IN the NEWS - Lesson from Scotland

"The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church has said that churches need to change if they are to reverse the decline in religious affiliation in Scotland.

Bishop David Chillingworth was responding to the latest figures from the 2011 Census, which revealed that in Scotland, 54% of people identify themselves as Christian, a decrease of 11% since 2001. At the same time, the number identifying themselves as atheist has risen by 9% over the last 10 years to 37% today.
"The figures for religious affiliation in Scotland are a significant challenge for churches. Nominal membership of traditional churches is swiftly changing into 'no religion'," said Bishop Chillingworth.
"The reasons are clear. Traditional patterns of church life have difficulty attracting people in a mobile, fast-changing and increasingly sophisticated society. Congregations are communities of affection which gather in time-hallowed buildings and they find change challenging." ChristianPost

1) Nominal=No Religion...well, yeah.....Nominal means in name only so at least they are being honest now when they answer a poll as to where they really stand as it relates to "church"...

2) As for using the excuse of a "sophisticated society" & a "mobile" society as a reason, let the Scriptures respond to "society" on that - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Luke 21:34

Creation Moment 9/30/2013 - Broken Heart Syndrome

We are a delicately wired (created/designed) machine....
"A condition called stress cardiomyopathy entails a sudden, temporary weakening of the muscle of the heart (the myocardium). This results in symptoms akin to those of a heart attack, including chest pain, shortness of breath and arm aches.
The condition is also commonly known as "broken heart syndrome" because it can be caused by an emotionally stressful event, such as the death of a loved one or a divorce, breakup or physical separation from a loved one." LiveScience
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;
Psalm 34:18
 

Diseased Imaginations

R U OBSESSED with Modern Day Storytelling?

"But these very youth who profess to be Christians gratify the desires of the carnal heart in following their own inclinations; and God-given, probationary time, granted them to become acquainted with the precious truths of the Bible, is devoted to the reading of fictitious tales. This habit once formed is difficult to overcome; but it can be done, it must be done by all who are candidates for the heavenly world.

   

 

That mind is ruined which is allowed to be
absorbed in story-reading.

The imagination becomes diseased,

sentimentalism takes possession of the mind,

and there is a vague unrest,
a strange appetite for unwholesome mental food,

which is constantly unbalancing the mind."

Messages To Young People p.290 E.G.W.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.
1 John 2:15

Creation Moment 9/29/2013 - Legs

"Here on Earth, a person's blood tends to pool in the legs because of gravity (the leg veins have valves that help to maintain blood flow from the legs back up to the heart)." LiveScience
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
Psalm 139:14

Hair, White & Wool

His head and his hairs were white like wool,
Revelation 1:14

HAIR - representing the multitudes of His people?
WHITE - covered by His robe of righteousness (purity)?
WOOL - His people are His sheep?

Stale Bread & Cheap Wine

The reason for the Church growing stale is that they lost sight of that sharp dividing line between the ways of the  world & the ways of God.

To the one we are an aroma that brings death;

to the other, an aroma that brings life.

2 Corinthians 2:16 NIV

IN the NEWS - Kneeling Cruz

Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us:
consider, and behold our reproach.

Lamentations 5:1

"Here’s a shot of Sen. Ted Cruz praying in front of The White House yesterday. No, he’s not praying that Barack Obama will overturn Obamacare and no, he’s not praying that he will occupy the presidency one day. Instead, he’s alongside Rev. Rob Schenck (from Faith and Action) and Rev. Frazier White (a Democrat and Obama supporter) praying for Saeed Abedini, who has been in an Iranian prison for one year. He is being persecuted for his faith." CBN
At least someone in Washington isn't afraid to kneel before God....Compare Cruz to the Democrats at their convention when on a Monday morning they cried out "Boo" when a motion to put the name of God back in their platform came up for a vote.

 

Papal Notes - Pope of Hope - so says Hollywood types

"Last week, Pope Francis made headlines when he stated that the Catholic Church has become too focused on "small-minded rules" regarding controversial issues like homosexuality. And Roma Downey, the co-creater of History Channel's mega-success "The Bible," is praising his message.
"I think the Pope is a real blessing to the world," she told FOX411 at The Hollywood Reporter's soiree to celebrate the Emmys and the new fall season of television.
"He's brought in some new hope,.......... I think he's a Pope of Hope." Downey, along with her famed reality producer husband Mark Burnett, lined up their own finances to produce the mega ratings success mini-series "The Bible" for the History Channel, which earlier this year became the most downloaded series on iTunes. While it cost $22 million to make, the series was a gamble, and the through-the-roof viewership came as a surprise." FOX

