Self-surrender

1 Peter 5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time. 

“Self-surrender is the substance of the teachings of Christ. 

Often it is presented and enjoined in language that seems authoritative, because there is no other way to save man than to cut away those things which, if entertained, will demoralize the whole being.” 

DA, p. 523

Papal Notes - Analysis of Zenit Article

An Analysis of Catholic News article on Zenit 

"The Catholic Church’s ecological teaching has taken a significant step forward with a new document that argues environmental destruction cannot be understood merely as a scientific, political or economic problem. It is also a matter of sin.

The document, Caring for Our Common Home: A Responsible and Fraternal Response to the Triune God, runs to more than 29,000 words and was developed by a subcommission that worked between

2022 and 2025. It was approved by a majority of the commission’s members in July and authorized for publication by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, after being presented to Pope Leo XIV. Its central argument is clear: the ecological crisis is ultimately inseparable from the crisis of the human person.

The commission traces the present situation to what it calls a “triple transformation” in humanity’s relationship with nature. Over the centuries, the perception of the natural world as God’s creation weakened; an increasingly exploitative form of anthropocentrism emerged; and environmental degradation eventually developed into a crisis of planetary dimensions.

Exploitation, pollution and the destruction of biodiversity are therefore not simply technical failures. They reveal a disorder in humanity’s relationships with God, with other people and with the created world.
The “cry of the earth,” the document argues, is closely linked to the cry of people whose livelihoods, homes and resources are threatened by environmental degradation.

It calls for changes not only in technology and public policy but in personal and cultural habits. Scientific and technical solutions remain necessary, particularly in production, consumption, transportation and energy use. (so it is about gaining TOTAL CONTROL and/or INFLUENCE over every sector of your life---and EVERYONE on this planet)

The document gives particular importance to the Biblical principle of the Sabbath. Rest is not presented merely as a practical interruption of work but as a challenge to the modern impulse to possess, dominate and consume without limits. (the SABBATH is NOT about "Mother Earth" -- it is about honoring God the Father in Obedience and Worship -- He commands you to rest - you rest  And He said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:--Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work,...Mark 2:27/Exodus 20:8,10)

The Eucharist occupies a particularly important place in this vision. The document describes it as an “ecological school” because it teaches believers to receive creation not simply as raw material for consumption but as a gift. 

From that sacramental perspective can emerge, the commission argues, a positive and active relationship with nature — one based neither on exploitation nor on fear. (We don't have a "relationship" with the world. It is an inanimate thing. We have a "relationship" with the animate around us and the Godhead---we communicate with people and God)

The commission also invokes the universal destination of goods, emphasizing that private property is not an absolute right detached from responsibility toward others and future generations.(Marxist rooted politics---who are YOU Rome to determine what one can and cannot do with private property?....who decides what YOU think needs to be done with it is right or relevant?)

The commission recognizes elements of environmental responsibility found in Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism,

African religions and Indigenous religious traditions from the Americas and Oceania. It calls for interreligious cooperation wherever believers can work together to protect creation and promote the flourishing of life. (So it is about a back door for to ecumenicalism for the religions of the world under the umbrella of Rome's leadership)

That is why the proposed expression — “sin against creation and against the Creator” — matters. It identifies environmental destruction not as an abstract crime committed against an impersonal planet, but as a rupture of relationships: with God, with other human beings and with the world humanity has received as a gift.
More than a decade after Laudato Si’, the Church’s theological reflection is therefore moving toward an even sharper conclusion." (Oh you got that one right --- ...and all the world wondered after the beast. Revelation 13:3) 

Zenit

Creation Moment 10/13/2026 - Big Bang Goes Bust Again....

"The JWST has allowed scientists to peer deeper into space than ever before. And what they find continues to overturn evolutionary and deep-time expectations. It’s happened yet again.
According to popular science reports, “JWST has revealed that galaxies were spreading carbon, oxygen, and other heavy elements through space just 500 million years after the Big Bang. The surprising discovery suggests the young universe became chemically enriched much earlier than expected. . . .”

