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INTRODUCTION
It is my sincere wish that News From All Points Of The Compass will bring a modicum of sense and stability into our lives by placing the daily onslaught of bewildering news and shocking headlines under the spot light of the Bible in which we find out what our Creator has to say.
Do we believe what the newspapers tell us? Do we believe what we see and hear on television? Do we trust what our friends and colleagues believe?
Where do we find answers?
These are questions which demand an answer!
Without a shadow of doubt, the decisions we make in life regarding these issues, will depend on where we spend eternity.
Furthermore, it is hoped that these short articles will encourage you to think and ponder the issues of life that REALLY matter, and more importantly, consider just how close we are to the end times.
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NEWS FROM ALL POINTS – IN CHRIST ALONE

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THE HYMN – IN CHRIST ALONE

This report comes from the Huffington Post in which we are told that the committee putting together a new Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) hymnal dropped the popular modern hymn In Christ Alone because the song’s authors refused to change a phrase about the wrath of God.
For those of you who have never heard of the Huffington Post, like me, it was launched on the 9th May 2005 and is a commercially run, politically liberal American online digital media enterprise and the first one to win a Pulitzer prize.  The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy living, women’s interests, and local news. It ran a very interesting series of articles on the quarrel between the Presbyterian Church and the authors of the very popular hymn entitled: In Christ Alone. It would appear there was a lyric dispute and it revolved around the phrase about the wrath of God used by the writers of the hymn in the second verse, which reads as follows:

In Christ alone, Who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save.
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied;
For ev’ry sin on Him was laid—
Here in the death of Christ I live.

The Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song wanted to substitute the words:

The Wrath of God was satisfied

with:

The love of God was magnified

The song’s authors, Stuart Townend and Nashville resident Keith Getty, objected. So the committee voted to drop the song. Critics say the proposed change was sparked by liberals wanting to take God’s wrath out of the hymnal because it could upset those who viewed God as a God of love, not a God of wrath. It was also pointed out that there was plenty of wrath in their new hymn book already and that it did not need any more. I’m not sure if the committee members were embarrassed over their decision because the blame was swiftly shifted to focus on the word satisfied in which they were presumably dissatisfied in that it referred to a specific view of theology that it rejects. Just what that means is anyones guess!

Various Scriptures come to mind when I read of wayward Christians trying to alter the Gospel to fit a modernised version of it.

….in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves.

If the truth be known, man has always been self-centred and selfish and it is amazing how true Paul’s words have become in today’s world, because our generation is the first one in history that is being taught to love self. The idea that we must learn to love ourselves before we can even attempt to care for and love others is so entrenched these days that the real meaning of the Gospel together with God’s Holy judgement is lost.  Congregations and Committees are instead, focusing on self-importance, and egotistical traits which water down the Gospel, God’s truth and the real meaning of Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross of Calvary. The fact that God is utterly and completely Holy and cannot even look upon sin seems to have escaped their notice altogether. The fact that Jesus went to the Cross in our place, to satisfy God’s Holy judgement on sin also seems to have escaped their notice. The wrath of God was poured out on His only begotten Son – for us!

Eloi, Eloi, lama, sabachthani?

  • Are words that immediately spring to mind.
  • They are words that haunt me!
  • They are words that bring tears to my eyes!
  • Such was the suffering that Jesus had to endure.
  • Why would He cry these words if God’s wrath had not visited Him?

I’ll leave the final remarks on this issue to Timothy George, dean of Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama who criticized the Committee by saying the following:

There will be no Squishy Love in my school. The Committee dropped the song because the idea of God’s wrath has been unpopular. It is not an isolated case, because it fits into a wider pattern of downplaying parts of the Christian doctrine that some find offensive. It is a mixture of church politics and the touchy feely subject of updating hymn lyrics on what the death of Jesus really means. 

NEWS FROM ALL POINTS – GOODBYE SIR TERRY

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THE END OF A BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP

DAILY EXPRESS Tuesday February 2 2016 page 7

This reportImage result for what date did terry wogan die? tells us that long-time friend of Sir Terry Wogan, Father D’Arcy made a pilgrimage to Taplow, Buckinghamshire when he heard that his long-time friend was gravely ill.
Sir Michael Terence Wogan was an Irish radio and Television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career.
He was born in Limerick, Republic of Ireland on August 3rd 1938 and died after a short illness with cancer on January 31, 2016 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire.
Bob Shennan, BBC Radio 2 controller said:

 He was one of the greatest and most popular radio and television hosts this country has ever heard and seen. He was a lovely man who graced our screens and airwaves for 50 years with his warmth, wit and geniality. His millions of listeners adored him, as did the whole of Radio 2 family. We will miss him enormously and our thoughts at this sad time are with Helen and all the family.

Father D’Arcy fought back tears as he recalled his last conversation with him when Terry said:

Everything’s going to be all right old boy. You’d better say a few prayers if you have any influence up there – if there is actually anyone up there.

Father D’Arcy admitted that Terry Wogan was a committed atheist and had known him for more than four decades and had officiated at the weddings of his children.
Sir Terry was raised in a strict Catholic family but lost his faith after the death of his three-week-old first-born daughter, Vanessa. He went on to say that he had gone over to Terry’s house and when he saw him he knew it would be for the last time they would shake hands.

It was a beautiful day, a day I will never forget, a sad day because it was the end of a beautiful friendship. He was quite ill and I knew it wasn’t long. We prepared for the worst, thank God Terry got out of his suffering. If there is no room for Terry Wogan in heaven, the God I’ve been preaching is way off.

Although I was shocked, like many millions of other listeners, to hear of the death of Terry Wogan, I am even more shocked by what has been said about him and his faith, and in particular by what his Priest and life long friend has said concerning his final resting place.

The Bible is very clear on where people go to when they pass from this earth into eternity – very clear indeed! It is baffling in the extreme just how Father D’Arcy can reconcile what he said concerning room in Heaven for his friend in light of what he presumably teaches and preaches being as he is, a minister of the cloth. If indeed, Sir Terry repented of his sins and claimed Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour whilst he was a practicing Roman Catholic, then there is no question, AT ALL that he is in Heaven and with his Saviour.
If, as I suspect, Sir Terry did not do this, then there will, indeed, be NO ROOM in Heaven for him.

There are many verses in the Bible which warn of the precarious and dangerous position people find themselves in when it comes to death and what happens when they depart this earth. The warnings are there to be heeded! Not ignored and we do so at our peril.

The story of the beggar and the rich man comes to mind when thinking of this very subject and is worth a read.  It is a story of 2 lives, 2 deaths and 2 destinations and can be found in Luke 16:19-31. It should be made clear that the rich man was not condemned to Hades because of his wealth. The basis of Salvation is faith in Jesus Christ and men are condemned for refusing to believe on Him. Likewise, Lazarus was not saved because he was poor. He had trusted the Lord for the Salvation of his soul.

19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. Luke 16:19-31

The words of v26 should cement the fact in our hearts and minds that there is no short cut to entering into the presence of our Creator. The words of this verse should be taken very seriously indeed whilst we are still alive on earth, because there is no turning back! In fact, the tables are turned beyond the grave.

What Father D’Arcy should have been doing during his long friendship with Sir Terry was persuading him to turn to Christ and invite Him into his life. Just what they talked about all those years is a mystery! He should have told him that it was not good enough to be a good man, a funny man, a man loved by all and a man who had given so much pleasure to so many and expect God to ‘wink’ at what he did during his life. He should also have told him that he did NOT have any influence up there. God would not be God if He allowed this to happen. The Scriptures make it abundantly clear that:

  • Jesus Christ is the way to Heaven.
  • Jesus Christ is the door to Heaven.
  • A person enters through Him and by Him to get into Heaven.

Ask and you will receive.
Seek and you will find.
Knock and the door will be
opened for you
Luke 11:9

NEWS FROM ALL POINTS – TEACHING ATHEISM

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TEACHING ATHEISM

Most newspapers these days are awash with gloomy news and appear to compete with each other for eye-catching headlines in order to persuade the public to part with their cash. One publication informed the public that the EU now wants households to recycle 70 per cent of their waste and you can bet your last penny that local councils will enforce the new order to the letter and compel us to separate stuff into more and more containers.
I think we have 4 separate bins at the moment! Another headline notified us that foreign aid will rise to £80billion (Yes you have read correctly – £80billion!)  This will be spent, inter alia, on encouraging pop radio stations in India and a luxury handbag manufacturer in China. The scandalous use of public funds is made worse when reading of Old Age Care Homes in the UK closing because of insufficient funds. I sometimes wonder what the poor and starving millions in India think when they hear of their government receiving aid and learn that the money they received went towards putting a rocket into space instead of helping with their plight.

Councils and Government departments see their roles as Life Supervisors, telling us how to live, what to think, what to do, how to bring our children up, how to behave and coerce us to comply with health and safety regulations that can only be described as ridiculous in many cases. So when I noticed a report by Eleanor Harding who is an Education Correspondent, telling us that pupils could be forced to study Atheism in RE classes, I begin to doubt the sanity of those in charge.
(Daily Mail, Page 35 Thursday 26th November 2015)

We are told in this report that the Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan had failed to force schools to include ‘non-religious’ beliefs in the GCSE course and that a judge had ruled it an ‘error in law’ – whatever that means!
I don’t think I like the use of the word force! But then who am I?

True to form, our Life Supervisors jumped on the band-wagon and now claim to have a ‘duty of care’ to ensure that this type of teaching was conveyed in a ‘pluralistic manner’. Another Department for Education spokesman said that the new GCSE course is designed to ensure pupils develop understanding of religious and non-religious beliefs.

I looked up the word, pluralistic in the dictionary and found it means: Varied, mixed, diverse, multicultural and multi-ethnic. I also thought that RE – religious studies, meant that students received education about religion, so one may well ask why they must learn about Atheism in religious lessons.

It is at this point I would like to ask our Supervisors what is the point? What do they hope to gain from introducing this ‘pluralistic’ teaching when it is very plain for all to see that hardly anyone actually believes in God? Very few read the Bible and even less have any knowledge of its contents. The name of Jesus Christ is used as a swear word/expletive constantly. Nobody believes in a place called Heaven and even less believe in a place called Hell. So just what will be achieved by teaching Atheism is anyone’s guess.

  • Atheists do not believe in God.
  • Atheists do not believe in Heaven or Hell.
  • Atheists do not believe what the Bible teaches.

So for all intents and purposes our Educationists and Life Supervisors will be preaching to the converted and wasting tax-payer’s money at the same time.
How will they answer a young person who wants to know what to believe in?
How will they escape the awful truth when it dawns on the pupil just what atheists actually believe?
How do they react to being told that we are all made only of atoms and molecules and that we are the sum of the behaviour of a vast assembly of nerve cells?
In all the years that I have been dealing with people who claim to be atheists, not a single person has realised that a belief in something – anything at all! is actually non-material and therefore cannot possibly exist!
If the truth be known, to get around this dilemma, they actually lie to people!
Knowing this, it would be very interesting to discover just how they will explain their way out of the problem when someone says they do not believe what atheists believe for one moment?
Why on earth should they pay any attention to what Atheists believe?
Who says they are right?
On the other hand I have to admit that I would love to attend one of their classes, if anything, just to find out what they will be teaching and just how they will fill the hours allotted to this subject. Because let’s face facts, a study of Atheism will lead anyone with half a brain to the realisation that it is a brutally cold and hard belief system devoid of real substance, truth and facts. And very soon anyone attending the class will discover a strange phenomenon which nearly always accompanies this subject which is that once a person becomes an atheist, they feel compelled to make sure that everyone else believes the same as they do.