 ....and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3
 

Creation Moment 9/28/2013 - The Heart Needs A Body

"...the heart actually can still beat after being removed from the bodyThis eerie pulsing occurs because the heart generates its own electrical impulses, which cause it to beat. As long as the heart continues to receive oxygen, it will keep going, even if separated from the rest of the body." LiveScience
So to you evolutionists out there---which "evolved" first? The body which needs a heart-or-the heart that is used for a body? Just asking..................
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
Psalm 139:14

#7: Last 7 sayings of Christ

#7

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice,

he said,

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

Luke 23:46

Time to sit for a moment at the foot of the cross and learn....

 

VOLUNTEERED

No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself.

I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.

John 10:18

ARCHAEOLOGY: Tekhelet - Blue?

"In the Bible, a shade of blue called tekhelet was God’s chosen color for the ancient Israelites. Tekhelet drapes adorned Solomon’s Temple, and tekhelet robes were worn by Israel’s high priests.
Israelites “were commanded to tie one string of tekhelet to the corner fringes (Hebrew, tzitzit) of their garments as a constant reminder of their special relationship with God” (Numbers 15:38–39). The tradition of blue tzitzit still exists today.

But what was the actual color of ancient tekhelet and blue tzitzit? Was it a shade of blue or was it closer to purple? Blue tzitzit and tekhelet-colored fabrics were widely worn and traded throughout the ancient Mediterranean, but by the Roman period, only the emperor could wear tekhelet.
A century ago, Isaac Herzog, who would later become Israel’s first chief rabbi, researched tekhelet for his dissertation. He concluded that blue in the Bible was a bright sky-blue derived from the secretions of a sea snail, Murex trunculus. This species was known to produce a murex dye the color of dark purple. Decades after Herzog’s death, chemist Otto Elsner proved that murex dye could in fact produce a sky-blue color by exposing the snail secretions to ultraviolet rays during the dyeing process. Sky-blue tzitzit, then, could be made with murex dye." BiblicalArchaeology

 

Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them;

That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

Numbers 15:38-40

 

BLUE for OBEDIENCE

 

Health Note - Walnuts

"According to the recent study, Eating walnuts daily can prevent diabetes and heart disease. Daily intake of 56 g of walnuts improves endothelial function in overweight adults with visceral adiposity."
DelhiNews
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley,
Song of Solomon 6:11

IN the NEWS - Calvinist rift over "tongues"

And these signs shall follow them that believe;
they shall speak with new tongues;
Mark 16:17

Traditional Calvinists vs. New Calvinists

"Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Wash., recently spoke on the gift of tongues as described in the New Testament as part of his "Acts: Empowered for Jesus' Mission" sermon series. 

Driscoll-the New Calvinist

The conservative Reformed, or New Calvinist, Christian minister laid out his arguments as to why he believes the gift of speaking in tongues did not end with Jesus' apostles in the first century.
"So, we agree with the Cessationists that yes, certain gifts, at least, they're going to cease. They're going to cease," added Driscoll. "Where we disagree with the Cessationists and we agree with the Continuationists is when they cease. We believe that all of the gifts continue until one very important transitionary moment in the history of the world."

Cessationists, such as influential pastor and traditional 

MacArthur-the Traditional Calvinist

Calvinist John MacArthur, believe that 1 Corinthians 13:8 and other Biblical passages indicate that the divine ability to speak in other languages or an unknown tongue (glossolalia) ended with the apostles' deaths, as did prophetic revelations and faith-healings through individuals." ChristianPost
Hey Guys....
"Tongues" were foreign languages for missionary work-not charismatic gibberish of today

 

Puritan Corner - Idle Vs. Idols

Neither be idle in the means, nor make an idol of the means
by WILLIAM SECKER (?-1681)

For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

2 Kings 17:12

Creation Moment 9/27/2013 - Heart Rates (by Design)

"Across the animal kingdom, heart rate is inversely related to body size: In general, the bigger the

animal, the slower its resting heart rate.
An adult human has an average resting heart rate of about 75 beats per minute, the same rate as an adult sheep.
But a blue whale's heart is about the size of a compact car, and only beats five times per minute. A shrew, on the other hand, has a heart rate of about 1,000 beats per minute." LiveScience
Who set the heart rates to be proportional? Just asking.....

Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.

