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		<title>Joyce Meyers teaching</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should we not test the spirit of a new or unknown teacher/preacher?What if we have been assuming the one we listen to, teaching the bible an d then is suddenly found to be teaching or offering strange fire on the altar? Should we not be a watchman on the wall&#8230; This is not a slam or personal attack on anyone,but is a warning to those who are weak in the faith,those who do not realise the true teaching of the bible, for lack of ____ whatever it maybe .If you are following her then know this about what she thinks of the salvation of Christ click the audio link below]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Should we not test the spirit of a new or unknown teacher/preacher?What if we have been assuming the one we listen to, teaching the bible an d then  is suddenly found to be teaching or offering strange fire on the altar?</p>
<p><strong>Should we not be a watchman on the wall&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>This is not a slam or personal attack on anyone,but is a warning  to those who are weak in the faith,those who do not realise the true teaching of the bible, for lack of ____ whatever it maybe .If you are following her then know this about what she thinks of the salvation of Christ<br />
<strong>click the audio link below</strong><br />
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		<title>Biographies of Great men of God</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[15th Century Revivalist Girolamo Savonarola 17th Century Revivalist Richard Baxter George Fox Phillip Jacob Spencer The Moravian Revival in Germany (1727) Count Zinzendorf]]></description>
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15th Century Revivalist</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=38&amp;Itemid=38">Girolamo Savonarola</a></p>
<p><strong>17th Century Revivalist</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=12&amp;Itemid=23">Richard Baxter </a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=23&amp;Itemid=23">George Fox</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=40&amp;Itemid=40">Phillip Jacob Spencer</a></p>
<p><strong>The Moravian Revival in Germany (1727)</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=48&amp;Itemid=48">Count Zinzendorf</a> <!-- D(["mb","\n<b><span style\u003d\"font-weight:bold\">The Moravian Revival in Germany (1727)<br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww22a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Count Zinzendorf</span></span></b></b></a></span></b></span></span></p>
<p>\n\n<b><span size\u003d\"3\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold\">1<sup>st</sup> Great Awakening (1730s-1740’s)<br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww29a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">David Brainerd</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww23a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Gilbert Tennent</span></span></b></b></a>\n<br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww31a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">John Wesley</span></span></b></b></a></span></span></b></p>
<p>\n\n<b><span size\u003d\"3\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold\">The Evangelical Revival in Britain </span></span></b><b><span face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold\">( 1738-1790s)<br />
\n</span></span></b><b><span face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold\"><a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww18a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">&#8220;,1] );  //&#8211;></p>
<p><strong>1st Great Awakening (1730s-1740’s)</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=16&amp;Itemid=23">David Brainerd </a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=44&amp;Itemid=44">Gilbert Tennent</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=47&amp;Itemid=47">John Wesley</a></p>
<p><strong>The Evangelical Revival in Britain ( 1738-1790s)</strong></p>
<p><!-- D(["mb","William Bramwell</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww37a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">John Oxtoby</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww41a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">John Smith</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww31a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">John Wesley</span></span></b></b></a>\n<br />
\n</span></span></b><span face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial\"><br />
\n<b><span style\u003d\"font-weight:bold\">2<sup>nd</sup> Great Awakening (1790-1845 )<br />
\n</span><b><b><span face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial\"><a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww52a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><span color\u003d\"black\"><span style\u003d\"color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">James Caughey</span></span></a><br />
\n</span></span></b></b><a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww26a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Christmas Evans</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww33a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Charles G. Finney</span></span>&#8220;,1] );  //&#8211;><a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=17&amp;Itemid=23">William Bramwell </a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=33&amp;Itemid=33">John Oxtoby</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=39&amp;Itemid=39">John Smith</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=47&amp;Itemid=47">John Wesley </a></p>
<p><strong>2nd Great Awakening (1790-1845)</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=19&amp;Itemid=19">James Caughey</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=21&amp;Itemid=21">Christmas Evans</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=22&amp;Itemid=22">Charles G. Finney</a> <!-- D(["mb","</b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww46a.htm\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Edward D. Griffin</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww36a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Edward Payson</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww20a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">John Wesley Redfield</span></span></b></b></a><br />
