“Don’t sweat the small stuff”, goes the saying. Yet, I wonder. Usually, when someone says that, it means to get beyond small problems and look at the bigger picture. Yet, it could be taken as “ignore the small stuff” as well, and that can lead to bigger problems. Small problems,…
An oldie but a goody. Every once in a while, you hear the claim that the NT wasn’t written until decades after the Apostles all died. Sometimes, you even hear claims that it was centuries. The Good News in the November/December 1997 edition has the article “When Was the New…
When you search for “prophe” in the KJV, you get 573 results. “Vision” gets you 96 results. It is said that between 1/4 and 1/3 of the Bible is prophecy. Obviously, prophecy is an important part of the Bible, and understanding it is one step closer to understanding the mind…
Dr Robert Thiel wrote me a cordial email about the article “The Pope and the Antichrist”. I will try to address his comments/clarifications/questions one at a time (yet without publishing the entire email chain). “Perhaps you will want to post my response and P.S.” Consider it done, and hopefully I…
The Telegraph ran the article “Asian skeleton found in ruins suggests Roman Empire larger than thought” a couple of months ago. Previous to this find, it was thought that all trade with the Chinese and other Asian cultures were done external to the empire. This opens up a new understanding…
In Part 7, we saw that Israel’s conquest of Canaan was just because God commanded it. However, all along Israel had a habit of not seeking God’s will. In fact, there is sufficient evidence to conclude that Israel might not have had to fight at all if they simply obeyed…
UCG has published on their blog Inside United: Realtime "New President Selection Process". Basically, the goal is to have a new president by 1 July. If that does not happen, then Melvin Rhodes will become Interim President, taking over from Roy Holladay who is now filling that role. Holladay states…
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News correspondent Neil Macdonald recently wrote the article "Are we all facing a Greek-style future?" in which he mentions GTA. Garner Ted believed governments were becoming sinfully profligate and that there would be dire consequences, and my father, with his deep Calvinist streak — he never…
Recently, COG Writer Robert Thiel of Church of God News wrote in “Ronald Weinland on Antichrist, the Pope, and the Abomination of Desolation”, “The False Prophet is the final Antichrist.” I have to admit I was a little surprised by that statement. Frankly, as far as I can remember back,…
It seems I left out a part in the outline of the still ongoing series on The Just War. I haven’t forgotten this series, it’s just that lately current events, especially in COG news, have made it take a back seat. However, before I post that particular article in the…