UNSEEN Battle

Matt Miles • April 20, 2022

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. - Ephesians 6:11

     Spiritual warfare wages all around us for our souls. We see clear evidence of the battle in obvious ways: violent crimes, pornography, tyrannical dictatorships, terrorism, and abortion, to name a few. Yet if we pay attention and look closer, just under the obvious is the subtle: evolutionary belief, devaluing of marriage, identity confusion, and wokeism. As subtle as many attacks may be, they are most dangerous because they are slowly “snuck” into our daily lives on fronts that we are not expecting and may not be fortified against, or on fronts where we have been lulled into complacency with reasonable sounding arguments that are not Biblical.

     One such example might be the subtle attack on our children’s education. Over the last 20+ years there has been a subtle erosion of parents’ rights - God ordained rights. A parental awakening might be on the horizon as the subtle becomes less so before our very eyes. For example, in the state of Massachusetts private schools must have public school board approval to exist. I don’t know the history of that requirement, yet I assume it was established with good intentions, as most liberty-stripping requirements are. Late last year, a church in that state, Vida Real Church, had desired to open a new Christian school. Their desire, as with most Christian schools, was to help parents educate their children in a Biblical manner and worldview. The Somerville Public School Committee, who was over them, denied their application on the grounds it “does not meet the criteria” for approval. Evidently the school’s Biblical beliefs on sexuality and evolution were a couple of points that failed to meet their criteria. One committee member even allegedly stated on denying the application because of these beliefs was the “morally right thing to do.” So, a church made up of like-minded parents whose desire is to educate their children in a godly manner were denied that right by the state. The last I checked, there is still a standing and often proclaimed separation of church and state, especially when it comes to education. But once again that separation has been taken to mean the church can’t influence the state and not the other way around. We must wake up and take a closer look at what and who is educating our children.

     The spiritual battle that has been waging unseen for many years should concern us. We must open our eyes and ears to all that is going on around us in this “Christian nation”. The proverbial frog that is being boiled is us, God-fearing Bible believers. We must seek the Lord for open eyes to every battle that has eternal consequences, so we may SEE THE UNSEEN. Thankfully, to God be the glory, many states are beginning to wake up over these various subtle attacks and are countering them. It is up to us Truth Believers, through the power and wisdom of Jesus Christ, to continue to expose the sneak attacks of the Enemy as we protect our families and His Church. Blessings.

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Ichthyosaur pic

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.
Furnace

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. 
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