Puritan Corner - Queen of Heaven

"Faith makes us kings, because thereby we marry the King of heaven. The church is the queen of heaven, and Christ is the king of heaven."
by Richard Sibbes (1577-1635)
And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. Revelation 21:9

Daniel 8:14 Means what it says

"Hebrews 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things. His words mean simply this: 

--In Heaven there is a sanctuary where Christ ministers, 

--and that sanctuary has two holies, 

--and two distinct ministrations, as truly as the earthly sanctuary had. 

If his words do not mean this, 

they have no meaning at all. 

How natural, then, the conclusion, that as the Jewish priests ministered daily in connection with the holy place of the sanctuary, and on the tenth day of the seventh month, at the close of their yearly round of service, the high priest entered the most holy place to make atonement for the cleansing of the sanctuary, so Christ ministered in connection with the holy place of the heavenly sanctuary from the time of His ascension to the ending of the 2300 days of Daniel 8, in 1844, when on the tenth day of the seventh month of that year He entered the most holy place of the heavenly tabernacle to make a special atonement for the blotting out of the sins of His people, or, which is the same thing, for the cleansing of the sanctuary. 

Daniel 8:14 Unto two thousand three hundred days, [said the angel to the prophet,] then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." 

James White

Creation Moment 4/30/2025 - Actual Science Refutes Evolutionary Theory

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. Romans 8:22

"Proponents of biological evolution claim that creatures are evolving

upward over millions of years, becoming better and ‘more fit’ to survive with each successive generation through the accumulation of ‘beneficial mutations.’ 

However, even the most cursory dive into genetics shows something entirely different. In fact, the accumulation of mutations is detrimental, and also causes major problems with the concept of biologically long ages." 

ICR

In the Fashion of a Man

And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, 

and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Philippians 2:8
"DR. Clarke says: A body was prepared for the eternal Logos, and in that body He came to do the will of God, that is, to suffer and die for the sins of the world." 

M.E.C.

Creation Moment 4/29/2025 - Those Burmese Pythons

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools...
Romans 1:22

"‘An up-tempo version of Darwinian evolution‘: How a mega freeze in Florida may have caused Burmese pythons to evolve at a blindingly fast speed (Live Science, 21 April 2025). Science writer Stephen S. Hall claims that a cold snap in the Florida Everglades in 2010 caused non-native Burmese pythons to evolve “blindingly fast” to handle cold weather. He says, on the other hand, that they were “genetically predisposed” for this evolutionary change.

Paganism is alive and well in the scientific community!

Our evolutionary ‘first parents’ – Mother Nature (Gk. Gaia) and Father Time (Gk. Chronos) – are at it again, creating new and improved images of themselves before our very eyes!

"The 2010 cold snap may have created a subset of pythons better able to survive cold temperatures — and thus better adapted to spread beyond the northern boundaries of its current range."

For what we are told is a mindless and purposeless process of accumulated random mistakes, it never ceases to amaze how ubiquitous the verb to create seems to be in the writings of evolutionary thinkers. Wasn’t the purpose of evolutionary thinking to free us from silly personifications of transcendent beings?

"Fifteen years ago, a cold snap froze much of Florida’s wildlife to death — including many of the state’s invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus). But in this excerpt from “Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World” (Gand Central Publishing, 2025), science writer Stephen Hall reveals that a subset of these pythons were genetically predisposed to survive the cold, setting the stage for rapid evolution that could help the invasive snakes spread further into North America."

In stunning confirmation of the central dogma of evolutionary theory, Stuff Happened in Florida and, as a result, Stuff Happened to

Burmese pythons in Florida. Whaddya know? Evolutionary explanation carries the day again! An undeniable confirmation of the Stuff Happens law! It got cold in Florida; many Burmese pythons died, BUT some Burmese pythons lived!
Stuff happened, therefore, evolution is true!

And don’t bother us with words like “contradiction” – we’re used to having our cake and eating it, too! Like any good Hegelian logician, when the evidence contradicts your position, ignore the contradiction and embrace the evidence as if it’s what you’ve been saying all along!" CEH

Psalm 91 is so Important that Lucifer Quoted it.....

For He shall give his angels charge over thee, 

to keep thee in all thy ways. 

