The Tragic Fate Of Billionaire Ted Turner

John 3:3, “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Multi-billionaire Robert Edward “Ted” Turner III (1938-2026) recently died at age 88. Tragically, there is no evidence that he ever trusted Jesus as his personal Savior. Quite the contrary, throughout his life he called Christians “losers” and expressed his disdain for God and religion. 

Sadly, Ted's sister died of lupus at age 15, and his biological father who was also an atheist took his own life with a gun. Life is a veil of tears. I cannot help but wonder where Ted Turner is right now. What is he experiencing in the afterlife? Biblically, Mr. Turner is burning in Hell if he died in his sins without having receiving Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for his sins, which sadly appears to be the case. That is so sad.

To be quite honest, I too feel contempt for organized religion. I detest the authoritarian abuse that I have experienced firsthand in many Independent Baptist churches today (fundamentalist and neo-evangelical alike). There is a wicked arrogance and haughty bad attitude among many pastors today that is spiritually crippling the churches, driving godly people away. The one main thing woefully lacking in most churches today is genuine love, concern and compassion for people. Pastor Jack Hyles said it well:

“If you have one person in this world, one, in or out of your family, who really cares for you; and will care for you when you mistreat them, and will care for you when you cannot give them a thing; if you have one person who cares for you with Bible care, you're above average.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Who Cares Anyway?”

“If you really care about one person, you're above average.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Who Cares Anyway?”

“Our trouble is we only love those who appeal to our senses.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Who Cares Anyway?”

That being said, my heart goes out to people when I hear them expressing utter disgust and contempt for organized religion. I mean, look at Benny Hinn, Pat Robertson, Kenneth Copeland and Jim Bakker—all religious con men who prey upon the masses for money. Do you really think they care about anyone except themselves? I think not (2nd Peter 2:1-3).

Religion Versus Christianity

And then look at the churches themselves—all of the scandals, misguided zeal, sexual abuse and crooked pastors that we've endured for the past half century in the United States. I'm really surprised that anybody still goes to church. So, I cannot say that I blame the world for condemning the churches, when all they are doing is speaking the truth. I speak as a redeemed born again child of God. I feel nothing but contempt for organized religion today!

Frank Sinatra, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, George Clooney, Paul Giamatti, Sarah Silverman, Jack Nicholson, Brad Pitt, Jodie Foster, James Cameron, Harrison Ford, Ridley Scott and countless other celebrities have all spoken freely about their contempt for religion. Honestly, I cannot disagree with them about religion itself. I fully understand that most of them are atheists, so I do consider the source; but to be honest, the things they say about religion are true. Fortunately, I can clearly see that God is good, true, holy, honest and just; religion does not represent our faithful Creator. I sincerely believe that anyone can see this truth if they want to. John 3:20, “For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.”

My own father, who is in Heaven today, once said to me: “Religion is the worst thing that ever happened to this world.” My father was absolutely right, and he was a non-denominational Skid Row preacher. You see dear reader, religion wants to fit us with glasses but the Lord wants to open our eyes with the truth. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life according to John 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” I learned a very long time ago that the inspired Holy Bible and religion are two different things that are worlds apart. John 8:32, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

2nd Corinthians 4:3-4, “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” The Bible says that Satan (the god of this world) blinds the minds of unbelievers, to prevent them from seeing the light of the truth of the Gospel, lest they be saved. So, if the Devil can get you to start hating everything about organized religion, so that you reject the light of the truth along with religion, he has you caught in his trap.

A common thing that I hear from disgruntled people concerning religion is that they are “spiritual” instead of religious. Well, we are all “spiritual” in a sense, since we are a spirit living within a physical body. If by “spiritual” you mean the Holy Spirit of God who always works in conjunction with the inspired Word of God, then you are okay. Sadly, 99% of people mean a familiar spirit of Satan; such as, new age ideologies, humanism, pantheism, yin yang or some other demonic rubbish. When speaking of eternal matters, any spirit that is not the Holy Spirit is a familiar spirit (a devil).

