QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Is man the cause of global warming?

 

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In this issue . . . Q&A: Is man the cause of global warming? Get Equipped: Ecology DVD Combo News to Know Quick Look After Eden Answers . . . with Ken Ham radio program Answers Conversation podcast Video: The Origin of Old-Earth Geology, Part 7 Blog Highlights Pray for AiG Q: Is man the cause of global warming? A: Based on measurements and inferences, carbon dioxide has increased more after about 1960 than before, possibly due to the increase of fossil fuel consumption. But carbon dioxide is actually a minor gas in the greenhouse effect. The major greenhouse gas is water vapor, which accounts for 95 percent of greenhouse warming. And the greenhouse effect is actually good: without these greenhouse gases the earth would be about 60°F cooler, and we would likely all freeze to death. Besides these two factors, there are other natural causes of climate change. Short-period temperature decreases come from particles suspended in earth's stratosphere by volcanic eruptions, reflecting sunlight back into space. And short-period temperature increases come from El Niño. There is also the effect of sunspot activity: the more sunspots, the higher earth's temperature. Variations in carbon dioxide levels are not responsible for these changes. In the face of claims that man is causing disastrous global warming, an objective look at the facts and additional evidence show otherwise. Natural processes on the sun account for over 50 percent of the global warming. Since the climate simulations greatly exaggerate the temperature rise from an increase in carbon dioxide, these models cannot be trusted. Thus, man is likely responsible for only about 0.5°F warming—miniscule and likely impossible to mitigate. Read the whole article from the New Answers Book 3 by Michael Oard, retired meteorologist, for more facts about global warming. Get Equipped Ecology DVD Combo Resisting the Green Dragon offers twelve 30-minute sessions featuring highly respected Christian speakers, along with a special bonus documentary, and a printable discussion guide. Global Warming is an exceptional tool for all who want the truth about global warming—and the science and politics surrounding it. Compelling graphics, on-location interviews, and information you're unlikely to hear from the secular media! News to Know Quick Look First Life on Earth: Microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) in ancient Australian Archean rock match marks made by modern microbes. What Makes Us Human? Researchers report their superior number-crunching capability has revealed which genetic switches turned ancestral animal embryos onto the human path. After Eden Answers . . . with Ken Ham radio program The Church—An Endangered Species? Thanksgiving—A Reminder of God's Goodness, Part 2 Thanksgiving—A Reminder of God's Goodness, Part 1 Is the Bible Inerrant? Christianity—Is It Based on "Blind Faith"? Photo of the Week To download this image for use as wallpaper on your device, right-click on the link below for the desired resolution and select "Save Link/Target As..." Mobile Full (4:3) Wide (16:9) Answers Conversation podcast This week Steve Ham talks with Tim Chaffey, content manager for the Ark Encounter, to answer the question, "How Should We Understand the Literary Genre of the Creation Account?"	This Week . . . Christians and Santa Claus: a Biblical View (Nov 29) What Is Thanksgiving? (Nov 28) An Initial Estimate of Avian Ark Kinds (Nov 27) AiG's Striking New Christmas Billboard Now in Times Square! (Nov 27) Is Man the Cause of Global Warming? (Nov 26) First Life on Earth (Nov 25) Blue Stars—Unexpected Brilliance (Nov 24) What Makes Us Human? (Nov 23) Video On Demand The Origin of Old-Earth Geology, Part 7 Watch Video Blog Highlights Ken Ham: Atheists Using Bible App to Spread Disbelief Ken Ham: AiG Reaches Out to Bible Scholars Ken Ham: Back to Times Square with Another Powerful Billboard! Ark Encounter: Genuine Ark, Part 2: Float Your Boat Ken Ham: Atheist Churches—Even Secularists See the Problems! Pray for AiG Pray for our new Christmas billboard in Times Square. Thank God for the gift of His Son so we can have forgiveness of sins and life everlasting. Resources The Great Ice Age DVD Merry Christmas Greeting Cards 2014 Creation Calendar Connect with Us Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum See all networks Free app for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
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Jimmy DeYoung's Daily Devotional

November 29, 2013   Thank you for reading my Prophetic Daily Devotionals!   Please visit my website to learn more Bible prophecies being fulfilled in these last days.  Zechariah 13:9   And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.   For further study - Zechariah 13:1-9   The book of Zechariah is a prophetic book that has a prophetic message to the Jews in the days of the Prophet, Jews that had just returned from the Babylonian Captivity.   Zechariah's prophetic book is full of prophetic passages for the First Coming of Jesus Christ as well as His Second Coming. One must be very careful how he interprets this outstanding book.   Zechariah was involved in a ministry of encouraging the Jews to rebuild their Temple, the Temple destroyed by the Babylonians. The Prophet also speaks of a Temple that Jesus will build at His Second Coming, Zechariah 6:12.   In our devotional passage for today, we find prophecy that pertains to the First Coming of Jesus and at the same time the Second Coming as well. Next to the prophetic book of Isaiah, Zechariah is the most prophetic book containing prophecy for the Lord's First Coming.   Verses 6 & 7 reveal a prophecy that looks to the Second Coming but describes what would happen to the Messiah at His First Coming. When Zechariah refers to "wounds in thy hands", it's a reference to the prophecy of Psalms 22:16, a Messianic Psalm and a prophecy fulfilled in the "crucifixion" of Jesus Christ 2,000 years ago.   Verse 7 reveals that Jesus, the "Shepherd", would be the one that they would "smite" and the "sheep would scatter", Matthew 26:31. There are a number of prophecies, over three hundred, in the Old Testament, about the First Coming of Christ.   Of course, Jesus fulfilled each and every one of those prophecies to prove He was truly the Son of God, the Messiah. In this chapter of Zechariah there is a very significant prophecy pertaining to the Second Coming of Christ.   Verse 8 speaks of the "slaughter" of many Jews during the coming time of judgment, the "time of Jacob's trouble". The number of Jews to be killed will number in the millions, in fact, the number will be around 8 million Jews killed during the coming days of judgment.   I arrive at this number by the number of Jews alive today, which is between 12-13 million around the world. Zechariah predicts that two out of every three of those Jews alive today will be killed. That's where I get the number 8 million, plus.   The worst "Holocaust" is yet to come. In Hitler's day only one-third of all Jews were killed that were alive during World War Two, some 18 million. This coming time of judgment will be the worst time in the history of the Jewish people.   The lesson that comes out of this terrible time in the future for the Jewish people is that one-third of the Jews that survive the coming Tribulation will be saved, verse 9. Those surviving Jews will call upon the Lord and say to Him that He is their God.   The Jewish people today need to hear and heed this warning. What a blessing if we could lead as many Jews as possible to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour before the coming "Holocaust".     PRAYER THOT: Thank You, Lord, for this prophecy that warns the Jews and alerts me to the coming judgment for Your chosen people. Help me to witness to Jews of the true Messiah, Jesus Christ.     Visit our website at http:/www.prophecytoday.com