Psalm 91:11

And he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto Him, If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
Luke 4:9,10

***So Lucifer does study the Scriptures....

Allen County, IN Obituary Lesson: Sad [1896]

To day if ye will hear His voice,

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
Q: For what is your life?
A: It is even a vapor,
that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Hebrews 3:15/James 4:14

"JOHN O. SCHEURICK
The Fort Wayne News, 11 May 1896, Page 4 DEATH Found Dead

on His Wife's Grave Avilla, Ind., May 11 -- Lying across the tomb of his wife in the cemetery here, Saturday, was found the lifeless body of John O. Scheurick, aged 78. Scheurick was a wealthy German without near relatives. Near him was found an empty morphine bottle. The coroner's inquest showed that he had been despondent for weeks, and had taken the drug to end his existence
Submitted by Kathyrn Todd."

Creation Moment 4/28/2025 - Those SYMBOLS tell us

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. Romans 1:20 NIV

The Universe is governed by the SYMBOLS of Coded Information Mathematics and Life

governed by the SYMBOLS of Coded Information of the Genetic Code.

Like the SYMBOLS of Coded Information of the Linguistic Language and the SYMBOLS of Coded Information of the Binary Codes for computers = an intelligence that wrote it---so too the SYMBOLS of Coded Information of Mathematics and Genetics.

When Christ Came To Earth

"Our Lord Jesus Christ came to this world as the unwearied servant of man’s necessity. He “took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses,” that He might minister to every need of humanity. Matthew 8:17. 

The burden of disease 

and wretchedness 

and sin He came to remove. 

It was His mission to bring to men complete restoration; He came to give them health and peace and perfection of character." 

E.G.W.

About the East and West

As far as the east is from the west, 

so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Psalm 103:12

The Point:  The East and West Never Meet

SDA Issues: "Present Truth" Preachers (Beware)?

What are so-called "Present Truth" Preachers?

From my Personal Observation over the last Decade----

Those who call themselves "Present Truth" ministries seem to have 3 characteristics:

1) They tend to Preach ONLY on distinct SDA Doctrines (unlike mainstream theological conservative preachers such as Doug Batchelor, Randy Skeete, Stephen Bohr, etc. who preach on both Adventist doctrine and other aspects of the Bible).

2) They tend to do "Prophecy-by-Headline" where they

Sensationalize weekly headlines and twist them to fit their prophetic narrative. Where every earthquake, every hurricane, every word uttered by a President is a fulfillment of Prophecy.

3) They Excessively bash in nearly every sermon the Church Leadership. They don't have a measured Response.

The big names in cyberspace are Andrew Henriques, J.R. Cofer, David House and Emmanuel Nougaisse.

We are NOT saying that all of them are deceptive---but recently it

has come out that Nougaisse has had 6 wives in 6 years from globetrotting around the world. 

In one video his Ukrainian wife, who didn't know he had remarried while still married to her, showed up during one his sermons to confront him. 

Also, a wealthy donor of his did a video showing the documentation of donating $22,000 to his crusade in England for billboards. But the billboards were never purchased. Another $10,000 for cameras for the ministry that were not purchased. And another $10.000 towards an RV for the ministry that has never been purchased. As expected Nougaisse has refused to respond to this wealthy donors emails for info as to why and where the money went.

As for Henriques, that solar eclipse a few years back, that followed a path from South Carolina to Washington State, was Sensationalized SHAMELESSLY as a prophetic time of the end event even though it was a predictable eclipse in advance based on the Laws of Physics that the Creator set up to govern His universe, No different than predicting each night where the moon will be in the sky at 2 A.M., 3 A.M., etc.

Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. Titus 1:7 NIV

Creation Moment 4/27/2025 - Are Creation Scientists "Real" Scientists?

Proud and haughty scorner is his name.... Proverbs 21:24

"Vince A. writes:
"Tammy Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District (2005) is where Darwinian Evolution defeated Christian-Creationism (Intelligent Design) in a federal court. Creation Science is not real science, according to The National Academy of Sciences."

Dear Vince,
Thank you for writing in, but there was no need to inform us that the National Academy of Sciences has defined creation science as a

pseudoscience. 

This is nothing new. But, if true, I guess we will have to tell Raymond Damadian, inventor of MRI, that he is not a real scientist. Also, John Sanford, the Ph.D. geneticist who invented the gene gun, sure fooled me. And we will have to let John Hartnett, who co-developed the world’s most precise clock, know that he is, according to the National Academy of Sciences, not a real scientist.