Finishing on a positive note, may I quote from the Book our Educationists should be paying close attention to before deciding on what to teach our young people:

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

  • Training children is one of the most important things adults can and must do.
  • Training them in the way they should go is even more important.
  • Training them using the Hand Book of Life provided by their Creator is more important still.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! Romans 10:14-15

If only, our Educationists and Life Supervisors would pay attention to these verses of Scripture.

  • They would have something solid to teach.
  • They would have something positive to teach.
  • They would have life changing information to impart to young people, instead of encouraging them to make their own minds up about life and how they live it.
  • They would have had a hand in observing the young grow and mature into adults who become model citizens instead of being a burden to society as we so often read about.
  • They would have something definite and clear-cut to help parents who struggle to bring up children in this ever-changing world of ours.
  • They would have words of great encouragement for youngsters who struggle with peer pressure and a host of other growing problems they have in their lives.

How on earth does teaching them Atheism achieve any of this?
If you ask me if we are living in the end times?
My answer would be yes!

THE SADDEST WORDS OF ALL

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THE SADDEST WORDS OF ALL

Daily Mail 14th February 2014

An article by Doctor Max Pemberton (NHS psychiatrist) In this rather sobering article, Doctor Pemberton tells us that as a doctor, he has seen many people die. He has sat in clinics and told Mothers they’ll never see their children grow up and he has knelt in the late-night gloom of a hospital ward and held pensioners’ hands as they slipped away.
In my own experience many years ago, I can vividly recall being woken very early one morning by a phone call from one of my friends. All I can remember were the words: Rick had an accident last night and is in hospital!
I got dressed, rushed to the hospital and entered the ward, where I expected to see Rick lying in bed with a few bandages wrapped around him. Instead I was confronted by the Matron who asked if she could help. I said I was here to see Rick and enquired if it was possible for me to visit him. She looked away taking a deep breath and with a tiny tear in one corner of her eye, she whispered that I was too late. Rick had passed away a few hours before.
Rick was a speedway rider, and a very good one at that, and had been taking part in the semi-finals the night before. In the second race and on the last lap, he took the third last corner at tremendous speed and ran headlong into the fence and collided with a floodlight post. Although his crash helmet took the brunt of the impact, he sustained head and neck injuries from which it was impossible for him to recover. There was nothing the Doctors and Nurses could do.
I recall being utterly devastated by his death. Rick and I were good friends. We had spent a great deal of time together and got to know each other very well and to have that relationship come to an abrupt end was hard to deal with. For weeks after, I went about my daily business with a profound sense of shock and confusion.
It has to be said that this disturbing incident got me thinking about life and just how brief it can be.
There are those who come to the end of their lives who appear content with their lot. Then there are those whose last days are filled with regret. I greatly admire the Nurses and Doctors who look after patients and see them at their most vulnerable, who often tell them things they have never told anyone before.
They confess they wish they had done things differently. They unburden themselves and divulge intimate details of family feuds. As Doctor Pemberton says: what kind of reassuring words are there when a 70 year-year old man sits in front of you, pale and hollow-eyed tells you that he has wasted his life and that he cared more about money than the people around him?

It has been said that the two saddest words in the English language are: too late.
There are few things more devastating than watching a person realise they have misjudged their priorities and it’s too late to change.
Recently there was a woman who won the legal right to refuse life-saving kidney dialysis. She had dedicated her life to money, possessions and self-indulgence. She had been married four times with each ending when the cash ran out. In her eyes there was no point in life once the party lights had dimmed.

There was once a drunk nightclub proprietress who became the focus of a poem by John Betjeman entitled: Sun and Fun.

There was sun enough for lazing upon beaches.
There was fun enough for far into the night.
But I’m dying now and done for.
What on earth was all the fun for?
For I’m old and ill and terrified.

For those of you who prefer to think seriously about life and ponder the issues that really matter may I point you to a particular story in the Bible which can be found in the Gospel of Luke 16:19-31.

The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:  And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.  And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. Luke 16:19-31

  • Here we have one man who really got his priorities wrong!
  • Here is one person for whom the words: too late! mean what they say and say what they mean.

There is much to be said for getting one’s priorities right from the beginning. God does not wish any to be lost. He wishes for all to be saved. This is why Christ came to die in our place.
We either accept the free gift of Salvation, which He offers everyone or we neglect it. Be warned though! Neglecting it leads to the saddest words in the English language:

Too late!

NEWS FROM ALL POINTS – THE MELTDOWN MYTH

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THE MELTDOWN MYTH

DAILY EXPRESS Thursday November 5 2015
Once again we are reminded of the Global Warming/Climate Change Myth with a report from James Delingpole in which he tells us that the ice sheet in Antarctica isn’t shrinking. It is growing and that there are new satellite images to prove it.
For those who have never heard of James Delingpole, he is an English columnist and novelist who has written for a number of publications including: The Daily Mail, The Daily Express, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator.
He was born in 1965 and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and Malvern College University of Oxford. He is also the winner of the 2010 Bastiat Prize for Online Journalism. (The Bastiat Prize is a journalism award given annually by the Reason Foundation)
Mr Delingpole was once asked what he thought was the most embarrassing and inconvenient truth for the cause of climate alarmism. This was his answer:

Probably the fact that there has now been no global warming for nearly 18 years and 6 months. Not only does this contradict all the doom laden climate models cited in the IPCC’s various reports but it also means that not one of the kids in school being fed climate propaganda by their teachers, has ever personally lived during a time of global warming. But of course, accuracy and scientific integrity was never the point of this exercise.

To my way of thinking, the scientists who have been warning us over the last few years about the impending horrors of man-made global warming/climate change would be very happy that it is now not going to happen after all. Surely after viewing the latest satellite images they could all breathe a sigh of great relief? Instead they are not happy! They are not happy about it, not one bit! If the climate change alarmists weren’t such a devious bunch I would almost feel sorry for them. But I don’t. They are dishonest and manufacture results to further their own cause and line their pockets!

POLAR BEAR SITTING ON MELTING ICE

THE POLAR BEAR – ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS
IN THE GREAT GLOBAL WARMING SCARE STORY

Mr Delingpole goes on to say that the supposedly disappearing ice was part of the regular drip-drip-drip of bad news that the alarmists so desperately need in order to persuade the public and governments around the world that climate change is real and urgent and that only the most radical solutions can save us all from its horrors! Even the floating ice caps around the North Pole, which did, at one time, look as though they were getting smaller, have since staged a remarkable recovery – with no thanks to anybody!

In another red-faced about turn, the great chunks of ice breaking off in parts of the Antarctic has been discovered to be as a result of geothermal heat from all the volcanoes sitting underneath it, which, by the way, has been going on for the last 20,000 years! So much for the man-made part of it! If it can get anymore embarrassing for the alarmist scientists we will all remember back in 2013 when an Australian climate change expedition became trapped in the very ice that, up until that time, they were telling everyone was not there!

Mr Delingpole ends his comments by asking if this sounds like a continent shrinking because of global warming? Of course not, is his answer. You don’t need to be a scientist to understand the obvious. All you need is common sense. We may be refered to as climate deniers but who are the real deniers here: those who look at the hard evidence or those who want to go on scaremongering regardless of what the data shows?

For those who are confused and bewildered by the daily onslaught of global warming propaganda, may I suggest that you read what the Bible has to say regarding what will happen on earth and to everyone who is left behind after Jesus Christ comes for those who have put their trust in Him.
Let me assure you that it has nothing whatsoever to do with climate change!

NEWS FROM ALL POINTS – TAKING DOWN THE CROSS

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THE EROSION OF CHRISTIAN VALUES

Westminster Abbey

A letter to our Daily Newspaper written on Friday October 2 2015 by a self-confessed atheist takes centre stage and has been judged – LETTER OF THE DAY
In it Mr Ron Rees of Newbury, Berkshire tells us that:

  • He is disturbed that Christian values are being continually eroded in this country.
  • He says that he was brought up in a Christian family and has always accepted its values as well as those of other peaceful religions.
  • He has always lived by upright moral standards.
  • That crosses at crematoriums and religious places like Westminster Abbey are part of our culture.
  • He is very disturbed that the cross at Accrington Crematorium has been removed and even more perturbed that Mr Andrew Copson of the British Humanist Association is delighted that it has gone.

Mr Rees goes on to say that Mr Copson’s reaction is the blinkered view of many who think that their point of view is the only one that counts and that the Labour council which actually made the decision in the first place, should rather concentrate on roads, housing and refuse collections instead.
In another short letter to the Editor on the same page, Mr Michael Fenwick of Newcastle upon Tyne had this to say:

Is it not time that all the Christian denominations of this country demanded from the politicians that we elect the enforcement of a law to protect and enshrine our Christian heritage whether they believe it or not? The very fabric of all of our British heritage, history and religious belief now appears to be being forcibly eroded all in the name of political correctness and simply designed to appease the minority of non-Christians. Whether you like it, practise it or not, this is a Christian country and this must be protected at all costs.

Although I fully understand what Mr Rees and Mr Fenwick are both talking about, and indeed what they are trying to convey in their letters to the Editor, I have to draw the line when it comes to agreeing with them. Let me explain:
First of all, there is no such thing as a Christian country. There are countries whose laws are based on Christian values and precepts which are indeed found in the Bible. Principles, teachings, rules and regulations are enshrined in law as are acts passed by ruling bodies to protect its citizens.
Most if not all of the 10 Commandments, found in the Bible, form the basis for the law in just about every country in the world. Thou shalt not steal! comes immediately to mind. In other words you are not allowed to take something that does not belong to you.
Every person alive would agree with and subscribe to this law! Honour thou Father and Mother, is another universally held belief, no matter where you go in this world. In fact you would be hard-pressed to find any country in the world that does not adhere, in one way or another, to the 10 Commandments – I have taken the liberty of reproducing them below for those who may have forgotten them.

