God’s Labor Day
[Originally published 5 Sept 2011, updated 1 Sept 2014] If people don’t have to work, then why is it called Labor Day?
Free Will Versus Predestination
How some people view their destiny Image courtesy of Boaz Yiftach at FreeDigitalPhotos.net [Originally published on Helium 26 February 2009] Does a person have free will, or is a person’s fate predetermined? What is fate, anyhow? How do various religions view fate, such as ancient Greece and Hinduism? What of…
Arthur Conan Doyle on War, the Day Washington Burned, and Is Power Evil?
What is leadership without power? Those cheeky Brits! 3 The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name. ~ Ex 15:3 The BBC News Magazine ran a piece yesterday on “Arthur Conan Doyle’s eerie vision of the future of war“. He wrote a propaganda piece in 1914 called “Danger!…
A Couple of Troubling Items in UCG COE Report
I took a moment to go over the 14 August Council of Elders Meeting Report on this and other days from United Church of God, and I have to say there are some that raise questions.
The Third Exodus
Clearing away misunderstandings and twisted Scriptures. Bible illustration of The Exodus, from Sweet Publishing Illustration by Jim Padgett, under CCA-SA 2 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; 2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the…
Various News and Bits
Just some updates and random thoughts for today.
Reflections: The Key to the Keys in the Bible?
Drawing by Producer via Wikimedia Commons Exegesis and eisegesis are two conflicting approaches in Bible study. Exegesis is the exposition or explanation of a text based on a careful, objective analysis. The word exegesis literally means ‘to lead out of.’ That means that the interpreter is led to his conclusions…
Why Study Prophecy?
People have always been interested in the future. The publicity of people like Jean Dixon, Nostradamus and Edward Cayce are just a few examples that show how much interest there is in knowing what is to come.
Is Asia Warming Up to Pope Francis?
Are we now one more baby step closer to a worldwide religion? Pope Francis at Vargihna, BrazilPhoto by Tânia Rêgo/ABr, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Brazil license 11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as…
Other Commentaries on False Leaders, Both Civil and Religious
False leaders with their false ideas and those who follow them are always sucked in by arrogance, ignorance or both. The King and Queen of Hearts hold court to determine who stole the tarts, one of the legendary stories perhaps based upon the foibles of bad leadership. Altered and scaled…