Thursday, February 12, 2026

The Briefing for Thursday, February 12, 2026, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

 The Briefing for Thursday, February 12, 2026, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

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More recommended videos by Dr. Mohler:

Has the Church Misunderstood the Gospel for 2000 Years?

The Briefing for Monday, August 25, 2025, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

Dr. Mohler gives a wonderful tribute to the late Dr. John McArthur. And he ends by saying that in the last week the church has lost 2 giant warriors - Dr. John MacArthur and Dr. James Dobson. And he prays that God will rise up warriors to take their place. Amen!

 The Briefing for Friday, August 15, 2025, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

Excerpt from this last Briefing: Dr. Mohler is asked why Christian ministers aren't better at doing exorcisms. He says, on the one hand, it is impossible for Christians to be demon possessed. And for the non-Christian, demon possession is the least of their problems!

Amen!  

Recommended sermon on the occult and demon possession:  Colossians 2:1-15, by Rev. Paul den Butter 

Scientists unearth a secret hidden within the Mona Lisa

 Scientists unearth a secret hidden within the Mona Lisa - msn.com

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Recommended sermon: David's Mona Lisa, by Mathew Fisher

The text for this sermon is Psalm 23:1-4: "(A Psalm of David.) The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

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20 Facts About The Life And Legacy Of Leonardo Da Vinci

 20 Facts About The Life And Legacy Of Leonardo Da Vinci - msn.com

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Recommended reading:

  1. Tom Hanks Slams His Da Vinci Code Movies as 'Hooey' and Admits He Only Did Them for the Money: 'I Changed My Pants in Front of the Mona Lisa' - dailymail.com
  2.  The Da Vinci Code Attacked the Wrong Religion - frontpagemag.com 
  3. New Research Claims Leonardo Da Vinci was Son of a Slave - france24.com  
  4. 'Leonardo da Vinci' Review: Genius and Myth - msn.com
  5. Ken Burns on the Incredibly Modern Leonardo da Vinci - msn.com

Recommended sermon:  Devilish Claims of the Da Vinci Code, by Rev. Ian Brown [Proverbs 12:19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment."]

Young Earth vs. Old Earth: Kent Hovind and Fuz Rana Debate the Age of the Earth (Video)

  Young Earth vs. Old Earth: Kent Hovind and Fuz Rana Debate the Age of the Earth

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Recommended sermon: Six Days & the Eisegesis Problem, by Ken Ham

Recommended video: Scientist, Jason Lisle, DISMANTLES Old Earth Theory!

Here is a short quote from this video: "The Bible says the fear of man is a snare...If you got into Christianity because you thought it was going to make you look good, and wise, and popular, you're in the wrong religion. Christianity doesn't have the advantage of being popular right now, but it does have the advantage of being true, and the only path to salvation. Jesus is the only way to salvation. So, if the world wants to call me a fool, that's fine. I'll stand with my Lord."

Todd Friel REACTS to the Super Bowl of "Preaching"

 Todd Friel REACTS to the Super Bowl of "Preaching" - Wretched/Fortis Institute

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Improper worship is DANGEROUS | R.C. Sproul calls out worshiptainment

 

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Recommended sermon: God is a Spirit, by Dr. David P. Murray

Recommended podcast:  Worship Music - The Basic Principles - First the Fear of God, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Excerpt from this podcast: Pastor Swanson quotes John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress as saying: "The fear of God is the bass in the orchestra."

Below is partial transcript of a sermon I heard in the early 1980s on this same passage, or more particularly, John 4:24, and Exodus 20:25:

John 4:24"God is a Spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

Exodus 20:25"And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it."

 The minister who preached this sermon was Rev. Paul den ButterI think this sermon was preached around 1980. Anyway, that is around the time I wrote the following excerpts down in my diary:

"...they have to be very careful that they do not make it (an alter of stone) of hewn stone. And they may not use any tool, any hammer or axe or whatever. They may not use any tool to beautify those stones. They must take simply the rock, the unadorned stones.


"'Ah, but then the alter is not nice, Then the alter is not beautiful. Then it is simply a primitive thing.'

"Well, that's what it may be in our estimation, but it's God's will, is it not? Whether it is a primitive thing or not, it is God's will that the alter will be built of rough stones and that no tool will be used.

