Lesson of Matthew 7:7

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: Matthew 7:7

"Ask - seek - knock - These three words include the ideas of want, loss, and earnestness.
Ask: turn, beggar at, the door of mercy; thou art destitute of all

spiritual good, and it is God alone who can give it to thee; and thou hast no claim but what his mercy has given thee on itself.
Seek: Thou hast lost thy God, thy paradise, thy soul. - Look about thee - leave no stone unturned there is no peace, no final salvation for thee till thou get thy soul restored to the favor and image of God.
Knock: Be in earnest - be importunate: and, if thou die in thy sins, where God is thou shalt never come.
Ask with confidence and humility.
Seek with care and application.
Knock with earnestness and perseverance."
John Gill

Creation Moment 9/17/2025 - Pulling those Strings.....

The heavens are Thine.... Psalm 88:11

"To explain what we observe, scientists have had to propose that our

galaxy is embedded in a massive invisible halo of something they call dark matter. This halo would need to contain roughly six times

more mass than all the visible matter combined. So when you look up at the Milky Way on a clear dark night, you're seeing less than
17th of what's actually there. 

The rest is completely invisible, detectable only through its gravitational effects on the stars we can see. 

*But here's where our story takes an even stranger turn. 

--Despite decades of searching with increasingly sophisticated instruments, we have never directly detected a single particle of this dark matter. Not in laboratories deep underground, not in particle accelerators, not in space-based detectors. 

It's as if we're explaining the motion of a puppet by invoking invisible strings that we can neither see nor touch, yet which must somehow be there, controlling everything. Our journey into cosmic impossibility deepens when we examine the neighborhood around our galaxy." 

SleepyPhysicist

The Jealousy of God

God is jealous. Nahum 1:2

"Your Lord is very jealous of your love, O believer. 

He cannot bear that you should choose another. 

Q: Did He buy you with His own blood? 

He cannot endure that you should think that you are your own, or that you belong to this world. 

He loved you with such a love that He would not stop in heaven

without you; He would sooner die than you should perish, and He cannot endure that anything should stand between your heart's love and Himself. 

He cannot bear that you should hew out broken cisterns, when the overflowing fountain is always free to you. 

 Let this jealousy which would keep us near to Christ be also a comfort to us,....Oh that we may have grace this day to keep our hearts in sacred chastity for our Beloved alone, with sacred jealousy shutting our eyes to all the fascinations of the world!" 

Charles Spurgeon

IN the NEWS - Still Lingering -- That Taste of the Future

 It has been continuing---the massive weird global natural calamities--crammed into a small window of time of the last few weeks....a TASTE OF THE FUTURE?....but appears to be dying down for the moment.

For nation shall rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines,
and pestilences and earthquakes,
in divers places.
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars:
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, ...and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Matthew 24:7,8,6/Luke 21:11

India: Earthquake.

China: Another typhoon. Rainfall in north triggers more flooding.

Columbia: Earthquake.

Italy: Ground around Naples is subsiding due to many quake swarms.

Vanuatu: Quake nearby..

France: Landslide.

Indonesia: Floods..

Greece: Quake off coast felt all the way to Athens.

Russia: Another major Kamchatka quake.

Japan: Flooding again in Tokyo. rare powerful tornado destroys over 1,000 buildings.

Australia: Rare major tornado outbreak in New South Wales.

Antarctica: Quakes on islands nearby.

Morocco: Flash Flooding.

Ethiopia: Maga movement under the country ripping apart the ground.

U.S.A.: Quakes off coast of Alaska, California and Oregon.

Creation Moment 9/16/2025 - We only have 15% to Observe and study.....

When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, ...which Thou hast ordained;.... Psalm 8:3

"The amount of visible matter in our galaxy, all the stars, gas clouds,

planets, asteroids, and every bright shining object we can detect, accounts for less than 15% of what would be needed to produce these observed rotation speeds. 

Think about that for a moment:

Everything we can see, photograph, and study in our galaxy represents a tiny fraction of what must actually be there." 