The problem lies with the fact that very few people adhere to the 1st Commandment. The gross act of disobedience in the Garden of Eden set the stage for man to go it alone and manufacture beliefs of his own with the obvious disastrous consequences we witness in today’s world, and before you throw your arms up in despair you need to realise that there are millions upon millions of people who believe the Bible to be the Word of God and furthermore who believe that the story of Adam and Eve is a fact!
An unappreciated truth is that if the first Adam had not died in sin, there would have been no second Adam who died for sin.
Mr Fenwick’s demand that we elect the enforcement of a law to protect and enshrine our Christian heritage, whether they believe it or not is somewhat naïve. Put simply – no-one is bothered! Nobody cares if there is a law which prohibits downgrading, denigrating, desecrating or damaging anything to do with Christianity or our so-called Christian heritage and/or anything to do with Jesus Christ. The way we live in this wonderful country of ours bares ample testimony to this very sad, but true fact of life! No-one can be bothered! Nobody cares!
If ever we needed an example of how little people care, all we need to do is read of what happened to Jesus Christ. He healed the sick. He gave sight to those who were blind. He made lame people walk again. He even raised people from the dead! The people were so impressed they wanted to make Him their King! They went about shouting at the top of their voices that they wanted Jesus to be King! Guess what happened? Not a week went by and they changed their minds and then they killed Him!
It’s funny how so few people remember this historical fact.
What so many fail to grasp is that Jesus came to save us from our sins. (Yes an old-fashioned word that is not even acknowledged these days). The Bible tells us that it is sin that separates us from God. It also tells us that Jesus paid the ultimate price on the Cross of Calvary for the sinner. He did not come to join any political party. He did not tell us to band together and march on Parliament to demand our rights. He did not tell us to defend a heritage, which for all intents and purposes, does not exist.
There is one word that describes what happened in the Garden of Eden and that word is: DISOBEDIENCE.
Yes good old-fashioned disobedience!
I want my own way and I’ll do it my way!
No-one and nobody is going to tell me what to do!
I will live by my own rules!
Does this sound familiar?
Well it should, because this is exactly where mankind finds himself today. There are as many religions and cults that you can shake a stick at, all because man has turned his back on the Creator and has decided to go his own way. The result of which is the state the world is in today. No-one can deny that we are in a mess and that the mess is monumental and it is of our own making!
We have atheists claiming to live by upright moral values who cannot honestly tell you where these morals come from or who instilled them in man, because they certainly did not evolve as most people presume they did. How could they? They are non-material, just as love, joy, peace, happiness, appreciation of beauty, in fact every emotion known to man.
An atheist does not believe in God, in fact they say there is no such thing as God. They and millions of others live their whole lives enjoying every conceivable manifestation of a loving and caring God whilst publicly announcing that God does not exist.

When you think about the 3rd Commandment in today’s world one could (almost) be forgiven for thinking that God actually wrote it down incorrectly and that it should read:

Thou shalt take the name of the Lord thy God in vain as many times and as often as you like.

The swearing and blasphemy in private and in public is absolutely unbelievable! Children as young as three use Christ’s name as an expletive at every opportunity. Birthday and general greeting cards have OMG! already printed on them to save you having to write the words yourself. Cell phones have OMG embedded in the predictive text mode! The name of Jesus Christ is used repeatedly as a swear word or expletive every single minute of every single day, month in, month out, year in and year out. How can anyone in their right mind claim to live by Christian values and morals when this behaviour and lifestyle is so rife?!

The 6th Commandment is one that is definitely not obeyed. The slaughter that goes on day after day in the name of religion is utterly sickening. The abuse of young children is heartbreaking to say the very least. Drug taking amongst the general public and that of sportsmen, leaders in business and government officials is appalling when you think of the fact that they of all people should be setting a wholesome example to others, especially children.

The following verse of Scripture should put paid to any doubts as to whether or not we are living in the last days:

 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Timothy 3:1-7

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DAWKINS - TOGETHER WE CAN FIND A CURE

Some time back a few newspapers carried the story that the World (in)Famous Atheist, Richard Dawkins, had brought out yet another book. This time it was a book aimed specifically at children and employed child-friendly language to explain that science was better than religion at explaining the way the natural world works. To grab their interest he writes: Stories are fun, and we love to repeat them, but to claim a supernatural explanation of something is not to explain it at all. 

Ordinarily I would not bother much with what our Mr Dawkins thinks or writes about, but given that he has now delved into the realm of indoctrinating children, I will confess to having my interest sparked somewhat. Is it perhaps because grownups find his beliefs and pronouncements tedious in the extreme that he hopes to find a more accepting audience in the younger market? Or is it perhaps he finds a need to constantly be in the news?

During a recent interview with Mr. Medved, (Author, political commentator, radio show host and film critic), Mr. Dawkins was asked if it was intellectually necessary to level criticism at religion, to which he replied in his usual convoluted and confused way:

Not only is religion just as bad as an infectious disease, it is also a form of child abuse. I think the effect of all religious faith is negative….I think that faith teaches you to believe something without evidence, and that shuts your mind off….As a scientist and an educator, I’m against the idea of faith – the idea that you believe something simply because you believe it. In other words my primary opposition to religion is that it is based upon believing things without evidence.

I’m not sure just what evidence Mr Dawkins is looking for that would persuade him that he is perhaps barking up the wrong tree. He speaks of faith as being negative. That it teaches you to believe something without evidence and that it shuts your mind off. To what? I ask. What am I shutting my mind off to when I sit at my computer each day? Is it the faith I have that it will work when I press the ‘on’ switch. Is it the faith I have that my chair will hold me up when I sit on it? Or is this not the type of faith he is talking about? Perhaps it is a faith which goes deeper than mere things that surround us each and everyday. Perhaps it is faith in something far larger, like the sun, which is there each day bringing light to the world, or is it the moon and stars which come out at night. Or is it faith in God, a Creator which seems to wind Mr Dawkins up no end because he does not wish to be associated with Him? Which of these does he require evidence of?

It is pretty clear in my mind that nobody becomes an atheist for scientific or intellectual reasons. They become atheistic emotionally.
It is the emotions that drive them to do what they do.
It is the emotions that drive them to great lengths to persuade others that there is no God and therefore no Creator.
It is the emotions that cause them to stick their fingers in their ears so they can block out the evidence they crave for.

Mr Dawkins then went on to demand: One test for a god that anyone can replicate, and he will convert the entire world, to that god. That’s the difference, he says, in faith-based on belief, and reason based belief and that it is summed up in one word: EVIDENCE.
In other words he demands that evidence be supplied.
After reading this demand of his, I could not help but think of what it says in the Bible. More specifically in Hebrews Chapter 11:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (v1)
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. (v3)
Without faith it is impossible to please Him; for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. (v6) 

I can think of no better explanation than that of William MacDonald who has put it like this: These verses of Scripture are not strictly speaking a proper definition of faith; it is a description of what faith does for us. It makes things hoped for as real as if we already had them, and it provides unshakable evidence that the unseen, spiritual blessings of Christianity are absolutely certain and real. In other words, it brings the future within the present and makes the invisible seen.

Mr Dawkins demands one test for a ‘god’ that can be replicated and he will convert the world to that god, so it is to the Scriptures I will once again turn.

And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted His raiment, and cast lots. And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided Him, saying, He saved others; let Him save Himself if He be the Christ, the chosen of God.
Luke 23:33-35

Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. Mark 15:32

Evidence that there is a God, surrounds all of us, every single day of our lives, and like those of old, Mr Dawkins demands yet more evidence. Jesus spent about 3 years of His adult life proving, over and over again, who He was. He supplied evidence by the shed- load, day after day. He healed the sick, He gave the blind their sight back, He raised the dead. He told them who He was. He challenged them to check out their own Scriptures which prophesied who He was, why He came and what was going to happen to Him – IN THE MINUTEST DETAIL – and still that was not enough.
Their last words to Him were: Come down from the Cross and then we will believe!
Mr Dawkins’ words/demands are no different.
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 1 Corinthians 15

I’m not sure that I can offer one test for a god that can be replicated that will satisfy Mr Dawkins’ demand for evidence, but what I can offer him is irrefutable evidence that Jesus rose from the dead and was seen by upwards of 500 people which would be more than adequate evidence acceptable in any court of law anywhere in the world, but, given his emotional state and prejudice against anything to do with the Bible, this would, in all probability, be pushed aside as insufficient and yet if he would put some effort into a little proper research, Mr Dawkins would discover that the Bible and its contents are fact! Not fiction.

  • That it has NEVER been proved wrong.
  • That its claims can easily be proved.
  • That the proof he demands lies in one word: PROPHECY.
  • That there are hundreds of prophecies relating to Jesus Christ alone, written by different authors, hundreds and hundreds of years before He was even born.
  • That each and every prophecy was 100% accurate. Not 99%. 100% accurate!
  • That this can be said of no other book ever written in the entire world, and the sad thing about it is that Mr Dawkins cares nothing for this titanic volume of evidence which he can’t even be bothered to read for himself.

Doctor R. Torrey has said: For centuries the assault upon the Bible has continued. Every engine of destruction that human philosophy, human science, human reason, human art, human cunning, human force and human brutality could bring to bear against a book has been brought to bear against the Bible, and yet it stands absolutely unshaken to this very day. Note the word – unshaken!
The reason Mr Dawkins relentlessly attacks the Bible and Christians is that he cannot be bothered to carry out any research of his own. In fact one of his peers is quoted as saying:
For all his fervent enthusiasm for science, Dawkins shows very little interest in asking what scientific knowledge is or how it comes to be possible. There are many philosophies of science. Among them is empiricism, which maintains that scientific knowledge extends only so far as observation and experiment can reach; realism, which holds that science can give an account of parts of the world that can never be observed; irrealism, according to which there is no one truth of things to which scientific theories approximate; and pragmatism, which views science theories as useful tools for organizing and controlling experience. If he is aware of these divergent philosophies, Dawkins never discusses them. His attitude to science is that of a practitioner who does not need to bother with philosophical questions. Whether he wants to continue to stick his fingers in his ears or not, the universe didn’t create itself. His personal incredulity isn’t good enough. It is not a question of if it was created, it is a question of, by whom.

On another level, which, by the way, illustrates a lack of research and logical thinking on the part of Mr Dawkins is his dogmatic belief and wholesale acceptance of evolution. The fact that no-one has ever observed a species changing into another species never seems to phase him. The fact that evolutionists believe that we all came into being after a big explosion in outer space and began evolving into what we are today from a slime like mixture over billions and billions of years, (the panacea for: we don’t really know!) doesn’t seem to bother him in the slightest.

  • Fact – Evolution says once life got there, then evolution proceeded by random chance, but no-one seems bothered to pinpoint where ‘there’ is, or how it got there.
  • Fact – There is no origin to life in evolution.
  • Fact – Naturalists have no origin to life in their dogmatic world-view.
  • Fact – Darwin’s assumptions about the cell were completely wrong.
  • Fact – Life never comes from non-life.
  • Fact – Information never comes from non-information.
  • Fact – Evolution can not be confirmed via the scientific method, and yet we are told that those who do not believe in evolution (read – demand evidence!) are not right in the head!
  • Fact – If evolution supposedly came about under horrifically inhospitable conditions, why then don’t we see it magically appearing under current hospitable conditions?
  • Fact – Evolution tells us that we are all evolving, if this is true, what is wrong with some ‘evolvees’ evolving a religion? Surely they are only doing what their evolving genes are telling them to do! What else can they do?
  • Fact – Who authorised Mr Dawkins to mount a crusade to put a stop to Religion?
  • Fact – Who sanctioned his views and approved his methods?
  • Fact – Who gave him permission and empowered him to launch attacks against those who are evolving their own set of values?
  • Fact – If it wasn’t his evolving genes evolving him to do so, it must be his emotions getting the better of him. But then he must explain how emotions evolved, being as they are, non-material and therefore incapable of evolving.
  • Fact – Mr Dawkins’ blind, dogmatic wishful thinking fails miserably, the common sense test.
  • Fact – Why is Mr Dawkins’ common sense not so common?

