Puritan Corner - ABOVE ALL

Christ is not truly prized at all — unless He is prized above all.
     
by Nathaniel Vincent (1639-1697)
And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Exodus 23:13

101 Reasons for a Young Earth SERIES: 90

Q: Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?

declare, if thou hast understanding.

A: For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,

 being understood by the things that are made, .....so that they are without excuse:

Job 38:4/Romans 1:20

"Evidence of (very) recent geological activity (tectonic movements) on the moon is inconsistent with its supposed age of billions of years and its hot origin. Watters, T.R., et al., Evidence of Recent Thrust Faulting on the Moon Revealed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, Science 329(5994):936–940, 20 August 2010; DOI: 10.1126/science.1189590 (“This detection, coupled with the very young apparent age of the faults, suggests global late-stage contraction of the Moon.”)"

CMI

E.G.W. on the Nicolaitans

 "In the book of Revelation, the prophet John gives the churches a message from God...A couple of those messages had to do with a false doctrine that found its way into the church.
And God said He hated it.  It is mentioned twice in the book of Revelation, first in the message to the church of Ephesus, and secondly to the church of Pergamos.

The message to the church in Ephesus begins by commendation for their patience, loving the truth and hating that which is evil, and testing those who say they are apostles but are not, followed by a rebuke for leaving their first love and then it goes on to say
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. (Revelation 2:6).

In the message to the church of Pergamos, they are first commended for not denying the faith, followed by a rebuke because there were some among them that held false doctrines.
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.  So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. (Revelation 2:14,15).

Ellen White comments on this doctrine, “The Law and the Gospel can not be separated. In Christ mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. The Gospel has not ignored the obligations due to God by man. The Gospel is the Law unfolded, nothing more nor less. It gives no more latitude to sin than does the Law.

The Law points to Christ;

Christ points to the Law.

The Gospel calls men to repentance.

Repentance of what?--Of sin.

And what is sin?--It is the transgression of the Law...”

“But the doctrine is now largely taught that the Gospel of Christ has made the Law of God of no effect; that by "believing" we are released from the necessity of being doers of the word. But this is the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which Christ so unsparingly condemned…” 

She then says that this class,“… separate Christ and the Law, and regard faith as a substitute for obedience… Virtually they teach, both by precept and example, that Christ, by his death, saves men in their transgressions.”

“It is our work to know our special failings and sins, which cause darkness and spiritual feebleness, and quenched our first love.

Is it worldliness?

Is it selfishness?

Is it the love of self-esteem?

Is it striving to be first?

Is it the sin of sensuality that is intensely active?

Is it the sin of the Nicolaitans, turning the grace of God into lasciviousness? …

Whatever it is that has been petted and cultivated until it has become strong and overmastering, make determined efforts to overcome, else you will be lost”

“Turning the grace of God into lasciviousness” is exalting Jesus in word, but minimizing or ignoring altogether His teachings while claiming to be “saved by grace.” 
Christ's white robe of righteousness will never cover anyone who refuses to repent and turn from their sins. 
Jesus didn’t come to save people in their sins, but from their sins.

Jude speaks about this doctrine of the Nicolaitans, “turning the grace of God into lasciviousness”,Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ” (Jude 1:3,4).

We are not saved by keeping the law, yet it is the standard by which our character is measured and the proof of our faith in the power of God."
Excellent article by Randy Bierwagen/Fulcrum7

E.G.W. & that "Chain"

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 2 Timothy 3:16

"Mrs. White's doctrine of the church..... The various features and emphasis of this doctrine receive their character from the theology.
Truth is seen as a connected system—
"a complete system of truth, connected harmonious,"
 "a straight chain of Bible truth, clear and connected,^"
"a chain of evangelical truth."
The doctrine of the church is part of that chain."
PT - Ev 222/3T 447/FE 385 E.G.W.

Biblical Gospel vs. Evangelical Gospel SERIES: 4

Evangelical Gospel
Justification is exclusively declarative, and not transformative – This is the belief that justifying righteousness only declares a believer righteous, as distinct from actually making him righteous.

Biblical Gospel
“God’s forgiveness is not merely a judicial act by which He sets us free from condemnation.  It is not only forgiveness for sin, but reclaiming from sin.  It is the outflow of redeeming love that transforms the heart.  David had the true conception of forgiveness when he prayed, ‘Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.’ Psalm 51:10” 
Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, p. 114 E.G.W.  

