To the Chagrin of Racism

Racism has characteristics like any secular (atheistic humanism, Buddhism, paganism, New-Ageism, environmentalism, etc. ) religion or spiritual (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, etc.) religion.

Racism has:

Sacred Leaders (such as Elijah Muhammad, Hitler, Darwin in the case of evolutionary eugenics, etc.)

Practices (such as segregation, apartheid, discrimination, etc.)

Symbols (such as the swastika in Nazi Germany, etc.)

A Community of Worshippers (Such as skinheads, the apartheid government of South Africa, the KKK, the Black Panthers, etc.)

Values of the group (such as that intermarriage is wrong between the races, opposition to desegregation, ethnic cleansing, anti-Semitism, etc.)

Croatian Nazis engaged in "ethnic cleansing" during WW2 - "Croats took Branko Jungic from his Bosnian village and forced him to kneel on the bare earth at a place called Jasenovac. Then they cut off the Serb's head with a saw. They did it openly. They even took photographs, one showing Jungic on his knees, his left arm extended to keep his balance in the initial moments of agony, mouth open in horror as his uniformed tormentors posed around him, the saw already cutting into his flesh. In the neighbouring town of Banja Luka, they still keep the saw."Srpska Mreza
 

Of course Scripture teaches us that And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, Acts 17:26 - much to the chagrin of racists.

Chagrin - definition:

A keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment,

 

------- IN the NEWS 2013 ------

"Latino street gang leader and his son were sentenced in federal court Monday to lengthy prison terms for their role in a years-long campaign of racist terror and ethnic cleansing targeting African Americans in and around Los Angeles.

Since at least the mid-1990s, Latino street gangs across Los Angeles County have been targeting, beating and sometimes killing blacks in an attempt to drive them out of the region." HW

"In the sight of God all are on an equality; and to the Creator every human being owes supreme allegiance." Acts of the Apostles p.238 E.G.W.
 

Creation Moment 5/31/2013 - Science

"Science is a human endeavor to find the truth about the world of matter. It is not fully reliable, because theories and models change over time. Also, science cannot say anything about the big questions of 'where do we come from, why are we here, and where do we go?' Science is limited in its abilities and should not step over the clear limits which have been set by God."
Dr. Markus Blietz, astrophysicist

Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?

Job 38:18 RSV

3 Crosses

 

Then were there two thieves crucified with him,

one on the right hand,

and another on the left.

Matthew 27:38

 

There were 3 crosses at the crucifixion. 2 for the thieves and one for Barabbas. We are Barabbas-as Christ took our (Barabbas) place on the cross.

 

And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection. But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

Mark 15:7,11

 

IN the NEWS - CNN clip of pure BLASPHEMY

Watch PURE BLASPHEMY

http://www.youtube.com/embed/tfgnNHJ2zQc

For false Christs and false prophets shall rise,

and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce,

if it were possible, even the elect.

Mark 13:22

 

Half a Lie

Half a Lie = a whole LIE

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie:

Revelation 21:7

 

 

Creation Moment 5/30/2013 - He said it

"Most of what I learned of the field [of evolutionary biology] in graduate school (1964-1968) is either wrong or significantly changed."
A Review of Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science by William B. Provine

But what about God?

 

Jesus Christ the same yesterday,

and to day,

and for ever.

Hebrews 13:8

Sabbath Analysis of the Gospels

* When Christ had a debate with the religious leaders about the Sabbath-it was always about HOW to keep it....NEVER about whether to keep it.

And he came to Nazareth,

where he had been brought up:

 and, as his custom was,

he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day,

and stood up for to read.

Luke 4:16

 

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God:

in it thou shalt not do any work,

Exodus 20:10

Creation Moment 5/29/2013 - Oort-Oops

The Oort Cloud is supposed o be located in some distant part of our solar system. It is supposed to be replenishing the comets. This is because the comets that melt as they pass our sun each time should be all gone within about 10,000 years-yet they still are out there. So either the solar system is less than 10,000 years of age, or the Oort Cloud exists....problem is, despite years of extensive searching, the Oort Cloud has not yet been found....Oops......

