Category: Columns
British church leader identifies cause of riots
by Reginald Quirk Dramatic television pictures leave the impression Britain’s capital is ablaze in a re-enactment of the Great Fire of London. The incidents, although unsettling and awful, are isolated. Beginning with a peaceful demonstration hijacked by rioters in North London last week, on subsequent…
Responding to famine in Somalia and gunfire in Norway
by Ian Adnams What a troubling week for our troubled world. First, news of famine in East Africa and then the horrific murder of 76 persons in Norway. It’s heartbreaking enough for humans, but we can never imagine how these events must break the heart of God….
Love amidst the ruins: The Deathly Hallows Part 2 SPOILER ALERT
by Mathew Block “It all ends” reads the tagline of the eighth and final Harry Potter film, The Deathly Hallows Part 2. As the words might lead you to believe, this is a dark film. The tension which has been growing throughout the series comes…
When you have that sinking feeling
by Peggy Pedersen When I was a child taking swimming lessons, we had to pass a test at the end of the summer. We took all our lessons in the shallow end of the pool where you could stand with your head above water. The swimming test…
Lessons from the non-rapture
What can we learn from the Harold Camping “Rapture” experience? 1. False prophets are still with us. They aren’t confined to biblical times 2. Teaching about the end times and the return of Christ, even with believers, is confused and littered with false teaching. 3. …
Fasten your seatbelts for the return of Jesus…or not.
by Michael Keith Jesus may return today or Sunday, May 22 or any day thereafter but I feel somewhat justified in saying He will not return on Saturday, May 21. The news media is buzzing because of another attempt by someone to name the day…
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