Creation Moment 1/11/2015 - Are U Really Surprised?

"There is a surprising genetic unity between the earliest known Europeans and contemporary Europeans, ancient DNA reveals. This finding suggests that a complex network of sexual exchange may have existed across Europe over the past 50,000 years, and also helps to pinpoint when modern humans interbred with Neanderthals, the closest extinct relatives of modern humans, the researchers said.

To shed light on the origins of modern Europeans, scientists analyzed DNA from the left shinbone of a skeleton, known as K14, which was excavated in 1954. K14 is one of the oldest fossils of a European modern human —in the area that's now Kostenki, in western Russia. That region is known for its mammoth structures, "circles made of mammoth bones that would have been the base of tents, huts, hearths, lithic and bone artifacts, as well as personal ornaments and figurines," said study co-author Marta Mirazón Lahr,...
The researchers sequenced K14's complete genome, making it the second-oldest modern human genome ever sequenced. The oldest yet was from a man found in western Siberia.
Surprisingly, the researchers found that contemporary Europeans shared genetic continuity with ancient Europeans.
"Virtually all the major genetic components you find in contemporary Europeans are present among the earliest Europeans," said lead study author Eske Willerslev, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. "I don't think many would have predicted this."
The scientists discovered that for millennia, Europe may have been home to a so-called "metapopulation" of modern humans — a group of distinct, separate populations that regularly mixed, grew and fragmented. The genetic contributions of the earliest Eurasians to modern European populations may not have arrived through a few distinct migrations from Asia to Europe, but instead through gene flow in various directions.
"We have to revise our understanding of how the genetic diversity in contemporary Europeans came about," Willerslev told Live Science. "Early Europeans were part of a metapopulation stretching all the way to Central Asia, and through a complex network of sexual exchange, contemporary European populations were created." LiveScience
Are U Really Surprised?
I'm not surprised that Europeans are descended from the early settlers of Europe--nor am I surprised that the flow was mixed---for groups set out and wandered into Europe from various paths they chose to follow as family clans exited from Babel....Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Genesis 11:9

The Apostles Series: Philip

He knew Philip wanted answers - When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company

come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
John 6:5
But Christ was to teach him faith rather than answers....if it was the Lord's will to feed the multitude--then the answer as to HOW is pointless.....


Philip became a powerful evangelist - But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Acts 8:12


Philip converted the Ethiopian of Queen Candace,  - And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more:
 Acts 8:39


Philip is thought to have been martyred in Asia Minor.

The Underpinning

Why do some acknowledge a moral law of God, while denying the reason for it--it's moral underpinning. In other words, how can some blame God for the evil on earth? For it all stems from our violation of His Law in the first place...........

And keep the charge of the LORD thy God,

to walk in his ways,

to keep his statutes,

and his commandments,

and his judgments,

and his testimonies,

as it is written in the law of Moses,

that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest,

and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

1 Kings 2:3

Sabbath Conversation

"The Sabbath is holy unto the Lord.

Affectionate,

personal,

private conversation in regard to religious experience

will be blessed of the Lord.
"Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of

remembrance was written before Him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him" Malachi 3:16-17.-- Letter 8, 1898 , p. 5 E.G.W.

Creation Moment 1/10/2015 - Curing Death via AMPK?

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us,

to know good and evil: and now,

lest he put forth his hand,

and take also of the tree of life,

and eat, and live for ever:

Genesis 3:22

What was in the fruit?

Something for the AMPK?

UCLA biologists have identified a gene that can slow the aging process throughout the entire body when activated remotely in key organ systems.