SleepyPhysicist

1 Peter 3:18-22

"The passage reads thus:

"Christ also hath once suffered for sins. ... being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: by which also He went and preached unto the spirits in prison; which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water." 1 Peter 3:18-20

If this passage seems to support popular theology with regard to the doctrine of an immortal soul, it also seems to support two ideas that Protestants believe are false: (1) purgatory, and (2) a second probation.

If Christ went to preach to certain sinners after their death, the clear inference is that He was extending a second chance, a second probation, to those people. 

Moreover, the place where these souls were being confined seems quite close to the Roman Catholic idea of purgatory.

-- So, if read too literally, this passage is troubling to all Protestants, not just Seventh-day Adventists.

If this is the correct way to read the passage, and Christ at His crucifixion really preached to the undead in some sort of subterranean prison house, we are forced to ask: 

Q: Why did Jesus single out the spirits of those who were disobedient in the days of Noah? 

Q: Why were no others among the living dead entitled to this second chance?

But we do not believe that this is the correct way to read the passage. The context of 1 Peter 3:13-22 is that the Christian will be called upon to suffer for doing good. 

Peter warns us to be ready to suffer for preaching the gospel. There might be threats and actual violence against us, if we preach Christ Jesus. 

Then Peter mentions how Christ, who did only righteousness, suffered and died for our salvation, but was raised back to life by the Holy Spirit.

The next part of the passage warns us that our suffering might seem to be of no avail, but we are not to be discouraged: through that same Holy Spirit who would later raise Christ from the dead, Christ preached, through Noah, to the antediluvians. But, despite this Spirit-filled preaching, only Noah and his family, eight souls in all, were saved from the deluge.

We believe Peter is saying, “if your work seems to be in vain, remember that through the Spirit the Lord Jesus Christ preached to the those who lived before the Flood, yet with no results other than Noah’s immediate family. So don’t despair or be discouraged, just continue to preach Jesus Christ.” 

F.D. Nichol

IN the NEWS - Leftist New Hit List

Being filled with all unrighteousness...murder...

Romans 1:29


"After Kirk assassination, political left social media posts list 'next' targets.....Those on the list include podcaster Joe Rogan, author JK Rowling, conservative political commentators Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh, among others.
In response to being targeted, Rowling, said, “If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal. If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist. If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian. If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you're a terrorist.”
Shapiro said, “We will never stop debating and discussing. We will never stop standing up for what America is and what she should be. And we will never let Charlie’s voice die.”
Walsh also said people were sending him screenshots of posted death threats, saying, “A lot of concerned people are sending me these screenshots (and dozens more). I appreciate their concern. But I’m not surprised and I won’t be going into hiding. We have to be louder and bolder now than ever. Or else the demons who killed Charlie win. And they cannot win.”
JN

We have a serious problem:

The Secular Left has gone completely mental by feasting on their own poison for years. 

They have been targeting for years Conservatives, Christians and whites.

The last 3 major murder stories in the country put it all on display.

1) Targeting Christians at Church in Minnesota recently.

2) Shot Kirk for being a Conservative.

3) Stabbed to death that "white girl" as her murderer told people "I got that white girl" while exiting the train in North Carolina.

RUSH always used to say on his radio show decades ago---the difference between a Liberal and a Conservative is simple:

A Conservative says "I'm right, you're wrong--let's have the debate".

(Now you would think that in a healthy functioning democracy that would be everyone's view in the public arena).

A Liberal says "I'm good-you're evil----so there is no need for debate".

***Well, that is EXACTLY what we saw last week with the Kirk shooting. Kirk was there for a civil public debate in the open--welcoming and challenging diverse viewpoints. 

Then a Liberal showed up and thought (incorrectly) that Kirk was an evil fascist (ironically Kirk was the total opposite of a Fascist) and the Liberal shut down the debate with what he viewed as evil--with a bullet to the cheers on social media of leftists globally.

