A feeling of excitement runs through the staff here at ICR these days, for construction is proceeding rapidly on the new research laboratory and classroom building adjacent to our present office building.

“Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me” (Psalm 36:11).

The contrast in this psalm is not only between good and evil, but more specifically, between the prideful man who lives without fear of God and the God in whom godly men trust.

“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19).

“Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee” (Deuteronomy 32:18).

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).

The eleventh chapter of Hebrews, known as the great Hall of Fame of Faith reciting the faith and resulting action of many Old Testament heroes, begins with a description of what faith is.