I've said all that to say this. It breaks my heart to see a guy like Ted Turner leave this life without faith in Jesus Christ. I cannot help but wonder if he ever saw the difference between truth versus religion. Did he make the connection? Did he see that the Gospel (Jesus' death on the cross, burial and physical resurrection) has absolutely nothing to do with manmade religion?

You Don't Have To Be Religious To Go To Heaven

Many people are born again today, who do not attend any church. I am one of them, at present. I haven't found another church to attend, since ruthlessly being kicked out of the Family Baptist Church in Pensacola in June of 2025 over my biblical stand against immodesty. The pastor's wife wears her ungodly pants in public, so in their haughty pride THEY (not me) made a big issue (a big stink) over my Bible preaching on social media, censuring my ministry. The pastor's wife feels contempt for me because my Bible preaching makes her feel convicted over her immodesty. But it is God's Holy Spirit, and not me, that offends her.

Today's pastors are so carnally-minded, shamefully incompetent and hateful of people, that they couldn't care less about who they throw under the bus, throw out the door and hurt (and I wasn't the first person to be kicked out the door of their horrible church). Those wicked pastors (and the ungodly church members who support them) will answer to God why I no longer go to church. I write to their shame. 1st Samuel 24:12, “The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.”

If Ted Turner saw the same hatred, childish behavior and antics that I have seen in today's churches, I do not blame him one bit for his disparaging remarks and refusal to have anything to do with religion. Could it be possible that Ted Turner wasn't able to differentiate the difference between true Christianity and contemptible manmade religion? This is where Satan traps so many people, using contemptible religion to influence them to despise the things of God.

Yet, we read in Titus 2:11, “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men.” I don't claim to understand it, but somehow, someway, every human being gets an opportunity to be saved. God's grace is what saves a man! Not works, not being faithful, not church membership, not our best performance or good works; but grace. Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” When God's grace appeared to men like Ted Turner, George Harrison of The Beatles, and Frank Sinatra, they rejected that grace.

I cannot help but sincerely believe that wicked men use the flaws of manmade religion as a cloak, as a valid excuse in their own mind, to refuse to come to the light of the truth to be saved. John 5:40, “And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” Yet, the Bible does say that the Devil “blinds” the mind of unsaved people. So, although God's saving grace does appear to everyone; it is also true that Satan to some degree hinders lost people from being saved with his lies.

Ted Turner died with a staggering net worth of $4,800,000,000 and yet what saith the Scripture in 1st Timothy 6:7, “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.”

When Apple founder Steve Jobs died in 2011, he left behind an amassed fortune of $10,200,000,000. Sadly, Mr. Jobs was a lifelong devout Zen Buddhist, a false religion that does not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. Mark 8:36, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”

So Far, President Trump Hasn't Lowered The Cost For Anything

Proverbs 25:14, “Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.”

I have always admired President Trump as being a man's man kind of guy and a strong leader. I do think he's the best U.S. President in my lifetime. I love how he removed President Nicolas Maduro from power in Venezuela, and other spectacular feats. Yet, to see him continually braggadociously promoting himself, naming airports and buildings after himself, is eerily reminiscent of the tyrant emperors of Rome.

Contrary to his infamous 'Make America Great Again' rhetoric, so far all President Trump has done is 'Make Israel Great Again,' while wickedly sanctioning the genocide of 75,000 Palestinians (mostly defenseless women and children). Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu is a human piece of crap!

It was reported in the news today that median home prices are now at an all-time high in the United States of $440,000. ...

Home Prices Surge to All-Time High
by Giulia Carbonaro | July 10, 2026

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The U.S. median sales price for existing homes surged to an all-time high of $440,600 in June, boosting homeowners’ equity but making it even harder for first-time buyers to step onto the property ladder, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

Prices rose in every region, with the Northeast reporting the biggest year-over-year gain in the nation, up 2.7 percent to $564,800, according to real estate marketplace Realtor.com. The Midwest followed with a year-over-year price gain of 2.7 percent, bringing its median home cost to $346,600.

