“Are we there yet?”Script writers know that they can elicit a response by having a character ask, but since it is so over-used, they must be creative about it.One of the best exchanges ever is in Avengers: Infinity War. On the way to Nidavellir, Thor responds to “I am Groot” with “You’ll know when w
I feel a little like comedian Jim Gaffigan.Every time I’ve watched him, he does a string of jokes on a single topic. Somewhere along the way he mimics the audience, saying something like, “How many horse jokes does this guy have?”Our weekly Prophecy Update has been dominated by what is going on in I
If you do a Google search for the phrase, “God has some explaining to do,” you will be met with many results from Christians and non-Christians and pretend Christians alike. Usually the articles are about suffering or after some tragic event. How could God allow something terrible to happen?I listen
Jesus accepted enough dinner invitations to be criticized as “a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners”[1]He attended a wedding in Cana where He functioned as sommelier (suh-muhl-yay).He invited Himself to pop-in for a pop-up dinner with tax collector Zacchaeus.He catered wilder
If ever there was a time to get excited about the Bible’s Last Days prophecies it is now.The major trends revealed in the Bible are converging: A one-world government, a global economy, a ‘mark’ of some kind that is necessary for a person to access all products & services, weird marriages and geneti
In 1898, two maneless, male lions terrorized the Tsavo region of Kenya. They dragged off and devoured human victims almost daily, and were particularly focused on a British construction camp. Thousands of Indian and African workers were there, building a bridge over the Tsavo river. The estimated nu
Christians who held a conviction that it was wrong for them to watch a Rated R movie were conflicted: How could they not join their brothers & sisters who rented-out theaters and invite unbelievers to watch The Passion of the Christ?It was the top-grossing Rated R movie of all time. It has since sli
An embassy is the primary diplomatic mission in a foreign country’s capital, while a consulate is a smaller mission in a major city.Israel on Monday struck an Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, and killed a number of senior leaders of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to the Pen
The opening 24 minutes of Saving Private Ryan changed movies forever. Spielberg’s epic set a new standard for brutality and intensity that filmmakers have been imitating ever since.Nahum chapter 2 is like the opening of Saving Private Ryan. It depicts the fall of Nineveh in shocking, visceral terms.
Before his death in 2018, Stan Lee was known as the king of cameos. He had over 130 acting credits, but it’s in the MCU where his appearances were most appreciated. He showed up 38 times in Marvel movies.[1] He was a WWII general, a mental patient, a dog-walker, a galactic barber, an oblivious libra
“Mission Accomplished.”On May 1, 2003, President George W. Bush gave a televised speech on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Bush, who had launched the US led invasion of Iraq six weeks earlier, mounted a podium before a White House-produced banner that said Mission Accomplished. He said, “M
There are an estimated 500 future Bible prophecies yet to be fulfilled. Since God has 100% accuracy in prophecy, we know everything He recorded for us in the Bible that has not happened, will happen. We reserve a few minutes Sunday morning to suggest news, or trends, that seem to be predicted by a l
In 1969, Bill True and Bruce Brubaker boarded a plane flying north from Ottawa to a remote fishing camp. Their heavily loaded Cessna shuddered as it headed into a storm. As they dodged fearsome clouds, the pilot said he had good news and bad news. “What’s the bad news?” Brubaker asked. “We’re lost.”
“Jabba, this is your last chance. Free us or die”Luke Skywalker’s confidence was remarkable considering he didn’t have his light saber and was walking a precarious plank over the Great Pit of Carkoon and its hungry inhabitant, the Sarlaac.No worries. He was in complete control. (I thought the strang
There are an estimated 500 future Bible prophecies yet to be fulfilled. Since God has 100% accuracy in prophecy, we know everything He recorded for us in the Bible will happen.We reserve a few minutes Sunday morning to suggest news, or trends, that seem to be predicted by a literal, futurist reading
In 1996, two American analysts coined the term shock and awe to describe the US Army’s onslaught against the Iraqi military during Operation Desert Storm. Shock and Awe is a strategy based on rapid dominance of an enemy through overwhelming force.We may have come up with the slogan, but we didn’t co
It is arguably the most well known Aha! moment of all time.An Aha! moment refers to “a sudden, enlightening realization or insight, often accompanied by a sense of clarity or understanding. It’s that moment when a solution to a problem or a new perspective becomes clear.”The most well known? I’ll gi
We reserve a few minutes Sunday morning to suggest news, or trends, that seem to be predicted by a literal, futurist reading of the Bible.We are careful to use recognized, reliable sources for news. There is a lot of sensationalism surrounding unfulfilled Bible prophecy, and we don’t want to add to
The Fragile State Index ranks the nations of the world according to government control, public services, corruption and criminality, things like that. In their latest report, they have Somalia as the most fragile country in the world and Norway as the most stable. About 40 nations are considered mor
I am he as you are he as you are meAnd we are all together…I am the egg manThey are the egg menI am the walrusGoo goo g’joob As far as songs go, I Am The Walrus is one of the most confusing you’ll ever hear.You may not know that it was purposefully nonsensical. As the story goes, John Lennon receive
A plain sense reading of the Bible informs us there will be a Jewish Temple during the 7yrs preceding the return of Jesus:Daniel, writing about 2600yrs ago, described the yet future world ruler we call the antichrist. He will enter the Holy of Holies and declare that he is God and demand to be worsh
In 1964 the Warren Commission Report concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy.My dad said it was the CIA. Of course, he also maintained that all homeless people are millionaires and that seat belts kill more people than they save.Robert F. Kennedy Jr is
We reserve a few minutes Sunday morning to suggest news, or trends, that seem to be predicted by the plain, futurist reading of the Bible.We are careful to use recognized, reliable sources for news. There is a lot of sensationalism surrounding unfulfilled Bible prophecy, and we don’t want to add to
“One answer, right now: Yes or no?” We’ve watched those scenes many times where a character is offered a sudden, life-changing opportunity. Their decision usually leads either to the saving of the world or their untimely death.800 years before Christ’s birth, Nineveh found itself in a do-or-die situ
