Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Part 1 of our "Magnificent. Once in a lifetime kinda trip. :)


The Vicksburg Battlefield. *sigh*


The Illinois state monument for the honored dead.



Us girl's in front of the dedication from the people of Illinois.


The cemetery.


Most of the Graves at Vicksburg Battlefield, Mississippi.


Do my eye's decieve me or is that a sandstorm?


Yep, the Graves family is in a SANDSTORM near Flagstaff, AZ!!


Jessica's Family Restaurant.


Williams, AZ, a sweet little town on route 66.


Daddy and the littles under a Route 66 sign.

GRAND CANYON, AZ.


God's beautiful Creation....(No, Mr Pollock, it was not filled with sludge!:)


The Graves family at the Grand Canyon.


Having fun, Libby?


Samuel and Rachel.


Momma and Jess.


Stacy.


Momma and Daddy :)


Rubbing noses.


Daddy and his binoculars.


The Colorado River.


Liberty reading a sign that says "All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing praises unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. Psalms 66:4" It's King James too!! :) YAY!! They aren't totally corrupt....Just 99% :P


Daddy enjoying himself.


Jess and Daddy.


Graves Family at GC.


Daddy being rebelious and popping "MY" whip at Grand Canyon just to here it pop really LOUD. :P

Monday, April 13, 2009

A little bit of what's been happening. Witnessing Class and Resurrection Sunday.


Friday, Witnessing Class.


Participants of the Graves witnessing class :). Sarah and Andrew.


Kyle and Laura.


Art ;).


Ryan, Carl, and Sam. Andrew in the corner;).


Resurrection Sunday.


Daddy at the picnic :).


Jess and Ben conversating :).


enjoying the Picnic, Rach?


Daddy and the littles blowing bubbles.


The epitime of CUTENESS. :)


The boy's playing football.


Berean Baptist Redneck Antena Ball.(Red cups are our church signature) :).



Sweet little Deeda. Smiling big, cause he got the biggest prize. He won 5 bucks :).


It must be time to leave....He don't look too happy :).


Zack and his Dollar :). He won it also in a game.


Hmmm....where did the chocolate go?


Momma taking a little snooze before church. :)


Daddy doing the same.


Our dear Mrs Stokes.


Sweet little James and Libby showing off thier missing teeth :).


The Pollock family singers. :) It was beautifuly done :).


Sweet Ariana.


"We serve a risen Saviour, He's in the world today. We know that He is living whatever men may say. We see His hand of mercy, We hear His voice of cheer. And Just because We need Him He's alway's near. He lives! He Lives! Christ Jesus live today. He walks with me and talks with me along life's narrow way......"
Thank you Lord Jesus!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

A full blooded wolf, Rick Warren

Rick Warren sides with Sodomites.

California mega-church pastor and author of The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren says he apologized to his homosexual friends for making comments in support of California's Proposition 8, and now claims he "never once even gave an endorsement" of the marriage amendment.

Monday night on CNN's Larry King Live, Pastor Rick Warren apologized for his support of Prop. 8, California's voter-approved marriage protection amendment, saying he has "never been and never will be" an "anti-gay or anti-gay marriage activist."

"During the whole Proposition 8 thing, I never once went to a meeting, never once issued a statement, never -- never once even gave an endorsement in the two years Prop. 8 was going," Warren told the CNN audience on Monday. "The week before the -- the vote, somebody in my church said, 'Pastor Rick, what -- what do you think about this?' And I sent a note to my own members that said, I actually believe that marriage is -- really should be defined, that that definition should be -- say between a man and a woman."


However, just two weeks before the November 4 Prop. 8 vote, Pastor Warren issued a clear endorsement of the marriage amendment while speaking to church members. "We support Proposition 8 -- and if you believe what the Bible says about marriage, you need to support Proposition 8," he said.

The following is a complete transcript of Warren's comments just weeks before the Prop. 8 election:

"The election's coming just in a couple of weeks, and I hope you're praying about your vote. One of the propositions, of course, that I want to mention is Proposition 8, which is the proposition that had to be instituted because the courts threw out the will of the people. And a court of four guys actually voted to change a definition of marriage that has been going for 5,000 years.

