Monday, April 30, 2018

Archaeological Dig Beneath St. Peter's Found 2000-Year-Old Bones of Man Crucified Upside Down

Archaeological Dig Beneath St. Peter's Found 2000-Year-Old Bones of Man Crucified Upside Down - cnsnews.com

Excerpt from this article:

"The bones that had been originally found, she had tested' O'Neill said. 'Those bones were the bones of a woman, not a man. So, they couldn't be Peter's bones.' But then she found the inscription: 'Peter is near.'"
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Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Archaeology & and the Patriarchy Era, by Dr. Ian Brown [Text: Genesis 12-50]
Archaeology Confirms The Old Testament, with Michael Boehm and Dr. Randal Price

Clergy Housing Allowance and the Bible Both Under Attack

Clergy Housing Allowance and the Bible Both Under Attack (Podcast), by Jim Schneider (Crosstalk)
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Recommended reading:

A Leak in the Ark: 501(c)(3) and Separation of Church and State 

Liberal Media Loses Grip - Why Christians Want a Free Press

Today in History - May 1st

1550: The second period of the Council of Trent (Source)

Is the Roman Catholic Church Christian? by Rev. Ian Brown (2016)
Religion Without Regeneration: The Personal Testimoney of John Wesley, by Rev. Ian Brown (2010)

1707: Acts of Union comes into force uniting England and Scotland to for The United Kingdom of Britain (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Scotland - The Most Virulent Apostasy - Greatest Heritage, Worst Apostasy, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2017)
John Knox: Reformer of Scotland, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton (2003)
John Knox and the Reformation in Scotland, by Dr. Peter Hammond (2014)
The Reformation in Scotland - Its Beginnings, by Rev. Ian Brown (2010)
The Reformation in Scotland - Its Battles, by Rev. Ian Brown (2010)

1967: Elvis Presley, married his long-term girlfriend, Pracilla Ann Beaulieu, 21 at the Aladdin Hotel in  Las Vegas (Source)

Recommended podcast:

James Dean, Marily Monroe, Elvis Pressley and the 1950s, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2009)

2003: George W. Bush Declares that 'major combat operations' in Iraq are over (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The War in Iraq: Islam, The U.S. President, and Prayer, by Dr. Frank McClelland [Text: Exodus 17:8-16]   (2003)
Globalism and the War in Iraq, by Dr Phil Fernandez (2003)

Thoughts for Tuesday, May 1, 2018

"They will be in this like the burning bush, which was burnt with fire, but not consumed. As the church was on earth, so sinners will be in hell." - - Ralph Venning (1621-1643) The Sinfulness of Sin

Daily Bible Verse for Tuesday, May 1, 2018

"This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therin day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy ways prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success." - Joshua 1:8 (Audio)

Here are some sermons on Joshua 1:8:

Joshua's Appeal for Covenant Consciousness, by Dr. Cornelius Van Til (1895-1987)
Making Progress Through the Word, by Rev. Colin Mercer
Making Progress Through the Word, Part 2, by Rev. Colin Mercer
Taking Back the Good Book, by Pastor Kevin Boling

Recommended Hymns for Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Today in the News - Tuesday, May 1, 2018

National and World News

One-Handed NFL Draft Pick Lands Several Endorsements - breitbart.com
Dark Side of Internet Rearing Its Ugly Head - wnd.com
The War on Cash is Even Worse Than it Seams - lewrockwell.com
Israeli Intelligence Obtains Explosive Evidence on Iran's Growing Nuclear Weapons Program - redstate.com
Trump is Still the Leader of the Free World - nationalreview.com
Is Prison Reform Overlooking Women? - christianpost.com
Disney Selling Homosexual-Themed 'Rainbow Loved' Mickey Mouse Ears at Theme Parks - chrstiannews.net
GQ Lists Bible Among Books 'Not Worth Reading' - christiannews.net
What Israeli Spys Just Pulled Off On Iran is Absolutely Nuts - townhall.com
Peace Breaks Out in Korea - L'l Rocket Man Turns Statesman - lewrockwell.com
Livid Liberals: NYC Parents Love Diversity, But Not In Their Kids Schools - thenewamerican.com
Caravan Arrives, Hondurus Flags Flying, Middle Fingers Flashing - americanthinker.com
Trump: Actually a Russia Hawk - americanthinker.com
Blue Wave Evaporating: Mellennials Ditching Democrats - americanthinker.com
Alarm Sounded Over Looming Apocalype in Social Security Spending - wnd.com
Worldwide Respect for Trump Far More Important Than Nobel Prize - canadafreepress.com

Misc. Videos & Colomnists:

