Commentary Tuesday, February 09, 2010
During this year’s Super Bowl, the nation settled down to watch not only a highly anticipated football game, but also the newest (and most expensive) television commercials. Amidst the usual menagerie of automobile, light beer, snack food, and dot-com ads, the network aired a controversial advertisement for a new video game entitled “Dante’s Inferno.” The original version of the commercial showed tremendously detailed computer animation depicting a fiery world of demons, angelic-like human warriors, and enormous supernatural beasts. The controversy arose when the original ending of the commercial read in large letters “Go To Hell.” ...Read more »
News & Prophecy Monday, February 08, 2010
Following Switzerland’s recent outlawing of the construction of new minarets on mosques in the country, France’s call for banning of burqas (body coverings for Muslim women) has spread to several European nations. Now, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy are considering similar bans on either the burqa or the Muslim female head covering known as the niqab. ...Read more »
Commentary Saturday, Feb 06, 2010
A recent article concerning Pope John Paul II stated that the pontiff used to flagellate himself with a belt to share in the suffering of Christ. He says he did this to get closer to Jesus. It seems from the article that even Mother Teresa self-flagellated and that it is a commonly accepted and approved practice of the Catholic Church. What does the Bible have to say in this regard? ...Read more »
Commentary Thursday, Feb 04, 2010
You’ll never meet an “average” person. Oh sure, someone might be referred to as “average”, but no one ever sees himself as average. Every person is unique. Certainly, there are some commonalities, but each human being is made up of the genetic hand he or she has been dealt, along with life’s experiences, environment, culture, religion. etc. Some individuals excel in life and stand out, others live their lives in “quiet desperation” as spoken of by the poet Thoreau. Read more »
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