THE TIME OF THE END QUESTIONS, Part IX ******* Question: Could masculine-dominated ideas in religious denominations deny and hide the feminine element in Scriptural prophecy of the Second Advent? ******* Answer: Jeremiah referred to “the Branch of righteousness” at the Second Coming as “she” (33:15). In Chapter 4 of Micah, that prophet introduced the Daughter …
Famous Women in History ******* Maya Angelou was a writer and civil rights activist whose memoirs, most notably “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” broke new ground in reflecting the lived experience of many Black people. “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how …
Riding the Waves from Soul ******* The organ blows its breath into the pipes, Sweeping about vitality and life, Pounding the heart of Soul through Easter’s stripes, Calling the Bride, immortal Truth’s pure wife. . The Lamb and Bride step from the music’s waves – Immortal oneness, harmony, pure peace. Penned notes transformed by Spirit, …
THE TIME OF THE END QUESTIONS, Part VIII ******* Question: Can the kingdom of heaven be manifested here on earth? If so, what implications follow concerning the requirements for resurrection also needed to enter the kingdom of heaven? Answer: In Jesus’ day, people looked for a manifestation of the kingdom of God or heaven here …
Famous Women in History ******* Simone de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher and writer whose work had a profound and lasting influence on feminist theory. “Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.”
Personal Growth ******* The Eagle’s Sheltering Wing ******* An eagle soared far overhead And down he through the trees with speed now dived. And in and out he flew, an arrowhead With beauty, swiftness, and might, who’s ne’er deprived. . Then slowly he circled me with those spread wings Majestically covering the sky – With …
THE TIME OF THE END QUESTIONS, Part VII ******* Question: What is meant where the writer of Daniel penned just before presenting his last four prophecies pertaining to the Second Advent: “And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life…” Daniel 12:2? Answer Continues: Returning to …
Famous Women in History ******* Eleanor Roosevelt served as the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. As a political figure, diplomat, and pacifist, she has long been heralded for her work in furthering human rights. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
Personal Growth ******* Mt. Katahdin ******* On July the fourth, as America is waking, Apollo strikes Katahdin’s helmet first. A ranger climbs the mount as day is breaking And poised like Liberty thrusts our flag into burst. . In time, across the summit, blackened clouds And blasting flashes trumpet Python’s heirs: The sons of the …
THE TIME OF THE END QUESTIONS, Part VI ******* Question: What is meant where the writer of Daniel penned just before presenting his last four prophecies pertaining to the Second Advent: “And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life…” Daniel 12:2? Answer: By examining what …
Famous Women in History ******* Rosa Parks was a prominent activist in the civil rights movement, whose name became synonymous with resistance to segregation after she refused to give up her seat for a white passenger. “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I …
Personal Growth ******* Banner of Science ******* Out of the west, an angel thought has come To slice the darkness with its flaming sword. The forces of evil, facing delirium, Thrust the thoughts of sin to counter the Lord. . But armed with Love, the angel’s legends still stand And fight, as one, Revelation’s great …
THE TIME OF THE END QUESTIONS, Part V ******* Question: Consider Daniel’s prophecy in his Chapter 7 where the Stone cut out of the mountain without hands falls and crushes the feet of the giant image representing the four world temporal powers, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. After the smiting Stone falls, “one like the …
Famous Women in History ******* Amelia Earhart was an aviation pioneer whose many records included becoming the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You …
Personal Reflections ******* America Lands on the Moon ******* The streets of Paris flashed with lines Of television sets, So all could hear the astronauts Descend to moon on jets. . The commentators spoke in French And NASA, the English tongue. We crowded underneath a set To grasp what NASA sung. …
THE TIME OF THE END QUESTIONS, Part IV ******* Question: Consider Daniel’s prophecy in his Chapter 7 where the Stone cut out of the mountain without hands falls and crushes the feet of the giant image representing the four world temporal powers, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. After the smiting Stone falls, “one like the …
Famous Women in History ******* Ada Lovelace used her “poetical science” to help Charles Babbage with his Analytical Engine (one of the first computers), and as such is often cited as the world’s first computer programmer. ******* “The more I study, the more insatiable do I feel my genius for it to be.”
