Even on the road, bad news travels fast. I cannot find the original on the AC website, but COG Writer Dr Robert Thiel wrote “UCG loses 8 ministers in November” on the blog Church of God News. It appears it was written before the resignation of Jon Pinelli, which someone…
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. ~ English Proverb The above is the oldest English proverb in existence. While there are older sayings around, they derive either from Greek thought or from the Bible. The above idiom is purely English, although it’s original…
I am taking a short break to deal with personal matters. However, Kim Linton, a writing colleague, has posted a short but thoughtful article on Associated Content about “Sermon Outlines: How to Live Prosperously in Hard Times". She only deals with one facet of an overall subject, but I think…
I’m doing a bit of travelling today, so I invite you to read an article on John D’s Computer Blog about how “Greed Is Not Good".
“Happy Turkey Day!” The first time I heard it, I was somewhat amused. Unfortunately, the American “Thanksgiving” has in reality become mostly that. It is a day to eat turkey, stuff yourself with mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie, perhaps have a couple of brews and watch football. And not much…
[Ugh! Why do Blogger templates mess up the formatting so much?] I had pondered previously about why David Buchanan’s letter got such a wide circulation and yet I had not seen Erik Jones’ entire letter. Well, I now have a copy, and it is republished below in its entirety. Afterwards,…
I almost fell out of my chair this morning. I get a weekly report of the number of views and pages for that week. I was thrilled about a year ago when it hit a whopping 23 average views per day. A few weeks ago, I assumed that 97 views…
The American Family Association (AFA) is well-known for various boycotts and such that attempt to make companies act at least reasonably family friendly. Their efforts have included such things as boycotting companies that sponsor gay pride parades and such. Many of those efforts have had mixed results, but some have…
OK, I tried to understand this one, but it doesn’t make sense to me. COGWriter Dr Robert Thiel wrote: Leon Walker made the following statements on 11/19/10: As you know, Denny Luker sent a letter to the Spanish ministry still credentialed by UCG demanding that they choose between him or…
8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant,…