Victor Nischik Denies A Free Grace Gospel

Galatians 1:6-8, “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.”

Victor Peter Nischik (1934-2015) was a long time deacon at the First Baptist Church of Hammond for nearly 27 years. Dr. Hyles became their new pastor in 1959. Pastor Hyles performed the wedding for Jennie and Victor in 1961. Mrs. Nischik sadly filed for divorce in 1986. At the time Mr. Nischik was employed at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Mr. Nischik left the church frustrated in 1988, but Jennie continued working as Dr. Hyles' lifelong secretary. That has always bothered me a lot! As far as I am concerned, Mrs. Nischik belonged AT HOME with her family, not working as Dr. Hyles' secretary!

On June 19, 1993, Dr. Donald A. Waite (1933-2014) interviewed Victor Nischik (1934-2015). I won't link to the interview on YouTube, simply because it contains graphic talk. Mr. Nischik is a wicked man who blatantly lies about Pastor Jack Hyles, accusing him of subscribing to Sexology magazine and exchanging Playboy magazine with acquaintances. Anybody who knew Brother Hyles could laugh at such ungodly ridiculous accusations. Dr. Hyles didn't even watch Hollywood movies! Pastor Hyles' dear ole mother sat in front of him in church, until 1984 when she went home to be with Jesus in Heaven. Don't you tell me that Brother Hyles lived a sordid double lifestyle in the face of his mother who raised him in godly faith.

I am fully convinced that Victor Nischik is an evil liar! Nischik is subtle, so full of crap. It is obvious he is a blatant liar. You can feel his hatred in his 1993 interview with Dr. Waite. According to Mr. Nischik Brother Hyles beat his wife into total submission. If that were true someone world have seen it, because they centered their lives around attending church. I don't believe a word of any of it.

Nischik claims that Dr. Hyles offered to have female church members have sex with him if he wanted. I don't think so! The only one saying that crap was Vic Nischik! All he does is twist Pastor Hyles' sermons out of context, connecting dots that don't exist to deliberately create doubt in the mind of listeners. Woe unto Mr. Nischik at the Great White Throne of Judgment!

Dr. Donald A Waite (1933-2014) is a wicked slanderer! These are evil men. Vic Nischik falsely accuses Dr. Hyles of trading Playboy magazines with people, and of watching smut videos in his office, and sharing  details of what he did in bed with his wife. That is not Pastor Hyles! No real man would do any of the contemptible things that Victor Nischik claims. Nischik claimed that after 1970 his wife Jennie wasn't allowed to have sex with him anymore, per Pastor Hyles. Do you really believe that Vic Nischik didn't have sex with his wife for 16 years before she divorced him in 1986? If you do, I feel sorry for you friend.

All that being said, here is an excerpt I made from the 1993 interview in which Mr. Nischik accuses Brother Hyles of preaching a counterfeit Gospel that leaves off repentance. Nischik alleges that thousands of people will go to Hell because of Pastor Hyles' false plan of salvation. Well, that speaks volumes against Victor Nischik and helps clear up the matter. By saying that Dr. Hyles preached a false Gospel that leaves off repentance, it plainly reveals that VICTOR NISCHIK WAS NOT SAVED. He died in 2015 and I sadly think he went straight to Hell.

In the disturbing excerpt that I made, you can hear Mr. Nischik (who was my age in his late fifties at the time of the 1993 interview), unjustly criticize the First Baptist Church of Hammond for using The Roman's Road, for leading lost sinners to pray a sinner's prayer to be saved. According to Nischik more is required. He believes that you must repent of your sins to turn away from them, and live a changed life to evidence that you are really saved. THAT IS THE HERESY OF LORDSHIP SALVATION!!! I am fully convinced that Vic Nischik is in Hell forever!

Why should we believe anything that a man says who is wrong on God's simple plan of salvation? Mr. Nischik couldn't be more wrong! The only righteousness that I posses is God's imputed righteousness through faith alone in Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:9). Clearly, Mr. Nischik was involved heavily at the First Baptist Church of Hammond in Indiana for 27 years, and he superficially lived the Christian life, but he had never been born again!

Pastor Steven Anderson's Blatant False Theology On Christ's Second Coming

 2nd Timothy 2:15-16, “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.”

Mark 13:32-33, “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.”

I listened to a heretical sermon today from Pastor Steven Anderson. He preached the sermon on Sunday morning, July 5th, 2026, titled: “The Rapture Is The Second Coming.” For someone unlearned who doesn't know any better the sermon might sound sensible. However, what I am about to show you proves that Steven Anderson is very wrong on the Rapture and Christ's Second Coming.