"Working with fruit flies, the life scientists activated a gene called AMPK that is a key energy sensor in cells; it gets activated when cellular energy levels are low.
Increasing the amount of AMPK in fruit flies' intestines increased their lifespans by about 30 percent - to roughly eight weeks from the typical six - and the flies stayed healthier longer as well.
The research, published Sept. 4 in the open-source journal Cell Reports, could have important implications for delaying aging and disease in humans, said David Walker, an associate professor of

integrative biology and physiology at UCLA and senior author of the research.
"We have shown that when we activate the gene in the intestine or the nervous system, we see the aging process is slowed beyond the organ system in which the gene is activated," Walker said.
Walker said that the findings are important because extending the healthy life of humans would presumably require protecting many of the body's organ systems from the ravages of aging - but delivering anti-aging treatments to the brain or other key organs could prove technically difficult. The study suggests that activating AMPK in a more accessible organ such as the intestine, for example, could ultimately slow the aging process throughout the entire body, including the brain.
Humans have AMPK, but it is usually not activated at a high level, Walker said.
"Instead of studying the diseases of aging - Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, stroke, cardiovascular disease, diabetes - one by one, we believe it may be possible to intervene in the aging process and delay the onset of many of these diseases," said Walker, a member of UCLA's Molecular Biology Institute. "We are not there yet, and it could, of course, take many years, but that is our goal and we think it is realistic." ChemistryTimes

The Apostles Series: Matthew

Wrote one of the 4 Gospels - GOSPEL of MATTHEW

Surname was Levi, son of Alpheus, & a publican (tax collector) - And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, ...he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom,
Luke 5:27/Mark 2:14


Possibly a man of some wealth - And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
Luke 5:29


Thought to have been martyred in Ethiopia

Problem for atheists.....

The problem for many atheists, (Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Barker, Maher) when it comes to finding "God", is that they have cast "God" in their own mind's image.


For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 55:8

IN the NEWS - EVIL stalks France

"Authorities identified three suspects in a deadly shooting attack on a satirical newspaper that killed

12 people Wednesday as thousands jammed a public square for an evening vigil honoring victims of France's deadliest terror attack in a half century.
Two of those killed were police officers, one of them shot dead on a sidewalk outside the newspaper. Eight journalists were among the victims.
The suspects are two brothers — Said, 34, and Cherif Kouachi, 32, both French nationals — and Hamyd Mourad, 18, whose nationality wasn't known, a Paris police official told the Associated Press. He spoke on condition of anonymity

because he was not authorized to speak publicly.
The youngest suspect surrendered at a police station in Charleville-Mezieres, a small town in France's eastern Champagne region, Paris prosecutor's spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre said. French police early Thursday released photos of the brothers they were seeking, saying they should be considered armed and dangerous.
French news media reported late Wednesday that a major police operation was taking place around an apartment building in Reims, about 90 miles northeast of Paris." USA Today

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,

murders,

Matthew 15:19

Creation Moment 1/9/2015 - The "EVOLVER"?

"The horrific processes of random forces spitting

out death and damage for eons, with blind and bungling nature "selecting" the "fittest", most certainly do not fit the character of the Creator described in the Bible. God cannot be the EVOLVER." Dr. Henry Morris III
And God saw every thing that he had made,
and, behold, it was very good.
Genesis 1:31

The Apostles Series: John (Son of Zebedee)

The Apostle whom Jesus loved - Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

John 13:23

Was the only Apostle at the foot of the cross - When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

John 19:26

John was known as the Apostle of Love - ...for God is love.

1 John 1:8

The Revelator - The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Revelation 1:1

Creation Moment 1/8/2015 - How old are Dinosaurs?

"Although the Bible does not tell us exactly how long ago it was that God made the world and its creatures, we can make a good estimate of the date of creation by reading through the Bible and noting some interesting passages:

1. God made everything in six days. He did this, by the way, to set a pattern for mankind, which has become our seven day week (as described in Exodus 20:11). God worked for six days and rested for one, as a model for us. Furthermore, Bible scholars will tell you that the Hebrew word for day used in Genesis 1, can only mean an ordinary day in this context.
2. We are told God created the first man and woman—Adam and Eve—on Day Six. Many facts about when their children and their children’s children were born are given in Genesis. These genealogies are recorded throughout the Old Testament, up until the time of Christ. They certainly were not chronologies lasting millions of years.

