Ark Encounter Adds $3 Million Virtual Reality Simulator of the Great Flood
The Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky is transporting visitors to the time of Noah’s Ark with a new virtual simulation attraction.
The $3 million virtual reality experience, “The Truth Traveler,” takes visitors on a tour called “A Flood of Reality,” Faithwire reports.
Guests wear VR headsets with headphones and sit in special effects motion seats that vibrate, move and interact with them.
Visitors are able to see Noah and his crew build the ark, watch as animals board the ship and see the flood begin. Then visitors “ride” the Ark as it floats in the floodwaters and finally land and rest on the mountains of Ararat.
“I’m excited about this fantastic high-tech VR addition. As people have come to expect at the Ark Encounter, the bar of excellence is set extremely high, as it is again with this experience,” said Ken Ham, CEO and founder of Answers in Genesis, the organization behind the Ark Encounter.
“This 4K VR experience is like no other. While its quality of production and immersive feel are what you would expect from Walt Disney World or Universal Studios, the message is different. ‘A Flood of Reality’ presents Noah’s Ark and the Flood as factual history and reinforces the truth of the Bible.”
More than a million people have visited the Ark Encounter since it opened in 2016. The ark replica has three decks of exhibits and is built to the dimensions…
Ryan story about the SONG
This is the song I wrote and made the exact same day of my relapse. How ironic. After I made this song, later that night I fell. And looking back it was like a cry for a word from God. Something subconsciously knew everything wasn’t okay.
Something inside knew I needed a word from God. And the mindset during the song was me seeking wisdom from the Lord, seeking counsel, seeking guidance seeking His presence, because in that moment I knew I desperately needed it, I just didn’t know how desperately I needed it. And it’s safe to say I got a proverb and a word. And since the making of this song my whole life trajectory has changed. For the better. The setback was a setup for the glory of God. The verses are all made up of proverbs, whoever can count how many proverbs are in this song maybe you get a prize or something I don’t know.
Take a moment to LISTEN to the song
But this song is inspired by the book of proverbs. I have come to love proverbs because of big decisions that have arisen in my life the past few months and the book of proverbs has guided me. For anyone that has big decisions in their life, that needs guidance from God, that needs a word from God, that is seeking his presence, go to the book of proverbs, go to your prayer closet, go to God, and go check out this song.
The spirit behind the song is asking God for a word, I pray as you listen to this song, the spirit behind the lyrics, and the prayer of my heart in this song be imparted to you and that you too will receive a proverb and a word from God. Amen.
Ryan’s Story
Ryan was born in FL and is the eldest of three. His parents divorced at age two and the effects of a fatherless home would manifest itself throughout his life. Growing up revolved around sports, he played in the LLWS twice and won multiple state championships in FL. He then moved to CA with his family where his mom began working for their Indian Tribe. There he continued to excel in sports, but in the face of racism, harassment, and trouble fitting in, he began to digress and sports were no longer his everything.
Eventually taking the path of violence and drugs, he was ultimately expelled and banned from every public high school in the state. After years of lethal addictions, jail time, and brushes with death Ryan had an encounter that would forever change his life. One fateful weekend God opened Ryan’s eyes to see the demonic spirits responsible for the oppression and psychological slavery he had been experiencing since a child. This resulted in Ryan being shipped off to an insane asylum.
From that day forward Ryan knew that if these entities were real, Jesus was real. Upon returning home he entered rehab in St. Helena and there discovered a church in the parking lot. It was there where he first encountered God and Seventh Day Adventism. On December 21, 2012 while in rehab he was baptized into the faith. His life mission is to free those in the same captivity he was through preaching, rapping, and teaching the love of God, complete forgiveness, and complete righteousness.
First time ever doing anything like this, let me know if i missed the mark on anything or you need anything else. I have attached the song as well.
China Forcibly Removes 900 Church Crosses in a Single Province, Threatens Christians
China’s government forcibly removed crosses from more than 900 churches in a single province the first half of this year, warning church members that opposition would lead to dire consequences, according to a new report.