In this chart from chapter 2 of Pastor Anderson's YouTube movie titled: 'THE BOOK OF REVELATION,' you can see in comment numbers 35 and 36 that he errantly teaches the Rapture will happen 75 DAYS after the Abomination of Desolation. Listen for yourself in Part 10 of his Revelation series, at 31:00 minutes into the video, where he states:

“When does the Rapture take place? 1,335 days into Daniel's 70th week.” —Pastor Steven Anderson, 'Revelation - Part 10' (Time: 31:00 minutes into video)

Pastor Anderson admits that many believers have accused him of setting a date, which he ridiculously denies. You can hear him say this at 31:19 minutes into Part 10 of his Revelation series. Dear reader, like it or not, Pastor Anderson has already SET A DATE! Anderson says that the Rapture of the saints and Jesus' Second Coming are the SAME event, which events he errantly says will occur 1,335 days into Daniel's 70th week. This fact alone exposes him as a FALSE TEACHER!

Pastor Anderson alleges that he is not setting a date since no one knows when Daniel's 70th week (aka, the Tribulation period) starts. I hope you clearly see that he is in fact, DATE SETTING! Jesus emphatically declared that NO MAN, not even the angels in Heaven, know the time of His return (Mark 13:32-37).

At 34:06 in Part 10 of his Revelation series, Pastor Anderson says Jesus only meant that no one would know the time when He said it. Huh? Pastor Anderson says the people alive during the Tribulation will know the time of Jesus' return. That is blatant false teaching!!! Yet, if you listen to the sermon that he preached on July 5th, “The Rapture Is The Second Coming,” you'll hear him accusing saints (like me) who believe in a Pretribulation Rapture of ignoring Scripture, lying and making stuff up. Kindly said, Pastor Anderson is woefully guilty of everything that he accuses Pretribbers of doing.

Pastor Anderson is adamant that the Rapture will occur 1,335 days into Daniel's 70th week. The very title of his July 5th sermon, “The Rapture Is The Second Coming,” reveals his ignorance of Scripture. Anderson is literally teaching that Christ's SECOND COMING will happen 1,335 days into Daniel's 70th week. So, if this be true, then people WILL KNOW, and the angels WILL KNOW, the time of Jesus' return.

Mark 13:34-37, “For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.”

But there is no need to watch if we already know that Jesus is coming back 1,335 days into Daniel's 70th week. Pastor Anderson is making a fool of himself to say that he is not setting a date, when he just plainly stated that the Rapture will happen 1,335 days into Daniel's 70th week, and 75 days after the Abomination of Desolation...

“So, I'm not setting any kind of date, I never have and I never will—until I see the Abomination of Desolation and then I'm going to start setting to set a date. And hopefully I'm still alive at that time.” —Pastor Steven Anderson, 'Revelation - Part 10' (Time: 35:25 minutes into video)
That is DATE SETTING!

Kindly said, Steven Anderson is a college drop out! He quit Hyles-Anderson College in 2006 and never graduated. I enrolled in 1985 and eight years later by God's grace I graduated with honors in 1993. Here is my diploma singed by Pastor Jack Hyles. Kindly said, Anderson never finished his training to be a pastor, which is clearly evident in his many theological blunders.

Here are some more articles I've written in defense of a biblical Pretribulation Rapture:

1. Pastor Steven Anderson Ignores Passages Of Scripture
2. Why The Rapture Is Not Christ's Second Coming
3. How I Know That A Pretribulation Rapture Is Right
4. How Much More Scriptural Evidence Do You Need To Conclude A Pretribulation Rapture?
5. A Closer Look At The Pre-Wrath Rapture

God knows that I didn't write this article to be unkind, nor in a malicious spirit toward Brother Anderson, God forbid. I wrote this article because right doctrine matters!

Homosexuals Are Made In God's Image

Genesis 1:26-27, “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”

The inspired Holy Bible is our Creator's Owner's Manuel for humanity. The old adage is true: When all else fails, read the instructions.

The Bible teaches in Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” As I've mentioned in numerous recent blog articles, I am a big amateur fan of astronomy. It is my humble opinion that God made the universe and all the remarkable endless wonders therein to impress us as his creatures, who are all made in His image. James 3:9, “Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.”