Caroline B. Glick: Time to Cut JVP Down to Size - jpost.comCaroline B. Glick: 5 Key Points About U. S. Led Syria Airstrike - jpost.com
Tony Duheaume: Analysis: Who Will Side With Whom if Syria Explodes? - english.alarabia.net
Will Trump Tear Up Iran Deal? No Plan B - lewrockwell.com
"They're Total Fraud!" Trey Gowdy Has Had Enough of Comey, Clinton, Resenstein - FoxNews
Michelle Malkin: Alfie and Haleigh and Charlie and Jahi - michellemalkin.com
Did You Know This Fact About Slavery? - Dinesh D'Souza
Ann Coulter: Teddy Kennedy's Surprise for Grandma - anncoulter.com
Patrick Buchanan: With Nixon in '68: The Year America Came Apart - lewrockwell.com
Patrick Buchanan: Macron: The Last Multilateralist - townhall.com
Stop NAFTA TPP International Merger - JBS Straight Talk
The Federal Reserve is About to Die - This New House Resolution Will Change the Economy Forever - Lisa Haven
What' a Greater Leap of Faith? God, or a Multiverse? - PragerU

Conservative Christians Podcasts 

Christian Pompeo May Lose Nomination - Christian Rand Paul Opposes Christian Pompeo, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Barbara Bush in Heaven? Shall the Bush Clan Repent for its Support of Abortion? by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Soft Porn At the Checkout Counter - The Influence of Cosmopolitan, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
The Alfie Phenomenon: Surrendering Parental Rights to the State, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Vietnam is Beating Christians, by Adam McManus
Religious Liberty Disappearing in 28 Nations, by Adam McManus
More Boundaries for Wives, by Jonathan Daugherty
Answering Skeptics About Noah's Ark, by Jim Schneider
The Opoid Epedemic, by Jim Schneider
News Roundup 4-20-18 - Crosstalk America
Friday, April 27, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Monday, April 23, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Friday, April 20, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Thursday, April 19, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

Bible Reading for Tuesday, May 1, 2018

If you follow this Bible reading plan, you will read the Bible through every year, and you will read through the Proverbs and the Psalms once every month. And under each chapter below I have selected one or more sermons on that chapter from SermonAudio.com. If English is not your primary language, check out Biblegateway.com and see if you can find a Bible in your native language.


I'm relying on the following website for much of this daily post: Read The Bible in One Year.

For today, read:

1 Kings 10,11;  Luke 21:20-38Proverbs 1Psalms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Sermons on  1 Kings 10 (Audio):

The Queen of Sheba, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton [Text: 1 Kings 10]
The Half Has Never Been Told, by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: 1 Kings 10:6-7]

Sermons on  1 Kings 11 (Audio):

The Wealthiest Man on Skid Row, by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: 1 Kings 11]
Turning From God to Gods, by Pastor Robert McCurley [Text: 1 Kings 11:1-8]

Sermons on Luke 21 (Audio):

Jesus Prophecies the Future, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: Luke 21:5-38]
The Destruction of Jerusalem, by James Hamilton, The Street Preacher [Text: Luke 21:20-24]

Sermons on Proverbs 1 (Audio):

Mining Wisdom From Proverbs, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: Proverbs 1:1-7]

Note: Many of the hymns found in this section can be found in the Psalter Hymnal
Sermons on 

Sermons on Psalms 1 (Audio):

The Gospel of God in the Psalms of David: A Happy New Year(s) , by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson (Note: This sermon was preached on New Year's Day, 2012)

Hymn based on Psalm 1: That Man is Blessed Who Fearing God

Sermons on Psalms 2 (Audo):

Why Do the Nations Rage? by Dr. Martin Lloyd Jones (1899-1981) [Text: Psalm 2; Acts 4:25,26]

Sermons on Psalms 3 (Audio):

The Glory and Grace of the Lord in Salvation, by Dr. Alan Cairns [Text: Psalm 3; 1 Corinthians 1]

Sermons on Psalms 4 (Audio):

Mid-Life and Senior Years, by Dr. Joel Beeke [Text: Psalm 4]

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 4: On The Good and Faithful [Note: You may recognize the melody from another beutiful hymn, In The Hour of Trial]

Sermons on Psalms 5 (Audio):

Peace at the Mercy Seat! by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: Psalm 5]

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Two Trick Questions

Two Trick Questions, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson

The text for this sermon is Luke 20:19-44 (Audio)

Sudan & Turkey

The following 2 podcasts are by Dr. Peter Hammond

Mission Update on Sudan
Turkish Genocide of Armenians in 1915

Friendship in Marriage

Friendship in Marriage, by Dr. Joel Beeke

Today in History - April 30

1859: Charles Dickens "A Tale of Two Cities" is first published in literary periodical "All the Year Long" (Source)

Recommended sermon:


1921: England Treaty of Versailles (Source)


1993: CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research where Tim Berners-Lee has invented the World Wide Web announces that it is puttig the software in public domain. This has made the World Wide Web an open and free platform, letting millions of applications bloom (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

CERN Revisited, by Charles Lawson [Text: Genesis 10:8-10;11:1-9] (2016)
Me, Myself, and...IPhone? by Jonathan Daugherty
Serious Dangers With the Internet Age,  by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2014)

Thoughts For Monday, April 30, 2018

"To the question, 'should one preach doctrine?' the Puritan answer would have been, 'Why? What else is there to preach?' Puritan preachers were not afraid to bring the profoundest theology into the pulpit if it bore on their hearers salvation...doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrite; but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ's sheep. The preacher's job is to proclaim the faith, not to provide entertainment for unbelievers. In other words, to feed the sheep and not amuse the goats." - Dr. J. I. PackerA Quest for Godliness: A Puritan View of the Christian Life

