Must be a “Book of Job Week”. I guess I cannot help it. It is one of the most enigmatic books of the Bible. It is a reminder that sometimes “good people” suffer for reasons we don’t always understand. It is also a reminder that God is in control. However,…
Yesterday, I cleaned up an old article on the Book of Job that I thought I had republished already from the old blog site. In it, I make the case that Job was not “full of pride” or “self-righteous” and so he was being punished for those sins. Unfortunately, there…
[This is a reprint from the old blog site.] There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. ~Job 1:1 Sometimes events happen in such a way that I just feel…
The Forward to the Kingdom! blog had a couple of blog posts a couple of months ago I wanted to be sure to highlight. One was “The Lesson of the Little Brown Paper Bag” highlights what one person’s mother made them do when they found $20 in a brown paper…
When I saw the latest report that UCG has decided it needs a “brand”, their words, I thought the web would be more abuzz than it is. Even Robert Thiel decided to do no more than throw his Laodicean dart in “UCG Wants to Be a Brand”. He didn’t even…
Why do the COG numbers seem to be dwindling yet there are megachurches that seem to be doing just fine? What are the types of things that turn people off? “Customer Service” I must be about the last person to get the Journal. COG Writer Robert Thiel had a report…
Well, the people over at Acts 17 Apologetics might not have the same idea of evangelism that those in the Church of God groups do, but this entire exchange is still interesting on many levels. If nothing else, it makes one question the result if Sharia law were actually instituted…
One of the differences in doctrine between the various COG groups and commentators centers upon tithing. It is pretty amazing, actually, that there are so many different and conflicting opinions amongst various groups that have a common ancestry (spiritually speaking). Most would not argue that tithing wasn’t required under the…
Not long ago, I wrote about what makes “Krishna and Jesus” different. Daniel Hopkinson of Examiner.com wrote a piece about “A different perspective on the ancient mystery religions 1”. He examines the claim that all religions point back to the ancient sun god religions. His point is that mysticism, aka…
The AP reports that “Myanmar sentences Suu Kyi to more house arrest” of 18 months. That effectively means she will be out of sight during elections to be staged by the junta next year. She has been detained for 14 years of the past 2 decades. She was originally sentenced…