Kindly said, that is why I take a strong biblical stand against Pastor Steven Anderson and his New Independent Fundamental Baptist (New IFB) cult of followers who preach hatred for LGBTQIA+ people, who were all made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27). It didn't come as a surprise recently that Pastor Anderson's four oldest children have come out publicly against him and his wife with accusations of parental abuse. I say that kindly, but truthfully. Hatred just begets more hatred. One thing that I have learned during my lifetime is that people will not tolerate hatred. Dear reader, life is too short to live with a burden of hatred.

God created the universe and all therein to “wow” us, because He yearns for praise from His creatures. Just as God loves to be praised, so do we as human beings love to be praised. Proverbs 27:21, “As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.” That is part of what it means to be made in the image of God.

And just as we get our feelings hurt and are grieved, so also is God hurt and grieved. Ephesians 4:30, “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.” When Jesus healed ten lepers of the horrible disease of leprosy (incurable at the time), only one man bothered to return to thank the dear Savior. That really hurt Jesus' feelings. Luke 17:17, “And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?” I can hear some religious Pharisee at church saying, “Oh Jesus, you're so negative!” I love this inspired Scripture passage, because it teaches that it is perfectly okay and not wrong to express our hurt feelings are grief.

It is a natural part of life that people will sometimes hurt our feelings, and as human beings made in God's image we have a natural need to express those hurt feelings, as part of the healing process. Don't ever let anyone scold you, or try to make you feel bad or guilty, for expressing hurt feelings. If Jesus shared His hurt feelings, and He clearly did, then so can we. It is perfectly acceptable to assertively, in a passive voice, tell someone that your feelings have been hurt. Jesus' feelings were hurt that only one man who had been healed thanked him.

Homosexuals were all created in the image of God, their Maker. Kindly said, I do not believe that homosexuals were “born that way.” Just like all sins, homosexuality is a choice. Some people may have a disposition to steal, lie, lust or experience homosexual tendencies, but sin is always still a choice. That being said, we have all been made in the image of our Creator. No one is beyond the hope of the gospel, including homosexuals.

Just because as a Christian I do not go along with the homosexual agenda doesn't mean that I hate LGBTQIA+ people. Quite the contrary, I love them all unconditionally with God's endless love. Or better said, I am allowing God to love homosexual people through me. I do not love others; but rather, God who is love, loves them THROUGH ME. We are all selfish by birth and by nature. The Christian life is lived on purpose. That is, we must choose to walk in the Holy Spirit by faith (Galatians 5:22-25), or else by default we will walk in the flesh, in sin (Romans 7:14-25).

In Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus said to love EVERYONE as our self. “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Jesus didn't exempt any classes of society. He didn't disqualify unrepentant sinners. No, Jesus commanded us to love all of our neighbours, regardless of who they may be. That doesn't mean we must approve of their sinful lifestyles or choices. It doesn't even mean that we have to like them. But we do have to love everyone unconditionally with God's love, which means to treat everyone the exact what we would like to be treated. This is THE GOLDEN RULE according to Matthew 7:12.

Jesus Christ died for all mankind (John 3:16; 1st John 2:2). Not only are homosexuals made in God's image, but God's only begotten Son Jesus died for them on Calvary's cross 2,000 years ago (Romans 5:6-9). We have a solemn obligation as God's children to be ambassadors to the heathen world (2nd Corinthians 5:20-21). It is not our right or place to decide who is reachable or unreachable with the saving power of the truth of the gospel. God gives the increase (1st Corinthians 3:7-9). Our job is to “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” (Mark 16:15b). Every creature includes everybody!

We Are Saved By Christ's Obedience, Not By Works

Romans 5:19, “For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”

The inspired King James Bible teaches that when Adam sinned, he opened the floodgate of sin and death upon the world. Romans 5:12, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” This is why we live in a fallen world. This is why a drunk driver may swerve into your driver's lane and take your legs off in a crash. This is why things dry rot, wear out and break. This is why there is disease, pain and sickness, and then we grow old and die.

But thanks be to God the Father for sending His only begotten Son Jesus into the world to redeem humanity. Whereas mankind had utterly failed again and again to perfectly obey the law, Jesus did fulfill it perfectly. Therefore, Jesus Christ has become the end of the law to all who believe on His name. Romans 10:3-4, “For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.” That it, if you will put all of your trust (reliance, faith) in Jesus as your personal Savior, God will count your faith for righteousness.

Romans 4:4-5, “Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” I am surprised how many unlearned preachers foolishly teach that people were saved by works under the Mosaic law. Peter S. Ruckman (1921-2016) was the biggest purveyor of this terrible heresy. Consequently, Ruckmanites today like Robert Breaker, Gene Kim and William P. Grady still promote this unbiblical rubbish that people were saved by works in the Old Testament. Dear reader, don't you believe it!