Daily Bible Verse for Monday, April 30, 2018

"For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mothers womb. I will praise thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest part of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, being yet unperfect, and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them."
Psalm 139:13-16 (Audio)

Here are some sermons on Psalm 139:13-16:

God's Hands, God's Plans, by Dr. Toby B. Holt
The Most Dangerous Place Today: The Womb, by Ron Johnson
Motherhood in the Bible, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014)
The Sacredness of the Blood, by Dr. Frank McClelland
Robbing God of His Harvest, by Rev. Kevin McLeod
A Scripted Life, by Roger Wagner

Recommended reading:

Ceicil Richard's Answer to When Life Begins is As Anti-Science as it Gets - redstate.com
Trump Administation Says Abortion is Not a Human Right - lifenews.com


Recommended Hymns for Monday, April 30, 2018

Today in the News - Monday, April 30, 2018

National and World News

Wages Rise at Strongest Pace in Nearly a Decade - breitbart.com
Uncle Sam Is Big Brother - theeconomiccollapseblog.com
Research: Google Search Manipulation Can Swing Nearly 80 Percent of Undecided Voters - informationliberation.com
'Rapidly Worsening Epidemic': Flesh-Eating Disease Strikes Australia, Scientists Don't Have Answeres - christiannews.net
Have You Been Nice or Naughty This Year? Washington Again Threatens UN Voting Poopers - rt.com
Is Your Cell Phone Trying to Kill You? New Study Says, Maybe - newser.com
SNAP Reform Will Send At Least 4 Million New People Back to Work - freebeacon.com
How False Flags Are Carried Out Today - thedailysheeple.com
Kennedy Lied, People Died, and Got Enslaved - and the Media Covered it  Up (The Sequel)  - townhall.com
12-Year-Old Australian Boy Fights With His Mother, Steals Her Credit Card, Flies to Bali for 4-Day Vacation - odditycentral.com
How Many Facts Can a Fact Checker Check - weeklystandard.com
Time to Admit That Trump is Doing a Good Job - americanthinker.com
School to Parents: Kids Required to Take Gender Orientation Class - wnd.com

Misc. Videos & Colomnists:

Caroline B. Glick: Time to Cut JVP Down to Size - jpost.comCaroline B. Glick: 5 Key Points About U. S. Led Syria Airstrike - jpost.com
Tony Duheaume: Analysis: Who Will Side With Whom if Syria Explodes? - english.alarabia.net
Will Trump Tear Up Iran Deal? No Plan B - lewrockwell.com
"They're Total Fraud!" Trey Gowdy Has Had Enough of Comey, Clinton, Resenstein - FoxNews
Michelle Malkin: Alfie and Haleigh and Charlie and Jahi - michellemalkin.com
Did You Know This Fact About Slavery? - Dinesh D'Souza
Ann Coulter: Teddy Kennedy's Surprise for Grandma - anncoulter.com
Patrick Buchanan: With Nixon in '68: The Year America Came Apart - lewrockwell.com
Patrick Buchanan: Macron: The Last Multilateralist - townhall.com
Stop NAFTA TPP International Merger - JBS Straight Talk
The Federal Reserve is About to Die - This New House Resolution Will Change the Economy Forever - Lisa Haven
What' a Greater Leap of Faith? God, or a Multiverse? - PragerU

Conservative Christians Podcasts 

Christian Pompeo May Lose Nomination - Christian Rand Paul Opposes Christian Pompeo, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Barbara Bush in Heaven? Shall the Bush Clan Repent for its Support of Abortion? by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Soft Porn At the Checkout Counter - The Influence of Cosmopolitan, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
The Alfie Phenomenon: Surrendering Parental Rights to the State, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Vietnam is Beating Christians, by Adam McManus
Religious Liberty Disappearing in 28 Nations, by Adam McManus
More Boundaries for Wives, by Jonathan Daugherty
Answering Skeptics About Noah's Ark, by Jim Schneider
The Opoid Epedemic, by Jim Schneider
News Roundup 4-20-18 - Crosstalk America
Friday, April 27, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Monday, April 23, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Friday, April 20, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Thursday, April 19, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

Bible Reading for Monday, April 30, 2018

If you follow this Bible reading plan, you will read the Bible through every year, and you will read through the Proverbs and the Psalms once every month. And under each chapter below I have selected one or more sermons on that chapter from SermonAudio.com. If English is not your primary language, check out Biblegateway.com and see if you can find a Bible in your native language.


I'm relying on the following website for much of this daily post: Read The Bible in One Year.