One wonders how a body like the National Academy of Sciences can dictate to us that the men and women who hold Ph.D.s in biology, chemistry, zoology, geology, and more on our creation scientists list are not real scientists, despite the fact that they went to the same universities as ‘real’ scientists, did the same work as ‘real’ scientists, and are otherwise indistinguishable from ‘real’ scientists.

And if being a creationist disqualifies you from being a scientist, I’m afraid we will have to reappraise those who are no longer with us. After all, if the 21st century has taught us anything, it has shown us that living a few centuries ago is no justification for holding inexcusable beliefs! So Newton, Mendel, Bacon, Galileo, Steno, and Pasteur—scientists famous enough to be referred to by one name—are not scientists!" 

CMI

Accusation of a "Jewish Sabbath"

"Some say if we keep the seventh day of the week, we shall keep a “Jewish Sabbath!” 

Well, we have no Savior to trust in but Jesus Christ, who was, according to the flesh, a Jew—no other apostles and prophets, but Jewish—no other than Jewish Scriptures, and indeed, Jesus said himself, that… John 4:22 ...salvation is of the Jews. 

Q: And what did the writer of the New Testament mean by the words

“Sabbath” and the Sabbath day? 

Q: What did Matthew mean in the 6th year of the Christian church? ---He certainly did not mean the first day of the week, but he meant the day before the first day of the week. Matthew 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. 

He meant what all other Jewish writers ever meant, viz: Exodus 20:10 The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. 

But neither Matthew nor any of the Apostles ever told us a word about the Sabbath being changed from the seventh to the first day of the week." 

James White

Creation Moment 4/26/2025 - Sets of Symbols

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Romans 1:20

"The image of the fundamental laws of physics zestfully wrestling

with the void to bring the universe into being is one that suggests very little improvement over the accounts given by the ancient Norse in which the world is revealed to be balanced on the back of a gigantic ox. 

If this is how explanations come to an end, what of materialism? 

The laws of physics are sets of symbols, after all—those now vested with the monstrous power to bring things and urges into creation, and symbols belong to the intelligence-infused aspects of the universe."  

David Berlinski

Westminster Divines vs. Luke

"The Westminster Divines, are found contradicting the writer of the Acts of the Apostles. 

These divines say, From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath, and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbath. 

1. Luke (the writer of the Acts of the Apostles,) says, Acts 13:14 Paul and his company went into a synagogue of the Jews on the Sabbath day. 

This was, according to our account, 45 AD, and twelve years after the resurrection of Christ. Luke says this was on the Sabbath day, then at this time. 

But the divines say, “This was not on the Sabbath day at that time, but on Saturday, and that the seventh day was not then the Sabbath, neither had been for twelve years.” 

Thus they contradict Luke as plainly and pointedly as can be. 

2. Luke says, that… Acts 13:42,44 ...when the Jews had gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words [of the Gospel] might be preached to them the next Sabbath. 

And the next Sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. 

This, Luke says, was on the Sabbath day at that time, twelve years after the resurrection. 

But the Divines say that… “It was not on the Sabbath at that time, for Sunday had been the Sabbath for twelve years!" 

Elihu

The Westminster Divines were a group of theologians and clergymen

who participated in the Westminster Assembly, convened from 1643 to 1653 to restructure the Church of England. They were known for their theological expertise and played a significant role in drafting the Westminster Confession of Faith and other important documents. The Assembly included members from England and Scotland, and their work greatly influenced Reformed theology and the Church of Scotland.

Creation Moment 4/25/2025 - Mousetrap Example

For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Romans 1:20

"On a practical level, information specifies the many parts needed to make machines work. Often, the removal of one part can disrupt the whole machine, so there is a minimum number of parts without which the machine will not work. Biochemist Michael Behe, in his book Darwin’s Black Box, calls this minimum number irreducible

complexity. He gives the example of a very simple machine: a mousetrap. This would not work without a platform, holding bar, spring, hammer, and catch, all in the right place. If you remove just one part, it won’t work at all—you cannot reduce its complexity without destroying its function entirely.

The thrust of Behe’s book is that many structures in living organisms show irreducible complexity, far in excess of a mousetrap or indeed any man-made machine. 