These are the two regions where the housing shortage has remained most acute since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping upward pressure on prices. READ MORE

Has president Trump made anything more affordable? No, President Trump's policies have generally made life less affordable for many Americans, with rising costs for groceries, healthcare, and utilities. So what is he bragging about? I learned a long time ago that President Trump will foolishly boast of his massive success in the face of utter massive failure.

So far, Mr. Trump has not honored his promise to the American people to lower the cost of living. Prices have actually gone up considerably since he took office in January of 2025. It is the crisis of unaffordable housing that is fueling an ongoing epidemic of homelessness across the country. The average rent cost in Manhattan, New York, just reached $5,000 a month! In 2023, there were 22.6 million renters, or 50% of tenants in the U.S., who could not afford to pay their housing costs. Something is very wrong in the United States.

The fraudulent Federal Reserve (Federal Reserve Act since 1913) contributes to homelessness primarily through its monetary policies, which lead to high home prices and rents, making housing unaffordable for many individuals. Additionally, its actions during economic crises, such as The Great Recession, have disproportionately affected low-income communities, exacerbating housing instability and homelessness. The Federal Reserve needs to go! They are thieves! The system is privately owned and they have no reserve.

When President Trump leaves office in 2029, don't expect anything to change, except that Israel and the New World Order will be much better off.

Abortion Pill Now Required On College Campuses

Exodus 20:13, “Thou shalt not kill.”

We are living in ungodly "perilous times" (2nd Timothy 3:1-7). State laws today in New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, California and other wicked places, shamefully require that colleges now freely provide the ABORTION PILL to any student who asks for it. The United States is long overdue for God's judgment. Tragically, 65% of all abortions are now being accomplished via the Mifepristone ABORTION PILL.

Colleges face new responsibilities as states require abortion medication access on campus

New York and Massachusetts recently implemented mandates for their public institutions. At least one private college is also offering the pills.

May 23, 2023 | by Lilah Burke 

Following student activism, Barnard College says it is providing access to abortion pills. 

Since the Supreme Court struck down Roe vs. Wade nearly one year ago, access to abortion on college campuses has taken on heightened importance. 

In the aftermath, some states are mandating that public colleges provide students with access to medication that ends pregnancy. In August, New York will join California and Massachusetts in requiring certain public colleges to provide abortion medication to students. 

“Young people are always on the front lines of attacks on bodily autonomy,” said Niharika Rao, a senior at Barnard College who has been campaigning for the law through advocacy groups. 

These laws highlight some of the new responsibilities colleges are undertaking to broaden abortion access following the landmark court ruling. And some research suggests that these kinds of policies may influence where students ultimately decide to enroll. 

Rao said the Supreme Court’s decision last year has affected New York, even though abortion remains legal in the state. Increased demand from residents of states where abortion is now inaccessible, as well as protesters at abortion clinics, have put up more hurdles for students. 

“All of those barriers, including longer wait times and increased pressure on our abortion funds, really meant that we were looking to increase the access points for abortion itself across the state,” said Rao, who is an organizer with the nonprofit Advocates for Youth. 

The New York law may not be the only thing encouraging colleges to step into the new role. Even though Barnard is a private college, it announced in October it would be providing abortion pills after organized activism from students, including Rao. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the University of California, Berkeley, among other public colleges, chose to provide the pills before required by law. 

“The campus administration heard from students that they want access to medication abortion,” a spokesperson for UMass Amherst said via email. “The goal has been to provide improved access to this medication and related health services provided by the university’s medical staff, and the result has been an increase in their use by students.” READ MORE

That is truly disturbing! Abortion is a horrible sin according to the inspired Holy Bible. If you have had an abortion, I don not condemn you. My goal is to help and love people, never hurt or discourage them.

Student Pilot's Instructor Suddenly Jumps Out Of Plane

Truth is stranger than fiction! A 22-year-old student pilot in Argentina was forced to land the plane herself, after the 42-year-old instructor bizarrely jumped out from 850 feet in the air to his death.

Student forced to land plane after instructor allegedly jumped out: Police

by Aicha El Hammar CastanoIvan Pereira | July 9, 2026

A 22-year-old pilot in Argentina was forced to land the plane she was training in after her instructor allegedly jumped midair to his death, investigators said.