"'Ya, but those stones are going to be much nicer if you use some chisel, and if you make some ornaments, some adornments on those stones. The alter is much more beautiful and much more serviceable in your worship service.'

"Ah, but the principle is not what I like, not what I think that is nice and beautiful, not what adorns my worship service, but the principle is what God has said!

"Not my taste determines, but God's command. God has the right to determine what it should be like. And this is a principle nearly almost forgotten. It was perfectly understood by our Reformers. They did not look for innovations, They did not look for all sorts of adornments in the church. Why do people today look for all sorts of things that beautify the worship service and make it more attractive? Why do we see vestments in all sorts of colors?

"I'm convinced it is simply to fill the aching void of the absence of reality. When the Church of Christ was most vigorous in its spiritual life, it had the most simple form of worship. When God converted most people, and when God's children were edified in the worship service, and when the Lord was present in the worship services, it may have been in a barn or in an open field, the worship as such was as simple as simple can be.

"But what do we see today? That in direct proportion to the loss of true spiritual life there is an increase in forms and ceremonies. And the forms and ceremonies are meant to fill the vacancies of true spiritual life. And so Satan is using tools to adorn our alters, but in the meantime, he is polluting it. He's corrupting the worship.  And men are willing instruments in his hands." 

New York Becomes 13th State to Legalize Assisted Suicide

  New York Becomes 13th State to Legalize Assisted Suicide - breitbart.com

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Recommended reading: 'Euthanized Against Her Will' Is a Funny Way to Say the State Murdered Her - pjmedia.com

More recommended reading: 

  1. Canada: Euthanasia on Demand, Doctors Licensed to Kill - shtfplan.com
  2. Why Euthanasia Should Be Illegal and Why You Should Oppose It - expose-news.com
  3. Biblical Worldview:  Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide - christianpost.com  
  4. New York's Assisted Suicide Bill is a Tragedy, Not a Triumph - dailysignal.com    
  5. New Zealand sees euthanasia, assisted suicide rates climb 37% | World - christianpost.com 
  6. Medically Assisted Suicide is a Bad Idea - frontpagemag.com     
  7. MAID in Canada: Euthanasia Organ Harvesting 'Surges' - pjmedia.com    

Recommended podcasts: 


Recommended podcast: How the Mental Health Industry Misses the Mark, by Dave Wheaton of The Christian Worldview. Dave Weaton interviews Greg Gifford, the author of Lies My Therapist Told Me 

Here are some excerpts from Elizabeth Wurtzel's great book, Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America:

  • 'I looked at him in shock. Why the hell does everyone think the problem is drugs? 'David, what I wouldn't give to have a drug problem.' I say. 'What I wouldn't give for it to be that simple. If I could check in somewhere and come out the other end okay. I'd be thrilled.'"
  • "Even then, I was pretty certain, in my 12 year old mind, that life was one long distraction from the inevitable."
  • "Everything's plastic, we're all going to die sooner or later, so what does it matter. That was my motto."
  • "...and then one day you realize that your entire life is just awful, not worth living, a horror and a black blot on the white terrain of human existence. One morning you wake up afraid you're going to live."
  • "But then I never had to worry about a crash landing because I never even took off."
  • "Something inside me was not just depressed but dividing, cracking, splintering, pulling me back and forth between my two parents, and occasionally I wished I could walk through a picture window, and have the sharp, broken shards slash me to ribbons so I would finally look like I felt."
  • "They ask me if I've done any drugs in the last 24 hours, and I say no. Then I say I guess I smoked some pot and snorted some coke also, but that was just to make the Ecstasy last longer. I also admit to them I had some beer, maybe a couple of sea breezes in there too. Then the doctor asks if I have a substance abuse problem, and all I can do is laugh."
  • "'I won't do that.' he said. 'I already told you it's your mother's responsibility.' 'Oh *** Daddy. I give up. I can't listen to this anymore.' 'What am I supposed to say?' 'Try, Have a good life. Because this is it for me.' Years later, thinking about this conversation, I will remember, as somebody very sagely said during the parricide trials of the Menendez brothers: Anytime your kids kill you, you are at least partly to blame."
  • "Depression is all about If you loved me you would."
  • "But instead of going to a mental institution, I decided to go to California."
  • "...I wish that every psychiatrist I've ever dealt with could know what it's like to be a patient and to feel desperate. I wish they could know what it's like to wake up every morning afraid you're going to live.'
  • "So the plan was simple: I would earn enough money to pay my mother back, and they I'd kill myself."
  • "On April 8, 1994, as I was completing this book, Kurt Cobain shot himself in the head...Grunge, the musical style that Nirvana did so much to invent and popularize, was described by Newsweek as 'what happens when children of divorce get their hands on guitars.'...Every person who has experienced a severe depression has his own sad, awful tale to tell, his own mess to live through. Sadly, Kurt Cobain will never get that far. Every day I thank God that I did."

