Pearl posted this wonderful hymn back in January. It describes the unconditional love that our Great God has for each of us. A humbling question: “Who am I?”
CR
Dinosaur Bone Tissue Study Refutes Critics
November 15, 2012“Original dinosaur tissues in fossil bones are probably the most controversial finds in all of paleontology. Secular scientists have difficulty interpreting them. They debate whether the tissues are real, based on laboratory-measured tissue decay rates, or whether the tissue decay rates are real, based on plainly observed tissues.”
Read the rest of the article by Brian Thomas M.S. here.
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WE PUT OUR HOPE IN THE LORD OUR GOD
November 7, 2012The results of the election are not surprising, given the polls and predictions in advance. However, they are nonetheless shocking and sobering. Voters have chosen to confirm an Administration in Washington, D.C. that has undertaken the greatest expansion of abortion since Roe vs. Wade forty years ago.
It is heartbreaking and distressing to see that our nation will continue being driven down this path for another four years; a decision that will, of course, drive the rest of the world more deeply into a culture of death.
This “choice” means that more babies will be killed through abortion and abortifacients, more mothers and fathers will suffer harm, more families will be destroyed, and our nation will slip further away (in national policy matters) from our Christian roots and founding principles—especially the principle that we are endowed with unalienable rights, the first of which is the right to life; and the principle, enshrined as the first right in our Bill of Rights, of freedom of religion.
It is a frightening time. But, as Christians, we know that the Lord has won victory over death. We know that the Lord is still with us, and that He can do mighty deeds! We never give up hope, never despair.
Today and going forward, Heartbeat International continues to start, strengthen, defend, and support pregnancy help ministries all over the world.
Today and going forward, Heartbeat continues to answer the call at Option Line®, 24/7, via the phone (800 712 HELP), internet (OptionLine.org), live chat, and email, connecting those in need to life-saving help in their own community.
Everything we do saves lives and advances a culture of life. We continue to do what God is calling us to do.
One of my favorite reminders from Holy Scripture is Psalm 20:7, “Some put their hope in horses and chariots, but we put our hope in the Lord our God.” How seemingly “old-fashioned” to put hope in horse and chariots when we now have atomic weapons and spaceships that explore outer space! Yet, at one point in the history of the world, horses and chariots were the most powerful war implements imaginable. The things of this world are ever-changing, including technology and political power. But God does not change. He can always bring life from death.
We will continue full speed ahead! We know the Lord will bring many fruits from our labors, as He always has. We are willing to bear any burden to assert our right, as a Christian organization, to do what we are called to do, even in an increasingly anti-Christian atmosphere. We will continue the fight for LIFE, armed with His love and empowered by His grace. We covet your continued prayers for courage, wisdom, protection, and success.
You make all of this possible with your support, prayers, and partnership. Thank you!
In Christ,
Margaret Hartshorn, Ph.D., President
Margaret Hartshorn is the President of Heartbeat International. Heartbeat International works to inspire and equip Christian communities worldwide to rescue women and couples from abortion through the development of neighborhood pregnancy help centers, maternity homes, and adoption services. These ministries provide life-saving help in a truly life-changing way by assisting women who are at risk for abortion with the life-affirming, practical support they need to choose life, then prepare them to parent or to place for adoption. Heartbeat serves as the leadership supply line for the Pregnancy HELP Movement worldwide.
I work at one of the help centers mentioned at the Heartbeat website. Without exception, those whom I saw today who work to save lives felt as if they had the wind knocked out of them after last night’s election results. As I have repeatedly asked on this blog site, “How can God bless a nation that has turned its back on Him?” The only thing that will save the United States of America is a return to the God of the Bible. I have thought for a long time that this return will not happen. Sadly, last night’s decision confirmed my beliefs.
CR
You can see Heartbeat’s website here.
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What My Muslim Friends Believe and the Hajj 2012
October 27, 2012Yes, I have Muslim friends. They think I am lost and I think they are lost. Volumes have been written on the differences in Muslim and Christian beliefs. I am going to focus on a major difference. It is a distinction that has implications that affect our world today.