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven
to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:15

IN the NEWS - Mobile Phone or Children?

94% of UK adults would rather live without sex than their mobile phone

• Two thirds of young Britons claim they couldn’t live without their phone
• 65% of people asked said they couldn't live without their phone and 53% admitted they're addicted to their handsets
• 9% admitted they preferred their mobile phones to their children  MailOnline.UK

And because iniquity shall abound,

the love of many shall wax cold.

Matthew 24:12

Questioning.....

The Questioning posed by non-believers can sometimes lead believers into confusion or doubt if they are not on their guard---Just ask Eve - Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field .......said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Genesis 3:1

....and be ready always to give an answer to every
man that asketh
you a reason of the hope that is
in you with meekness and fear:

1 Peter 3:15

Creation Moment 5/28/2013 - First Fossil Penguin was - ---- - already a Penguin

"Penguins are superb swimmers, well adapted to their Antarctic climate.  They use their wings to

“fly” in a different fluid—water, not air.  The sight of a swarm of penguins darting through the water under the ice with speed and grace makes for dramatic film footage.  Most of the major science news sites are claiming that the “puzzle” of penguin flightlessness has been “solved” in a new study published in PNAS.  Earlier theories suggested that the lack of predators led to flightlessness, or that evolution had a hard time producing a wing that was good at both flying and swimming.
An international team took a different approach.  They measured the energy demands of flight.  There’s no question that maintaining flight in the air is costly.  Some birds, like cormorants and penguins, are good at both.  But if aerial flight is not required for successful feeding, a bird could focus its wings, feet, and other body parts on just the swimming.
The authors measured the energy cost of flying for the guillemot, a bird that looks remarkably like a penguin but can fly. They found that its wings allow it to barely stay aloft; it is exhausting for the bird, that swims effectively to catch fish.  They feel the guillemot is near a “tipping point” where it might some day reach an “evolutionary trade-off” to give up aerial flying. They also compared the energy expenditures for murres (10/27/11) and cormorants (5/24/04), two other kinds of fishing seabirds.  One co-author put it, “Basically the hypothesis is that as the wings became more and more efficient for them to dive, they became less and less efficient for them to fly.”  The abstract says,

These results strongly support the hypothesis that function constrains form in diving birds, and that optimizing wing shape and form for wing-propelled diving leads to such high flight costs that flying ceases to be an option in larger wing-propelled diving seabirds, including penguins.

But how is the change explained in evolutionary theory?  Surprisingly, none of the articles mentioned natural selection, even though National Geographic’s headline quipped, “Why Did Penguins Stop Flying? The Answer Is Evolutionary.” There was no mention of a mechanism for evolving a penguin out of a flying seabird.  Presumably, the loss of aerial flight occurred by some kind of negative selection, or “de-evolution.”  This doesn’t explain, though, why some seabirds maintained both swimming and flight.  Guillemots do not seem to be evolving into something else.  In the 7/23/12 entry, researchers found that the birds maintain their energy fitness into old age, even though flight is costly.  Certainly, none of the flightless birds thought about exercising an “option” to go swimming only.  Somehow, the adaptation had to make it into the genes, otherwise it sounds like Lamarckism (use and disuse, inheritance of acquired characteristics).
None of the articles, in addition, exhibited a chain of fossil birds leading to the penguin.  On the

contrary, National Geographic offered only speculation:

Scientists don’t have fossils of flighted penguin ancestors, and the earliest known penguin dates to just after the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (58 to 60 million years ago).

“It is tempting to speculate that the evolution of penguins happened in that explosive radiation [of mammal species] that happened just after the K-T event,” when many species went extinct, Speakman said. “However, there is no direct evidence to support this, and it could have happened any time during the late Cretaceous.”

So the first fossil penguin was already a penguin.  The phrase “explosive radiation,” further, offers no mechanism for evolution to produce complex creatures like elephants and giraffes with new organs requiring large increases in genetic information.  Penguins, by contrast, contain all the same basic features as other birds.  With their modified wings, they continue to fly—underwater." CEV

 

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Genesis 1:20

 

 

Memorial Day 2013 (David & Joab)

Joab scolds David for disrespecting his military men

 

And Joab came into the house to the king, and said,

Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants,

which this day have saved thy life,

and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters,

and the lives of thy wives,

and the lives of thy concubines;

 

In that thou lovest thine enemies,

and hatest thy friends.

