US President Joe Biden said on 2/19/21 that the USA may NOT "return to normal" in 2021 because of vaccine and mutation issues. Is there another approach? Would it make sense to improve nutrition to strengthen the immune system and to help people with COVID-19? What about zinc, selenium, vitamin C, and vitamin D? What about avoiding unclean meats? What about eating more fruits and vegetables and items such as pumpkin seeds and Brazil nuts? What about …
USA Pushing (Im)'moral Leadership'?
The Biden-Harris Administration has issued memorandums in order to provide funding and other support for abortions and the LGBTQI+ agenda in the USA and around the world. This funding will also increase USA debt--this is in addition to something that Kamala Harris also did when she voted for an additional $1.9 trillion in debt. The Biden-Harris Administration wants to punish foreign nations not onboard with its …
Will There Be A "Great Reset"?
The theme of the World Economic Forum's 2021 meeting was the "great reset." What is the great reset that Klaus Schwab wrote about in his June 2020 book, 'COVID-19: The Great Reset'? World leaders such as Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau, Angela Merkel, Prince Charles, and Pope Francis have pushed for it. But leaders such as Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Vladimir Putin, and Jason Kenny have opposed it? Is it a conspiracy? Could the Freemasons, Vatican, and World Council of Churches be endorsing it? Is a great reset prophesied in the Bible? …
Temple Institute and God's Ultimate Goal
The Jerusalem-based Jewish Temple Institute correctly teaches that God (which they refer to as HaShem) will reign forever. They also correctly teach that God has a plan. They claim that God's "ultimate goal is to enter into a covenant with Israel" and is raising His people, fashioning them into what He will soon refer to as “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” Are Christians to be priests? If so, …
Who Gave the World the Bible? Who Had the Chain of Custody?
Do you know who gave the world the Bible? What about the chain of custody of the knowledge of the books of the Bible? Did the Apostle John pass the knowledge of the canon of the Bible to people like Polycarp of Smyrna? If so, did the Church of God have the proper knowledge of the books of the Bible since the first century? Did the Greco-Roman-Protestant churches have trouble knowing which books were inspired? Did they not include certain books as inspired as well as books that were not inspired as inspired? What about Hebrews, James, Jude, and 2 John, and Revelation? Does the Bible prophesy that the disciples would bind up the law and testimony? …
Is the USA prophesied to be destroyed by 2028?
Are there prophetic reasons to believe that the USA will not last two complete presidential terms? Yes. There is a tradition attributed to the Hebrew prophet Elijah that humanity had 6,000 years to live before being replaced by God's Kingdom. There are scriptures, writings in the Talmud, early Christian teachings that support this. Also, even certain Hindu writings support it. Here is a summary of ten items to consider: …
117th US Congress and Gendered Words
The 117th US Congress had an opening prayer by Protestant pastor and Missouri Democratic representative Emanuel Cleaver in which he prayed to the Hindu deity Brahma and ended with the words amen and a-woman. Does "amen" have to do with gender? The next day the US House of Representatives adopted a proposal forbidding the use of gendered terms in rules documents. The changes mean that the rules document will use language such as …
Original Order of the Books of the Bible
Is the 'traditional order' of books of the Bible found in most Bibles the original one? If not, where did it come from? Was the Roman Catholic saint Jerome involved? What was the order according to the Jews? Are the 22 books according to the Jews the same as the 39 books of the Old Testament according to Christians? What is the Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim, and the Tanakh? Did Dr. Ernest Martin do scholarly research into the original order of the books of the Bible? …
Overcome Procrastination
Do you procrastinate a lot? Is this a problem? Could you be missing out on properly living life because of procrastination? What about your spiritual life? Could you be missing out on being part of the the Kingdom of God because of your procrastination? How can you overcome procrastination? Are there secular and biblical tips on how to do that? Dr. Thiel covers many tips and scriptures in this podcast.
Interfaith movement pushing LGBTQ+ agenda
Deutsche Welle reported "LGBT conversion therapy: Religious leaders call for ban to 'abhorrent' practice." 370 religious leaders around the world have declared their support for the LGBTQ+ agenda. They declare their support of the view of the World Health Organization that it is normal to not be cisgender heterosexual. They bemoan "that certain religious teachings have often, throughout the ages" (like those of the Bible) have "caused ... offense to those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex." The Global Interfaith Commission on LGBT+ …
2021: The Great Tribulation or the Great Reset?
