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Below are some of the contents of issue No. 89

You could call Stonehenge in England above) just a pile of rocks, but the way they are arranged proves that intelligent people built this ancient stone circle thousands of years ago. We may not know who they were, but we do know that those huge stones could never have ended up like this by accident.

THERE are all kinds of designs in the world. You may have designed something yourself — maybe a model, a pattern, or a piece of artwork. When you do, you usually do your best to make a good job of it, so that you will be pleased with it when it is finished. Humans are very good at designing things, but even their best designs are not as good as those we see in nature. Look at the beautiful pattern on a peacock’s tail, or the beauty of a flower. The Bible tells us that when He finished creating the world, “God looked at everything he had made, and it was very good.” (Genesis 1: 31). Some people say there is no God, and that all the beautiful things in the world came through evolution, but how can they look at a peacock’s feather or a flower and say that?

WHAT IS GOD LIKE?
There is lots of evidence that tells us there is a God. The whole creation points to a Creator. “For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.” (The Bible, Romans 1: 20 New Living Translation). The creation shows that God is powerful and wise. But what else do we know about Him? Some people have invented their own ideas about God, and have even made images which they worship (right). In India, some people worship lots of “gods”. But there is only one true God, and He has revealed Himself to us in the Bible, where we read how He made the world, and how human beings sinned against Him and spoilt His creation. The Bible tells us that God loves us, and that He has shown Himself to us in the coming of Jesus to the earth. “No one has ever seen God, but Jesus is exactly like him.” (The Bible, Colossians 1: 15). Jesus died on the cross for the wrong things we have done, and through Him we can have God’s forgiveness. False gods are not alive, and can help no-one, but Jesus is alive, and will be with us for ever if we trust Him.