"Now let me say this really clearly: we support Proposition 8 -- and if you believe what the Bible says about marriage, you need to support Proposition 8. I never support a candidate, but on moral issues I come out very clear.

"This is one thing, friends, that all politicians tend to agree on. Both Barack Obama and John McCain, I flat-out asked both of them: what is your definition of marriage? And they both said the same thing -- it is the traditional, historic, universal definition of marriage: one man and one woman, for life. And every culture for 5,000 years, and every religion for 5,000 years, has said the definition of marriage is between one man and a woman.

"Now here's an interesting thing. There are about two percent of Americans [who] are homosexual or gay/lesbian people. We should not let two percent of the population determine to change a definition of marriage that has been supported by every single culture and every single religion for 5,000 years.

"This is not even just a Christian issue -- it's a humanitarian and human issue that God created marriage for the purpose of family, love, and procreation.

"So I urge you to support Proposition 8, and pass that word on. I'm going to be sending out a note to pastors on what I believe about this. But everybody knows what I believe about it. They heard me at the Civil Forum when I asked both Obama and McCain on their views."


During his CNN interview on Monday, Warren expressed regret for backing Prop. 8. "There were a number of things that were put out. I wrote to all my gay friends -- the leaders that I knew -- and actually apologized to them. That never got out," he admitted.

Additionally, Pastor Warren said he did not want to comment on or criticize the Iowa Supreme Court's decision last week to legalize same-sex "marriage" because it
was "not his agenda."

Bryan Fischer with the Idaho Values Alliance says Warren is abdicating his biblical role as a pastor. "For Pastor Warren to say that shoring up marriage is not something that's on his agenda is just something that's hard to believe for somebody who believes the Bible is our rule for faith and practice," Fischer notes.

Dr. Jim Garlow, the senior pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church in the San Diego suburb of La Mesa, helped spearhead the Prop. 8 effort in California. Garlow admits he is confused and troubled by Pastor Warren's decision to apologize for supporting Prop. 8.
"Historically when institutions and individuals back away from convictional biblical truth, it is driven primarily by one single factor -- and that is the respectability of other people. In other words, much more caring about what other people think about them than what God thinks about them," he concludes.

(Written by Mr Graves)
"This man has truly proven himself to be a respecter of persons, and a 21st century Pharisee. If Warren does not repent, he will answer to a Holy and righteous God,
For honoring men rather then honoring God."

Note: There are people who still support Warren and feel that he has been misquoted.
So below this we have a Video of Rick Warren's interview on Larry King Live (Monday Night).

Monday, April 6, 2009

Tract of the Week.

Dinosaurs and the Bible


On day six the Bible states that land animals were created. This would also include the animals which we know as the dinosaurs. The term dinosaur originated in 1841 when Professor Richard Owens of London, England, coined the term from two Greek words meaning "terrible lizard. The Bible has three Hebrew words that describe animals that could be identified as dinosaurs, They are Tannin Leviathan, and Behemoth.

Behemoth and Leviathan

"Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as the ox Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar: ...he is the chief of the ways of God..." Job 40:15-19

This special animal, behemoth, is described with detail in the book of Job. Behemoth moved his tail like a cedar indicating that he was most likely a large land dinosaur. Because God compares His power to behemoth, he was perhaps the crowning glory of the beasts of the earth. (Genesis 1:25)

Some Bible scholars have identified behemoth as an elephant or a hippopotamus. Those that are expressing this view are in no doubt being influenced by the evolutionary thinking that man and dinosaurs did not live during the same time period. The N.I.V. interprets the tail as his trunk, when referring to the Behemoth of Job 40:17

"Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord...out of his mouth go burning lamps and sparks of fire leap out. Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or cauldron." Job 41

The scriptures describe leviathan as a fire breathing water creature. Many commentators have classified this animal as an alligator, but alligators have never been known to breathe fire. Other commentators disqualify the description of fire breathing as poetic expression, but what about this ability to shoot fire? Evidence of such an animal exists in the bombardier beetle. This special breed of beetle still exists today as one of many insects that makes and uses complex chemicals for protection. Inside the beetle's body are two chambers, which produce two different chemicals. There is an explosion in the face of his attacker as these chemicals are mixed and ejected through a special tube positioned at the rear of the beetle's body. In light of this, it would be safe to assume that leviathan had a similar mechanism for projecting fire. Additional evidence supporting the existence of fire-breathing animals is found in ancient Chinese history. Many legends contain stories of how the early emperors trained these dragons for ceremonial and special purposes. These legends preceded the discovery of dinosaur bones at the end of the 18th century.

