Who do you think Jesus is?

Can You Trust God In All Your Circumstances?

The apostle faced similar problems that we face. He, just like us was surrounded by godless people. Even though life was tough, none of the actions taken against Paul shook him up. He wants us to be confident in the Lord as well. Click on the link below to read today's post.

https://www.ramckinley.com/can-you-trust-god-in-all-your-circumstances/

                                 The Early Christian Church Councils & Creeds

     The year is 313 AD and Christianity has just been legalized. Up to this point in time, it was illegal to be a Christian. The last two Roman Emperors, Decius and Galerian, had instituted the worst of the Christian persecutions. But when Constantine became Emperor, he issued his ‘Edict of Toleration’ that said that Christianity was now a “legal” religion.

     Up to this point, Christianity had only minor doctrinal differences in the church-at-large. They were mainly concerned about spreading their faith and not getting beaten or killed for it. The church councils arose because it was the first time when Christian leaders could meet openly and all together. These councils were like a state-of-the-union for the church at large. They also decided other certain things and they gave everyone a view of what the larger church was like and what it was doing wherever it existed.

                                                                                                               The Council of Nicea (325 AD)

     Around 315 AD, a popular priest from Egypt, Arius, came into serious disagreement with his bishop, Alexander. Arius didn’t believe in the trinity. He taught that Jesus was a god but not THE God. Our modern day equivalent is the Jehovah’s Witnesses. A common Arian slogan was “There was a time when He (the Son of God) was not”.
Constantine called this meeting of Christian leaders, the first one since the Council at Jerusalem in 49 AD (Acts 15) to deal with this issue and other church matters in general. The meeting was held in the city of Nicea, in modern day Turkey. Over 300 leaders attended. Many of them had disfigured, scarred bodies from the persecutions of the few previous years. Within one month, the Nicene Creed was produced. It was a ringing endorsement of the trinity and a condemnation of Arius’ views. The vote was something like 2318-2.
Also at that meeting was a bishop named Nicholas from the area of Myra (like a state in modern day Turkey). Yes, he’s the one who later was known as Saint Nicholas, the person whom Santa Claus was modeled after. He voted with the majority.

     Even though the Arians would rise to ascendency a few times in the next hundred years or so, the orthodox view eventually triumphed. A bishop named Athanasius was one of the champions of the orthodox view of Jesus and the trinity. The Nicene Creed established once and for all, the identity of Jesus as one part of the trinity. Arius was ex-communicated from the church. His views were considered heretical. This council specified that Christ was fully God in addition to being human. Here is the Nicene Creed;

                                                                                                    The Council at Constantinople (381 AD)

     Constantinople is present day Istanbul. The most significant outcome of this council was to uphold and update the Nicene Creed and to condemn Arianism and Sabellianism. Sabellianism taught that sometimes God appeared as the Father, other times as the Son and yet other times as the Holy Spirit. So, this was one God who appeared in different “modes” (or put on a different face) at different times. This belief is called modalism and was condemned at Constantinople. This council specified that Christ was fully human in addition to being God.

                                                                                                          The Council at Ephesus (431 AD)

     Ephesus is in modern day Turkey. This council was an affirmation of the creeds of Nicea  and Constantinople and condemned the views of Nestorius, a pastor in Antioch who became the bishop of Constantinople. Nestorius had some strange views on Christ but he was widely hated for his views on Jews. This council taught that Christ is a unified person in His godly and human side. The two natures are separate but unified.

                                                                                                         The Council at Chalcedon (451 AD)

     Chalcedon was a town near Constantinople. This council also affirmed the full deity and full humanity of Christ by the union of His spiritual and human natures into one person. The council condemned any other view of Christ. As you can see, once Christianity was legalized, the devil worked overtime in muddying our view of who Jesus really was. If he couldn’t stop Christ at the cross and the resurrection, he’d try stopping His church early on by confusing us about the very nature of Jesus. The devil is a liar. He tries to convince us of a false Jesus.  And we know what the apostle Paul thinks of a false Jesus (Galatians 1:6-8). And that has eternal consequences (Galatians 1:10  Matthew 24:4,5, 23-25). This council defined once and for all time who Jesus really is.

                                                                                                                The Apostle’s Creed

     The rise of false teachings required believers to state their faith in shortened form. Several New Testament letters were written to counteract these false teachers.
– Colossians counteracted Gnosticism
– Galatians counteracted the Judaizers
– 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd John plus Jude warned against false teachers.

