Year: 2024

The Heart of a Man

“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” _Winston Churchill … »

Church of God Ministers: Take the Marriage Pledge

Many of you know that, in spite of a lot of what turns up on this blog, I am a member of the North Cleveland Church of God and worked for the church’s International Offices in the Lay Ministries Department for 13 1/2 years. So I’m not a stranger to at least some of our ministers. Many of you also know that I have advocated the abolition of civil marriage for a long time, and even longer have looke... »

Church of God Taught About Race

Race is the thing we seem to obsess about these days. That, in part, is because Americans on both sides of the political and religious spectrum have hung their hats on it, either explicitly (on the left) or implicitly (on the right). Looking at the results, the conventional wisdom on the subject has been unhelpful either in righting past wrongs or (more importantly) moving things forward for every... »

31 Jan 2024

Anchorage sees fastest climb to 100″ of snow on record Anchorage hit a rare milestone Monday morning with the overnight snow dump and set a new record for reaching it. With the 13.7 inches of snow that Anchorage has seen since Sunday, the seasonal snowfall total for the city has now officially climbed above 100 inches. […] The post 31 Jan 2024 appeared first on Rapture Ready. »