IN the NEWS - "Touch Down Jesus" statue controversy

What a waste of $$$$$$$$$$$$
What an EMBARRASSMENT to Christianity

 I live near the so-called "Touch Down Jesus" statue here in the Miami Valley of SW Ohio. What a WASTE of MONEY!!!!!!!!!!! That money could have better been spent. It is actually disgusting what they are doing and the money wasted...

"Remember ‘Touchdown Jesus’? In June last year the famous 19-meter tall styrofoam and fiberglass statue in front of Solid Rock Church near Monroe, Ohio, burned down after it was struck by lightning. http://www.youtube.com/embed/rGTBFPte-MY
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The new figure already has a nickname, according to sculptor Tom Tsuchiya, although its official title is “Lux Mundi,” which is Latin for “Light of the World.”.
“It’s ‘Hug Me Jesus,’” Tsuchiya said. “Some blogger called it that and I loved it. That’s what it’s all about – a let’s-all-be-friends message. Love one another.”

The steel substructure of the new statue will sport lightning suppression system.
Speaking of which, Solid Rock Church is run by Darlene and Lawrence Bishop. The couple was described in one news report as “a lightning rod for controversy.”
ReligionNewsBlog

 "I found it interesting that a poll taken of locals concerning the statue of Jesus in Monroe had the following results: 25% feel that it is a 'Godsend, good for Monroe,' while 75% found that it was an 'Eyesore, bad for Monroe.'" RoadsideAmerica.com

 

They claim to have an orphanage in Brazil--that is money they could have spent on their orphange rather than on a silly, useless statue that they are spending even more to replace....

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,
James 1:27

 

Poetic Confusion, Mr. Dawkins? (Another Hot August Night with a Richard Dawkins book)

Go from the presence of a foolish man,

when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 14:7

"There are good things and bad about the poetry of general evolutionism. On balance I think it fosters confusion more than illumination, but there is certainly some of both."
unweaving the rainbow p.192 Richard Dawkins

So why do you believe in it, Mr. Dawkins?

William Secker says - (Socrates on Citizenship)

"Socrates, being asked what countryman he was; answered, 'I am a citizen of the world.' But ask a Christian what countryman he is; and he will answer 'I am a citizen of all heaven.'"
The Nonsuch Professor p.82

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners,

but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

Ephesians 2:19

Creation Moment 8/31/2012 - Accoording to Wickamasinghe

Professor Chandra Wickamasinghe (famous in mathematical & scientific circles) claims that forming even an enzyme  (building block of a gene) is 1 in 10 to the power of 40,000.... That is more than the estmated amount of atoms in the Universe...

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

Revelation 22:13

 

Mind Viruses? (Another Hot August Night with a Richard Dawkins book)

Go from the presence of a foolish man,

when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 14:7

"To describe religions as mind viruses is sometimes interpreted as contemptuous or even hostile. It is both." the devil's chaplain Richard Dawkins

William Secker says - (Luther)

"Luther compares the law and gospel to earth and heaven; we should walk in the earth of the law, in point of obeying, and in the heaven of the gospel, in point of believing." The Nonsuch Professor p.65

Martin Luther

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

Mark 1:1

 

Creation Moment 8/30/2012 - Gorilla's in the pond...

"When a gorilla was observed using a stick to help it wade across a pond, one evolutionist went right over the top. “What we are seeing here is the birth of gorilla technology. It may only be a first step on a journey on which we humans have advanced a million miles…” So did he believe that, given enough time, gorillas would evolve the ability to design computers and fly to the moon? All this really proved is that gorillas sometimes use sticks when they wade through ponds.."
Desmond Morris, Daily Mail, 4th October 2005/crt.org
Silly evolutionists see an ape in a pond with a stick and think it points to evolution-LOL

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind,

Genesis 1:25

SCAM ALERT-Todd Bentley:FRAUD banned in Britain

Todd Bentley is an "evangelist" who claims God tells him to kick & punch people...Uhmm... What a FRAUD!!!!!!!! How insulting to all of Christianity.... And the British governmeent won't allow him into their country.....

Beware of false prophets,...Ye shall know them by their fruits.