Mr Dawkins unwittingly reveals the sense of his mission he has set himself in the world near the end of his book aimed at children in which he writes the following: Intelligent life on a planet comes of an age when it first works out the reason for its own existence. If superior creatures from space ever visit earth, the first question they will ask, in order to assess the level of our civilisation, is: “Have they discovered evolution yet?” Living organisms had existed on earth, without ever knowing why, for over three thousand million years before the truth finally dawned on one of them. His name was Charles Darwin.

I will confess that I had to read and re-read this mission statement several times before coming to the conclusion that, had it been written by anyone else, it would have been dismissed by all and sundry as utter nonsense! But the fact that it was written by a Scientist and Educator of the highest order, boggles the mind!

1. Mr Dawkins should provide EVIDENCE of where intelligent life comes from and why it is there in the first place, including where it obtained its intelligence from?
2. He must explain what it means to come of age, how it does this, and why it would find the need to do so?
3. He must explain (read provide evidence) that this ‘life’ is even capable of working out anything, let alone the reason for its own existence.
4. His reference to superior creatures from space indicates a very confused thought pattern, and just why they (if they actually exist) would want to visit us or even take the slightest bit of notice of us? I for one, am hoping they have not noticed us and never do, because if they knew what a nasty, murderous bunch the human race is they would in all probability refuse our invitation to afternoon tea!
5. He must explain how he knows that they are superior creatures? Why would they be superior to people on earth? Perhaps in his dreams they appear more intelligent? How does he know what their first question will be? I wonder if they speak English! How does he know living organisms have existed on earth for over three thousand million years? Does he have even the slightest concept of what three thousand million years represents? Who actually measured this enormous length of time? How was it calculated? Where did he get these facts from? What EVIDENCE has he got that would encourage us to believe what he says?
For all intents and purposes he is living at the bottom of the garden with the fairies and would like to go down in history as a modern-day Charles Darwin, which I suppose is fitting because, he too was a man who was very mixed up both mentally and emotionally, so in all probability they would be good company for one another.
Another of Mr Dawkins’ peers has put it like this:
Several of the traits that Dawkins displays in his campaign against religion are on show here. There is his equation of superiority with cleverness: the visiting aliens are more advanced creatures than humans because they are smarter and know more than humans do. The theory of evolution by natural selection is treated not as a fallible theory – the best account we have so far of how life emerged and developed – but as an unalterable truth, which has been revealed to a single individual of transcendent genius. There cannot be much doubt that Dawkins sees himself as a Darwin-like-figure, propagating the revelation that came to the Victorian naturalist. If we are survival machines, it is unclear how ‘we’ can decide anything. The idea of free will, after all, comes from religion and NOT from science. Unsurprisingly this is something that Dawkins never explores.
Another subject which is swept aside by Mr Dawkins, probably because it would upset his way of thinking, is the issue regarding the human mind. If the human mind supposedly evolved in obedience to the crucial necessities of survival, what possible reason is there for thinking that it can acquire knowledge of reality? What possible reason could there be for the mind to even attempt to work out the reason for its own existence, when all that is required of it, in order to reproduce the species, is that its errors and illusions are not fatal? The simple facts are that an evolutionist’s philosophy cannot and never will account for the knowledge the human mind actually possesses. The solution is amazingly simple and uncomplicated:

Humans can gain access to the truth only because the human mind was shaped by a Divine mind, something which Mr Dawkins loathes to hear.

Yet another of Dawkins’ peers has penned: Dawkins knows practically nothing of the philosophy of science, still less about theology or the history of religion. From his point of view, he has no need to know. He can deduce everything he wants to say from first principles. Religion is a type of supernatural belief, which is irrational, and we will all be better off without it. Sadly with all the baggage (read garbage) and paraphernalia of evolution, this is the sum total of Dawkins’ argument for atheism. His attack on religion has a crudity that would make a militant Victorian unbeliever such as T.H. Huxley, blush scarlet with embarrassment. Transfixed in wonderment at the workings of his own mind, Dawkins misses much that is of importance in human beings—himself and others and that it has never occurred to him, that to many people, he appears as a comic figure. 

For all intents and purposes, Mr Dawkins has made his mind up, (it was years ago), and his pet theories are presented as fact. And worse still, anyone who dares to disagree, or presents evidence not in the Dawkins equation, is treated as either an unscientific crackpot, or as some kind of religious fundamentalist.
Many of the points he presents as fact have not been proven and as a scientist he should be the first to acknowledge this, therefore his honesty regarding what he stands for as a scientist is questionable together with his ‘wisdom’. There is nothing wrong with presenting theories as theories, but Mr Dawkins presents his theories as fact with the conviction of a religious zealot. No-one can question him. He is right! You are wrong! Yet another of his peers has stated: Dawkins commits scientific treason when he disregards points that are opposed to his thinking.

Returning to my opening remarks at the beginning of this post, I think it is fair to say that Mr Dawkins feels the need to get into the ‘indoctrination business’ and is now targeting children in the hope that by getting to them when they are young, he will not have to deal with them when they are older because they would, by then, be sufficiently brainwashed.
So in the interests of fairness, I looked up the word indoctrination, and it means:

  • programming
  • propaganda
  • brainwashing
  • training
  • teaching
  • coaching

It is a known fact that educationists are well aware of how vulnerable children are, because in the main, they copy what they see and hear. They mimic those around them especially those who they look up to. If their parents curse and swear, they too will curse and swear. If they see adults arguing and fighting, chances are they will grow up with aggressive tendencies. The Jesuit proverb, Give me the child for his first seven years, and I will give you the man, is no less true today than it was back then. What I have a real problem with is not so much what the Jesuits taught the children, but the content of Mr Dawkins’ teaching. Just how he can replace what God intended children should be taught with what he intends teaching them, is beyond comprehension. Dawkins’ explanation for targeting children must go down in history as one of the worst excuses ever invented:

The inclination to religion is a misfire of the brain.  It was, indeed, a product of evolutionary processes which means somehow it was necessary to select.

“A misfire of the brain.” An utterly pathetic reason if ever there was one, and just how Mr Dawkins knows about this so-called ‘misfire’, is mind-boggling in the extreme.

The trust he has is a spider’s web. Tentacles reaching all points of the compass in attempts to justify the faith he thinks he has. see Job 8:13-14

Mr Dawkins may have some very impressive credentials and qualifications and a prestigious position at Oxford University. He may be very scholarly and have an abundance of knowledge about animals, insects and such like, but he is without a shadow of doubt, utterly incompetent when it comes to teaching anything regarding Biblical Christianity, or even coming close to a basic understanding of it, for the simple reason that the things of the Spirit are spiritually discerned, and unless he is born again he will never, ever have any understanding of the things of God, Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit. It is only when a person admits he/she is a sinner and invites Jesus Christ into their life to take up residence, are their eyes opened and their spirit awakened. Until that happens, the things of God are a closed book!

To illustrate this gulf between what Mr Dawkins thinks he knows and the actual truth of what he does not know or understand, we will turn again to the Scriptures where Jesus gives a parable for everyone to muse over:

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and  fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried. And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in torment in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.  Luke 16: 19-31

Please note the words: gulf and fixed.

May I suggest that this portion of Scripture from Luke’s Gospel be read and re-read until the enormity and urgency of what its message is conveying sinks into the mind and remains there!
There is so much more one could write concerning Mr Dawkins and his latest quest to prove to the world that he has the keys to all knowledge, but for the sake of brevity I will call closure on this topic for the time being and leave you with a thought to ponder.
Atheism is the most depressing belief there is. It is not the ‘noises’ of reasonable people. It is completely unreasonable! It is a cold, unfeeling, empty pit which houses a cacophony of lies, deceit and fraud, and with its close relative, evolution, is leading millions to an eternal hell, and I find it very strange indeed that once a person becomes an atheist, they feel compelled to make sure that everyone else believes the same as they do. Mr Dawkins likens ‘religion’ to a form of child abuse in a last-ditch attempt to give his methods of indoctrination a semblance of respectability when it is blatantly obvious that his is the greatest abuse anyone could commit. The Scriptures are very clear indeed on the subject of what will happen to anyone who harms a child. (See Matthew 18:1-6). Let the words of v6 in particular, sink in! Please read them!
 If we are to believe the atheists, all we have to look forward to in this life is a blind, black pitiless existence with no hope, when with a little thought and honesty we could exchange it for a wonderful life during which we discover the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings and what it cost Him to bring us back into a proper relationship with our Creator. And if that is not enough, when our time here on earth is up, we can, with great confidence and joy, look forward to a blissful eternity with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

I know for an absolute certainty which I would choose!

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Daily Express – Saturday August 15 2015.

MAKESHIFT CHURCH AT CALAIS

This report reminds us that there are some things the BBC does very well and others very badly. In an attempt to demonstrate ‘diversity’ and at the same time draw attention to itself, The BBC in their wisdom decided to broadcast an episode of Songs Of Praise from a makeshift church in the very heart of the notorious Calais migrant camp. For those readers who may be unfamiliar with this camp, here are some details:

The French port of Calais is the scene of almost complete chaos as thousands of migrants converge on the squatter camp that has sprung up since border controls have been relaxed. Hordes of immigrants now spend their days lining the road into the port waiting for an opportunity to break into trucks heading across the English Channel. Once on board it is a game of cat and mouse as to whether or not they are caught by immigration officials and sent back. Fights and brawls are now commonplace with knives being brandished when confronted by officials. The matter appears to have got out of control with the latest reports telling us that the French Police and Port Authorities have given up the fight and are demanding that the UK send in their troops to combat the dangerous situation.

One official said that during his visit to the French town, police seemed overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of migrants on the streets and that there was no obvious operation in place to tackle the crisis. He went on to say that he could see the migrants filling the fields and roads around Calais looking for opportunities and causing havoc for the few law enforcement officers on the ground struggling to contain them.

Lorry drivers who knowingly or unknowingly transport stowaways on board their vehicles face hefty fines if they are caught. Many drivers have complained that they were either unaware of the stowaways or had been threatened with weapons and violence should they not comply with their demands.
It is under this backdrop that our precious BBC has decided to broadcast an episode of Songs Of Praise from a hastily erected church within the confines of the migrant camp. Sadly this is where it has all gone wrong!

The congregation of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is unimpressed and has complained bitterly together with the Eritrean Priest (who spends every night trying illegally to enter Britain). The Priest is furious that he and his followers could face serious repercussions if their faces are recognised in Eritrea, where Christians are viciously persecuted.

Only the BBC could make such a patronising and idiotic gesture at such a heated and sensitive time. What were they thinking of?

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Daily Express Tuesday August 4 2015

TEACHER AT THE BLACKBOARD-8

This report in the Daily Express caught my eye because it mentioned Anti-Semitic propaganda and this is what it said:
The National Union of Teachers stands accused of teaching pro-Palestinian political propaganda in a resource package which gets primary school pupils to explore Palestinian “occupation, freedom and resistance”.
Israelis, for instance, are described in this pack as “Jews”.
Anti-Semitism comes in many forms. It is disgraceful that such a complex and sensitive issue has been hijacked by the Left-wing union to promote its world view. These children, some as young as three, will absorb this material like sponges and believe unquestioningly what their teachers tell them.

“Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man.”  This Jesuit maxim which is profoundly true is why teachers have a solemn responsibility not to indoctrinate their charges.