The unidentified student was taking lessons at the Flying Parrot Cordoba school and had taken off from Toledo on Saturday with her instructor, Leandro Bertazzo, a school official told ABC News.

During the lesson, Bertazzo allegedly jumped out of the plane after telling the student that she knew what to do, the student had told police, according to the school.

I can only imagine what was going through the student's mind. READ MORE

We never know what's going on in somebody else's mind.

Public School Students No Longer Required To Take Tests

Oh boy, I would have loved this when I was a kid! NO TESTS!!!

Parents can refuse standardized exams for their children by sending a letter to the school principal stating their desire to opt out. This action is supported by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which recognizes parents' rights to refuse testing in states with opt-out laws. It doesn't come as a surprise to me that one of the most messed-up states, California, doesn't require its children to take tests.

Opting Out of State Standardized Tests

Citizens For Public Schools | March 24, 2025

What is “opting out”?
It means refusing to take a standardized test such as MCAS.

Why should I opt my student out?
To protect your child: For many students, the Big Test can be very stressful.

To improve education for all students: Opting out is an effective way to protest the overuse and misuse of standardized tests, which forces schools to focus on the demands of the tests instead of the needs of students. Test obsession eats up classroom time, narrows curriculum, destroys children’s love of learning, and fuels the school-to-prison pipeline. READ MORE

I admit that as a parent myself who raised four children (all in their thirties now), I am biased in favor of this test opt-out movement actually. The educational system is broken!

It has always bothered me a lot that a child will go to school all day, and then be sent home piled up with a bunch of homework that eats up his or her play time to be a kid. That is not good! I mean, if a teacher cannot transfer knowledge from their brain to the child's brain in 6 to 8 hours a day in the classroom, something is VERY WRONG!  I think our failing educational system in America focuses far too much on testing and pressure kids to perform, than it does actually teaching and inspiring the kids to love learning.

In my humble opinion as a parent, the vast majority of public school teachers are incompetent and never should have been hired in the first place.

Furthermore, if you are not familiar with Miss Charlotte Thompson Iserbyt's (1930-2022) insightful book, 'The Deliberate Dumbing Down Of America,' you need to read it. Prepare to be SHOCKED! It's no coincidence that kids cannot pass tests anymore. Children are brilliant and can learn astoundingly well in the presence of a teacher who knows how to inspire and teach.

The Tragic Denise Wagoner Story

Proverbs 20:1, “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”

Denise Wagoner's life changed dramatically after she caused a near-fatal car crash while driving under the influence. Despite sustaining severe injuries and facing multiple surgeries, Denise now shares her powerful message about the consequences of impaired driving. Through her story, she educates others on the dangers of alcoholism, drug abuse, and the importance of wearing safety belts. Learn from Denise's experience and make responsible choices to prevent similar tragedies.

DUI - Was it worth it?

Denise Wagoner • Denise Wagoner was involved in a near fatal car crash, the victim of an drunk driver. She had multiple skull fractures, compressed vertebrae, crushed ribs, and a swollen brain. Every facial bone was broken, her arm was broken, and she lost her sight. Doctors did not expect her to live another 24 hours. Denise survived, later to have extensive surgery fifteen times, seven on her face alone. She is now disfigured and blind, with permanent brain damage. This life changing experience was the result of her own actions. Denise was the drunk driver. Before the accident.

Denise’s car hit a culvert...

Her car flipped 3 times end to end...

And then rolled 2 times...

Denise was thrown 70 feet into a field on the last roll...

Denise’s face right after accident She lost 9 units of blood in the 20 minute medivac flight. 56 units her first night...

Denise’s face after the first couple of surgery’s. Her first operation took 17 hours...

After 5 surgeries - Bridge of nose has been rebuilt. Lips have been started, pink skin from inside mouth used to make lips look more natural. Teeth still wired shut...

Denise 7 surgeries later...

The whole family has been affected, it is not just you. If you do something like Denise did your family suffers. Think about your mother and father, brothers, sisters, just everyone in the family has had to deal with Denise.