As you add up all of the dates, and accepting that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to Earth almost 2000 years ago, we come to the conclusion that the creation of the Earth and animals (including the dinosaurs) occurred only thousands of years ago (perhaps only 6000!), not millions of years. Thus, if the Bible is right (and it is!), dinosaurs must have lived within the past thousands of years." AIG
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind,
Genesis 1:25

Objective Moral Values

Objective moral values exist only if God exists

Objective moral values do exist

Therefore God exists

(If we were in a world where only matter exists, then there could be no intrinsic worth. Transcending value must stem from someone of transcending worth)

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that,

while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8

The Apostles Series: James (Son of Zebedee)

Zebedee was a wealthy man who had hired servants- And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. Mark 1:20


Sons of Zebedee were Partners with Peter - And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. Luke 5:10

Were named Sons of Thunder - And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: Mark 3:17

James was the first Apostle to be martyred - Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. Acts 12:1,2

There are no recorded words spoken by James

Creation Moment 1/7/2015 - Christmas / Creation Connection

"Christmas is based upon the biblical account of Creation as told in Genesis 1 being historically true.
God created a perfect world and perfect universe. He created all of life including man. His creation was so perfect that there was no death or suffering for animals or man.

The reason God created everything and man was so that man would worship and praise Him. But He didn’t want man to be a mindless race of robots that worshipped and praised Him because they were programmed to do so. He wanted their praise to be freely given and to accomplish that He made man with a free will to think and reason for himself.

However, that free will also allowed man to choose to go against God’s edicts and that’s exactly what man did. Eve succumbed to Satan’s temptations concerning eating the fruit for the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Eve went to Adam and he blew it for all of mankind when he decided himself to disobey what God said and willingly chose to eat of the forbidden fruit.

Adam’s disobedience was the first sin and it had devastating consequences. It created a spiritual separation between man and God. The perfect relationship Adam had was over. Not only was mankind now spiritually separated from God but Adam’s sin introduced death, disease and suffering into all of creation. From that day, Adam and Eve began to age and die.

From the very beginning, God had a plan to save His lost creation. In Genesis 3, He promised Adam and Eve that He would send His Savior to crush the head of Satan and restore our relationship with God. The only way that breach was to be bridged was for God to make the ultimate sacrifice Himself. All through the Old Testament, He tells us about this sacrifice and made numerous prophecies concerning the arrival, life, death and resurrection of His sacrificial Lamb.

 But think about it, the entire Gospel message is predicated upon a historical young earth, no death before sin creation.

If there had been millions of years of death and suffering before Adam, then how could death have been the result of his sin? When God warned Adam about eating the forbidden fruit, He told him that the day he ate of the fruit that he should surely die. If death had already existed in a creation that God called ‘very good’ then Adam should have considered death a reward and something to obtain, not as a punishment. If death was part of a ‘very good’ creation, they why did God require a blood sacrifice for the remission of sin and why did Jesus have to die upon the cross for us? Why did God and Jesus describe death as the final enemy if it was part of a ‘very good’ creation?

Whether you realize it or not, Christmas points straight back to Creation and straight forward to Resurrection Sunday. If Genesis 1-3 is not true factual history, then neither is the Gospel message of Christmas and Resurrection Sunday. Without a true Genesis, Christmas and Resurrection Sunday crumble in a heap of lies and fairytales." CreationRevolution

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman,

and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head,

and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Genesis 3:15

His Plans

For I know the plans I have for you,

says the LORD.

They are plans for good and not for disaster,

 to give you a future and a hope.

Then shall ye call upon me,

and ye shall go and pray unto me,

and I will hearken unto you.

Jeremiah 29:11,2 NLT/KJV

The Apostles Series: What they gave us

Through the Apostles, Christ gave us 2 things:
1) The New Testament
2) The Christian 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:

Revelation 12:1

Creation Moment 1/6/2015 - God is "Left Handed"?

