Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
Last year we stated that Iran's greater objective than wiping Israel off of the map was to take control of both sides of the Persian Gulf, which would include Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the other Gulf states. Such an assesment was and is a minority view, both by those who support Israel (the …
Continue reading "They’d Still Rather Take Riyadh. And Riyadh Knows It."
Although the Thanksgiving holiday is past, we as Christians should not make it an end of being thankful. Being thankful to God for all of the blessings that He has given us—especially the gift of redemption by His Son Jesus Christ—must be a part of our daily living. The same psalm that says “Let us …
Today, of course, is AIDS awareness day. However, many Christians are unsympathetic to the whole epidemic, and this has subjected them to attack from the likes of Rick Warren, to say nothing of those on the left. The basic problem, as is the case with many things, is political. Back in the 1980's, gay activists …
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The eagle is strong and noble. But the cat should never be underestimated.
We found the whole report entitled "Is the Episcopal Church Growing (or Declining?)" a fascinating one to digest, not only from a ministry professional standpoint but as an analysis of the present state of the TEC. ("Present" may be a stretch; the report stops in 2002, just before the firestorm erupted over Vickie Gene Robinson's …
Continue reading "The Basic Problem(s) with the Episcopal Church"
We are pleased to announce that The Island Chronicles--our premier work--is now in print. The first two installments, Paludavia (The Swamp Road) and At the Inlet, are immediately available, and the last two, The Final Decision and Two Paths, will be very shortly. These represent the fourth and fifth books this webmaster has had published …
We are gratified that British Airways has finally seen daylight on the issue of whether one of their check-in personnel could wear a small cross on the job. What surprises us is that so much of the UK, a society that is riddled with rabid secuarlism and political correctness, rose up in outcry over this …
The Christmas/Advent season is upon us at last, complete with the culture war over replacing a Christian holiday with a secuarlist/pagan one. It's sad that it has come to that, especially since this isn't the first time that we have different religions celebrating something at the same time of year. So let's really brighten up …
Dr. Peter Toon's article on Virtue Online about the difference between the changes wrought by the Catholic and Episcopal churches in the 1960's and 1970's is essentially correct but needs some expansion, particularly on the Catholic side of things. The years preceding Vatican II were interesting ones in Catholic thought because there were two trends …
Continue reading "Catholic vs. Episcopal Liturgical Changes: The Difference"
Back in 2004, we wrote an article entitled Think Before You Convert. In it we went through the pros and cons of Anglicanism vs. Roman Catholicism. We also said the following: One thing that gets kicked around in Anglican circles is the idea of an "Anglican Rite" within Roman Catholicism. From a Roman Catholic viewpoint, …
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