The Son of Thankfulness

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November 28, 2013 The Son of Thankfulness "And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing." (Genesis 29:35)   This verse is the testimony of Jacob's first wife, Leah, at the time of the birth of her fourth son. It also is significant in that it contains the first mention of the Hebrew yadah, often rendered "praise," but more often "thank" or "thanks." In fact, she even named her son "Judah," which is essentially the same Hebrew word.   Although Reuben, Simeon, and Levi were all older sons of Leah, God chose Judah to be the father of the tribe through which Christ would come into the world. Whenever Leah spoke to her son, she would actually be calling him "Thanks" and thus in effect remembering her gratitude for this gift of a special son.   We also continue to give thanks every day for that special Son of the tribe of Judah, the Lord Jesus Christ. And as Judah later was willing to offer his own life for his brother Benjamin (see Genesis 43:9) out of love for both his brethren and his father, so this distant grandson of Judah was willing to lay down His own life to save those whom He was glad to call His brethren (Hebrews 2:11-12).   In the last reference to Judah in the Bible, this son of Judah is called "the Lion of the tribe of Judah" who will one day be acknowledged as King over all the earth (Revelation 5:5). The last mention of "thanks" in the Bible is when the elders of the church in heaven cry out: "We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and has reigned" (Revelation 11:17).   We surely have much for which we thank God, but most of all we are thankful for the Son of God, our Creator, Savior, and coming King. HMM     | Print this article | Subscribe

ONE CAME BACK

LUKE 17:11-19

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. A DEMONSTRATION OF GOD’S MERCY

 

1. The Need [v. 11-12]

 

2. The Prayer [v. 13]

 

3. The Cleansing [v. 14]

 

II. A DEMONSTRATION OF APPRECIATION

 

1. He Specifically Glorified God [v. 15]

 

2. He Correctly Worshipped Christ [v. 16a]

 

3. He Gratefully Thanked God [v. 16b]

 

III. A DEMONSTRATION OF IMPORTANCE

 

1. Asked Two Important Questions [v. 17]

 

2. An Important Distinction [v. 18]

 

3. An Important Addition [v. 19]

Jimmy DeYoung's Daily Devotional

November 26, 2013   Thank you for reading my Prophetic Daily Devotionals!   Please visit my website to learn more Bible prophecies being fulfilled in these last days.  Zechariah 8:23   Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.   For further study - Zechariah 8:13-23   Zechariah, along with Haggai and Malachi, were the three prophets who had a ministry of foretelling the future, actually pre-writing history, about 2,500 years ago after the Babylonian Captivity .   You might remember that all of prophecy has either a short-term fulfillment and/or a long-term fulfillment. By that I mean that prophecy given by the ancient Jewish prophets would be fulfilled in the near future as compared to a last days prophecy that will be fulfilled near the time of the Second Coming of Christ.   This is the case with Zechariah, his prophetic ministry was effective in his day as he exhorted the Jews who had returned from the Babylonian Captivity to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.   However, as in the case of our devotional reading for today, Zechariah was writing about a time yet future. This would be a time during his Kingdom period of 1,000 years, which indeed is yet future.   The Lord reveals to Zechariah that the Jews will be scattered among the heathen, the nations of this world, for a period of time. This has been the case since the Jews were scattered to the four corners of the earth, verse 13, because of their disobedience to the Lord.   This scattering of the Jews happened in 70AD. Verses 15-19 reveal to us that the Lord will gather these Jews back into Jerusalem, and Israel, for the purpose of becoming their Messiah. The Lord will be their God, and the Jews, His people.   In these verses, verses 15-19, the Lord reveals to the Jews how they will then live. By the way, we Christians might well benefit from the message to the Jews for daily living as we appropriate these instructions for our daily living as well, verses 16-17. This is prophecy made very practical.   Verses 20-23 tell us of the time when Jesus rules and reigns from His Temple in Jerusalem, Zechariah 6:12-13, and what will happen among the nations of the world at that time. People will actually search out Jews and go with them, because they will have heard that God is with them, verse 23.   Of course the Jews will lead these from among the nations, up to Jerusalem, where Jesus will be ruling and reigning from the Temple. Jerusalem has always been and always will be the center of the earth, Ezekiel 5:5.   God has a plan for the Jews in the future, He is not finished with His chosen people. The Church, Christians, have not replaced the "people of His plan", the Jewish people.   Everything that is happening among the Jewish people today is setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.   PRAYER THOT: Thank You, Lord, for Your Word that reveals Your plan for the future and the people of the future.       Visit our website at http:/www.prophecytoday.com

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