December 2024 (6)

Monday, December 30 2024

BRICS Chairmanship will hand over to Brazil in 2025

On Jan. 1, the chairmanship of BRICS will officially hand over to Brazil - from Russia. Also on this date, 9 "partner states" will be officially added: Belarus, Bolivia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda and Uzbekistan. At least 4 additional partner states are  […]

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Saturday, December 21 2024

They will "shine like the lights of heaven"

At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be  […]

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Thursday, December 19 2024

A Theology of Suffering - in the Book of Enoch

For the sake of review and comparison, I've included the text from Luke 16 - "The Rich Man and Lazarus". Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores and longing to be fed  […]

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Thursday, December 5 2024

Deconstruction

Here's an interesting interview on the subject of deconstruction. Many pastors in mainline church communities have warned against it and even shunned those who've undergone the process of deconstruction because it can lead to some fairly radical changes - like leaving their church community. It's  […]

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Wednesday, December 4 2024

a graveyard of christian institutions

When Jesus came the first time, He disrupted the religious establishment. I suspect many consider that moment in time as a once-off rebuke of those particular forms of religious expression. And then He instituted the "church" and all is made well. The problem is, if you take a look around,  […]

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Tuesday, December 3 2024

"He went away and prayed"

This was Jesus' response to the world around Him. Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray. Mark 1:35 This was probably one of the most predictable activities of Jesus. This habit of His was demonstrated repeatedly throughout the gospel  […]

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