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Norwegian warning: Cannot rule out Russian attack on Norway

 Norwegian warning: Cannot rule out Russian attack on Norway - swedenherald.com

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Don't worry, Norway. Denmark will protect you!

Recommended reading: Denmark Forcibly Sterilized Women in Greenland - lifenews.com

Did Radical Leftist Somali Congresswoman Just Call for the Execution of POTUS? Sure Seems Like It

 Did Radical Leftist Somali Congresswoman Just Call for the Execution of POTUS? Sure Seems Like It - redstate.com

'Gun PERSON' Rampages Thru Canadian School - 10 Dead, 25+ Wounded UPDATE She/Her's a Guy

 'Gun PERSON' Rampages Thru Canadian School - 10 Dead, 25+ Wounded UPDATE She/Her's a Guy - hotair.com

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Recommended video: Why Does This Keep Happening? - Amala Ekpunobi

Recommended reading: 

Still more Recommended reading:
  1. Give Up Your Guns Because the Democrats Will Totally Protect You - townhall.com
  2. What Happens When Governments Disarm its Citizens? - warriortimes.com    
  3. Gun Confiscation is Always a Prelude to Genocide - lewrockwell.com    

Some thoughts on gun control!
  • "One man with a gun can control 100 without one." - Vladimir Lenin
  • "Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually wind up working for those who didn't!" - Benjamin Franklin
  • "If we make ourselves sheep, the wolves will eat us." - unknown

