This Week In The News
Current Events
by Norbert Link
We begin with articles questioning the survival of the German government beyond 2025. In this regard, please view our new StandingWatch program, titled, “What Does the Bible Say About Germany’s Future?”.
We address interesting developments and revelations pertaining to Austria’s Habsburg family; and point out the terrible consequences of the longest shutdown in American history, including SNAP payments and huge problems pertaining to travel.
We also quote articles claiming that Trump’s tariffs policy has caused just about everything to become more expensive for American consumers.
We address Trump’s meeting with Orban; his boycott of the G-2O summit in South Africa; BBC’s dishonest reporting; Pope Leo’s ill-conceived two-state “solution”; Turkey’s hostile conduct towards Israel; China’s use of war-robots in preparation of attacking Taiwan; and undeniable side effects of Covid-19 vaccinations.
Throughout this section, we have underlined pertinent statements in the quoted articles, for the convenience and quick overview of the reader.
Editorial
A Man for All Seasons
“A Man for All Seasons” was a movie that was released in the 1960’s, based on the true story about the final years of Sir Thomas More, a 16th century lawyer, devout Catholic and Lord Chancellor of England who was executed for refusing to support King Henry VIII’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and his subsequent marriage and to take an Oath of Supremacy, declaring King Henry Supreme Head of the Church of England.
He showed moral standards and refused to buckle under pressure from the King to maintain his integrity even to the point of decapitation. He was willing to die for his convictions, and in the movie, he paid his executioner money before being beheaded, this being a practice in the 16th century.
Regardless of all his noble and high moral standards, there is one man in history who really was “A Man for All Seasons,” and that is the Man Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
To become a Man, He gave up His divinity for a time. He was immortal and eternal. He had power and authority. He was the Son of God. He had created all things under God the Father, both physical as the universe and mankind, and spiritual as angels and everything else existing in the spirit realm [excluding, of course, the Father], including thrones, instruments of music, golden bowls etc., as we can read in Revelation 5:8: “Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders [angelic beings] fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.”
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What does it mean to be a Christian Pilgrim? (Part 3)
We will conclude this three-part series on what it means to be a Christian pilgrim, having looked at five attributes so far, that are required. Let us continue with additional necessary attributes.
(6) A PILGRIM views correction in a positive way.
This is something that is alien to the non-Christian mind. Man, in general, wants people to flatter them, to cosy up to them and to be sycophants. Immediately when any correction appears on the horizon, however gentle, however lovingly given, and however right that correction may be, the hackles usually go up, a defensive position is taken and offence can so often be the result. That’s the way of the world. As with almost everything, our position should be diametrically opposed to such behaviour.
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