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\nThe Kilsyth Revival in Scotland (1839 -1842)<br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww44a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Andrew Bonar</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww16a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">William C. Burns</span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww39a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b><b><span color\u003d\"black\" face\u003d\"Arial\"><span style\u003d\"font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none\">Robert Murray M\&#8217;Cheyne </span></span></b></b></a><br />
\n<a href\u003d\"http://watchword.org/smithers/ww17a.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><b>&#8220;,1] );  //&#8211;><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=26&amp;Itemid=26">Edward D. Griffin</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=34&amp;Itemid=34">Edward Payson</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=36&amp;Itemid=36">John Wesley Redfield</a></p>
<p><strong>The Kilsyth Revival in Scotland (1839 -1842)</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.watchword.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=3&amp;Itemid=4">More here</a></p>
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		<title>Mcdonalds comes out of the closet</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Donald E. Wildmon McDonald&#8217;s Comes Out of the Closet McDonald&#8217;s CEO: Company will put full resources behind gay agenda McDonald&#8217;s has signed on to a nationwide effort to promote &#8220;gay&#8221; and &#8220;lesbian&#8221; business ventures. &#8212; According to McDonald&#8217;s CEO Jim Skinner, McDonald&#8217;s will aggressively promote the homosexual agenda. In remarks on McDonald&#8217;s Web site concerning the company becoming a member of the National Gay &#38; Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), Skinner wrote: &#8220;Being a socially responsible organization is a fundamental part of who we are. We have an obligation to use our size and resources to make a difference in the world … and we do.&#8221; The company gave an undisclosed amount of money to the NGLCC in return for being recognized as a major promoter of the homosexual agenda. In return, NGLCC placed Richard Ellis, vice president of communications of McDonald&#8217;s USA, on the NGLCC Board of Directors. Ellis was quoted as saying: &#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled to join the National Gay &#38; Lesbian Chamber of Commerce team and ready to get to work. I share the NGLCC&#8217;s passion for business growth and development within the LGBT community, and I look forward to playing a role in moving these important [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Donald E. Wildmon</p>
<p>McDonald&#8217;s Comes Out of the Closet<br />
McDonald&#8217;s CEO: Company will put full resources behind gay agenda<br />
McDonald&#8217;s has signed on to a nationwide effort to promote &#8220;gay&#8221; and &#8220;lesbian&#8221; business ventures.<br />
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<p>According to McDonald&#8217;s CEO Jim Skinner, McDonald&#8217;s will aggressively promote the homosexual agenda. In remarks on McDonald&#8217;s Web site concerning the company becoming a member of the National Gay &amp; Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), Skinner wrote: &#8220;Being a socially responsible organization is a fundamental part of who we are. We have an obligation to use our size and resources to make a difference in the world … and we do.&#8221;<br />
The company gave an undisclosed amount of money to the NGLCC in return for being recognized as a major promoter of the homosexual agenda. In return, NGLCC placed Richard Ellis, vice president of communications of McDonald&#8217;s USA, on the NGLCC Board of Directors.</p>
<p>Ellis was quoted as saying: &#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled to join the National Gay &amp; Lesbian Chamber of Commerce team and ready to get to work. I share the NGLCC&#8217;s passion for business growth and development within the LGBT community, and I look forward to playing a role in moving these important initiatives forward.&#8221;<br />
McDonald&#8217;s refused to comment to World Net Daily on the placement of its executive on the board of the &#8220;gay&#8221; advocacy organization but did send an e-mail confirming the corporation&#8217;s support for the agenda of the homosexual business lobby.</p>
<p>&#8220;McDonald&#8217;s is indeed a Corporate Partner and Organizational Ally of NGLCC. Our vice president of U.S.. communications, Richard Ellis, was recently elected to its board of directors,&#8221; said Heidi M. Barker, senior director of media relations for McDonald&#8217;s. NGLCC describes itself as promoting the LGBT community first and always, including same sex marriage.<br />
NGLCC gives credit to sponsors such as McDonald&#8217;s for its financial and other support that helps in its work. &#8220;Through the commitment of our corporate partners, the NGLCC has been able to advance the ideas and causes of the LGBT business community,&#8221; the Chamber said.</p>
<p>Take Action!<br />
Very important!  Call your local McDonald&#8217;s and ask why McDonald&#8217;s is using its size and resources to promote the homosexual agenda.</p>
<p>Send an e-mail to McDonald&#8217;s</p>
<p>Forward this e-mail to family and friends.</p>
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		<title>Gods Grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grace,Gods Grace,Grace that is greater than all my sins. While discussing sin ,how that well all are sinful and nobody is above anyone else.Take the worst criminal you can think of and theres no differance in you and him&#8230;except Grace. My pastor is a retired state trooper,when taking a couple of rouge to jail ,the thought came to him that there was no differance between himself and those to &#8220;vile men&#8221;&#8230;ececpt God one day for reasons know only to God call out and saved him,except for that theres no differance between any of us we are all sinners,and need a Saviour,no big sinners and little tiny sinners,but all have sinned and come short&#8230; Christ is the redeemer for all of mankind. He died in your place and for your sins He was punished,even whiule you were/are His enemny He did this for you as He loves you. He took sin away and now all that is left is will you accept what He has alr4ady done for you,or will you turn Him away? Thoise in hell are there not because of sins,but because they reject The Very Christ that was sent to suffered and die your death, Rejectors are in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grace,Gods Grace,Grace that is greater than all my sins.</p>
