Sunday, January 27, 2013

The Daily Spurgeon - January 27, 2013

Quotes by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)

"The enemy, like a fisherman, watches his fish, adapts his bait to his prey; and knows in what seasons and times the fish are most likely to bite. This hunter of souls comes upon us unawares, and often we are overtaken in a fault, or caught in a trap through an unwatchful frame of mind...Satan turneth himself into that shape which we least fear, and sets before us such objects of temptation as are most agreeable to our natures, that he may soon draw us into his net. He sails with every wind, and blows us that way which we incline ourselves through the weakness of nature. Is our knowledge in matters of faith deficient? He tempts us to error...Are we hot in matters of religion?   He tempteth us to blind zeal and superstition. Are we cold? He tempteth us to Laodicean lukewarmness. Thus doth he lay his traps, that one way or another, he may ensnare us."(From Spurgeon's sermon, Satan Considering the Saints).

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You can also listen to an audio recording of The Forgotten Spurgeon on Sermonaudio.com:

Bible Reading for Today - January 27, 2013

"And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, what doest thou?" - Daniel 4:35

Recommended reading:

The Bible
Is the Bible Infallible?

A Sermon for Today - January 27, 2013

Today is Sunday. The Christian Sabbath. The Lord's Day. I hope you make it to church today to hear God's Word preached. But if you are unable to make it to church, I would like to recommend a sermon for you to listen to today based on the text Psalm 10:14:

"Thou hast seen it, for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless."


The Problem of Evil in the Life of the Believer, by Pastor Carl A Schouls

Saturday, January 26, 2013

The Cambrian Explosion - The Nail in the Coffin of Evolution!

In my last post I took a look at the eye (pun intended!) and provided some links and commentary which I hope get people thinking about how ridiculous it is to think that the human eye could have evolved by random mutation over millions of years.

In this post I simply want to provide links to 2 You Tube videos which I believe should be the death blow to evolution:

The Cambrian Explosion Destroys Evolution, by the Institute for Creation Research
The Cambrian Explosion - The Old Problem for Darwinists

Excerpt from God and the Astronomers, by NASA Astronomer Robert Jastrow

"Theologians generally are delighted with the proof that the universe had a beginning, but astronomers are curiously upset. It turns out that the scientist behaves the way the rest of us do when our beliefs are in conflict with the evidence...
 For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries."



Recommended reading (my post):

The Eye and the Snowflake

The Eye and the Snowflake

I watched 2 You Tube videos on the eye tonight.  The first video was by an evolutionist. The second video was by a creationist.

The first video was put out by DNA Learning Center. It is titled The Eye and Irreducible Complexity - Creationism Debunked . The lady in this video tries to make the case that it is perfectly reasonable to believe that the eye evolved - step by step - over millions of years into the complex organ that it is today. I was not convince, but then it would take a lot to convince me - at the very least, some hard evidence. And that was lacking in this video.

But what really was lacking is any mention of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. The people in this video talk about the eye evolving - little by little - over millions of years, as if it were perfectly natural for things to go from simple to complex, from unorganized to organized. Unfortunately, science tells us a different story.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics refutes the idea that things go from simple to complex and from unorganized to organized. See the You Tube video, The Second Law of Thermodynamics Broken by Evolutionists.

And the idea that 'random mutations' create more functional organisms is certainly not supported by the facts. Random mutations are almost always harmful to the organism. See the You Tube video Mutation is a Destroyer, by NephilimFree.

I don't expect this short post to convince atheists and evolutionists that there is a God. The Bible says that "Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God." (Romans 10:17). And so while I hope everyone reading this post will take the time to watch the videos I have linked to, what I would really like them to do is click on the following link and listen to that Word of God preached by that latter day Puritan Charles Haddon Spurgeon:

Compel them to Come In

Recommended Viewing:

The Eye and the Snowflake: CrEvo Rant #50 with Wazooloo







Obama's New Litmus Test for Military Leaders - "Will You Fire On American Citizens?"

Shock Claim: "The New Litmus Test of Leadership in the Military is if they WILL fire on US Citizens or NOT" - SHTFPlan.com

Excerpt:

"I have just been informed by a former senior military leader that Obama is using a new 'litmus test' in determining who will stay and who must go in his military leaders. Get ready to explode folks.  'The new litmus test of leadership in the military is if they will fire on US citizens or not.' Those who will not are being removed."- Dr. Jim Garrow

Recommended Reading:

Obama Fires Top General Without Even a Phone Call - The Weekly Standard

The Oathkeepers
Women in Combat: Be Careful What You Ask For

The Battle of Athens, August 1946

I recommend a lot of sermons and podcasts on this site. I don't recommend many movies (check out Dr. David Murray's sermon, Should Christians Watch Movies?). But I want to recommend one today. Actually, it is not a movie so much as a short video. It is the reenactment of a true story that has come to be known as The Battle of Athens. Here is a description of this short video (13 minutes) on WND News:

"For a decade before World War II and afterward, a corrupt political machine ran the town. But veterans returning from the war didn’t like what they found in their hometown. So they fielded opposition candidates for sheriff and state senate. But the machine politicians seized the ballot boxes to ensure they would not be ousted by a popular political vote. The vets grabbed what today would be called “assault weapons” – you know, the kind that shoot one round at a time while another round enters the chamber, just like 90 percent of today’s firearms. They surrounded the town jail where the ballot boxes were being secured. When the machine politicians refused to turn over the ballot boxes, the veterans blew up the jail and took possession of the ballots. Not surprisingly, they found the challengers had won the election fair and square."  Guns Are Only Answer to Criminal Government

So why don't you check out this very informative video:

The Battle of Athens: Restoring the Rule of Law


Note: Ben Franklin is quoted as saying: "Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually wind up plowing for those who didn't!"

