WORLD AFFAIRS
BEYOND THE HORIZON: A look beyond the horizon does not give a comfortable picture. We see ugly and threatening clouds. We see the lightning flashes and hear the deep and rumbling heavy thunder. Like any danger and menace it has a numbing and mesmerising effect on you.I still remember how my parents always warned me…
THE FAMINE OF HEARING THE WORD OF GOD
THIS title is taken from Amos 8:11: “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord” Amos was prophesying in c770 B.C.during the reign of Jereboam king of the…
WHERE IN NORTH AMERICA DID THE VIKINGS SETTLE?
Despite what the establishment historians would like you to believe, L’Anse aux Meadows is not the Vinland described in old Norse sagas. Vinland is the entire island of Newfoundland, as shown herein by evidence from three separate disciplines: navigation, geography and history – all corroborating. Driving from St John’s to St Anthony one can view…
JOHN SWINTON ON THE AMERICAN PRESS
ONE night, probably in 1880,John Swinton, then the pre-eminent New York journalist, was the guest of honour at a banquet given him by the leaders of his craft. Someone who knew neither the press nor Swinton offered a toast to the independent press. Swinton outraged his colleagues by replying: “There is no such thing, at…
PIG & PORK FACTS
THE pig or swine is a very popular food item with most Christians. Yet Christians are unaware that the God they profess to believe in had condemned the eating of swine’s flesh. The condemnation was based on some very sound biological principles. Here are some facts on pork that prove it to be a very…