There is no doubt whatsoever that Anti-Semitism is on the increase throughout the world. In Europe there were more than 500 reported incidents against Jewish people and property in the first half of 2015. This is an increase of 53% on the same period in 2014. This chilling number includes violent attacks, vandalism and abuse.
There were four shoppers killed by a gunman at a kosher supermarket in Paris and a security guard was killed at the main synagogue in Copenhagen. In London there were 459 reports of Anti-Semitic crimes where one in 10 was violent, with similar numbers being reported in Manchester.

Although I have written on the subject of Anti-Semitism in previous posts, I have to say that this particular news article, where our children, as young as three, are being indoctrinated, using tax-payer’s money, with lies, misrepresentations and myths has got me rather angry to say the least.
Just how it is that our educational authorities could allow this to take place, defies belief! Having said that, it is important that we put things into perspective regarding the Jewish people and it comes from the Bible, and I make no apology whatsoever for quoting from the only source of truth there is in this world.
Our educationists ‘think’ they have the truth, but anyone with half a brain who cares to undertake even the most basic of research will find that they do not!

  • They think they have a facts, but it is fiction.
  • They think their way of looking at the problem is right, but it is wrong.
  • They think their solutions to the problems of the Middle East lie in a political ideology that is based on hatred of the Jewish people.
  • An ideology that demands the extermination of them.
  • An ideology that teaches young people, barely able to walk, to carry guns and to chant that peace will only come about when the Jews are driven into the sea and drowned!
  • An ideology that is driven by Satan himself!

They are so far wide of the mark that it is laughable if it wasn’t so lamentable. The utter rubbish taught to our young people in the name of modern education on matters like the one under consideration is deplorable.
Please note that what you are about to read was written about 70 years after Jesus Christ was crucified and therefore is not something cooked up by left-wing educationists!

 And as He sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the age?  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours 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. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. Matthew 24:3-10

We could be forgiven for thinking that what we have just read came from our daily newspaper!
Here is a list of the warnings and signs Jesus gave to His disciples:

  • Take heed that no man deceive you. This includes the left-wing education union.
  • Many shall come in my name saying, I am the Christ; and shall deceive many. Have you ever wondered why there are so many different religions in the world?
  • You will hear of wars and rumours of wars. Every day we read and hear of countries at war with their neighbours – the bombings, the beheadings, the murder and slaughter is relentless.
  • There shall be famines and pestilences. Every day we see and hear of millions of people who are starving, have no proper sanitation, no proper drinking water and where disease and plagues are rampant.
  • There will be earthquakes. There is hardly a month that goes by when we don’t hear of an earthquake in some part of the world.
  • They will deliver you up to be afflicted, they will kill you, they will betray you. All over the world we witness this happening day after day. Hatred for the Jewish people is endemic, widespread and rampant!
  • This hatred is alive and well in our junior schools operating right under our noses, where our children, as young as three, are being taught ideologies that focus on occupation, freedom and resistance, which can and will lead to an intense dislike of Jewish people in young minds, which eventually take root in adulthood.
  • Our children will absorb this material like sponges and believe unquestioningly what their teachers tell them.
  • Are we living in the last days?
  • Yes we are!

HE ONLY USED SOAP!

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HE ONLY USED SOAP!

WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP

I am reasonably sure that many people sported a wry smile and nodded in agreement after reading that a man had nabbed a disgusting foul-mouthed 6-year-old and shoved a bar of soap in his mouth in an attempt to teach him that his behaviour was unacceptable. The story which grabbed the headlines in most major newspapers on 9th July 2015, went like this:
Rian Birtwell, aged 23 witnessed Alfi Cook, aged 6, run across the field to kick a pensioner’s walking stick away from him and subject him to a torrent of foul-mouthed abuse. He confronted the youngster and told him in no uncertain terms that what he was doing was wrong, to which the youngster replied with a further deluge of filthy language. Birtwell then told the boy that if he did not stop, he would wash his mouth out with soap. It would appear that this made no difference and the rant continued. Infuriated Birtwell then walked to a nearby shop and purchased a bar of soap and returned to the park where he then pinned him down and shoved the soap in his mouth.

Birtwell was arrested by Police after the boy’s Mother laid a complaint and pleaded guilty to a charge of assault at Sunderland Magistrates Court and was fined £100 and given a 12 month conditional discharge.
He said he had admitted the offence because he knew what he had done was wrong, but he felt strongly enough that the delinquent child, who by the way, he used to babysit, was in desperate need of being taught a lesson that he would never forget. He went on further to say that no six-year-old should use language like that and expect to get away with it.

Even though the boy’s Mother is quoted as saying: Her son swore, but then kids do that sort of thing, most of us would like to shake Mr Birtwell’s hand and congratulate him for having the intestinal fortitude to take some sort of action against what is so blatantly wrong with our youth of today.
Even though Mr Birtwell was fined, there is no mention whatsoever of any action being taken against the child. For all intents and purposes he has got away with it and will, in all probability, become a hero at school. Sadly there is also no mention of his Mother and Father taking any remedial action to prevent this happening again and again.
Is it any wonder then that, to the older generation at least, there is a sense of despondency flooding society when common sense is screaming at us all that there is something wrong with society when this sort of behaviour is allowed to go unpunished and nothing is done about it. Head Teachers and Educationists are lamenting the fact that young people appear to have no conscience and no sense of right and wrong.
One Head Teacher was quoted recently as having said that many parents have failed in their responsibilities to bring up children properly and teach them at an early age the difference between right and wrong coupled with a healthy respect for authority and the aged. The parents of these children expect other people to do this for them and when this is not forthcoming, they blame the schools.
There is no doubt whatsoever that Alfie’s Mother and Father have neglected their son in ways that will return to haunt them, and him, in years to come.

Society, as a whole, has turned its back on God, our Creator and His Holy Word, which, by the way, is our Instruction Manual for Life and has made up its own version of how we should live, interact with one another and bring up children. It has, in its own wisdom, done away with corporal punishment and shoved aside God’s instructions on the value of punishment and how to deal with the foolishness that resides in a child’s heart.
Having said that, don’t be too surprised if what you read is in direct opposition to what our educationists and leaders have thrust upon us with the shameful result that everyone, including children, do as they please and have no fear whatsoever of punishment and accountability. Here are some verses of Scripture to ponder and I will leave you to make your own mind up.

And people shall be oppressed, everyone by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Isaiah 3:5

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. Proverbs 13:24

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 19:18

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 22:15

Withold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 23:13

 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but the child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 29:15

ROCK ON CLERGYMEN

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  ROCK ON CLERGYMEN

Daily Express Wednesday September 9th 2015,

BOOK - CHRISTIANITY FOR BEGINNERS

An article in our local newspaper, caught my eye. It was entitled:

Rock on, clergymen … Bobby Ball’s tips to liven up sermons.

In it we learn that veteran funnyman Bobby Ball hopes to turn church services into comedy heaven after being recruited to teach clergymen a sense of humour. He will also be appearing at a trade show for Christians at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre, where he will pass on stand-up tips in order to pull in bigger congregations in churches.

It would appear that Bobby Ball became a born again Christian in 1986 and that his long time partner in comedy, Tommy Cannon became a Christian in 1992. Together they wrote a book called Christianity For Beginners to explain their faith. As part of their double act in Christianity, they developed the catchphrase: Rock on Tommy which Bobby used to tell people, that being a Christian is not boring and was in fact the opposite, because God wants us to have fun, to laugh and enjoy the wonderful life He has given us. Furthermore the book will provide the resources for standing up for Jesus and doing it better which will make all the difference.

The report goes on to inform us that the two-day Christian Resources Exhibition will aim at increasing church attendance where priests and lay preachers will be offered coaching in everything, including how to overcome nerves and comic improvisation to get the message across.

I have to say that although I am tremendously encouraged to hear that these two men have acknowledged their need of the Saviour and if their conversion to Christianity is real, there is no doubt that the angels in Heaven are rejoicing, and so should we all.
However, having said that, and having read what they intend to do, I cannot help but come to the conclusion that what they propose does not gel with what the Scriptures say. It is not compatible with anything I have read in the Bible.
For instance, I cannot find any reference in the Scriptures that convinces me that to increase church attendance, they should embark on training courses in order to turn church services into comedy heaven. Nor do I find any reference to comic improvisation to get the message across.

I cannot for the life of me see where the hilarity would come in when the Gospel is preached, or just where I would even attempt to trivialise the message of Salvation with comedy.
The Gospel IS THE MESSAGE! Jesus Christ died so that we may live, so just how does one take the greatest act of disobedience, arrogance and utter stupidity man has ever committed and make it fun, or any other part of the Scriptures for that matter?
Calvary was the darkest moment in all of history, and yet it was God’s brightest mirror because it reflected man’s true image and at the same time it reflected God’s heart. Where would I find the comedy in the way the people treated the Saviour of the world? Where was the humour when the nails were hammered into His flesh? Was Jesus clowning around when He uttered these immortal words?

Father forgive them for they know not what they do!

For many years the nativity scene is played by children all over the world and is one of the focal points in all school calendars around December every year. It is thought that Saint Francis of Assisi created the very first nativity scene in 1223 in an effort to encourage people to attend church services and to promote the true meaning of Christmas.
His idea caught on and a new tradition was born, so much so that it is almost impossible to go through the Christmas season without seeing a nativity scene in front of a church, in a school play or decorating shop windows, people’s front gardens and fireplace mantels.

If the truth be known, I have always felt uncomfortable watching the nativity play for the simple reason I feel it is not something to be made light of if one thinks for a moment exactly what it represents. If you ask me if ever I took part in a nativity play at school, I would answer yes, and if asked what part did I play, my answer would be a tree! If you ask me why the whole thing makes me feel uncomfortable, I would reply, it is because of what happened during and after the production.
Although my parents and many other parents clapped enthusiastically when it ended, Joseph happened to take a particular dislike to one of the shepherds and pushed him off stage and Mary picked up the plastic doll, representing Jesus, from out of the wooden crib and threw it into the audience before storming off stage in a flood of tears.
From that day on I have never liked the play or the way Jesus is depicted and I’m afraid no-one will convince me that this is the way we, as adults, who organise nativity plays, and children who act in them, should ever think for one moment, that Jesus Christ is honoured and revered in any way shape or form by this role-playing, no matter how sincere it is in their eyes.

Although there are many Bible stories that one could examine, I would like to look at two which, I hope, will illustrate why I think Mr Cannon and Mr Balls’ obvious talents could best be utilised elsewhere.
The two narratives I have chosen are very popular when it comes to children’s stories and sadly are also the most ridiculed and mocked by adults and I want to explore them, (using bullet points for the sake of brevity), from the point of view of (a) what I was taught as a youngster and (b) what I believe now. They are:

  1. The story of Adam and Eve
  2. Noah’s Ark

ADAM AND EVE

  • God created the heavens and the earth.
  • He put all the twinkling stars in their place.
  • He put the moon in the sky so we could see at night.
  • He put the sun in the sky so we could see during the day.
  • He decided to make someone to whom he could talk to.
  • So he made a man out of the dust of the ground.
  • God breathed into this man and made him a living being.
  • He called him Adam.
  • He then made a partner/wife for Adam.
  • She was formed from one of Adam’s ribs
  • He called her Eve.
  • God gave them everything they could ever wish for.
  • He gave them food to eat and put them in a wonderful and beautiful garden.
  • The only thing He told them not to do, was to eat the fruit of one particular tree.
  • Eve disobeyed God and ate the fruit.
  • Adam also disobeyed and ate the fruit.
  • God was very cross with both of them and told them to leave the garden and never come back.