"“God is left-handed”. This catchy phrase refers to the ‘chirality problem’ for evolution. Ken explained that during the time of his graduate research, the Miller–Urey experiment was the prize ‘proof’ for evolutionists that life could somehow spontaneously arise from a primordial chemical soup.
In 1953 graduate student Stanley Miller conducted experiments based on Harold Urey’s proposals

about the necessary environmental conditions for life to arise by chance on a primordial Earth billions of years ago (often referred to as ‘chemical evolution’). It involved an electrical discharge through a mixture of gases in a flask, and produced some amino acids. But the major product of the experiment (about 85 percent by volume) was a noxious mixture of tarry substances poisonous to life, while the amino acids were only about 0.9 percent of the total volume. He says, “Much work was going on at the time to develop variations of this experiment, but without success.”
Moreover, the amino acids produced were in any case what is known as a racemic (50:50) mixture of left and right-handed forms, whereas all living plants and animals can only use left-handed amino acids to make proteins. (Left and right hand refers to the fact that the amino acids, though chemically identical in their ability to form peptides, are mirror images of one another, like our left and right hands. An exception is the simplest amino acid, glycine.) If amino acids of the wrong type are included in the chain during manufacture, life’s proteins cannot fold properly into the shapes needed to function. Life therefore requires what is known as an ‘optically pure’ supply of solely left-handed amino acids, whereas chemistry by itself, following the laws of chance, will always produce a racemic mixture. Moreover, all sugars in DNA and RNA must be ‘right-handed’, otherwise the vital informational double helix could not form.
Ken says, “Evolutionists argue that given sufficient time proteins could form by chance. But, for a protein of just the minimum 100 amino acids (many are tens of thousands long), for all to be left-handed, and assuming that it did not matter which order they appeared in, it’s like flipping a coin 100 times and resulting in all heads. The number is astronomical.”
Indeed so—it is one chance in about 10³⁰. Numbers like this are too hard to imagine." CMI
 I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Psalm 3:5

a PRAYER for Repentance

 A Prayer for REPENTANCE

 

Have mercy upon me, O God,
according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,

and cleanse me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my transgressions:

and my sin is ever before me.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight:

that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;

and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:

wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Hide thy face from my sins,

and blot out all mine iniquities.

Create in me a clean heart, O God;

and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from thy presence;

and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;

and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

For thou desirest not sacrifice;

else would I give it:

thou delightest not in burnt offering.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:

a broken and a contrite heart,

O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 51:1-5,7,9-13,16,17

The Apostles Series: Other Apostles before Paul

Paul recognized that there were other apostles before him----

Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me;
Galatians 1:17

For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle,

because I persecuted the church of God.

1 Corinthians 15:9

Creation Moment 1/5/2015 - Mock Away

"TEMPE, AZ – A biology teacher who describes himself as ‘an open-minded skeptic’ purportedly showed a slide in one of his classes that mocks Jesus and describes biblical creation as ‘magic.’

Christofer Bang is a lecturer at Arizona State University who teaches biology and ecology courses. According to his academic profile page, his areas of “expertise” include ecology, evolution and plant biology.
According to news reports last week, Bang mocked biblical creation and Christianity during a lecture in his biology class. A student who wished to remain anonymous shared information on Bang’s lecture with Campus Reform.
According to the student, Bang began his lecture by showing a slide titled “Evolution vs. Creationism.” The slide featured two cartoons—one depicting Charles Darwin with the words “genetics,” “adaption,” and “natural selection,” along with images of an ape-like creature gradually evolving into a man. The other cartoon showed a caricature of Jesus creating a man, with the words “zap!” and “magic!”
According to the student, several students thought the slide was inappropriate.
“Quite a few students in the lecture hall were bothered by the picture, and it didn’t contribute to the lecture besides adding spite,” the student said." BCN


Hey, Creation isn't the only thing the world mocked/mocks- And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

Mark 10:34

The Real Pain

"...even pleasure ultimately leaves us empty. I read the biography of Oscar Wilde....I was repeatedly surprised by the protracted passages of despair that came from the heart and the pen of a man so completely devoted to the pursuit of pleasure.

 That is real pain. 

No death,

no tragedy,

no atrocity - nothing really matters.