Recommended poem: The School House Poem

Today in the News - Thursday, February 12, 2026

        Today's Headlines

  1. Satellite images reveal ancient rivers that may pinpoint biblical Garden of Eden - israel365news.com
  2. Prince William, Princess Catherine ‘Deeply Concerned’ by Jeffrey Epstein Revelations - yahoo.com
  3. Norwegian warning: Cannot rule out Russian attack on Norway - swedenherald.com
  4. For America's Gender Transition Industry, a Reckoning Is Nigh - pjmedia.com
  5. FCC to Newsom: Hey, Where'd the $450 Million Go? - pjmedia.com
  6. Israeli scientists detect cosmic rays in star-forming cloud, confirming biblical account of ongoing stellar creation - israel365news.com
  7. U.S. Economy Added 130,000 Jobs in January, Doubling Expectations - pjmedia.com
  8. El Paso Air Closure Tied to Mexican Drug Cartel Drones Breaching US Airspace—War Dept Took Invaders Down - redstate.com
  9. Electric Vehicles: $140 Billion Auto Wipeout, Devastating Taxpayer Waste - redstate.com
  10. Grandson Of Former Iranian Supreme Leader Claims 'All Islamic Nations' Are Committed To 'Erasing' Israel - harbingerdaily.com
  11. New York Becomes 13th State to Legalize Assisted Suicide - breitbart.com
  12. Supreme Court told accepting votes after Election Day is without precedent or legal grounds - wnd.com
  13. Trump Was "One of the First People to Call" Authorities About Epstein - frontpagemag.com
  14. 'Gun PERSON' Rampages Thru Canadian School - 10 Dead, 25+ Wounded UPDATE She/Her's a Guy - hotair.com
  15. SF Teachers' Union Earning $100K, Strike After Being Unsatisfied With 10% Raises  - frontpagemag.com
  16. The Challenge of Distinguishing History From Fiction - lewrockwell.com
  17. Panic Ensues After Trump Orders CIA To Give 2020 Election Intel To 'Stop The Steal' Lawyer - zerohedge.com
  18. Epstein's Island And The Gateway To The Psychology Of Evil - zerohedge.com
  19. Hours-Long Netanyahu Meeting Concludes Away From Cameras, Trump Committed To Iran Talks - zerohedge.com
  20. Elon Musk Vows To Establish A Moon City Within 10 Years - zerohedge.com
  21. Trump Quadruples Argentine Beef Import Quota Amid Ranchers’ Opposition - thenewamerican.com
  22. Maxwell Pleads the Fifth; Europe's Elite Crumble Under Epstein Files - thenewamerican.com
  23. Did Radical Leftist Somali Congresswoman Just Call for the Execution of POTUS? Sure Seems Like It - redstate.com
  24. Judge to Make Decsion About Recusal in Charlie Kirk Case - dailysignal.com
  25. Mexican Cartel Drone Penetrates U.S. Airspace, FAA Responds with Deadly-Force Lockdown - breitbart.com
  26. Hegseth: US 'on Offense' Against Narco-Terrorists - newsmax.com
  27. Researchers Studied What Happens When Workplaces Seriously Embrace AI, and the Results May Make You Nervous - futurism.com
  28. Another One! Day Care for Elderly Was Used to Scam Medicaid for $120 Million, This Time by Koreans in New York, According to DOJ - westernjournal.com
  29. Trump signs executive order for federal purchases of coal power - washingtonexaminer.com
  30. Trump manufacturing chief debunks Democratic talking point on tariffs - justthenews.com
  31. NASA Set to Launch 1st Manned Moon Rocket in 50 Years: What to Know - theepochtimes.com
  32. While you are watching your TV, your TV is watching you - expose-news.com
  33. What we know about the Canadian school shooter - france24.com
  34. US to send 200 troops to train Nigerian forces against ISIS | Politics - christianpost.com
  35. JK Rowling torches Starmer as Mandelson-Epstein scandal blows up, calls PM ‘indifferent’ to harm against women - humanevents.com
  36. LARRY WARD: Ban transgender drugs and procedures, not gun rights - humanevents.com
  37. Are Nursing and Other “Caring” Professions a “Sink for Pathological Personalities”? - legaliinsurrection.com
  38. Lake Erie is Nearly 100% Ice-Covered After Great Lakes Region Slammed by Cold Stretch - legalinsurrection.com
  39. After Decades of the Muslim Gang Rape Epidemic, UK Ministry Ordered Deletion of the Crimes - gellerreport.com
  40. Dem Demands For ICE To Obtain Judicial Warrants Could Bring Immigration Enforcement to a Near 'Halt,' Experts Say - freebeacon.com
Columnists: 
Earlier Headlines