Romans 4:4 plainly teaches that if salvation has ever been been works, then God owed those sinners salvation, and it wasn't by grace. I hope you are not that gullible to believe them.

It was Christ's perfect obedience to God's Old testament law that qualified Him to be “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29b).

The Wonderful World Of Astronomy

Genesis 1:14-19, “And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:  And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.  And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.”

I absolutely love astronomy! For the past couple years I've been watching YouTube documentaries about the universe, which have sparked my curiosity into the subject. The more that I learn the more intrigued I become, fascinated by God's amazing universe. Psalms 145:3, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.” Our faithful omnipotent God is more than amazing!!!

Did you know that NASA says there are approximately one septillion stars? That's a 1 with 24 zeroes behind it! Yikes! And yet of those one septillion stars, mankind will only ever be able to physically visit one of them, our own Sun (which is 93 million miles away). The next nearest star Alpha Centauri is 4.24 light years away (25 trillion miles). Even if one of our fastest space probes travelling at 40,000 mph were to attempt the journey from Earth to Alpha Centauri, it would take 625 million years! So you see, man will never visit any star except our own Sun.

Astronomy is one of my hobbies, which I am getting more heavily into lately. I can't get enough of it. Every night as I sleep, I listen to the Calm Space or Sleepy Science YouTube channels. The man's voice from Calm Space (in the Netherlands) is very calming and I love learning facts about God's wondrous universe. The man's voice is also relaxing on the Sleepy Science (in the United Kingdom) channel. I encourage you to listen to these channels at night. I keep the volume just high enough so that I can understand what is being said, but not so loud that it wakes me up. Setting the volume at the proper level is important. The videos are each 2 hours long, intended to help you sleep. I love this stuff!

Helpful Tools For The Hobbyist Astronomer

I recently learned about some really awesome apps for mobile phones:

• Sky View (SkyView® is an app that lets you identify and learn about celestial objects in the sky, day or night. You can use your camera, schedule alerts, time travel, and share your discoveries with friends and family. I paid a one time fee of $4.99 to enable the full version, which lets you see all the full color constellations and thousands more stars)
• Star Tracker (Pretty much the same function as Sky View, but different controls. Get outdoors with your friends and enjoy star gazing! Let StarTracker guide you to explore the universe. I paid two fees: $0.99 and $2.99 to enable the full version)
• NASA (Launch into the joy and wonder of space exploration with the NASA app! Stream live mission coverage on NASA+, see the latest images from the moon and beyond, and so much more.)
• International Space Station (The Spot the Station mobile app is designed to notify users when the International Space Station (ISS) is visible overhead from their location.)
• Stellarium Mobile (Stellarium - Star Map is a planetarium app that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars.)

It was the 4th of July yesterday. I couldn't sleep, so I was outside this morning in my backyard using Sky View and Star Tracker. I love these tools! The GPS technology inside your phone allows the apps to locate and display where stars, planets, meteorites, the International Space Station and other astronomical things are found. It's amazing technology!

The Amazing Planet Venus

You can even use the apps inside your home. If you want to know where Saturn is, the app will show you. I've been watching the bright planet Venus all week in the evening sky from West Pensacola where I live. For the month of July, the planet Venus is called the “Evening Star” in the western sunset, and the Morning Star at sunrise in the east. Since Venus orbits closer to the Sun than Earth does, it is usually found close to the sun in the sky.

Venus is a remarkable planet, with an average surface temperature of 867° Fahrenheit, and an atmospheric pressure of 1,350 psi. Earth's pressure is 14.7 psi at sea level. Venus rotates at a speed of about 4 mph, which is slow compared to other planets in the solar system. Whereas the Earth turns on its axis once every 24 hours, Venus has a rotational period of 243 days, making one day on Venus longer than a year on Venus (which is 225 days). That is so weird!

The Soviet Union sent a total of eighteen probes to Venus as part of the Venera program between 1961 and 1984. The probe to survive the longest lasted for 127 minutes before the atmosphere of sulfuric acid, extreme pressure and lead-melting heat destroyed it. The Venera 13 probe holds the record for the longest survival on the surface of Venus, lasting 127 minutes before succumbing to the extreme conditions. Wow! List of missions to Venus.

It is my humble opinion that God made all these remarkable planets, stars, nebulas, black holes, galaxies, supernovas, dark matter and endless wonders of the universe to impress us as his creatures, who were all made in His image.

