The stretches that people will make never cease to amaze me. In “The righteousness of the wrath of God”, Arthur Sido writes about a conference he went to where RC Sproul was the lecturer. The arguments, of course, are nothing new, but that doesn’t make them any less disturbing. Basically,…
Fifty years ago, most of what I have to say was common sense. Not so now. Today, many values are no longer held in common, and what values are left happen to be undermined daily by forces in government, religion, professional organizations, media, communities, families, friends, neighbors, and even your…
The Telegraph reported on 10 July 2009 “Ebola found in pigs for first time raising fears it could mutate and threaten humans”. This strain of Ebola is not known to cause problems in humans. However, like the swine flu strain seen earlier this year, it could mutate into something much…
How To Fight the Modern Day Amalekites? I’m not in the mood to pull punches today. Some would rather forget Herbert W Armstrong’s legacy, some would rather idolize him and some would rather burn him in effigy. All of these positions are dangerous ones. Some that would criticize him and…
It used to be said that some doctors “played God”. It was a pejorative aimed at doctors who took life and death matters into their own hands. The term seems to have fallen out of fashion, but I suppose it isn’t just because of our increasing distance from religion. No,…
Sometimes, it is good to just be able to post about a positive news story. While not a Church of God, there is a car repair facility in the south called Christian Brother’s Automotive. As reported in the Telegraph article “Down the Mississippi: Christian car repair in Missouri”, they offer…
OK, I am going over this so-called list of “doctrinal differences” for subjects to explore. This isn’t so much as to try to defend UCG or refute LCG but to promote honest study into matters. However, it is difficult to be even handed when the “Doctrinal Differences Between Living &…
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above,…
There have been several news articles about various heads of state visiting the Pope earlier in the month. I’m surprised I haven’t seen more Church of God blogs and commentaries say something about this. Isn’t it interesting that in spite of the lesser popularity of the current Pope in contrast…
Well, I helped to move my daughter into her new apartment yesterday. She is living off-campus now while she goes to school. School doesn’t start until next month, so she isn’t really gone yet, but it is a bittersweet event anyhow. Last Sabbath, our congregation heard a sermonette about family. …