Life is sheer hallowness with no purpose."
The End of Reason p.40,41 Ravi Zacharias

Come unto me,

all ye that labor and are heavy laden,

and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:28

The Apostles Series: New Jerusalem Foundation

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations,

and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Revelation 21:14

Obviously Judas Iscariot's  name will be replaced by Matthias....

That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship,

from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias;

and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Acts 1:25,26

Footsteps of Paul: Timothy

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there,

named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed;

but his father was a Greek:

Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

Him would Paul have to go forth with him;

and took and circumcised him because of the Jews

which were in those quarters:

for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep,

that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.

And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

Acts 16:1-5

"Paul saw that Timothy was faithful, steadfast, and true, and he chose him as a companion in labor and travel. Those who had taught Timothy in his childhood were rewarded by seeing the son of their

care linked in close fellowship with the great apostle. Timothy was a mere youth when he was chosen by God to be a teacher, .... As a precautionary measure, Paul wisely advised Timothy to be circumcised--not that God required it, but in order to remove from the minds of the Jews that which might be an objection to Timothy's ministration. In his work Paul was to journey from city to city, in many lands, and often he would have opportunity to preach Christ in Jewish synagogues, as well as in other places of assembly. If it should be known that one of his companions in labor was uncircumcised, his work might be greatly hindered by the prejudice and bigotry of the Jews."

Acts of the Apostles p.202,203 E.G.W.

Creation Moment 1/4/2015 - Wall Street Journal piece

Avowed Atheist Scientists are

Turning to God

as Science Increasingly Proves

His Intelligent Design

"The eternal tug-of-war between science and religion continues to be argued every day, but a recent piece in the Wall Street Journal by author Eric Mataxas has taken the internet by storm with one simple title: "Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God."

The thought-provoking article, published on Christmas Day, walks us through the history of evolutionary theories in popular culture dating back to Time Magazine's famous cover story, "Is God Dead?"

Metaxas takes an in-depth look at how the world was beginning to believe at that time that there was no longer a need for God since science was becoming so advanced. That same year, Carl Sagan concluded that there were two important criteria for sustaining life on any planet: the right "kind" of star, and the planet's distance from that star.

Of course, since then, scientists have greatly revised those two criteria to include over 200, but this realization only goes to further prove Intelligent Design as opposed to the amazingly improbable chance that a life-sustaining planet would form from nothing on its own.

"As factors continued to be discovered, the number of possible planets hit zero, and kept going. In other words, the odds turned against any planet in the universe supporting life, including this one. Probability said that even we shouldn't be here," Metaxas writes.

"Today there are more than 200 known parameters necessary for a planet to support life-every single one of which must be perfectly met, or the whole thing falls apart. Without a massive planet like Jupiter nearby, whose gravity will draw away asteroids, a thousand times as many would hit Earth's surface. The odds against life in the universe are simply astonishing." BCN

Who being the brightness of his glory,

and the express image of his person,

and upholding all things by the word of his power,

Hebrews 1:3

The Apostles Series: Their Discipleship

Brought to the truth & baptized under the ministry of John the Baptist-

Beginning from the baptism of John,

unto that same day that he was taken up from us,

must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

Acts 1:22

That Discipleship transferred to Christ at is baptism-

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

John 1:29

They would be distinguished from the "elders" of the Church-

And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

Acts 15:6

Creation Moment 1/3/2015 - --SO --

"Fossilized rod and cone cells — the kinds that help people see — have been discovered for the first time, researchers say.
The finding reveals that such eye cells have existed for at least 300 million years, and that the ancient fish they were discovered in likely saw in color, according to the study's scientists.
Human vision depends on pigments that absorb light. These pigments lie inside cells known as rods and cones. Cones are sensitive to color and also help perceive fine detail and rapid changes. Rods are more sensitive to light than cones, but are not sensitive to color, and are responsible for peripheral and night vision. Both rods and cones are found in a layer of tissue in the back of the eye known as the retina.
Myllokunmingia ...this creature may have possessed a rudimentary cameralike eye, which suggests vision dates back at least 520 million years. However, much remains unknown about the evolution of vision, since the soft tissue of the eye usually decays rapidly after death.
To learn more about the evolution of vision, scientists analyzed an exceptionally well-preserved 300-million-year-old fossil specimen of a fish called Acanthodes bridgei. The fossil was excavated from Kansas and is kept at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo." LiveScience

-------SO--------

"They" found a creature with intact color vision. "They" are surprised.....why?