For thou hast declared this day,

that thou regardest neither princes nor servants:

for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived,

and all we had died this day,

then it had pleased thee well.

 

Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants:

for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night:

and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

 

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate.

And they told unto all the people, saying,

Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king:

2 Samuel 19:5-8

Creation Moment 5/27/2013 - Butterfly evolutionist admits.....

A leading butterfly evolutionist admits "The study of evolution inevitably involves much speculation and inference, and it would be a mistake to imagine that we understand the course of evolution in butterflies." Butterflies p.50 D.Vance-Wright

 

 

 

 

 

 

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, .... and creeping thing, ....and it was so.

Genesis 1:24

The Sanctuary & the 7th Trumpet

The 7th Seal is opened at the end of the 2300 days (years) - 1844

 

And the seventh angel sounded;

and there were great voices in heaven, saying,

The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ;

and he shall reign for ever and ever.

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come,

and the time of the dead, that they should be judged,

and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints,

and them that fear thy name, small and great;

and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

And the temple of God was opened in heaven,

and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament:

and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

Revelation 11:15,18,19

 

1) Anger of the Nations - 1848 Revolutions that swept Europe leaving many thrones toppled, followed not long after by WW1, WW2, Red Revolutions, Cold War, War on Terror, etc.

More people have died in wars since 1844 (here in mans 'enlightened" era, than in all wars previous on the planet).

 

2) Thy Wrath Is Come- The future 7 last plagues

 

3) The Kingdoms become the Lord's- At the end of this 7th Trumpet Sound

 

4) That they should be Judged - The Judgment has begun

 

5) Opening of the Temple of God in Heaven - Beginning in 1844 as Christ entered the Most Holy Place to commence His Cleansing Work

 

6) There was Seen - Notice John does NOT say "I saw" but rather "It was seen". Meaning it was seen by the people. It was the ark of His testament-which contains His Law. And what part of the Law had been forgotten up to that point? - The Sabbath....But now the ark & God's Law are "seen". Both the work in the Sanctuary & the Sabbath are brought back to view of the people after 1844.

 

The Temple has been opened & NO man can shut it

 

No Sanctuary? Really?

There are some among the different church denominations (and Desmond Ford types within) who claim that there is NO actual Sanctuary in Heaven? Really? Well....if there is no Sanctuary in Heaven, then how can something be cleansed that doesn't exist?

And he said unto me,

Unto two thousand and three hundred days;

then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

Daniel 8:14

 

Furthermore, look close -

A minister of the sanctuary,

and of the true tabernacle,

which the Lord pitched, and not man.

Hebrews 8:2

Not only are we told about this Sanctuary in heaven-

but to be more specific, it is pitched by the Lord Himself, and NOT by man....

 Can you "pitch" anything in Heaven?

 

Papal Infallibility - The Vote

"That the Pope's jurisdiction is immediate in all Churches-ie, he is the universal ordinary, the actual bishop of every See....and that the Roman Pontiff, when he speaks ex cathedra, and defines a doctrine of faith or morals to be held by the universal church, is infallible,..."


Pius IX

Vatican Council I presided over by Pope Pius IX

Voted upon July 1870

451 voted affirmative

88 voted against

62 would support it if modified

70 abstained from the vote

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;
and his deadly wound was healed:

and all the world wondered after the beast.

Revelation  13:3

God's Mercy has it's Limit

A Lesson we should bear in mind......

 

But they mocked the messengers of God,

and despised his words,

and misused his prophets,

until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people,

till there was no remedy.

2 Chronicles 36:16

 

SCAM ALERT - John Crowder - "Tokin the Ghost"? & "Soaking up the spirit"

Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons.

