Yahoo! News reported that “Obama calls for understanding in Notre Dame speech”. According to the report: President Barack Obama strode head-on Sunday into the stormy abortion debate and told graduates at America’s leading Roman Catholic university that both sides must stop demonizing one another. Obama acknowledged that "no matter how…
On 1 May 2004, the European Union (EU) expanded by 10 members.1 As the EU marked the 5th anniversary of this event, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement went on the attack. The Telegraph reported on 1 May, “Britain has ‘irrational’ view of Europe, says commissioner”. Commissioner Ollie Rehn acknowledges that…
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…
The 9 May 2009 Telegraph reports “Dmitry Medvedev at Moscow missile parade: ‘Russia will teach aggressors a lesson’”. During a parade commemorating the victory over the Nazis 64 years ago, President Medvedev gave a speech about the external threats to Russia. On the one hand, this may be a way…
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. ~ Ps 2:4 I believe it was a story by Darlene Warren that I read that went something like this: Warren and her friend were touring the Vatican. They were in an older place, and…
I’m not sure who shows more hypocrisy, Perez Hilton or the National Organization for Marriage. While we are at it, what about the hypocrisy of Carrie Prejean herself? This is a soap opera! The only difference is that you just cannot make this stuff up. Perez Hilton showed his hypocrisy…
I believe we sometimes cross paths with people for a reason. One can never be sure of what God’s purposes are in our daily interactions, but once in a great while, I can make an educated guess. I stumbled across a posting online where someone became comfortable with atheism. They…
This past Sabbath, the pastor gave a sermon fitting for Mother’s Day. He pointed out that Mother’s Day gives an opportunity to express sincere appreciation for the women in our lives, esp. our mothers and wives. This actually dovetails nicely into another study I am doing on some of the…
[This is an update and republished article after further study.] Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. …And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. But unto the sons of…
Well, the UCG GCE meeting has completed. As usual, there are the comments about “church government” that seems to accompany every UCG GCE meeting. Many like to quote HWA’s doctrine on church government from his book Mystery of the Ages: Old Testament Israel, the Church of the Old Testament, was…