     We think the Apostle’s Creed derives from the 2^nd century baptismal creed used in Rome. It was not written by the original apostles.
For example, the Gnostics, a little like today’s New Age religions, had no problem fitting Jesus into their belief system. After all, He was just another god. Christian apologists defeated Gnosticism in the arena of ideas but it took a while. By the 5^th century, Gnosticism was pretty well defeated. But, in the process, believers found that creeds (a short summary of what Christians believed) worked well for them, especially declaring their faith at their baptism. Here is the Apostle’s Creed;

The person of Jesus Christ is clearly defined. Humanity is defined also as being in rebellion against God. Mankind does not need a teacher, a guru or ascending to a higher spiritual plane. He needs a Savior. And that Savior is Jesus Christ.

Book references:
“The History of Christianity” – A Lion Handbook
“Church History in Plain Language” by Bruce L. Shelley
“The Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics” by Ed Hindson & Ergun Caner

For His Kingdom,
Dave Maynard
https://bsssb-llc.com

                                            What is the meaning of life?

Exciting Benefits Of Being Set Apart to The Lord

We are living in a society where people are constantly looking for a good time. David said in this Psalm the world and all its riches can’t offer the joy that comes from the Lord. This post is well worth reading. Click on the link below to read it.

https://www.ramckinley.com/exciting-benefits-of-being-set-apart-to-the-lord/

When You See A Miracle, Faith, & Repentance Work Together

Peter and John were on their way into the temple when the Holy Spirit put a distraction in front of them. Maybe we need to make sure we aren’t too busy to be distracted by the Holy Spirit. Click on the link below to read today's post.

https://www.ramckinley.com/when-you-see-a-miracle-faith--repentance-work-together/

 La serie SC es una nueva gama de máquinas de granalladoras para piedras natural o artificial, cemento, granito, mármol, granallado de turbina para el tratamiento superficial de superficies (rugosidad, acristalamiento, desgastado, etc.) de piedras, mármol decorativo para paredes, losas de mármol natural o aglomerado, granito, así como baldosas de cemento, pavimento entrelazado, bordillos, etc. La exposición al impacto abrasivo resalta los componentes minerales en granallado para el piedras natural o artificial, cemento, mármol, baldosas y granito, etc. y le da a la superficie una apariencia especial, antideslizante de la superficie del camino o la pared decorativa de la casa.

    Las máquinas de continuo automatica granalladoras para piedras natural o artificial, cemento, granito, mármol, piezas se transportan en una cinta transportadora horizontal, de malla o de goma; El efecto de granallado para piedras se obtiene a través de los proyectos centrífugos (sin aire comprimido) de abrasivo de disparo esférico en la superficie superior o en ambas superficies. Las partes a tratar se colocarán en la red en el área de entrada de forma manual o con sistemas automatizados.

    Varíe la velocidad por transporte o por proyección de disparo controlada por variador de frecuencia (VFD), según el efecto deseado o la dureza de las superficies a tratar.

Las máquinas de granallado para tubos, caños y barras, diseñadas para tubos / tuberías, barras redondas, secciones redondas, botellas de acero al gas y otros elementos cilíndricos superficies externas tratan tubos y piezas de trabajo cilíndricas (cilindros, tanques, etc.) de varios diámetros y longitudes a varias velocidades de transporte en forma continua. proceso.

    Con una disposición de paso, el sistema está equipado de granallado para tubos, caños y barras continuo automatica con un motor accionado por frecuencia variable invertido a través de la máquina granalladora de tubos en un transportador cilíndrico cónico o en un transportador mientras gira alrededor del eje longitudinal de los rodillos, lo cual es una condición uniforme. superficie pulida estándar.

 Las máquinas de Granallado para Chapas y Flejes Planos, granalladora de cinta transportadora de rodillos tipo placa se utilizan para descalcificar, oxidar, eliminar pintura, preparar pintura, desbarbar y preparar superficies en general antes de las operaciones de soldadura, corte, mecanizado y quemado de láminas y componentes de metal largos y / o planos.