<p>While discussing sin ,how that well all are sinful and nobody is above anyone else.Take the worst criminal you can think of and theres no differance in you and him&#8230;except Grace.</p>
<p>My pastor is a retired state trooper,when taking a couple of rouge to jail ,the thought came to him that there was no differance between himself and those to &#8220;vile men&#8221;&#8230;ececpt God one day for reasons know only to God call out and saved him,except for that theres no differance between any of us we are all sinners,and need a Saviour,no big sinners and little tiny sinners,but all have sinned and come short&#8230;</p>
<p>Christ is the redeemer for all of mankind.<br />
He died in your place and for your sins He was punished,even whiule you were/are His enemny He did this for you as He loves you.</p>
<p>He took sin away and now all that is left is will you accept what He has alr4ady done for you,or will you turn Him away?</p>
<p>Thoise in hell are there not because of sins,but because they reject The Very Christ that was sent to suffered and die your death,</p>
<p>Rejectors are in hell,not sinners.</p>
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		<title>humility in your ministry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Sam Crane Humility in your Ministry By Sam Crane 7 &#8220;Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, &#8216;come along now and sit down and eat?&#8217; Would he not rather say, &#8216;Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink?&#8217; 9Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, &#8216;We are unworthy servants, we have only done our duty.&#8217;&#8221; Luke 17:7-10 This verse sounds a little harsh, doesn&#8217;t it? At least I thought so when I first read it. But the more I looked at the last verse the more I began to understand a little bit of it. I say, &#8220;I began to understand it,&#8221; but the Holy Spirit was the one who told me. At any rate, this verse is quickly becoming one of my favorites because it is so true! What do we deserve? Fire and brimstone. What did we get? A savior who died for us, rose to life for us, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Sam Crane</p>
<p>Humility in your Ministry By Sam Crane 7</p>
<p>&#8220;Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, &#8216;come along now and sit down and eat?&#8217; Would he not rather say, &#8216;Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink?&#8217; 9Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, &#8216;We are unworthy servants, we have only done our duty.&#8217;&#8221; Luke 17:7-10</p>
<p>This verse sounds a little harsh, doesn&#8217;t it? At least I thought so when I first read it. But the more I looked at the last verse the more I began to understand a little bit of it. I say, &#8220;I began to understand it,&#8221; but the Holy Spirit was the one who told me. At any rate, this verse is quickly becoming one of my favorites because it is so true!</p>
<p>What do we deserve? Fire and brimstone. What did we get? A savior who died for us, rose to life for us, sprinkled His Blood on the mercy seat for us, and is waiting in heaven for us! So, then, what right have we to complain about all the work we have to do?</p>
<p>Ministry is not work! It&#8217;s a duty and a privilege. God allows us to minister in His Name. He calls and commands us to minister in His Name. Let&#8217;s look a little deeper at this verse, shall we? Verse 7 mentions where the servant was working: &#8220;Plowing or looking after sheep.&#8221; What does that mean? These things to me represent ministry.</p>
<p>Plowing is the harvest field, which is evangelistic ministry, and looking after sheep would be in the church, discipling God&#8217;s children. Many people think that is where the real ministry is, or that that is where the ministry stays, but look at what the next verse says. After the servant has left the visible ministry arena, what does the Master tell him to do? &#8220;Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink.&#8221; How many people do you know who come into a worship service wanting to receive something for themselves? There is nothing wrong with that. I do that. But, what we should be focused on is what it is that God is going to receive from our worship. We do not worship for ourselves, after all, but for God to be glorified. That is what the servant does after leaving the public eye, though. He waits on his Master.</p>
<p>After that ministry is done, after thanking and praising the Lord, then the servant finally rests. If we&#8217;re craving meat and spiritual food constantly, how concerned are we on whether or not God gets any enjoyment out of our fellowship with Him. God wants our fellowship; that is why He made us. We do well to spend time with God just to spend time with our Father. Verse 9 can be very confusing when taken out of context, I suppose. But if you look at it like this: what we deserve versus what God deserves, and then it would be a lot easier to swallow. Would God thank us for doing something He has allowed us to do as a privilege, then commanded us to do? Finally, the servant, in all humility and selflessness says, &#8216;We are unworthy servants, we have only done our duty.&#8217; And that is after his Master had apparently mistreated him! Don&#8217;t take this the wrong way! God obviously doesn&#8217;t mistreat us! He obviously does care about our praise and offerings to Him. But if we do ministry in any form for selfish reasons—it sounds SO simple just saying this but it should be taken very seriously—we do not please God.</p>
<p>The only person you should try to please is God, the only people you should help is everyone, and the only ones you should deny are yourself and Satan. For instance, one morning my church was having a citywide pastor&#8217;s breakfast meeting and I had volunteered to help out in the kitchen. I got up earlier than I was used to on a Saturday, went to the fellowship hall, and started cooking with my fellow volunteers.</p>
