Confronted at every Turn

After Barak Obama’s election as President of the United States speculators stated that our nation would be tested within six months by extreme Islamic forces. Since the inauguration we have transcended eleven months without incident but does that mean the threat is nonexistent?
Our nation’s involvement in World War I, II, Korea, and Vietnam all [...]

Lines on a Map Mean Nothing

The Great War, i.e. World War I, was to be the war that ended all wars , and the Treaty of Versailles, signed after the cessation of the hostilities, was supposed to put a geographic security blanket in place. Coupled with no war and new boundaries was the assurance the League of Nations would [...]

Even the Best Laid Plans Fail

In the days and weeks following the armistice that brought World War I hostilities to an end, the World’s leaders were hard at work. Not only did they need to find a way to penalize Germany both financially and territorially but an infrastructure would have to be put into place to keep Germany from [...]

Talk is Cheap

The technology of Twitter, Facebook and You-tube showed the world the turmoil of post election Iran,  but was unable to move the hearts of nations and organizations to the point of intervention. So the essence of the Iranian government’s mentality to negotiate in a meaningful manner was realized to be nonexistent.
President Ahmadinejad’s quest for [...]

Time to Decide

I like Peter Wagner’s evaluation of people wanting to change things when he said, “Indifferent people cannot make a different world.” While indifference seems to be not a very strong indication, remember if indifference goes unchecked, serious problems arise.
Think of Hitler’s Germany, where so many people were indifferent to the government’s treatment of the Jews [...]

Time to Decide

I like Peter Wagner’s evaluation of people wanting to change things when he said, “Indifferent people cannot make a different world.” While indifference seems to be not a very strong indication,  remember if indifference goes unchecked,  serious problems arise.
Think of Hitler’s Germany where so many people were indifferent to the government’s treatment of the [...]

Romanov Russia

The old cliché states “history always repeats itself” but have you ever wondered why this is true?
It is because of us. That is, mankind.And history bears this out in the fact that there are so many years of war as opposed to so  few years of peace.
First – James 4:1-3 defines wars coming from the [...]

Sooner or Later Evil is Defeated

One of the most legendary battles in history was that of Waterloo, where the coalition forces under the command of the future Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon’s army.
Some experts maintain Napoleon’s defeat came from being ill and unable to properly direct the battle and attacking when he was not ready. Others state several [...]

Return to Godly Ways

In II Kings 22:8 the scriptures tell us that the High Priest found “the book of the law” in the House of the Lord as it was being refurbished. Interesting to note the carpenters, builders, and masons had been retained to upgrade the facility in and out but the emphasis of God’s word had been [...]

Israel Update

Since last month’s bombing of the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan, the U.S. has maintained that Pakistan’s intelligence service has many Taliban and al Qaeda sympathizers. Attempting to down play the severity of the situation, one Pakistani official likened the scenario to a woman with many lovers that needs to satisfy all of them at the [...]