Recommended reading:

What Happens when Governments Disarm Their Citizens?
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Today in the News - January 26, 2013

Here is what is going on in the world today:

An Army Veteran Plus a 9mm Handgun Equals a Bad Day for a Robber - The Blaze
Morsi's Antisemitic 'Apes and Pigs' Comment Wasn't Taken Out of Context, It Was Taken Out of the Koran - The Blaze
Sheriff Joe Arpaio: I'm Not Confiscating Guns - I Don't Care What they Say from Washington - WND News
Scientology Founder's Great-Grand-Son Accuses Church of Brainwashing - Huffington Post
The Resistance Begins: New York Gun Owners Refuse to Register;  "Largest Act of Civil Disobedience in State's History" -  SHFTPlan.com
Latino Gang Intimidating Blacks into Leaving Compton - Los Angeles Times
Court: 93 Year-Old Man Kills Wife of 70 Years Because 'He Couldn't Take it Anymore' - CBS St. Louis
Obama Continues to Violate His Own Stimulus Law by Not Releasing Quarterly Reports - The Weekly Standard
Iran Would Definitely Use Nuclear Weapons on Israel - The Jerusalem Post
US Tested Chemical Weapons on Poor and Blacks During the Cold War - Pravda

Podcasts

Countries to Watch, by Pastor Trevor Hammack
Google Earth Exposes North Korea's Secret Prison Camps, by Pastor Sean E. Harris
UK Government Source: Teachers May Face Firing for Refusing to Teach Gay Marriage - Mohan Krishna

Massive Crowds Attend 40th Annual March for Life

Massive Crowds Attend 40th Annual March for Life - Canada Free Press

Recommended reading:

Would it Bother Us More if They Used Guns?

Henry Kissinger Predicts Nuclear War With Iran

Kissinger Predicts Nuclear War With Iran - Infowars.com

Excerpt:

"Globalist kingpin, renowned war criminal and Rockefeller co-conspirator Henry Kissinger is talking up a nuclear conflagration. Speaking at the one-worlder confab held in Davos, Switzerland, Kissinger said a crisis involving a nuclear Iran in the 'foreseeable future' will lead to a nuclear war and “a turning point in human history,” the BBC reports.

There are some people who believe 9/11 was the result of a government conspiracy. I'm not necessarily one of them. But I do know that there were wealthy and powerful people in America - both Republicans and Democrats - that wanted something like 9/11 to occur, so they could use it to scare  Americans into going along with legislation like the Patriot Act.

And there are people today that believe the Sandy Hook Massacre was the result of a government conspiracy. Again, I am not necessarily one of them. But there is no doubt that Obama is pushing to totally disarm Americans, and when a horrendous crime like Sandy Hook occurs, he is quick to exploit it to further his agenda.

And so when I read that Henry Kissinger is predicting nuclear war with Iran, I take it serious. First, it is utterly amazing that the world has not had some form of limited nuclear war since Democratic President Harry Truman dropped the bomb on Japan in 1945, killing hundreds of thousands of men, women and children - mostly civilians!

But the world is only a hairs breath right now from accepting a one world government, and those, like Henry Kissinger who have devoted their lives to this cause, know that all it would take to scare the world into accepting this would be to have a limited nuclear war.

Consider Mr. Kissingers comment made in 1992:

"Today Americans would be outraged if UN troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful. This is especially true if they were told that there was an outside threat from beyond, whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will plead with world rulers to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well being
guaranteed by their world government." (Source)

Before the UN can (safely!) send in troops to any American town or city, their servant, Mr. Obama, has to destroy the Second Amendment and take away our guns!  When that happens - not if, but when - I predict that the UN will begin to show its teeth.

Recommended reading (my post):

Why I believe in the Conspiratorial Theory of History
Is Obama the Antichrist? I Say Yes!
The Things Which Must Soon Come to Past

The Daily Spurgeon - January 26, 2013

Quotes by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)

"When the arch-spy finds a weak place in the wall of our castle, he takes care to plant his battering ram,  and begin his siege.  You may conceal, even from your dearest friend, your infirmity, but you will not conceal it from your worst enemy. He has lynx eyes, and detects in a moment the joint in your harness. He goes about with a match, and though you may think that you have covered all the gunpowder of your heart, yet he knows how to find a crack and to put his match through, and much mischief will he do, unless eternal mercy shall prevent."   (From Spurgeon's sermon, Satan Considering the Saints).