Well, this new study, which used JWST data to supposedly peer at “galaxies as they appeared more than 13 billion years ago”—that’s very close to the alleged big bang—claims that these stars are elusive because “early galaxies were already sending heavier elements such as carbon and oxygen into surrounding space much sooner than expected” and “if galaxies were already enriching nearby space only 500 million years after the Big Bang, truly pristine gas may have disappeared quickly. As a result, Population III stars may not have remained common for long enough to be easily observed.”

The article says,

"Remarkably, the chemical signatures surrounding these infant galaxies looked similar to those found around far more mature galaxies billions of years later. The finding suggests that even at cosmic dawn, galaxies were already manufacturing heavy elements and spreading them into their surroundings."

But in reality, the finding does not suggest that “galaxies were already manufacturing heavy elements and spreading them” at cosmic dawn—the evidence is that galaxies look the same no matter how far away they are (remember, they are measuring distance, not time—the alleged time is also an interpretation based on assumptions). The idea that pressure in “early” stars created heavy elements and then supernovae spread those elements to be incorporated into newer stars and planets is an interpretation of the observational evidence.

**There’s another explanation for why Population III stars have never been found and why the universe isn’t matching the expectations of those who start with the big bang: The big bang didn’t happen.

The Bible gives us the true history of the universe, and it didn’t begin with a big bang and stars slowly forming. It began when God spoke and fashioned the earth, covered with water, and then He created light and darkness, and on day four of creation week, He created the stars fully functioning also. The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And the expanse is declaring the work of His hands. (Psalm 19:1)." AIG

Paul's 4 Lessons to remember when going through suffering or pain

This is from Mark Finley after his hospitalization

 for a 2nd time this year from serious injuries.

"Paul gives us four lessons to remember when we're going through suffering or pain. 

Now, you may not be going through any suffering or pain right now, but I'll tell you sometime you most likely you will. 

We don't get out of this life without going through some suffering, some pain, some heartache.

There are four great principles that Paul gives in 2 Corinthians 4. 

1- We start with verse 7. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of

us. So Paul says this treasure of Christ, this treasure of Jesus that we have is in earthen vessels.
The first thing for us to remember is this -- that in this life, our bodies are fragile. We're always just a few moments away from some accident. We're a few moments away from some sickness, some disease that can afflict our bodies. 

Q: And so, what does that do? 

A: It keeps us from being arrogant. It keeps us from being proud.

2- The second point that Paul makes here is that he says in verse 8 of 2 Corinthians 4, we are hard pressed on every side yet not

crushed. We are perplexed but not in despair. Those are amazing verses. Paul says all this stuff is happening to us. We're pressed down
on every side.
So, you may be confused with what's happening to you right now.
Why? Why? Why? But notice what God says here. Paul says, "We are perplexed, but we are not in despair." 

Q: Why not? 

A: Because we know that Christ is with us.

3- But notice the third principle. When we feel pressed on every side,

when we feel perplexed, notice verse 10, third principle, always
carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may be manifest in our body. 

When we go through pain and suffering and we can be powerful witnesses for Christ and share His grace with others, then the life of
Christ is manifest in our suffering.

4- But there's one last point that Paul makes that I think is the most

powerful. He says here he talks about the fact that death works in all of us. But then he points beyond that to this incredible hope. And I think this is what what we can hang our hang on to verses 16 to 18 in 2 Corinthians 4. Therefore, we do not lose heart. We don't lose heart in suffering. We don't lose heart in sickness. We don't lose heart in pain. 

Q: Why not?

A:Therefore, we don't lose heart even though our outward man is perishing. But he goes on, it gets better. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.

So Paul is saying whatever affliction you have, 

it's just for a moment in the light of eternity. 

It's for a moment.

Look beyond your pain. Look beyond your heartache. 

Keep your eyes fixed on eternity. 

