The Bible tells us that, 'The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.' (Psalm 19:1) Unfortunately, there are times when people believe one must choose between science and the Bible. This is due to the fact that it's man that often brings in a distorted picture on this issue when it doesn't have to be this way. In fact, the Bible reveals much about science and specifically, about astronomy.

Once again, the 'Round-Up' featured numerous stories. Here's just a sample: --Hurricane Harvey breaks a record as it was 4,323 days since a major hurricane had hit America. Also, never before had we seen a storm dump more than 50 inches of rain on a single location in the continental U.S. --After activating 14,000 members of the Texas National Guard, Governor Abbott announced he was seeking an additional 10,000 Guard members from other states to come and join in the effort.

Joining Jim to discuss this was Dr. A. Charles Ware. Dr. Ware is the pastor of Crossroads Bible Church and president of Crossroads Bible College in Indianapolis. He's an international authority and life coach on race and ethnic reconciliation matters. He's a conference speaker and author. Dr. Ware was appearing to discuss a book that he's co-authored with Ken Ham entitled, 'One Race One Blood'.

Dr. David Stevens is the chief executive officer of the Christian Medical and Dental Association, a national organization of Christian health care professionals that seeks to change hearts in health care. Dr. Stevens is a medical doctor that has also spent multiple years as a missionary doctor.

Usama Dakdok is the founder and president of the Straight Way of Grace Ministry. Usama travels throughout the United States and Canada equipping Christians to be effective witnesses of Jesus Christ to their Muslim neighbors, as well as ministering to Muslims directly. He's translated the Qur'an into English and is author of 'Exposing the Truth about the Qur'an'.

Dr. Paul Chappel is the senior pastor of Lancaster Baptist Church and the president of West Cost Baptist College. He's the author of more than 25 books including the soon to be released, 'Are We There Yet? Marriage-A Perfect Journey for Imperfect Couples'.

Many newsworthy issues developed over the past week. Below is a sample of those that Jim presented to listeners on this edition of the 'Round-Up': --A call to prayer for those in the path of hurricane 'Harvey' came from Dr. E. Calvin Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation. The storm is likely to be life-threatening and to cause severe damage to property throughout Eastern Texas and into Louisiana. --President Trump has been advised regarding hurricane 'Harvey'. Advisors are reassuring Americans that the administration is prepared.

Jim began this broadcast by reading Matthew chapter 25:34-40. Then he followed that with two questions: Is this portion of Scripture an apologetic for open borders? Does this mean we should allow anyone who wishes to gain entrance into the U.S. the right to do so? (This would include Muslims who wish to impose Sharia on our nation.)

Dr. Shaw starts with Scripture and he noted that nowhere in Scripture is addiction called a disease. He described it as,'...an idolatry problem; a heart problem that people struggle with in their sin nature. And so disease is the worldly terminology that I think actually does violence to the Gospel and leads people away from Jesus Christ.'

Staver says "We hate no one. Hate would be contrary to our Lord Jesus Christ and His teaching." Yet biblical values such as marriage (one man one woman) has been one of the issues that continues to set Liberty Counsel (and others) apart from those demanding their own way. While continuing to make his stand, Staver says "We've got to push back" and "we cannot let this go" even saying "we fought WWII to stop an ideology."