I am actually writing this ahead of time, but I want this to be a pointer back to the Feast of Tabernacles 2009 to help me to remember various aspects of it. I hope that this will jog my memory from time to time as I try to answer these…
Sometimes, you just come across a story of someone who does something so heroic, so courageous and so, well, good, that you have to make mention of it. I just wish I had gotten the chance to post it sooner. On BulldogBlitz.com, it was reported that “Eulls saves 22 lives…
I posted about Thiel’s new book, 2012 and the Rise of the Secret Sect. He draws together all sorts of false prophecies in the book to weave, I suspect, his tale of a temporary but false peace that will precede the real one. If I’m wrong, I apologize up front…
Anyone who has watched a Billy Graham crusade is probably familiar with the Protestant hymn Just As I Am. The idea is that you come to God in whatever state you are, from wherever you are, and you “give your heart to the Lord”. What some might mean by this…
Thomas Paine’s Age of Reason challenged organized religion and the legitimacy of the Bible. He proposed that reason should take the place of revelation. More recently, the modern age of scientific inquiry was supposed to unlock all of the questions mankind had struggled with. Logic and reason were supposed to…
Why do the COG numbers seem to be dwindling yet there are megachurches that seem to be doing just fine? What are the types of things that turn people off? “Customer Service” I must be about the last person to get the Journal. COG Writer Robert Thiel had a report…
Sometimes, it is good to just be able to post about a positive news story. While not a Church of God, there is a car repair facility in the south called Christian Brother’s Automotive. As reported in the Telegraph article “Down the Mississippi: Christian car repair in Missouri”, they offer…
“We are the nuclear waste from the fuel that made those stars shine.” That comment out of context may sound cynical, but it should be humbling in its proper perspective. Science has answered a lot of questions. However, it cannot answer all questions. For all of our knowledge, it becomes…
About 50% of marriages in the US end in divorce. The Church has long recognized that the world’s concept of love leading to marriage as being flawed. There is so much more to it. Most often, what the world calls “love” is nothing but out-and-out lust. A shallow foundation to…
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…