Forgiveness, or pardon, is defined by Ellen White as the same as justification.  She writes, “Pardon and justification are one and the same thing”.  The above statements mean that justification can never be limited to a mere declaration. It is both a declaration and a transforming process.  

Dennis and Matthew Priebe

Paths From Babel - Mysterious Y Population

Therefore is the name of it called Babel;...from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:9

"A new study, published in the journal Nature, shows that some Amazonian Native Americans descend partly from a Native American population that carried ancestry more closely related to the indigenous peoples of Australasia – Australians, New Guineans and Andaman Islanders – than to any present-day Native Americans or Eurasians.
“It’s incredibly surprising. There’s a strong working model in archaeology and genetics, of which I have been a proponent, that most Native Americans today extend from a single pulse of expansion south of the ice sheets – and that’s wrong. We missed something very important in the original data,” said study senior author Prof David Reich of Harvard Medical School.
Previous studies have shown that Native Americans from the Arctic to the southern tip of South America can trace their ancestry to a single population called the First Americans, who came across the Bering land bridge about 15,000 years ago. The new study indicates that there’s more to the story.
The Tupí-speaking Suruí and Karitiana and the Ge-speaking Xavante of the Amazon had a genetic ancestor more closely related to indigenous Australasians than to any other present-day

population.
This ancestor doesn’t appear to have left measurable traces in present-day Northern and Central Americans....“The ancestry is much older, perhaps as old as the First Americans. In the ensuing millennia, the ancestral group has disappeared,” said study first author Dr Pontus Skoglund.
“We’ve done a lot of sampling in East Asia and nobody looks like this. It’s an unknown group that doesn’t exist anymore.”
The researchers named the mysterious ancestor Population Y, after the Tupí word ‘Ypykuéra’ (ancestor).
“Population Y and First Americans came down from the ice sheets to become the two founding populations of the Americas. We don’t know the order, the time separation or the geographical patterns,” Dr Skoglund said.
“About 2% of the ancestry of Amazonians today comes from this Australasian lineage that’s not present in the same way elsewhere in the Americas,” Prof Reich said.
“However, that doesn’t establish how much of their ancestry comes from Population Y.”
If Population Y were 100% Australasian, that would indeed mean they contributed 2% of the DNA of today’s Amazonians.
But if Population Y mixed with other groups such as the First Americans before they reached the Americas, the amount of DNA they contributed to today’s Amazonians could be much higher – up to 85 %."
SciNews

SDA News - SDA Prime Minister

"Seventh-day Adventist James Marape was today (May 30) elected Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The appointment comes after weeks of turmoil that rocked the PNG government and eventually led to the resignation of former PM Peter O’Neill. Mr Marape, the country’s former finance minister."
EndTimes
When they heard these things, they held their peace... Acts 11:18

Creation Moment 5/31/2019 - More of the Creator's Worlds

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God...
Hebrews 11:3

"Astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanets Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered a compact three-planet system around the sixth-magnitude star HR 858.
The newly-discovered planets orbit HR 858, a slightly-evolved

F-type star, which is also a member of a visual binary system.
Also known as HD 17926, HIP 13363, TIC 178155732 and TOI 396, the star lies in the constellation of Fornax, approximately 104.4 light-years from Earth.
It has a radius 30% larger than the Sun, a mass 1.15 times solar, and a temperature of about 10,700 degrees Fahrenheit (5,928 degrees Celsius).
Named HR 858b, c and d, the new planets are all about twice the size of Earth.
According to the team, HR 858 is one of the brightest stars known to host transiting exoplanets."
SciNews

Our Relation to God's Holy Law

For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by Myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.
Jeremiah 22:1-5

"Not one tittle of God's holy law is to be treated lightly or disrespectfully.
Those who transgress a "Thus saith the Lord,"

--stand under the banner of the prince of darkness,

in rebellion against

--their Maker and

--their Redeemer.

 

They claim the promises given to the obedient, saying, The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are we, while they dishonor God by misrepresenting His character, by doing the very things He has told them not to do."
Manuscript Releases vol.14,p.343 E.G.W.

101 Reasons for a Young Earth SERIES: 89

Q: Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?

declare, if thou hast understanding.