Matthew 7:15,16

See the FRAUD Todd Bentley below in action

http://www.youtube.com/embed/97WA46li9s8

 

More about Mr. Bentley- "In 2008 Bentley shot to fame as he led the so-called ‘Lakeland Outpouring’ — a series of ‘revival’ meetings in Lakeland, Florida.

Saying that he was in touch with angels, Bentley claimed miraculous healings were taking place, and that some people had been raised from the dead.

Todd Bentley--the kicking, punching evangelist

After an ABC Nightline report revealed that not a single claim of Bentley’s healing powers could be independently verified, Bentley took some time off to “refresh and relax.”
He did not return to the ‘revival.’ Instead, Bentley resigned from his ministry’s board after reports that he was romantically involved with the nanny of his children, and that he had separated from his wife.
There were also reports of alcohol abuse during the duration of the revival meetings. Interestingly, Emma — the angel Bentley and some of his supporting cast get messages from — has apparently been quiet about the preacher’s marriage problems." ReligionNewsBlog

"Bentley was criticized in mainstream media and on internet blogs for occasional violence done to participants, in the tradition of Smith Wigglesworth. Todd Bentley was known to forcefully kick, hit, smack or knock over participants. In one incident, a man was knocked over and lost a tooth. In another, an elderly woman was intentionally kicked in the face. Bentley held that the Holy Spirit led him to such actions, saying that those incidents were taken out of context and adding that miracles were happening simultaneously." Wikipedia
 

To Do Them

And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life:

that he may learn to fear the LORD his God,

to keep all the words of this law and these statutes,

to do them:

Deuteronomy 17:19

Dawkins sees the design--but rejects the Designer (Another Hot August Night with a Richard Dawkins book)

"Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose." the blind wathmaker p.1 Richard Dawkins 
So Richard Dawkins sees the design--but rejects the designer---NOT TOO BRIGHT..

Go from the presence of a foolish man,

when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 14:7

William Secker says - (Dove Wings vs. the ARK)

"Though Noah's dove made use of her wings, yet she found no rest but in the ark."
The Nonsuch Professor p.64

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;

and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5

Creation Moment 8/29/2012 - "Science" Guy Nye goes unhinged

The "Scince Guy" Nye has declared that parents shouldn't teach their children "creationism" and called those who espouse anti-evolutionary views  "deniers".... "Nye, who hosted the educational show "Bill Nye the Science Guy," which aired on PBS (figures PBS) Kids from 1993 through 1998, made the statements in a clip posted online on Thursday, and has since been viewed over one million times. In the clip, Nye praises the United States for its contribution to technological innovation, but says that the denial of evolution is unique to the country (Not Really) .

"People still move to the United States. And that's largely because of the intellectual capital we have, the general understanding of science," (Actually most comehere for economic freedoms or standard of living--ask the millions who have illegally entered across our southern border & see if their reason for coming here has anything to do with his view of "science"...go on -ask them...) Nye said in the clip. "When you have a portion of the population that doesn't believe in that, it holds everybody back, really (How? Isaac Newton believed in God & Creation as well as a big proponent of Biblical prophecies of which he actually wrote more about than science or math--so how did not beleiving in evolution hold back the likes of Isaac Newton & others--just asking..).

"Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science, in all of biology (Since when?). It's like, it's very much analogous to trying to do geology without believing in tectonic plates. You're just not going to get the right answer (Only if you have decided in advance what that "right answer" should be--which apparently Mr. Nye has..). Your whole world is just going to be a mystery instead of an exciting place," he added.

Nye made a three-stop tour through New Hampshire earlier this summer to tout President Obama's education policies while making a push for science and engineering programs. He has endorsed Obama's reelection bid.

In the clip, Nye said that one's "world just becomes fantastically complicated when you don't believe in evolution. (I could say the same for one who rejects God....your world is much more complicated and self-centered. If you want the evolutionary answer as to it all-your just gonna sleep one day in an eternal dust nap blanket-so what does the "answers" matter from an evolutionary view?)"

"Here are these ancient dinosaur bones (You mean the one's that have been discovered with blood cells recently which only are supposed to last roughly 5,000 years before they are completely gone?)or fossils, here is radioactivity, here are distant stars that are just like our star but they're at a different point in their lifecycle (How does different color & sized stars "prove" evolution? Because that is what Nye is talking about here). The idea of deep time, of this billions of years, explains so much of the world around us. If you try to ignore that, your world view just becomes crazy, just untenable, itself inconsistent," he said.