<p>I remained groggy throughout the morning but I had resolved to remain cheerful and maintain a servant&#8217;s heart in my work. It didn&#8217;t take long for everyone to finish eating, after which we were able to gather up the dishes and begin washing them as the breakfast meeting moved on from the breakfast to the meeting. Something my father always raised me to do is try to outwork the people around me, whether the boss is watching or not, because the real Master is always watching. So, there I was, outworking the guy next to me with a sponge as my weapon of choice when these thoughts welled up inside of me: &#8220;I&#8217;m working pretty hard, huh? I&#8217;m such a servant!&#8221;</p>
<p>Those were very pleasing thoughts for a moment, until the Holy Spirit began to convict my spirit and correct me! He told me how I was wrong instantly: If you have to call yourself a servant, you&#8217;re definitely not being a servant! I was certainly not being humble either! I was, even in such a little thing, comparing myself to another person. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble, so when I set myself up in pride, I am basically setting myself up in competition with Almighty God. I can&#8217;t ever remember a time in history when that has worked. Pride always comes before the fall. As an example (and I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m telling you this) look at Hollywood! How many celebrities do you see who are just totally and completely full of themselves?</p>
<p>Now how many actors are getting thrown in jail for high profile crimes, getting sued for all kinds of things, and having their lives fall apart only to have it strewn across the media to their further embarrassment? Every time you check out in a grocery store you see how screwed up they are! Granted not every actor is like that, and not everything you see and hear about is the unfiltered truth, but doesn&#8217;t it make you wonder how a person could become so messed up? I&#8217;m sure right now you&#8217;re listing quite a few reasons in your head, but to me, one that sticks out the most is pride.</p>
<p>People are overthrowing themselves with their own pride. All sin seems to sprout from the root of pride. Lucifer fell from pride; that old devil! The serpent then used that same thing (pride wanting to be as God) to bait Adam and Eve in the garden. Even today, when we sin, it can be traced back to our pride. If I stole something, it&#8217;s because I wanted it for myself. Even if I were to steal it to feed my hungry children, I&#8217;d still be in pride because I wouldn&#8217;t trust God to provide food, I&#8217;d be convinced of how much better of a provider I am than God.</p>
<p>Do you see the madness in it?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s essentially a lack of trust in the One who gives me breath, and disbelief in the Word of God! It takes a degree of humility to submit to God, and it takes a degree of submission to trust. Faith and trust are the same thing many times. I&#8217;m not trying to make up any theologies here but we obviously need faith, trust and humility, don&#8217;t we? I guess the point of all this is to daily die to yourself, because you can&#8217;t be full of God if you&#8217;re full of yourself!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Bob Longo A look at Sin Sin is an unpopular subject. However, God has put the word sin (sin, sins, sinner, sinners) in the bible some 642 times. From these numbers it is obvious God is concerned about sin. I would like to attempt answering the following questions about sin. 1. What is sin? 2. Is there more then one type of sin? 3. Are there different consequences for different types of sins? 4. What is the punishment for sin? 5. Can sins be forgiven? We must look in the Bible for the answers to these questions. Only in the Bible can we find the truth. In Romans3:4 &#8221; let God be true, but every man a liar&#8221; The first indication we find in the Bible of what a sin might be and what the penalty is for committing a sin is in the book of Genesis the second chapter. God tells Adam that he may eat of all the trees in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen 2:16-17). This is the first indication of God giving any type of command to man. Some time after God gave his first command to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Bob Longo<br />
A look at Sin</p>
<p>Sin is an unpopular subject. However, God has put the word sin (sin, sins, sinner, sinners) in the bible some 642 times. From these numbers it is obvious God is concerned about sin.</p>
<p>I would like to attempt answering the following questions about sin.</p>
<p>1. What is sin?<br />
2. Is there more then one type of sin?<br />
3. Are there different consequences for different types of sins?<br />
4. What is the punishment for sin?<br />
5. Can sins be forgiven?</p>
<p>We must look in the Bible for the answers to these questions. Only in the Bible can we find the truth. In Romans3:4 &#8221; let God be true, but every man a liar&#8221;</p>
<p>The first indication we find in the Bible of what a sin might be and what the penalty is for committing a sin is in the book of Genesis the second chapter. God tells Adam that he may eat of all the trees in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen 2:16-17). This is the first indication of God giving any type of command to man. Some time after God gave his first command to man, we find man disobeying that command.</p>
<p>Adam was in the garden with his wife. The serpent playing off the pride of the woman (a picture of the pride of all mankind) convinced her to eat of the tree, and the woman gave some to her husband. They knew they had sinned and attempted to hide themselves from the LORD (Gen 3:1-8).</p>
<p>Form the above example we can see several things that will help us understand sin.</p>
<p>1. God gave Adam a command.<br />
2. When God gave the command He said, &#8220;for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.&#8221;<br />
3. Adam disobeyed that command.<br />
4. Adam did not immediately die physically; he lived to be 930 years old (Gen 5:5).</p>
<p>Are we to believe that God lied to Adam when he said, &#8220;For in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die&#8221;? God forbid, Adam and Eve died immediately, but not death as we usually think of it. The immediate death was their relationship with God, a spiritual death. (a subject for another time) The Bible speaks of three types of death.</p>
<p>1. Death as we know it; death of the flesh.<br />
2. Spiritual death; caused by Adam and suffered by all mankind.<br />
3. The second death, hell, eternal damnation, or eternal torment.</p>
<p>Can we be certain that what Adam did was sin? We can look in Romans chapter 5, verses 12-14. Here we read that sin came into the world by one man (Adam) and has continued to reign since that day.</p>