A: For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,

 being understood by the things that are made, .....so that they are without excuse:

Job 38:4/Romans 1:20

"The faint young sun paradox. According to stellar evolution theory, as the sun’s core transforms from hydrogen to helium by means of nuclear fusion, the mean molecular weight increases, which would compress the sun’s core increasing fusion rate. The upshot is that over several billion years, the sun ought to have brightened 40% since its formation and 25% since the appearance of life on earth. For the latter, this translates into a 16–18 ºC temperature increase on the earth. The current average temperature is 15 ºC, so the earth ought to have had a -2 ºC or so temperature when life appeared. See: Faulkner, D., The young faint Sun paradox and the age of the solar system. As of 2010, the faint young sun remains a problem."

CMI

Biblical Gospel vs. Evangelical Gospel SERIES: 3

Evangelical Gospel
Salvation by justification alone – This is the belief that the ground of the Christian’s salvation is justifying righteousness only, as distinct from the transforming, empowering righteousness of regeneration and sanctification, which are seen by evangelicals as only the results of salvation.

Biblical Gospel
“God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.” (2 Thess. 2:13). 
Justification and sanctification are both necessary parts of one saving process. Justification is not more important than sanctification.
Dennis and Matthew Priebe

IN the NEWS - Illinois Mischief

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, And if any mischief follow, so that her fruit depart from her,... then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,....
Exodus 21:23,24

"Illinois lawmakers are moving forward with a radical pro-abortion bill that would legalize abortions for basically any reason up to birth.

The legislation prompted massive protests earlier this year. In March, so many pro-life advocates filled the capitol to rally against the bill that police had to close the building due to overcrowding. Since then, state lawmakers have been sitting on the legislation.
On Wednesday, however, the Illinois House Democratic caucus held a meeting to discuss pushing the bill through before the legislative session ends on May 31, according to Capitol News Illinois.
House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, made it “clear that they were going to find us a new vehicle for the bill” at the meeting, the report states.
The Reproductive Health Act (House Bill 2495) would treat abortion as a “fundamental right” and strip away even minor protections for unborn babies and medical professionals who object to abortions. Gov. J.B. Pritzker supports the bill.'"
LifeNews

Creation Moment 5/30/2019 - Somebody's Laughing

"Evolutionary backing found in analysis of mammalian vertebrae (Science Daily). If the headline makes you think you will hear evidence that backs evolution, what you will read is quite different. Darwinians at New York University are puzzled about non-evolution:

The work centers on an effort to better understand why certain aspects of mammals remain consistent over time — a phenomenon known as evolutionary stasis.

How’s that for an oxymoron?
“Evolutionary stasis” means ‘evolutionary non-evolution.’"
CEH
But thou, O LORD,
shalt laugh at them;
Psalm 59:8

101 Reasons for a Young Earth SERIES: 88

Q: Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?

declare, if thou hast understanding.

A: For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,

 being understood by the things that are made, .....so that they are without excuse:

Job 38:4/Romans 1:20

"The observed rapid rate of change in stars contradicts the vast ages assigned to stellar evolution. For example, Sakurai’s Object in Sagittarius: in 1994, this star was most likely a white dwarf in the centre of a planetary nebula; by 1997 it had grown to a bright yellow giant, about 80 times wider than the sun (Astronomy & Astrophysics 321:L17, 1997). In 1998, it had expanded even further, to a red supergiant 150 times wider than the sun. But then it shrank just as quickly; by 2002 the star itself was invisible even to the most powerful optical telescopes, although it is detectable in the infrared, which shines through the dust (Muir, H., 2003, Back from the dead, New Scientist 177."

CMI

Biblical Gospel vs. Evangelical Gospel SERIES: 2

Evangelical Gospel
The unfallen nature of Christ – This is the belief that the humanity Christ took upon Himself was the sinless nature of Adam as it was before the Fall.

Biblical Gospel
“It would have been an almost infinite humiliation for the Son of God to take man’s nature, even when Adam stood in his innocence in Eden. But Jesus accepted humanity when the race had been weakened by four thousand years of sin. Like every child of Adam He accepted the results of the working of the great law of heredity. What these results were is shown in the history of His earthly ancestors. He came with such a heredity, to share our sorrows and temptations, and to give us the example of a sinless life.”
The Desire of Ages, p. 49 E.G.W.
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 2:16,17
Christ did not exempt Himself from our inherited human nature, as it was imperative that He be tempted as we are, from within as well as from outside His humanity.
Dennis and Matthew Priebe

What does it mean to "Kick Against The Pricks"?

