Pastor’s Pen

Beloved, the Bible says in John 1:1-3 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.” This truth permeated the heart of a prominent Russian nuclear scientist named Boris P. Dotsenko.
 
Growing up in Siberia during World War II, Dr. Dotsenko faced very harsh and difficult circumstances. That made him very curious, and he often asked himself questions about the meaning of life. One hot and humid afternoon while at his grandfather’s home recovering from pneumonia, he found a copy of the Gospel of John, began reading John 1.

 Those words struck his mind with great force, for they completely contradicted everything he had been taught. Years later he found another Bible in an unlikely place, in the study of his professor, Dr. Jakov Frenkel, a world-renowned Russian scientist. 

 Eventually, Dr. Dotsenko went on to become one of the leading rocket and nuclear scientists in the USSR. In that role he was asked by Russian officials to meet with Canadian scientists and to report on their activities. As he unpacked his luggage in his hotel room in Edmonton, he found a third Bible, one placed there by the Gideons. He opened it to John 1:1, and spent virtually all his time reading that Bible, and soon thereafter he prayed, asking Jesus Christ to become his Lord and Savior. Dr. Dotsenko is one of many scientists who are convinced that All things are made by him, and without him nothing has been made that is made.

Blessings-
​Pastor Joe