For example, he shows that even the simplest form of vision in any living creature requires a dazzling array of chemicals in the right places, as well as a system to transmit and process the information. The blood-clotting mechanism also has many different chemicals working together, so we won’t bleed to death from minor cuts, nor yet suffer from clotting of the entire system." 

CMI

Where in the New Testament or via Prophet or Apostle?

"Q: Where is the plain proof from the New Testament that the

Sabbath has been abrogated or changed? 

Q: What prophet of God has declared that the moral code of the Infinite One should be abolished, or changed? 

Q: And what apostle has stated in plain terms that anything of this kind has taken place? 

But Christ, in His memorable sermon on the mount, seems to anticipate the discussion of the law question in the Christian church, and as a rebuke of wrong positions upon the subject, and as a guide to correct thoughts, says: Matthew 5:17,18 Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to destroy but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittele shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." 

James White

Creation Moment 4/24/2025 - Panspermia Burns Up

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 

Romans 1:21

"A number of evolutionists have become disillusioned with ideas that life could have evolved from non-living chemicals on Earth (i.e. via chemical evolution, sometimes called ‘abiogenesis’). So they hoped that with the whole universe to work with, life might have evolved

elsewhere in the universe, and travelled to Earth. This is the theory of panspermia, from Greek πᾶς/πᾶν (pas/pan, all) and σπέρμα (sperma, seed), i.e. seeds of life are everywhere in the universe.

The classic form of panspermia is the theory that these seeds happen to hitch a ride on comets or meteorites (as opposed to ‘directed panspermia’ where the seeds are sent by aliens). Yet a recent experiment has dealt a fatal blow to this theory, because it showed that they couldn’t survive the extreme heat on entering the earth’s atmosphere—and causes meteoroids to become meteors or ‘shooting stars’.

Scientists at the Centre of Molecular Biophysics in Orleans, France, managed to simulate a meteorite entry by attaching rocks to the heat shield of a returning Russian spacecraft (FOTON M3 capsule) last month. These rocks were smeared with a hardy bacterium called Chroococcidiopsis—supposed to resemble a proposed germ on Mars. The rocks also contained microfossils.

After the spacecraft was retrieved, the microfossils survived, but the Chroococcidiopsis was burned black, although their outlines remained. Lead author Frances Westall says:

"The STONE-6 experiment suggests that, if Martian sedimentary

meteorites carry traces of past life, these traces could be safely transported to Earth. However, the results are more problematic when applied to panspermia. STONE-6 showed at least two centimetres (0.8 inch) of rock is not sufficient to protect the organisms during [atmospheric] entry."

Their original paper stated:

"The Chroococcidiopsis did not survive but their carbonized remains did. Thus sedimentary meteorites from Mars could reach the surface of the Earth and, if they contain traces of fossil life, these traces could be preserved. However, living organisms may need more than 2 cm of rock protection."

The paper also had this typically cautious concluding remark:

"However, because of a technological flaw, no conclusions can be drawn regarding the thickness of rocky materials needed to protect extant life during atmospheric entry."

It turned out that there was:

"burning of the back side of this particular sample owing, apparently, to the entry of heat and flames behind the sample. This occurred because the difference in composition between the carbon-carbon screws and the silicon phenolic material of the sample holder resulted in a space appearing between the screws and the screw holes. Thus, the Chroococcidiopsis cells were completely carbonised despite the 2 cm thickness of protective rock covering them."

However, this didn’t stop the leading researcher asserting that 2 cm of rock was insufficient, both in a press release and in their abstract. A real rock is likely to have gaps larger than in the experiment.

Indeed, this experiment seems to understate the problems. The paper states:

"Entry speed of the FOTON capsule was 7.6 km/sec, slightly lower than the normal meteorite velocities of 12–15 km/sec. It was possible to determine the minimum temperature reached during entry through the thermal dissociation of one of the space cement that occurs at a temperature of ~1700°C. Although the basalt control sample was lost, comparison with the results of the STONE 5 experiment indicates that the temperatures upon entry are high enough to form a fusion crust."

One must question whether little over half the speed is ‘slightly lower’. It’s worse because the frictional drag and kinetic energy are proportional to the square of the velocity; i.e. if the velocity is doubled, the drag and energy are quadrupled.

This indicates that a real meteorite would heat up much more, requiring an even thicker shield.

Panspermia has now been shown to have a huge flaw. Since panspermia was a common last-ditch attempt to preserve materialism in the face of problems in chemical evolution on Earth, materialism itself has likewise taken yet another huge blow." 