1 Timothy 4:1 NLT

 

John Crowder believes in "tokin the Holy Ghost" or simply "tokin the Ghost". And what is "tokin

John Crowder

the Ghost" you ask? ---Exactly what you think it is. Crowder was supposedly contacted by Christ while he was high on drugs. He actually has a global ministry & following. His appeal seems to be heavily among young people in the charismatic movement. He also is into "soaking up the anointing" from the graves of dead former charismatic leaders. (Wouldn't that be a form of necromancy?)

 

Watch John Crowder at a grave - Crowder is clearly such a fraud that it really is unbelievable that anyone would support or follow his ministry-but people do.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/YKmVR8OutQk?feature=player_embedded

The practice of necromancy supposes belief in the survival of the soul after death, the possession of a superior knowledge by the disembodied spirit, and the possibility of communication between the living and the dead.

There shall not be found among you
any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire,
or that useth divination,
or an observer of times,
or an enchanter,
or a witch,
Or a charmer,
or a consulter with familiar spirits,
or a wizard,
or a necromancer.
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD:

Deuteronomy 18:10-12

 

 

Creation Moment 5/26/2013 - Mutations

"Mutations, when properly understood, are an excellent example of science confirming the Bible. When one sees the devastating effects of mutations, one can’t help but be reminded of the Curse in Genesis 3. The accumulation of mutations from generation to generation is due to man’s sin. " AIG

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying,

Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake;........ for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Genesis 3:17,19

Papal Notes - Pope on Atheists Redeemed

"(CNN) -– American atheists welcomed Pope Francis’ comments that God redeems nonbelievers, saying that the new pontiff's historic outreach is helping to topple longstanding barriers.

“The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone,” the pope told worshipers at morning Mass on Wednesday. “‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone!”
Francis continued, “We must meet one another doing good. ‘But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist!’ But do good: we will meet one another there.”
Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association, said that although he has been skeptical of Francis' outreach to the nonreligious, he welcomed Wednesday’s comments."

....and his deadly wound was healed:

and all the world wondered after the beast.

Revelation 13:3

1) This Pope sure is slick at getting the world to "like" him.....
2) We are not saved by simply doing good things....
3) Redemption is for ALL--Who want it-problem is, some reject it...
4) Sorry Francis....with all due respect-ATHEISTS are not going to be down here shaking their fists at the idea of God but then walking the streets of Heaven one day or roaming about the New Earth.
.Being filled with all unrighteousness,..haters of God,.... Romans 1:30

The Most Imposing Religious Service on Earth

"The most imposing religious service ever performed in this world, either before or since that time."

Philip Smith, History of this world vol.1, p.173

 

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel,

and all the heads of the tribes,

the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel,

unto king Solomon in Jerusalem,

that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David,

And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him,

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place,

into the oracle of the house,

to the most holy place,

even under the wings of the cherubims.

1 Kings 8:1,5

 

Now when Solomon had made an end of praying,

the fire came down from heaven,

and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices;

 and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD,

because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house.

And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down,

 and the glory of the LORD upon the house,

they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement,

 and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying,

For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Chronicles 7:1-3

 

 

Kneeling

"Both in public and in private worship it is our privilege to bow on our knees before God when we offer our petitions to Him. Jesus, our example, "kneeled down, and prayed." Luke 22:41. Of his disciples it is recorded that they, too, "kneeled down, and prayed." Acts 9:40. Paul declared, "I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." Ephesians 3:14. In confessing before God the sins of Israel, Ezra knelt. See Ezra 9:5. Daniel "kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God." Daniel 6:10.
True reverence for God is inspired by a sense of His infinite greatness and a realization of His presence. With this sense of the Unseen, every heart should be deeply impressed. The hour and place of prayer are sacred, because God is there." Patriarchs & Prophets p.49 E.G.W. 

Creation Moment 5/25/2013 - NASA Boondoggle $$$

"NASA’s Astrobiology Institute is a worthless boondoggle that accomplishes nothing.  Where is their evidence?  They study planets, rocks, and possibly oceans, but there is still no evidence for life beyond Earth’s biosphere.  It’s an enterprise built entirely on faith in a Darwinian ideology.  Astrobiology Magazine publishes almost nothing original.  Day after day they re-post press releases from other sources that say, “maybe this” and “maybe that.”  Did you see the government seal of approval on the webpage?

