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And hopefully exposing the tactics of those who exploit their beliefs As I wrote in a previous blog, I have always detested the Roe vs. Wade decision. To me, it never fully addressed the issues that Americans have with abortion. I believe that it needed to be changed. For years since the ruling in 1973, […]

Does Abortion Cause the Greatest Damage to Children? Statistically, in America the annual number of abortions and divorces do not greatly differ.  Most of us would agree that taking the life of an unborn baby without a reasonable cause is unimaginably cruel.  Can we also agree that the breakup of a family damages the lives […]

Words from Jesus What does Jesus say? I wrote some words about Jesus in the first blog, but I will not venture to speak for Jesus Christ about the abortion controversy. Nonetheless, I will say that Jesus had something to say to religious people who point the finger at what they consider the sins of […]

What is my personal viewpoint and motivation in writing this blog? Around ten years ago, I received a telephone call from a pollster who asked me if I was pro-life or pro-choice.  I answered, “Neither.”  My response troubled the caller, who asked how I could have such an opinion.  I did my best to explain. […]

Is abortion the greatest threat to children in America?  Is it the nation’s worst moral failure? If not, why is it so controversial? To say that abortion is a controversial topic in the United States of America is an understatement.  The topic is such a hot button that it has been a central issue in […]

As we saw in the two previous blogs, the Old Testament and New Testament agree that God has people. Indeed, he has a covenant with people, and those people are his through an Anointed one – a Messiah or Christ – who leads them in their covenant relationship with God. Who are these people?  Are […]

We saw in the previous blog that the Bible’s Old Testament had much to say about the people of God.  Now we will look at the New Testament.  But first, why are there two “testaments?”  According to Peloubet’s Bible Dictionary, p. 445: “The name Testament is derived from the Latin Testamentum, an erroneous translation of […]

You may be surprised at what the Hebrew Scriptures say. What is known as the Old Testament, the first part of the Bible, originally was called the Hebrew Scriptures.  It consists of at least 39 scrolls written over a period of about 1000 years between approximately 1400 BC and 400 BC by at least 25 […]

Are they those who believe in Christianity or Judaism or Islam?  Are they white people from Europe or black people from Africa or the indigenous people from North and South America? Many years ago, I read The United States and British Commonwealth in Prophecy, a book by Herbert W. Armstrong that claimed that Europeans and […]

Why didn’t Jerusalem become a fully Christian city?  With the steady growth that took place from Pentecost 31 AD through the 30 years or so of James’ oversight, couldn’t the number of Christians have become a majority of the population?  Wouldn’t that have been a good thing?  What if this growth had so spread throughout […]