    El continuo automatica Granallado para Chapas y Flejes Planos, placa utiliza transportadores de rodillos motorizados provistos de ajuste de velocidad de alimentación (inversor), con los transportadores de cruce apropiados de un transportador de rodillos horizontal o compatible con un transportador de vía de rodillos vertical. La serie de turbinas de tiro instaladas apropiadamente alrededor de la placa permite la proyección por abrasión de metal sobre las superficies de la placa para limpiarlas con un solo ciclo.

    Un Granallado para Chapa y Flejes Planos, de cepillado por rotación y barrido y soplado por aire con un ventilador de soplado instalado en el lado de salida de la cubierta del transportador de rodillos eliminando cualquier abrasivo de disparo que quede en el lado superior de los materiales laminados después del tratamiento.

Las máquinas de túnel de granallado de rodillos se utilizan para descalcificar, eliminar el óxido, eliminar pintura, preparar pintura, desbarbar y preparar superficies en general antes de operaciones de soldadura, corte, mecanizado y quemado; Granalladora automatica para estructuras metálicas y perfiles, construcciones soldadas y componentes planos de chapa de todos los anchos estándar y longitudes, y de cualquier dimensión. 

    Los automatica transportadores túnel de granallado de rodillos continuos motorizados están equipados con ajuste de velocidad de alimentación y regulación del flujo de inyección de acero (inversores VFD), transportarán las piezas de trabajo a la sala de granallado y luego dispararán mediante una serie de turbinas colocadas adecuadamente para cubrir todo alrededor sin ángulo muerto a la izquierda; El CAD estimula los ángulos de proyección para garantizar que las superficies de las piezas de trabajo se limpien solo con un solo ciclo. La entrada y la salida están compuestas por una correa especial de goma resistente a la abrasión para mantener el abrasivo fuera.

    La robusta carcasa de la máquina granalladora de transportadora de rodillos está protegida por escudos resistentes al desgaste hechos de revestimientos protectores de acero al manganeso. El vestíbulo de salida cuenta con un sistema de barrido giratorio especial y el dispositivo de soplado con ventilador de alta presión elimina el abrasivo del objeto tratado antes de que salga (para placas).

Las máquinas de Granalladora de gancho o Granalladora carga colgante o Granalladora de Colgar o Granallado de carga suspendida, con perchas giratorias son casi los tipos más versátiles de máquinas de granallado de acabado que, por lo general, están diseñadas para manejar cargas mixtas de componentes medianos y grandes, adecuadas para el tratamiento de superficies para eliminar óxido, incrustaciones, arena y desbarbado de piezas de aluminio, descalcificación de forjados y lijado de piezas de fundición, especialmente acabado de Granalladora de Colgar de piezas de trabajo frágiles y sensibles cuya forma o tamaño es demasiado delicado para voltear mezclado en carga a granel, para la preparación previa para la línea de pintura o revestimiento.

    Los sistemas de Granalladora de gancho industrial o Granalladora de Colgar o Granalldo de carga suspendida, de perchas giratorias no requieren ninguna base de cimentación y el lado principal de rotación vertical de la cámara instalada de ruedas de granallado que pueden cubrir 360 grados. Las piezas de trabajo se cuelgan individualmente o se agrupan en el gancho giratorio dentro de la cámara y se transportan a la cámara de granallado a través del soporte I, Y.

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It was a stormy night on the ship in 1620. They were crossing the Atlantic Ocean, heading for their new home in America. Here was finally a place where they could practice their Christianity freely without being persecuted. But the little ship was very rickety and had seen better days. The Mayflower was designed to carry cargo, not passengers.The Pilgrims slept on hard wooden floors below deck on a constantly rocking boat. Two of the women were 7 months pregnant. There were 30 children on board.

For most of the journey, the skies were dark, the ocean swelled, the wind blew, the weather was cold and it rained constantly. The Mayflower’s crew were roughneck sailors and weren’t the least bit interested in these ‘quiet religious’ folks or their children.

During yet another storm, a 25 year old Pilgrim named John Howland went up on deck to assist the crew. When the Mayflower listed heavily, he fell overboard. He desparately grabbed one of the ropes hanging down from one of the masts, just before the ocean pulled him under.IF John Howland had been a little slower or IF a few crewmen hadn’t been right there to haul him in, America might look very different today. You see, 3 of John Howland’s descendants became 2 Presidents and one Governor:
George H.W. Bush—41^st President of the U.S.
George W. Bush—43^rd President of the U.S. and a previous Governor of Texas
Jeb Bush—past Governor of Florida
Other U.S. Presidents whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower:
John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Zachary Taylor, Teddy Roosevelt & Franklin D. Roosevelt
     It is said that as many as 35 million people worldwide are descended from those few dozen Pilgrims.

