His Star in His Heavens

Like a Sherlock Holmes mystery, you will be drawn into searching with me for the events, motivations and their order to reconstruct what reasonably happened when Christ was born.

 

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His Star in His Heavens: A reasonable explanation for the Star of Bethlehem

 According to​​ Merriam Webster synonyms for reasonable are analytical, coherent, consequent, good, logical, rational, sensible, sound, valid, well-founded, well-grounded. This book is more than a search for possible candidates, it is a search for the one best object that will most reasonably explain what the Bible says about the Star and the Messiah’s Birth. Our approach is like determining the best explanation of a​​ crime given the evidence collected. Only when every object collected from the scene and every person’s causes and effects are identified and are also reasonable, can the investigation be closed as being a reasonable scenario. Or think about how about how the common jigsaw puzzle is assembled. When all the pieces fit in their specific locations, the puzzle has the intended order; it looks like the picture on the box. No one would conclude that the puzzle is finished or accurate if pieces were missing or left​​ over. Each piece has a reason where it fits in the whole puzzle. Cause and effect reasoning using the color, shape and size of each puzzle piece is a powerful tool in reconstructing the complete account of all the steps in assembling the puzzle. Sir Francis Bacon, author of the scientific method said​​ “complete knowledge is knowledge by causes”. Like a Sherlock Holmes mystery, you will be drawn into searching with me for the events, motivations and their order to reconstruct what reasonably happened when Christ was born. I am certain that you will be amazed, as I was, when the explanation is presented. Our reasonable conclusion will make the account in Matthew chapter two come alive with thoughts you never considered. I guarantee it! We will conclude that the​​ Star was a natural object with a supernatural origin. So have a seat at my table where puzzle pieces are heaped into a pile and let’s start putting them together. I will show you how far I have gotten, working on it off​​ and on, over the past 50 years. Is the explanation presented in this book the true one? I will let you decide. I am convinced that it is reasonable. Richard Balogh

 

 

Richard is a retired science professor and​​ 

Christian Club Advisor from Antelope Valley​​ 

College , Lancaster, California. This​​ book

is the first in the series​​ Highlighting Science

in the​​ Scriptures.

 

Author: Sharyn Balogh

You know it's difficult to write about yourself. The most important fact I can disclose is that I'm saved by God's grace through faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. My desire is to live a life honoring to God in response for the gift of salvation I've been given. This is so much easier said than done! I struggle daily with right choices, right words, right thoughts, and right actions. My best and only defense against sin is the power of God in me and for that I am inexpressibly thankful. I have three amazing grown-up children who have responded to God's call in their lives along with their spouses. One of the great joys of my life is knowing my children and their families strive to serve and follow God. My grandchildren are another wonderful joy in my life! My husband and I are blessed with four beautiful grandchildren to date with another expected very soon on September 12th. We also are thankful for the comforting knowledge that an additional three of our grandchildren, a set of twins at three months gestation and a little boy, Isaac, at four and a half months gestation, are in our Savior's presence. I have attended the same church since the day my eyes were opened to Truth over thirty years ago. How fortunate it is to have been led by God’s hand immediately to a church body that follows the Bible, no man-made doctrines, just the Word clear and strong. My husband is my best friend, my confidant, my encourager, and I still can't believe how blessed I am by his example of love and generosity towards everyone around him. He is God-fearing, compassionate, and kind and I have learned so much from him. I am a daughter to my almost 92 year-old mother, sister to three brothers, a wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, aunt, great-aunt, neighbor and friend. That means, whomever is reading this, we probably have something in common! I love every unique role I have been placed in. I'm frequently stretched and sometimes feel like silly putty that wants to bounce right back into my comfort zone. My greatest ambition is to be a follower of Jesus; a light that shines for Him at all times, in all circumstances. So, there it is, a bit about me. I guess I was able to write about myself after all! However, my existence cannot be defined without Jesus Christ, my Lord and my Savior. His love has permeated my life to His glory and my eternal thankfulness.