*They have embraced a culture of death (sacrificing their children in the womb on the altar of self--via abortion) and embraced genuine mental illness such as TRANSBUTCHERY. 

They have replaced their Father God with the mother earth and imbibed on the race baiting politics of picking at scabs of the past to keep people convinced they live in 1870 Mississippi. (BLM, Project 1619 and Critical race Theory).

IF Christians up to now have not yet seen the dangers of embracing this politics...they should now.

They are killing themselves for their causes (IF that isn't Mental Illness---I don't know what is):

1) Dude set himself on fire and burned to death outside Trump Towers while experiencing a bad bout of TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome)

2) Dude from U.S. Military burned himself to death outside Israeli embassy in U.S. to show his hate for Israel and support for "Palestine" (which of course by extension means Hamas and genuine  IslamoFascism---because obviously he was imbibing somewhere in cyberspace on their worldview and hate for Israel)

3) Dude runs out into the field a few years ago during a live sports event in Europe, covered himself in gasoline and burned to death (to draw attention to the plight of mother earth---clearly he was in the climate change cult).

***The real root of woke politics---and mental illness that stems from feasting for years on it---is tossing out the Father God from the picture.

Creation Moment 9/15/2025 - He adorned the heavens with the "impossible"

By His Spirit He adorned the heavens.... 

Job 26:13

"They found that stars throughout much of our galaxy from the inner regions all the way out to the very edges are all moving at roughly the same speed. 

Not just similar speeds, mind you, but are naturally impossibly consistent speeds. 

It's as if every runner in a race, regardless of their starting position on

the track, finished at exactly the same time. This observation known as the flat rotation curve represents fact number one in our collection of cosmic impossibilities.

The rotation curve is simply a graph showing how fast objects orbit at different distances from the galactic center. 

For our solar system, this curve would start high for Mercury and steadily decline as we move outward.

For the Milky Way, it starts high and then stays high, flat as a tabletop across hundreds of thousands of light years. 

Let me help you understand just how strange this is with a more familiar analogy. 

Imagine you're at an ice skating rink and there's a massive person standing at the center. Skaters holding onto ropes of different lengths

are being spun around this central figure. The skater with the shortest rope closest to the center will naturally spin the fastest. The skater with the longest rope farthest away will move more slowly because they have to cover more ground in their larger circle and they're receiving less of the central spinner's energy. But what astronomers found in the Milky Way is equivalent to discovering that all the skaters, regardless of their rope length, are moving at exactly the same speed. The outer skaters somehow have access to the same energy as the inner ones, despite being much farther from the source. It's not just unexpected, it's physically impossible under the laws of motion we've spent centuries confirming and refining." SleepyPhysicist

IN the NEWS - Unbelievable EVIL in North Carolina [WARNING -GRAPHIC - heartbreaking]

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto Him:... and hands that shed innocent blood,... Proverbs 6;16,17

"Several establishment media outlets were criticized for not covering

a stabbing on a North Carolina train, which resulted in the death of a Ukrainian woman.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Elon Musk, and the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, were among the people who criticized outlets such as NPR, CNN, the New York Times, and PBS for having zero stories on the deadly stabbing.

Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly stabbed 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska in the throat as she was sitting in front of him on the Charlotte light rail on August 22:
Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was reportedly “arrested and charged with first-degree murder” after Iryna Zarutska, 23, was stabbed in the throat while riding the Charlotte light rail on August 22, according to WBTV News.

Per the outlet, recently released video footage “shows the moments leading up to and following” the stabbing. In an edited video of the incident, Brown is seen sitting in a seat on the train prior to Zarutska “entering the rail car and sitting down” in front of him.
One clip from the video reportedly shows Brown “taking out a pocket knife, unfolding it, standing up, and gearing up to attack Zarutska.” Brown reportedly stabbed Zarutska three times in the throat area before walking away.
“I got that white girl, I got that white girl,” Brown said in surveillance video released by the Charlotte Transit Authority.
Brown’s record “includes larceny, robbery with a dangerous weapon and communicating threats.” Breitbart

--Now it is said that Mr. Brown may be schitzo...But if so---

Q: Where did his other side get this level of hate for other races in his heart? What kind of secular politics was he imbibing on?