Romans 8:28 says “And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love Him and have been called according to His purpose.”

    We may not completely understand why things happen the way they do, but we can rest in the fact that God is with us in the storms of our life and He will redeem even bad situations.

Trusting Him with my eternity,
Dave Maynard

Today we’d like to introduce you to Akiva McClam. 

Hi Akiva, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
For a person who never took any classes in playwrighting or directing I realize now it is a God-given gift. Able to articulate line by line for actors/actresses, making sure the storyline flows from the beginning, middle, and the end, researching the right background music that enhances the scenes, etc. 

When I think back, I saw the pieces planted in me at an early age, during my adolescents and now adulthood. When I was little, I would spend hours in my room playing with my GI Joe toys, Transformers, etc. In my little room, I lived in a rhombus imagination. I created scenes for my toys to act in. I was the actor and director. 

Approaching my teen years, I lost my mom and dad a year apart from one another. At this point the writer in me begins to write down feelings, things I wish I had, things I experienced, saw in my family, among my peers, and in society. I would begin to write short skit in my journals. Now around this time, I am also a star athlete at Westminster Academy named All-County in Broward (Fort Lauderdale, Fl) for Wide Receiver. I was heavily recruited to play baseball after high school. After being timed as one of the fastest running the bases; they compared me to the next fastest ever ran that fast was MLB Otis Nixon of Atlanta Braves. I was for sure I was going to play in Major League Baseball especially playing against Alex Rodriquez (New York Yankee) and Danny Kanell (ESPN Sports Analyst and New York Giant). But God has something else planned for me. 

After graduating from Bethune Cookman University with a BS in Sociology. Another piece to the puzzle that I realized I needed later with my writing/directing. I worked three years with the Department of Juvenile Justice as a Group Treatment Counselor for youth first-time offenses in the judicial system. I also got married in June 1998. 

I will have to say while in college I became a Tyler Perry fan. I remember not having too much money as a college student purchasing a ticket to one of the plays he was producing in Orlando, Fla. Since then, I followed and watched Tyler. One thing I can learn from him is that he never gave up. It took that one experience of people wrapped around the building to kick start his career. My people wrapped around the corner to get in is coming. I had one experience in 2013 for Cain N Abel. What happened I got distracted after losing my job. I really felt that was the year I was supposed to have left the workplace of a 9 to 5. 

In 1999, I decided to enlist in the United States Air Force which brought me to the DMV area. I was stationed in Andrews AFB, MD for 9 years and 5 months receiving an honoring separation in 2008, but later in 2015 the USAF medically retired me. 

My first stage play. 

2009, I was attending Lighthouse Baptist Church; at the time the church wanted to do something different for the Christmas celebration. My wife at the time volunteered my name to write them a stage play. Yes volunteered. She reminded me that all the years in college I would write skits and always talk about production. For some reason, I stopped thinking about performance arts. I decided to say yes to the opportunity. As soon as I said yes, I began to have visions. I saw characters for the play, a storyline, supporting songs, etc. Next, I began to people watch; I personally chose everyone who I thought was qualified to play the roles I was writing. The play was called, “My Christmas Story.” The play received a standing ovation. At that point, I realized the gift God gave me is for real. 

I begin to write more plays that were dear to me because there were stories of mine hidden in different characters. A lot of people review my plays like an emotional rollercoaster. You will get your laughs, thrills, suspense, teaching, and a lot of tears. 

My motto is to provide high-quality stage plays that focus on the following cores from the play: comedy, teaching, drama, and ministry. 

The following stage plays I have written over time: 

2010, 2013 Cain N Abel; A grandmother took on a job to raise two of her grandsons. One grandson chose God and the other one chose the streets. It took the grandmother and her god-fearing grandson to go pull the other brother out of the darkness. I wrote this play to show how the effects of favoritism would do among family members, especially siblings. 

2015 Deep Cover Stage Play Production – A pastor lost his first love in Jesus Christmas. He was more worried about expanding the church. He was losing his identity until an invited Bishop for the revival called him out on his behavior. 

