Regarding Science - One good resource to study within the Bible: 

The Book of Job... from back in the Old Testament, WRITTEN THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, God goes down a list of many scientific facts, such as the fact there are springs of water inside the earth (Job 38:16), that there are springs of water in the sea (Job 38:8), that inside the earth is fire (Job 28:5), water in clouds (Job 38:9 and Job 38.34), that light can be diffused (Job 38:24).

...and there's much, much more!  A lot of these facts are repeated in several areas of The Book of Job!  I would just open up The Book of Job and start reading, you'll find scientific TRUTH!!!

(By the way, for those who ask how God could allow suffering to occur, the Book of Job is very helpful in explaining this.  We are all tested by transgression, by a thorn in the flesh, by something that humbles us, because when we are humbled, we tend to listen more carefully to Him!)

How about Creation of the Earth? 

Some pastors preach that the Bible "never really meant" literal days!  Well, here's some PROOF that the Bible is, in fact, 100% CORRECT, regarding "Literal Single Days" in Genesis...

...the word "yôm" is used in Genesis Genesis 1:5,  yôm literally translates to the word 'Day'  (in context, it's used in Genesis 1-11 to describe evening and morning as a literal day) meaning our literal 24 hour "day".

Hebrew words that mean something other than 'literal day' include: "dor" (a revolution of time),  "moed" (a season of time), "shana" (a year), among other Hebrew words for time.  Click HERE for more information on this!

I believe 100% that God created the Heavens and the earth and all that's in it, in 6 literal days and rested on the 7th day.    

Some More Creation v.s. Evolution Stuff...

Regarding evolution - there's now proof that layers of sedimentary rock was not formed vertically, but horizontally.  That some fossils found in lower layers can actually be YOUNGER than some fossils found layers ABOVE them!!!  There was a global flood (read Genesis, particularly Genesis 6).  "Layers" cannot determine the age of anything!  Click HERE for info on stratigraphy.

Could birds evolve from dinosaurs???  What about the notion of lizards scales evolving into feathers?  It's impossible!!!  Feathers are similar to hairs "follicle-wise", individually rooted; but scales are all part of one skin!  Here is a website that compares the two.

Did humans evolve from some form of primate?  No.  Evolution is somply not true, but don't just take my word for it, research "Nebraska man", well, Nebraska man ended up just being a single tooth from a pig!, or how about "Piltdown man"??? it was another lie: Piltdown man was a combination of a human skull and an orangutan jawbone with the teeth filed down - but there's no way fossils could ever prove evolution.  One would need to see the remains of the generation before AND after, to determine any changes!  There "are" bones of humans who were very old, and very arthritic, and facial bones continue to grow as one continues to age.  The Bible says the typical human life-span was around 900 years back in Adam's and Noah's days, the genealogy proves it (click HERE for info).  The religion of evolution makes human life appear to be much less special, when people are considered 'evolved animals' rather than wonderfully created and designed in the Image of God Himself!  And Christians can't have it both ways, they either believe the Word of God or they don't.  God is crystal clear that He designed us, and created Adam (as well as Eve, as mentioned later on in Genesis) on the sixth day.  And the word "yôm" was used for "day", so translated correctly and used in the particular context used in Genesis ("Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.  So the evening and the morning were the sixth day." (Genesis 1:31)., it was a standard 24 hour time period.  No raining on hot rocks, then slime, then fish, then frogs, then rats, then monkeys, then "Adam".  God made Adam from the dust of the ground, and science now proves that all of the elements found in humans are also found in dirt.  Dust we were made from, and to dust our earthly bodies will return to after death. 

The "theory" of evolution is INSULTING to God, who created us in His Image!

Yet many liberal theologians take it upon themselves to twist and pervert the Holy Word of God, in order to fit whatever agendas they have in mind.

Example: somebody says the earth wasn't 'completely flooded' during the great flood in Noah's time (click HERE for info on this), so then they are saying God isn't sovereign!  Saying God's Word is not True.  They are calling God a liar! 

In fact, Jesus Christ says (speaking of His return)...

"But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.  For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,  And knew not until the flood came and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." - Matthew 24:37-39

"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.  For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the Word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same Word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men." - 2 Peter 3:7

"...when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein a few, that is, eight souls were saved by water." - 1 Peter 3:20

That was obviously referring to the global flood mentioned in greater detail Genesis...

"And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.  And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.  And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.  Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.  And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.  And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark,.  And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.  And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;  The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and  fifty days the waters were abated.  And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.  And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. ..." - Genesis 7:17-24, and 8:1-5

NO WAY it could POSSIBLY be a "localized flood".  Sadly, many false teachers of God's Word seem to "spin" it to make such a theory seem valid.

So if it were JUST a "local flood", HOW could ALL the high hills and ALL the mountains be covered?  And what then would have caused the death of all flesh that moved upon the earth during the flood, IF it were "localized"???

If the flood was "localized", then explain how fossils of "closed" clams (when clams die, their shells open up - a way to tell which clams are ok to eat or not!  So it would be impossible for this without a rapid burial in sediment) are found all over the earth, even on the top of mountains such as Everest!?!?

