On 27 March, Clyde Kilough stated in “About Our Father’s Business” that the Good News Bible Reading Program (BRP) may start firing up real soon. Tom Robinson has been busy with editing booklets so they can be resized in order to conform to US Postal standards for lower cost items….
Brethren, are you up to the task? Have you ever been put in a situation where you quite couldn’t figure out why you were there and what God was doing in your life? After time goes on, a small light appears, then it gets bigger but fuzzy. That’s how I…
I reluctantly give Beyond Babylon: Europe’s Rise and Fall 2 stars. Why 2 stars? Well, I ended up justifying it with the fact that even a broken clock is correct twice per day. Even those on the Church of God (COG) extreme fringe are bound to get a few things…
If God exists, and if the US is a Christian nation, then why the economic downturn? The Bible talks a lot about blessings and curses. Ancient Israel was promised blessings if it obeyed and curses if it disobeyed (Dt 28). However, Jesus spoke of 2 catastrophes in His day and…
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. ~ Ex 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go…
It’s interesting sometimes how the news will have similar subjects that go in different directions. Justice For All Twist MSNBC reported on 26 March that “Hundreds of Pa. juvenile convictions reversed“. Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan were found to have taken $2.6 million in kickbacks in return for putting…
As near as I can tell, this is an adaptation of an old Chinese proverb, but there are various versions adapted to different beliefs. Therefore, it is not theologically correct. However, when I first read this, I thought about Mr Armstrong’s sermons about the way of give and the way…
Telegraph.uk.co’s website reporter Nick Squires on 23 March reported “Condom campaigners protest at the Vatican against Pope’s Aids comments“. The protests were spawned by remarks the Pope made earlier that condoms were not the answer to Africa’s fight against HIV. “The Pope’s extremely serious and irresponsible words are even further…
Euobserver.com writer Andrew Willis wrote a piece on 25 March that the “EU rejects proposal for new reserve currency“. “Everybody agrees also that the [main] present world reserve currency, the dollar, is there and will continue to be there for a long period of time,” said Mr Almunia after a…
Yahoo! News reported on 25 March “EU presidency: US stimulus is ‘the road to hell’”. the European Union President, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, said the comments to the European Parliament ahead of a key summit on fixing the world economy. Many were shocked by his comments, but it really…