CMI

When Death Comes

"We mourn when we hear of the death of anyone—adults or children. But first, we must remember that the question is not “why did those people die?” but rather “why does death exist?” (after all, everyone will eventually die). 

Hebrews 9:27 points out that “it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.” 

Furthermore, Romans 5:12 indicates that by one man—Adam—came sin, and with sin, came death. 

It is not God’s fault that there is death in the world; it is our fault because we sinned in Adam and thus have separated ourselves from our Creator. 

God stepped into history in the person of Jesus Christ, the “God-man,” to pay the penalty for our sin and offer us a free gift of salvation (Ephesians 2:8). 

He did a special work to save us from what we did in rebelling against our God. 

Yes, we mourn with people over those who mourn. But we need to be reminded that death is the ultimate end for all, and the question we need to ask ourselves is, 

Q: “Where will we stand in regard to what happens to us after death?” 

Ken Ham

Papal Notes - Pope Francis has Fallen Asleep

"Pope Francis has died, and the first thing we hear is the multitude of announcements, with microphones and headlines everywhere,

saying that he has “returned to the Father’s House.” 

 No, the Pope has not “returned to the Father’s house.” 

He has died. 

And like every other human being who dies, Francis has entered into a state of unconsciousness known in the Bible as sleep (Ecclesiastes 9:5, John 11:11-14). 

Pope Francis, like everyone else, will face God’s judgment (Romans 14:10-12, 2 Corinthians 5:10). 

Every individual is accountable to God and will be judged and rewarded according to their actions (Revelation 22:12, Matthew 16:27). This judgment encompasses everyone, regardless of status or belief, highlighting the universal nature of divine accountability. 

​--While alive, Pope Francis publicly taught that “all religions are

paths to God,” made during a 2024 interfaith dialogue in Singapore. ---The Pope even embraced the worship of Mother Earth. This and other statements made by Pope Francis during his papacy conflict with core Christian doctrines, notably Jesus’ declaration in John 14:6, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” 

--Furthermore, the Pope publicly declared, “Who am I to judge?” referring to the sexual preference of priests, 

--and redefined moral law and Biblical evangelization with his new “climate sins” and emphasis on a new “ecological conversion”, thus undermining the Ten Commandments, the gospel of Christ, and the evangelizing mission of the Church.

These grave theological errors should give us pause before assuming

that the Pope is already in his Father’s house.
According to the Bible, when a person knowingly works against God’s will and purpose and dies without making any attempt at reconciling those aberrations, it is not appropriate to assume they are in heaven. Jesus Himself stated, “Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish” (Luke 13:3)." 

AdventMessenger

Creation Moment 4/23/2025 - Atheist Darwinian Coyne Slams atheistic Freedom From Religion Foundation

"Secularism is a religion (an anti-God religion). I’ve being saying that for years—it’s a worldview, a religious system used to interpret the world, and it’s a faith-based belief system. So I’m not surprised that famous evolutionary biologist Dr. Jerry Coyne (who is a very vocal critic of creation!) has separated from the atheistic Freedom From Religion Foundation due to their religious beliefs no longer matching his beliefs.

Coyne claims he joined FFRF—an extremely vocal anti-Christian group of atheists—because he “supported its work guarding the wall of separation between religion and government, educating the public about how to be moral without faith, and, most important, upholding science and rationality over dogma and superstition.”

Now, before we continue on, notice the inconsistencies in just that paragraph:Coyne isn’t really for a separation of religion and government: he’s for the separation of Christianity and government—he’s perfectly fine with his religion of secularism being the prevailing worldview in our government. That’s what he fought for with the FFRF!
Q: When he says, “to be moral without faith,” what does he mean?

There is no consistent standard for morality apart from God and his Word. Morality becomes completely arbitrary without an ultimate foundation. From his evolutionary worldview, why be “moral”? Animals—and in his view, we are animals—aren’t “moral.” 

Q: And what does “moral” even mean? Who decides?
Q: Does he really uphold “science and rationality” over “dogma and superstition”? 

Well, he dogmatically believes naturalism—that everything came from nothing due to the big bang, life arose from nonlife, and one kind of creature turned into another kind—even though these ideas all fly in the face of observational science. There’s nothing scientific or rational about these beliefs. It’s a story about the past, a fairy tale.