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You can also listen to an audio recording of The Forgotten Spurgeon on Sermonaudio.com:

Bible Reading for Today - January 26, 2013

"But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart." - I Samuel 16:7

Recommended reading:

The Bible
Is the Bible Infallible?

Friday, January 25, 2013

Pastors Sending their Children to Public Schools

Here is yet another great podcast by pastor Kevin Swanson:

Pastors Sending their Children to Public Schools: Shepherds or Hirelings?

Is Obama Rewriting History?

Buchanan: Obama Rewriting History:

"The freedom of all Americans to compete academically, athletically, artistically and economically must inevitably result in an inequality of incomes, wealth and rewards. Why? Because all men and women are by nature and nurture unequal. Some are talented, ambitious, industrious, lucky. And in a free society, such men and women will always reap a disproportionate share of fame and fortune. The only way to equalize rewards is to take from those who have earned and give to those who have not. And that requires the kind of redistributionst regime the Founding Fathers would have risen up against. As Obama’s America rises, the old republic falls."

Women in Combat: Be Careful What You Wish For!

Check out this great article by Jessie Jane Duff:

Women in Combat: Be Careful What You Wish For

Excerpt from this article:

"On Thursday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the U.S. military would lift its long-standing ban on women in combat. The national media, as can be expected, is popping the champagne corks in celebration. But is it a good thing? As a woman and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, I’m not so sure. To those who have been agitating for this step, I say this: be careful what you wish for...Moreover, the military cannot ensure women’s safety as it is. A recent documentary, "The Invisible War,” notes that over 15,000 women were sexually assaulted in 2011 alone. The odds of being sexually assaulted by a fellow service member are higher than being killed by the enemy."

You may want to check out Doonsbury on Sexual Assaults in Military (which is his take on the documentary The Invisible war, which deals with women being raped in the U.S. military)

You may also want to check out my post:

Julie Don't Be A Hero - Some Reflections on America's War on Terror

And please take time to listen to this facinating podcast by Pastor Trevor Hammack:

Women in Combat 

God, Good Science, and Global Warming

Do you believe in Global Warming? Before you say yes (or no!), why don't you take some time to listen to this excelling podcast by Pastor Kevin Boling:

God, Good Science and Global Warming

Recommended reading:

Meet 'Mr. Climate,' by Doug Powers

Was Abraham Lincoln Opposed to 'The Manifest Destiny?'

I was reading the article, Same Bibles, Different Theologies and Histories, and I came across this small tidbit of information (I'm assuming it is accurate!):

"[Lincoln] adamantly opposed Manifest Destiny and the seizing of half of Mexico's national territory - which helped cause the Civil War.'

I've always been a firm believer that immigration - legal immigration - is what has made America a great country. My grandparents immigrated to America over 100 years ago from Scandinavia, and if they hadn't I would be speaking Norwegian today (not that there is anything wrong with speaking Norwegian!).

But I've often wondered what God thinks about America - both today, with it's 55 million aborted babies to its credit - but also over the past 200 with such monstrous injustices as slavery, making - and breaking - countless treaties with the natives who have occupied this country for centuries prior to the white man's arrival - and yes, even America's acquiring (stealing?) a sizable portion of Mexican Territory after the Mexican American war (1846-1848).

The Bible says:

"The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nation's that forget God." - Psalms 9:17

I originally was going to title this post "America: Love it or Leave It - While You Still Can!" (Check out Country singer Meryl Haggard's old song  Walkin on the Fightin Side of Me). But I think a more godly response is to humbly submit to our leaders - including President Obama - and seek to live quiet lives in obedience to our God.

Please take some time to listen to this important sermon by Dr. David Murray, which was preached right after Barack Obama was first elected President in 2008:

Render to Obama

Note: I still think Obama is a good candidate for the Antichrist (see my post, Is Obama the Antichrist? I Say Yes!)

Today in the News - January 25, 2013

Here is what is going on in the news today:

Do You Trust an "Electronic Tatoo" to Track Your Medical Information - Infowars
Clinton Testimony on Benghazi Leaves Real Questions Unanswered - The New American
Ooops! 15,000 Crocodiles Reportedly Escape from South African Farm - Foxnews.com
Chinese Graduates Say No Thanks to Factory Jobs - The New York Times
Social Security Disability Trust Fund Could Fail to Cover all Benefits as Early as 2016 - Foxnews.com

Podcasts

Roe Vs. Wade, by Calvin Jett
Persecution in Tanzania, Colombia, Iran, Philippians, by Bob Faulkner
New York Governor Hates Unborn Children, by Pastor William J. Sturm
Guns and the Church, by Pastor Trevor Hammack

Woman Who 'Aborts' Her Child at 150 Weeks is 'Free At Last!'

'Insane Mother Who Confessed to Drowning Her 3 Year Old in 2010 is Free - But How?


"Initially deemed insane, a Stanislaus County judge now says she has regained her sanity, thus securing her freedom. Bingham admitted to killing her little girl three years ago in court and was found not guilty by reason of insanity. 'I understand why people would be upset, but what you have to understand is a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, means not guilty,' University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Prof. John Meyers told CBS Sacramento.


How I Found Christ?

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