Grasshoppers Grow and Gain Function. Grasshoppers are transformers- locusts in disguise!

Honest couple notifies bank about $50 billion error; Canadian radio host fans flames of church arson; Scientific American publishes accusation that opponents of evolution are white supremacists; Paleontologists x-ray fossilized dino dung and discover new beetle; Six patients receive experimental gene-editing treatment; Sexual disobedience wins among British Methodists . . . and other stories reviewed during this July 12, 2021, broadcast of Answers News.

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“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you."

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Articles:

Louisiana couple shocked after bank mistakenly deposits $50B into account: report

https://www.foxnews.com/us/louisiana-couple-shocked-bank-mistakenly-deposits-50b-account

Radio host says ‘Burn the churches down’ as more church fires reported

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/07/03/radio-host-says-burn-churches-more-church-fires-reported/

Race, Evolution and the Science of Human Origins

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/denial-of-evolution-is-a-form-of-white-supremacy/

In fossilized dinosaur poo, scientist find hidden treasure

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/02/world/new-beetle-species-fossil-dinosaur-feces-scn/index.html

Breakthrough CRISPR gene therapy could be a ‘One and Done’ injections

https://singularityhub.com/2021/07/01/breakthrough-crispr-gene-therapy-could-be-a-one-and-done-injection/

U.K. Methodist Church Votes to Allow Same-Sex Marriage, Recognize Co-habiting couples

https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/milton-quintanilla/uk-methodist-church-votes-to-allow-same-sex-marriage-recognize-co-habiting-couples.html

Argentina approves law forcing gov’t to hire transgenders

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/argentina-approves-law-forcing-govt-to-hire-transgenders

Global climate dynamics drove the decline of mastodonts and elephants, new study suggests

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210701112657.htm

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When considering the mission of God and reign of Christ, it is imperative that Christians understand the difference between utopia and the kingdom of God, lest they be found advancing the cause of other gods and another faith.

Transitional fossils supposedly represent animals in some intermediate stage of evolution—for example, between fish and land creatures, dinosaurs and birds, or ape-like ancestors and humans. Museums and textbooks cite various “transitional” fossils as rock-solid evidence for evolution. Here’s how to think through any such claim with the 7 Checks of Critical Thinking.

Are the ‘facts for evolution’ so strong they speak for themselves? Or are facts spoken for by the people representing them? Are creationists biased while evolutionist aren’t?

Transitional fossils supposedly represent animals in some intermediate stage of evolution—for example, between fish and land creatures, dinosaurs and birds, or ape-like ancestors and humans. Museums and textbooks cite various “transitional” fossils as rock-solid evidence for evolution. Here’s how to think through any such claim with the 7 Checks of Critical Thinking.

Baby boy born halfway through pregnancy celebrates his first birthday; IRS says Bible-quoters are too partisan to qualify for tax-exempt status; Researchers use infrared spectroscopes to find proteins in fossilized eggs; Evolutionists think the mass burial in the Haiyan Lagerstätte fossils may have been a paleonursery; Filipino man who identifies as a Latinx woman wins beauty pageant; British man chooses to undergo 18 plastic surgeries so that he can look Korean; mechanical engineers study suction in elephant trunks . . . and other stories reviewed during this July 7, 2021, broadcast of Answers News. 

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All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

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Articles:

Happy news! The most premature baby ever to survive just celebrated his first birthday!

https://notthebee.com/article/happy-news-the-most-premature-baby-ever-to-survive-just-celebrated-his-first-birthday

The IRS refuses tax exempt status to religious organization because “Bible teachings” are “Republican”

https://firstliberty.org/cases/christians-engaged/

Digging into the molecules of fossilized dinosaur eggshells

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210630125423.htm

Paleonursery offers rare, detailed glimpse at life 518 million years ago

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210628114125.htm

A biological male just won Miss Nevada and will now compete for Miss USA. Not a joke.

https://notthebee.com/article/a-biological-male-just-won-miss-nevada-and-will-now-compete-for-miss-usa

After 18 plastic surgeries this British dude is "coming out as Korean" and we live in a bad sitcom

https://notthebee.com/article/this-british-dude-has-had-18-plastic-surgeries-and-is-now-coming-out-as-korean

Newly recognized tricks help elephants suck up huge amounts of water

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/elephants-trunk-suction-biophysics-water-airflow

Canada moves to hit citizens with a $20,000 fine for "online hate speech"

https://notthebee.com/article/canada-introduces-20000-for-online-hate-speech

What would Jesus do during Pride? Simple — he’d wave the rainbow flag and march in the parade

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/06/21/what-would-jesus-do-during-pride-simple-hed-wave-the-rainbow-flag-and-march-in-the-parade.html

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Amazing Animals that give glory to God and demonstrate the bankruptcy of evolutionary stories.  This week is the wonder of flying squid, and how incredible it is that they can soar through both sea and sky!

Some have declared that there is absolutely no evidence of a global flood on earth, while others contend it’s all around us. How can there be such a divide on the issue, even among Bible believers? Explore these issues in this enlightening and visually rich investigation of Noah’s Ark.

Endosymbiosis is the story of how ‘complex’ cells supposedly evolved from ‘simpler’ ones. The cells considered most complex, like animal and plant cells, are called eukaryotic, while cells like bacteria are prokaryotic. How did eukaryotic cells get some of the structures prokaryotes lack? Textbooks say these structures evolved when a larger cell engulfed some smaller ones, but let’s think about that.