  1. Comer launches investigation into companies linked to Ilhan Omar's husband - alphanews.com
  2. U.S. arrests suspect in 2012 Benghazi attack, promising justice after Hillary Clinton cover-up - lifesitenews.com
  3. Tucker Carlson: Respond to the Epstein Files, Pizzagate & the Demonic Global Crime Network With Ian Carroll - lewrockwell.com
  4. The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics - futurism.com
  5. Musk Shifts Gears: Moon Megacity Beats Mars Colony in the Race Against Time - pjmedia.com
  6. Japan’s Iron Lady Took a Risk — and Won Big - pjmedia.com
  7. Former CENTCOM deputy chief says Iran ‘playing poker’ with US, regime collapse ‘imminent’ - allisralnews.com
  8. Check Out the Hilarious Whiplash As Dems Flip-Flop on Bodycams When They Realize There's a Problem - redstate.com
  9. The Prophecy Buried for Centuries That Now Reads Like Today’s Iran News - Israel365 News - israel365news.com
  10. Report: Veteran Police Officer Fired After Telling Biological Male to Stay Out of Women's Bathroom - thegatewaypundit.com
  11. Anti-Christ Now: Peter Thiel’s War Against Mankind’s Greatest Enemy - canadafreepress.com
  12. 'The reckoning is finally here!' Maybe the Democrat Illinois governor actually belongs in prison - wnd.com
  13. 'Outrageous insults': U.S. ambassador taunts Poland with troop withdrawal after official attacks Trump - wnd.com
  14. Senator Eric Schmitt Goes Nuclear on Dems Over ICE Funding, Immigration, and the SAVE Act - townhall.com
  15. Situational Science and Trans Medicine - townhall.com
  16. The Deep State’s Inversion Matrix Must Be Seen to Be Defeated - townhall.com
  17. The Midterms Are All About the Economy - townhall.com
  18. Communist Cuba's Last Year - hotair.com
  19. Dutch Climate Skeptics Vindicated: Seven Pre-1950s Heatwaves Reinstated - hotair.com
  20. Back to Energy Reality: A Message to Leaders Finally Recognizing What Works - hotair.com
  21. AP Whines That Winter Sports Are Too White - frontpagemag.com
  22. Behind the Superbowl Epstein Ad is the UN, Abortion Groups and the Carter Center - frontpagemag.com
  23. Dems Melting Down Over Voter ID As DHS Shutdown Talks Hit Wall - zerohedge.com
  24. Three Charts to Watch: What If MOVE Starts to Move? - zerohedge.com
  25. There Is Something That 9 Out Of 10 Americans Agree On - And Cold, Hard Economic Numbers Support That Belief - theeconomiccollapseblog.com
  26. Trump's Venezuela Tanker Crackdown Goes Global With Indian Ocean Interdiction - zerohedge.com
  27. NY Times Columnist Says Vance's Mother Should Have Sold Him To Feed Her Addiction - zerohedge.com
  28. "I Will Not Sit Idly As They Use Me As A Prop": Is Bill Clinton Moving Back Into Contempt? - zerohedge.com
  29. Deep State Fixer: Epstein’s Ties to Rothschilds and Trilateral Commission Exposed - thenewamerican.com
  30. The Halftime Show Was Literally About Erasing 'America' - thefederalist.com
  31. SCOTUS Should Ban Illegals From The Census - thefederalist.com
  32. When Medicine Abandons Children -– And the Reckoning to Come - americanthinker.com
  33. Democrat candidate comes up with a ‘final solution’ to the ‘MAGA problem’ - americanthinker.com
  34. Trump Admin May Be Quietly Plotting To Blow Up Mamdani Campaign Cornerstone - dailycaller.com
  35. NIH Goes Back to Science Over Ideology - dailysignal.com
  36. The Chinese Take A Hammer To The U.S. Dollar By Instructing Their Banks To Dial Back Their Holdings Of U.S. Treasuries - themostimportantnews.com
  37. CNN: ‘Voter ID Is Not Controversial in This Country’ - Even Among Minorities - newsbusters.org
  38. American Skier with 'Mixed Emotions' About Representing the US, Suddenly 'Cannot Wait to Represent Team USA' - breitbart.com
  39. Live: Russia pummels Ukraine's Odesa and Kharkiv with deadly drone strikes - france24.com
  40. When a Democrat Supporting the SAVE Act is News - legalinsurrection.com
  41. Female Muslim TV Host: “Allah Allows Muslim Men to Rape Non-Muslim Women to Humiliate Them.” - gellerreport.com
  42. BREAKING LIVE: New Epstein Docs Prove He Led Satanic Death Cult That Raped, Tortured & Ate Children! This International Network Led To Highest Levels Of Western Power & Was Protected By Five Eyes! Confirmed Emails Discuss Sex Slaves, Kidnapping Children, Buying Babies - infowars.com

