Leonhard Euler, Brilliant Mathematician

Nowadays we hear too often of super-smart atheists (e.g. Stephen Hawking), but what about the far more brilliant men who are Christians?  A look at the history of the world never lacks for the many influential and very intelligent men and women who also happen to be fervent believers in the God of the Bible.

  Leonhard Euler is one such super-brilliant man.  Never heard of him, you say?  If you've ever taken an (advanced) Mathematics class, you can't help but be the recipient of his powerful, productive mind.

He defends the Book of Revelation in the post below. 

Leonhard Euler, 15 April 1707 – 18 September 1783

In this, he began by asserting that happiness involves understanding the truth, because God is truth and the world is the product of His omnipotence and wisdom (Defence paragraphs #1&2). A perfect knowledge of God and His works would be infinite (#3). God is the source of all truth and is the ultimate good (#4). God has written natural law in the hearts of men and requires that men’s actions conform to this law (#5). Since this law originates from God Himself, disobedience to it is rebellion against Almighty God, and this brings divine judgement (#6).

Concerning the Bible, Euler argued that it presents the unique and true source of all our duties in a way that cannot be attributed to the talents of its authors, and so we regard the Bible as having come from God (#26). A multitude of Christians not only saw Christ after He rose from the dead, but they also communicated with Him, so this was not the product of their imagination (#34). Thus the resurrection of Jesus Christ is an incontestable fact, solely the work of God, and hence we can believe all the promises of the Gospelboth for this life and the one to come (#36).

Concerning the freethinkers, Euler said that they cannot put forward anything against the arguments on which the divinity of Scripture firmly rests (#37). Yes the Bible does contain things the freethinkers disagree with; if it didn’t, this would be harmful to the Bible (#38). With regard to apparent contradictions in the Bible, there is no science, including mathematics, against which similar or even stronger criticisms re contradictions cannot be made. Yet no one dismisses the certainty of mathematics (#39–41). The objections of freethinkers have long been thoroughly refuted, but because they are not motivated by a desire for the truth, they reject refutations and continually repeat weak and absurd objections (#46). They do not believe that the world had a beginning or will have an end because this would acknowledge the direct action of God (#47).

(Defence of the Revelation [i.e. the Bible] Against the Objections of Freethinkers).

Euler's influence on mathematics

Leonhard Euler, Physicist

Pierre-Simon Laplace, Astronomer

Mathematical Genius

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Wheaton College: Dad of Ethan Roser Asks for a Million More Ethans

Mark Roser's son,  Ethan, was killed in a sport-related accident at our son's college in the Spring of 2017. A fine, upstanding, Christ-loving young man --- gone in an instant. I wept then.  I weep now. Yet ...




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Family & Wheaton College Lean on Jesus

These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Revelation 14:4-5

ISIS Beheadings

Sad to say that beheadings are nothing new.  Look back at the more famous beheadings mentioned in the Bible: Ish-boshet, Goliath, Dagon the idol, John the Baptist, and James the brother of John. The apostle Paul was very likely beheaded. More recent history has the French with their guillotines; the Japanese of WW2 with their swords, and nowadays, the recent beheadings by ISIS militants.

What should worry us is the prophetic Bible verse below

 Leonard George (Len) Siffleet (14 January 1916 – 24 October 1943) was an
Australian commando of World War II.   He became a prisoner of war of the Japanese,
and was beheaded.   Pic: wikipedia

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4)

Per the verse above, there will be  MORE 

BEHEADINGS TO COME!  It will  be a cause of death for many who love the Lord Jesus Christ. Thus, I would not be surprised if it continues to grow in popularity today as a favored form of execution. Connect the dots here, folks.  Trouble for people, particularly Believers in Christ, will not abate as the return of the Lord Jesus Christ draws near. Beware.  Take a wild guess as to the identity of the perps.  Hint, hint.

H.S. Candle in the Cemetery

H.S. meaning Holy Spirit...as in Holy Spirit perfumed candles. Found these on my parent's cemetery plot. I think the gift-giver was thinking of a verse in the Bible:  "And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints." (Revelation 5:8)

The gift-giver is misinformed: Leaving a burning candle on a grave does not cut-it as far as the above verse. The resultant smoke from these candles is not the PRAYER of a saint (biblically defined as a human being, not an inanimate/stone object; one who believes in Christ, and is His follower) which is the main ingredient of the collected "odours" in the above verse. 
The candles certainly smell good; and make great room fresheners when lighted. But that is all.

A note of encouragement:  the prayers of God's people are cumulative.  God knows and remembers people's prayers, collecting them in golden vials or containers. 
Caveat: they do not get anyone into heaven (only Christ can do that through his atoning death on Calvary and must be individually believed by faith alone), but they DO amount to something. God's answers may be instantaneous, or a long-time coming. 

dear Pup posing with them, LoL

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