2016 Answering His Call Stage Play Production; An honor roll student finds herself In School Restriction. While in restriction the students opened up on personal things they were going through. At this point, she understood why she was there as she helped and encouraged each student that was going through depression, lack of confidence, and dealing with pregnancy. 

2018-2019 I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Dinner Theater) 

2019 Deep Cover “Let Your Light Shine in Dark Places” Pastor Wilson is challenged by his son to use his platform and speak out against police brutality, racism, and social injustice. 

2019 Deep Cover “Let Your Light Shine In Dark Places” Panel Discussion at Anacostia Arts Center, DC- food, live entertainment, and a panel discussion on police/community relations, racism in society and the church, social injustice, and rights to vote 

2020 Hired to write a book into a stage Play Production. The Storm Has A Ministry Stage Play Production. A mother’s story recovering from breast cancer, two divorces but wasn’t prepared to lose her son to violence in the streets of Atlanta, Ga. Instead of being bitter, she turned her pain into a ministry to teach others how to get through their pain. 

2021 Life N Music web series Musical Drama series; Season One Episode one will begin March of 2022. 

2023 Upcoming Stage Play Production, When Two Storms Collide. 

After putting all the pieces together, I can walk boldly that I am a playwright, director, and now a screenwriter. Life and other experiences have made me the writer I am today. 

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not, what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
A smooth ride not at all. I was raised by my grandmother. I never understood why I wasn’t living with my mother and my brother. My grandmother felt my mom was too young to raise me at the time. After some disagreement between mother and daughter my mother left and gave birth to my brother a year later. 

I spent some time with my mother when I guess I was allowed. I remember spending the night at her apartments and or even going to work with her. My mom was hard work. She kept a job. One of the hardest things as a young man is to see his mother get beaten by her boyfriend. One night my brother and I were locked in a room as we can hear our mom being tossed to the walls and punched by her boyfriend. I wish I could have done something but I was paralyzed with fear. I wasn’t used to seeing that living with my grandmother. I actually shared about that abusive night in my play, Cain N Abel. 

My mom received some bad news in 1986 that she had cancer. I think it was high in stages as she did not last long after going through chemotherapy. Jan 1996 my mom died in my room. For a long time, I couldn’t sleep in my room. 

My dad was always in prison during my growing up. When describing my dad, I tell people I saw him three times: 1. Visiting him in Radford Fl prison when I was very young. 2. In my senior year in high school, my dad came to visit me at my grandmother’s. We talked briefly. He promised to be the dad I wanted in my life. 3rd. Six months later from the conversation at my grandmother’s living room my father was murdered in Miami Beach, Fla. I stood before him as he laid stiff in the casket. I looked at him remembering our conversation and seeing our resemblance. 

Worked multiple jobs to take care of my family. I always had two jobs until 2008. I believe in taking care of my family by all means. That was a challenge especially on days I didn’t feel like going. 

Being a full-time student attending night classes to receive my Masters in Information Network Systems. The money I would receive from the military for being a full-time student I would use to finance my stage plays for years until the money ran out. 

Marital Problems- while writing my plays I experience some marital issues. The way I was able to handle it I developed a lot of characters in different plays. I was able to share how I felt through my actors. A lot of that was in I’ll Be Home For Christmas. It was my way of talking to my daughters and well to my wife. July 29th, 2020 received a divorce. 

September 2020 learned I had chronic leukemia after going through some testing and biopsy. I was torn in pieces. I wasn’t for sure how long I had to live. I went back to holding my mom’s hand while she was dying. Remembering how much she went through with chemo. I always feared having cancer all my life. 

In February of 2021, I did a short film with Kevin Simmons (Intentional Vision Filming). The short film was therapeutic for me. Kevin felt I was the best person to play me. I decided to come out of the director and become an actor. The film focused on me packing giving a sigh I lost my family and now dealing with the news of having leukemia. I called it “Faith Walk” 

During these trying times, I was about to be blessed to write my first song called “Time After Time”, co-writer Burnie Stevenson. 

More of the challenges now besides my health is trying to find sponsors and investors. I truly feel once I’m able to gain more help in that department we can reach out to some big-name actors, actresses, and or artists to appear in the plays I have already written. 

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about McClam Enterprise Productions?
McClam Enterprise Productions was founded in 2010. We are a faith-based production company that believes in creating believable scenes on stage where everyone from all ages and races can relate. We turn biblical scriptures and or parables into modern-day stage plays. One of the first ones that people still talk about is Cain N Abel's 2010 and 2013 productions. 