“And he said, Who art thou, Lord?
And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Acts 9:5

The reference here means to go against your conscience.
God pricks the conscience, the impressions of which are often resisted.

“Their knowledge of the truth makes it hard for them to indulge in sinful pleasures, for they cannot altogether put out of the mind the claims of God upon them.
There is a feeling of impatience at the restraint which is thus imposed. They try to get away from this admonitory voice; but they find themselves kicking against the pricks, piercing themselves through with many sorrows.
Oh, that they would come to the Fountain of living waters before they shall have grieved away the Spirit of God for the last time!”
Testimonies, vol. 4, 626 E.G.W."
StepsToLife

Papal Note - Guess what "Gospel" Francis Preached to the U.N.

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you

 into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

Galatians 1:6

“Around the world, we are seeing heat waves, droughts, forest

fires, floods and other extreme meteorological events, rising sea levels, the emergence of diseases and further problems that are only a dire premonition of things much worse to come, unless we act and act urgently,” the pope told a group of leaders assembled at the Vatican for a meeting titled “Climate Change and New Evidence from Science, Engineering, and Policy.”

“Time is of the essence,” the pope told the group, which included the president of the General Assembly of the United Nations and

the finance ministers of various nations. “You are here today to reflect on how to remedy this profound crisis caused by a confusion of our moral ledger with our financial ledger. You are here to help stop a crisis that is leading the world towards disaster.”
Breitbart

The "Really" File - (Every Imagination of Gillette)

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 6:5

"The risky advert echoes the feminist campaign to blur the biological differences between men and women by suggesting that women can become men with the help of some Gillette shaving products.

The main character says:

Growing up, I was always trying to figure out what kind of man I wanted to become, and I’m still trying to figure out what kind of man that I want to become … I’m glad I’m at the point where I’m able to shave … I’m at the point in my manhood where I’m actually happy. It is not just myself transitioning, it is everybody around me transitioning.

The ad fades out, showing the corporate endorsement of the transgender claim: “Whenever, wherever, however, it happens your first shave is special.”

Instead of associating their shaving products with the valued idea 

From the "Really" File

of masculinity, Gillette’s managers associate their products with the feminist claim that men’s masculinity is unrelated to biology and is instead “socially constructed” by vague forces in society.

The Gillette advertisement does not explain why it wishes to associate its products with the unpopular idea, but the idea may be popular among leaders in the advertising profession. If so, the ad may win awards for the company’s advertising staff while also reducing the company’s economic value to its shareholders."

REALLY?

Creation Moment 5/29/2019 - Just a.... "Thought"

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD:
Isaiah 1:18

"C.S. Lewis said,

Supposing there was no intelligence behind the universe, no creative mind.  

In that case, nobody designed my brain for the purpose

of thinking. It is merely that when the atoms inside my skull happen, for physical or chemical reasons, to arrange themselves in a certain way, this gives me, as a by-product, the sensation I call thought.  

But, if so, how can I trust my own thinking to be true? It’s like upsetting a milk jug and hoping that the way it splashes itself will give you a map of London.  

But if I can’t trust my own thinking, of course I can’t trust the arguments leading to Atheism, and therefore have no reason to be an Atheist, or anything else.  

Unless I believe in God, I cannot believe in thought: so I can never use thought to disbelieve in God." CEH

101 Reasons for a Young Earth SERIES: 87

Q: Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?

declare, if thou hast understanding.

A: For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,

 being understood by the things that are made, .....so that they are without excuse:

Job 38:4/Romans 1:20

 "The lifetime of binary asteroids—where a tiny asteroid ‘moon’ orbits a larger asteroid— in the main belt (they represent about 15–17% of the total): tidal effects limit the life of such binary systems to about 100,000 years. The difficulties in conceiving of any scenario for getting binaries to form in such numbers to keep up the population, led some astronomers to doubt their existence, but space probes confirmed it."

CMI

Biblical Gospel vs. Evangelical Gospel SERIES: 1

Evangelical Gospel
Involuntary sin – This is the belief that all became sinners simply by being born.

