Image by AFP/Getty Images via Daylife Associated Press ran this story yesterday: “Catholic orders plead poverty in Irish abuse“… DUBLIN – The Catholic orders responsible for abusing Ireland’s poorest children say they’re struggling to come up with money to help their victims. Yet investigations into their net worth paint a very different picture — that…
Category: In the News
The Russians Are Coming?
I know, I know, you’ve heard this all before. But a news item caught my eye this morning and it seemed like a good idea to blog it. So read over the following verses from Scripture and then read the quote (below) from Associated Press. Ezekiel 38:3-6, 8-13 Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I…
Flags of the Vatican
CBC News Video “Pope Benedict calls for Palestinian ‘homeland’.” (CBC News) I was fascinated to see on the CBC news that the Pope is being welcomed to Jerusalem with the fluttering of Vatican flags all over the city. The reporter pointed out that this Pope was part of the Nazi Youth, lifted the excommunication of…
Israel War Planes Attack Cush Convoy
JAFFA, Israel – A source within Hamas has admitted a weapons convoy in Sudan meant for his Islamist organization was struck by a missile in January. Earlier today, CBS reported the Israel Air Force carried out the attack on a convoy of trucks carrying arms destined for Hamas in the Gaza Strip. According to the…
The Cross, the Switchblade & the Winepress
David Wilkerson, author of the one-time bestseller The Cross and the Switchblad, has startled North American readers with a very specific prediction of major catastrophes hitting New York City. I had been thinking of how to respond in this blog to his predictions in a respectful, but biblical way, when I saw that John Piper…
AOL News Poll: Quarter-Million Voters Doubt Obama's Birth
An article posted on AOL News introduced readers to what it calls “fringe” element of conservatives, called “Birthers”, who persist in doubting whether Obama was actually born in the USA as he claims. According to the writer this rumour continues to live on in spite of “overwhelming evidence”. I wonder, however, if AOL News expected…
Not Justice, Not Sovereignty But Prosperity
We live in interesting times. This morning I came across three articles that caught my attention. The first one was this one about a US Army soldier, currently serving in Iraq, announcing his intention to defy President Obama’s orders and to join a lawsuit demanding that Obama produce documents to prove his eligibility to serve…
Zero hour to What?
Hal Lindsey has written another article, posted on WorldNetDaily.com, that I just have to comment on. It’s titled, “Zero hour approaches” and was posted on February 6 (just 4 days before the election in Israel). Whoever bothers to actually read my blog (all three or four of you!) might be surprised to hear that I…
Cashless Society in Prophecy? Where Mr. Lindsey?
“…In a civil sense, …to trade, and exercise merchandise,… was forbidden by several Popish councils and synods; the Lateran council, under Pope Alexander, decreed… that no one should presume to retain or encourage… or “trade” with [heretics]…” (John Gill’s “Expositor”)