Fighting Thorns and Thistles
This Isn’t the World God Made!
by Ken Ham on September 2, 2026Part 3
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Have you ever grown a garden? It can be frustrating work fighting off the weeds and insects. Sometimes it even seems like nature is against us, making our jobs more difficult.
Well, that’s not how God originally designed it to be. In God’s “very good” creation, Adam’s work of caring for creation was a joyful task. But, after sin, God cursed the ground, so it now produces thorns and thistles. The Bible tells us all of creation groans because of sin.
But there’s hope! Because of Jesus’ sacrifice for us, someday those who trust in him will dwell for eternity in a new heaven and new earth where the curse will be no more.
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Ken Ham is the Founder of Answers in Genesis–US, the highly acclaimed Creation Museum, and the world-renowned Ark Encounter. Ken Ham is one of the most in-demand Christian speakers in North America.
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