Biblical Gospel
“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” (1 John 3:4). 
Ellen White calls this the clear definition of sin, the true definition of sin, and at least ten times she calls it the only definition of sin.
Elsewhere, commenting on this verse, she says it means to willfully transgress the law of God in thought, word, or action. 
 “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” (James 4:17).
Dennis and Matthew Priebe

Why the Common?

But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
For as in the days that were before the flood they were

eating and drinking,

marrying and giving in marriage,

until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away;
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 24:37-39

WHY did Christ list the normal, common things of life?
WHY didn't He list things like murder, thievery, adultery, etc.?
....Because that is Obvious.
....Rather He points out that the daily things of Life can Clutter our Hearts and Replace God/Distract us from God.
This is what will keep most people out.

Power For The Living Sermon SERIES (by Randy Skeete)

Power For The Living Sermon SERIES

(by Randy Skeete)

If thou hast run with the footmen,

 and they have wearied thee,

then how canst thou contend with horses?

Jeremiah 12:5

Who Do You Think You Are?
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nXSjcTrdwwA?list=PLsM8mJd9mp3JGPDergOYTL5r-Mv4xl8zU
Do You See What I See?
https://www.youtube.com/embed/hti01p2xpj0?list=PLsM8mJd9mp3JGPDergOYTL5r-Mv4xl8zU
Motive Before Motion
https://www.youtube.com/embed/M6B0JY8lji8?list=PLsM8mJd9mp3JGPDergOYTL5r-Mv4xl8zU
A Heavy Responsibility
https://www.youtube.com/embed/uJgv0lD_VZM?list=PLsM8mJd9mp3JGPDergOYTL5r-Mv4xl8zU
Who's Your Boss?
https://www.youtube.com/embed/JieTcQ895Ks?list=PLsM8mJd9mp3JGPDergOYTL5r-Mv4xl8zU
The Enemy
https://www.youtube.com/embed/KShHTPrHjEY?list=PLsM8mJd9mp3JGPDergOYTL5r-Mv4xl8zU
Forces Of Nature
https://www.youtube.com/embed/n1ugY22AFd4?list=PLsM8mJd9mp3JGPDergOYTL5r-Mv4xl8zU

Chiasm of the Woman at the Well

Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
John 4:9

A(4:1-9)    4:9 For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans. (4:9)   (Σαμαρῖτις)       B(4:10)       4:10 he would have given you living water (4:10)   (ὕδωρ ζῶν)          C(4:11-12)          4:11 where then can you get this living water?(4:11)   (ἔχεις)             D(4:13-14)             4:14 but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst (4:14)                E(4:15)                4:15 Sir, give me this water (4:15)                   F(4:16-18)                   4:17 You are right in saying, 'I do not have a husband.' (4:17)                      G(4:19-20)                      4:19 Sir, I can see that you are a prophet (4:19)"   (προφήτης)                         H(4:21-24)                         4:23 when true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth (4:23)                      G'(4:25-26)                      4:25 I know that the Messiah is coming (4:25)   (Μεσσίας)                   F'(4:27-29)                   4:29 Come see a man who told me everything I have done (4:29)                E'(4:30-31)                4:31 Rabbi, eat (4:31)             D'(4:32)             4:32 I have food to eat of which you do not know (4:32)          C'(4:33)          4:33 Could someone have brought him something to eat? (4:33)   (ἤνεγκεν)       B'(4:34-38)       4:34 My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his work (4:34)   (βρῶμά)    A'(4:39-42)    4:40 When the Samaritans came to him, they invited him to stay with them (4:40)"   (Σαμαρῖται)

A: Samaritans. B: Living water and food. C: Bringing the water and food. D: Unknown food. E: Asking for water, giving a food. F: Prophecy. G: Prophet and Messiah. H: To worship the Father in Spirit and truth.

