry, so he found his wife's Chap Stick and gave a liberal application to his dried lips. He also applied it a little above and below his lips. He taught the first five minutes of class with...

"Bob Green said...I accept the fact of evolution because it has been observed. 'Dear Bob, Observed? Where?' [Bob replied]: If you would care to Google on 'Observed instances of speciation' you will find plenty of examples, for example from the talkorigins site. However, beware, you will also find plenty of religious sites anxious to push their religious agenda. Religion is irrelevant with respect to science."

"Speciation" is the cornerstone of Darwinian evolution. If it has been observed, then evolution is true and the Bible is false. Speciation is the...

As I sat in the van with the Living Waters team, I prayed that God would get the 12 of us to the Louisiana Transformed Conference safely, and that He would give us "divine encounters." I wanted to cross paths with people He had well-prepared--similar to the well-prepared woman at the well, in John chapter four. Two hours later I was sitting in the plane behind a man to whom I had handed a Trillion Dollar Bill tract. He was still clutching it when a gentleman, this one with a cultured English accent, began to...

I'm amazed at how much my blog is like preaching in the open air. I have regular hecklers that are the life of the party, and I have an audience that is quietly listening. In both the blog and the open air, I am able to set the agenda. If I want to kick the hornet's nest, I speak on a controversial subject like "evolution." If I want to preach the cross, I do so. I am able to steer the conversation either way. So I regularly kick the nest, then I preach the cross. This is because I consider the subject of evolution just...

Never forget how you feared death before you became a Christian. The Bible says that until we come to Christ, we are "subject to the fear of death all of our lifetime." When we come to faith in Jesus Christ, God places a shield of faith in our hands so that we can combat the sharp and fiery arrows of fear. We can look death in the faith (word-play) and say, "You no longer have any power over me!" Think of two men in a plane. One has no faith in the pilot and one does. The man without faith opens...

I’m not a fan of the prosperity message. For many years I have watched slick preachers, who rarely preach about sin, righteousness and judgment, and only exalt the cross as a means of gain, and it irks me. If planting “seeds” in bank accounts never fails to bring prosperity to the sower, how come I always have to plant seed in their soil? However, underneath the preaching of prosperity, there is a l...

I had just finished open air preaching, when a sincere Christian approached me, said that she really loved what she had heard, but disagreed with one thing I had said. A young man had heckled me while I was speaking, and said that he didn't like Christianity. This was because he had been brought up a Catholic, and said that he left after 18 years. I replied that I wouldn't have waited for 18 years, and that I would leave any institution that...

If you care about the lost, you will probably identify with me when I tell you that I don't like evangelism. This will be because, like me, you have a continual battle with your fears. You are aware that you are commanded to tell people things they don't want to hear, and that makes you feel uncomfortable. Very. Spurgeon called evangelism an irksome (an annoying) task.

Listen to part 2 of Ray Comfort’s testimony, dramatized for radio, by Chicago based Pacific Garden Mission.

Listen to part 1 of Ray Comfort’s testimony, dramatized for radio, by Chicago based Pacific Garden Mission.

Living Waters Publications has sold more than 20 million "Million Dollar Bills." The unique gospel tract received national publicity when 8,000 of them were seized by the Secret Service in Texas and charged as being counterfeit.

It has also been in the news a number times when different people have been arrested for trying to cash the bills.

TV co-host Ray Comfort (with Kirk Cameron), who originated the idea of the tract ten years ago, recently decided to combine A-list celebrities with the millions and “they have taken off like hot cakes on a cold day in Alaska.”

Watch how atheists avoid answering this--there's good reason for their silence. They don't know how to intelligently respond to it, without digging themselves into a deep hole.

I was having a tough time. I couldn't draw a crowd. In fact, I couldn't draw a thing. That's why I had photocopied a picture of John Wayne onto a large piece of paper and was coloring it in with paints. I couldn't figure it out.

One hundred and fifty thousand children had been on the brink of starving to death, but thanks to the kind gift of a very generous billionaire, every child now had enough food to keep him alive. That gift had arrived in the form of one big check. The horror was now over. It was finished. It was just a matter of distributing the food using the few relief workers we had.

Recently, Kirk Cameron and I finished a shoot for the third season of our television program. It was called, "Where Has the Passion Gone?" and looked at why we have lost passion in our preaching.

Joe Average doesn't think about creation, let alone the Creator. If you asked him if God had ever done anything for him, he probably couldn't think of one thing.

He gets out of bed early in the morning in his beachfront home, makes some toast, and without much thought spreads on some butter and honey. He then walks outside, takes a deep breath of the cool morning air, and breathes out slowly. He drinks a glass of milk as he looks at his rose garden, and listens to the birds chirping at the break of another day. He smiles, because as he looks towards the ocean he sees that rain is on its way. That means he won't have to water his garden. It's just another average day for Joe Average...