For today, read:

1 Kings 8, 9;  Luke 21:1-19Proverbs 30; Proverbs 31Psalms 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150

Sermons on  1 Kings 8 (Audio):

God Moves in Mysterious Ways, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: 1 Kings 8:1-6]
A Proper View of Our Trials, by Rev. Colin Mercer [Text: 1 Kings 8:1-6]

Sermons on  1 Kings 9 (Audio):

The Infallible Word, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: 1 Kings 9:1-10; 36]
God Annoints Jehu to Execute Judgment, by Rev. David Kranendonk [Text: 1 Kings 9:1-13]

Sermons on Luke 21 (Audio):

Global Judgment, by Rev. Mark Kelderman [Text: Luke 21:28]
The Antithesis of Worldliness, by James Hamilton, The Street Preacher [Text: Luke 21:1-4]
Questions About the Future, by Pastor Robert McCurley [Text Luke 21:5-38]
The Destruction of Jerusalem, by James Hamilton, The Street Preacher [Text: Luke 21:20-24]

Sermons on Proverbs 30 (Audio):

A Self Righteous Generation, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton [Text: Proverbs 30]

Sermons on Proverbs 31 (Audio):

The Picture of a Godly Wife, by Rev. Colin Mercer [Text: Proverbs 31; Ephesians 5:21-33]

Note: Many of the hymns found in this section can be found in the Psalter Hymnal
Sermons on 


Sermons on Psalms 141 (Audio):

Understanding the 9th Commandment in a Way That it Leads to the Prayer of Psalm 141, by Rev. Hans Overduin [Text: Psalm 141:3; Exodus 20:16]

Sermons on Psalms 142 (Audio):

The Defense of Scotland's Reformation, by Rev. David Mook [Text: Psalm 142:1-7]

Sermons on Psalms 143 (Audio):

The Person of the Holy Spirit, by Rev. Lawrence J. Bilkes [Text: Psalm 143:1-12]

Here is  a hymn based on Psalm 146: When Morning Lights the Eastern Sky

Sermons on Psalms 144 (Audio):

A Passionate Prayer for the Blessing of God, by Dr. Alan Cairns [Text: Psalm 144:12-14]

Sermons on Psalms 145 (Audio):

Blessing the Lord Every Day! by Pastor Joel Overduin [Text: Psalm 145]

Here is  a hymn based on Psalm 144: I Will Extol Thee

Sermons on Psalms 146 (Audio):

The Way of Blessedness, by Rev. Jan Neels [Text: Psalm 146:5]

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 146: Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah!

Sermons on Psalms 147 (Audio):

Christ's Hospital, Christ the Healer, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon [Text: Psalm 147:3; Psalm 147]

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 147: Praise Ye The Lord For It Is Good!

Sermons on Psalms 148 (Audio):

The Problem of Evolution, by Rev. James C. Galligher [Text: Psalm 148:1-5; Genesis 1:1-25]

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 148: Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah!

Sermons on Psalms 149 (Audio):

The Church Triumphing and Triumphant! by Rev. David Silversides [Text: Psalm 149]

Here is  a hymn based on Psalm 149: Ye Who His Temple Throng (Sung to the same melody as Come Thou Almighty King!)

Sermons on Psalms 150 (Audio):

Praise Ye The Lord, Hallelujah! by Dr. Alan Cairns [Textp Psalm 150]


Saturday, April 28, 2018

How to Keep the Sabbath Holy

How to Keep the Sabbath Holy, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton

The text for this sermon is Mark 2:27 (Audio):

"And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath."

I Know Whom I Have Believed!

I Know Whom I Have Believed

The hymn is based on 2 Timothy 1:12 (Audio):

"For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom i have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day."


Things the Bible Knew Before Science

Big Problems With the Big Bang

Big Problems With the Big Bang, by Dr. Jason Lisle

Are There Contradictions in the Bible? The Bible and Pi

The Relevance of Physics, Cosmology & Astronomy for Young Earth Creation

Friday, April 27, 2018

Today in History - April 28

April 28

1770: British Captain James Cook, aboard the Endevor, lands at Botony Bay in Australia (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Kevin Swanson - Down Under, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2013)
Quick Report on Australia/New Zealand, Then Open Phones, by James White (2016)
Revival: Australia Mission, by Dr. Peter Hammond (2018)

1788: Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the constitution (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Was U.S Constitution Christian at Beginning? by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2017)
America's Constitution and the New World Order, by Dr. Herbert Titus, JD (2005)
Biblical Principles in the U. S. Constitution, by Mr. Paul Jehle [Text: Romans 10:6-10) (2008)

1550: Powers of Dutch Inquisition Extended (Source)

What Every Christian Need to Know About the Inquisition, by Dr. Peter Hammond (2011)
Reformed Christianity Vs. Roman Catholicism, by Rev. Ian Brown
Inquisition Witches and Mystics, by Dr. James White





Is There a Secret Plan to Legalize Sex Trafficking of Minors? Feminist Activist Tells All

Is There a Secret Plan to Legalize Sex Trafficking of Minors? Feminist Activist Tells All - christianpost.com

Excerpt from this article:

"If you would have told radical feminist and political activist Natasha Chart five years ago that she would be fired for objectig to the prostitution of minor, she would's have believed that anyone could be fired for that reason. Yet Chart, 43, who hails from New York and is the board chair of the radical feminist group Women's Liberation Front, was terminated in August 2018 from her political advocacy job for doinng exactly that."
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The following is from the book, Sometimes God Has a Kids Face:

"The Word on the Street is Johns Prefer Chickens!"