Keep your eyes fixed on the fact that Jesus Christ will come again." Mark Finley

Oneness does not necessarily mean singleness

"Hear o Israel the Lord Yahweh singular it's a singular word the Lord Yahweh Our God Elohim plural is one Lord Yahweh Elohim. 

Yahweh that's what it says that's the Hebrew singular --plural--
singular that is what it says.... do you understand friends Oneness does not necessarily singleness while God is one he is not necessarily single ....it says it right in the text. 

Q: Who created us in the beginning?

A: God Elohim and that's the plural form of God Elohim created the Heaven and the earth and the spirit of God...

Q: well who's that? 

A: It's the Holy Spirit -- the Spirit of God is the Holy Spirit. 

*He was there at the beginning and He moved upon the face of the

waters and God Elohim said let Us make man in Our image is that singular or plural it's plural friends plural and that's not God talking to the angels....God speaking to amongst themselves the councils of heaven and Ephesians 3:9 it says God who created All Things by Jesus Christ so we have the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit."

Marko Kolic

Creation Moment 10/12/2026 - How one's view of origins shapes everything that follows

"The Christian begins with “In the beginning God …”(Genesis 1:1). Modern cosmology begins with “In the beginning the Universe…”.

The two openings could not be more different, yet both reveal the starting point that governs everything that follows." 

CEH

Timing of the 3 Angels' Messages and the Judgment

"It is not a coincidence that at the time of Christ's transition from the Holy to the Most Holy Place—1844---the present-truth message linked with the transition came to light. The three angels' messages of Revelation 14 began to be preached only as the truth of Christ's

"second apartment" ministry came to be understood, because the three angels' messages are tied to that second phase of Christ's work.
The messages that the Bible portrays as God's final call to the world, messages for "every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people" (Revelation 14:6) and which contain the most solemn warning in God's word (vv. 9-11), are given in the setting of the judgment in progress: "for the hour of his judgment is come" (v. 7)." 

Clifford Goldstein

Creation Moment 10/11/2026 - The 3-D Genetic Code Functions in 4-D

Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things,... Isaiah 40:26

"First, we learned that DNA is a molecule: a nucleic acid. 

Then we learned that it is a double helix. 

Then we learned that its 2-D sequence of nucleotides is

informational: it codes for genes. 

Then we learned that DNA is not haphazardly stuffed into the nucleus: it’s a 3-D information system — a genome, with a shape related to its function. 

Then we learned that the genome is accompanied by a plethora of molecular machines and regulators, comprising an interactome. 

Then we learned that the shape DNA takes on in the nucleus has an architecture: it folds into topological domains and functional compartments. The interactome became a nucleome.

Now, DNA has entered the fourth dimension: it is a dynamic architecture, constantly reconfiguring itself in functional ways with the aid of a multitude of molecular machines in dizzying motions and interactions. A factory in a cathedral could hardly compare. For the final dose of awe, consider that the molecular machines that operate on DNA are coded in DNA! Gone is the Central Dogma. Gone is the myth of Junk DNA." 

CEH

From the Church of the 12 tribes to that of the 12 Disciples

"C. Gilbert in his book Practical Lessons wrote concerning the 70-week prophecy: “The seventy weeks had ended; Israel as a nation, as a separate people, was cut off. . . . And the Gentiles, who formerly were not a people, had now become the people of God.” 

And William H. Shea, speaking about the stoning of Stephen, wrote, “When Stephen died, the last prophetic voice had spoken to Israel as the elect people of God.”
Raoul Dederen, in his article “The Church” wrote: “In NT times the term ‘Israel’ represents no longer a national entity but the spiritual people of God, the new Israel. Because national Israel rejected its Messiah, God pursued His work of salvation by giving the kingdom ‘to a nation producing the fruits of it’ (Matthew 21:43). . . . Israel, as God’s covenant people, was rejected. . . . The privileges, promises, and blessing of the covenant relationship were transferred to the Christian church as spiritual Israel and as God’s chosen instrument on earth.” Gerhard Pfandl

From the "Really" File - (hail satan?)

