I am thankful to the Lord for everything mentioned below and all of His other blessings.
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Ten Things of Thankful: July 18, 2026
The Genesis Flood and Walt Brown’s Hydroplate Theory
Seven years ago I thought the flood of Genesis 6-9 was a local event (if not a myth). Five years ago I began considering the possibility that the Genesis flood might have actually happened as a global event.
To make sense of how it could have happened globally I studied catastrophic plate tectonics (CPT). This is a theory based upon secular plate tectonics which claims that there are plates supporting the granitic continents which rapidly subducted into the Earth causing tsunamis to flood the land. My doubts about CPT arose when I realized that it couldn’t explain the source of the mile high sediments over the continents nor could it (any more than secular plate tectonics) explain how plate subduction could have ever got started.
Then I began studying the hydroplate theory (HPT) to look for a more satisfying explanation for a global flood. With HPT I found out where the mile high sediments came from, where radioactive elements in the continental crust came from, where comets, asteroids and trans-Neptunian objects came from and why the side of the moon facing us has dark lava flows on it.
Over the past seven years I went from thinking Noah’s flood was a local event to thinking it was a global event to realizing that whatever happened it was so drastic as to leave its mark on many of the planets and moons of the solar system. If HPT were correct in describing what Genesis 7:11 meant by the foundations of the great deep being broken up and the windows of heaven being opened, what happened during the global flood (and what we are still recovering from today) was an horrific global catastrophe.
Some Resources
The 9th edition of Walt Brown’s In the Beginning is available on Amazon and it can be read online for free at the Creation Science Center.
The video below provides 1) an overview of what happened during the Genesis flood according to HPT, 2) a biography of Walt Brown and 3) a description of the reaction to HPT by some creationist organizations as seen from two proponents of HPT.
For a more detailed description of HPT see Bryan Nickel’s playlist below.
Real Science Radio is a creationist organization that has promoted HPT for some time. Below is Bob Enyart’s presentation of HPT based on the 8th edition of Walt Brown’s In the Beginning.
Psalm 119:40
Six Sentence Story: Rain, Rain Go Away
Just after we got to the roof of the Six Sentence Cafe & Bistro, delayed because the voice had to catch his breath, I saw the tall, thin man high tail it down the stairs because of some talk about thunder. The voice told me I had three options: 1) get wet, 2) run for cover or 3) tell the storm to skip this particular roof while every thing else gets soaking wet. I chose option 3.
While enjoying the storm I asked the voice if he had any other words of wisdom he figured I ought to know. He said, If you’d abide, you’d rejoice, your load would lighten and you’d finally get something worthwhile done.
After the storm popped the heat wave like a balloon and we were walking down the stairs, I observed that we didn’t get wet at all out there on the roof and the voice said, You did choose option 3, remember?
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Denise offers the prompt word “balloon” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Trails: McDowell Nature Preserve
My browser’s description of this place:
McDowell Nature Preserve is located in southwestern Charlotte, North Carolina, specifically in the Steele Creek neighborhood.
It sits on the shores of Lake Wylie at 15222 York Road (or South York Road), Charlotte, NC 28278.
Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time.
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Ten Things of Thankful: July 11, 2026
I am thankful to the Lord for everything mentioned below and all of His other blessings.
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Cosmic Photo Challenge: Close Up
Dale offers the prompt “close up” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
I should have a lot of these, but where?
Ah, I found some although taken some time ago. I am also posting this early since I will be traveling on Monday.
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Psalm 103:8
Six Sentence Story: To The Roof
Just after the invisible voice closed the door to Room 215 of the Six Sentence Cafe & Bistro and asked me why I was leaving so soon, the tall, thin man opened that door and told me to follow him to the roof where we would meet the red-headed writer, Aurelia, Ms Pie and maybe even Brigid and Felreil, Mimi, Cai and – who knows? – many others.
I asked the voice if he knew the way to the roof in case the tall, thin man went too fast for me to keep up and he said, Of course.
As I left Room 215 I could tell that the voice was nearby by such comments as Nice weather we’re having or Hope the sun comes out real soon or Do you think we will have a thunder storm tomorrow? At the end of the hallway past the steel door propped open with milk cases I climbed the sketchy stairs until the voice complained of exhaustion and told me to stop and rest for a moment or two. When I stopped so he could catch his breath, I asked him if there was something he wanted to tell me back in Room 215.
While he spoke I listened and then we continued our climb to the roof with no further need for words to be said.
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Denise offers the prompt word “thunder” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Trail: Birds, Pond and Trees
This trail is a nearby trail in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
There is a pond, open spaces and wildlife.
Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time.
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Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 