Psalm 148:5

#6: Last 7 sayings of Christ

#6

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

John 19:30

Time to sit for a moment at the foot of the cross and learn....

 

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;

Hebrews 12:2

 

Isaiah 60 & "Christmas"?

***?***

Is Isaiah chapter 60 a dual prophecy of both His 1st & 2nd, future, advent figuratively?

Is the following verse relating literally to the 1st advent ('Christmas')?

The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.

Isaiah 60:6

 

Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?

 for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Matthew 2:2,11

Creation Moment 9/26/2013 - "Longer" than the World

....for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:

Psalm 139:14

"If you were to lay out all of the arteries, capillaries and veins in one adult, end-to-end, they would stretch about 60,000 miles (100,000 kilometers). What's more, the capillaries, which are the smallest of the blood vessels, would make up about 80 percent of this length.
By comparison, the circumference of the Earth is about 25,000 miles. That means a person's blood vessels could wrap around the planet approximately 2.5 times!" LiveScience

Do ya really think that system 'evolved'? BTW, if you need the whole system, how could creatures survive before this was fully 'evolved'?
 

#5: Last 7 sayings of Christ

#5

After this,

Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished,

that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith,

I thirst.

John 19:28

 

Time to sit for a moment at the foot of the cross and learn....

 

* His first miracle was turning the water into "wine" (juice).

He was here to take us from the old covenant to the new-sealed with his blood.

 

* On the cross He tasted the "bitterness" for us...Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. John 19:29

Danny Davis Blasphemous Birth Story (yarn)

Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.   

Matthew 12:31

WARNING

Real Blasphemy of TV Evangelist

Danny Davis claims his mother-
1) Was visited by the Lord before his birth - with the name "Daniel" written on the wall. (He snagged that from the visitation of Mary & the writing on the wall by the hand of the Lord in Daniel)
2) She was supposedly told she would have a "manchild" (He snagged that from the "Manchild", which is Christ, being born in Revelation 12)
3) Has no problem comparing his birth to that of Samuel.....

Below is a paragraph from his actual website...
"As she laid down one afternoon she received a vision of a baby boy sitting under a bright ray of light. The same evening she received a visitation from the Lord. She saw the name DANIEL written

on the wall. The Lord spoke to her that she would have a “manchild” and that he would preach the judgements of God to His people. His name was to be Daniel. A few months later she gave birth to a son. Like Samuel of old....Danny Davis was a seed-faith gift given to God before birth."
From Danny Davis website




How DISGUSTING....SERIOUSLY, who in their right mind believes him or gives this guy money?

IN the NEWS - Pelosi the bad girl

"Because of her longstanding support for abortion, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a Catholic, must be denied Communion under the law of the Catholic Church, said Cardinal Raymond Burke, head of the highest court at the Vatican.
Cardinal Burke referenced his remarks about Pelosi to Canon Law--the law  governing the Catholic Church--and specifically Canon 915, which says those Catholics who obstinately persevere “in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.”
“Certainly this is a case when Canon 915 must be applied,” said Cardinal Burke in national Catholic weekly. “This is a person who obstinately, after repeated admonitions, persists in a grave sin--cooperating with the crime of procured abortion--and still professes to be a devout Catholic.”"
CNS



Pelosi in a Gay Pride Parade

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God:

for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

Romans 8:7

I'm NOT a Catholic, although I agree with them on abortion.
Also, their church has every right to do this if they so choose to Pelosi. Not only has she flaunted the position on abortion to the extreme with her policies, but she has undermined the Catholic church on a whole host of other social issues including on freedom of religion.
This isn't about Pelosi being forced to force Catholicism on the rest of the country, but rather if she doesn't agree with any of the teachings of the church---then leave. Why stay in any church when you foster an atheistic worldview?

 

Creation Moment 9/25/2013 - Feather "mapping" mechanism

"Bird feathers are vastly different from flower petals, but another amazing “mapping” mechanism controls their development. Melanocyte progenitors are distributed as a horizontal ring in the proximal follicle, sending melanocytes vertically up into the epithelial cylinder which gradually emerges as feathers grow. Different pigment patterns form by modulating the presence, arrangement, or differentiation of melanocytes. A layer of peripheral pulp further regulates pigmentation via patterned agouti expression. Lifetime feather cyclic regeneration resets pigment patterns for physiological needs. Thus, stem cell niche topology allows complex pigment patterning via combinatorial co-option of simple regulatory mechanisms." CEH

Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Job 39:13
Watch below Flight: The Genius Of Birds
www.youtube.com/embed/46rE4BfWN_M
 

#4: Last 7 sayings of Christ

#4

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,

saying,

Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?

that is to say,

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Matthew 27:46

Time to sit for a moment at the foot of the cross and learn....