You can see the planet of Venus each night in July by looking to the western sky at sunset. It is the brightest object in the evening sky, which you cannot miss. If not blocked by trees or buildings, you can also see the planet Jupiter to the lower right of Venus.

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

The story of Galileo's telescopic observations illustrates how a tool for seeing and collecting evidence can dramatically change our understanding of the cosmos. Early telescopes were primarily used for making Earth-bound observations, such as surveying and military tactics. 

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was part of a small group of astronomers who turned telescopes towards the heavens. After hearing about the "Danish perspective glass" in 1609, Galileo constructed his own telescope. He subsequently demonstrated the telescope in Venice. His demonstration of the telescope earned him a lifetime lectureship. After his initial success, Galileo focused on refining the instrument.

The initial telescope he created (and the Dutch ones it was based on) magnified objects three diameters. That is, it made things look three times larger than they did with the naked eye. Through refining the design of the telescope he developed an instrument that could magnify eight times, and eventually thirty times.

Galileo's most powerful telescope had a magnification of 30 times, but today's consumer telescopes go as high as over 800 times! For example, the $8,000 Celestron 14" EdgeHD OTA has a focal length of 3910mm and a maximum useful magnification of 840x. It is designed to provide high-quality images with its advanced optical system. The $5,000 Sky-Watcher 16" Flextube GOTO Dobsonian has a magnification strength of 812x. The $700 Sky-Watcher Classic Dobsonian 8" Telescope yields a magnification of roughly 300x. Even the cheaper telescopes for a couple hundred dollars today are far more powerful than anything Galileo and the early astronomers used. Galileo would be amazed! We are so blessed.

The telescope at the Mauna Kea Observatories on the Big Island in Hawaii has a magnification of 3,000x. The most powerful telescope in the world is the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), with a 39-meter primary mirror, which has a magnification of up to 12,000x.

God Knows The Exact Number Of Stars

For under $100 you can purchase a decent pair of 15 x 70 Astronomy Binoculars to observe the stars. If you already have a tripod for a video camera, these binoculars will fit on the same tripod (they're all standardized). You need a tripod because the glass get heavy over time. It has never been easier to study, be fascinated by and follow the sky. God is more than amazing!

Astronomers are unsure if the cosmos keeps going infinitely, or if the universe has an end to it. Based on the following Scripture passage, I think the universe has an end to it. Psalms 147:4, “He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.” If God telleth the number of stars, it sounds like there's an exact number, which would indicate that the universe does end. God not only knows how many stars there are, but He calls them all by their individual names. Wow! NASA guesses there are at least one septillion stars! I cannot even wrap my brain around that gargantuan number because it is so big. Let me write it out, so you can see how many stars there are in the known universe...

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars!

Just to count to one trillion (if you could count one number per second non-stop) it would take 31,700 years. Then there's quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion and septillion. These numbers are so large that the human mind cannot process them. And yet, our omnipotent God who spoke them into existence by the mere power of His Word has a personalized name for each star.

Before 1924, astronomers all thought the Milky Way Galaxy was the universe. It wasn't until 1924 that astronomer Edwin Hubble (1889-1953), discovered that there were other galaxies far beyond our own Milky Way Galaxy. Dr. Hubble discovered that the Andromeda Galaxy is located 2,480,000 light years from the Earth.

Then in 1929, Dr. Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding, which discovery led to the theory commonly known as The Big Bang. Scientists worked backwards and calculated that the universe must be 13.77 billion years old. But since the universe has continued to rapidly expand during that time, astronomers are able to peer 46.5 billion light years into the cosmos.

When I was a kid, I used to walk up the stairs on a moving escalator, which made me feel like I was moving super fast (and I was). Although my feet were stepping up the stairs at a normal pace, I was moving much faster since the escalator was also carrying me up to the next level. That's similar to what has been happening to the cosmos for the past 13.8 billion years. 

Although no object can travel faster than the speed of light (671 million mph), space itself can. That is an amazing reality and concept. So, during the past 13.8 billion years (a measurement of time), the cosmos has expanded 46.5 billion light years (a measurement of distance). This is why astronomers will never be able to see beyond 46.5 billion light years into the cosmos, because the light being produced now is too far away to catch up. Literally, the cosmos is expanding faster than the speed of light, so that light will never reach earth's telescopes.

