Lack of Interest in the Authority of Scripture

G. Thomas Sharp • March 1, 2016

I don’t know if you have noticed or not, but there doesn’t appear to be many people, even professing Christians, that are painstakingly interested in the authority of Scripture. This is extremely dangerous. It is not by accident that the Holy Scriptures have endured several millennia! Obviously, the words of the Bible are inspired and providentially protected! They are, and only they are, the Words of the great Creator God. So, I am convinced that this is the reason why I am so disturbed about the rise of Islam in all corners of the world.

I began a serious study into the origin and history of Islam, its human founder, “Muhammad” and its three primary books: the Qur’an, the multiple volumes of hadith and the Sunnah. Sometime in mid-June I plan to present classes on the following topics: 1. Christianity and Islam, 2. Jesus and Muhammad, 3. The Bible and the Qur’an. If your church would desire to entertain a seminar on these topics, please call the CTF office (405-872-9856) and schedule a time with Bob.

I am doing this for several reasons (some of which I will mention here), namely, that Islam now sports a cadre of followers numbering well over 1.2 billion and is now the fastest growing religion in the world. World domination is their stated objective and is the primary goal of their recent striving in Western Europe and the U.S. (jihad means “striving”). Moreover, Islamic proponents have no qualms in using of the sword in their evangelical persuasion. And further, a weakened Biblical appraisal and faith among quasi believers is an optimal environment for penetration by their convincing evangelists.

A simple comparison of Jesus and Muhammad will quickly reveal the stark differences between the two founders: (1). Jesus is the Son of God, the resurrected Savior and great Creator of the universe, while in Islam Jesus is a mere man, not the incarnate God, who died for our sins, whose blood is redemptively potent for all that believe on Him. (2). Jesus demonstrated true redemptive love by telling and then showing us that no greater love is available in the world than the giving of one’s life for his friends—and He did just that, and He rose from the grave on the third day after His crucifixion. Allah is a deity among the pre-Islamic ancient pantheon of 360 other deities whose images resided in the Kaaba in the city of Mecca before Muhammad was born. (3). Jesus is coming again to catch His waiting bride away to a city He has prepared for them, while the Islamic Jesus is supposed to show up at the end of the age, but his purpose for coming is to destroy all resisters of Islam, especially the Jews, then he will get married and have four or so children and die… really?

I find there is great ignorance in the professing church about this great oppressive, demonic influence that is rising up out of the sea and coming onto the earth. Therefore, I highly recommend to your church the possibility of having a series of studies about these things.

I remain yours in the mighty Name of Jesus, our God and Savior…

G. Thomas Sharp

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October 2, 2025

Flooded Marine Reptile

By Matt Miles • October 2, 2025

The Flood during Noah’s day was a devastating judgement against the sin and wickedness of the time. Most people focus on what the Lord did as He saved the eight people and animals on the Ark. Yet while they were being saved, the Flood destroyed the earth and left behind some remarkable things. Geology around the globe shows water burial of plants and animals. Many of the animal remains show signs of drowning and then burial. One particular reptile that shows this is the Ichthyosaurus. From what we can understand, water was her home for everything in life, even giving birth to live young. This well designed creature may even help us trust the Word of God when it comes to the history of the Flood. In our Mobile Museum of Earth History we exhibit a research replica of an ichthyosaur called Stenopterygius quadriscissus . She is from Holzmaden, Germany and is one example of hundreds that have been found in the area. The reason we can so confidently state this fossil is a “her,” when we rarely know for sure about fossil animals, is because she is pregnant. She has three babies present with her remains: one under her tail, one in or near the birth canal, and one still inside. Our fossil is in situ, which means the fossil remains in the rock matrix it was buried in. So, the presence of momma and babies are how they were buried and not articulated in some manner after excavation. This is important to show the rapid, watery burial that must have taken place to lock this scene in the fossil record. The Flood trapped organisms all over the world in different life positions. Sometimes the fossils left behind have shown eating, hunting, sleeping, swimming, nesting, or drowning. When it comes to ichthyosaurs around the planet, there is a significant number of females that seem to be pregnant. They have been found in the fossil record on at least four continents. A fair assumption would be that Ichthyosaurs had a certain time of year they mated and gave birth to young, much like sea turtles today that nest from late spring to late fall depending on the region around the world. So it should come as no surprise that we find pregnant ichthyosaurs all around the world as the Flood lasted an entire year. It would have buried the females that were pregnant near their location of habitat. Evolutionists maintain that ichthyosaurs lived tens to hundreds of million years ago and each of the mothers found in the fossil record just died while giving birth. This is difficult to support in a millions magnitude time scale. That would mean every time a disaster happened, millions of years apart, the right conditions existed to quickly bury ichthyosaurs that just so happened to be pregnant. It just might take some “faith” to trust that “miracle” would happen over and over again through eons of time. Or you can have faith that the Word of God’s history is correct with a judgement of man’s sin bringing global devastation through the Flood during Noah’s 600th year of life. The Word of God is trustworthy, with even the fossil record showing us glimpses of historical evidence in support of our faith. I’m so thankful we don’t need blind faith to trust our salvation! Blessings.

Our God Whom We Serve Is Able

By Ryan Cox • October 2, 2025

14 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the gold image which I have set up? 15 …if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?” 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” Daniel 3:14-18 In the 6th century BC, three young men stood up for their faith in the one true God, for which someone attempted to kill them. Today, in the 21st century AD, one young man was gunned down for his faith in the one true God. And sadly, Charlie Kirk is not the only one. According to The Esther Project, martyrdom for the cause of Christ is commonplace around the world ( theestherproject.com/statistics ). On average: 322 Christians are killed monthly. 214 churches or Christian properties are destroyed monthly. 772 forms of violence (beatings, kidnappings, etc.) against Christians are committed monthly. 100,000 to 160,000 Christians are killed annually in the 21st century. 1.093 million Christians were martyred between 2000 and 2010. And more than 70 million Christians are believed to have been martyred since the 1st century, with more than half killed in the 20th century alone under communist and fascist governments. And how should Christians respond? Peter wrote, “ if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name ” (I Peter 4:16). Jesus took this a step further; He told us, “ …love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you ” (Matthew 5:44). Now, as Shawn Grant, minister at Kissimmee Christian Church, FL, preached on the Sunday following the assassination, th at may not be what you want to hear right now, but that is what Jesus has told us we must do. Why? So the world will see the difference Jesus makes! The night of and the days after the assassination, businesses did not have to board up their stores. Police and soldiers did not have to be deployed. There were no riots, no property damages, no police spat upon – only tears, prayers, and a witness to the world that Jesus is the answer. So noticeable is this to the world, there were more international press requests for the Charlie Kirk memorial service than are requested for Super Bowls. Within seven days of his death, Kirk’s ministry Turning Point USA had received over 54,000 campus chapter requests. And most importantly, scores of videos of young people considering or even deciding to give their lives to Jesus have been posted to social media platforms.