Standing Out in the World

Standing Out in the World

LAWRENCE, Kans., Aug. 5 /Christian Newswire/ -- Some people walk with God because they were brought up that way. It often takes a crisis for someone to become fully devoted to faith in God. Such was the case of Noah. He grew up in the sheltered society of the children of God. All around them was a world so depraved and corrupted that "The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time." (Genesis 6:5 NIV)

Like many of his generation, Noah was attracted to the seemingly glamorous life in the world. He gets sucked into that society until calamity strikes and everything around him collapses. Like the prodigal son, Noah turns back to the ancestral society of the children of God to walk with God (Genesis 6:9b NIV) to become one of the heroes of faith mentioned in Hebrews 11:7, "By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith." He walked with God like his ancestors, even as the world around him scoffed at the warning of a coming flood and mocked him as he worked away at building a large, ominous structure on a high rock ledge near his home.

Author Nick Willems calls the account of Noah and the flood "one of the most dramatic events in human history." He found it so fascinating that he chose it as the subject of his first novel, "Noah". "It's a great example of faith in the face of unbelief," Willems says. "Noah truly lived by faith and not by sight." Nick Willems grew up in Holland and accepted Christ at a Billy Graham Crusade in 1960, while living in Southern Africa. Since then he has maintained a passion for spreading the message of Salvation through Christ. Another of his lifetime passions is history and storytelling. His fictionalized retelling of this inspiring biblical account brings to life the dynamic stories of people who learned, through difficult choices, that believing and obeying God are worth the sacrifice.

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