6,000 years or so of humanity. Have we learned anything yet? On the physical plane, we have successfully fought some diseases, sent men to the moon and back and have created such a connected world that we often fight “information overload”. And yet, we still have famines (mostly man-made), wars…
The PCG announcement was not the only wacky thing going on this weekend. Maybe it’s just because it is Labor Day weekend and people have more time on their hands. More likely, it is because the fall holy days come earlier, so some of it is due to pre-holy day…
The other day, I posted, “Does Jesus Need You?” about how, on one level, God the Father and Jesus Christ need us. The intense desire for them to have a larger family is so great that it could be classified as a need. If they need companionship and fellowship, then…
Google alerts can be quite strange sometimes. Take the one for “Herbert armstrong mailing address”. I have to wonder what the post office would charge for that one. Then, there is the alert “A House for God!” where Stephen Flurry, son of Gerald Flurry, the latter being the pastor general…
At first glance, the idea that an omnipotent God needs anything at all strikes one in an odd way. In fact, it is sometimes used as a “proof” that God does not exist. It boils down to what a “need” is. I need to eat. I need to sleep. I…
MSNBC.com posted on 24 August the article “‘No compassion’ for Katrina loan applicants". It is a story about how employees in the SBA who were supposed to help victims of Hurricane Katrina were rewarded for closing loan applications quickly and penalized if they did not. Very often, applicants were required…
I don’t usually write a lot about homosexuality. The reason is simple: In the end, it isn’t any different than any other sin. Certainly, a few have written about how it’s worse or unnatural or whatever. Yet, what sin isn’t bad? What unrepentant sin will God overlook? How much worse…