Tuesday, January 11, 2011

BPT: 'And the Moon into Blood'

'And the Moon into Blood'

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 01:38 PM PST

By Jack Kinsella The Omega Letter The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.” (Joel 2:31)Throughout history, solar and lunar eclipses have been taken as a sign from Deity. In 585 BC, a solar eclipse darkened the battlefield during a pitched battle between the warring Medes and Lydians.At the sun’s disappearance, both sides


Iran Revises Story of Esther, Labels Purim a Day of Mourning

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 11:52 AM PST

By Ryan Jones Israel Today In a couple of months, Israelis and Jews around the world will celebrate Purim, marking the deliverance of the Jews of the Persian Empire from extinction 2,300 years ago. In Iran, the center of the ancient Persian Empire, the date will be marked with mourning and anger.For years already, Iran has been teaching schoolchildren that Purim marks the massacre of 75,000


Iran Has Enough Enriched Uranium to Build 4 Nuclear Bombs

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:35 AM PST

By Joel C. Rosenberg JoelRosenberg.com “Officials say Iran already has enough low-enriched uranium stockpiled to create as many as four atomic weapons if it decided to further process the fuel,” reports the Wall Street Journal this morning. “The U.S. and the IAEA also worry Iran could have deployed advanced centrifuges at clandestine sites.”To put this in context, in September 2009, Israel’s


Some Pastoral Thoughts on the Christian and Voting

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 08:50 AM PST

By Dr. Andy Woods Sugar Land Bible Church The recent elections raise an important question: Does the Bible have anything to say about the Christian’s role and responsibility in voting? The answer is both no and yes. The answer is “no” in the sense that the Bible does not specifically command us to cast ballots. The reason for this omission is that the types of governments that existed in biblical


The Normalcy Bias and Bible Prophecy

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 08:11 AM PST

By Todd Strandberg Rapture Ready I've been in the business of warning people about the end times for several decades now. One of the hardest tasks is convincing people that danger is coming their way. They have fallen prey to what is commonly called the normalcy bias.The normalcy bias occurs when people underestimate both the possibility of a disaster occurring and its possible effects. This