A: "The official Instagram account of Black Lives Matter posted a

brief video clip appearing to justify violence on Wednesday in the wake of the Aug. 22 murder of a Ukrainian refugee in North Carolina.
The BLM account posted a reel from the “moviesofcolour” Instagram account that consisted of a 15-second clip from “Born in Flames,” a 1983 movie, on its Instagram Stories, videos that stay up for 24 hours before being deleted.
“We have a right to violence,” a character named Zella says in the clip." 

WJ

Checking her ID for her name so as to call her by her name as she lay dying

The political source is the same that led to this poisoned mind doing this as that led to Charlie Kirk being assassinated and the massacre at a Church in Minnesota. The same spirit that has tried to gun down an American President several times over the last year.

A worldview driven by lies, wickedness bordering on mental illness and hate.

Shame on "Christians" who have embraced that worldview and who bring this woke ideology into the Church and  all that stems from it.

Lesson of Matthew 7:25

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. Matthew 7:25

"And the rain descended - floods came - winds blew - There are three general kinds of trials to which the followers of God are exposed; and to which, some think, our Lord alludes here:
First, those of temporal afflictions, coming in the course of Divine

Providence: these may be likened to the torrents of rain.
Secondly, those which come from the passions of men, and which may be likened to the impetuous rivers.
Thirdly, those which come from Satan and his angels, and which, like tempestuous whirlwinds, threaten to carry every thing before them.
He alone, whose soul is built on the Rock of ages, stands all these shocks; and not only stands in, but profits by them.

Even if you live to the world,

or live unto Satan,

you will not live without trial." 

Adam Clarke

Creation Moment 9/14/2025 - MaNGA 12772-12704 points us to.....

"A wandering intermediate-mass black hole with jets was confirmed in the dwarf galaxy MaNGA 12772-12704, about 230 million light-years away, according to a study published in Science Bulletin on

September 5, 2025.
The traditional picture of galaxies places black holes in their centers, where abundant gas and stars fuel their growth. But this view is increasingly challenged.
Astronomers now know that some black holes wander away from the nucleus, either because of gravitational recoil after mergers or interactions with other massive objects.
Data from the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) at 1.6 and 4.9 GHz showed a compact radio core offset 2.68 arcseconds from the

galaxy’s center, corresponding to 0.94 kiloparsec (3 000 light-years). The core’s brightness temperature exceeds one billion Kelvin, a clear indicator of AGN activity. At 1.6 GHz, the team also resolved a jet extending about 2.2 parsec (7.2 light-years) to the southeast.
This supports the idea of “distributed feeding,” where black holes grow in multiple locations rather than only in the central reservoir. Such a pathway could help explain how supermassive black holes, with masses of billions of Suns, formed so quickly in the early universe by redshift 7." Watchers

OR----how about they were CREATED / DESIGNED to do what they do and that explains why they "formed so quickly"...it was instant......but the LORD made the heavens. 1 Chronicles 16:26

---IF one reads between the Lines of Observational Science one can clearly see that the Bible makes more sense than evolutionary cosmology.

IN the NEWS - Charlie Kirk the Sabbath Keeper

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work,... Exodus 20:10

Why Did God Let Charlie Kirk Die? 

(SERMON by Mark Finley)

[Click on Link below to Watch]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/gSLhdwvM0J0?si=J5m2KO1mb9daDfSm

"They say, "Charlie, why do you talk about Shabbat so much? You're a Christian." And I say, "Look, first of all, if you believe Jesus is Lord, then you believe in the creation and the promises of God are complete through the entire Bible."

But I'm not going to get too theological. I know that my life before honoring the Sabbath and after honoring the Sabbath, they don't even compare. And some people say, "Well, Charlie, why Saturday instead of Sunday?" 