But Coyne is no longer with FFRF. He, along with Richard Dawkins

and Steven Pinker, resigned from the advisory board because “the foundation has abandoned science.” In reference to a recent incident where FFRF removed his article “Biology is not bigotry” and issued an apology for the “distress” it may have caused to the LGBTQ+ community, he notes, “The woke care more about ‘progressive’ ideology than scientific facts.”

He goes on to say,

"In many ways, transgender ideology is no different from the religious dogma the FFRF was founded to oppose. It insists on doctrines that are palpably untrue (“trans women are women”), engages in circular reasoning (“a woman is whoever she says she is”) and affirms mind/body dualism (“your self-concept is more real than your actual sex”). . ."

Like religious fundamentalists, proponents of these views have a fierce conviction that they’re morally correct and know what’s best for you and society. To disagree is to be immoral—sinful, you might say.Yes, the LGBTQ lobby and the FFRF are religious, extremely religious. And their religion is atheism and/or progressivism. But what Coyne refuses to recognize is he is religious too. His religion is atheism, but of a different kind than FFRF’s. That’s where the conflict between him and FFRF arises from: their religions no longer agree. And that’s not surprising as neither has an ultimate foundation for their thinking. All they have are their own opinions, interpretations of the natural world, or the consensus of the group.We would agree with Coyne that all humans belong to one of two sexes: male or female. But we don’t argue this merely from biology. We begin with God’s Word, which tells us God created everything, and he clearly created human life as either male or female (So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27). Because we are not self-made people, we don’t get to decide for ourselves what our identity is. God has already done that, and it is clearly reflected in our biology." 

AIG

What Christ never contemplated

Ye are the light of the world. 

A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Matthew 5:14

Christ never contemplated the production of Secret Christians.

Creation Moment 4/22/2025 - Maybe Animals saw the Bumper Sticker

I have seen the foolish taking root: Job 5:3

"Animals are adapting to coexist with humans. But how? (Particle, via

Phys.org, 9 April 2025). They call this evolution, but mention no origin of species, no mutations, and no natural selection. 

Maybe the animals held a committee meeting after seeing a bumper sticker reading “Coexist” and decided on a peace treaty with the Homo sapiens." 

CEH

IN the NEWS - Humanhood Granted to....Water?

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.... 

Romans 1:22

"A bill has been filed in New York that would grant rights to the

Great Lakes and all waterways in the state. (A similar law was enacted previously in Toledo, forcing Ohio to pass preemptive legislation.) I have no idea whether it will pass — I would certainly hope not — but it illustrates the profound anti-development/free market agendas behind the entire nature-rights movement.

First, the bill would create a very expansive definition of the rights that would be accorded to the Great Lakes and New York waterways. From A05156A (italicized for emphasis):

"The Great Lakes, and the watersheds that drain into the Great Lakes and their connecting channels, as well as the watersheds and ecosystems throughout the state of New York, shall possess the unalienable and fundamental rights to exist, persist, flourish, naturally evolve, regenerate and be restored by culpable parties, free from human violations of these rights and unencumbered by legal privileges vested in property, including corporate property."

Think about what “free from human violations” could mean. Dams could be forced to be deconstructed. Water could be prevented from being used in irrigation. Flood control projects could be impeded. Indeed, how could water be used in any essential way under that broad definition?

The bill could materially impede industries and farms by preventing any kind of “toxic” impact on New York’s waterways, whether intentionally or inadvertently caused:

"Right to freedom from toxic trespass. The people of the state of New

York, as well as the Great Lakes ecosystem, and the watersheds that drain into the Great Lakes and their connecting channels, as well as the watersheds and ecosystems throughout the state of New York, shall possess a fundamental and unalienable right to the integrity of their bodies, ecosystems and physical aspects, and to be free from toxic trespass upon or within them; therefore, the right to be free from toxic trespass shall not be violated. As used herein, the term “toxic trespass” shall mean the intentional, unwitting, involuntary or neglectful deposition of toxic or potentially toxic substances within a human or non-human body or ecosystem."

And waters would have a liberty interest in not being monetized or owned!

