Your Money and Prophecy…
We wrote about cycles in the stock market and the 7-year corrections. It is time to revisit that. We are a nation of consumers – obese locusts devouring the resources of the earth enabled only by record debt. Debt levels have now reached their 2008 peaks…right before the Great Recession. Total consumer debt reached a […]
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Foot Washing or Hand Washing
We live in a democracy and many Christians are pleased that we elected Donald Trump. He pledged to make us “Great”. The danger of democracy is, that we all share the blame and the consequences of our Governments rule in our name. Literally ‘democracy’ comes from the Greek ‘demokratia,’ and may be translated as the […]
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American Drunken Delusions
Since I was not born in America I was afforded the benefit of a British schooling in Africa. Our history lessons included European history and the rise and fall of great empires. Now living and working as a citizen of the United States, we talk about OLD houses that are only 50 years old. In […]
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A Nation Prays
Born and raised in South Africa compels me to follow the events there. Mandela and Bishop Tutu led the way with a Truth and Reconciliation Commission that avoided a race war and defused years of hate. However, Crime and Vigilantism now rule the street, while corruption and partisan infighting paralyze the government and the economy […]
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Merkel, the last man standing.
Germany prepares to split with America. European politicians doubt Donald Trump will become a mature statesman. Merkel is preparing for the worst. The New York Times called her “the last powerful defender of Europe and the trans-Atlantic alliance.” She is the last man defending a dying vision. She stands for election a fourth time after 11 […]
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Our Leader cursed our nation.
President Obama’s refusal to veto an anti-Israel U.N. resolution was ranked as the most anti-Semitic incident of 2016 by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Gen 12 v 3 – ” I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse, and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” In the […]
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D.N.A. proves the bible!
The advancements in DNA have been able to trace family relationships and prove parenthood beyond any doubt. Could this DNA research tell us if: Jews were related to the Arabs and whether they shared a common family heritage? Was there a Levite (Kohen) genetic marker that traced the descendants of Levi – the Priesthood. “Jews […]
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Rise of the European Right
The Trump victory after the Brexit decision in Britain has shown the way for the right-wing populist parties across Europe. They believe their time has come and they share Trump’s themes – a hard line on immigration, a distrust of trade deals, a defense of traditional values and a suspicion of international organizations and international […]
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Why did Trump Win?
Four years ago, Donald Trump declared that the U.S. Electoral College system of picking presidents “is a disaster for a democracy;” now he is headed to the White House because of it. How did Donald Trump beat 16 Republican candidates in 56 primaries despite their every effort to stop him? The facts are – 77% of […]
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Old paths and Old books by C.S. Lewis
Many so-called “Christian” books today are not worth reading, and some are spiritually dangerous. Given the vast number of such books in the marketplace, we need wisdom and discernment in what we read, lest we be unwittingly led astray. C.S. Lewis gives us wise guidance on this important issue……… There is a strange idea abroad […]
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Fourth of July – Independence or Slavery
At Toastmasters we start our meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance, standing at attention with our right hand over our heart and face the American flag hanging in the corner. “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, […]
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“Afraid” by Betty Stam
Afraid Afraid? Of what? Afraid to see the Saviour’s face, To hear His welcome, and to trace The glory gleam from wounds of grace? Afraid – of THAT? Afraid? Of what? A flash – a crash – a pierced heart! Darkness – Light – O Heaven’s art! A wound, of His a counterpart! Afraid […]
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