 "Merry Christmas Mister. Hey, Mister, do you wanna party? Are you looking for a good time on Christmas Eve? It's $10 bucks for the Globe Hotel and $20 bucks for me Mister...I've got to stop crying. Nobody's gonna buy me if I'm crying. It's bad for the John's head. It ruins his fantasy when a kid he wants to buy has tears in her eyes.
“I feel like such a jerk, working the Cameo on Christmas Eve. People look at me real quick, and then look away – except the Johns. Bruce wants me to come to church on Christmas. He says God won't mind at all. In fact, He'd like to see me there, Bruce says.
“I'd be afraid. With these clothes on! Midnight mass would never be the same!   Besides, I'd never be able to sing Silent Night without Crying. Imagine me, in church, singing Silent Night. God would laugh. Before He got mad, He would laugh.
“I wish I could call my mother. It would be nice to know if she's OK. It being Christmas, and all. She'd want to know what I was doing and where I was, but she already knows. And it would spoil her Christmas to know I was alive. I wonder if she'd rather think that I was dead. Maybe I wouldn't hurt her so much then.
“She could go back to thinking how it used to be on Christmas. When I was little. Before I left. Before I ruined things. Before dad...I've got to stop crying. Blue fly will be really mad if he sees me crying. Bruce says I should come to Covenant House for Christmas. The place looks great, he says. Christmas trees and presents for the kids and a big turkey dinner.
“It's hard when it's somebody else's Christmas tree. You walk around all day thinking of the time when you had one all your own. When you had a family and you got presents, and you were with people who loved you and wanted to have you around.
“It's hard to get presents from somebody you hardly know. Who you never saw before yesterday. Who are just trying to make you feel good and happy. Sometimes it just makes it worse.
“It's Christmas, and everybody wants me to be happy. Except Blue Fly! He wants me to work the Cameo porn theater and pick up 10 Johns. Maybe they'll feel sorry for me and give me some big tips – before they go home to their own wives and kids and decorate their own Christmas trees!
“I wonder what kind of presents they're gonna give the kids at Covenant House this year. I wonder if they'd let me in again. Bruce said he would. My pimp, Blue Fly, sure won't like it. He really hassled me the last time I went to Covenant House. He beat me real bad. I don't want to go through that again!
“I sure don't want to keep doing this, either. Maybe Bruce is right and God won't get mad at me at Christmas!”
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Recommended reading:

What to Do if You Suspect a Child is Being Sexually Abused

Thoughts for Saturday, April 29, 2018

 "People often ask physicians how we handle the emotional stress of dealing with ill children. What are our defense mechanisms? Do we practice a cool detachment? Do we shut off our emotions completely? Or do we go home at the end of the day and sob over a reheated dinner? ...The truth is that we are trained to do a job: recognize a problem, come up with a solution and execute that plan. Our ability to actually do something protects us from what you might expect would be a chronic depressive state. We feed off the satisfaction of being able to help and we know that things would be worse if we didn't or couldn't, do anything. For that reason, the experience of taking care of sick kids is much different from a hopeless walk through a pediatric ward as a visitor." - Katrina Firlik, Another Day in the Frontal Lobe - A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside

Recommended reading (in addition to Dr. Firlik's book above!)

I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise! (Children Surviving Cancer), by Erma Bombeck

Recommended reading: Note: The first 3 books below are all written by brain surgeons. The fourth is written by the late Erma Bombeck who was in a class all by herself!

Daily Bible Verse for Saturday & Sunday, April 28 & 29, 2018

The following sermons are on

"He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy." - Proverbs 29:1 (Audio)

The God of the Bible Kills People, by Evangelist Rolfe Barnard (1904-1969)
A Hard Neck and a Doomed Soul, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton
The Danger of Crossing God's Deadline, by Rev. Austin Allen
The Cost of Abusing Gospel Reproofs, by Rev. Ian Goligher
Often Reproved, by Rev. John Greer
Spiritual Suicide, by Rev. Roger Higginson

Recommended Hymns for Saturday & Sunday, April 28 & 29, 2018

Today in the News - Saturday, April 28, 2018

National and World News

Donald Trump Celebrates End of House Intelligence Investigation: 'We Should Get On With Our Lives' - breitbart.com
New Ten Commandment Monument Installed at Arkansas Capitol to Replace Destroyed Decalogue - christiannews.net
Never Let Anyone Call You Crazy for Doubting Establishment's War Narritive - lewrockwell.com
Pro-Lifers Will Protest in Planned Parenthood Abortions Clinics in Hundreds or Cities Saturday, Here's a Location Near You - lifenews.com
The State-Ordered Killing of Young Alfie Evans - nationalreview.com
Unlike Obama, Trump Deserves Nobel Prize - canadafreepress.com
College Installs 'Cry Closet' for Snowflakes Students - redstate.com
Kanye West and Trump Tag-Team to Explode Liberal Heads - americanthinker.com
Sarah Sanders Gets Heckeled by Clinton's Former Press Secretary - Her Response Shows Why You Do Not Mess With Her! - dailycaller.com
16 Bizarre and Disturbing Facts About North Korea - wnd.com
Anti-Trump Shrinks Convene to War of 'Unfit' President - wnd.com