When “astrobiology” was born as a “new science” back around 1990 because of a rush to celebrate possible fossils in a Martian meteorite (since debunked), then-NASA-chief Dan Goldin convinced Congress to fund research into life on other worlds.   Since then, nothing has been accomplished to find life elsewhere, .... One of our readers should research how many millions of tax dollars the government has spent on this Darwinian fantasy trip." CEH

So where does this leave the philosophers,

the scholars, and the world's brilliant debaters?

God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish.

1 Corinthians 1:20 NLT

 

Blood for the Atonement

The blood of the atonement is for 2 reasons:

1) To make an atonement for the sins of the people

2) To make an atonement (cleanse) the Holy Sanctuary

We learn about the anti-type from the type:

 

 

 

 

 

Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering,

that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail,

and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock,

and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:

 

And he shall make an atonement for the holy place,

because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel,

and because of their transgressions in all their sins:

 

 

Leviticus 16:15,16

Emotion Vs. the written Word



Avoid the "emotional" melodrama of the charismatic & evangelical
churches and instead focus on the tranquility of the Word of God.
The emotional outbursts are NO sign of the Holy Spirit

"There is danger of those in our ranks making a mistake in regard to receiving the Holy Ghost. Many suppose an emotion or a rapture of feeling to be an evidence of the presence of the Holy Spirit. There is danger that right sentiments will not be understood, and that Christ's words, "Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you" (Matthew 28:20), will lose their significance. There is danger that original devisings and superstitious imaginings will take the place of the Scriptures. Tell our people: "Be not anxious to bring in something not revealed in the Word. Keep close to Christ." . . .
Selected Messages Vol.2, CH.1 E.G.W.

IN the NEWS - Evil Stalks London

'You and your children will be next': Islamic fanatics wielding meat cleavers butcher and try to behead a British soldier, taking their war on the West to a new level of horror

• One of the men arrested is believed to be Michael Adebolajo
• Two men repeatedly stab and tried to behead off-duty soldier in SE London
• They shouted 'Allah Akbar' attack and told witnesses to film them
• Charged at police officers with rusty revolver, knives and meat cleavers
• Killing took place 200 yards from barracks and close to primary school
• Both men placed under arrest after being treated for gunshot wounds" MailOnline.UK

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man:

Matthew 15:19,20

 

Creation Moment 5/24/2013 - What does that say?

Biomimetics is the field of studying the creatures around us and learning from them how to design things, such as from the exoskeleton of a scorpion. (A Chinese university was interested as to why a sandstorm that can strip paint is survived without any damage by scorpions. They found out that it has to do with the dome shaped granules of their design pattern of the exoskeleton. And from that they can attempt to pattern man made things to resist wind erosion.)
If biomimetics is all about making copies of the design---what does THAT say about the DESIGNER?

He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.

Philippians 3:21 NLT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See below the "Design By nature" Gallery by National Geographic

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/04/biomimetics/clark-photography

The Cleansing

It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 9:23

 

The cleansing was /is accomplished by blood

The cleansing is to cleanse from sin

IN the NEWS - MTV, Urine & Ghosts

I have seen the foolish taking root:

Job 5:3

".....the self-professed "dirty little sister" of pop music, is often just that -- dirty. In her upcoming MTV documentary series, "Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life," the 25-year-old singer drinks her own urine.
For starters she asked her fans to send her a tooth, and she was able to fashion a bra, headdress and earrings out of the 1,000-plus canines she received. Then we met her "boyfriend," and there's always the time she claimed she had sex with a ghost. We're not exactly sure what happened, but last September the singer told Ryan Seacrest that her album "Warrior" is about "experiences with the supernatural... but in a sexy way." Celebrity

State of the "entertainment" industry today

Creation Moment 5/23/2013 - Ball State

The University where I went to college is making some news in the evolution-Creation debate.