You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? Acts 13:10

"The Ottumwa Courier reported that resident and former council

member Matt Dalbey, dressed in black, read a satanic prayer to start the Ottumwa City Council meeting, saying, "Dear Dark Father, let us stand now, unbowed and unfettered by arcane doctrines born of fearful minds and darkened times. Let us embrace the Luciferian impulse to eat of the tree of knowledge and dissipate our blissful and comforting delusions of old."
"Let us demand that individuals be judged for their concrete actions, not their fealty to arbitrary social norms and illusory categorizations," he continued.
He concluded, "It is done. Hail Satan."

From the "Really" File

Presumably, the "It is done" pronouncement was intended to mock Jesus' last words spoken from the cross, "It is finished."
City administrator Philip Rath addressed the controversy on KBIZ's "Dialogue" show Wednesday morning, saying Ottumwa, located 85 miles southeast of Des Moines, had adopted a new policy in January, which opened the invocation up to participants from other faiths besides Christianity, according to the Ottumwa Courier." msn

REALLY?

Creation Moment 10/10/2026 - By analogical reasoning

For ever since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made], so that they [who fail to believe and trust in Him] are without excuse and without defense. Romans 1:20 AMP

"In objects of known origin, there are certain features—specified

complex information—that occur only in those made by an intelligent designer (or an intelligently designed program). 

So by the normal analogical reasoning we use in science, when we see these features in an object where the origin is unknown, we can likewise conclude that this object had an intelligent designer." 

CMI

Mirroring the self-exalting spirit of Lucifer

"There is a religious system in the world today—the Roman Catholic papacy— that mirrors the self-exalting spirit of Lucifer. 

This apostate human system exalts itself and aspires and claims to occupy the place of Christ on earth, even to point of changing God’s law! 

The Bible describes this system as the antichrist, a word that means ‘in place of Christ’: 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away [apostasía] comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 

Stephen Bohr

Creation Moment 10/9/2026 -Literal days

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: Genesis 1:14

"...it may be surprising to many people to learn how strong are the Biblical arguments in its support, if the indispensable historical/grammatical system of Biblical hermeneutics are be accepted:

Although the Hebrew word for "day (yom) can refer to a time period longer than 24 hours (e.g. "day of the Lord"), its attachment to a numerical adjective restricts its meaning to 24 hours ("second day," etc.,cf Num.7:12-78).

The formula "evening and morning" indicates a 24-hour cycle of the earth rotating on its axis in reference to a fixed astronomic light source (not necessarily the sun). 

No Israelite would have understood God's days of creation to be longer than 24 hours, especially because of the clear analogy with man's weekly cycle of work and rest (Exod.20:11;31:15-17). Six "days" (plural) cannot be figurative.

The "days" of Genesis 1:14 must be literal or the word "years" in the same verse would be meaningless.

Nothing is really gained by lengthening the creation days to accommodate the evolutionary timetable of earth history, for the revealed events are often in reverse order from that which evolutionism requires (e.g. earth before sun; whales before land mammals; birds before reptiles)." 

John C. Whitcomb

The Holy 3

"Matthew 28:19 (Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:) clearly points out that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead. 

“There are three living persons of the heavenly trio. In the name of

these three powers—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—those who receive Christ by living faith are baptized, [a clear reference to the baptismal formula in Matthew 28:18] and these powers will cooperate with the obedient subjects of heaven in their efforts to live the new life in Christ.” Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, pp. 62, 63 first published in 1905."Stephen Bohr

Creation Moment 10/8/2026 - Earth's waters

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Genesis 1:2

"Homogeneous accretion of the Earth in the inner Solar System (Sossi and Bower, Nature Astronomy, 27 March 2026) Their research has overturned conventional assumptions in planetary science that were held for several decades.

Secular theories of Earth’s formation have leaned heavily on the idea that our planet was built from a mixture of inner and outer Solar System materials. This framework was especially important for explaining how Earth acquired volatile substances such as water. Yet Sossi and Bower (2026) utilized a novel methodology based heavily

on experimental data and less on assumed mechanisms to conclude that earth’s composition is “entirely of material from the inner Solar System, distinct from any combination of existing meteorites.”