Misc. Videos & Colomnists:

Caroline B. Glick: Time to Cut JVP Down to Size - jpost.comCaroline B. Glick: 5 Key Points About U. S. Led Syria Airstrike - jpost.com
Tony Duheaume: Analysis: Who Will Side With Whom if Syria Explodes? - english.alarabia.net
Will Trump Tear Up Iran Deal? No Plan B - lewrockwell.com
"They're Total Fraud!" Trey Gowdy Has Had Enough of Comey, Clinton, Resenstein - FoxNews
Michelle Malkin: Alfie and Haleigh and Charlie and Jahi - michellemalkin.com
Did You Know This Fact About Slavery? - Dinesh D'Souza
Ann Coulter: Teddy Kennedy's Surprise for Grandma - anncoulter.com
Patrick Buchanan: Macron: The Last Multilateralist - townhall.com
Stop NAFTA TPP International Merger - JBS Straight Talk
The Federal Reserve is About to Die - This New House Resolution Will Change the Economy Forever - Lisa Haven
What' a Greater Leap of Faith? God, or a Multiverse? - PragerU

Conservative Christians Podcasts 

Christian Pompeo May Lose Nomination - Christian Rand Paul Opposes Christian Pompeo, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Barbara Bush in Heaven? Shall the Bush Clan Repent for its Support of Abortion? by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Soft Porn At the Checkout Counter - The Influence of Cosmopolitan, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Why Boy-Girl Romances Implode - Why They Don't Live Happily Ever After, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Vietnam is Beating Christians, by Adam McManus
China Aborts About 60% of its Babies, by Adam McManus
Me, Myself, and...IPhone? by Jonathan Daugherty
Answering Skeptics About Noah's Ark, by Jim Schneider
The Opoid Epedemic, by Jim Schneider
News Roundup 4-20-18 - Crosstalk America
Monday, April 23, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Friday, April 20, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Thursday, April 19, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Tuesday, April 17, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

Bible Reading for Saturday & Sunday, April 28 & 29, 2018

If you follow this Bible reading plan, you will read the Bible through every year, and you will read through the Proverbs and the Psalms once every month. And under each chapter below I have selected one or more sermons on that chapter from SermonAudio.com. If English is not your primary language, check out Biblegateway.com and see if you can find a Bible in your native language.


I'm relying on the following website for much of this daily post: Read The Bible in One Year.

For today, read:

1 Kings 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;  Luke 20Proverbs 28, Proverbs 29Psalms 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140

Sermons on  1 Kings 3 (Audio):

Wisdom and the Prayer of Faith, by Rev. Roger Higginson [Text: 1 Kings 3:1-15; James 1:5-7]
A Dream Come True, by Pastor Robert McCurley [Text: 1 Kings 3:1-15]

Sermons on  1 Kings 4 (Audio):

Organizing the Kingdom, by Pastor Robert McCurley [Text: 1 Kings 4:1-21]
Delivered From Wits End Corner, by Rev. Reginald Cranston [Text: 2 King 4:2]

Sermons on  1 Kings 5 (Audio):

Preparation for Building, by Pastor Robert McCurley [Text: 1 Kings 5:1-18]

Sermons on  1 Kings 6 (Audio):

Getting the Work Done, by Rev. Samuel Murray [Text: 1 Samuel 6:1-14]

Sermons on  1 Kings 7 (Audio):

Pillars of Brass, by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: 1 Kings 7]
Are There Contradictions in the Bible? The Bible and PI, by Michael Boehm [Text: 1 Kings 7:23; 2 Chronicles 4:5]

Sermons on Luke 20 (Audio):

What Right Has Jesus to Speak? by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: Luke 20:1-18]
The Wicked Tenants, by James Hamilton, The Street Preacher [Text: Luke 20:1-18]
Christ: The Cornerstone and Crushing Stone, by Dr. Alan Cairns [Text: Luke 20:17,18]
Two Trick Questions? by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: Luke 20:19-44]

Sermons on Proverbs 28 (Audio):

How Are You Dealing With Sin? by Rev. Maarten Kuivenhoven [Text: Proverbs 28:13]

Sermons on Proverbs 29 (Audio):

The following sermons are on Proverbs 29:1:

"He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy."

