The following article is the defence made by Rev David DiCanio of his actions before the Free Presbyterian Church of North America’s Judicial Commission.
Many Free Presbyterians here have no real knowledge of the issue, even members of our own Presbytery might be forced to acknowledge their ignorance of the full details.
That ought not to be and for that reason I have had this article mounted.
May it please the Lord to use it in helping to comfort those distressed by recent developments.
‘As of April 6, 2026, the Artemis II crew has traveled further from Earth than any human in history.’
This is the sort of statement that has been often repeated during this recent flight, which has now ended and the astronauts are safely back on earth.
But is it really true?
Launch of Artemis II, photograph from NASA
Man has never been ‘behind’ in boasting of his achievements! Witness old Nebuchadnezzar’s bragging of ‘his’ kingdom!
“The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?” Daniel 4:30.
How wrong he was for “the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will,” Daniel 4:25.
It is recorded in this same chapter that the Lord taught the king the truth in a fashion he would never forget. He was reduced to the level of the beast for seven years (verse 16).
“The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws,” Daniel 4:33.
Of course, men today still view their nation and its ‘achievements’ in the same way.
I will not quote the words of the USA Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, who ‘out-Trumped Trump’ in his bumptious declaration of total victory over Iran!
Almost immediately this was greeted by hoots of laughter and scorn for, as of yet, there is little or no evidence of this being true. Indeed, the whole ‘ceasefire’ agreement hangs by a very thin thread!
I fear it will not be long until it will be seen that Hegseth’s bluster is, in truth, as Shakespeare wrote, ‘Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing’!
Wrong!
The statement regarding the four astronauts travelling further from the earth than any other human being is very wrong and that millions of times over!
I. HOW FAR AWAY IS HEAVEN?
There are three heavens!
* First of all, there are the heavens the birds fly in, just above our heads. That man has been able to explore ever since the days of hot-air balloons! (more…)