Across the world, children are taught this story from a very young age and are encouraged to write about it, draw pictures of it, dress up in costumes, re-enact each stage of creation and recite the order of the steps taken by God to bring it about at the beginning of time. In my case, there were scuffles and arguments as to who should portray Adam and likewise amongst the girls, as to who should play Eve. My best friend, who was chosen to represent the tree, refused the role and ran out of the classroom.
At no stage were we told that we were in actual fact re-enacting the awful story of the downfall of the entire human race! Our teachers ‘thought’ they were doing right by making us act the parts and I’m sure they muffled many a giggle over the antics of the actors and it was only later on in life did I realise that this was wrong.
How could there be any joviality at all over the downfall of the entire human race? In fact the awfulness of what took place explains why there is sickness, sorrow, suffering, fear, guilt and death in this world of ours. Man was removed from the presence of his Creator, where he was loved and protected and ordered to go his own way and up until now he has indeed gone his own way, and in doing so, he has left a monumental mess in his wake, under which the whole of humanity is groaning.

NOAH’S ARK

I have vivid memories of being told the story of Noah and the Ark he built and having to construct it and the animals out of cardboard and plasticine. Most parents would agree that children and plasticine do not mix very well, especially if they are not closely supervised. Some of the cardboard ‘boats’ were either very small or extremely large. Most of the animals sported either far too many legs or none at all. I can remember being told that under no circumstances was water allowed in the classroom and that water and cardboard are incompatible!
At no time were we told why God had instructed Noah to build the Ark. There was never any hint that it had to do with God’s judgment on those engaged in gross sin and immorality of the worst kind which caused Him to wipe out all the people.
Again this is a story which is ridiculed by all and sundry, with opponents saying that it is untrue at very least and a myth at best and that the flood (if one did happen) was local and not worldwide as the Scriptures tell us it was.
I have never been comfortable with the way this lesson has been taught to children because it describes one of the most devastating events the world has ever known and without a shadow of doubt no-one in his right mind would find it in the least bit funny and to allow children to treat it as a game and as an amusing toy, is totally wrong, no matter how genuine the teachers are! The facts are:

  • The Ark is a picture of Christ.
  • The waters depict God’s judgment.
  • Those who were in the Ark were saved.
  • Those who were outside the Ark perished.
  • Those who are in Christ are saved.
  • Those who want nothing to do with Christ are doomed!

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

When I read and hear of what is happening in many, many churches across the globe, my heart sinks. I know that there are many sincere, Godly people who are very concerned about falling attendance in churches who are on their knees daily pleading with God for a revival in their communities because what they see happening around them points to the imminent return of Jesus Christ to take the church out of this world, and they know that the need to spread the Gospel has become that much more urgent.
People need to hear the Gospel! They need to respond to the Gospel! They need to repent of their sins and receive Jesus into their lives – NOW! Time is running out! Pastors and Ministers need to get the message across. They need the power of the Holy Spirit to convict those who are not saved and yet there are those who ignore the Gospel and would rather surround themselves with people who make them feel good about themselves. For instance:

  • There is a church which pushes leaflets through post boxes advertising ‘God’s Extreme Makeover’ in which volunteers undergo plastic surgery.
  • There are churches who have: An Invitation to Christian Yoga poster nailed to its doors.
  • I recently went to a church up North from where I live, that had completely given itself over to business. At the pulpit there was a table and a display for kitchen renovations with the motto – Let heavenly light shine on your new cupboards!
    The area where the congregation would normally sit was taken up entirely by huge bill-boards, tables and leaflets advertising household and business insurance, together with information on how to sue someone for wrongdoing or negligence in the workplace.
    Another display told you to get your car expertly serviced and repaired by a mobile mechanic and the table next to that provided details of cut price vehicle insurance incorporating accident cover and free holiday cover for you and the whole family.
  • The words of Matthew 21:12-13 were ringing in my ears as I walked around!
  • Another church had a display near the front door proclaiming – you can bring your coffee in and sing along to spiritual songs from all faiths.
  • The words to the songs were projected on to a giant karaoke screen suspended from the ceiling with music supplied by a rock group complete with guitars and drums.
  •  Americans like going to shopping malls for all their consumer needs in one spot. Not to be outdone, several self-styled “megachurches” offer a one-stop spiritual supermarket.
    In Los Angeles County, there are not only four main Sunday services, at one church, but 18 small ones. There is a cafe that sells food and drinks. Baptisms are conducted at a pool to one side where “warm water” is promised. There are picnic spots and walks through manicured gardens in addition to church softball and basketball teams. There are even parties arranged for singles to meet fellow believers.
  • There are Theological Seminars which teach attendees how to remove every obstacle that keeps people from coming into the church and makes them feel good about themselves and because of their life-styles they need to attend a church which supplies all their needs. As a result, they offer a variety of facilities without them having to leave the building, and because of this, churches spend millions on attending conferences, buying books, hiring consultants and advertisers to try and bring people into the church.
  • There is a saying attributed to successful marketing that goes like this:

That which brings them in, keeps them in. 

But what they don’t tell you is that if people are attracted to a church because of its worldly perks, treats and extravagances, they bring with them an insatiable appetite that must be constantly fed, and if what they are fed does not satisfy after a while, they will look elsewhere!
If on the other hand, they are drawn in because of God’s Word, that is another matter altogether. Every Godly Pastor in the world would jump for joy because of the satisfaction it brings to everyone and they would leave no stone unturned in helping to satisfy the spiritual needs of people who are genuinely searching for the truth, rather than attempting to make themselves ‘feel’ better.

The bigger is better mentality coupled with making people feel better about themselves is a road to destruction, as is the slippery subject of success when it comes to the Church, as is making people laugh by taking courses in comical renditions of great Biblical truths, when our main aim and focus should be to preach Christ crucified and to lead souls to the foot of the Cross of Calvary where true repentance opens the door to Salvation which will last for an eternity.

  • This is what we should all be doing!
  • This is what Jesus should find us doing on His return!
  • To hear these words spoken by our Saviour is reward enough:

Well done, thy good and faithful servant.

Sadly, most people forget that the world in general wants nothing to do with Jesus, They never did and still do not respond to His message to come to Him for Salvation, and if the truth be known and the opportunity presented itself, they would crucify Him all over again. God’s Word is watered down and played with to fit so-called modern thinking and is very rarely used for doctrine and reproof with Paul’s words resonating in our ears:

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 2 Timothy 4:3-5

There is no doubt whatsoever that we have indeed arrived at that date in history. Are we living in the last days?
We most certainly are!

A DISGUSTING NATION

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A DISGUSTING NATION

I received a rather sad document in the post the other day entitled:
A Disgusting Nation, A Comment from James Matoma.
It would appear that he is a MyNews24 contributor which is a user-generated section of News24.com. For those of you who have never heard of this, including myself, it provides an opportunity for people who wish to discuss and debate the content of news items published.
Mr Matoma has written this article entitled, A Disgusting Nation out of a sense of profound sorrow and despair for the country he loves and for the people he cares deeply about and it is for this reason that I have taken the liberty of reproducing it for you to ponder and contemplate.
He begins with an age old problem which has plagued Africa and indeed large parts of the Western World, and that is: The Right To Strike.
Here is what he has to say:

Do people have the right to strike?
I don’t think so.
At least not from my point of view.
It has become an everyday thing: people rioting and striking at the drop of a hat. Service delivery, transport, electricity, water, roads, education, people unhappy with demarcation of municipal boundaries, unemployment, drugs, crime, etc, etc.
All of these issues will make the angry people burn tyres, block roads, stone passing cars, burn schools and government buildings and destroy public and private property.
But do they have a right to do this?
In the town where I used to live, hardly anyone pays for electricity, or water or council tax, and yet whenever there is a service delivery problem the people begin to riot, they burn tyres, block the roads and rob people passing by. They have even started looting shops.
Do they have a right to do this?
There are residents in one particular town who want their own municipality and have accused those in charge of being riddled with corruption and nepotism.
So what do they do?
They burn schools down, robbing our children of their education and a chance to be gainfully employed when they leave school.
Do they have a right to do this?
There are many towns where people have illegal connections to power supplies and when the municipality send their electricians to disconnect these illegal connections, the residents throw stones at them, abuse them and damage their vehicles.
Do they have a right to do this?
Even if the illegal connections are removed, the residents reconnect to the power supply as soon as the electricians leave the area.
Do they have a right to do this?
There is a man who I’ll call John, who lives in my old neighbourhood. John does welding behind his house to earn a little extra income. Whenever John starts a welding job, half of the neighbourhood’s illegally connected electricity trips out and they end up with no power. The people don’t fight with John because he is a very big and violent man, so they take to the streets and burn tyres, block the roads and damage private property.
Do they have a right to do this?
People from rural areas erect shacks and squat on land that belongs to others. They demand better houses, electrical supplies, waste removals and toilets, without paying one penny in taxes, and when they don’t get what they want there is a riot or a strike. They join in and rob and loot the very people who help them provide for their daily needs. Small businesses and the homes of permanent residents are damaged with many homes being burnt to the ground.
Do they have a right to do this?
I am fed up and ashamed of my people. They have given South Africa a rotten name right across the world. In actual fact, it is a disgusting nation. When they don’t get their own way they take to the streets and behave like barbarians demanding everything for free.
They DO NOT have a right to do this!

After reading this heartfelt article and truly understanding and sympathising with the sentiments of Mr Matoma, I cannot help thinking of a verse in the Book of Judges which sums up everything that is wrong in South Africa and indeed the rest of the world. Remember that the Book of Judges was written between 1043 and 1000 BC! Long, long before Jesus Christ was born. The verse reads like this:

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Judges 21:25

During the time of the Judges there were huge problems in Israel. In fact the commentators describe it as great apostasy, which means:

  • A falling away from the truth.
  • A rejection of  the one and only true God.
  • The people abandoned their faith.
  • They refused to believe what the Scriptures taught and instead listened to false teachers and allowed themselves to be influenced by them.

