And they may find it, too: Russian companies are preparing to switch contracts to renminbi and other Asian currencies amid fears that western sanctions may freeze them out of the US dollar market, according to two top bankers. "Over the last few weeks there has been a significant interest in the market from large Russian …
Has Everyone Forgotten About Utah Beach? (And a comment about the VA to boot)
Today, of course, is the seventieth day of the Allied invasion of Normandy. Â We will be regaled with films of American soldiers under fire as they hit the beach. Â Just about all of those films will, by necessity, come from one beach--Omaha. Â So what about the rest of the Allied forces that participated in the …
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Born to be Alive: After the Second Chapter
For the entire work and an interactive table of contents, click here. It is the custom of Evangelical and Pentecostal authors these days to finish their works with the confident assertion that, if the reader follows what is in the book they have just read, everything will be all right, as the advice given is …
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The Downhill Run of Roman Catholicism
As documented by Thomas Aquinas about the frequent reception of the Eucharist, in Summa Theologiae, 3, q. 80, a. 10 (I have added the papal dates): In the primitive Church, when the devotion of the Christian faith was more flourishing, it was enacted that the faithful should communicate daily: hence Pope Anaclete (76-88) says (Ep. …
Born to be Alive: Everything in Common
For the entire work and an interactive table of contents, click here. They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything …
The Lesson from "Island Freemasonry" That Bishop Broadbent Needs to Learn
The Deputy Bishop of London vents on his low opinion of the island of Jersey: The Deputy Bishop of London has claimed Jersey was "in the grip of freemasonry" and that there was a "conspiracy of silence" on the island. The Right Reverend Peter Broadbent, Bishop of Willesden, also said there was not much nice …
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Another Palm Beach Landmark Bites the Dust
In this case, Testa's Restaurant: The Testa family received permission from the Architectural Commission on Wednesday to demolish the restaurant, gas station, Via Testa retail shops and other buildings on its 1.3-acre property along Royal Poinciana Way and Sunset Avenue. As is commonly the case in Palm Beach, the road to this point has been …
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One More Time: My Thoughts on Greg Griffith's Conversion to Catholicism
It seems that pieces on "Tiber swimming" have become my stock in trade.  Recently I did one on the conversion of Swedish Charismatic pastor Ulf Ekman to the Roman Catholic Church.  I must admit, however, that I was blindsided by the piece simply entitled "Waypoints" by the proprietor of the Anglican blogosphere's premier conservative site, Stand …
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The Endless Need for Moral Certainty
Hasn't gone away: But in fact, as people have turned away from the religious framework, they have not jettisoned that interior certitude, that feeling of absolute confidence that used to be associated only with religious doctrine and belief. When people stop believing in God, they quickly find surrogate beliefs, construct surrogate values, and embrace a …
The Reasons Christ is Really Present in the Eucharist
It's always amazing that the "fundamental" Protestants pass over this, but they do.  From Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, 3 q.75 a.1: The presence of Christ's true body and blood in this sacrament cannot be detected by sense, nor understanding, but by faith alone, which rests upon Divine authority. Hence, on Luke 22:19: "This is My body which shall be delivered up for you," Cyril says: …
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