Also, check out the Institute for Creation Research's articles regarding radioisotopes, more evidence for a young earth!

More evidence that goes against the theory of "millions of years" of evolution...  There's actually been a fossil of a person's shoe squishing a trilobite (but how can that be, evolutionists say trilobites are 600 MILLION years old!)!  Check out these links: HERE, HERE, and HERE.

 HERE is another great link to fossil evidence (human footprints with dinosaur prints, an iron cup embedded completely in coal, etc.).  And there's been proof of the age of ica stones (by analyzing the natural patina where the images have been carved, of the few authentic ones).  Click HERE for info.  And you can get replica ica stones at drdino.com HERE.  A GREAT book regarding the ica stones, check out "Secrets of the Ica Stones and Nazca Lines" by Dennis Swift.

For the CORRECT Answers:  READ GOD'S WORD - NOT MAN'S WORD!!!

If somebody believes we came from apes, then they are saying that they don't believe God, that they don't believe God created the first man, Adam, out of the dust of the Earth, created in God's image, and that God breathed life into Adam, (Genesis 2:7) , (and for the general run-down of when everything was Created by God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), click HERE).  There CANNOT be death before sin, God's Word is specific about this, that there was no death until after Adam & Eve's fall into sin after giving into temptation in the Garden of Eden.  The only things that died before that were plants, given for Adam & Eve to eat!!! (Genesis 1:29).  But no death came upon animals (which the Bible says animals also have the breath of life Genesis 7:15) until AFTER Adam and Eve sinned the very first time.

For plenty of evidence of God's creation, please visit websites such as Creation Science Evangelism.  Also, check this out: www.IntelligentDesignVersusEvolution.com. 

Regarding "The Last Days" and False Doctrine...

The Bible says in the last days, there will be "many false gods" and  "false prophets",

"Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many". - Matthew 24:11

If what you hear by a preacher, or what you read contradicts the Bible (or misconstrues, or takes scripture out of context, which satan LOVES to do to mess things up for us! - just as satan quoted the Bible, out of context, in ways to try to test Jesus in the desert, and to try to get Jesus to bow down to him) then it's definitely NOT the Word of Jesus Christ.

Regarding the intentions of some pastors, be skeptical of everybody, especially to those who take the easy way out and just 'paraphrase' when talking about the Words of the Bible, or add/subtract from the Word (which is FALSE DOCTRINE!  One instance, regarding The Book of Revelation in particular, read: Revelation 22:18-19.).  Some often misconstrue!  

"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. "You will know them by their fruits.  Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?"  "Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit." - Matthew 7:15-20

Paraphrasing the Bible is VERY DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!  The TRUTH can ONLY be found in the Word of God, through an ACCURATE translation of the Holy Bible! (such as King James, New King James, etc.).  Paraphrasing is watering down the Word of God, you can't trust it.  If they give you the scriptural verse(s) after quoting something from the Bible, then you can TEST what they just said, to make sure...

1.)  that they're not distorting the Word of God,

2.) and that they're not just taking the easy way out.  I would question the intentions of those who frequently paraphrase w/o providing EXACTLY where what they just quoted is located in the Holy Bible!  And make sure they're not quoting an inaccurate translation of the Bible!

"Test all things, hold fast to that which is good." - 1 Thessalonians 5:21

Eternal salvation through Jesus Christ is THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, and when studying God's Word, just "paraphrasing" God's Holy Word is NOT an option! 

If learning God's Word through a person who delivers Biblical scripture out of context is commonplace (during their prepared sermons & Bible study) I personally would not attend that church and/or Bible study anymore!  Who would want to believe anything that was taken out of context in any other field?   So why would I, regarding obtaining Biblical insight and knowledge, trust learning the Word of God to a preacher who doesn't feel the need to give the context of Biblical quoting of scripture???

What About that "Prosperity Gospel" and "Name It and Claim It" Preaching?

I see A LOT of a particular form of televangelists that will say you need to give them your money in order to receive: financial blessings, restored relationships, spiritual revelations, healings of illness, etc. 

These folks try to get most of their money from  those who are experiencing bad health, bad finances, bad relationships, etc. (trials and tests which God calls LONGSUFFERING, which is actually God's mercy, His chastening those He loves!  Check out the Book of Job for a great example of tests and how/why God allowed them!).

 Sadly, many preachers use selective Scripture (such as Luke 21) to encourage parishioners to give them often much more than the standard 10% tithe, by saying that the amount of your "first fruits offering" sewn into their ministry (paying for their Rolls Royce, private jet, motorcycle collection, etc.) will determine the parishioners' amount of financial gain for the entire year!  They'll say 2008 is the year of perfection (basically saying "bet everything on 8!"), even saying 2007 was a horrible year (and throughout 2007 saying God told them 2007 was the year of perfection and overflow, etc.).

 But that's taking advantage of the poor, the downhearted, the widowed, the sick, etc. by twisting God's Word for their financial gain!

"Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation." - Luke 20:46-47 

Scripture continues on in the next chapter... "And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.  And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.  And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:" - Luke 21:1-3

But what does the Word of God say about riches, etc.?...

"Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him. Add thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.  Two things have I required of the; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me  Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." - Proverbs 30:5-9

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:" - Matthew 6:19-20

"...Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.  And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.  And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!" - Luke 18:22-24

"A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.  Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away." - James 1:8-10

But they say whatever you ask for you will receive.  That you can "speak" things into existence, such as more money in your billfold, or "speak" that a storm doesn't reach your home.  Then they ask you for your "special first fruits offering" of course!

-   Again, what does Scripture say?   -

'  "Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us."' - 1 John 5:14

"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."  - Philippians 4:6-8

God ONLY gives according to His Will.  Some preachers forget to mention that, and want to believe if we donate "X" amount of dollars, we can ask God for a new Ferrari and just expect it to happen.  Only God's Will will be done, not ours, PERIOD. 

Some unusual doctrine that concerned me...

There is obviously some dangerous un-biblical doctrine floating around today, but false doctrine has been around for a very long time (even before Adam and Eve's sin account mentioned in Genesis), an example of some seriously false doctrine by satan as satan makes such an arrogant and completely false proclamation, as recorded in Isaiah 14:12-15...

 "How art thou fallen from heaven, O lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weakn the nations!  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.  Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit." - Isaiah 14:12-15

One religious organization believes in something they call "transubstantiation" (they believe that the wafer and wine that they eat at their services literally are transformed into Jesus Christ's flesh and blood).  But the Bible says quite different...

   "By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.  And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:  But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till His enemies be made His footstool.  For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified." - Hebrews 11:10-14

(Note: the term "Man", in context with the rest of Scripture, refers to Jesus Christ as He was living on earth in human form, and prior to Jesus coming to earth, He was the Word, as mentioned in several places, such as John 1:1-3 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  The same was in the beginning with God.  All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made."  and later in John 1:14... "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.")

Confessing sins to a priest to have the priest forgive them, that's not biblical either!  The Bible says we are to confess our faults to one another, but nowhere does it say we are forgiven by anyone other than God Himself!

Biblical baptism is when a person accepts Jesus Christ's sacrifice upon the cross as the only acceptable payment (aka "propitiation") for their former sins (propitiation mentioned various places, one being in 1 John 2:2).   The water part of it is only an outward symbolic event that represents a person's acceptance of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior ...accepting Jesus Christ's offer for payment of that individual person's sins, which nobody can do for them!  A person can't make that decision to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior unless they understand what it's about!  So an infant is incapable of making his or her own decision to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior..

Praying to the Saints... we are NOT to do so, that is called necromancy (communicating with the dead, which is not allowed), we pray DIRECTLY TO GOD.  Scripture says... ^"There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.  Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.  For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. - Deuteronomy 18:10-12  (Also note: "For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.")

Sin, Death, Salvation...

A person's free will decision to accept Jesus Christ's free gift of everlasting life through accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, and asking Jesus Christ for His forgiveness of our sins is what we are told by God's Word regarding forgiveness of sins, so without one's accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, there is no forgiveness of sins.  Only through faith in Christ, repentance of our sins, and our asking for Jesus Christ's forgiveness of our sins, can there be forgiveness of sins!

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:  Not of works, lest any man should boast." - Ephesians 2:8-9

 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Romans 6:23

..."let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole.  This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” - Acts 4:10-12

"...that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." - Romans 10:9

"Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord" - Acts 3:19

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.   “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.  And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.   For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed." - John 3:16-20

We are living in the last days...

The Bible mentions signs one's living in the last days are like birth pains...  The Bible mentions great natural disasters, wars and rumors of wars...

 "And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places." - Matthew 24:6-7. 

The last days will be like the days of Noah, nobody believed there would be a flood that would kill everybody and every living animal that was not on the arc.   - the arc's door was shut, no second chance, no rewind button...  the Rapture happens when it happens!

The formation of a one world government, that nobody will be able to buy or sell unless they accept the mark of the beast "He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark of the name of the beast or the number of his name." - Revelation 2:16-17.

Visit www.SpyChips.com for info the likely precursor of the mark of the beast.

Could this be the woman riding the beast from Revelation 17. ?

Are these signs of the development of the revived Roman empire?

TOMORROW IS NOT GUARANTEED FOR ANYONE!!!

  Please decide TODAY if you want to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior! 

I'm NOT saying "join a church", and I don't want anything from you.  I just want you to know the Truth!  The Truth is God's Word.  And I want you to make it to Heaven!  But if you haven't already, you NEED to decide, and please be informed before you decide!  This is by far the most important decision you'll ever make in your life. 

YOUR ETERNITY DEPENDS ON IT.

We all are being TESTED - that's why we're here...

"...though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,  that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,  whom having not seen you love."  - part of  1 Peter 1:6-8

Through the tests God allows us to go through, God tests us to see what decisions we make by our own free will.  This all determines where we spend eternity - if one obeys God's Word, or denies Him - in a nut shell, that's what testing will show.

...check out the Book of Job just for a minute.  It explains God's Testing of Job.