First, I believe that many Muslims are peaceful. If it were not true, how could it be that so many live among the Jews in Israel?
Second, they are not saved. Their view of Jesus is too different from the Biblical view.
Third, there are many fanatics in all belief systems. Unfortunately, Muslim fanatics are becoming a larger segment of the religion’s population. I wouldn’t be offended if someone called me a “fanatic for Jesus.” At the same time, I have no desire to kill anyone because of what they believe. It is simply not compatible with Biblical teachings.
Many Muslim fanatics are very violent. A large number want to see the Jewish people wiped from the face of the earth. This brings me to the subject of this post.
Who did Abraham take into the “land of Moriah” to offer up as a sacrifice as God commanded?
According to the Bible, Abraham took Isaac (Gen. 22:2). According to Islam, Abraham took Ishmael.
This difference is one reason for the turmoil in the Middle East.
You may see a Muslim view of the Abrahamic story here.
You may see a Christian view of the Abrahamic story here.
Today is the last day of the pilgrimage to Mecca in 2012 (Hajj). This is why I am covering this subject. If you are a Christian, please pray for the Muslims. They need the true Savior.
Chris Reimers
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TIME TO VOTE 2012
October 24, 2012
The candidates have their signs out. Early voting has begun. I have had the privilege of trying to help get honest, Godly folks into local office. Gerald Wheeler (pictured here in a photo taken today at the election commission) and I have worked together on a couple of campaigns. No one works harder than Gerald. He and I attend the same church and we are like-minded when it comes to the opinion that our faith and politics cannot be separated.
The Bible says: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Psalm 33:12).
Gerald and I firmly believe this.
This year Gerald is working to get and honest, God fearing, and well-qualified man elected to the Hot Springs City Board.
This year I have been putting the little time I have available into the candidacy of Ellen Varhalla. She is running for a Justice of the Peace position in J.P. District 8.
The goal of this post is not to pat Gerald or myself on the back.
The goal is to get you out to vote.
Study the candidates. Support those who oppose abortion and same-sex marriage. Support those who are fiscally conservative.
I haven’t done as much canvassing for Ellen as I would have liked. But once again I have been saddened as I have gone door-to-door.
Ellen did her research. The list she gave me consisted of only those who have voted in recent elections. I am always amazed at how many houses I pass because no one in them are registered to vote. They aren’t vacant houses. There are obviously people living in them but they won’t be voting this year.
It is too late to register to vote this year. If you are registered, I hope you take advantage of a freedom that was paid for by the sacrifice of so many lives. God has blessed this nation in the past. At the same time, how is it possible for God to bless a nation that has turned its back on him in so many ways.
I am thankful for the opportunity to be involved in the process. My understanding is that 50% of those who call themselves “Christians” are not registered to vote. It is not a wonder that our nation faces such huge challenges?
I would like to thank Gerald and Ellen and all of those who are trying to make our country a better place to live.
May God have mercy on and bless America.
Chris Reimers
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Planned Parenthood Head Goes Full-time With Obama Campaign
October 23, 2012“Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards has announced that she is taking a break from her job with the nation’s leading abortion provider so she can volunteer full-time to help in President Obama’s re-election effort.”
This is no surprise to me. You may read the rest of Dave Bohon’s article, which was posted today in The New American, here.
CR
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Stark Differences Between Human and Chimp Brains
October 15, 2012“New research adds to an ever-lengthening stream of discoveries that confirm exactly what a Bible-believing scientist would expect—humans are distinct from chimpanzees. They should be, if they were created in the image of God, not as an imaginary pre-human primate. The study, published in American Journal of Human Genetics, investigated DNA methylation patterning in human and chimpanzee brains.1 Two observations from this research support the biblical origins of mankind.”
1) Zeng, J. et al. 2012. Divergent whole-genome methylation maps of human and chimpanzee brains reveal epigenetic basis of human regulatory evolution. American Journal of Human Genetics. 91 (3):455-465.
This rest of this scientific article by Brian Thomas M.S may be found here.