 

 

As predicted.............(Remember when you ask 'God, where are You?')

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

why art thou so far from helping me,

and from the words of my roaring?

Psalm 22:1
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—
Matthew 4:15 NIV

IN the NEWS - Beepocalypse

They compassed me about like bees;

Psalm 118:12

"Over the past seven years, a stunning one-third of the U.S. honeybee population has disappeared without a trace – a mystery that’s baffling beekeepers and scientists, and raising concerns about the impact on the American food supply.
U.S. Department of Agriculture bee researcher Jeff Pettis, who is leading the government’s search for answers, said there’s a lot more at stake in the disappearance of honeybees than just honey.

“If you walk into your grocery store, you might see about only one-third of the produce left in the produce aisle,” Pettis said, explaining what a world without bees would look like. “Apples and nuts and many of the fruits and vegetables would simply not be available if we didn't have bees or something to pollinate.”
In an interview with “Power Players” at the USDA’s bee research laboratory outside Washington, D.C., Pettis explained that in colony collapse disorder,” the scientific name for the sustained loss of honeybees in recent years, the worker bees leave their hives and never return.
So where do the bees go? Pettis said ............“The truth is we don't know exactly where they go,” ...
Despite years of research on mass bee disappearance, Pettis said scientists hadn’t found a “smoking gun” to explain why.
“We're looking at a whole host of things,” he said. “Nutrition, pesticide exposure, and then things like viruses and bacteria infection, so we're looking at combinations of things.” CNN

Could the future 'Beepocalypse' contribute in some way to the time of trouble by  causing a collapse in the world food supply? Who knows....CHILL, I'm NOT saying I think that it will.... just a thought among many possibilities out there about the time of trouble.... Don't take this one thing too serious by itself....

IN the NEWS - Animal Bridges?

Germany spends millions

on animal-only bridges

"Germany is living up to its environmentally-friendly image by spending millions of euros on building bridges just for animals. Humans caught crossing them face a €35 fine. More than a hundred wildlife bridges are to be built in the next decade."

TheLocal-Germany'sNewsInEnglish

 

More NONSENSE from the GREEN Religion.....do U really think this is worth all that money? I don't think animals need man-made "bridges"....

That $$$$$$$$$$$ could have been spent on something that matters.....

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father
 means caring for orphans....
James 1:27 NLT

 

Creation Moment 9/24/2013 - Flower Map

"Imagine you’re a flower bud.  You are blind, deaf, and dumb, but somehow you know how to create beautiful artwork.  Through your efforts, a lovely rose, petunia or orchid will result.  How would you do it?  An article on Live Science suggests an amazing, though partial, answer: the bud has a map of

the finished product.  “The shape of a flower’s petals and leaves are dictated by a biological map hidden inside the flower’s growing bud,” according to a new study from the John Innes Centre and the University of East Anglia, both in the UK.

They discovered that concealed maps within the flower buds are made up of patterns of arrows that act as instructions for how each cell in the bud should grow. As such, the maps essentially influence a flower bud’s cell polarity, or the functions of the cells.

The “arrows” are made up of proteins called PIN proteins that migrate to the tips of cells.  When they concentrate, a pointed leaf results.  When they fan out, a rounded shape, like a flower petal results.  Other proteins follow the “arrows” to cause growth in those areas.  PLoS Biology discussed the paper in a little more detail.  The original paper in PLoS Biology described how the growth proteins follow the “polarity field” set up by the PIN proteins." CEH

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Luke 12:27

#3: Last 7 sayings of Christ

#3

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee,

To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Luke 23:43

 

Time to sit for a moment at the foot of the cross and learn....

Luke 23:43 and misplaced commas

Spot the difference between these two phrases:

1. "Verily I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
2. "Verily I say to you today, you will be with me in Paradise."

Exactly, the moving of the comma changes both the structure

and the meaning of the sentence.

 

The original Greek had no punctuation, so translators had to guess about where to place a comma. They decided on the common rendering of the text.

But they got it wrong. It should read: “Verily I say unto thee today, shalt thou be with me in paradise.” Jesus is saying, even though right now I don’t look like a king, I’m telling you right now that because you called me Lord and King, you’re going to be with me in heaven.

