Posted on 02/26/2006 1:26:29 PM PST by Tim Long
Dr. Henry Morris, founder and president emeritus of the Institute for Creation Research and the “father” of the modern creationist movement (especially with The Genesis Flood, which he co-authored in the early 1960s) had in recent days suffered a series of debilitating small strokes, and passed into the presence of his Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday evening (February 25).
Dr. Morris, 87, had been receiving care in a San Diego area convalescent hospital. According to his son, Dr. Henry Morris III (Executive Vice President of the Institute for Creation Research), the elder Dr. Morris “remained cogent and alert up until the last few moments. My brother John (President of ICR), my sister Mary, and my sister Rebecca were with him just prior to his passing.”
In a note emailed late Saturday night to ICR board members and friends of the family, Dr. Morris III shared that “Dad has had a wonderfully full life, much blessed by our Lord, and we are rejoicing and celebrating his ‘well done’ now in the presence of his Lord.”
Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis–USA and co-founder of Answers in Genesis–Australia, wrote to AiG leadership that
Dr. Morris is one of my heroes of the faith. He is the man the Lord raised up as the father of the modern creationist movement. The famous book The Genesis Flood, co-authored by Dr. Morris and Dr. Whitcomb, was the book the Lord used to really launch the modern creationist movement around the world. It was the first major creation book I read, and had a special place, therefore, in the beginnings of the creationist movement in Australia. Our prayers are with the family. Please pray for the family, the staff of the Institute for Creation Research, and for all those whose lives continue to be changed by the many books and articles authored by this great man of God during his long and productive life.
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He will be greatly missed.
Thanks, zn. He's at peace now and knows the truth of his life's work.
Archive?
I always wonder about that wording. What about the rest of the Trinity?
Well he didn't exclude the rest of the Trinity.
I suppose some of us have the presence of the Pneuma right here.
And I foggily recall a scripture stating that noone has seen the Father.
Give it a break.
Is that what passes for intelligent debate in liberal schools these days?
Prayers for the family.
Certainly, as I expect a "deluge" of posts on this one...
You referenced another statement -- "and passed into the presence of his Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ"
And then said -- "I always wonder about that wording. What about the rest of the Trinity?"
Well, it's true, there are three in the Trinity -- but only one is fully Man *and* fully God. Thus Jesus Christ is like us, in that He is fully Man.
God the Father has only been seen by the Son and the Son has shown the Father to us. No man has seen the Father, unless they have seen the Son.
Likewise, the Holy Spirit has been compared to the wind, not knowing where it comes from and where it goes.
Thus, it makes the most sense in that he will be in the "presence" of the Son, Jesus Christ -- as Christ says He will be with us "always".
Regards,
Star Traveler
Then who did Abraham see when he received the three visitors, who I believe were revealed to be God and two angels, before the destruction of Sodom? And could you provide a verse for the fully God, fully Man statement? I have long heard that.
I feel much the same, the best argument against Evolution is those who propose/suppose intelligent design.
2Ti 4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve [me] unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.
One way to explain it is that the phrase is used to signify Abraham's deepening spiritual awareness, which grows each time the phrase is used. The torah commentary says that the three visitors were angels, and I believe the KJV also says this.
I wish he could have lived long enough to see the day when the SCOTUS rules that Darwinism must be tossed out of the schools. We're just one vote away from it happening ... and he gets much of the credit! Every conservative should say a prayer of thanks tonight for the legacy he left.
I wouldn't go so far as to say that. No one has ruled that Creationism or even intelligent design is fit for teaching yet.
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