Denise has spent the last few years sharing her story, and has spoken to high school classes, drivers education programs, and convicted DUI offenders about her experience. She shares a powerful message about impaired driving, drug abuse, alcoholism, wearing of safety belts. 

Denise after 15 surgeries...

Denise during filming of “Just Call Me Crash”...

The Myths of Drinking and Driving

MYTH 1: You can sober up with black coffee, a cold shower, fresh air or exercise.

REALITY: Only time can sober up a person. Many factors contribute to how much alcohol it takes for a person to become impaired. A person's weight and how much food they have in their stomachs at the time of alcohol consumption are two such factors. For example, depending on height and weight of a someone who has had five drinks in two hours will probably need at least three more hours without alcohol to sober up. Research shows the effects of alcohol take longer to wear off on women. • "Women generally get tipsy faster and stay high longer than men matching them drink for drink."

MYTH 2: Drinking beer or wine will not make you as drunk as hard liquor.

REALITY: a 12-oz. beer, a 5-oz. glass of wine, and a 1-oz. shot of hard liquor all contain the same amount of alcohol. Depending on your drink of choice, it may actually have MORE alcohol than a shot of hard liquor.

MYTH 3: You can tell if a friend is drunk by looking at him.

REALITY: Judgment is the first thing affected when someone has been drinking and important motor skills are next. Even one drink can impair someone's ability to drive. Someone's physical appearance can be misleading The Myths of Drinking and Driving

MYTH 4: I’m OK…I’ve only had 1-2 beers…I only live a few miles away…I can make it. 

REALITY: You may feel alright, but the alcohol has already impaired your reflexes, motor skills, and thought processes. If you drink and drive…it’s only a matter of time before you are stopped and taken into custody or kill someone. Is it really worth it?

MYTH 5: If arrested, I’ll hire the best DUI attorney in town to defend me.

REALITY: A cop with an establish DUI arrest/conviction record, training, and experience will always prevail in court. More Myths of Drinking and Driving.

YOUR OPTIONS • Continue to drink and drive • “I can handle it… I’ve done it for years!” • …or... • Opt not to drink if you intend to drive • Find a designated a driver before you drink • As a last resort… • Call a cab! (cheaper than court costs) • Call a friend, supervisor, anyone! (Free) • Call AADD for help! (Free). Best advice yet, abstain completely from drinking booze! You cannot take two drinks if you don't take the first. No one ever says when taking their first sip of booze: “I want to become a drunk someday, I want to destroy my life.”

Arrive Alive - Don’t Drink & Drive (I say don't drink alcohol at all)...

Alarming Booze Statistics:

• 13,458 Americans died in alcohol-related crashes 2022
• 12,429 Americans died in alcohol-related crashes in 2023
• 11,904 Americans died in alcohol-related crashes in 2024
• 12,492 Americans died in alcohol-related crashes in 2025
• Every day, 34 people in the U.S. die in a drunk driving crash (2023 data)
• Between 2014 and 2023, there was a 25% increase in drunk driving fatalities
• Hawaii leads the nation with 42% of fatal crashes involving legally drunk drivers, followed by Texas and South Carolina
• 804,926 Americans were arrested for suspected DUI in 2024, representing 11% of all arrests nationwide
• Drunk driving crashes drain $58 billion from the U.S. economy annually, and one DUI can cost one offender as much as $30,000 on legal fees and penalties

There A 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Stars, But We Can Only Visit One Of Them

Genesis 1:14-16, “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.”

I love astronomy. I have watched hundreds of astronomy videos on YouTube. My favorite YouTube channel is Calm Space (also, Calm Science). I absolutely love this man's calming voice, which I listen to every night while sleeping. Each video is two hours long, packed full of fascinating astronomical facts and terrifying realities. God is truly more than amazing!

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large infrared space observatory launched on December 25, 2021, designed to study the early universe, galaxy formation, star and planet birth, and exoplanet atmospheres from its orbit around the Sun–Earth L2 point one million away. It is an international partnership led by NASA with ESA and CSA, featuring a 21.4 foot segmented mirror and instruments like NIRCam, MIRI, NIRSpec, and FGS/NIRISS.