Nye then goes on to urge adults not to deny the teaching of evolution to young people.

"And I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution (Sounds like he has been reading Dawkins) and live in your world, in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we observe in the universe, that's fine, but don't make your kids do it because we need them (Actually that is ARROGANT--this too sounds like a Richard Dawkins line of attack. -- NEWSFALSH for Mr. Nye-the "kids" belong to the parents-not you and the government). We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future (So stop teaching them the flat earth science of evolution). We need people that can - we need engineers that can build stuff, solve problems. (Why does an engineer need to think we are related to monkeys? What does believing we share an ancestor with whales have to do with being an engineer and designing a local library building?---ABSOLUTELY NOTHING)." ABC News

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not:

Proverbs 14:6

And from Reuters News Service  "The video, titled "Creationism Is Not Appropriate for Children," was posted on Thursday by the online knowledge forum Big Think to YouTube and had netted more than 1.3 million views as of Monday."

Allow me to say to Mr. Nye, the big science guy, that what is NOT appropriate for children is teaching them there is NO God, no higher moral power, and that their life is a meaningless speck on the space fabric of time-here today, gone tommorrow and serves no other purpose than that they popped up here for a moment on earth as an accident of chemicl reactions from the past-their life has NO meaning. So in summary--EVOLUTION is inappropriate to teach children.

Aronic Blessing

 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying,
On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

 

The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

 

The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

 

And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

Numbers 6:23-27

Dawkins Awed... (Another Hot August Night with a Richard Dawkins book)

"The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable. It is a deep aesthetic passion to rank with the finest that music and poetry can deliver. It is truly one of the things that make life worth living...."
unweaving the rainbow Richard Dawkins

Hey Richard, that feeling of "awed wonder" at science (the creation), that ability to make music or write poetry....where did it come from? --I'll give you a hint--- And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Psalm 90:17

William Secker says - (Least of Saints)

"........one of the best of saints, views himself as one of the least of saints."
The Nonsuch Professor p.44

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

Ephesians 3:8

Creation Moment 8/28/2012 - SDA fired over evolution in Norway

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 1:22

"The job seeker, a psychiatrist, reported the hospital to the anti-discrimination ombudsman after he received a rejection letter that seemed to cite his religious beliefs as grounds for not employing him, Christian newspaper Vårt Land reports.

“We are quite far apart from one another in terms of worldview, and I don’t think it would really work,” the prospective employer wrote in the letter.

“My colleagues and I reacted strongly to the fact that they used that as a justification,” said the doctor, who asked not to be named.

“I opted to take the matter further in order to get confirmation from an independent body that this is not acceptable,” he told the newspaper.

In the course of the interview, the psychiatrist revealed that he was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The interviewer then asked him what he thought about the theory of evolution, which he said he didn’t accept as true.

In its ruling, the ombudsman said the hospital had discriminated against the applicant on the basis of his faith.

The regulator acknowledged that the employer was within its rights to take into account the psychiatrist’s views on evolution. But, the ombudsman added, the hospital had still breached anti-discrimination laws since it did not have sufficient grounds to conclude that the psychiatrist was unsuitable for the job.

Oslo University Hospital conceded that the initial rejection e-mail was poorly formulated and said it would not contest the decision." TheLocal-Norways'News in English

What does being a paychiatrist have to do with thinking we are related to monkeys?--NOTHING

Darwin, Dawkins & Hitler (Another Hot August Night with a Richard Dawkins book)

WARNING

Go from the presence of a foolish man,

when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 14:7

"Faith is powerful enough to immunize people against all appeals to pity, to forgiveness, to decent human feelings." the selfish gene Richard Dawkins

Allow Me To Rephrase for Mr. Dawkins-----
REJECTION OF GOD "is powerful enough to immunize people against all appeals to pity, to forgiveness, to decent human feelings."

 

William Secker says - (Crucifixion-Exaltation)

"The malicious crucifixion of Christ, wrought out the glorious exaltation of Christ."
The Nonsuch Professor p.26

Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified.

