I still believe that the Internet is the most cost effective means of spreading the Gospel. Not only that, but it is the most effective. You don’t have to have a radio or TV station to carry a particular program. You don’t have to smuggle in copies of magazines or…
Someone asked on the radio today, "Where were you on 9/11?" It has become one of those watershed moments that grip a civilization and becomes entrenched in its memory. It’s impossible to have an event like this and not change as a result. However, just because a change occurs in…
Irony. The place often suffered from earthquakes, especially from the great shock in the reign of Nero (60 AD), in which it was completely destroyed. But the inhabitants declined imperial assistance to rebuild the city and restored it from their own means.[8] The wealth of its inhabitants created among them…
One of the themes in the latest Journal is about UCG first voting to move to Texas and the next year voting to not move. The question seems to have come up at least a couple of times in this issue, “Did God change His mind?” First of all, I…
Dear President Obama, First, I want to make sure I understand what is going on here. Quotes are from FoxNews.com “‘Special Report’ Panel on Whether Racism Played Into Arrest of Harvard Professor”, but it pretty much parallels with every other story I have read or heard on the arrest of…
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; ~ 2Ti 4:3 I find it interesting that people seem to be afraid to listen to dissenting opinion. Whatever happened to the “marketplace of…
I want to get this off my chest before the week is out. Political Idolatry I have asked the question before “Politics: The New Religion?” It seems that this ideological bent even pervades the world’s churches. I go to a Church of God (COG), and so I don’t know what…
The Pope did a tour of the Middle East starting 8 May 2009 and lasted 8 days. What to make of the trip? Failure to Impress On 9 May, the Telegraph wrote, “Pope Benedict XVI under fire from Muslims for not doing enough to heal rift with Islam”, in which…
I received an email today that might be worth considering. It is a proposal for economic recovery. The following was filed in response to an article in the Business Section of the St. Petersburg Times newspaper which asked readers for submissions on "How Would You Fix the Economy." I think…
How many of you really get it? Would Jesus be? Liberal or conservative? The Good News Commentary team put up a pretty good video exploring this question. Check out “Liberal, Conservative or Christian?” below. Well, it has been over 100 days, and the news media is still evaluating (or more…