The following article was written by Chris Steele and copied from today’s edition of “The Reminder”, the weekly bulletin of the River Road church of Christ in New Port Richey, FL.

You may remember Professor Antony Flew. He is the legendary British philosopher and atheist who met our own brother Thomas Warren in a debate on the existence of God back in 1976. Mr. Flew is the son of a Methodist minister and became an atheist at age 15. Now at 81, Flew says he believes in God. This is not in the full and complete way that we believe in God, but he now acknowledges "intelligent design" as a guiding force in the way the universe came into existence. Flew still accepts Darwin’s theory of evolution but he doubts that this can explain the ultimate origins of life.

In a new video, “Has Science Discovered God?” Flew says, “biologists' investigation of DNA has shown, by the almost unbelievable complexity of the arrangements which are needed to produce (life), that intelligence must have been involved.” This is what believers in the Bible have said for years. In scientific terms it is called the Cosmological Argument. This logically says that order and design call for a designer. Flew has often contended that the debate over God must begin by presuming atheism is true, putting the burden of proof on those who argue that God exists. He did not realize that the universe speaks loud and clear; bringing its own proof for the existence of God (Psalm “Breaking News” (continued from page 1)

19:1-3). The almighty God is the first cause of all causes. He is the designer of the entire universe (Genesis 1 & 2; Colossians 1:16-17; Hebrews 1:1-2; John 1:1-3).

Dr. Flew said. “My whole life has been guided by the principle of following the evidence, wherever it leads.” We are happy that this famous atheist has not only found the evidence leading to God (cf. Romans 1:19-20), but that he also has the courage to stand and proclaim it. Unfortunately some are now saying that if Dr. Flew does not renounce this whole thing as nonsense, that he will be discredited by his atheistic colleagues saying that his statements were due to senility and memory loss.

To profess belief in a higher intelligence, in whatever form one may believe that being to be, is a giant step for an atheist to make. At the same time Dr. Flew has a long way to go in his journey to salvation.


Happy New Year!

It is our hope for each member of the Orange Street church of Christ, that you will have a joyous, safe and prosperous New Year and that you will draw even closer to God as each day passes. We are thankful to you all for allowing us to work in this capacity during this past year. Encourage one another and keep us in your prayers.

Your Bulletin Staff,
Carl & Nancy Chambers

Wednesday Devo
We will have a devotional service in the auditorium, this coming Wednesday evening (Dec. 29) instead of our regular classes.

" The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved." (Jer. 8:20) The prophet was wailing about the common human failure of procrastination. Why is it that we take comfort in the thought that we are going to do later what we ought to be doing now? The prophet knew that people are lost because they put off doing until tomorrow or next week or next month what ought to be done now.