The following news item was of interest: Possible remains of second temple found in Jerusalem: TV AFP – August 30, 2007 4:20pm US/Eastern Remains of the Jewish second temple may have been found during work to lay pipes at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in east Jerusalem, Israeli television reported Thursday. Israeli television broadcast footage of […]
Month: August 2007
AW Questions Historical Validity of Genesis
By COGwriter This morning I noticed that Gavin Rumney of the anti-COG Ambassador Watch website included the following in his post: Even more basic is the assumption that Genesis relates real history. Was there truly a garden called Eden in prehistory, a place which we might find if we had H. G. Wells’ Time Machine […]
Fires in Greece
A Temple of Zeus in Athens, Greece The following news item was of interest: ‘Left at the Mercy of God’ Spiegel – August 27, 2007 [excerpts] Greece on Monday continues battling devastating blazes that have turned vast swaths of the country to smoldering ash…there is hardly a corner of the country that has been spared. “The […]
CGOM Against the Place of Safety
By COGwriter The latest edition of CGOM’s New Horizons magazine has an article by Ian Hufton against the concept of a “place of safety”, titled “Do You Want Safety?” Here are some lines from that article: Some earnestly desire and yearn for a place of safety which by itself may place them in great danger. […]
Norman Edwards on Tomorrow’s Red Moon
Earlier today, I received the following news item: On Tuesday, Aug. 28th the full Moon will slip into Earth’s shadow for a two-hour total eclipse…beginning at 5:00 a.m. in Atlanta. The moon will be totally eclipsed at 5:52 a.m. and be fully out of Earth’s shadow by 8:24 a.m. However, we won’t be able to see the end […]
COGaIC: Early Christianity Different
COGaIC reported: Oxford University hosted its Fifteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies, an event conducted by the University every four years. This event brings together over 500 academics from the four corners of the globe and from all denominations. “Patristics” is a name given to the study of the Church Fathers from the post apostolic […]
Four Short News Items
LCG reported on the following news items: The Vatican’s Growing Influence. Although we live in an increasingly secular society, the Bible predicts an end-time religious re-awakening and that a mother church will wield unparalleled political influence. The July 21, 2007, issue of The Economist contained an article chronicling the rising political power and influence of the Catholic Church. […]
ICG Points Out A Basic Flaw in Evolution
The View From the Cave in Patmos: Did Plants Just Happen? In its update last night, ICG’s Mark Armstrong commented (bolding mine): One of the big news stories released today is about the scientific report released regarding a recent discovery of a “handful of teeth from the earliest direct ancestors of modern gorillas ever found.” […]
UCG and LCG Approaches to Prophecy
Here is an excerpt from United Church of God’s August 2007 “World News & Prophecy” editorial: “Too often when we study prophecy, we get caught up in the speculative aspects of “when will Christ return?” or “who are the two witnesses of Revelation?” Granted, these are among the most interesting parts of the subject. But […]
Japan, the Vatican, & Prophecy
Pope Benedict XVI The pro-Vatican newservice, Zenit reported: The Vatican: A Japanese Perspective Interview With Ambassador Kagefumi Ueno Zenit – August 23, 2007 VATICAN CITY – Japan and the Vatican have a lot of reasons to intensify relations in the coming years, especially regarding cooperation in Africa, says the new Japanese ambassador to the Holy […]