"There is a very disturbing affair going on at Ball State University that everyone needs to know 

Ball State

about. The public university in Muncie, Indiana, has been under pressure from a rabid national atheist group and from atheist activist Jerry Coyne to discipline a young untenured assistant physics professor for teaching about intelligent design. Coyne and the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) claim it's a legal, constitutional matter, no less: teaching about ID violates the First Amendment! "It’s religion taught as science in a public university, and it’s not only wrong but illegal," writes Coyne. "This will now go to the lawyers."
Ball State has announced it will indeed scrutinize the situation. FFRF staff attorney Andrew L. Seidel complained in a legally vacuous letter to Ball State president Jo Ann Gora. Amazingly, the university responded with this ominous public statement:

The university received a complaint from a third party late yesterday afternoon about content in a specific course offered at Ball State. We take academic rigor and academic integrity very seriously. Having just received these concerns, it is impossible to comment on them at this point. We will explore in depth the issues and concerns raised and take the appropriate actions through our established processes and procedures.

Being the subject of such controversy, with your employer issuing public statements about how higher ups will be "explor[ing] concerns" about your "academic rigor" and "integrity," is obviously the last thing an academic in Eric Hedin's shoes wants. It's enough to make the blood drain from your face.
The only good news at this point is that Dr. Hedin's immediate supervisor, the chairman of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, seems to be backing him up. Quoted in a news article about the push to silence Hedin, reported by Inside Higher Ed, Thomas Robertson politely dismissed Coyne's complaint:

The information provided to me by Jerry Coyne contains nothing in addition to information that has been in my possession for some time. The syllabus published was approved by our department Curriculum and Assessment Committee. We review faculty performance regularly through student and peer/chair evaluations. I receive complaints and concerns from students familiar with faculty performance in their classes and investigate when appropriate. Given the totality of information available to me at this time, I do not share the opinions expressed on the web sites cited below. We will continue to monitor our faculty and their course materials and practices and take appropriate action when deemed necessary.

Coyne makes much of the fact that since 2005, exactly three students reviewing Eric Hedin's classes at Rate My Professors have complained about his favorable comments on religion. Otherwise, Hedin is evidently a very well liked and respected instructor, including by the three who didn't care for his remarks on religious topics -- whatever, in fact, those amounted to. It would be interesting to know what Coyne's students at the University of Chicago think of him. To date nobody has even bothered to rate him on the website." ENV

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes,
His eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made,
so that they are without excuse.
Romans 1:20 NASB

Papal Notes - Pope Francis miracles?

"The astonishing incident between the Pontiff and the person in a wheelchair, took place immediately after Pentecostal mass on Sunday May 19.
The video shows how a priest leans across the boy or young man to tell Francis something, at which point the Pope’s expression becomes more serious.
The Pontiff then grips the top of the subject’s head firmly and is seen pushing him down into his wheelchair.
As this is happening Francis recites an intense prayer, and the boy’s mouth drops wide open and he exhales sharply.
Francis’s usual smile then returns and he continues with the traditional and more gentle Sunday greetings for sick or disabled visitors to St Peter’s." TheSun

Watch Pope Francis do his mumbo-jumbo http://www.youtube.com/embed/8MW1bNGNg30

 

So will this Jesuit Pope unite the Catholic, charismatic & evangelic (as well as mainline) Protestant world? We shall wait & see.....

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

Revelation 16:13,14

Spirit Of The Age performed by Michael card

Spirit Of The Age performed by Michael Card

https://www.youtube.com/embed/VWzFBIXELiY

 

Thus saith the LORD;

A voice was heard in Ramah,

lamentation, and bitter weeping;

Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children,

because they were not.

Jeremiah 31:15

 

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation,

and weeping, and great mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted,

because they are not.

Matthew 2:18

Judged by Works?

Q: Why are we judged by our "Works" if we are saved by Grace?

 

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Revelation 20:12

 

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Ecclesiastes 12:14

 

A: Our "works" reflect what is in the heart. We do the "works" for the right reasons. Because we want to obey. But the "works" can't save us. They can only "judge" us--a mirror that shows whether we are phonies or not. The actual "saving" takes place by being covered by His robe of Righteousness. Grace.....

 

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments.

And his commandments are not burdensome.

1 John 5:3 ESV