We know it’s a misplaced comma because Jesus didn’t go to heaven that day! Three days after that promise, Mary saw Jesus after His resurrection and grabbed hold of His ankles. He said, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father” (John 20:17). He could not have been in heaven on Friday! The Bible makes it clear that the thief did not go to heaven with Jesus Friday afternoon. JM & AmazingFacts

Who lied? God or Lucifer?

On the issue of the State-of-the-dead, WHO LIED? God or Lucifer?

God said - But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Genesis 2:17

Lucifer said - And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: Genesis 3:4

Lucifer taught the IMMORTALITY of the Soul.....God taught you have NO immortality. Instead you have "soul sleep" until the resurrection....

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,

some to everlasting life,

and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Daniel 12:2

SDA Issues - Age to Come heresy of the past

THE EARLY 1850'S WHEN "THE AGE-TO-COME" ADVOCATES TAUGHT THAT OLD JERUSALEM WOULD BE BUILT UP AS A CENTER OF CHRISTIAN WITNESS FULFILLING CERTAIN PROPHECIES OF THE O.T., AND THE BELIEF OF A SECOND PROBATION

For I know this,

that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you,

not sparing the flock.

Acts 20:29

"I was pointed to some who are in the great error of believing that it is their duty to go to Old Jerusalem, and think they have a work to do there before the Lord comes.  Such a view is calculated to take the mind and interest from the present work of the Lord, under the message of the third angel; I saw that such a mission would accomplish no real good, that it would take a long while to make a very few of the Jews believe even in the first advent of Christ, much more to believe in His second advent." Early Writings p.75 E.G.W.

 

"Stephenson and Hall of Wisconsin.... in June, 1854,.... Their object has been to have the Review publish the Age-to-Come theory, or to destroy its influence."

SPIRITUAL GIFTS, VOL 2, p 273 E.G.W.

 

 "A spirit of fanaticism has ruled a certain class of Sabbath-keepers in the East.  They have sipped but lightly at the fountain of truth, and are unacquainted with the spirit of the message of the third angel.  Nothing can be done for this class until their fanatical views are corrected.  Some who were in the 1854 movement have brought along with them erroneous views, such as the non-resurrection of the wicked, and the future age.  They are seeking to unite their erroneous views and past experience with the message of the third angel.  They cannot do this.  There is no concord between Christ and Belial.  The non-resurrection of the wicked, and their peculiar views of the age to come, are gross errors.

Some of them have exercises which they call gifts, and say that the Lord has placed them in the church.  They have an unmeaning gibberish which they call the unknown tongue, which is unknown not only by man, but by the Lord and all Heaven.  Such gifts are manufactured by men and women, aided by the great Deceiver.  Fanaticism, false excitement, false talking in tongues, and noisy exercises have been considered gifts which God has placed in the church.  Some have been deceived here."

Testimonies, vol. 1, p 411-412 E.G.W.

 

"Brother J .......his course has not been pleasing to God.  He was unstable.  He has been befogged with the Age-to-Come, and as there is not the least harmony between the Age-to-Come theory and the third angel's message, he lost his love for and faith in the message, and felt irritated because so much had been said in regard to it.  The third angel is proclaiming a most solemn message to the inhabitants of the earth; and shall God's chosen people be indifferent to it, and not unite their voice to sound this solemn warning?  Brother J is deceived, and is deceiving others."

TESTIMONIES, Vol. 1, p 333 E.G.W.

 

Sounds like the Age-To-Come crowd was similar, to a limited degree, to what the secret rapture crowd erroneously believes today about literal Jerusalem. They also, in their fanaticism, seem to have resembled the modern Pentecostal movement.

P.S. This was NEVER the position of the SDA Church.

 

Resurrection "Spiritual"?

There are the foolish within Christianity today running around telling others that the resurrection was only spiritual and not literal. This group is a small minority. Also, if they really believe that, then why be a "Christian"?

Look at the reaction of the disciples:
1) What did they think they saw at first?

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

Luke 24:37
2) But what was it they really saw?

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

Luke 24:37

SDA News - 7 yr. old SDA preacher

But Jesus said, Suffer little children,

and forbid them not,

to come unto me:

for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:14

"Age is no limit for this 3rd-grader in Jackson, Miss.
For the past two years, Samuel Green has preached his own memorized sermons at more than 50 churches and events —and he's only 7 years old!
USA Today featured the Seventh-day Adventist kid preacher in an article reprinted from a local newspaper.