<p>In the above example, Adam disobeyed God&#8217;s command by action. However, God tells us, we can sin by what we think as well. In Matthew chapter 5 we read &#8220;That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.&#8221; (Mat 5:27-28)</p>
<p>Although the verses mentioned above do not say thought per se, the meaning is clear. God, many times uses the word heart to depict what we might call the mind, and speaks of the thoughts of the heart. For example in Genesis 6:5 we read: &#8220;And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.&#8221;</p>
<p>Now we have an idea of what sin is. Nevertheless, what about types of sin, or degrees of sin? Early church fathers wrote extensively on the subject of sin, and taught that there are mortal, and vienial sins. However, these writings are not baked up by biblical truth, but rather church doctrine; which is at odds with the Bible in many cases.</p>
<p>The Bible teaches that all sin is the same to God. We see this in verses that speak of what seem to us to be a minor infraction of God&#8217;s law; yet hold the same punishment as what we might perceive a more grievous sin. We read a story of a man who broke the forth commandment by picking up a few sticks on the Sabbath day. For what we may see as a minor infraction of God&#8217;s law, the LORD commanded that Moses have the congregation stone the man to death (Num 15:32-36).</p>
<p>Another example of God treating all sin the same comes out of Deuteronomy. The Fifth commandment is: Honor thy father and thy mother (Exo 20:12 ). We have to admit that our children break this commandment quite frequently. Many parents have children that are thieves, drug addicts, and worse. What does God direct us to do with a stubborn and rebellious child? &#8220;And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear&#8221; (Deu 21:18 &#8211; 21). Again, God is telling us that what we might perceive as a minor infraction of the rules is a grievous act of rebellion against His law.</p>
<p>God also tells us in James 2:10-11:</p>
<p>For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, do not commit adultery, said also, do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.</p>
<p>The above verses tell us that if we break any of God&#8217;s laws, it is the same to God no matter which of His laws we break.</p>
<p>God does however differentiate between sins, but only as to what sins may be forgiven vs what sins are not forgiven. In Matthew 12:21 God tells us that all sins can be forgiven except for the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Sprit.<br />
Therefore, by now, what sin is, and how God looks at sin (note I said how GOD looks at sin; not how man would like God to look at sin) has been fairly well explained for a short study.</p>
<p>However, what about the punishment for sin? This too should be apparent from the scriptures offered. The punishment for sin is death. We read in Roman &#8220;For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ultimately, if not saved by the faith of Jesus Christ (a subject for deeper study) we will go to hell. We find these words in Romans 5:19:</p>
<p>&#8220;For as by one man&#8217;s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous&#8221;.</p>
<p>When we are saved, we want to follow the commands of God. James 1:12 &#8220;Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. Those that love God follow his commands. John 14:15: If ye love me, keep my commandments.</p>
<p>May God Bless You.</p>
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		<title>Is inerrancy enough</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Pastor F. William Darrow IS INERRANCY ENOUGH? A defense of the KJV After serving some 42 years as a pastor I have learned that things are constantly changing in the realm of the church. Trends and fads, yes, even in churches, come and go. Some are good some are bad. Change is a way of life but not always good. Allow me to give you an example. I have attended many ordination councils over the years. Even in those, the evidence of trends and issues become prevalent. Areas that were questioned heavily 25 years ago do not even draw a question today. I remember years ago that a candidate would be grilled heavily over &#8220;verbal plenary inspiration&#8221;. The candidate had to know and be able to explain that &#8220;inspiration&#8221; is God breathing into man the very words He wanted him to write. &#8220;Verbal&#8221; meaning that the Holy Spirit guided the writers of the Bible in the very words that they used. &#8220;Plenary&#8221; means fully or completely as to the fact that every word was inspired by God from beginning to end. I am not sure when it started, but it seems to me that in the late sixties or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Pastor F. William Darrow<br />
IS INERRANCY ENOUGH?<br />
A defense of the KJV</p>
<p>After serving some 42 years as a pastor I have learned that things are constantly changing in the realm of the church. Trends and fads, yes, even in churches, come and go. Some are good some are bad. Change is a way of life but not always good. Allow me to give you an example.</p>
<p>I have attended many ordination councils over the years. Even in those, the evidence of trends and issues become prevalent. Areas that were questioned heavily 25 years ago do not even draw a question today. I remember years ago that a candidate would be grilled heavily over &#8220;verbal plenary inspiration&#8221;. The candidate had to know and be able to explain that &#8220;inspiration&#8221; is God breathing into man the very words He wanted him to write. &#8220;Verbal&#8221; meaning that the Holy Spirit guided the writers of the Bible in the very words that they used. &#8220;Plenary&#8221; means fully or completely as to the fact that every word was inspired by God from beginning to end.</p>
<p>I am not sure when it started, but it seems to me that in the late sixties or seventies a new word, or at least a more frequently used word, came on the scene. That word is &#8220;inerrancy&#8221;. In many doctrinal statements of more recent days the word &#8220;inerrancy&#8221; appears but not the phrase &#8220;verbal plenary inspiration&#8221;. I began to question in my mind why the term &#8220;inerrancy&#8221; had replaced &#8220;verbal plenary inspiration&#8221; even though it is a fine word but it does not say enough. Since new versions of the Bible keep coming on the scene and some have become preferred over the old, tried and proven KJV, I have sought to read for answers. It has been a learning experience. One of which has helped me to understand why the term &#8220;verbal plenary inspiration&#8221; is no longer being used.</p>