As a creationist, I have to say that the SCIENCE fits with a DESIGNER-- And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth,

 which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind,

Genesis 1:21

The Apostles Series: Apostolic Office

* Were specially guided by the Holy Spirit

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

2 Peter 1:21

*Revelation from above given to the apostles

How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,

Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

Ephesians 3:3-5

* To help found the New Church

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

Ephesians 2:20

SDA Issues - Ryan Bell Devoured

"A former Seventh-day Adventist pastor who chose to give up religion for a year has announced that he no longer believes in God.
"I've looked at the majority of the arguments that I've been able to find for the existence of God and...I have to say I don't find there to be a convincing case in my view," Ryan Bell revealed in an interview with NPR.

"I don't think that God exists. I think that makes the most sense of the evidence that I have and my experience. But I don't think that's necessarily the most interesting thing about me," he added.
Raised in a Christian family, Bell studied at Pacific Union College where he was known for his deeply-held conservative views. He went on to become pastor of several churches in Philadelphia, before moving to Hollywood to lead a Seventh-day Adventist church there. However, he was asked to resign in March 2013 after raising theological issues he had with the church's teaching, and began to struggle with his faith.
Then, in December of last year, Bell wrote a blog post that quickly went viral. He announced that he would be undertaking a "year without God".
"I'm making it official and embarking on a new journey. I will 'try on' atheism for a year. For the next 12 months I will live as if there is no God," Bell wrote.
"I will not pray, read the Bible for inspiration, refer to God as the cause of things or hope that God might intervene and change my own or someone else's circumstances. (I trust that if there really is a God that God will not be too flummoxed by my foolish experiment and allow others to suffer as a result)."
Bell also pledged to read "atheist 'sacred texts'" written by key authors such as Hobbes, Nietzsche, Hitchens and Dawkins.
Bell now works for PATH, an organisation which works with homeless people, and has begun dating - his girlfriend is a committed Christian." CT


He went down that slippery slope of progressivism within the church (documented eleswhwere on here over time) and now look where it got him.....your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 1 Peter 5:8

Creation Moment 1/2/2015 - Question to rock the world of evolution

"Mutations in the DNA repair and copying enzymes are often

catastrophic. How, then, did they originate through the process of mutation and natural selection over time? Without them, life cannot exist, yet life had to originate without them and had to start using DNA to store information before the DNA toolkit evolved."
Dr. Robert Carter
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
Genesis 1:26

The Apostles Series

And when it was day,

he called unto him his disciples:

and of them he chose twelve,

whom also he named apostles;

Luke 6:13

The true APOSTLES:

1) Actually saw Christ

2) Personally chosen-audibly called

3) Endued with Divine credentials/signs

Hence, the Apostolic Age ended with their deaths. There are no true Apostles in that sense today, as claimed by the charismatic movement.

Paul was a true APOSTLE (he met all the above criteria)

1) He actually saw Christ on the road to Damascus 2) He was both personally chosen & audibly called 3) He was given the ability to perform signs & wonders

I may seem to be boasting too much about the authority given to us by the Lord.

But our authority builds you up;

it doesn’t tear you down.

So I will not be ashamed of using my authority.

2 Corinthians 10:8 NLT

WHY are there 7 Last Plagues?

WHY are there 7 Last Plagues?.....IF probation has closed, why does Christ just not return?

The 7 Last Plagues correlate with---

* The 7 days of CREATION  &
* The 7 articles of furniture in the SANCTUARY (plan of redemption)

In other words, the reason as to WHY there are 7 Last Plagues is that God is pouring out on the head of the earth who is  about to return---their CREATOR & REDEEMER they have rejected.

And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air;

and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven,

from the throne, saying, It is done.