I don’t know about you; I didn’t evolve from a chimp.
CR
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“I Will Meditate in Thy Precepts.”
October 11, 2012“I will meditate in thy precepts.” Ps 119:15
There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on his Word spiritual strength for labour in his service. We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them. Truth is something like the cluster of the vine: if we would have wine from it, we must bruise it; we must press and squeeze it many times. The bruiser’s feet must come down joyfully upon the bunches, or else the juice will not flow; and they must well tread the grapes, or else much of the precious liquid will be wasted. So we must, by meditation, tread the clusters of truth, if we would get the wine of consolation therefrom. Our bodies are not supported by merely taking food into the mouth, but the process which really supplies the muscle, and the nerve, and the sinew, and the bone, is the process of digestion. It is by digestion that the outward food becomes assimilated with the inner life. Our souls are not nourished merely by listening awhile to this, and then to that, and then to the other part of divine truth. Hearing, reading, marking, and learning, all require inwardly digesting to complete their usefulness, and the inward digesting of the truth lies for the most part in meditating upon it. Why is it that some Christians, although they hear many sermons, make but slow advances in the divine life? Because they neglect their closets, and do not thoughtfully meditate on God’s Word. They love the wheat, but they do not grind it; they would have the corn, but they will not go forth into the fields to gather it; the fruit hangs upon the tree, but they will not pluck it; the water flows at their feet, but they will not stoop to drink it. From such folly deliver us, O Lord, and be this our resolve this morning, “I will meditate in thy precepts.”
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92)
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Parents Demand Schools Back From Abortionists
October 7, 2012“Planned Parenthood gained access to our children by claiming to be interested in reducing teen pregnancy. Yet Planned Parenthood promotes teen sex and promiscuity, which is the direct cause of teen pregnancy. They are not in the business of ‘women’s health’ as they claim. They are in the business of sex, pure and simple. They have even published a ‘Young People’s Guide to Sexual Rights’ which states on page 14 that ‘All young people are entitled to sexual well-being and pleasure,’” the parents say.
You can see rest of the WND article here.
CR
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Wings of the Wind 
The Annual Day of Atonement
November 19, 2012I have reached Leviticus 16 in my personal study of God’s Word. With what is happening now in Israel, I thought a couple of quotes about this important chapter in the Bible would be appropriate. Both quotes are taken from Halley’s Bible Handbook.
CR
The Divine Origin of the Sacrificial System
“God placed the system of sacrifices at the center and heart of Jewish national life. Whatever its immediate applications and implications may have been to the Jews, the unceasing sacrifice of animals and the never-ending glow of alter fires were without doubt designed by God to burn into the consciousness of the people of Israel a sense of their deep sinfulness. They were also, for more than a millennium, a picture that pointed forward to the coming sacrifice of Christ on the cross. The Levitical priesthood was divinely ordained to be the mediator between God and the Hebrew nation through the bringing of animal sacrifices. But those sacrifices were fulfilled in Christ. Animal sacrifices are no longer necessary. Christ Himself is our Great High Priest, the only Mediator between God and humanity, as Hebrews 8-10 makes very clear. Thus Christ is both our Sacrifice and our High Priest, our Mediator.” (1)
The Annual Day of Atonement
“The annual Day of Atonement (still celebrated in Judaism today in modified form and known by its Hebrew name, Yom Kippur) fell on the 10th day of the seventh month (Tishri). It was the most solemn day of the year. Each time, the removal of sin was only for one year (Hebrews 10:3), but it pointed forward to its eternal removal (Zechariah 3:4, 8-9; 13:1; Hebrews 10:14).
“After the sacrificial goat had been offered, the high priest laid his hands on the head of the scapegoat, confessing over him the sins of the people. The goat was then sent away into the wilderness, bearing away with it the sins of the people. This ceremony was one of God’s historical foreshadowings of the coming atonement for human sin by the death of Christ.” (2)
(1) Halley’s Bible Handbook, Zondervan, 2000, Pg. 158
(2) Ibid, Pg. 160
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