<p>I also was at a conference where a speaker made the statement, as he held up his Bible, &#8220;inerrancy, no, infallibility yes&#8221;. He did not believe that the present Bibles we have are inerrant, just infallible. What he meant by that is since we do not have the original manuscripts, which are inerrant, our translations are not inerrant but we have enough evidence from different old texts so at least we can say they are infallible, or trustworthy. I do not agree with this at all.</p>
<p>There are three basic techniques in Bible translation work. Quoting the National Religious Broadcasters, January 1996 issue, an article by Harry Conay: &#8220;With regard to popular Bible translation, we frequently use terms like formal equivalency (&#8216;this is how we write what they wrote), dynamic equivalency (&#8216;this is how we would say what they meant&#8217;), and paraphrasing (&#8216;this is how I think their intent can be more clearly stated&#8217;). (Printed in the Foundation magazine, January-February 1996 issue).</p>
<p>The three techniques are:</p>
<p>1. Formal Equivalency</p>
<p>2. Dynamic Equivalency</p>
<p>3. Paraphrasing</p>
<p>Let me start from the bottom up. Paraphrasing is simply taking what the text says and rewriting it to what you think it says.</p>
<p>The big problem with paraphrasing is that it simply becomes the opinion of the translator as to what a passage means. Once you enter this area of practice it is no longer the Words of God but some individual&#8217;s opinion of what it says. A paraphrase is not a Bible translation but a commentary. A paraphrase should not be called a translation or even the Bible.</p>
<p>Myron Houghton, a professor at Faith Baptist Bible College, Ankeny, IA, made an explanation that helps understand the difference between a paraphrase and literal translations.</p>
<p>&#8220;A literal translation is based upon the idea that the purpose of a translation is to let the reader know what the Bible says rather than what the Bible means. Yet many modern readers use meaning-for-meaning versions and paraphrases because they think the meaning of the Bible has been made clear. In reality, it is the meaning of the translators that has been made clear.&#8221; (Faith Pulpit July/August by Myron J. Houghton)</p>
<p>Dynamic Equivalency is not following a word-for-word translation but changing, adding, or subtracting from the original to make it flow as the translator sees fit. It is a step up from paraphrasing. Dr. D.A.Waite defines it in his book on Defending the King James Version page 89, as &#8221; &#8216;Dynamic&#8217; implies &#8216;change&#8217; or &#8216;movement.&#8217; These versions take a sort of idiomatic rendering from Hebrew or Greek into English. It is idiomatic in the sense that they didn&#8217;t take a word-for-word method (even when it made good sense), trying to make the words in the Hebrew or Greek equal to the words in the English. Instead they added to what was there, changed what was there and/or subtracted from what was there.&#8221; Robert J. Barnet in his book The Word of God on Trial, page 24, uses another name for it; calling it &#8220;concept inspiration&#8221;. He said, &#8220;The author of a paraphrase is not trying to communicate word-level truth. He is giving us his own interpretation of what he thinks the Bible means. He is giving us concept-level</p>
<p>communication.&#8221; Dr. D.A.Waite has a study available of examples where the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION uses this method some 4,000 times, the NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION 6,653 times and the NEW KING JAMES VERSION over 2,000 times. (Page 105, Defending The King James Version).</p>
<p>The AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION of 1901 followed strict formal equivalency. However our issue with the 1901 ASV has to do with the text from which it was translated. The NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION translators followed dynamic equivalency so were much more loose in their translating. They utilized dynamic equivalency to the degree that their work is almost a running paraphrase and not a translation. Dynamic Equivalency, therefore, allows for a great deal of subjectivity on the part of the translators to interpret the biblical text. (Touch Not the Unclean Thing by David Sorenson &#8211; page 239)</p>
<p>The third method is Formal Equivalency, or sometimes called, Verbal Equivalency. This method of translation takes the Greek and Hebrew words and renders them as closely as possible into English. This is the method used by the King James translators and is certainly a superior method.</p>
<p>&#8220;In favor of using modern English, it should be noted that the Bible was written in the language of the day. The New Testament, for example, was written in koine, or common Greek. And we do not normally use thee, thou, and ye in our speech today. On the other hand, thee and thou distinguished you in the singular from ye which is you in the plural. Sometimes the correct interpretation of a passage is helped by knowing the difference between the plural or singular use of you.&#8221; (Faith Pulpit &#8211; July/August 2006 by Myron J. Houghton)</p>
<p>The King James Bible is the only English translation today that follows this strict accurate literalness.</p>
<p>More here:</p>
<p>http://logosresourcepages.org/Believers/inerrancy.htm</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: a Christian There have been many findings demonstrating that Homo sapiens dates back even earlier than 800,000 years. One of them is a discovery by Louis Leakey in the early 1970s in Olduvai Gorge. Here, in the Bed II layer, Leakey discovered that Australopithecus, Homo habilis and Homo erectus species had co-existed at the same time. What is even more interesting was a structure Leakey found in the same layer (Bed II). Here, he found the remains of a stone hut. The unusual aspect of the event was that this construction, which is still used in some parts of Africa, could only have been built by Homo sapiens! So, according to Leakey&#8217;s findings, Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus and modern man must have co-existed approximately 1.7 million years ago.219 This discovery must surely invalidate the evolutionary theory that claims that modern man evolved from ape-like species such as Australopithecus. Indeed, some other discoveries trace the origins of modern man back to 1.7 million years ago. One of these important finds is the footprints found in Laetoli, Tanzania, by Mary Leakey in 1977. These footprints were found in a layer that was calculated to be 3.6 million years old, and [...]]]></description>