And they took Jesus, and led him away.

John 19:16

 

Creation Moment 8/27/2012 - Venter's Experiment "create life"?- NO

But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets,

Daniel 2:28

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/329/5987/52.full.pdf
http://www.scienceagainstevolution.org/v14i10f.htm
"We did not create life from scratch: we transformed existing life into new life. Nor did we design and build a new chromosome from scratch. Rather, using only digitised information, we synthesised a modified version, a copy of the M. mycoides genome with 14 of its genes deleted and a "watermark" written in another 5000-plus base pairs. The result is not an "artificial" life form; it is a living, self-replicating cell that most microbiologists would find hard to distinguish from the progenitor cell, unless they sequenced its DNA.

It took 15 years to get to this proof-of-concept experiment. And it is just that: proof that it is possible to use a computer and four chemical bases to create a cell with no biological ancestor. Of course, we began by modifying an existing genome. Where else to start? Had we tried a new genome design it wouldn't have worked. Even so, we had 99 failures for every success.

Craig Venter

Complete genome assembly. In preparation for the final stage of assembly, it was necessary to isolate microgram quantities of each of the 11 second-stage assemblies. As reported, circular plasmids the size of our second-stage assemblies could be isolated from yeast spheroplasts after an alkaline-lysis procedure. To further purify the 11 assembly intermediates, they were exonuclease-treated and passed through an anion-exchange column. A small fraction of the total plasmid DNA (1/100th) was digested with Not I and analyzed by field-inversion gel electrophoresis (FIGE) (Fig. 2c). This method produced ~1 microgram of each assembly per 400 ml yeast culture (~1011 cells).

In plain English, here’s what they did: They needed to create a DNA molecule that was over 1 million base pairs long. (A DNA molecule is a twisted pair of long strings of four different kinds of molecules called bases. It looks like a twisted ladder. Each rung of the ladder is made from a pair of bases.)

They made this long DNA molecule by putting together smaller segments of commercially available DNA which they purchased from Blue Heron. They purchased pieces that were about 1,000 base pairs long and joined ten of them together to form pieces that were about 10,000 base pairs long. They took ten of these 10,000 base pair pieces and joined them together to form pieces about 100,000 base pairs long. Finally, they joined eleven of these 100,000 base pair pieces together to form the complete molecule.

What kind of a machine did they use to do this assembly, you might ask? They used living yeast, but it wasn’t easy." Discloure

 

SDA News-New radio station coming to new nation of South Sudan

"In a few months, the Seventh-day Adventist Church plans to launch a radio ministry from a beige container recently installed on the compound of its local field office. The ministry, in development since 2006 at the prompting of a pastor, is meant to connect with a community where traditional outreach isn't possible, church leaders say.
"We are committed to share the word of God with people in this community," said Alumai Dominic, a lay member and chair of the committee overseeing the project. "This message isn't [otherwise] reaching the people outside of Juba. We'll be able to reach other communities."
Years ago, the committee requested a radio frequency from the government and was pleasantly surprised to receive four. They named their flagship frequency 94.0 Salvation FM.
The ministry plans to offer programs about the gospel, health, family and youth issues. Programs will be broadcast in local languages, including Bari, Juba Arabic, Dinka, Muro, Shiluk and Zende."
AdventistMissions

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

Revelation 14:6

Pope calls for Sunday Sacredness as a day of rest

“A message of hope went out from Milan to the whole world,” Pope Benedict XVI told his regular weekly public audience on June 6, as he recalled his visit to that Italian city last weekend for the 7th World Meeting of Families.
During his encounters with the participants in the World Meeting of Families, the Pope said that he had been repeatedly struck by the reports of families facing challenges because of economic difficulties, divorce, and other problems. He focused especially on one particular challenge: the need to set aside the Sabbath (meaning Sunday) for worship and family time. The Pope told his audience:

I wish to recall what I have often said in the past in defense of family time, which is threatened by the imposition of work-related commitments. Sunday is the day of the Lord, the day of man, a day in which everyone must be free, free for the family and free for God. By defending Sunday we defend man's freedom." CatholicCulture.org

But Sunday isn't Sabbath-Saturday is....the 7th day...
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God:
Exodus 20:10

 

How will we KNOW He is God?

