When I started attending the church that was to become a big influence on me thereafter, some sixty years ago, I noted, even then, its interest in End Times events and Jesus’ Second Coming.
Continue readingMy surveying the UK’s depressing political scene and deciding how best to respond
People may have noticed that despite in recent times my blogging a lot on things happening in the world, especially the USA, a lot of my most recent blogs have touched on the goings on in UK politics.
Continue readingLunch at the Last Post
An old mate dropped by my pad recently for a catch up and we decided to go and have lunch. I had in mind a “Toby Carvery” but my friend suggested we go for a “Wetherspoons”, which have a number of pubs and eating outlets across the country, some of which he had frequented in the recent past and quite liked.
Continue readingReform UK, Labour, Community Cohesion and Muslim Rape Gangs
I little imagined that after posting my “Tommy Robinson is a hero” blog five days ago (see here) things would blow up the way they have, bringing together some seemingly unrelated interests.
Continue readingTortured for Christ – a message for our time
Yesterday, I finished reading a book: “Tortured for Christ”, which I had previously read and was moved by when a young Christian, mindful of how Christians suffered under Communism. The book had earlier been given to my wife by a Romanian Lady who attends our church. Today, another friend posted the following text, titled FORGIVENESS, LOVE AND DEATH, on his Facebook page …
Continue readingConspiracy theories; conspiracy facts and the right approach
I was recently sent a meme (see below) by a well-meaning friend, who no doubt felt this was a timely corrective knowing my propensity to entertain what are known as conspiracy theories.
Continue readingTommy Robinson is a hero
“Tommy Robinson, aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was jailed for breaching an injunction by repeating libellous claims he made about a 15-year-old refugee, Jamal Hijazi. Jamal was filmed being assaulted in a playground attack at his school, before Robinson made a series of false claims about him. Musk’s call to free Robinson is ignorant, self-serving and dangerous”.
Continue readingThe Feast of the Circumcision of Christ and Christ in the Old Testament
Oops – missed this by a day … the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ is on 1 January in the liturgical calendar of some churches, including Anglican ones, that celebrate special days.
Continue readingHappy Hanukkah
My thoughts recently turned to Hanukkah. Wikipedia (see here) tells us: “Hanukkah is a Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE …”
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