On 2 July 2009, the Telegraph reported “Farrah Fawcett’s letter to son read out at funeral”. The subtitle read, “A letter written by Farrah Fawcett to her wayward son Redmond O’Neal has been read out at the star’s funeral in Los Angeles.” O’Neal had been released from jail long enough…
In “Bone fragments confirmed to be Saint Paul”, the Telegraph reported on 29 June 2009 that “scientific tests confirmed shards found in the underground chamber … were from the apostle.” It makes you wonder. Did they have some DNA of his laying around to compare with? No, just purple linen…
There is a time to call people out for their actions and their words (Lev 19:17; Jas 5:19-20). However, causing division unnecessarily is not something to play around with, either: These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue,…
COGWriter’s Robert Thiel posted “PCG on Obama and Iran” on 24 June 2009. He reports about a theTrumpet.com article that Gerald Flurry published on 22 June about Iran. Once again, self-proclaimed prophet Flurry proves he doesn’t understand Scripture by confusing Iran with the King of the South in prophecy. What…
The past few weeks, I’ve given you background on Burma, aka Myanmar. Now, some updates. It should come as no surprise that Burma has been stalling the “trial” of Aung San Suu Kyi. Then, Burma jailed several of her supporters. Britain has threatened tougher sanctions against Burma on The Lady’s…
I have published a new article on Associated Content about “Reflecting on Independence Day”. Below is an excerpt. When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the…
It’s been a while since I did a roundup article of smaller current events items. Here are some items from various places that might be of interest. Crop Circles Made by Stoner Wallabies In one of the stranger articles I’ve come across recently, the Telegraph reported on 26 June 2009…
Is there such a thing as a “slippery slope”? In debate or rhetoric, a slippery slope (also the thin edge of the wedge or the camel’s nose) is a classical informal fallacy. A slippery slope argument states that a relatively small first step inevitably leads to a chain of related…
Marriage. It’s an equal partnership, right? No worries! We’ll work it all out somehow! No one needs to be in charge! Actually, that is a major problem in our society today. No one likes to be told what to do, and no one wants to be in charge. We see…
In Part 1, you read some background material about the Karen tribe of Myanmar, more commonly known as Burma. There is a high percentage of professing Christians in a country that persecutes both the ethnic Karen and Christians. In effect, being a Karen Christian is being a double target. Part…