"Right to freedom from monetization. The Great Lakes and the watersheds and ecosystems throughout the state of New York shall possess the unalienable and fundamental rights not be owned,

privatized or monetized. These rights shall include emancipation from all claims of vested property rights to the extent that such rights purport to allow the violation of the rights of the Great Lakes ecosystem, the watersheds and ecosystems throughout the state of New York, or the people of the state of New York. Prohibited monetization of the Great Lakes ecosystem shall include but not be limited to, carbon trading, natural asset companies, ecosystem services, and patenting of life forms."

Imagine the disruption of normal life if waterways could not be used to make a living or be treated as property at all.
And the potential damages that could be assessed against the violators of the rights of waterways would seem to be unquantifiable and almost impossible to defend against because the bill would institute a “strict liability” legal standard.

"Any person, business entity or government agency engaged in activities that violate the rights of the Great Lakes ecosystem and the watersheds and ecosystems throughout the state of New York,

regardless of the jurisdiction in which such activity takes place, shall be strictly liable for all harms and rights violations resulting from those activities. Damages shall be measured by the cost of restoring the Great Lakes ecosystem and the watersheds and ecosystems throughout the state of New York and their constituent parts at least to their status immediately before the commencement of the acts resulting in injury, and shall be paid to the state to be used exclusively and without exception for the full and complete restoration of the Great Lakes ecosystem and its constituent parts to that status."

Imagine the mischief that New York’s financially incentivized bureaucrats could do to private enterprise and the enjoyable use of New York’s waters by individuals or businesses on their own property.
Again, I assume — perhaps naïvely — that this radical bill won’t pass. But it illustrates the expansive and anti-human goals of the nature-rights movement, which is gaining steam every day around the world." 

MindMatters

Creation Moment 4/21/2025 - Silly Darwinians

The Lord shall laugh at him: Psalm 37:13

"Walking on two legs may explain human musicality and language (Örebro University, 10 April 2025). A Darwinist with a face apparently suffering from years of Darwine inebriation speculates on the origin of Beethoven, John Williams and Shakespeare:

"The fact that humans walk on two legs is likely the reason we have developed our rhythmic, musical, and linguistic abilities, new research by physician and researcher Matz Larsson shows. “This also explains why running and going for walks promote creativity,” he says."

His colleague Dean Falk added to the storytelling, saying that

mother’s baby talk “may have stimulated the evolution of music and language.” 

The two didn’t have to think about it much to get peer reviewed by the University of Chicago journal Current Anthropology, because the editors are accomplices in the crime against scientific standards. Whatever makes Emperor Charles look good gets fast-tracked to publication.

But if Larsson and Falk had thought a little, they would have asked why this law of nature (that music evolves from walking) didn’t work for penguins, turkeys and robins. 

And don’t hoofed mammals create rhythm when they run?" 

CEH

IN the NEWS - The Satanic Cult that Targeted Trump

"Ephesians 6:12 declares, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

A shocking plot to assassinate President Donald Trump was uncovered this week, sending ripples of alarm through the nation. Federal authorities arrested 17-year-old Nikita Casap after

discovering the bodies of his mother, Tatiana Casap, 35, and stepfather, Donald Mayer, 51, during a welfare check. 

Casap, who had been absent from school for two weeks, confessed to murdering his parents on February 11, allegedly to secure the financial means and autonomy to carry out a sinister plan: the assassination of President Trump. According to an FBI affidavit, Casap’s motive was rooted in his affiliation with the Order of Nine Angles (ONA), a Satanic, neo-Nazi group that promotes violence, chaos, and the destruction of Western civilization to usher in a fascist “Imperium.”

The Order of Nine Angles, a shadowy occult organization founded in Britain in the 1970s, believes in a theistic form of Satanism, worshipping Satan and “dark gods” as real entities. 

Their practices include rituals of “black magic,” advocacy for human sacrifice, and the encouragement of sexual violence as a means of spiritual evolution. 

The ONA’s ideology blends Satanic occultism with neo-Nazism,

glorifying Adolf Hitler and promoting Holocaust denial, viewing the current Western order as a “Magian/Nazarene” (Judeo-Christian) conspiracy that must be destroyed. 

Casap’s three-page manifesto, titled “Accelerate the Collapse,” revealed his intent to kill Trump to “bring in some chaos” and “save the white race,” aligning with the ONA’s accelerationist goals of societal collapse. 

He fled in his stepfather’s stolen SUV with a gun, ammunition, and $14,000 in cash but was apprehended during a traffic stop in Kansas." 

Protestia