Friday, 31 July 2015

Flashback--1934: Fortune teller who almost drowned didn't foresee the danger

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And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: Luke 4:23a As reported by Chris Zdeb of the Edm...

30 years ago: The death of Eugene Carson Blake

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On July 31, 1985, Dr. Eugene Carson Blake died at the age of 78. Dr. Blake was Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. from 1951-19...

Canada's "Conservative" government legalizes RU-486 abortion pill

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I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose li...
Monday, 27 July 2015

Flashback--1978: Serbian Orthodox church in California gambles in Las Vegas--and loses

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Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; Jeremiah 22:13a This was my favourite news item of i...
Friday, 24 July 2015

27 pilgrims killed in stampede during Hindu festival in India

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Submitted for your approval, another exciting episode in the wonderful world of Hinduism, as reported by Omer Farooq of Associated Press , J...
Thursday, 23 July 2015

Nova Scotia government encourages perverts and freaks to become foster parents

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Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. Proverbs 14:34 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness thro...

25 years ago: St. John's Roman Catholic Archbishop offers his resignation as a result of priest sex abuse scandal

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On July 18, 1990, Alphonsus Penney, Roman Catholic Archbishop of St. John's, announced that he had offered his resignation to Pope John...
Friday, 17 July 2015

Newspaper "Religion Calendar" items offer an interesting snapshot of the current scene

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From the Edmonton Journal 's Religion Calendar , July 11, 2015 (bold in original, links inserted by blogger): Summer Silent Directed ...
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Thursday, 16 July 2015

100 years ago: The death of Ellen G. White

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A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Matthew 7:18 On July 16, 1915, Ellen G. Wh...
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Friday, 10 July 2015

90 years ago: Meher Baba enters into silence

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Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, ...
Thursday, 9 July 2015

50 years ago: The death of William Dudley Pelley

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Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines...
Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Leading Israeli ultra-Orthodox rabbi claims to have received messages that the arrival of the Messiah is imminent

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And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall b...

Israeli Sanhedrin to put Pope Francis on trial for signing treaty with "State of Palestine"

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The Sanhedrin of the 1st century put the true Christ on trial (Matthew 26:57-68, 27:1-2; Mark 14:53-66, 15:1-3) while the reconstituted Sanh...
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Monday, 6 July 2015

Israeli cabinet caves in to ultra-Orthodox pressure and quashes conversion reform bill

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There's no separation of synagogue and state in Israel. As reported by Yair Ettinger of the Israeli news agency Haaretz , July 5, 2015 ...

600 years ago: The martyrdom of Jan Hus

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On July 6, 1415, Jan Hus entered into the presence of his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ at the age of 45 or 46. Mr. Hus was a Roman Cathol...
Saturday, 4 July 2015

75 years ago: The Mahatma offers his advice to the United Kingdom on peace

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On July 2, 1940, Indian independence activist Mohandas Gandhi appealed to all Britons to cease hostilities with Germany and settle their dif...
Friday, 3 July 2015

75 years ago: Germany proposes Madagascar as a Jewish homeland

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Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, an...
Thursday, 25 June 2015

Canadian Senator and Pentecostal pastor Don Meredith is dumped from the Conservative caucus

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Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not giv...