That's a good question. But I love, for me personally, ending Friday after a long week and totally shutting off. And on Sunday, I'm already thinking about Monday. 

On Saturday, I can truly rest and I can truly stop......we as Christians have decided to cast away resting on one of the seven days. God rested after creation. That comes before the Hebrews. It comes even before the creation of the modern world and civilization as we know it. And it says very very clearly in the scriptures, for six days you shall work and the seventh day you shall rest." ScriptureIllustrator

Charlie Kirk Was Not Divisive, But MSNBC Was
"MSNBC found itself in crisis this week after political analyst Matthew Dowd suggested that Charlie Kirk — the conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder who was assassinated on Wednesday — had somehow “brought it on himself.”
Dowd told anchor Katy Tur that Kirk has “been one of the most

divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups.”
He continued, suggesting somehow Kirk brought the killing on himself and had contributed to a climate where violence was inevitable: “And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions.”

The backlash was swift. MSNBC’s own president, Rebecca Kutler, apologized on air and on social media, calling Dowd’s remarks “inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable.” ....if anyone in this story was being divisive, it was Dowd. Dowd was fired later in the week.

But to set the record straight: Charlie Kirk wasn’t divisive. 

He was the opposite. 

And it’s more important to make sure that message — also known as the truth — is conveyed now, more than ever.
Kirk’s life work was built on the idea that violence happens when people stop talking.

He was relentless about creating spaces for conversation — not just with those who agreed with him, but with those who disagreed most fiercely. He gave everyone a chance to speak: all ideas, all faiths, all backgrounds were welcome. While so many voices in politics thrive on shutting opponents down, Kirk insisted on the opposite: sit down and talk it through. Debate. Challenge. Use words, not fists.

He often warned of the dangers of rising political violence, and yet

he pressed forward — because he felt a responsibility to future generations. He was willing to stand on stage, extend olive branches, and engage his opponents, even knowing that violence could one day come. And tragically, it did.
That is why it is so shameful to suggest that Kirk “had it coming.” The man who was killed was the one most dedicated to keeping dialogue alive when others abandoned it. He should not have died for practicing peaceful debate.

We must meet ideas with arguments and truth. 

We must choose courage over fear, debate over division, and speech over violence. Charlie Kirk showed America 

--what it means to argue without hate, 

--to disagree without destroying, 

--to stand firm without turning to bloodshed. 

That is not divisive. That is unifying." 

ZeroHedge

Mysticism

"Mysticism emphasizes 

--God as ‘beyond reason’; 

--that ‘faith’ does not need rational thought. 

*It involves concentrating on religious experience without engaging the mind. 

In some circles ‘New Age’ ideas borrowed from eastern mysticism (Buddhism/Hinduism) have crept in, with mind-emptying meditation promoted as a means of achieving ‘spiritual peace’. 

Post-modernism is a form of mysticism. 

It denies an objective reality that exists independently from what we think about it. 

However, God created mankind towards the end of Creation Week  after He had created everything else, and then declared this “very good” (Genesis 1:31). 

This implies that much of the created order existed, and that God had objectively assessed this as its condition, independently of man’s opinion about it." 

CMI

Symbolism/ Reality of Baptism Series PAGE

Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Matthew 28:19

Importance of Baptism

Dig Deeper: Symbolism/ Reality of Baptism Series: Importance of Baptism

The body of Christ

Dig Deeper: Symbolism/ Reality of Baptism Series: The body of Christ

More than a mere form

Dig Deeper: Symbolism/ Reality of Baptism Series: More than a mere form

One Flesh

Dig Deeper: Symbolism/ Reality of Baptism Series: One Flesh

Creation Moment 9/13/2025 - Deduction

"With deduction, causation follows by necessity: 

so that Z is caused by Y is caused by X etc., but what happens when we get back to the first cause A—what caused that? 

Unfortunately, we can’t establish it through deduction. 

