Charlie Hebdo is a French satirical magazine whose staff were mostly murdered by jihadist gunmen after the magazine published a cartoon of Mohammed. The magazine now avoids making fun of anything to do with Islam and instead mocks those who oppose Islam, such as Éric Zemmour, the brave French journalist at Le Figaro who has… Continue reading Je ne suis plus Charlie Hebdo
Freedom of expression on abortion is currently being challenged in France. On World Down’s Syndrome Day, a beautiful video entitled “Dear Future Mom” was broadcast for several days on some French TV channels. The French television authority (CSA) considered that broadcasting such a message “was not of public interest”, and therefore asked the TV channels… Continue reading Vive La France?
While the modern culture of Christmas with its Father Christmas’s, heaps of presents most of which are tat, and too much to eat, is a relatively modern invention that does not have a lot to do with biblical Christianity, the religious festival of Christmas, bringing to mind the virgin birth of the Messiah, is an… Continue reading Father Christmas – you’re fired!
Visions of Heaven? Last month, when the battle for Mosul began, Islamic State caliph Al-Baghdadi declared: “All, without exception, will enter paradise as martyrs. Moreover, you will enter paradise with four more Houris than other martyrs. For just as you stand by me now, so will they stand by you, or under you, or above you,… Continue reading Visions of Heaven?
Three Challenges – Three Opportunities (1) The last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation, contains John’s record of a prophetic vision that the Lord gives him of things that would happen leading up to the return of Christ and then beyond that into heaven itself. In the 14th chapter, the Lord shows John… Continue reading Three Challenges – Three Opportunities (1)
In our previous article on the message of the Angel in Revelation 14, we covered the first two commands to the mankind: to fear God and to come out of Babylon the Great, the luxurious economy that would arise in the last days. This Babylon the Great we unambiguously identified as the modern technological globalised… Continue reading Three Challenges – Three Opportunities (2) – Concerning the Beast of the Book of Revelation
Holy Father, loving God, please send Your Holy Spirit. Send Your Holy Spirit to reorient my heart. Send Your Holy Spirit to inflame my passion for You. Send Your Holy Spirit to renew my soul. Oh God, send Your Holy Spirit. Send Your Holy Spirit to embolden your Church. Send Your Holy Spirit to give courage to Your children. Send Your Holy Spirit to help us stand… Continue reading Sunday Prayer to Holy Father
Around the world there is an assault on children that is evil, cruel, heartless and worthy of divine judgment. And that assault is not coming from microbes, wild animals, earthquakes or tsunamis; it is coming from us. I could catalogue the child rapes, sanctioned by the example of long-dead leaders, or the use of child… Continue reading A society that cannot protect its children has no future
Christ and Capital Jesus said: ‘Do not store up treasures for you upon the earth, where moth and rust ingest, and where thieves burrow through and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust ingest, and where thieves do not burrow through or steal. For where your treasure is,… Continue reading Christ and Capital
In her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton referred to half of the Donald Trump supporters as ‘deplorables’. Donald Trump was supported by a broad base of Americans, as it turned out the majority of voters. Since Mrs Clinton was never specific about which half of these electors she found deplorable, or why, being labelled deplorable turned… Continue reading Deplorable Me