We are rapidly growing; our organization consists of the following: Casting Director, Stage Crew Director, Operation Manager, Transportation Operator, and Project Manager. In the beginning, I wore all those hats but over time I found the right people to trust to perform the work. Their main objective is to keep me busy focusing on production and execution with the cast, etc. 

Currently, we specialize in one-on-one consultation on how to put a production together and acting, review scripts, stage crew assistant, work for hire turn your book into a script. 

Our professionalism and high-quality productions set us apart from others. Our main objective to make sure our audience remember their experience with McClam Enterprise Productions. It reminds me when you ask a person how was church? Oh it was good, I can’t remember what the Pastor said but I tell you everything else was great!!! They are saying for that 2 hrs. their experience was great!!! That is what we want our viewers to experience!! The fun they remembered having. 

Planting seeds wherever we go is our branding. We want to use our platform to plant good seeds in the lives of the people. If a community is having a police relation issue; our plays know how to target that situation in an entertainment setting but at the same time we are providing a solution and creatively show the audience both sides of the situation where people can see the Officer as a human and the Officer (s) can see the citizen as a human. I call this both sides meeting in the middle. 

Our services are open to anyone! We ask you to have good energy and a passion to learn and take directions. 

So, before we go, how can our readers or others connect or collaborate with you? How can they support you?
We are always looking to work with other people or businesses that share the same vision to help our community. We are currently collaborating with Assured Business Organization Services (SheAbos) founded by Angela Middleton. Angela Middleton after attending one of my productions sat me down and showed me how she can help me free up more of my time. 

Since the coloration, we now work together in a group we called Network Link. We bring CEOs of other businesses in the community and give them the platform to share more about their organization. The main thing is to share, support, and network with one another. 

Anyone from the community ever attends our event we teach them how to start their business and educate them on the purpose of networking. 

You can reach us at mcclamenterpriseproductions@gmail.com or subscribe on mcclamenterpriseproductions.com 

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Nina Fowler

To read the full interview and press release, please visit the website at https://voyagebaltimore.com/interview/inspiring-conversations-with-akiva-mcclam-of-mcclam-enterprise-productions/

The Marriage Institution describes marriage as instructed by God in the bible. The book sets out the origination of marriage from the garden of Eden when God made Adam and Eve and blessed them in matrimony and then HE empowered them, and for that matter mankind, to rule and dominate the earth and multiply. And there was no mention of same-sex marriage from the origination. The Marriage Institution goes on to illustrate marriage from different world cultures portraying a beautiful picture of the marriage institution from different ways and styles but all in accordance with a biblical perspective. The book goes on to mention how some African marriage cultures were dominated by the European marriage culture due to the introduction of Christianity to Africa and how that led to so much controversy and misunderstanding. Hence the Marriage Institution sets out what went wrong in the African church marriage when it comes to the two cultures, which are the European and the African cultures, and how the errors could be fixed. The Marriage Institution is good for teaching, marriage counseling can be a study book for couples, and even good to read by book lovers and added to collections. Pastor Joyce Nyante is an ordained reverend minister, evangelist, and teacher of the word of God. She is a mother and a wife, and her hobbies include writing, cooking, shopping, and being with family. Pastor Joyce has earned a degree from Thames Valley University, and Biblical Studies in Theology from the International Prayer Palace Church Bible Institute. She lives in Cambridgeshire in England with her husband and daughters. Pastor Joyce and her husband Pastor Simeon are co-pastors of the International Prayer Palace Church Empowerment Temple in Huntingdon Cambridgeshire. You can contact Pastor Joyce at https://prayerpalace.com or by email at pastorjoyce@prayerpalace.com

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After more than 100 years of Darwinian evolution’s nearly complete dominance in our public schools, the most popular theory of origins for Americans is…. creationism. According to Gallup, 38% believe God created humans in their present form & 38% believe humans evolved but with God guiding the process. Only 19% believe humans evolved from molecules-to-man with God having no part in the process (Darwinian evolution). Read http://news.gallup.com/poll/210956/belief-creationist-view-humans-new-low.aspx

Even among college graduates, only 45% believe in Darwinian evolution. 51% believe in… creationism (24%) or a God guiding process (27%).

Darwinian evolution is a dying theory. It will take it a long time to expire, but it is dying. Even among scientists, many are questioning it. Thousands of scientists have signed “A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism” (www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?id=660).