There are several options: we can offer a circular argument, where A causes B which causes A which causes B etc., or we can offer an infinite regression of causes, going backwards in time for evermore A−, A− −, A− − −, etc. 

One could I suppose follow Dawkins and offer a nonsensical explanation that abuses the language of science, such that “in the beginning nothing exploded.” 

But none of these are adequate. There is another option, that physical causation begins with a perfect and intelligent unmoved mover, and we believe that such a wise and knowledgeable mover is God." 

CMI

But from the beginning of creation, God made..... Mark 10:6

Symbolism/ Reality of Baptism Series: One Flesh

"Since it is by baptism that we become united to Christ,—“put on Christ,”—a very important question is, “At what point do we come into contact with Christ?” That is, “At what stage in the ministry of Christ do we become united to Him?” 

The answer to this gives the key to the entire subject of bap tism. This question is answered in Romans 6:3,4, as follows:
Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death? Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.  

The death of Christ, then, is that by which we become united to Him. It is, so to speak, the marriage ceremony, by which we declare our union with Christ. 

Paul says, 2 Corinthians 11:2 I have espoused you to one Husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 

Just as in ordinary marriage two persons are united, so that they are no longer two, but “one flesh,” so in putting on Christ we become one with Him. Paul, after declaring that... Ephesians 5:31 ...a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh,–adds, 32 This is a great mystery; but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 

But in this union with Christ it is His personality that dominates; we yield ourselves to Him—become swallowed up in Him— so that the one person is not us with Christ." 

E.J. Waggoner

Papal Notes - Pope Leo's Idea to save the World

"Pope Leo XIV addressed a gathering of French altar servers in the Vatican Apostolic Palace. 

In his remarks, he extolled the importance of the Eucharist, calling it

“the treasure of the Church, the treasure of treasures.” 

He also emphasized that the Church has celebrated Mass “Sunday after Sunday” and declared that the Sunday Eucharist is what will save the world. 

The Pope was not merely speaking to Roman Catholics. 

He is seeking to save the world, and in doing so, he elevated Sunday observance as the universal practice necessary to bring salvation to everyone.

The Holy See Press Office published the Pope’s address, where he stated in part:
• “The Eucharist is the treasure of the Church, the treasure of treasures. Ever since the very first day of her existence, and then throughout the centuries, the Church has celebrated Mass, Sunday after Sunday, to remember what the Lord has done for her.”
• “The celebration of Mass saves us today! It saves the world today! It is the most important event in the life of the Christian and in the life of the Church, because it is the encounter in which God gives himself to us for love, again and again.“

When Pope Leo XIV declared that celebrating Mass “Sunday after Sunday” is what saves the world, his words were calculated—meant to apply not only to Catholics but to people of all faiths. 

This is exactly what the book of Revelation foretells about Babylon,

the harlot woman, and the beast—symbols that point to the Papacy.
Revelation says that the great harlot sits upon many waters, which represent “peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues” (Revelation 17:15). 

She commits fornication with “the kings of the earth” (Revelation 17:2), meaning she gains the attention, respect, and allegiance of world leaders. 

Revelation 18:3 says, “For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,” which shows that Rome’s doctrines have had global reach and influence.
By claiming that Sunday worship is the act that “saves the world,” the Pope is positioning the papal system as the global voice of authority, offering his vision of what the world needs. 

Bible prophecy portrays the Papacy as a power that extends its influence into the political, social, and economic realms of the world." 

AdventMessenger

IN the NEWS - Political Assassination Grips America

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto Him:...hands that shed innocent blood,.....
Proverbs 6:16,17

Click on Pic of John Bradshaw (of It Is Written) 

for his Reaction below

"Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday in an apparent political assassination.

The New York Yankees held a moment of silence for Charlie before
tonight’s game.