It is my humble belief that the universe ends just beyond the point where man cannot see further. What would be the point? And remember, God “telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names” (Psalms 147:4). If you'd like to just try it out, you can freely download limited versions of Sky View and Star Tracker. My favorite though is Star Tracker. It only cost $3.97 total for enable the full version. First I paid $0.99, and then there was a $2.99 charge. I'm not sure what the $0.99 was for, I cannot remember. There are no monthly charges, which was the first thing I checked to make sure. I hate monthly payments.

If you have any interest in astronomy, even if to just follow the moon and some of the brightest stars, I think you'll enjoy the Star Tracker app. I turned on the grid lines in the app, which centers around the bright Northern Star, Polaris. I like the background planetarium music. It's an amazing tool. I just wanted to share something that I enjoy with everyone. I love this stuff! God is so good. Proverbs 18:1, “Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.”

The Hated Independent Fundamentalist Baptist

Hebrews 11:36-40, “And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.”

I love that truthful phrase in Hebrews 11:38b, “Of whom the world was not worthy.” This world is not worthy of the saints of God whom they persecute, prosecute and belittle. There is an alarming increase on social media of videos containing wicked slander, criticisms and hatred of Independent Fundamental Baptists (IFB). I for one am proud to be a lifelong Independent Fundamental Baptist. I thank God for my strong roots. When I was about 12 years old, I was born again in an IFB church on Chicago's northside. I was baptized in an IFB church. I was trained to serve God in an IFB church. God is good.

The ungodly hypocrites who make these slanderous videos act like they are above sin, but they are just as wicked in the sight of God as the fallen Christians whom they tear down. There but for the grace of God, go we! In the United States, our news media are infamous manure spreaders! Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) is correct that the only thing you can believe in the local newspaper is the date.

Pastor Jack Hyles is absolutely correct, “No one can withstand the attack of a critic.” In my humble opinion, most of the people who hate on IFB churches have deeper ill-seeded feelings at work, than any sincere criticism of an IFB church. There is a Satanic agenda at work to discredit, undermine and destroy today's IFB churches. The reason why is obvious, because they come closest to being New Testament churches that get the job done for God.

The ongoing hatred of IFB churches isn't a new phenomena. The heathen world has always hated the New Testament church. Revelation 12:10b calls Satan, “the accuser of the brethren.” Those haters today who slander and tear down the IFB are in league with the Devil. You're never more like the Devil than when you accuse others.

Now, I'm not defending anybody who commits a crime, God forbid. But what I see happening is thousands of malicious wicked haters are connecting dots that don't exist to discredit the IFB movement. They dig up all the dirt they can. They overturn every rock. They have their magnifying glass in hand, scrutinizing today's IFB churches and colleges for every fault, sin, crime and mistake they can find to slander, put down and attack Christians.

The inspired King James Bible says in Hebrews 11:38b concerning the saints, “Of whom the world was not worthy.” We are a royal priesthood. 1st Peter 2:9, “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.” Oh, what a great privilege it is to be a child of God, a born again believer.

God Created The Moon, Not A Cataclysmic Event

Genesis 1:15-16, “And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.”

Psalms 8:3-4, “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?”

Psalms 104:19, “He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.”

The level of unbelief, ingratitude and wickedness in American society today toward our Creator is staggering. The inspired Holy Bible is very clear that God made the moon, not two asteroids crashing into each other billions of years ago.

According to NASA (the smartest people on earth) the moon just accidentally happened...

The Moon formed from debris created by a massive collision between the early Earth and a Mars-sized body called Theia about 4.5 billion years ago. This impact ejected material into orbit around Earth, which eventually coalesced to form the Moon. SOURCE

What ingrates! Why is it so difficult to believe that God made the moon? But wait, there's much more to the story. The Scripture tells us that when wicked people embrace the sin of homosexuality, they don't want to retain God in their thinking...

Romans 1:26-28, “For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient.”

Sadly, NASA has embraced the deplorable homosexual movement. So, it doesn't surprise me that NASA doesn't want to retain God in their thinking. There is nothing any more wicked than to attribute the creation of the universe to natural causes without God. NASA are just one of countless heathen organizations today who throw God under the bus.

I love astronomy and have been watching many intriguing documentaries on YouTube. I've seen several dozen videos, maybe even a hundred so far. Sadly, not once, has any of those videos glorified God as our Creator. I'm not kidding, not even one! What an insult to our omnipotent Creator who spoke the universe into existence by the mere Word of His mouth (2nd Peter 3:5). God is good!

Psalms 19:1-3, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.”

God made the moon, and the sun, and the Milky Way Galaxy, and the stars and beyond.

Jeremiah 31:35, “Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name.”