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Mike Slaughter  |
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 A handful of decades ago
tonight U.S. astronauts were circling the moon...and as they came over the dark side of
the moon they beamed this picture back to us. The astronauts at that time read from the
book of Genesis. As you saw the lifeless dead glow of the moon below and this unique,
beautiful, fragile planet - unique from any planet that we’re aware of anywhere in
the solar system - they read these words: "In the beginning, God created the heavens
and the earth." How many of you remember the
astronauts doing this? Genesis continues, "The earth was formless and empty, but then
the Spirit of God moved over the water." Well, look at this. Isn’t that
an incredible picture? To think that this fragile place where we are tonight is unique,
and probably ever since God created it we’ve been asking, "Is there life
anywhere else? Is this the only place that God created life as we know it?" |
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 The last
half of this decade we’ve spent a lot of energy and resources in sending probes out
to other places in the universe in quest of life. For the last half of this century we
have had giant dishes pointed out in various sectors of the universe, listening for
contact. Is there a message from heaven? |
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| Luke 2:8-11 8: And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9: And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. 10: And the angel said to them, "Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; 11: For to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. |
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thousand years ago, some shepherds were out in a field on the east side of Jerusalem, when
all of a sudden there came a message from heaven. There was a multitude of angels. The
shepherds were terrified. You would be too! Then one of the angels said to the shepherds,
"Don’t be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all
people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you. He is Christ the
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