 

Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

Ezekiel 37:12,13

Message to Islam

And this is his commandment,

 

That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ,

and love one another,

as he gave us commandment.

1 John 3:23

Fifth Trumpet & Islam



The Hajj in Mecca

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. Revelation 9:1-4

 

From 630 AD to 1299 AD the Moslems/Saracens warred against the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic Church. See Decline and Fall of teh Roman Empire by Edward Gibbons vol.5,p190

And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. Revelation 9:5-11

In 1299 AD the disorganized Muslim tribes were organized under the Ottoman Empire. 5 Months (150 years) takes you to 1449 AD.

One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. Revelation 9:12-21

 

An hour, day, month and year = 391 years and 15 days. The 150 years ended on 7/27/1449 (Constatine XIII asks the Turks to ascend his throne in Constantinople) and 391 years and 15 days takes you to 8/11/1840. (The day the Ottoman Empire gave up power to Christain powers of Europe). Notice also, that these "locusts" were used to scourge the apostste church yet they failed to repent of their ways (Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts).

Jinns 'n Islam

O ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! not without authority shall ye be able to pass!...Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty. Surra 55:33,76

So what are Jinns/Djinns/Gins in Islam?

"The Koran says that God made them with smokeless fire, and like humans, they too have free will.   A djinn is one of the three sentient creatures created by Allah. They can be good or bad, and they have free will, but often there are mischievous Djinns. They were created in a smokeless flame.
The concept of GIN was there in the fertile crescent, which was known as Mesopotemia. This concept is older than Islam." YahooAnswers
So it sounds like local paganistic "spirits" which Mohammed borrowed as he wrote the Koran over many years. He was raised in a village of pagans, Christians & Jews and borrowed heavily from all three groups.

Wikipedia

  "A djinn is one of the three sentient creatures created by Allah. They can be good or bad, and they have free will, but often there are mischievous Djinns. They were created in a smokeless flame. The word genie in English is derived from Latin genius, meant a sort of tutelary or guardian spirit thought to be assigned to each person at their birth. However, for some, a jinni is considered a being greater than an angel because it possesses free will unlike angels, who have no free will but simply carried out God's biddings. As evidence, Iblis was made the head of the angels before Adam's creation but fallen into disgrace when he refused to bow to Adam out of pride upon God's request. Here, the fact that a jinni can lead the angels proved its superiority over them but is considered lesser than human because both jinni and angels were supposed to bow to Adam, the human. Humans have both free will and knowledge (capacity to learn) that set them above the jinn (who have only free will but no knowledge) and angels (who don't have both free will and knowledge)." HUH?

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Galatians 1:6,7,9

Lesson of Lot's Wife

The point of the story of Lot's wife (We are never told her NAME in scripture) who looked back and longed for Sodom and as a result lost her life. For her heart still yearned for the "world" she was supposed to leave behind.

In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot's wife.

Luke 17:31,32

Not nice enough to evolve? (Another Hot August Night with a Richard Dawkins book)

"Many of the problems we meet in evolutionary argumentation arise only because animals are inconsiderate enough to evolve at different rates and might even be inconsiderate enough not to evolve at all." the greatest show on earth p.140,141 Richard Dawkins

Go from the presence of a foolish man,

when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 14:7

William Secker says - (Yoke of Christ)

"Those who always refuse to carry the yoke of Christ upon their necks, will also refuse to carry the cross of Christ upon their backs."
The Nonsuch Professor p.25

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;

for I am meek and lowly in heart:

and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Matthew 11:29

Creation Moment 8/26/2012 - Butterfly Complexity

And God made ..............every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:

and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25

 

Watch below-the complexity of the Butterfly
http://www.youtube.com/embed/AZk6nZGH9Xo

7 Churches - Laodecia

Revelation 3:14-22

I. Introduction

A. Name of the Church

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write;