Here's how he does it:

According to the article, Samuel decides what Bible story he wants to share. Then, his after-school teacher writes the sermon. Once the sermon is written, Samuel makes any changes he wants and then memorizes the 15-minute sermon.
The article says that Samuel and his teacher sometimes discuss what Samuel will say instead of writing it down. However, his teacher says she writes down all of his introductions to his sermons for him.
Samuel started preaching back in 2011, when he was only 5 years old. He says he wants to be a pediatrician when he grows up so that he can take care of other kids, reported the newspaper.


The 3rd-grader hosts his own Christian TV show, where he preaches and interviews people. The show, called "Samuel Green Presents the Truth" airs Sunday mornings on public access television in Jackson, Miss.
Samuel has also been taping six shows for 3ABN's "Tiny Tots for Jesus" TV show, according to the article. Samuel says he isn’t forced to preach. He said it’s a choice he made and it is something he wants to do." A Sabbath Blog

Watch below a Sermon of Mr. Green
www.youtube.com/embed/qsusP5b13BA





 

Creation Moment 9/23/2013 - Evolution Unique

The biologist Jerry Coyne had this to say about the philosophical implications of evolution:

"Evolution is unique amongst the sciences because it strikes people in the solar plexus of their faith directly. It strikes them at the idea that they are specially created by God, because evolution says you’re not; it says that there’s no special purpose for your life because it’s a naturalistic philosophy; we have no more extrinsic purpose than a squirrel or an armadillo. And it says that morality does not come from God; it is an evolved phenomenon. And those are three things that are really hard for humans to accept, particularly if they come from a religious tradition." Advindicate

Thou hast granted me life and favour,

and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

Job 10:12

 

#2: Last 7 sayings of Christ

#2

When Jesus therefore saw his mother,

and the disciple standing by, whom he loved,

he saith unto his mother,

Woman, behold thy son!

Then saith he to the disciple,

Behold thy mother!

John 19:26,27

 

Time to sit for a moment at the foot of the cross and learn....

 

The woman in Scripture-God's people/Church

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

Revelation 12:1,2,5

ARCHAEOLOGY: Edom

"This story is one that has been repeated time and again throughout more than a century of excavations in the Holy Land. It involves a tendency to make claims based upon incomplete evidence and fails to account for the principle that absence of evidence does not equal evidence of absence.

“Minimalists” have become famous (or infamous!) for just this reason, namely, for their skepticism toward the Biblical narrative, often despite the discovery of archaeological evidence corroborating those accounts.
One point of controversy begins with the rather laconic statement in Genesis 36:31 concerning the Kingdom of Edom, whose kings reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the sons of Israel. This did not attract much notice until surveys and excavations in modern Jordan began to tell a different story, one apparently at odds with the Biblical text. If this Biblical statement were true, then the kings of Edom would have necessarily antedated Saul, Israel’s first king, who ruled in the 11th century BC. The problem herein lay with the fact that no excavated site produced material consistent with state formation in the area formerly known as Edom.
These broad conclusive statements were not limited to Bible encyclopedias. None other than Israel Finkelstein of Tel Aviv University contends in his recent book The Bible Unearthed (2001; co-authored with Neil Silberman) that archaeology has made it clear there were no real kings and no state in Edom before the eighth century BC because earlier large settlements and fortresses were lacking. Notice Finkelstein’s reliance on negative (absence of) evidence in arriving at his conclusion.
Recent discoveries in the Wadi Faynan, however, have now turned the consensus concerning state formation in Edom upside down.
Here a 24-acre site is being excavated that includes numerous mounds of slag, evidence of a large-scale industry that persisted for several centuries, presumably under Edomite supervision.
Four room house at the Edomite site of Kh. En-Nahas dating as early as the 13th century BC. This and other findings at Kh. En-Nahas demonstrate that Edom was an organized political entity prior to the formation of the United Monarch of Israel...Most of the pottery can be dated to the early Iron Age II period (tenth–ninth century). There are also forms indicative of earlier periods, including locally made hole-mouth jars known as Negebite Ware. A number of imported pieces include Midianite Ware and Cypro Phoenician Black-on-Red Ware, the former of which was produced as early as the 14th century.

Not all the sites in Edom had or have been subjected to excavation. It underlines the need to temper the conclusions drawn from the absence of archaeological data, particularly in an area as little understood as Biblical Edom. With the new findings from Khirbet en-Nahas, we can once again assert that absence of evidence is most definitely not indicative of evidence of absence, wisdom that archaeologists would be well advised to observe in the future." ABRNow these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom

before any king reigned over the children of Israel;

1 Chronicles 1:43