Update x2: 12 Dead After Fort Hood Shooting

Update x2:  Drudge Report is now confirming that twelve have died and 31 are wounded as a result of the shooting at Fort Hood.

Update: it’s now been reported that nine have died as a result of the shooting reported below.

A man dressed as a soldier entered an Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, around 1:30 pm local time today and opened fire, killing seven and wounding twelve. One person was arrested.

[Link:news.bnonews.com]

Man Arrested for Murder of 13-Week Unborn Child

In the last days, the love of many will wax cold (Matthew 24:12). We are undoubtedly living in the last days, my friends. A 37-year-old Los Angeles man has been arrested and placed under $2 million bail, accused of the murder of a 13-week unborn child. Joshua Woodward was arrested by police in the pre-dawn hours yesterday morning after an investigation found “suspicious circumstances of a miscarriage.” Details surrounding the mother are incomplete, other than she is still living. The murdered child is believed to be Woodward’s son, according to the article.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/oct/09102606.html

The Wise Have Become Fools

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote on one of the virtues of living a holy life by exercising belief by faith and not by man. In the post, I explained how new scientific discoveries occur on an on-going basis and, often, the new discoveries overwrite the previous scientific discovery used as an explanation for certain events. While I do find science fascinating and, as I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I find astronomy particularly interesting. But as one who believes in the infallible word of God, I know that the Christian Bible is absolute truth. The events described in the Bible are true; any attempt to cast a shadow of doubt on their origins is purely deception.

How many scientific “truths” have you heard or learned over your lifetime? The Big Bang created the universe, right? How about the evolution of all species from a primordial soup? What about the demise of the dinosaurs? Weren’t they killed by an impact of extraterrestrial origins off the Yucatan Peninsula?

You could soon be unlearning that one.

A new study conducted by Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University and a team of researchers may have determined that an impact to the Yucatan Peninsula wasn’t what killed the dinosaurs after all. A mysterious basin found off the coast of India could be the impact site for a projectile that really killed the dinosaurs. The basin, which may be the largest known crater on Earth, is suspected of being created by the impact of an object about 25 miles in diameter. By comparison, the impact site off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula is thought to have been created by something a little smaller, perhaps between 5 and 6.2 miles wide.

The Bible tells us that the wisdom of this world is foolish before God.

1 Corinthians 1:18-19 says, “For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.  For it is written, ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.’”  1 Corinthians 3:18-19 reads, “Let no man deceive himself.  If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.  For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God.”  1 Corinthians 3:20 reads, “…’The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are useless.’”

As Christians, we know the Bible is true because God cannot lie (Titus 1:2). There is nothing new under the sun, and there aren’t revised editions of God’s word being published periodically that rewrite the foundations of the Christian faith. For science, “truth” is only as good as the evidence on which it is based. Once a better, and more widely-accepted theory comes along, it replaces the old “truth” with new “truth,” until the new “truth” becomes obsolete by another new “truth.”

I have the only book of truth I need that’s the same yesterday, today and forever: God’s word.

Yellow Fever Confirmed in Cameroon

A 61-year-old man in Cameroon has a laboratory-confirmed case of Yellow Fever, according to this World Health Organization report. The man sought medical treatment in July for fever, jaundice and back pain and was diagnosed with the illness. A massive vaccination campaign is underway in Buea and Mbongue, with a target population of 165,138.

[Link:www.who.int/entity/csr/don/2009_10_01/en/index.html]

Tennessee Man Charged with Double Murder

A Tennessee man, 26-year-old Tarence Nelson, is facing a double-murder charge for killing his girlfriend, 35-year-old Tonya Johnson, who was eight months’ pregnant. The double-murder took place after the couple argued about aborting the unborn child. Authorities say the 35-year-old victim was found in her home by neighbors with multiple gunshot wounds to the abdomen, chest and back of her head. Nelson will be charged with first-degree murder of both his girlfriend and the unborn child, according to detectives. The love of many continues to wax cold in these last days, as prophesied by Jesus in Matthew 24:12.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/sep/09092905.html

Jordanian Muslim Arrested in Dallas Terror Plot

A 19-year-old Muslim man has been arrested in Dallas after allegedly placing an inactive bomb at a 60-story skyscraper in Dallas called Fountain Place. FBI agents that posed as members of an al Qaeda sleeper cell said in an affidavit that the accused terrorist bomber, Hosam Maher Husein, “repeatedly voiced an intent to attack those whom he described to be Islamic enemies, including Christians and Jews“ and that he ”indicated a desire to attack buildings housing credit card companies in a ‘strike to the economy.’“

http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/dallas-jordanian-muslim-arrested-in-attempt-to-bomb-skyscraper/

Man Steals Virgin Mary Painting to Pay for Abortion

A Nebraska man has been convicted of first-degree assault after a September 2006 incident in which he raped a then 14-year-old girl. He then stole a painting of the virgin Mary and fled to Mexico in March 2007 with the pregnant teen, where he sold the painting for $3,000. After learning an abortion wasn’t possible, he wanted to give up the child for adoption. The 300-year-old painting is worth $100,000. The man faces up to 70 years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced in October.

[Link:www.google.com]