B. The Presentation

These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

II. Body of the Letter

A. Diagnosis

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

B. Praises/Rebukes

So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

III. Conclusion

A. Words of Christ Attributed to the Spirit

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

B. Promises

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

Notes

The Church Post -1844 / Laodecia means a "judged people" or a "just people"-a period of judgment / Their senses have been dulled by their wealth--here most likely meaning spiritual wealth of the truth (Having the truth hasn't changed some of their hearts) / LUKEWARM-because they lack religious fervor for their position in world history for the close of probation drawing nigh to the earth / Gold-(faith) / White Raiment-(robe of His righteousness) / Eyesalve-(wisdom to discern truth) / "If any man" means it is open to the whole human race (to every nation, kindred, tongue & people) / Their theoretical Biblical doctrines must be sound--for they are not accused of following Jezebel, Balaam or the Nicolaitanes /

Psycho-babble atheistic Reincarnation-Pyschology Today way

Some Psycho-babble from the magazine Psychology Today--sort of a "sophisticated" view for reincarnation-or better yet-an atheistic reincarnation.....

What kind of Psycho-babble slogan is this?

"Many of the atoms in our bodies my have been part of the body of someone else long since dead. This is the only scientific basis for believing that we, the living, represent a form of reincarnation. When we die, our atoms will dissipate into the environment and, perhaps, some will become part of another human in a continuing pattern of recycling atoms. You could argue that this is good scientific evidence for life after death! Our atoms are immortal, but we are not. The catch is what is meant by 'we.' Upon death, our concept of self is gone forever, regardless of where our atoms came from, or where they will go." Psychology Today

The foolishness of a man twists his way,

And his heart frets against the LORD.

Proverbs 19:3 NKJV

SDA News - Hope channel -1st religious broadcaster in eastern Europe

"The approval last week of cable and satellite broadcast of Seventh-day Adventist Church television programming in Ukraine marks the first time a religious broadcaster has received a broadcast license in the Eastern European country.

The license, granted by Ukraine’s National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting, authorizes Hope Channel Ukraine to broadcast nationwide on 600 cable networks. Network officials say a 24/7 satellite channel is expected to launch in November.
“This is a major development for our church in Ukraine,” said Brad Thorp, Hope Channel president.
“There are no religious television channels in Ukraine. But there will be one now,” said Kostyuk, a native Ukrainian. “This is not just good news; this is a major and miraculous breakthrough,” he added." ANN

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

Revelation 14:6

Duh,- Richard (Another Hot August Night with a Richard Dawkins book)

Go thou against a man a fool; and he shall not know the lips of prudence. (Go thou away from a foolish person; for he shall not speak words of understanding, that is, sensible words.)

Proverbs 14:7 Wycliffe Bible

Darwin Thumper
Richard Dawkins

"If we want to postulate a deity capable of engineering all the organized complexity in the world, either instantaneously or by guiding evolution, that deity must have been vastly complex in the first place. The creationist, whether a naive Bible-thumper or an educated bishop, simply postulates an already existing being of prodigious intelligence and complexity."
the blind watchmaker p.451 Richard Dawkins

With all due respect Richard---Duh!!, of course the Maker of all this was complex--that's why
HE is called GOD....not sure why a darwin thumper like yourself is so surprised... What did you think people meant when they call Him GOD?

William Secker says - (Patmos-Paradise)

"Every Christian's Patmos, is his way to paradise."
The Nonsuch Professor p.37

I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 1:9

 

Creation Moment 8/25/2012 - Billy Graham on evolution

What happened to this
Billy Graham who used to
defend the Word of God?

"I don't think that there's any conflict at all between science today and the Scriptures. I think that we have misinterpreted the Scriptures many times and we've tried to make the Scriptures say things they weren't meant to say, I think that we have made a mistake by thinking the Bible is a scientific book. The Bible is not a book of science. The Bible is a book of Redemption, and of course I accept the Creation story. I believe that God did create the universe. I believe that God created man, and whether it came by an evolutionary process and at a certain point He took this person or being and made him a living soul or not, does not change the fact that God did create man. ... whichever way God did it makes no difference as to what man is and man's relationship to God."
 Billy Graham: Personal Thoughts of a Public Man p. 72-74 Billy Graham

It's a sad day when a great evangelist like Billy Graham compromises for popularity

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 1:26,27

Billy, where is there in the Bible where things "evolved" then God at a later date implanted a "soul" into the human race?

