Riddleblog and Blessed Hope Podcast Updates:
I expect to be traveling a bit this Summer and Fall, so Riddleblog posts may be irregular
I am hard at work on Season Four of the Blessed Hope Podcast, “Life in the Midst of Death,” a deep-dive into 2 Corinthians. Look for new episodes soon
I hope you are enjoying my series on memories of my days in the Christian bookstore industry while I was becoming Reformed. I’ve had much fun working on it
I recently updated my Riddlebarger Family History tab (my cousin finder) with new DNA info. It will explain why I like to draw buffaloes in charcoal on our walls
Thinking Out loud:
Wars and rumors of wars will persist until the Lord returns. It never ceases to amaze me at how prophecy pundits can turn any event in the Middle East which involves Israel—no matter how flawed their understanding of Scripture, or how distorted their interpretation of the facts on the ground may be—into a sensational “proof” that the rapture is at hand. My inner cynic says “follow the money.” The pundits sell books and get clicks. But so far, they’ve also been wrong every time
Iran has been killing and threatening Americans since the 1979 revolution. As the Ayatollah says, “death to America is not merely a slogan, it is our policy.” How close Iran was to constructing a nuclear weapon, matters not a wit to me. It is beyond all doubt they were building such a weapon. They have never attempted to build a nuclear power facility—which was the justification for their uranium processing program. Israel took out Hamas, crippled Hezbollah (Iranian proxies posing a serious threat on Israel’s border), and with the fall of Syria there were no Syrian or Russian air defenses blocking Israel’s air corridor into Iran. Trump was vocal in his support for Israel. As the old Jewish saying goes, “if not now, when?” It needed to be done and finally it has been done
I heard a great term to describe Trump’s style of governing —“adhocracy.” There’s no brilliant master plan. He’s making it up as he goes along, and he frequently changes his mind
Oh, the irony . . . Texas Republicans passed a bill requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in every classroom. The vote was held on Sunday
The Trump - Musk bromance and subsequent feud are over, but I’m still waiting for the ultimate insult from either: “You play ball like a girl!”
Endnotes are still of the devil!
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