It never ceases to amaze me how up to date the Bible is. In the Book of Judges we read of a nation that had undergone political and religious turmoil with various tribes fighting and killing each other and committing the worst crimes imaginable and here we are in the 21st Century talking about South Africa having gone through similar turmoil and disorder, both politically and socially. It cannot be denied that the people of both nations, although at different times, rebelled through disobedience, idolatry and disbelief and headed down a destructive path of great sin, blatant immorality and anarchy. It is a tragic account of how God was, and still is, taken for granted day after day, month after month and year after year.
Although the following has been said many times before, it is worth repeating:

  • A society that has said in a loud voice that it can and will get along fine without reference to God is now finding that it cannot.
  • A society that has torn up the rule book of life now lives by rules of its own making.
  • In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 
  • A society that has done away with Biblical Christianity and the teaching of Scripture in schools and colleges is now reaping what it has sown.
  • A society that has ignored the Message of the Cross finds life has been replaced with hatred and anger.
  • A society that has no fear of God and the concept of eternal punishment finds it has traded the truth for a lie and embraced great deception in its place.
  • A society whose war cry, back in the days of political upheaval was, No education before liberation! has come back to haunt them, giving, as it did then, an excuse for the young to burn schools to the ground and to do as they pleased which involved committing the worst atrocities known to man with impunity whilst their leaders supped with the Devil. One dreadful execution style punishment metered out to those who did not agree with the political war-cry of the day was the burning tyre which was filled with petrol and hung around the neck which literally burned the victim alive whilst others stood around beating the sufferer with sticks and at the same time others threw rocks.
  • Their leaders and the rest of the population, for that matter, paid little heed to the fact that the young, who were used as pawns in the beginning, have now grown into adults with consciences that have been seared with a hot iron and who have passed onto their offspring the utterly degraded and depraved morals and values they cultivated in their youth, and who are now among the perpetrators of crimes such as we are considering today.
  • If there is no fear of eternal punishment, man can and will do what he sees fit in his own eyes, which is exactly what we witness every day of our lives.
  • A society that has torn up the rule book of life now lives by rules of its own making.
  • In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. (It is very interesting that this verse is repeated no less than 4 times in the Book of Judges – perhaps to send us all a message!)
  • A society that has embraced the new tolerance has brought absolute truth, honesty and integrity crashing down around our heads, having thrown it into a cauldron to be stirred up and mixed together with every conceivable crackpot theory imaginable and then it has, to thunderous applause, dished up this toxic mixture to those who would prefer not to have the Creator in their lives.

Perhaps we could alter the words of our verse from Judges to read:

In these days we believe there is no God,
So we all do  what is right in our own eyes.

It has been said that memory is a gift and that remembering the past teaches us countless lessons about how to live today. How true that is will be left up to you, the reader, to answer. In my opinion, it appears that the only thing we learn is that we do NOT learn from the past. We go round and round in circles. We think we are enlightened, and yet we are not. We think we know better, and yet we commit the same atrocities our forefathers did. In other words – there is nothing new under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 1:9)

Just as there was a cycle of sin and disobedience in Old Testament times – there is a cycle of sin and disobedience with dire consequences in our day.
A good exercise would be to remove the word Israel and put your own name in its place.

There are interesting parallels between those who lived in Old Testament times and how we live today. For example, there is much to learn regarding Israel and the Promised Land together with Joshua crossing the Jordan and the conquest of the land of Canaan finding a striking parallel in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Those who are born again, will identify themselves as having been lost and wandering in the wilderness until they come face to face with the reality of what Jesus accomplished on the Cross of Calvary.

Finally, there is a message of hope to those who are fearful of what the future holds in the beautiful land of South Africa and indeed the rest of the world, and it comes from the Bible:

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Hebrews 10:19-25

Repent and invite Jesus to come into your life and determine in your heart to read and study the Bible and know the enjoyment of forgiveness of sins and the assurance of a new home in Heaven when life is over.
Those who do not wish to share their lives with Jesus Christ whilst still alive here on earth, will not have to do so in eternity when death has the final word, and that is because they will forever be separated from Him.
No one can say they were not warned! Are we living in the last days?
Yes we are!

NEVER AGAIN!

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There are three disturbing news reports which have recently appeared in our local paper with the following headings:

  • THUGS INVADE SYNAGOGUE – Monday March 23 2015
  • MUSLIM RANT AT JEWISH DEVASTATION – Monday March 23 2015
  • JEWS FEAR FOR THEIR FUTURE IN BRITAIN – Wednesday April 15 2015

In the first report a drunken mob of more than 20 thugs shouting kill the Jews, stormed a synagogue as worshippers celebrated the end of the Sabbath. Both men and women hurled anti-Semitic abuse after beating up a young Jewish man outside the synagogue. They chased him inside, breaking windows and attacking others. It would appear that the thugs did not have it all their own way, because they were beaten back by worshippers wielding chairs. The report goes on to say that this particular disturbance follows a sharp rise in anti-Semitic attacks across Britain and that hate crimes against Jewish people have risen alarmingly over the last year.

The second report deals with a Muslim preacher who has claimed that Jewish people are behind the world’s problems. It would appear that he used Palestinian Authority TV for his outburst, claiming that humanity will never live in comfort as long as the Jews are causing devastation and that humanity will never live in peace or fortune or tranquillity as long as they are corrupting the land. To finish off his tirade he quotes what an old man told him – If a fish in the sea fights with another fish, I am sure the Jews are behind it.

The third report concerns itself with the findings of a survey that more than half of Jewish people in Britain fear there may be no future for them or their religion in Europe. The study showed that 58 per cent of the Jewish community are concerned they could be hounded out by anti-Semitic hatred.

After reading these reports my mind travelled back to the recent anniversary of the Holocaust together with the liberation of Nazi concentration camps at which leaders from around the world attended memorial services and reinforced previous pledges that they would do all in their powers to prevent a repeat of the atrocities of the Holocaust, which is all well and good, except for the fact that we all have terrible memories. It was only a few weeks ago that the words – NEVER AGAIN! reverberated around the world and people were reminded of the horrors which took place.
The stories told by survivors were heart wrenching to say the least and at many services there was hardly a dry eye, such was the emotion at the time. But like so many issues of life, we forget so easily. We move onto other things.
Life is filled with issues demanding our immediate attention which have a habit of overshadowing what is important. Young people particularly, seem unconcerned about what happened in the past, thinking, as they do, that as it does not affect them now, why should they be bothered, and yet what is missed is the fact that history has a nasty habit of repeating itself, and doing so when you least expect it.
We forget that after the Holocaust, the world united behind the two simple words: NEVER AGAIN! which represented a promise to past and future generations that we will do everything we can to ensure the horrors of the Holocaust are not repeated and that if it is remembered and understood, we may one day learn how to avoid inflicting such horrendous cruelties on each other.
Sincere words indeed, but how short we are on memory, because only last year pupils at a high school in Germany were being investigated over a secret Nazi fan club. They greeted each other with Heil Hitler salutes and sent Nazi slogans to each other using mobile phones claiming that Hitler was a fantastic person.
One could be forgiven for thinking that the enormity of the Holocaust should have rendered anti-Semitism unthinkable for ever, but sadly it is on the rise as young people appear to have grown up with little or no conscience and very little in the way of moral and spiritual fibre.
It is my considered opinion that since removing the study of Biblical Christianity from schools and colleges across the world we have witnessed a decline in morals which has produced a spiritual vacuum in the lives of young people and their families, with disastrous consequences simply because the spiritual compass which every person should have, has been removed and replaced with a do your own thing and believe what you want attitude.
God, the Bible and Jesus Christ are mocked and ridiculed on a daily basis and if you happen to watch much TV, on an hourly basis. The fact that one day we will all have to face our Creator and give an account of our lives is ignored and overshadowed by daily living coupled with little else other than satisfying our own needs.
Are we living in the last days?
Yes we most certainly are!

THE ANTI-ISRAELI DEBATE

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THE ANTI-ISRAELI DEBATE

DAILY EXPRESS – 12th March 2015

SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY ANTI-ISRAELI DEBATE MUST BE CALLED OFF

It would appear, from this article, that a conference is planned for April at the University of Southampton, at which the legitimacy of the Jewish state of Israel will be discussed. There has been a website set up which advertises the three-day symposium as unique because it concerns the legitimacy in international law of the Jewish state.
A member of Parliament and ex-treasury minister, Mark Hoban has written to the university condemning the event saying that it is provocative and unhelpful.
I have to say, if I were Mr Hoban, I would probably have used rather stronger words than simply provocative and unhelpful.
How about, nonsense and a complete waste of time and people’s money for starters.

Another Member of Parliament, Caroline Nokes said:
While academic freedom is sacrosanct, it saddens me that Southampton University would potentially bring itself into disrepute by hosting such an apparently one-sided event, and by blaming the suffering and injustice in Palestine on Israel’s creation and continued presence, goes beyond being an academic discussion. Instead it will legitimise the harmful message that Israel’s very existence is up for debate.
As a matter of interest I looked up the word sacrosanct in the dictionary and discovered that it means:
Inviolable
Unbreakable
Unchallengeable
Uninfringeable
Revered
Holy
Untouchable
Sacred
Sanctified
WOW! what an impressive list of words to safeguard and defend university staff and students to do as they like, say what they like and to act as they like.

The Vice-Chancellor of Southampton University, Professor Don Nutbeam, (yes that’s his name!) has defended the right to hold the conference, stating that the university is committed to academic freedom and free speech.
To avoid being accused of bias and unfairness, I looked up the meaning of the word academic and found that it means:
Studious
Intellectual
Knowledgeable
Scholarly
With the meaning of the words sacrosanct and academic in mind, let’s look at a very brief history of Israel and how it came about that the Jews live there, remembering that to do this academically, scholastically, intellectually, mentally, rationally and above all else, honestly, we must refer to the Bible which, whether we like it or not, is the only source of truth concerning the area under debate. It may come as a surprise for many to learn that what is broadcast for public consumption worldwide concerning Israel is nothing short of lies and deception, and it is to the Book of Amos which was written around 760 BC, that we look at.

And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them: and they shall plant vineyards and drink the wine thereof: they shall also make gardens and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord. Amos 9:14-15

In these verses we discover several things worthy of note:

  • God says – I will plant them upon their land.
  • God says – They shall no more be pulled up out of their land.
  • God says – Their land – which I have given them.
  • God says this almost 800 years before Christ was born!

From the above we can, therefore, be absolutely sure of the following:

  • Who the owner of the land was.
  • To whom the land was given.

Let us go even further back in time and read in the Book of Genesis (yes probably the most maligned and denigrated books in the Bible) which was written by Moses about 1445 years before Christ was born. Yes you have read correctly – 1445 years BEFORE Jesus Christ was born! Before you throw your arms up in despair, I did warn you that we would be looking at the only source of truth regarding the Jews and their homeland, which most people in their self-professed wisdom, totally ignore.

And I shall establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. My covenant will I establish with Isaac which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Genesis 17:7-8,19,21

From these verses we learn the following:

  • God established an everlasting covenant with Isaac.
  • God did not establish an everlasting covenant with Ishmael.
  • The land belongs to the Jews and nobody else.
  • God brought Abraham into this land some 4000 years ago, and promised by everlasting covenant the land of Canaan, not a non-existent place called Palestine.
  • The land is specifically identified in Genesis 15:18.
  • God had given the Jews the land from the river of Egypt (the Nile), unto the great river Euphrates.
  • The land was called Canaan.
  • The people who lived there were called Canaanites, not Palestinians and this was because no such people existed at that time.

The Book of Genesis contains the account of the beginning of the world, the rest of the universe and mankind and it is well worth noting that there is no other book in the whole world which provides this truth. Chapters 1-11 documents the creation and traces humanity’s self-destruction as people turn away from God. In Chapters 12-50, God zeroes in on one family – the line of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – through which all other people of the earth would be blessed.

