Most of you probably did not know or notice that last Friday would have been the 500th birthday of John Calvin, had he still been alive. He is known for many things, but perhaps he known best as one of the great shapers of Reformed thought in Europe. Much of…
LifeNets, a charitible organization started by UCG pastor Victor Kubik, is getting its name out there in cyberspace. Just recently Askville by Amazon had a question posted, "LIFENETS.ORG… is anyone familiar with this website?…. are you aware this is a charitable organization that provides". Many of you are probably aware…
On 2 June 2009, COGWriter Robert Thiel posted an article on how “There Were Only Two Main Groups That Claim Christ”. Essentially, many modern historians now realize that the Christianity we see in the 1st century had radically altered by the 2nd century but there were a few “Nazarenes” that…
Richard Dawkins’ UFO friends are back :), and it turns out not all of them are stoned wallabies! On 8 July 2009, the Telegraph reported “Mayan ‘apocalypse’ crop circle appears at Silbury Hill”. The picture is most likely copyrighted, but you can see it in the link above. It’s actually…
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…