Bitter Winter, which monitors religious liberty violations within China, says 906 crosses were pulled down by cranes and other machines in the province of Anhui from January through July. Anhui has the second-largest Christian population in China, Bitter Winter said.
All 906 cross removals involved churches within the legal but heavily restricted Three-Self Patriotic Movement.
One church member said government officials warned Christians: “Protesting cross demolitions means protesting against the government.”
“I feel sad thinking that all crosses in our church have been demolished,” the church member told Bitter Winter. “Even though it is a symbol of our faith, who dares to disobey the central government order?”
Further, government officials said “all crosses taller than government buildings must be demolished because they overshadow state institutions,” the church member told Bitter Winter.
Chinese President Xi Jinping “does not allow churches to have Western crosses,” the church member said.
Churches who oppose the government’s action can lose their social benefits, such as “pensions and poverty-alleviation subsidies,” a church…
Biden Is a ‘Trojan Horse for the Radical Left,’ Pence Warns Americans
Vice President Mike Pence touted the administration’s achievements Wednesday and painted a gloomy picture of an America led by Joe Biden, saying the Democratic nominee would lead the country toward socialism and be a “Trojan horse for the radical left.”
Speaking in front of an audience at Fort McHenry on the third night of the Republican National Convention, Pence addressed several hot-button issues, including abortion, school choice and immigration.
He also quoted former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who said Biden could be the “most progressive president” since Franklin Delano Roosevelt and that ideas once “perceived to be radical and extreme” are now “mainstream” within the Democratic Party.
“In this election it’s not so much whether America will be more conservative or more liberal, more Republican or more Democrat. The choice in this election is whether America remains America,” Pence said. “It’s whether we will leave to our children and our grandchildren a country grounded in our highest ideals of freedom, free markets and the unalienable right to life and liberty, or whether we will leave them a country that’s fundamentally transformed into something else.”
Trump “appointed more than 200 conservative judges” to federal courts and “supported the right to life,” Pence said. Trump and Biden, he said, have dramatically…
Christian Dies, Cousin in Critical Condition after Assault in Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 27, 2020 (Morning Star News) – One young Christian man in eastern Uganda has died after family members beat him for leaving Islam while his cousin, also beaten, clings to life, sources said.
The Muslim fathers and other relatives of the two men in Budaka Town beat them with sticks and other blunt objects in late July before leaving them semi-conscious in a heap of banana plantation leaves, said the critically injured survivor, 23-year-old Ahmad Waisana. His 20-year-old cousin, Jalilu Kamutono, succumbed to his injuries on Aug. 5.
“I have been spending sleepless nights thinking of my [cousin and] best friend, Jalilu,” Waisana told Morning Star News by phone from his sick-bed at an undisclosed place of refuge. “The whole of my body is aching. I am not sure whether I will get well or die and go to be with Christ.”
Waisana said he suffered injuries to his head and a kidney.
He and Kamutono, whose fathers are brothers, last year began listening to radio broadcasts of a former Muslim sheikh (teacher) who made comparisons between the Bible and Koran in defense of Christianity, Waisana said. In October, after hearing preaching at an open-air evangelistic event in Budaka Town, the two men made a public confession of faith in Christ.
Word of their conversion immediately reached their parents, who angrily chased them away from the house where both families were living…
Trump Has ‘Done More for the Unborn Than Any Other President,’ Abby Johnson Tells RNC
Pro-life activist and former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson gave Americans a gruesome behind-the-scenes peak at the abortion industry during Tuesday’s Republican National Convention and urged viewers to support President Trump, who she called the “most pro-life president we have ever had.”
Johnson, whose story was recounted in the 2019 film Unplanned, currently serves as CEO of And Then There Were None, a nonprofit organization that helps clinic workers leave the abortion industry.
Johnson formerly was director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas. She said she became interested in Planned Parenthood while attending a volunteer fair at college.
“They talked about helping women in crisis and their commitment to keep abortion safe, legal and rare. I was convinced to volunteer and later offered a full-time job as a medical assistant before my promotion to director of the clinic. I truly believed I was helping women.”
But things “drastically changed” for her in 2009.