The God of the Bible Kills People, by Evangelist Rolfe Barnard (1904-1969)
A Hard Neck and a Doomed Soul, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton
The Danger of Crossing God's Deadline, by Rev. Austin Allen
The Cost of Abusing Gospel Reproofs, by Rev. Ian Goligher
Often Reproved, by Rev. John Greer
Spiritual Suicide, by Rev. Roger Higginson

Note: Many of the hymns found in this section can be found in the Psalter Hymnal
Sermons on 


Sermons on Psalms 131 (Audio):

A Baby Picture to Pass on For Sure, by Rev. Hans Overduin [Text: Psalm 131]

Sermons on Psalms 132 (Audio):

Promises, Promises, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: Psalm 132]

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 132:  Graceous Lord, Remember David

Sermons on Psalms 133 (Audio):

Can Church Be Good For You? by Dr.  Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: Psalm 133]

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 133: How Good and Pleasant is the Sight

Sermons on Psalms 134 (Audio):

Bless You! by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: Psalm 134]

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 134: O Bless Our God With One Accord

Sermons on Psalms 135 (Audio):

To God Be the Glory, by Pastor Joel Overduin [Text: Psalm 135]

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 135: O Praise Ye The Name of Jehovah

Sermons on Psalms 136 (Audio):

The Song of Mercy, by Dr. Michal Barrett [Text: Psalm 136]

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 136: Give Thanks to God for Good is He

Sermons on Psalms 137 (Audio):

Recovery of Saints From Babylonian Captivity, by Dr. Alan Cairns [Text: Psalm 137]

Sermons on Psalms 138 (Audio):

Christ Centered Worship, by Dr. Alan Cairns [Text: Psalm 138]

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 138With Grateful Heart My Thanks I Bring

Sermons on Psalms 139 (Audio):

The following sermoms are on Psalm 139:13-16:


"For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mothers womb. I will praise thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest part of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, being yet unperfect, and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them."

God's Hands, God's Plans, by Dr. Toby B. Holt
The Most Dangerous Place Today: The Womb, by Ron Johnson
Motherhood in the Bible, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014)
The Sacredness of the Blood, by Dr. Frank McClelland
Robbing God of His Harvest, by Rev. Kevin McLeod
A Scripted Life, by Roger Wagner

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 139:  All That I Am I Owe to Thee [This is sung to the same melody as another beutiful hymn, Jesus, and Shall it Ever Be?]

Sermons on Psalms 140 (Audio):

The Believer's Armour-Bearer, by Rev. John Greer [Text: Psalm 140:7]

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Today in History - April 27th

1974: USA calls for impeachment of Nixon (Source)




1982: The Trial of John W. Hinkley, Jr. began in Washington. Hinkley was later acquitted by reason of insanity for the shooting of U. S. President Reagan and 3 others (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Worst Presidents: Regan, Bush and Ford - Fiscally Irresponsible Presidents, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2017)



2005: Russian President Vladimir Putin becomes first Kremlin leader to visit Israel (Source)

Understanding the Crisis in Ukraine, by Dr. Peter Hamond
The Failure of Atheism and the Triump of Faith in Russia, by Dr. Peter Hammond
A Conservative's Reaction to Putin's Speech, by Dr. Paul J. Dean, Jr. (2015)

Cosby Guilty of Sexual Assault After Years of Accusations

Cosby Guilty of Sexual Assault After Years of Accusations - wnd.com

Excerpt from this article:

"A jury found Bill Cosby guilty Thursday of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home near here 14 years ago, capping the downfall of one of the world's best known entertainers, and offering a measure of satisfaction to the dozens of women who for years have accused him of similar assaults against them.
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The following is from the book, Sometimes God Has a Kids Face:

"The Word on the Street is Johns Prefer Chickens!"

 "Merry Christmas Mister. Hey, Mister, do you wanna party? Are you looking for a good time on Christmas Eve? It's $10 bucks for the Globe Hotel and $20 bucks for me Mister...I've got to stop crying. Nobody's gonna buy me if I'm crying. It's bad for the John's head. It ruins his fantasy when a kid he wants to buy has tears in her eyes.
“I feel like such a jerk, working the Cameo on Christmas Eve. People look at me real quick, and then look away – except the Johns. Bruce wants me to come to church on Christmas. He says God won't mind at all. In fact, He'd like to see me there, Bruce says.
“I'd be afraid. With these clothes on! Midnight mass would never be the same!   Besides, I'd never be able to sing Silent Night without Crying. Imagine me, in church, singing Silent Night. God would laugh. Before He got mad, He would laugh.
“I wish I could call my mother. It would be nice to know if she's OK. It being Christmas, and all. She'd want to know what I was doing and where I was, but she already knows. And it would spoil her Christmas to know I was alive. I wonder if she'd rather think that I was dead. Maybe I wouldn't hurt her so much then.
“She could go back to thinking how it used to be on Christmas. When I was little. Before I left. Before I ruined things. Before dad...I've got to stop crying. Blue fly will be really mad if he sees me crying. Bruce says I should come to Covenant House for Christmas. The place looks great, he says. Christmas trees and presents for the kids and a big turkey dinner.
“It's hard when it's somebody else's Christmas tree. You walk around all day thinking of the time when you had one all your own. When you had a family and you got presents, and you were with people who loved you and wanted to have you around.
“It's hard to get presents from somebody you hardly know. Who you never saw before yesterday. Who are just trying to make you feel good and happy. Sometimes it just makes it worse.
“It's Christmas, and everybody wants me to be happy. Except Blue Fly! He wants me to work the Cameo porn theater and pick up 10 Johns. Maybe they'll feel sorry for me and give me some big tips – before they go home to their own wives and kids and decorate their own Christmas trees!
“I wonder what kind of presents they're gonna give the kids at Covenant House this year. I wonder if they'd let me in again. Bruce said he would. My pimp, Blue Fly, sure won't like it. He really hassled me the last time I went to Covenant House. He beat me real bad. I don't want to go through that again!
“I sure don't want to keep doing this, either. Maybe Bruce is right and God won't get mad at me at Christmas!”
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Recommended reading:

