I know that recently PCG has seemingly posted or had posted for them several odd articles giving some sort of history (from their perspective) on HWA and Gerald Flurry. However, “SUPPORT MAZON–THE JEWISH RESPONSE TO HUNGER …. FEED THE HUNGRY THIS YOM KIPPUR… The Philadelphia Church of God was incorporated…
9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; (Colossians 3:9, King James Version) I remember how Garner Ted Armstrong used to tell the story about the little boy who just found out that Santa Claus wasn’t real. He remarked to his…
I’m going to stick to mostly non-scholarly articles this week, except perhaps for the one on the 25th (still working on that one). People are out of school, on break from work, dealing with the weather, travelling to events around the country, etc. Speaking of travelling to events and weather,…
Many know the Book of Job as a book about suffering. Many sermons about how a Christian should endure suffering have been written, based in part upon this book. The story didn’t start out that way, of course. In fact, there is something very telling in the beginning of the…
I don’t normally write about celebrities, but this is too bizarre to pass up. It is also coincidental that the series on happiness and fulfillment was being written when the whole scandal began to break. In fact, the car crash occurred on Black Friday, and I began posting the series…
I want to be frank (no surprise to regular readers). People do not want to believe in British Israelism (BI) because they do not want to believe in the power and might of of a personally involved God. Furthermore, they do not believe in a God Who keeps His promises. …
I covered the downside and the upside of a commencement ceremony I attended over the weekend. So, what else is there to talk about? I spoke vaguely of the festive atmosphere, with many of the graduates decorating their caps, only to be outdone by the colorful hoods and such of…
The Christian Institute reported last week that "Trial begins of Christians who criticised Islam". They are charged with a public order offense for debating with a Muslim woman whether or not Jesus was the Son of God or just a prophet. The couple own a hotel, and the woman was…
Apologetics Index is not exactly my favorite website. Indeed, its article on “Why are there so many different churches?” is just so much talking around the real issues. However, even there, one statement really jumped off of the page at me: Sometimes people mistake differences in church personality as differences…
Last weekend, I attended a commencement, at which I was shocked at the bland PC “benediction”. However, not all was bad about the affair. The keynote speaker was a history professor from the university. At first, I really had no idea where he was headed with his address. As a…