“For we walk by faith, not by sight” (II Corinthians 5:7).

Although our text for today appears in parentheses in the King James Bible, it is a most important concept in Scripture and is the summary of an extensive passage which precedes it. Beginning with II Corinthians 4:8, Paul continually contrasts the seen and the unseen, finishing up with the admonition to “walk by faith.”

“And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away” (I Peter 5:4).

Several years ago the skeleton of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex was found in South Dakota. Dubbed "Sue," it eventually found its way to the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History. Evolution thinking dates Sue as having lived and died in the Cretaceous period, approximately 67 million years ago.

Often families send out Christmas/end-of-the-year letters to their family and friends to relate what has happened throughout the year and how God has led and blessed. I would like to do the same with you, the ICR "family," as we look back on an incredible year. Through it all, our Lord has been faithful and showed Himself strong on ICR's behalf.

“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear” (I Peter 3:15).