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<p class="hyg"><a name="219a"></a>There have been many findings demonstrating that <em>Homo sapiens</em> dates back even earlier than 800,000 years. One of them is a discovery by Louis Leakey in the early 1970s in Olduvai Gorge. Here, in the Bed II layer, Leakey discovered that <em>Australopithecus</em>, <em>Homo habilis</em> and <em>Homo erectus</em> species had co-existed at the same time. What is even more interesting was a structure Leakey found in the same layer (Bed II). Here, he found the remains of a stone hut. The unusual aspect of the event was that this construction, which is still used in some parts of Africa, could only have been built by <em>Homo sapiens</em>! So, according to Leakey&#8217;s findings, <em>Australopithecus</em>, <em>Homo habilis</em>, <em>Homo erectus</em> and modern man must have co-existed approximately 1.7 million years ago.<a href="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/origin_of_man_11.html#219">219</a> This discovery must surely invalidate the evolutionary theory that claims that modern man evolved from ape-like species such as <em>Australopithecus</em>.</p>
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<p class="hyg">Indeed, some other discoveries trace the origins of modern man back to 1.7 million years ago. One of these important finds is the footprints found in Laetoli, Tanzania, by Mary Leakey in 1977. These footprints were found in a layer that was calculated to be 3.6 million years old, and more importantly, they were no different from the footprints that a contemporary man would leave.</p>
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<p class="hyg">The footprints found by Mary Leakey were later examined by a number of famous paleoanthropologists, such as Donald Johanson and Tim White. The results were the same. White wrote:</p>
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<p class="hyg"><em><a name="220a"></a>Make no mistake about it,&#8230; They are like modern human footprints. If one were left in the sand of a California beach today, and a four-year old were asked what it was, he would instantly say that somebody had walked there. He wouldn&#8217;t be able to tell it from a hundred other prints on the beach, nor would you.<a href="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/origin_of_man_11.html#220">220</a></em></p>
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<p class="hyg">After examining the footprints, Louis Robbins from the University of North Carolina made the following comments:</p>
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<p class="hyg"><em><a name="221a"></a>The arch is raised &#8211; the smaller individual had a higher arch than I do &#8211; and the big toe is large and aligned with the second toe … The toes grip the ground like human toes. You do not see this in other animal forms.<a href="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/origin_of_man_11.html#221">221</a></em></p>
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<p class="resimalti"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>AL 666-1: A 2.3-MILLION-YEAR-OLD HUMAN JAW</strong></span></p>
<p class="resimalti">Fossil AL 666-1 was found in Hadar in Ethiopia, together with A. afarensis fossils. This 2.3-million-year-old jaw bone had features identical to those of <em>Homo sapiens.</em></p>
<p class="resimalti">AL 666-1 resembled neither the A. afarensis jawbones that were found with it, nor a 1.75-million-year-old <em>Homo habilis</em> jaw. The jaws of these two species, with their narrow and rectangular shapes, resembled those of present-day apes.</p>
<p class="resimalti"><span class="resimalti">Although there is no doubt that AL 666-1 belonged to a &#8220;Homo&#8221; (human) species, evolutionary paleontologists do not accept this fact. They refrain from making any comment on this, because the jaw is calculated to be 2.3 million years old-in other words, much older than the age they allow for the <em>Homo</em>, or human, race.</span></p>
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</span>The AL 666-1, 2.3-million-year-old <em>Homo sapiens </em>(human) jaw. </span></td>
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AL 222-1 fossil, an <em>A. afarensis</em> jaw from the same period as AL 666-1. </span></td>
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AL 222-1- a side view. The side views of the two jaws make the difference between the two fossils clearer.<br />
</span>The AL 222-1 jaw protrudes forwards. This is an ape-like feature. But the AL 666-1 jaw on the top is a completely human one.</td>
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<p class="hyg">Examinations of the morphological form of the footprints showed time and again that they had to be accepted as the prints of a human, and moreover, a modern human (<em>Homo sapiens</em>). Russell Tuttle, who also examined the footprints, wrote:</p>
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<p class="hyg"><em><a name="222a"></a>A small barefoot Homo sapiens could have made them&#8230; In all discernible morphological features, the feet of the individuals that made the trails are indistinguishable from those of modern humans.<a href="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/origin_of_man_11.html#222">222</a></em></p>
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<p class="hyg">Impartial examinations of the footprints revealed their real owners. In reality, these footprints consisted of 20 fossilized footprints of a 10-year-old modern human and 27 footprints of an even younger one. They were certainly modern people like us.</p>
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<p class="resimalti" align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>SKELETAL VARIATION AMONG ODERN HUMAN RACES</strong></span></p>
<p class="resimalti">Evolutionary paleontologists portray different <em>Homo erectus</em>,<em> Homo sapiens</em> <em>neanderthalensis</em>, and <em>archaic Homo sapiens</em> human fossils as indicating different species or subspecies on the evolutionary path. They base this on the differences between these fossil skulls. However, these differences actually consist of variations among different human races that have existed, some of which have become extinct or have been assimilated. These differences have grown less pronounced as human races have intermixed over time.</p>