It has been said at a United Nations Assembly some years back, that a representative from Israel got up to make a speech and said that before his talk he wanted to tell the assembly something about Moses, and this is what he said to them:

When Moses struck the rock and it brought forth water, he thought it an ideal time to have a bath, so he removed his clothes, put them on a rock and entered the water.
When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished.
A Palestinian had stolen them!
The Palestinian representative jumped up furiously and shouted:
That is not true, what are you talking about?
The Palestinians were not there at that time!
The Israeli representative smiled and said:
Now that we have made that clear, I will begin my speech…

Let us now put things into perspective:
The conference which is planned for April at the University of Southampton, has, as its main topic, the legitimacy of the Jewish state of Israel in International Law. In other words there are those who do not recognise the Jewish State as being legitimate! And without a shadow of doubt, it will be a completely one-sided debate in that Israel will be accused of every wrong-doing in the book, with the Palestinians being portrayed as virtuous victims. The Jews will be pronounced guilty and the Palestinians innocent, with the rantings, ravings and threats from the anti-Jewish quarter taking centre stage. For example:
Just over a year after the Jewish nation was born in 1948, the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Muhammad Salch el-Din, on October 11, 1949, declared that the Arabs intend to return to their land as masters. He went on to say that they shall not be satisfied until the final obliteration of Israel.

Just stop for a second or two and ask yourself what would have happened had the Jewish Minister of Foreign Affairs stood up and uttered the self-same words regarding the Arabs? And yet the world blames Israel for not making peace with such enemies!

A little known piece of history is the fact that the Arabs hadn’t even dreamed that Palestine was their land, nor were they identifiable as a national people. That would take another 500 years! It would take the advent of Islam to do that and even then the Arabs would not call themselves Palestinians. In fact at the British Peel Commission in 1937, an Arab leader testified:

 There is no such country as Palestine.

Again in 1946 at an Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, Professor Philip Hitti, an Arab historian declared that there was no such thing as Palestine in history. As late as the 1950’s, Arabs refused to be called Palestinians and declared that if there were such a people, they were the Jews! However in 1964, Ahmed Shukairy became the founding chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and coined the infamous slogan:

We will drive the Jews into the sea.

One of the most astonishing miracles of modern times is that this tiny beleaguered nation which was born on May 14, 1948 is surrounded by more than a billion Muslims who have sworn to exterminate her, and yet she still stands.
Here are some little known facts which are totally ignored by most people and they make shocking reading!
After the British withdrew on May 14, 1948, overwhelming forces from five Arab nations attacked to drive the Jews into the Mediterranean, with Egypt’s King Farouk declaring for the entire world to hear that he cannot tolerate a Jewish state in the Middle East, and that it was the Arab’s determination to exterminate the Jews.
No condemnation of these outrageous remarks was heard from the United Nations, which again begs the question:
What would have happened if the Jews had made the self-same declaration concerning the Arabs? Perhaps the University of Southampton would like to arrange a conference to debate this topic instead of the one planned for April?
In 1967, Israel once again was forced to fight overwhelming odds for its very survival. During this battle Israel took control of the West Bank, and when things settled down they offered to give it back to the Arabs provided they would recognize her right to exist.
Can you imagine for one minute pleading with someone else for your right to exist?
Guess what?
The Arabs responded with their in-famous: 3 NO’S.

  1. No recognition of Israel.
  2. No negotiation.
  3. No peace.

Having read this potted history of Israel, one must examine the wisdom of Southampton University in deciding to host a conference to debate the legitimacy in International Law of the Jewish state and with some reservations I have decided to list a few questions, answers and observations of my own:

  1. There is a pathological hatred of Israel and the Jewish people in particular throughout the world, which is a fulfillment of Bible prophecy.
  2. After the birth of Israel in 1948, George C. Marshall, the then Secretary of State tried to block the move, arguing, in effect, that it made no sense to take the side of a tiny people with no oil, against a plenteous people with lots of it.
  3. That the relationship the world has with Israel is not forged on affection and a common language, nor on shared values, culture and respect, but on a hard-headed self-interest basis. What can I get of it by associating with you? is closer to the mark
  4. A thought-provoking fact is that although the Jews can trace an unbroken genealogy back to Abraham, which is carefully recorded in the Bible, this cannot be said of the Arabs.
  5. The Jews have legitimate ancestral claims to the land which goes back 4000+ years!
  6. It is indisputable that anti-Semitism is inspired of Satan himself; nothing else explains the pathological hatred of the Jews by Arabs which knows no bounds. If you are in any doubt about this, try and explain the seething and accumulated hatred for the West, together with intense efforts to introduce their own style of justice and laws wherever and whenever Muslims have put down roots. The entire world was shocked rigid when two passenger jets were deliberately flown into the World Trade Centre in New York some years back. Recently the entire world has been shocked to the core on learning of be-headings taking place in countries under the control of those who believe that their destiny lies in a place called paradise when they die.
  7. I think my estimation of Professor Don Nutbeam would rise considerably if he were to announce publicly that in the interests of academic freedom, free speech and scholarly honesty, he would be running a second conference alongside the one on Israel, during which attendees would debate the legitimacy of the Palestinians and their claim that the land belongs to them and also why they think it necessary that the Jews should leave the area. One wonders where they would obtain their information from?
  8. Having said that, I am sure that a second conference will not happen and that the debate will be completely one-sided with a predictable outcome.
  9. From this, it is very plain to see that there are hidden agendas, and we are probably better off not knowing about them.
  10. In the end, the TRUTH will come out when Jesus Christ comes back to take those, who have placed their trust in Him, to the place he said He was going to prepare for them.

ISRAEL – A MODERN MIRACLE

  • The State of Israel will be open to the immigration of Jews from all countries of their dispersion;
  • Will promote the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants;
  • Will be based on the principles of liberty, justice and peace as conceived by the Prophets of Israel;
  • Will uphold the full social and political equality of all its citizens, without distinction of religion, race or sex;
  • Will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, education and culture;
  • Will safeguard the Holy Places of all religions; and
  • Will loyally uphold the principles of the United Nations Charter.
    Joseph H Hunting Melbourne, 1969

Perhaps some of us think that this odious regime and the hate that goes with it, threatens only the Jews. How wrong can you be!
History has shown us many times that what starts with attacks on the Jews eventually ends up engulfing many others.

  • It pits civilization against barbarism.
  • The 21st century against the 9th
  • It sets in opposition those who sanctify life against those who glorify death.

It has been said the average time before a civilisation has collapsed is 200+years, and that nations have progressed from:

  • Bondage to Spiritual Faith.
  • From Faith to Great Courage.
  • From Great Courage to Liberty.
  • From Liberty to Abundance.
  • From Abundance to Selfishness.
  • From Selfishness to Complacency.
  • From Complacency to Apathy.
  • From Apathy to Dependency.
  • And from Dependency back to Bondage.

There is no doubt whatsoever that the world is gripped by terrible bondage.

  • The evil that is going on all around us and all over the planet we call earth, is absolutely incredible.
  • The depths to which mankind has sunk to gain riches, positions of power and possessions has accelerated over the last generation to such an extent that whole countries and even continents are groaning under burdens hitherto unheard of.
  • Millions and millions of people are losing their jobs as a result of an orgy of bad management, wealth and money grabbing, most of which continues unabated and which Governments are powerless to stop.
  • The amount of drugs entering countries which in turn ruin the lives of millions of people is heart breaking to say the least.
  • The number of wars going on around the world where hundreds of thousands are killed each day is sickening. Violence, theft and murder are the number one items in Newspapers and on Television news broadcasts daily.
  • One of the problems with the world is that it NEVER stops to think of where it is heading.
  • Time is running out.
  • If we haven’t yet reached that stage, we are definitely rushing head-long into a stage of complete bondage, and things can only accelerate from then on.

There is no doubt whatsoever that there is open rebellion against our God and Creator. The state of the world in which we all live provides ample testimony to this fact. Man’s inhumanity to man knows no bounds and for all intents and purposes violence and evil are growing in leaps and bounds. Only a fool would deny this. The Bible speaks about the last days and that we shall witness a huge increase in wickedness and disrespect for all that is Holy and Righteous and despite all the efforts of mankind, the definition of SIN remains the same, because at its heart, it is deliberate treason, and open and defiant rebellion against the Ruler and Creator of the universe.

If a man will not obey the Lord, it matters not who he will obey. He is lost! Is it any wonder, therefore, that the Bible exhorts people to turn to Christ and repent before it is too late.

CLIMATE CHANGE – 2015

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ATTENBOROUGH: WE MUST ACT OVER CLIMATE CHANGE

SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGHThis is the headline in the Daily Express Friday January 2, 2015.
It would appear that naturalist Sir David Attenborough has hit out at political leaders for ignoring the overwhelming evidence about the effect that climate change is having on the planet. He warned that humanity is facing a major problem and slammed governments around the world for failing to create a collective effort to tackle the issue. He also revealed fears that the human race could die out because of the world’s booming population. In an interview with Sky News he said that those who argue against the existence of climate change deny it because it’s easier to deny it. He ended his interview by saying: Never in the history of humanity in the last 10 million years have all human beings got together to face one danger that threatens us, never.

I have always been amazed that a man like David Attenborough with all his education and very impressive credentials has been duped into believing in evolution. Believing that man came from a slime like mixture which appeared after a Big Bang occurred in outer space hundreds of millions of years ago and with minute steps, the slime evolved into what we see on earth today. It staggers the imagination that Mr Attenborough refuses to see the wonderfully intricate and perfectly formed working parts of even the smallest insect and attribute them to a marvellous, awe-inspiring Creator. Despite all the evidence staring him in the face day after day, week after week and year after year he denies it because it’s easier to deny it!
Why, if believing in evolution, as he wholeheartedly does, is Mr Attenborough so worried about climate change and the effect it may have on humans? It is a complete mystery. If he is honest with himself and really believes what he believes, he should have no worries at all. Man is evolving and if that means increasing the gene pool by having more babies, who is Mr Attenborough to tell us that it is wrong? If what evolving man does on earth produces a few more degrees in temperature, who are these experts to tell us we must not be doing what we have evolved to do!

Mercifully, there are many equally well qualified men and women who do not accept the ‘evidence’ of climate change and are not swayed by the fear factor so often ramped up by those in the media and by those who star in television programmes sponsored by people who have a vested interest in the inevitable scare factor they produce.

Talking of scare factors, Mr Attenborough tells us that never in the history of humanity in the last 10 million years have all humans got together to face one danger that threatens us all, never. Again I have to ask why he would worry himself over this issue? There has never been a time when that has happened. Why would evolving species, fighting to survive, get together to face danger? The statement, like so many of his, makes no sense at all, in fact it makes a nonsense of his long-held belief that we evolved.

There is, however, one massive problem which Mr Attenborough ignores. It is a problem that faces all those who fail to see the hand of God in creation. It faces all those who refuse to see the wonders of creation and attribute it to a Creator. It faces all who ignore the overwhelming evidence God has provided for everyone to see. It faces all those who refuse to listen to Him, because there is coming a time when God will call each and every one of us to account for the life we have lived. We must never forget that God has given each and every one of us abundant proof of His very existence.
Sir David Attenborough, on the other hand, has given us some of the most wonderful and beautiful programmes ever seen on television, together with the most marvellous photography displaying God’s wonderful creation, and yet he denies it because it’s easier to deny it.

It is my prayer that if you have been swayed by people who deny the existence of God and believe that we humans have evolved over time into what we are now, that you will think again. Take God’s Word, The Bible and read it for yourself. Ask God for guidance in understanding what you read and above all else, seek Him while He may be found, for there is coming a time when it will be too late. This is not scare tactics – it is fact!