Variety reports that MSNBC has fired political analyst Matthew Dowd due to the horrible on-air comments he made today when news broke that Charlie Kirk had been shot.
MSNBC’s President Rebecca Kutler issued the following statement regarding her network’s appalling early coverage of the assassination of Charlie Kirk:
“During our breaking news coverage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, Matthew Dowd made comments that were inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable. We apologize for his statements, as has he. There is no place for violence in America, political or otherwise.”
The New York Times spoke with Tanner Maxwell, the attendee at today’s event who recorded video showing a person running across the roof of the building where university officials say the shooter was:
"From Tanner Maxwell’s vantage point behind the tent under which

Mr. Kirk was speaking at Utah Valley University, he couldn’t see or hear as well as he wanted to, he said in a phone interview.
He moved to get a better view of the crowd in order to take a video to show his friends. As he pulled his phone out to start filming, he heard a single gunshot. His video, which begins immediately after the shot, captures people dropping to the ground or running for cover."
The Times also analyzed this video taken before the fatal shooting, which appears to show a person laying on the roof of the building where the shooter would have been.
The shooter remains at large at this time. The two suspects who had been detained earlier have been released, and, according to Lt. Cameron Roden of the Utah Department of Public Safety, there are currently no other suspects in custody.
Referring to this as “a dark day for our state” and “a tragic day for our nation,” Gov. Cox declared, “I want to be very clear that this is a political assassination.” He also noted that Utah has the death penalty.

Video captured by members of the audience closer to Kirk’s tent showed the famed conservative pundit slumping limp in his chair as blood spewed out of his neck. He fell to the ground and was quickly aided by his security team, who rushed him off campus."

Breitbart

Creation Moment 9/12/2025 - Crutch of pseudo-science (Dawrinian Evolution)

"Public institutions of learning have been ridding themselves of the

knowledge of God for years, embracing foolishness (“The fool says in his heart there is no God”, Psalm 14:1) and appealing to much pseudo-science to justify the godlessness.
The world is caught up in “cunningly devised fables” (2 Peter 1:16) and “foolishness” masquerading as “wisdom” (Romans 1:22)." 

CM

Symbolism/ Reality of Baptism Series: More than a mere form

"And since it is by His Spirit that this union is effected, it is evident

that baptism is something more than a mere form, and that only those are members of the true church of Christ who have the Spirit of Christ. Romans 8:9 But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. 

This must not by any means be understood as depreciating literal baptism or union with the visible church. 

We only wish to emphasize the fact that the simple form is not all." 

E.J. Waggoner

IN the NEWS - Ray Boltz goes all 1 John 2:19

These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.
1 John 2:19 NLT

"Former singer and songwriter Ray Boltz has ‘married’ his longtime partner, Franco Sperduti, after nearly 20 years together.
Boltz, 72, a prominent recording artist through the late 1980s and

1990s, is perhaps best known for his song “Thank You,” which won the 1990 GMA Dove Award for Song of the Year, as well as “Watch the Lamb”. He briefly retired from music in 2003, separated from his wife, Carol, with whom he had four children, in 2005, and finalized the divorce in 2008.
He reemerged on the music scene in 2010 with his album True, which featured the song “Don’t Tell Me Who to Love,” explicitly defending same-sex relationships. Sometime between 2005 and

2009, he entered into a relationship with his booking agent, Franco Sperduti. 

The couple moved in together and have been together ever since. Boltz retired again in 2023 without releasing another album.
He explained his reasoning for sharing the video in an accompanying upload, saying:

"You see, I used to be in prison. Now, it wasn’t a penitentiary or a county jail kind of prison. It was a prison constructed by religious doctrine and teachings. Teachings that said, ‘you’re not what you feel, you’re what the Bible says you are.’ When Franco came to me, our love set me free." 

Protestia

Before he went astray from his so-called "prison" with his song “Don’t Tell Me Who to Love,”, see what he used to chart with in the 80's and 90's topping the Christian charts long before he and Franco started to hook up.

[Click on song name for Link to song] 

Thank You

What Was I Supposed To Be?

I Will Praise The Lord

Watch The Lamb

The Altar

Touching Him