JWST does not orbit around the Earth like the Hubble Space Telescope (launched on April 24, 1990), it orbits the Sun one million miles away from the Earth at what is called the second Lagrange point or L2. Lord willing, I am excited when the new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches in September of 2026, which will take wide images of the universe. So wide in fact that you would need 3,000 digital television screens just to view one image.

So far, the JWST has blown scientists away with new discoveries. Whereas the previous Hubble Space Telescope had discovered hundreds of billions of galaxies, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered 2 TRILLION galaxies. I cannot wait to learn what the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope discovers! We are on the cutting edge of astronomical discoveries right now. Her are eight amazing new astronomy discoveries found in 2025. Psalms 145:3, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.”

I was thinking today about the mind blowing number of stars in the universe. Scientists truly do not know, but NASA tells us that they estimate there are at least one septillion stars in the known galaxy. That is a 1 with 24 zeroes behind it! I have to type out the number dear reader, so you can see it and marvel in astonishment at God's greatness with me...

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Stars

Do you realize that God made them all by the mere Word of His mouth. 2nd Peter 3:5, “For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water.” And did you know that God calls each star by their name? Psalms 147:4, “He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.” Man can only guess how many stars exist, but God knows the exact number; and He not only knows all of their names, He calls them by their names.

It would require 31,700 years just to count to one trillion. And that's if you could count one number per second for 24 hour a day, 365 days a year. Realistically, to say or think a random number like 445,568,463,373 would require several seconds. And you couldn't count for more than about 8 hours a day, 7 days a week. So, realistically, it would take someone about one million years to count to one trillion. And you'd have to multiple that times another trillion to count to one septillion. So, it would require about one quintillion years to count to one septillion. My head hurts!

As I mentioned earlier, I was thinking today about the mind blowing number of stars in the KNOWN universe. There could be MUCH more than one septillion stars. We simply don't know! And if that's not humbling enough dear frail human being, then consider that with all of man's amazing technological advancements and exponential increase in knowledge today, we still can only visit ONE OF THOSE STARS—our own Sun (which is located 93 million miles away from Earth).

The Terrifying Distance To Alpha Centauri

The next nearest star to Earth is Alpha Centauri (discovered in 1915 by Scottish astronomer Robert Innes) located 4.24 lightyears away. That's a shocking 25 TRILLION miles away! Driving at highway speed at 62 mph (100 kph) would take 45,000,000,000 years to reach Alpha Centauri. Needless to say, mankind will NEVER be visiting Alpha Centauri except with our telescopes. To travel to the nearest star within our Milky Way Galaxy, after passing our own Sun, you would need to travel at the speed of light (671 million mph) for 4.24 years! The fastest vehicle man has ever made is the exploratory Parker Space Probe which traveled around the Sun at 430,000 mph.

Humanity with our intriguing space telescopes cannot peer any further than 13.8 billion years into space, simply because light hasn't had enough time to reach us yet. Astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding in 1929, when he published his findings on the relationship between the distance of galaxies and their recessional velocities, now known as Hubble's Law. By working backwards using Hubble's discovery, in 1927 astronomer Georges Lemaître calculated that the expansion rate began 13.8 billion years ago, in an theoretical event which he dubbed “The Big Bang.”

But please remember dear reader, The Big Bang is only a manmade theory, not factual science. It could be true that we simply do not know when the universe began. But we do know how it began. Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Could The Big Bang refer to when God spoke the universe into existence from nothing? Sure it could. But we ought to be very careful not to assume what we don't know for certain, which is speculation, not concrete science. Granted, The Big Bang sounds reasonable, but to talk about it as if it were a scientific fact is very unethical and wrong.

Dark Energy, Dark Matter And Ordinary Matter

These are fascinating concepts of the workings of our universe. The more we learn, the more we realize how much we don't know.

