Holy Communion on the Moon

It is very well-known that Buzz Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon. But, did you know that before stepping into history, he did something else that many non-believers may not want the world to know. Just before walking on the moon, Buzz Aldrin took Holy Communion. He took wafers and a bottle of wine given to him by the Webster Presbyterian Church in Webster, Texas and made the holiest of devotions to thank God for His grace and protection of the Apollo 11 trip and making their success possible.

 

Buzz Aldrin said to Guideposts Magazine, "I poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon the wine curled slowly and gracefully up the side of the cup ... It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements."
Below is a clip from the 1998 HBO miniseries "Form the Earth to the Moon" that dramatized Buzz's Holy Communion on the moon in 1970.

The whole act was stifled because of founder of American atheist, Madalyn Murray's, threat to sue the U.S. Government.
According to PBS, “She tried to prevent the reading of Genesis 8 on the Apollo space mission, arguing that the astronauts were government employees and thus prohibited from reading the Bible.”
Even though people were not allowed to hear the communion live as Buzz wanted, he was allowed to participate with those at the Houston Space Center Mission Control and read:
"I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, and I in him, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me." (John 15:5)
While there may be a lot of controversy and debate over whether this act was right or wrong or whether U.S. government employees have any business mixing so-called "church with state!"

 

I know one thing is for sure. Apollo 11 would have never been a success and man would have never made it to the moon unless our God blessed them and allowed them to do so. To me, there is no better time for man to take communion than during great events such as these.
I Praise God and thank Buzz for doing what he did! Maybe if more leaders stood up and thanked God the way Buzz did in 1970, maybe God would bless us and allow more great events such as the first to land on the moon come to Americans. Maybe, the reason why America is in decline and we cannot even afford to continue missions in space is because our leaders and many Americans have forsaken Holy Communion.
by James Apple Jr.

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How to Witness to an Atheist

How to Witness to an Atheist

The first step to witnessing to an atheist is understanding the character of most atheists. Most atheists are arrogant and possess intellectual barriers that will keep them from hearing the truth. Basically, they believe that Christians are ignorant blind followers of superstition that have not yet been enlightened by the so called "scientific facts" of evolution that are based on hypothetical theory.

FYI, there is no real difference between an atheists, deists, and agnostic. All three set themselves as #1 in the universe and are accountable to no one! The only noticeable difference is the atheist believes there is no God, the deist believes there was a God, but for some reason went on a permanent vacation and the agnostic doesn't know for sure and is does not care.

One noticeable trait of an atheist is most of the time when confronted by a Christian he/she will typically disregard the Christian off with an attitude because they do not believe Christians have anything interesting to tell them. This is a good time to say something like, "Oh, you an atheist huh? You must be really out of touch with reality."

This will usually cause quite the reaction because atheist believe they have been "enlighten" by what they believe is scientific facts such as the Big Band Theory and evolution. Which the chances of life happening by chance are probably somewhere around 99 million to the millionth power.  Remember, we with all our great scientific advances still cannot create life, but this somehow happened all by its lonesome self. Atheist call Christians ignorant for believing in a higher being, but they themselves believe in something that the odds clearly point to being utterly impossible. For me, the odds point straight to the existence of a creator. Creation by God is the only plausible explanation. It is crazy to believe otherwise!

Because atheists do not believe in GOD, they believe that everything is made up of nothing more than physics and matter. Basically, the chemical makeup of the human brain is no different than our closest living relatives, the monkey and apes (believed true by Atheists); the only difference is the amount and arrangement of the exact same materials. But there is something very unique about the human brain from other brains. The human brain knows the difference between good and bad, right and wrong, and sin and holiness. You see! Molecules do not have the ability to decide between these things, but somehow our brain has the special ability to do so.

As much as I love animals and believe that they are intelligent and understand many things; there is one thing they cannot understand. They do not understand or comprehend values and morals like we do. Imagine a loyal dog that just witnessed its owner murdered during a robbery of their home. The dog may be sad or upset that its owner is dead, but will never understand that it was wrong and a sin for the robber to take its owner’s life. How do I know this is true? Because the killer can steal the dog too and the dog will learn to love him the same as its first master as long as the dog's needs are met. Could you love a murderer that killed your beloved master?

So, what makes us different from animals? We already know that the chemical make-up of our brains is practically the same! I believe it is because humans are God’s most special creation. God put a little something extra in us; he made us in His image!

Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

You see! In order for an Atheist to believe that there is a living God, she/he must first believe that they are made of more than just molecules and matter. They must understand that they were given a spirit by God so that they can have a special relationship with Him. This spirit is what makes us different from our loved intelligent animal friends. This spirit is what gives us the ability to distinguish between good and bad, right and wrong, and sin and holiness.

This spirit that gives us our God-given conscience to understand that murder is wrong, is the same spirit that will live forever somewhere.

God wants that forever to be with HIM!

Please join me in a prayer for Atheists everywhere to finally understand how special they are to our loving Lord. Pray that they finally give their hearts, minds, and SPIRITS over to their loving Father in Heaven.