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

Mark 10:6

SDA News - E.G.W. Estate hacked

"Ellen G. White Estate officials said they had confirmation earlier this year that hackers stole material from a password-protected database of White’s letters and manuscripts. Hackers also stole a mailing list, which they used to solicit sale of the stolen documents, estate officials said.

In response, the estate has filed a complaint against a group who identified themselves as the distributors of the stolen material.

White, who died in 1915, published more than 35 books and about 5,000 articles. In addition, she left with her estate some 8,300 letters and manuscripts, many of which have appeared in compilations since her death. Nearly 25 percent of that collection was published between 1981 and 1993 in a series of 21 volumes titled “Manuscript Releases.”

All of White’s letters and manuscripts have long been available for viewing, researching and photocopying within guidelines at White Estate research centers and branch offices worldwide. The collection is also being annotated for publication. The first volume is currently at the press.

Seventh-day Adventists believe White manifested the gift of prophecy during her 70-year ministry. Her estate was incorporated in 1933.

White is one of the most widely-translated female authors. Her well-known titles include “The Great Controversy,” “The Desire of Ages” and “Steps to Christ.” For more than a decade, all of her published materials have been available for free on the estate’s website. Her books are available online in more than 50 languages." ANN

Ye shall not steal,

Leviticus 19:11

7 Churches - Philedelphia

Revelation 3:7-13

I. Introduction

A. Name of the Church

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write;

B. The Presentation

These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

II. Body of the Letter

A. Diagnosis

I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

B. Praises/Rebukes

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

III. Conclusion

A. Words of Christ Attributed to the Spirit

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

B. Promises

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

NOTES

Period of 1700's & 1800's in Christian awakenening & searching the scriptures including prophecies of Daniel & Revelation / Philedelphia means "brotherly love" / Men of all denominations joined together, for instance in the Restoration movement & later in the Millerite Movement, etc. / "Key of David" and the door that no "man" can shut or open--Christ was about to enter the Most Holy Place in 1844 / He is about to return quickly /



"IF"? (Another Hot August Night with a Richard Dawkins book)

Go from the presence of a foolish man,
when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
Proverbs 14:7

Dawkins & a "CHRIST"mas tree? Ahhh...

"If we had a continous and unbroken fossil record, the granting of distinct names to species and genera would become impossible, or at least problematical." the greatest show on earth p.194 Richard Dawkins

Yes, "IF" you had that "unbroken" fossil record--which by the way--you should have if evolution happened.....so why don't you Richard? (Now you know why Gould came up with a new kind of evolution called punctuated equilibrium evolution).

William Secker says - (dislikes)

"As many do the things which God dislikes, they dislike the things which God does."
The Nonsuch Professor p.67

And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.

Deuteronomy 9:16

 

Creation Moment 8/24/2012 - "# 1/137"

"The gravitational constant is perhaps the most famous, but the fine structure constant is just as critical for life.
--If it were just 1.1 or more of its present value, fusion would no longer occur in stars. --Or consider the electromagnetic force. The great physicist Richard Feynman said “All good theoretical physicists put this number up on their wall and worry about it. Immediately you would like to know where this number for a coupling comes from…Nobody knows. It's one of the greatest  mysteries of physics: a magic number that comes to us with no understanding by man. You might say the "hand of God" wrote that number, and "we don't know how He pushed his pencil." …we don't know what kind of dance to do on the computer to make this number come out, without putting it in secretly!”
It amounts to 1/137 when the units are filled in, and facilitates the existence of atoms and allows the entire universe to exist. Any change in its value and none of us are here." PsychologyToday

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Hebrews 11:3

7 Churches - Sardis

Revelation 3:1-6

I. Introduction

A. Name of the Church

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write;

B. The Presentation

These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars;

II. Body of the Letter

A. Diagnosis

 I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

B. Praises/Rebukes

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

III. Conclusion

A. Words of Christ Attributed to the Spirit

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

B. Promises

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

NOTES

Some say this represents the Reformation period of the Church, others say it begins at the close of 1798 AD / Sardis means "Prince or Song of Joy" / {it is my opinion, & only an opinion, that it probably represents the Reformation Church,--for many of their works were not "perfect" before God-for example Calvin executing people in Geneva, etc.---they are told to remember what they have "recieved and heard", -new light of Reformation?} /