We will never be able to see beyond 46 billion light-years into the universe due to the finite speed of light (671 million mph) and the expansion of the universe (which expands at a rate faster than the speed of light). This limit defines the observable universe, which is the portion we can detect from Earth with telescopes. Interestingly, although no object can travel faster than the speed of light, space itself can.

To help understand this concept, picture a balloon. Let's draw a few dozen dots on the balloon to represent the galaxies of the universe. Then let's fill the balloon with air so that it expands. The dots (galaxies) themselves are not moving, but the space between them is expanding. This is what's happening to the universe, which is expanding at a rate of just under 43 miles (70 kilometers) per second per megaparsec (a unit of distance equal to approximately 3.26 million light-years), according to recent measurements.

In gravitationally bound galaxies, like our own Milky Way Galaxy (which includes Andromeda 2.48 million light-years away), there is no expansion. It is the empty space between the known two trillion galaxies that are ever expanding. The universe has a way of being stranger than man's theories can predict. Truly, this is proof of Psalms 145:3, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.”

I had a difficult time trying to understand how the universe is expanding so fast that light hasn't had time to reach the Earth, so that we will never be able to see beyond 46 billion light-years (270 trillion miles) into the universe. But this brilliant man (whom I enjoy listening to while I sleep each night) explains the topic so well that I finally understand Cosmic Expansion. ...

The Universe Is Expanding So Fast That Aliens Will NEVER Reach Us

Here is a helpful quote from the video (a little after 1:53 time)...

There is a repulsive force in the universe, but it's not balancing gravity to keep things static. It's overwhelming gravity and causing expansion to accelerate. We call this force dark energy. Dark energy is the most mysterious component of the universe. We know it exists because we see its effects, but we don't know what it is. Current observations suggest that dark energy makes up about 68% of the total energy content of the universe. Dark matter, the invisible stuff that holds galaxies together through its gravitational pull, makes up about 27%. Ordinary matter, the stuff that makes up stars, planets, and us, makes up only about 5%. We live in a universe where 95% of the content is stuff we don't understand. 68% is dark energy pushing space apart. 27% is dark matter pulling things together through gravity, but invisible to all electromagnetic radiation. Only 5% is the normal matter we can see and touch and study directly. This is humbling. We've learned an enormous amount about the universe in the past century. We've mapped the cosmic microwave background, detected gravitational waves, photographed black holes, discovered thousands of exoplanets. But the more we learn, the more we realize how much we don't know. The universe is dominated by two forms of stuff, dark matter and dark energy, that we can't directly detect, can't explain, and don't understand. So, what is dark energy? The simplest explanation is that it's the energy of empty space itself. SOURCE (after 1:53 in video)

The Fallacy Of A Young Earth Creation

I will say that I strongly reject the utter nonsense of a Young Earth Creation (YEC), which is so popular with fundamentalist Christians today. The theory of YEC contradicts legitimate science, common sense and even the Holy Bible:

1. Geologist, archaeologist and paleontologist scientists have verified that dinosaurs lived 65 to 220 million years ago, not 4,500 years ago as some religiousites absurdly claim. 
2. Common sense tells us that dinosaurs didn't live with humans 4,500 years ago. Do you really think literally thousands of species of life just went away, poof, gone?
3. Psalms 102:25, “Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.” The psalmist specifically mentions the earth's foundation as being “old.” I believe that the human race is approximately 6,000 years old, which the history of human development and civilizations easily confirms. But I believe the earth is 4.5 billion years old, as scientists tell us. I reject all forms of evolution. Pastor Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) also taught an Old Earth in his intriguing series, 'DEMONOLOGY.

Final Thoughts

God is beyond human understanding. What saith the Scripture? Isaiah 55:8-9, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Wow! Carefully notice that the inspired Holy Bible says “heavens” (plural). This refers to more than just the clouds and atmosphere, but also includes the stars and universe. Of an estimated one septillion stars in the known universe that we can see, we are only able to travel to explore one of them, our Sun.

God is truly more than amazing. Did you know that it was Jesus, our dear Savior, who created all things? (John 1:1-3) The Lord is worthy of our praise, love and adoration.