Scientists have found fossils of a dinosaur skull containing an open cavity above the brain with canals that lead to the nostrils. The purposes of these cavities are still unknown, but could certainly be evidence of fire-breathing capability. We do, however, know that leviathan did exist in the days of King David, for he writes of them in his psalms (Psalms. 104:26)

Tyrannosaurus Rex

According to Genesis 1:30, God commanded that all animals, as well as the birds, be vegetarians. This would include the dinosaurs. Some would argue, concerning Tyrannosaurus Rex, which he was a meat‑eater but close examination of his body would prove otherwise. The upper limbs of Tyrannosaurus Rex would have no purpose if he were a meat‑eater. Tyrannosaurus could not even bring his forelimbs to his mouth. In addition, his teeth were shallow rooted and, conflict with another animal would tear out teeth as he ripped flesh and bone. The teeth of a meat-eater would eventually show signs of wear, however, examinations of adult Tyrannosaurus teeth show his to be razor sharp with no teeth missing. In conclusion, evidence indicates that the upper limbs of the T‑Rex were used to grab and pull the limbs of trees closer to his mouth. Fossil records reveal no sign of the wear and tear that we would expect to find in the teeth of a meat‑eater, as well as no missing teeth. As we look at the skeleton of a T‑Rex, he appears to be a ferocious animal and most would assume he is a meat‑eater. When we look at the Panda, he too has sharp and powerful teeth, yet his are used to eat bamboo, not flesh. There has been no hard evidence to prove that T‑Rex was a meat‑eater.

An Amazing Discovery

In 1988, a 90% complete T-Rex was found in Montana. In 1990, a crew from Montana State University found red blood cells in a partially unfossilized femur. These red blood cells provide strong evidence that this T-Rex was not millions of years old, but only a few thousand years old.

Fossil Record
On the subject of the fossil record, isn't amazing that dinosaur bones are found fossilized and dead? Some would laugh at this, but those two observations tell us important facts about these creatures:

1. How they died.

When dinosaur bones are found, they are
fossilized, which shows that they were killed by mud flows. For bones to fossilize they have to be quickly covered by sediments. In other words, the evidence we find all over the world, points to the fact that our planet went through a flood in the not so distant past, which covered the entire earth.

2.When they lived.

When a dinosaur bone is found, it is usually
dead. Being dead tells us a great deal of when the animal lived. The Bible records that death entered into the world as a result of one man's sin, Adam. If we find dead dinosaur bones, this tells us that these animals died after Adam.

Decline of the Dinosaur

Today there are many theories that try to explain the disappearance of the dinosaurs. These theories include comets hitting the earth, massive drought and the ice age. One flaw in these theories is the fact that all of the larger animals, not just the dinosaurs, would have been affected by these conditions. Many questions raised by these theories are answered by creation science. First, at the time of the flood all the known dinosaurs that were not on the ark would have perished. Second, with the destruction of the water canopy, those that did survive would have had to adjust to the new harsh environment. Third, those that did adjust would have been hunted by man. In conclusion, we are not certain that all of the species of dinosaurs are extinct. There are many reports of people sighting animals throughout history that match the description of dinosaurs.

What I find as a sad testimony is that these animals are used to promote a godless philosophy that has no evidence, when they were created to exhibit the awesome power of God.

It is important that we have a firm foundation about our past. When the winds of adversity come into our lives we will stand because our foundation was built on a rock. What is your foundation? The Rock of Ages, Jesus Christ or the Sand, The philosophies of Man? On which one will you stand?