Personal Reflections ******* Youthful Ventures ******* Her draped, dark profile mimicked the Matterhorn, As my wife gazed into its strength and power, The sky, the beauty, slowly dimming till morn. We woke to reddish glow on yonder tower. . Next year, the Jackson Hole’s sharp Teton peaks Would shred Wyoming’s sky with strips of clouds. …
THE TIME OF THE END QUESTIONS, Part III ******* Question: Why might some have rewritten the history concerning the reason the Phocas column was erected in the ruins of the Roman Forum in A.D. 608? ******* Answer: As explained in detail in Chapter XII of this book, the Emperor Phocas made a decree in A.D. …
Famous Women in History ******* Virginia Woolf was one of the most important authors of the 20th century. A pioneer of modernist literature, she and her work inspired such renowned writers as Margaret Atwood and Toni Morrison. ******* “Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that …
Personal Reflections ******* Hillsides of Scotland ******* The verdant-brown, unevenly checkered hills Of Scotland roll and twist through mist and rain. A blurry pond expands from storm-made rills, And flowers outside my pattered windowpane, . Thus sitting close upon the sill in streaks, Are blushing colors blending with the rues. But when the showers cease …
THE TIME OF THE END QUESTIONS, Part II ******* Question: Why is the phrase “the end of the world” used when Jesus’ disciples reportedly asked him in Matthew, “Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of thy coming, and the end of the world?” (24:3) Answer: The writer of …
Famous Women in History ******* Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, awarded for her pioneering research on radioactivity, as well as the first person and only woman to win two Nobel Prizes. ******* “Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood.”
Personal Reflections ******* Remembering ******* Two teacher lovers honeymooned the North, Staking a campsite deep in Dolly Copp. Rocketed spray mimicked July Fourth— Their sandy-stream plopping “the bunny hop.” . Between the hikes, they shopped the bargain books, Found a whale-oil lamp to electrify, And cooled their feet, wading the babbling brooks. They dreamed, spied …
THE TIME OF THE END QUESTIONS, Part 1 ******* Question: What is meant by two phrases in the twelfth chapter of Daniel: “the time of the end” and “the end of the days”? ******* Answer: Some Christians, not familiar with prophetic interpretation or the Hebrew prophetically coded system, have thought that these coded phrases refer …
Famous Women in History ******* Emmeline Pankhurst was a political activist who organized the suffrage movement in the United Kingdom, which helped women win the right to vote and inspired feminist movements around the world. ******* “We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help to free the …
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ******* An experience in a classroom during Allan’s Freshman year at Florida State University, when he had begun by majoring in Mathematics, before in his Sophomore year when he changed his major to English Education. ******* God Must Love Polyhedrons ******* A catastrophic assignment hit the class! For Mr. Hammerstrein had struck again! …
Influence of Daniel on Revelation, Part IV ******* Womanhood Introduced ******* As one further explores the influence of Daniel on John, perhaps a few clues will emerge to help answer some of these momentous concerns. Just as in Revelation 11, John combined the prophecies of Zechariah and Moses with Daniel’s dates for the Second Advent, …
Famous Women in History ******* In every aspect of life, from the arts to science and technology, women have excelled in the face of patriarchal and sexist societies, in which their achievements have often been downplayed or even credited to men. Though much has improved, thanks to the efforts of generations of activists and feminists, …
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ******* Allan’s poems for our two precious children, Drew and Danica ******* Andrew James Dermott, born June 14th ******* A Growing Son My son enjoys his newly found endowments: He throws his father now in wrestling matches, Outruns the graying beard, outhits his dad, And usually outsmarts him by the end of cards’ …