What to Do if You Suspect a Child is Being Sexually Abused
Melania Trump: 'Era of Allowing Brutality Against Women and Children is Over'

Thoughts for Friday, April 26, 2018

The thought for today is actually a video:

The Speech That Got JFK Killed - John F. Kennedy's Secret Society Warning

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About 8 years after JFK was assasinated, Gary Allen published None Dare Call It Conspiracy, by Gary Allen (1971). Here are a few of the people who endorsed Gary Allen's book:

"The story you are about to read is true. The names have not been changed to protect the guilty. This book may have the effect of changing your life. After reading this book, you will never look at national and world events the same way again." - John G. Scmitz, United States Congressman, October 25, 1971

"None Dare Call It Conspiracy is an admirable job of proving that communism is socialism and socialism (a plot to enslave the world) is not a movement of the downtrodden but a scheme supported and directed by the wealthiest of people." - Dan Smoot, Former Assistant to J. Edgar Hoover

"Whatever one dares to call the apparatus described and documented in this book, he will ignore it at his peril. 1972 may be our last chance to diffuse this destructive device." - Dean Clarence E. Manion, Former Dean of Notre Dame Law School

The following is a quote for Deep Truth: The Lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, by Adrian Havil (1993):

"Whenever you run a clandestine operation, you run two things at the same time: you prepare the team for the hit, and you keep it so small there's nobody to spread it all around. And across the hall is a big staff working on what we call special plans. They're preparing the cover story. The cover story is what they want people to believe and to talk about, and to argue about." - From a 1992 speech by Col. Fletcher Prouty, former chief of special operations, Joint Chief of Staff

Recommended reading:

520 Secret JFK Files to Remain Fully Sealed - newser.com


Recommended Hymns for Friday, April 27, 2018

Today in the News - Friday, April 27, 2018

National and World News

Sessions: Bill Clinton's Pardons Were 'Stunning, Shocking, and Unacceptable on the Merits' - cnsnews.com
The CDC Study the Anti-Gun Lobby Doesn't Want You to Know About - lewrockwell.com
Globalist Magazine "Foreign Affairs" Calls Trump Racist, Sexists, and Authoritarian - thenewamerican.com
Trudeau: "Free Speech" Demands Funding Pipeline Protestors But Not Pro-Lifers - thenewamerican.com
The Claws Come Out - Joy Behar and Megan McCain Get Heated After Behar Makes Joke About Melania (Video) - dailycaller.com
Christians Deceived by the LGBTQ Movement - americanthinker.com
School's Explicit Sex Videos for 14 Year Olds Enrage Parents - Lawyers Warn of Felony Violations Over 'Mental Rape' of Girls - wnd.com
'You Don't Have to Be A Democrat': Kanye West Triggers Political 'Awakening'  - wnd.com

Misc. Videos & Colomnists:

Caroline B. Glick: Time to Cut JVP Down to Size - jpost.comCaroline B. Glick: 5 Key Points About U. S. Led Syria Airstrike - jpost.com
Tony Duheaume: Analysis: Who Will Side With Whom if Syria Explodes? - english.alarabia.net
Will Trump Tear Up Iran Deal? No Plan B - lewrockwell.com
"They're Total Fraud!" Trey Gowdy Has Had Enough of Comey, Clinton, Resenstein - FoxNews
Michelle Malkin: Alfie and Haleigh and Charlie and Jahi - michellemalkin.com
Did You Know This Fact About Slavery? - Dinesh D'Souza
Ann Coulter: Teddy Kennedy's Surprise for Grandma - anncoulter.com
Patrick Buchanan: Why The Authoritarian Right is Rising - lewrockwell.com
Stop NAFTA TPP International Merger - JBS Straight Talk
The Federal Reserve is About to Die - This New House Resolution Will Change the Economy Forever - Lisa Haven
What' a Greater Leap of Faith? God, or a Multiverse? - PragerU

Conservative Christians Podcasts 

Christian Pompeo May Lose Nomination - Christian Rand Paul Opposes Christian Pompeo, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Barbara Bush in Heaven? Shall the Bush Clan Repent for its Support of Abortion? by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Soft Porn At the Checkout Counter - The Influence of Cosmopolitan, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Why Boy-Girl Romances Implode - Why They Don't Live Happily Ever After, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Vietnam is Beating Christians, by Adam McManus
China Aborts About 60% of its Babies, by Adam McManus
Me, Myself, and...IPhone? by Jonathan Daugherty
Answering Skeptics About Noah's Ark, by Jim Schneider
The Opoid Epedemic, by Jim Schneider
News Roundup 4-20-18 - Crosstalk America
Monday, April 23, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Friday, April 20, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Thursday, April 19, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Tuesday, April 17, 2018, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

How I Found Christ?

 How I Found Christ? by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)