With so many people either not believing it or expressing doubt about it, it should be very easy to at least remind students that it’s just a theory. Not so! A suburban Atlanta school board put a sticker on their biology textbooks that said Darwinian evolution was just a theory. The evolutionists went berserk. They went to federal court and had a judge (who was not a scientist) tell the school board to remove the stickers because it was ‘religious’. Unbelievable! You know your theory is dying when you have to go to those lengths to protect it.

Unfortunately, theories always take a long time to die. Darwinian evolution will be the dominant theory in public schools for quite some time. But, as time rolls on, the inconsistencies continue to pile up.

Below are some quotes from scientists and websites & books expressing various other theories of origins. I’ve grouped the websites & books according to their particular theories and then by
easy, medium & advanced reading levels.

“The probability of life originating from accident is compatible to the probability of the unabridged dictionary resulting from an explosion in a printing shop.”
-Dr. Edwin Conklin, evolutionist, professor of biology, Princeton University, Quoted in: Cliffe Knechtle (1986) Give Me an Answer, p. 70

“We have not the slightest chance of a chemical evolutionary origin for even the simplest of cells.”
-Dr. Dean Kenyon, professor emeritus of biology, San Francisco State University, At 4:39 in video at https://www.allaboutscience.org/dna-double-helix-video.htm

“I am convinced…that Darwinism, in whatever form, is not in fact a scientific theory, but a pseudo-metaphysical hypothesis decked out in scientific garb.”
-Dr. Wolfgang Smith, reentry physicist, former professor of mathematics, MIT & UCLA, Wolfgang Smith, “The Universe Is Ultimately to Be Explained in Terms of a Metacosmic Reality” in Margenau and Varghese (eds.), Cosmos, Bios, Theos, p. 113

“Suspicions about Darwin’s theory arise for two reasons.  The first: the theory makes little sense. The second: it is supported by little evidence.”
– Dr. David Berlinski, mathematician & philosopher, David Berlinski, The Devil’s Delusion, p. 187

Other quotes about evolution can be found at https://bsssb-llc.com/quotations-from-scientists-evolutionists-about-darwinian-evolution/.

The Non-Darwinian forms of the origin of the universe/life are:

YEC…young earth creationism (6 day earth creation, about 10,000 years old for human/earth/universe creation)
OEC…old earth creationism (called various names like progressive creation, day age theory, gap theory, ruin-reconstruction theory…it teaches recent human creation but an old earth & universe)
ID…(Intelligent Design…can encompass almost all of non-darwinian theories, it claims that since there is great design in the universe, there must be a great designer without specifying who that designer is. Covers YEC, OEC & non-darwinian evolution theories)
Theistic evolution…(God guided evolution, it teaches old ages of humans, earth & universe)

Websites:
YEC:  creation.com,  answersingenesis.org,  creationscience.com,  trueorigin.org,  trueorigin.org/camplist.php, ICR.org & rae.org
OEC: godandscience.org & reasons.org
ID:  uncommondescent.com & discovery.org
Theistic evolution:  biologos.org

Books (check out most of these under my Recommended Resources link… I classify the books as easy, medium or advanced knowledge required for reading):

General books;
The Death of Evolution by Dr. Jim Black—easy
The Case For A Creator by Lee Strobel—easy/medium
Darwin, Then & Now by Dr. Richard William Nelson—medium
YEC;  Dismantling the Big Bang by Dr. John Hartnett—medium/advanced    Starlight, Time and the New Physics by Dr. John Hartnett—advanced
AIG Answers Books 1-4—easy/medium    In The Beginning by Dr. Walt Brown—medium

ID;  The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design by Dr. Jonathan Wells—medium/advanced
The Privileged Planet by Drs. Gonzalez & Richards—advanced
Evolution: A Theory Still in Crisis by Dr. Michael Denton—advanced
Darwin’s Black Box by Dr. Michael Behe—advanced
Darwin On Trial  and Defeating Darwinism, both by Philip Johnston—easy/medium

Progressive Creationism;  Who is Adam by Drs. Fazale Rana and Hugh Ross—advanced
Origins of Life by Drs. Fazale Rana and Hugh Ross—medium/advanced

There are many, many other good websites & books out there.
But tell me, what do you think?

With you on the journey,
Dave Maynard