Revelation 16:17

Book Review: Evolution's Achilles' Heel's

(short) Book Review: A book that may be of some interest....

(Review by  Creation Ministries International)

Evolution's Achilles' Heel's

by CMI

260 pages Publisher: Creation Book Publishers; (July 1, 2014)

"CMI undertook a major new offensive to take even more ground in the battle to proclaim the truth of the Bible. The aim was to simply and concisely expose evolution’s fatal weaknesses.
It culminated in 2014 with the completion of a milestone book, and a 96-minute DVD documentary, both called Evolution’s Achilles’ Heels.
Appropriately, the Achilles’ heels of evolution are often in the very areas widely considered to be impregnable strongholds of this belief system. These areas are the topics systematically covered in both the book and documentary. They are:

Natural Selection Genetics and DNA The Origin of Life The Fossil Record

The Geologic Record Radiometric Dating Cosmology Ethics and Morality

We believe evolution theory has no answer to these weaknesses, once properly explained and understood. The book is like no other work that we are aware of, in that it is authored exclusively by 9 Ph.D. scientists. The documentary involves even more PhD scientists, 15 in all, and features striking footage and brilliant computer animations. All of these scientists received their doctorates from similar, secular universities as their evolutionary counterparts. Each is a specialist in various relevant fields."

Casting down imaginations,

and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,

and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

2 Corinthians 10:5

Health Note - Red Meat & Cancer

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health,

3 John 1:2

"Red meat and cancers connection has been the topic of discussion for decades. The correlation between the two is now clear.

A new study has discovered just why red meat causes cancer and other health problems in humans while other mammals consume red meat and experience no inflictions.

Pork, beef and lamb all contain the sugar Neu5Gc. This sugar is naturally produced by other mammals but not humans, according to new research.

Consequently, when humans consume this foreign sugar, their body triggers an immune response and produce antibodies, eventually leading to cancer.

Red meat consumption has been linked to boosting the risk of colorectal, breast, prostate, ovarian and lung cancers.

"In this case, the foreign sugar is like a Trojan Horse. It becomes part of your own cells," said Dr. Ajit Varki, Professor of Medicine and Cellular And Molecular Medicine at the University of California. "When you react to a peanut or other allergy-causing substance, you're reacting to something foreign. This is the first example we know of something that's foreign, gets totally incorporated into you despite the fact that your immune system recognizes it."

Although red meat is a good source of vitamins, minerals and protein, too much red meat is detrimental for long-term health.
"In general, lean red meat's nutritional benefits - it's a rich source of iron, for instance - may outweigh the cancer risks for people younger than 30 or 40," Varki said. "After that age threshold, the harmful effects tend to predominate. But large amounts of Neu5Gc would be harmful at any age."

The recommended amount of red meat consumption by health experts is no more than 2.5 oz a day. Eating more than that poses a threat to the body and puts the person at risk of cancer." CO

How Great Is Our God performed by the National Christian Choir

How Great Is Our God performed by the National Christian Choir
www.youtube.com/embed/nOMmRz-Jg3c

.....for great is our God......
2 Chronicles 2:5 

Creation Moment 1/1/2015 - Shattering Evolution to its Core

In genetics, based upon the SCIENCE, GENETIC ENTROPY (loss of info each generation) cannot produce a better organism over time. PERIOD.

Hence, the SHATTERING of EVOLUTION to its CORE by the SCIENCE

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth

in pain together until now.

Romans 8:22

SDA News - Herb Douglas 1927 - 2014

Herbert Douglas died this month.....
16 May 1927- 15 Dec 2014


He was one of the old defenders of true Adventism against the rise of the "progressive" so-called Adventists that stemmed from Questions on Doctrines in the 1950's.
He also worked at the Review & Herald in the 1970's and with Amazing Facts for a short time.

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

Psalm 116:15

Puritan Corner - Cheap Physician

"Christ is the most cheap physician, he takes no fee. He desires us to bring nothing to him but broken hearts; and when he has cured us he desires us to bestow nothing on him but our love."
by Thomas Watson (1620-1686)

Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Jeremiah 8:22