One thing that the current UCG crisis points out is that you can justify almost anything, even when it comes to core doctrines like keeping the Sabbath holy. It is a remarkable trait of human nature to justify one’s behavior in spite of divergence from acceptable standards and practices. This…
On the Facebook UCG United We Stand discussion board is a page for “I Support the Letter”. This signature page is to show support for the letter that the elders who signed the Open Letter to Dennis Luker. Granted, it is informal, but it is very symbolic. It only had…
Frankly, there are many things that turn me off about the current UCG leadership. However, the overarching concern I have is they and their supporters have not shown a great deal of integrity. Unfortunately, that includes doctrinal integrity as well. Take Arctic Circle Guy, for example. He has posted yet…
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UCG Current Crisis has posted at “New Documents from the GCE” three documents written by the authors of the latest petition to the President of UCG, Dennis Luker. They go into great detail the number of times members of the previous administration and a few other elders have attempted to…
Recently, I finished reading a rather sad letter from the father of a son studying in Chile on the UCG Current Crisis website. It is titled “A Servant’s Plea for Chile – A UCG Elders Personal Visit”. It is particularly interesting because of one of the ideas the author writes…
1 Kings 12 (John D’s Paraphrase Version) Rehoboam, son of Solomon, and all of Israel gathered in Shechem in order to anoint Rehoboam as King of All Israel. Now, Jeroboam, son of Nebat, was still living in Egypt after fleeing the presence of King Solomon. So, he heard of the…
Well, once again today’s post is being directed towards current events rather than what I planned. Let’s see, there were 355 elders and wives in attendance at the last GCE. Let’s assume that only 2/3rds of the wives were able to travel. That means there are about 296 elders. Now,…
Before I got sidetracked with Mr Arctic Circle Guy, I was actually looking for something else. One letter was posted on the UCG Current Crisis site, apparently from the daughter and son-in-law of a UCG member in Wichita, KS. It is disturbing if true. It appears that the member clicked…
I cannot even read this all the way through, as it absolutely makes my blood boil. I have never seen such a shameful example of a minister to excuse, justify and explain away bad behavior! He could have summed it up more concisely thusly: “The COE is right, they will…