The implications of these findings are enormous, as it contradicts several foundational secular assumptions about how our planet formed. In particular, it suggests that Earth is not simply a collage of known meteorite types. Its identity cannot be simply reconstructed by mixing known meteorite compositions. Sossi and Bower’s research also points to a greater level of stability of the early universe than was once thought and indicates that water on earth was not ‘seeded’ from far away. 

This article reflects on some of the implications of these findings, and how this new evidence increasingly aligns with aspects of the Biblical account in Genesis.

Sossi and Bowen’s research highlights at least three distinct findings that appear to resonate well within the Biblical description of origins, namely:

The earth’s water was present early in its formation and not seeded later from a distance.

The earth formed from a coherent source, not multiple meteorites, unlike conventional views thought.
The inner and outer planets are more stable than once thought."

CEH

What Christ Extolled

"Jesus repeatedly warned against the

danger of upward mobility and
the virtue of downward. 

He extolled the simplicity of a child: Matthew 18:2, 3 “Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
Stephen Bohr

Creation Moment 10/7/2026 -Turning Romans 1:20 on Atheists

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

"Meyer cites lines of evidence from cosmology, physics, and molecular biology. But, the surviving New Atheists object, science must “reject the idea of a designing mind because no such entity can be directly observed.” Is that some sort of scientific first principle? Not at all, as is also becoming clearer:
"Dark matter …, which has been in the news of late, was first

inferred not because it could be seen, but because — if it existed — it would explain the otherwise unexplainable motions of galaxies within distant galaxy clusters. The fact is that scientists often infer unobservable causes from their observable effects, and the inference to intelligent design from the observable features of living cells has this same character." MindMatters

Purpose of the Sermon on the Mount

And He opened His mouth, and taught them, saying,... 

Matthew 5:2

"The words of Christ on the mount 

*were an expression of that which had been the unspoken teaching of His life, but which the people had failed to comprehend. 

*They could not understand how, having such great power, He neglected to use it in securing what they regarded as the chief good.

*Their spirit and motives and methods were the opposite of His. 

*While they claimed to be very jealous for the honor of the law, self-glory was the real object which they sought; and Christ would make it manifest to them that the lover of self is a transgressor of the law." E.G.W.

IN the NEWS - 1346 and/or 2020 all over again?

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. Luke 21:11

Q: 1346  and /or 2020 all over again?

A: Let's hope not.....

RUSSIA:

"Multiple hospitals have been shut down and placed under quarantine as concerns grow over a potential plague outbreak spreading through Europe. 

A total of five medical facilities in Siberia have been closed for quarantine following a suspected plague case.
The healthcare centers have reportedly been locked down for a minimum three-week quarantine period after a laboratory worker succumbed to an "unspecified form of plague" in Russia.
The incident occurred at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute on September 25th while she was working with samples, and the situation appears to be escalating as the number of affected hospitals has grown from one to five.

A mask mandate - reminiscent of measures implemented during the
The incident occurred at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute on September 25th while she was working with samples, and the situation appears to be escalating as the number of affected hospitals has grown from one to five.

Several U.S. politicians are now advocating for a suspension of commercial air travel to and from Russia until the situation becomes clearer. 

The initial symptoms of pneumonic plague generally appear approximately 4 to 7 days following exposure, and currently around 200 individuals are reportedly under medical observation.
Several hospitals are reported to be affected, including City Clinical Hospitals Nos. 1, 3, and 10, as well as the Ivano-Matreninskaya City Children's Clinical Hospital.
The Moscow Times reported that Alexei Tsydenov, the head of the neighboring republic of Buryatia, confirmed that the woman had died from an unspecified form of plague. Additionally, it has been alleged that ambulances transporting individuals for testing have been accompanied by officers of the FSB,
Several hospitals are reported to be affected, including City Clinical Hospitals Nos. 1, 3, and 10, as well as the Ivano-Matreninskaya City Children's Clinical Hospital." 

msn

CHINA:

"Warnings about new covid variants and the growing outbreak are spreading rapidly .
PJ.2.1 could become the dominant variant because of how quickly it spreads and repeated infections could increase the risk of death.