Book Review: The Physics of Einstein

(short) Book Review: A book that may be of some interest....
(Review by Creation Science Association Of Alberta)

The Physics of Einstein

by Jason Lyle

282 pages Publisher: Biblical Science Institute

Jason Lisle The Physics of Einstein informs us that “Logic, geometry and mathematics are windows into the mind of God.” (p. 7) So here we find Dr. Lisle, a young earth creationist, informing us that “The physics of Einstein tells us something profound about the

truly awesome mind of God.” (p. 10) Thus Dr. Lisle undertakes to discuss “the wonderful ‘weird’ effects of relativity and prove that these effects must occur.”  (p. 9)
Dr. Lisle then proceeds to discuss relativity theory in detail. He concludes that “It is quite wonderful that God has designed a universe that works perfectly with no genuine contradictions and that is nonetheless counterintuitive to us. It humbles the human mind.” (p. 62)
Many will then ask if this means that the big bang theory is correct. Indeed not, declares Dr. Lisle. It is “a mistake to claim that general relativity proves or implies a big bang. It doesn’t.” (p. 182) He further elaborates that without the assumptions of naturalism “there is nothing in Einstein’s field equations that requires the universe to have started from a point or to be billions of years old. And nothing in general relativity is inconsistent with the biblical history that God supernaturally created the universe a few thousand years ago.” (p. 182)
This raises the question of the size and age of the universe. Dr. Lisle declares that the answer lies in the one-way speed of light. Having established from the relevant equations that we can conclude that “As strange as it may seem, it appears that the one-way speed of light is not a property of the universe, but rather a humanly stipulated convention.” (p. 235)
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John 1:3

Health Note - Purpose of Meat Eating

And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting:
and the children of Israel also wept again, and said,
Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Numbers 11:4

"And He permitted that long-lived race to eat animal food to shorten their sinful lives.
Soon after the flood the race began to rapidly decrease in size, and in length of years."
Spiritual Gifts vol.4,p.121 E.G.W.

The Purpose of Meat eating was--well, to Kill You...

IN the NEWS - 30 Hours of Arrests - "Tip of the Iceberg"

Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution,
whether it be to the emperor as supreme,
or to governors as sent by him
to punish those who do evil.....
1 Peter 2:13,14

"Five former Catholic priests from Michigan have been charged on multiple counts of rape and assault of minors and adults.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel made the announcement at a press conference Friday morning, detailing the names and allegations against each priest, arrested in the past 30 hours in various parts of the country, but all formerly assigned in Michigan dioceses.

A total of 21 charges of criminal sexual conduct have been filed against the men, with four arrests and another pending extradition, as the fifth priest lives in India.
Father Jacob Vellian, former priest from the Lansing diocese, is being charged with rape of a victim under the age of 16, and continuing his assaults when the victim became an adult. Vellian, 84 years old, is also facing complaints involving sex abuse of nuns in India. 
Nessel clarified that they have not yet arrested him, but "we've located him and we'll be making efforts to extradite him."
Two Detroit priests have been arrested.
Father Neil Kalina, formerly of St. Kieran Church in Shelby Township, was arrested on four counts of criminal sexual conduct involving the same victim, who was assaulted at the age of 13, and again between the ages of 13–15. Kalina had gotten in trouble with the law in 1985, at the age of 30, arrested for supplying minors with cocaine, marijuana and alcohol in his rectory. 

Kalina was living in California and working as a youth counselor for an initiative called Operation High Hopes.


Fr. Patrick Casey wearing a chasuble
featuring Detroit Redwings logo

Another Detroit priest, Fr. Patrick Casey, 53, was arrested in Oak Park, Michigan, for a charge of performing oral sex on the victim during confession, while acting as the victim's spiritual counselor.
Two Lansing priests were also among those arrested.
Father Timothy Michael Crowley was charged with eight counts of criminal sexual conduct, including raping a child under the age of 16 as well as raping another victim older than 16. Father Vincent DeLorenzo was arrested and charged with six counts of criminal sexual conduct. The Lansing diocese said eight people have come forward accusing him of abuse and that he's in the process of being laicized.
Nessel also announced the suspension of a counseling license for Fr. Lawrence Ventline of Detroit, formerly assigned to Sacred Heart in Roseville, accused of sexual assault of an adult. As recently as two weeks ago, Ventline had been working as a clinical psychologist and was actively taking on children as clients. He is also author of a book titled Securing Serenity in Troubling Times.
Ventline's license has since been summarily suspended, and the attorney general's office has filed a complaint to revoke his license permanently.
Ventline was featured on CBS Detroit in 2012 as part of the Inclusive Communities Uniting project, an initiative meant to bring different communities together, commenting at the time that his goal was to "connect, to build trust, (there is) so much mistrust, distrust ... ."
"This is only the tip of the iceberg," the attorney general clarified. "We anticipate many more charges and arrests as we continue to move forward with this work."
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