Here is a Hymn Based on Psalm 98: Sing a New Song to Jehovah

(A Psalm.) "O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together. Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. - Psalm 98

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 98: Sing a New Song to Jehovah
Here is a sermon on Psalm 98: Testimony of David to the Second Coming, by Rev. Brian McClung


Daily Sermon for the Hearing Impaired: The Evangelization of Jethro

The Evangelization of Jethro, by Joe W. Allen [Text: Exodus 18:1-12]

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Recommended reading: Brazilian Skateboarder Quotes Bible in Sign Language to Defy Olympic Ban on Religious Displays - lifesitenews.com

Recommended podcast: A Conversation with Davd & Phyllis Smith - Ministry to the Silent World of the Deaf, by Various Speakers

Note: This daily sermon for the hearing impaired is dedicated to my good friend, David J. Bishop, who went home to be with his Lord Jesus on July 1, 2021. David was the inspiration for me to begin posting links to sermons for the hearing impaired. David's not deaf anymore. And the first words he heard were from our Lord Jesus, saying to him, "Well done, David, thou good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of thy Lord!" [Matthew 25:21]

Here is one of the last pictures David sent to me before he died. He was a big sports fan and LOVED the Seattle Seahawks! He was also a BIG baseball fan. I'm sure if David had been able to hear he would have loved the song, Take Me Out to the Ball Game! But David loved our Lord Jesus much, much, much more than any sporting event! Oh, here is a video of Take Me Out to the Ball Game in American Sign Language! (ASL)


Recommended:

Deafness in the News:

Today in History - February 12

A special thanks to Wikipedia.org for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com

1502 – Isabella I issues an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile, forcing virtually all her Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity.[4]

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

    1. The Violence of Islam, by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America
    2. Islam: A Brief Survey and Intro, by Jeff Cunningham

    1825 – The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.

    Recommended sermons and podcasts:

    1. America's Sins Against the Indians, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
    2. Christian Nations - Least Racist Nations - Reparations for Previous Sins, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
    Recommended reading:
    1. SCOTUS Cancels Part of Oklahoma, Decides It's Still an Indian Reservation - townhall.com
    2. Crazy Horse Memorial Honors Native Americans - and Freedom - thenewamerican.com
    3. The Trail of Tears Facts - cherokeemuseum.org
    4. Unto These Hills Outdoor Drama Retells The Trail of Tears - cherokeehistorical.org

    1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.

        Recommended sermons and podcasts: Evolution, Racism and LGBTQ+, by James Walker [Text: Ephesians 4:11-13: "And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers, For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ."

        1999 – United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.

        Recommended reading from 2021: VP Harris to Hold Event on Women and Girls With...Bill Clinton - townhall.com

        Excerpt from this article: "Former President Clinton has deep ties to pedophile and convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein, who 'killed himself' after being arrested and charged with series of new crimes in 2019. Clinton has also been accused of rape and serious sexual misconduct."

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        Perhaps President Harris has not read Ann Coulter's book High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton, by Ann Coulter. Here are some quotes she might want to read before meeting with Bill Clinton on the 'Women and girls' event:

        "Though [Bill Clinton] once had sweet nothings to whisper in her ear, after Gennifer Flowers told the world of her affair with Bill Clinton, he reportedly denounced her to his troopers in terms unbecoming of the president who claims credit for the Violence Against Women Act. He called her a 'F----g slut,' and demanded to know 'What does that whore think she's doing to me?'"

        "To have the President's behavior propel the country into a national discussion of whether oral sex counts as adultery would have been a blatant 'high crime and misdemeanor,' if the framers could possibly have imagined any president would sink so low.'

        "They say his lies about Gennifer, Paula, Kathleen and Monica don't matter because they are 'about sex.' No, actually, not all his lies are 'about sex.' the lies 'about sex' just happen to be the ones he told under oath."

        "The process is called "discovery," but ought to be called 'obscurity,' since lawyers spend most of discovery trying to block the other side from obtaining relevant evidence."

        "Clinton people would learn two lessons the hard way: you don't call Paula Jones trailer park trash, and you don't call Linda Tripp a liar."

        "One can't help imagining the conversation over breakfast at the White House residence that morning - Hillary: Oh look Bill! That sweet Elizebeth Ward has told the press you didn't use force when you had sex with her while I was home taking care of little Chelsea in 1981. Isn't that nice of her?"

        "On the op-ed page of the New York Times about a month later, once the laryngitis had lifted, Steinem announced the new Clinton-era standard for sexual harassment: The boss gets one free grope. Referring to Kathleen Whiley's accusations during the 60 Minute interview, Steinem wrote: 'The truth is that even if the allegations are true, the President is not guilty of sexual harassment. He is accused of having made a gross, dumb, and reckless pass at a supporter during a low point in her life. She pushed him away, and it never happened again. In other words, he took 'no' for an answer.'"

        "The only presidential privilege Clinton had not claimed was the one floating around the Internet: 'Going to hell would interfere with the president's ability to carry out the duties of his office, and God's judgment would violate the separation of powers. Sins are therefore excused in the case of a sitting president, at least as long as the economy is good.'"


        2016 – Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.