Miss Jao a funeral industry worker in Harbin said there has recently been an increase in sudden deaths among younger people leaving

parents to bury their own children. She said these days it's become common for young people to suddenly die without warning.
Experts say Dengue fever, Chikungunya , and covid 19 can all cause similar early symptoms including fever, headache and muscle aches. It starts with ordinary respiratory symptoms including fever and inflammation. If the spinal cord is damaged, they develop paralysis. This is an extreme immune response that damages the liver, kidneys, hearts, and other organs and can even cause organ failure." 

CO

Creation Moment 10/6/2026 - New Tree Research

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. Genesis 1:11

"A newly discovered role for tension wood: the “muscle” trees use to correct their posture (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment [INRAE], 2 Sept 2026). Through controlled experiments, scientists found that trees have a sense of their position in space.

"A research team from INRAE and the University Clermont Auvergne has shown that trees are capable of correcting a curvature they detect in their stems through a specific biological process. In the study, young trees with bent stems were placed in an experimental set-up that prevented them from sensing their orientation relative to light and gravity. The only sense remaining to the trees was the

perception of their own curvature. Under these conditions, the scientists observed the formation of a particular type of wood, known as tension wood, which acts like a muscle to correct the curvature of the stem, allowing it to realign within a few weeks. Published in New Phytologist, the findings show how plants—under natural conditions—finely perceive their own shape and combine this information with signals relating to their orientation to adjust their posture."

The new findings build on work from 2012 at INRAE that detected a proprioceptive sense in plants. This sense, the ability to detect position of on organism’s body parts in 3-D space, was “long believed to be specific to animals.” A young tree growing on a mountain slope, for instance, will grow tension wood on its upper side to cause it to curve up to a vertical position. Until the current work, the biological mechanism was unknown.

It took about 10 days for young poplar trees in an experimental setup deprived of information about light and position to fix their orientation. They responded to their sense of their own orientation by growing tension wood in just the right position, correcting their growth pattern.

"The formation of tension wood on the upper side, which had caused the stem to bend upwards, ceased when the device was activated, while a wood identical in every respect formed on the opposite side. The latter appears to function as an antagonistic muscle, generating a pulling force in the opposite direction and progressively restoring the stem to a straight form."

Simple, isn’t it? Problem solved by scientific experiment? Not exactly; like everything else in biology,

"Tension wood formation is a complex biological process that is regulated at the cellular level and unfolds through several successive stages. The process is also governed by the plant’s proprioception."

The use of antagonistic forces sounds akin to animal muscles that grow in pairs, like biceps and triceps, to counteract one another and maintain balanced movement. Plants, too, have a “genuine sensorimotor loop” that takes advantage of its proprioceptive sense and grows the appropriate amount of tension wood in the right place to achieve balanced vertical growth. It takes fine tuning to achieve this:

"These results show that plants combine fine perceptions of their environment (such as light and gravity) with an awareness of their own shape. They integrate and process this information to activate tension wood in different directions, thereby achieving or maintaining the most appropriate posture. These key abilities contribute to the resilience of trees when faced with extreme events that can alter their position, such as storms or landslides, a trait of particular importance in the context of climate change."

Other than that brief nod to political correctness, ("climate change") this Darwin-free press release opened up windows into additional complex processes at work that are too easily taken for granted." CEH

How the Holy Spirit is poured out

"Thus, like everything else, the Spirit is from the Father through the

Son to us: Acts 2:32, 33 “This Jesus [1] God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. Therefore, being [2] exalted to the right hand of God, and having [3] received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, [4] He poured out this which you now see and hear.” 