First, she said she was told to meet an “abortion quota” and to “sell double the abortions performed the previous year.”
“When I pushed back, underscoring Planned Parenthood’s public-facing goal of decreasing abortions, I was reprimanded and told ‘abortion is how we make our money,’” Johnson said.
Later in 2009, an abortion clinic doctor asked Johnson to…
Mark Allums, left, and Hunter Clark watch waves crash ashore as outer bands from Hurricane Laura begin to hit the coast Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in High Island. (AP Images)
Hurricane Laura made landfall early this morning near Lake Charles, Louisiana, as a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 mph. The Wall Street Journal calls the hurricane “a storm of historic proportions, with wind speed at landfall surpassing Hurricane Katrina in 2005.”
At least twenty million people are in the storm’s path; over half a million were ordered to evacuate. The National Hurricane Center has been warning of potentially catastrophic and life-threatening storm surges, extreme winds, and flash flooding along the Gulf Coast.
As a native of Houston, I remember clearly the danger of hurricanes. The one advantage we had over those living in areas prone to tornadoes and flash floods was that meteorologists could tell us when and where the storms were coming.
If I knew where Hurricane Laura was headed and when it would strike but kept that knowledge to myself, what would you think of my decision?
Today, let’s consider the necessity of using words.
One of the falsehoods of moral relativism is that there are no falsehoods. Since all truth is subjective, “sin” is equally subjective. As a consequence, there can be no judgment for sin, since there is no basis for such judgment.
If you were Satan, committed to leading as many people into sin as possible, wouldn’t you try to persuade as many people as possible that this lie is true?
By contrast, Jesus warned, “Everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin” (John 8:34).
Many church leaders plan the weekend with an eye toward those on the inside: the music we sing, the language we use, and the next steps we provide are often designed for those who are already part of the family. The problem is, we inadvertently overlook those who desperately want to fit in. We fail to give even small cues to help an outsider become an insider.
Our weekends often bring comfort to the comfortable, but they can heap discomfort on those who already feel out of place. As believers on the inside, we have a choice: we can continue to set up our sanctum of solitude, or we can throw open the doors, set aside our preferences, and welcome outsiders into our circle.
Planning the weekend through the lens of hospitality
In an earlier post, I said that hospitality is the new apologetic. In our increasingly-divided society,the kindness of hospitality sets us apart, begs a question, and demands an answer.
When we plan the weekend with an eye toward the outsider, we follow the model of Jesus as a “friend of sinners.” We want them to see the grace of God, feel the love of a family, and be welcomed in rather than elbowed out.
That means we follow the old adage and keep the main thing the main thing. Our main thing must always be the gospel. We dare not substitute any other thing in its place. The good news of Jesus will always draw others in. It will challenge us to put others first. And it will remind us that we were once on the outside, but God’s grace turns strangers and…
Pastor Jailed Since May after Standing Up to Land-Grabbers in Pakistan, Relatives Say
LAHORE, Pakistan, August 25, 2020 (Morning Star News) – A church pastor in Karachi has languished in jail since May on a baseless charge of extortion leveled against him in retaliation for taking a stand against alleged land-grabbers who demolished homes of poor Christians there, family members said.
Falsely accusing pastor Sohail Latif Sandhu of extortion, the alleged land-grabbers told his wife they would get him freed if she had sex with them, and then tried to rape her when she refused, said Pastor Sandhu’s wife, Kanwal Sohail.
“My husband has been falsely accused of demanding a 500,000-rupee (US$2,955) extortion from a Muslim man named Jibran, but the fact is that the complainant is a part of the land mafia that has been eyeing the homes of poor Christians for a long time,” she said.
Founder and chairman of River of Life Ministries, Pastor Sandhu is a father of five who leads a church in Surjani Town, a neighborhood in the northern Karachi borough of Gadap Town.
“Our troubles started in March when the land mafia demolished the homes of our four congregation members with the intention of taking possession of the plots,” Kanwal Sohail said. “My husband led the families to the police, but we didn’t know that they were working hand-in-glove with the land-grabbers.”
On March 10 she was in the hospital, where she had given birth three days prior, when…
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