<p class="resimalti">Despite this, quite striking differences can still be observed between human races living today. The skulls in these pages, all belonging to modern human beings (<em>Homo sapiens sapiens</em>), are all examples of these differences. To show similar structural differences between races that lived in the past as evidence for evolution is quite simply bias.</p>
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<td valign="top"><span class="resimalti"><img src="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/res/179a.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="187" /> </span><span class="resimalti">Native Peruvian from the fifteenth century. </span></td>
<td class="resimalti" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span class="resimalti"><img src="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/res/179b.jpg" alt="" width="128" height="187" /> Middle-aged Bengali. </span></td>
<td class="resimalti" valign="top"><span class="resimalti"><img src="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/res/179c.jpg" alt="" width="134" height="187" /> Male from the Solomon Islands (Melanesia) who died in 1893. </span></td>
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<td height="174" valign="top"><span class="resimalti"><img src="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/res/179d.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="190" /> German male aged 25-30. </span></td>
<td valign="top"><span class="resimalti"><img src="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/res/179e.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="128" height="190" /> Male Congolese aged 35-40. </span></td>
<td valign="top"><span class="resimalti"><img src="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/res/179f.jpg" alt="" width="134" height="190" /> Male Inuit aged 35-40. </span></td>
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<p class="hyg">This situation put the Laetoli footprints at the center of discussions for years. Evolutionary paleoanthropologists desperately tried to come up with an explanation, as it was hard for them to accept the fact that a modern man had been walking on the earth 3.6 million years ago. During the 1990s, the following &#8220;explanation&#8221; started to take shape: The evolutionists decided that these footprints must have been left by an <em>Australopithecus</em>, because according to their theory, it was impossible for a Homo species to have existed 3.6 million years ago. However, Russell H. Tuttle wrote the following in an article in 1990:</p>
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<p class="hyg"><em><a name="223a"></a>In sum, the 3.5-million-year-old footprint traits at Laetoli site G resemble those of habitually unshod modern humans. None of their features suggest that the Laetoli hominids were less capable bipeds than we are. <strong>If the G footprints were not known to be so old, we would readily conclude that there had been made by a member of our genus, Homo&#8230; </strong>In any case, we should shelve the loose assumption that the Laetoli footprints were made by Lucy&#8217;s kind, Australopithecus afarensis.<a href="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/origin_of_man_11.html#223">223</a></em></p>
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<p class="hyg">To put it briefly, these footprints that were supposed to be 3.6 million years old could not have belonged to <em>Australopithecus</em>. The only reason why the footprints were thought to have been left by members of <em>Australopithecus</em> was the 3.6-million-year-old volcanic layer in which the footprints were found. The prints were ascribed to <em>Australopithecus</em> purely on the assumption that humans could not have lived so long ago.</p>
<p class="hyg">These interpretations of the Laetoli footprints demonstrate one important fact. Evolutionists support their theory not based on scientific findings, but in spite of them. Here we have a theory that is blindly defended no matter what, with all new findings that cast the theory into doubt being either ignored or distorted to support the theory.</p>
<p class="hyg">Briefly, the theory of evolution is not science, but a dogma kept alive despite science.<span class="hyg"> </span></p>
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<p class="CHAPTER">219 A. J. Kelso,<em> Physical Anthropology</em>, 1.b., 1970, ss. 221; M.D. Leakey, <em>Olduvai Gorge</em>, volume 3, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971, s. 272<a href="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/origin_of_man_11.html#219a"><img src="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/images/uparrow.gif" border="0" alt="" width="10" height="10" /></a><br />
<a name="220"></a>220 Donald C. Johanson &amp; M. A. Edey, Lucy, <em>The Beginnings of Humankind</em>, Simon &amp; Schuster, New York, 1981, p. 250.<em> (emphasis added)</em><a href="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/origin_of_man_11.html#220a"><img src="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/images/uparrow.gif" border="0" alt="" width="10" height="10" /></a><br />
<a name="221"></a>221 &#8220;The Leakey Footprints: An Uncertain Path,&#8221; <em>Science News</em>, vol. 115, 1979, p. 196.<a href="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/origin_of_man_11.html#221a"><img src="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/images/uparrow.gif" border="0" alt="" width="10" height="10" /></a><br />
<a name="222"></a>222 Ian Anderson, &#8220;Who made the Laetoli footprints?&#8221; <em>New Scientis</em>t, vol. 98, 12 May 1983, p. 373. <em>(emphasis added)</em><a href="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/origin_of_man_11.html#222a"><img src="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/images/uparrow.gif" border="0" alt="" width="10" height="10" /></a><br />
<a name="223"></a>223 Russell H. Tuttle, &#8220;The Pitted Pattern of Laetoli Feet,&#8221; <em>Natural History</em>, vol. 99, March 1990, p. 64.<em> (emphasis added)</em><a href="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/origin_of_man_11.html#223a"><img src="http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/images/uparrow.gif" border="0" alt="" width="10" height="10" /></a></p>
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