        Recommended sermons and podcasts:

        1. The Great Schism of 1054, by James White
        2. The Great Schism of 1054, by Blake Hart

        Westminster Shorter Catechism Q & A #4-10

        The following is from thewestminsterstandard.org:

        Q. 4. What is God?

        A. God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.

        Q. 5. Are there more Gods than one?
        A. There is but one only, the living and true God.

        Q. 6. How many persons are there in the Godhead?
        A. There are three persons in the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.

        Q. 7. What are the decrees of God?
        A. The decrees of God are, his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath foreordained whatsoever comes
        to pass.

        Q. 8. How doth God execute his decrees?
        A. God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence

        Q. 9. What is the work of creation?
        A. The work of creation is, God’s making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good.

        Q. 10. How did God create man?
        A. God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

        Recommended sermon:  The Westminster Assembly, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson

        Daily Bible Verse for Thursday, February 12, 2026

        "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." - Joshua 24:15

        Recommended sermons based on Joshua 24:15:

        Bible Reading for Thursday, February 12, 2026

        The following Bible readings are taken from the website, Oneyearbibleonline.com. If you follow this reading plan you will read through the whole Bible in one year. I highly encourage you to do so. Also, the sermons below each section are ones that I have chosen from the website, Sermonaudio.com


        Here are some sermons on Exodus 34 & 35:


        Here a sermon on Matthew 27: 
        Here a sermon on Psalm 33: Thanksgiving Because the Earth is Full of the Goodness of the Lord, by Rev. Henk Bergsma [Text: Psalm 33; Psalm 65; Psalm 33:5]


        Recommended sermon on Proverbs 9: Two Ways - Lady Wisdom or Lady Folly? by Rev. John Koopman

        Todd Friel REACTS to the Super Bowl of "Preaching"

        Todd Friel REACTS to the Super Bowl of "Preaching" - Wretched/Fortis Institute

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        Improper worship is DANGEROUS | R.C. Sproul calls out worshiptainment

         

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        Recommended sermon: God is a Spirit, by Dr. David P. Murray

        Recommended podcast:  Worship Music - The Basic Principles - First the Fear of God, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

        Excerpt from this podcast: Pastor Swanson quotes John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress as saying: "The fear of God is the bass in the orchestra."

        Below is partial transcript of a sermon I heard in the early 1980s on this same passage, or more particularly, John 4:24, and Exodus 20:25:

        John 4:24"God is a Spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

        Exodus 20:25"And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it."

         The minister who preached this sermon was Rev. Paul den ButterI think this sermon was preached around 1980. Anyway, that is around the time I wrote the following excerpts down in my diary:

        "...they have to be very careful that they do not make it (an alter of stone) of hewn stone. And they may not use any tool, any hammer or axe or whatever. They may not use any tool to beautify those stones. They must take simply the rock, the unadorned stones.


        "'Ah, but then the alter is not nice, Then the alter is not beautiful. Then it is simply a primitive thing.'

        "Well, that's what it may be in our estimation, but it's God's will, is it not? Whether it is a primitive thing or not, it is God's will that the alter will be built of rough stones and that no tool will be used.

        "'Ya, but those stones are going to be much nicer if you use some chisel, and if you make some ornaments, some adornments on those stones. The alter is much more beautiful and much more serviceable in your worship service.'

        "Ah, but the principle is not what I like, not what I think that is nice and beautiful, not what adorns my worship service, but the principle is what God has said!

        "Not my taste determines, but God's command. God has the right to determine what it should be like. And this is a principle nearly almost forgotten. It was perfectly understood by our Reformers. They did not look for innovations, They did not look for all sorts of adornments in the church. Why do people today look for all sorts of things that beautify the worship service and make it more attractive? Why do we see vestments in all sorts of colors?

        "I'm convinced it is simply to fill the aching void of the absence of reality. When the Church of Christ was most vigorous in its spiritual life, it had the most simple form of worship. When God converted most people, and when God's children were edified in the worship service, and when the Lord was present in the worship services, it may have been in a barn or in an open field, the worship as such was as simple as simple can be.

        "But what do we see today? That in direct proportion to the loss of true spiritual life there is an increase in forms and ceremonies. And the forms and ceremonies are meant to fill the vacancies of true spiritual life. And so Satan is using tools to adorn our alters, but in the meantime, he is polluting it. He's corrupting the worship.  And men are willing instruments in his hands." 

        The Briefing for Thursday, February 12, 2026, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

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