Stephen Bohr

Creation Moment 10/5/2026 - SEED FACTORIES

"Plant seeds. What were thought to be little dead particles with inactive DNA turn out to be factories of molecular machines pre-loaded and ready-made for action. A seed “does not just pre-build its power plant generators; it pre-installs the entire factory floor.” 

A seed could not germinate if it were not so equipped with the tools and information in place, ready to respond to the call. 

Moreover, a seed needs to be buried in the right environment for a new crop to flourish.

As he walked and taught outdoors, Christ spoke metaphorically of plants and seeds. He taught that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like the wildflowers on the hillsides where He sat teaching. He spoke of a sower spreading seeds on four kinds of soil: hardpan, shallow, weedy, and fertile. He spoke of the inborn capacity of seeds—even the smallest of seeds—to multiply and spread. And prophesying his own death, He said that “unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit” (John 12:24)." 

CEH

Holy Spirit: Metaphors of His various functions

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:26

"The reason why it has been so difficult for some to believe that the Holy Spirit is a person is because of the metaphors that the Bible writers used describe the Spirit’s work. 

He is referred to as a dove, oil, rain, fire, and wind. However, the

Spirit is not these things. 

The dove symbolizes peace, oil keeps the lamp of God’s Word burning, rain refreshes spiritual life, and fire cleanses the life from sin. 

--Jesus is described as a Lamb, a Lion, a Shepherd, a Door, and a Road, but Jesus is not literally these things; they are metaphors of His various functions." 

Stephen Bohr

IN the NEWS - Relics of a Man

Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 26:1 pretty sure God would include Jawbones in that....just saying....

"For Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s beatification in St. Louis, teenager James Fulton Engstrom presented Cardinal Luis Tagle, the main

celebrant, with a first-class relic of Sheen: the mandible, the jawbone that forms the chin and lower jawline and is the only moving bone in the human skull.

Engstrom was the recipient of the miracle in 2010 for Sheen’s beatification. Minutes after being born, he was not breathing nor could emergency workers or hospital staff help him. He was dead for 61 minutes — and as doctors were about to record his time of death, James came to life. As the Church has officially proclaimed, through Sheen’s intercession, the baby began breathing and was healed of any abnormalities that could occur in a way medical science could not explain.

The mandible was chosen because of Sheen’s speaking prowess.

“Using the jawbone is very significant because of his ability to communicate the faith,” Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria, Illinois, Sheen’s home diocese, told the National Catholic Register, a sister publication of EWTN News.
“And, of course, his ability to proclaim the faith, to speak out, the faith to preach and to teach” was paramount for Sheen, Tylka, who concelebrated the beatification Mass, said." 

msn

Creation Moment 10/4/2026 - Evolution's rabbit out of a hat trick

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

Romans 1:22
"Atheists often promote themselves as intelligent, logical, scientific, rational, etc. They even had a proposal to call themselves ‘brights’! The aggressive ‘new Atheists’, such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and company, like to portray those of us who believe in a supernatural Creator as irrational, unscientific, unintelligent, ignorant, or even ‘needing help’ (Dawkins). The entertainment industry often reinforces these perceptions by portraying ‘religious’ people (Christians particularly, and especially church leaders) as buffoons or hillbillies (almost never as a university professor, for example).

Reality runs against these perceptions. Isaac Newton, the greatest scientific mind of all time, was a Christian believer, as were other founders of modern science.

There is much more to say. Atheists believe that everything came about by purely material processes—the universe, life, mind, and morality. 

Q: However, do they have a rational, logical basis for this belief?

They actually believe in miracles without any reasonable cause for

the miracles. That is, they believe in magic, or the occurrence of things without a sufficient cause. What we commonly call ‘magic’ is actually illusion. 

For example, a rabbit does not just appear from an empty hat; there has to be a logical physical explanation; a sufficient cause. Illusion needs an illusionist. Stuff does not happen without something to cause it to happen. Even young children understand this law of causation. Magic, where things ‘just happen’, is the stuff of fairytales—there is no such thing." CMI