Is the end coming in 2021? Jesus’ disciples specifically asked Him how to know when this would happen (Matthew 24:3)–and He responded with details (Matthew 24:4-22). Sadly, many overlook what Jesus taught, but instead try to point to other things. Is it possible for the Great Tribulation to start in 2021 or before 2024? What about the so-called Big Reset and the so-called Great Reset. The World Economic Forum has posted, …
Vademecum: Rome's Trinitarian Ecumenical Handbook
On December 4, 2020, the Vatican published handbook with instructions for Catholic bishops to promote unity with other professing Christian communities. The document is called an “ecumenical vademecum.” It was approved by Pope Francis and issued Dec. 4 by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. It asserts that "Christ willed" the type of unity that the Church of Rome is now promoting. Pope Francis says that such unity is not optional, and has support from many government and religious leaders around the world including the World Council of Churches and the United Nations …
Biden-Harris & Hate Speech
Joe Biden has stated he would create a task force to deal with online threats and extremism. What does the first amendment, part of the Bill of Rights, to the US Constitution say? Is the Biden-Harris team committed to "advance LGBTQ+ equality in America"? Has the Biden-Harris campaign posted that giving more religious freedom is "hate against LGBTQ+ individuals"? What is the so-called "Equality Act" all about? Could Kamala Harris be more strident about this than even Joe Biden? …
America's Primary Problem Forgetting God!
The USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom are facing many difficulties. Could the primary cause be forgetting God? What does the first chapter of the Book of Romans teach? Are there important warnings in Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Habakkuk, Isaiah, and 2 Timothy that most are overlooking or dismissing? Does the Book of Proverbs warn against a generation like ours? ...
COVID, Pandemics, and Unclean Meat
With countries like the USA reporting over 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases per day in November 2020 and a "second wave of the pandemic" hitting Europe, some have wondered, how we can better prevent future pandemics? Researchers believe that Chinese horseshoe bats and probably pangolins were involved in the creation of the novel coronavirus. Pigs, chimps, monkeys, and other unclean animals have been connected to pandemics over the course of human history. …
Euthanasia: Mercy killing or murder?
On October 30, 2020, New Zealand voters approved a measure to allow euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. Is this the legalization of mercy killing or murder? Is poison used to end life with euthanasia? What other lands allow euthanasia? Why are some leaders and some in the media supportive of physician assisted suicide and abortion? Is suicide murder? …
Amy Coney Barrett and Prophecy?
On September 26, 2020, US President Donald Trump announced that he was nominating the Roman Catholic Amy Coney Barrett to become a justice on the US Supreme Court. Why did he say he wanted to nominate a woman? What are the biblical criteria for appointing judges? What are some of Amy Coney Barrett's views. Why would Republicans and conservatives like her, while Democrats and liberals oppose ...
Moving Towards Marxist Morality?
Is the world moving more towards Marxist morality? What is Marxist morality? How does it differ from Biblical morality? Dennis Prager wrote about how what he calls "the left" have adopted aspects of Marxist morality. Marxist morality is based on certain interpretations of writings of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. Has the USA seen a shift towards socialism in the past 70 years according to Michael Snyder? …
Does Pope Francis misunderstand the purpose of creation? Do you?
Why did God create anything? At the 6th World Day of Prayer for Creation, Pope Francis stated, "The world was made to communicate the glory of God.” Is that correct? Is God an egotist that made humans and the rest of the creation to extol His glory? Is, as Thomas Aquinas explained and the Lutherans teach, the Beatific Vision the ultimate goal of human existence after physical death? …
Serapion of Antioch: A COG Christian?
The Greco-Roman-Protestants tend to teach that Serapion, Bishop/Pastor of Antioch (c. 190-211) was a true and faithful Christian. Serapion warned against Montanism, the rise of a lying confederacy, and the falsely named 'Gospel of Peter.' He was in fellowship with Quartodeciman Church of God leaders, such as Apolinarius of Hierapolis of Asia Minor. Did he denounce those who held a doctrine of Antichrist? …