.

Subtitle

Divider with verse

Days of Noah Redux

Fishers of Men divider

UFO hovering over Noah's ark

"It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...more aliens!" My apologies for revisiting this topic so soon, but a couple of issues came up that I felt warranted a closer look and I decided to go ahead and strike while the iron was hot.

In my last article, I discussed the UFO/alien narrative and how it will impact certain aspects of the end-time scenario. For one thing, I discussed how I wasn't 100 percent convinced that Satan would break out the full monty of his elaborate ruse before the attack of Gog-Magog.

I also discussed was how I wasn't convinced that Satan would immediately wave his UFO/alien narrative around by the tail as an alternative explanation for the Rapture, and that a full-blown, UFO/alien-based explanation for this "evacuation" would come during the Tribulation, when fallen angels posing as aliens show up to supposedly save mankind and our planet.

But I gotta admit being beamed up by aliens in advanced spacecraft would totally rock as a way to be raptured.

» Continue reading the article for MAY '26...

arrow divider

Links to last 12 articles Current article minus 1 month Current article minus 2 months Current article minus 3 months Current article minus 4 months Current article minus 5 months Current article minus 6 months Current article minus 7 months Current article minus 8 months Current article minus 9 months Current article minus 10 months Current article minus 11 months Current article minus 12 months

Click the pic to go to the article.

Index of all articles.

arrow divider

MAR '13: Why I Hate Religion
With so many diverse religions in the world, and now this New Age lunacy, who knows what to believe anymore. Maybe we should just chuck 'em all...

Why I Hate Religion

Fishers of Men divider

Department store mannequins

A slick new department store opened a few blocks from where we live in the suburbs of Taipei a few months ago, and I remember the first day my wife and I went over to check it out. It's a medium-sized department store that features the usual range of stores selling clothes, sporting goods, cosmetics and so on, and as is usually the case there is a bookstore located on one floor.

Naturally, I wanted to see if they had much of a selection of books in English. Here in Taiwan, most bookstores have at least some, but it varies widely. And as you might guess, I instinctively check any bookstore to see what they have in the area of religion; but as a Christian living in a Buddhist/Taoist country, I have learned to keep my expectations hovering between zero and low.

But this wasn't just any department store in any city—this was our department store in our city. Our first and only. So, hoping for the best, I struck out through the rows of shelves to see if I could find something worthwhile, and my hopes sprang a bit higher when I spotted the word Religion along one wall.

» Continue reading...

arrow divider

5/26/2026 — From the "Burning Brightly" Department...

In 1987, Donald Trump published his best-selling book The Art of the Deal. The way things are going with Iran, many are surmising that perhaps he should go back and re-read it.

Here's a timely quote from said book:

"The worst thing you can possibly do in a deal is seem desperate to make it. That makes the other guy smell blood, and then you're dead. The best thing you can do is deal from strength, and leverage is the biggest strength you can have."

Indeed. In the opinion of many experts, however, it is Tehran that appears to have the leverage...bellicose threats from Trump to "open the (bleeping) Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell" notwithstanding.

The reality is that Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz has put tremendous pressure on the global economy. As gas prices have risen, Trump's approval rating has fallen—and now the Trump administration appears to be prepared to agree to a deal that could very well end up leaving Iran in a stronger position than they were in when the war began.

The basic components of the deal appear to be as follows: Iran agrees to open the Strait and not charge any tolls. If they do that, the Iranians get phased relief from sanctions, which will include access to billions of dollars of frozen assets. Also, Iran will promise to "restrict" its nuclear program, although the details of such restrictions will be the topic of future negotiations.

And that means exactly what you think it means: The central issue of stopping Iran from ever developing a nuclear weapon with which to accomplish their stated goal of annihilating Israel remains largely unresolved and with a big question mark hovering over it.

Maybe it's just me, but this doesn't sound like winning.

Trump has also basically left Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who originally sold the war as an opportunity to secure regime change in Iran, more or less on the sidelines. One obvious problem, however, is that there is and has always been only one way to accomplish that: a full-blown ground war, complete with plane after plane returning to America filled with body bags containing the remains of American soldiers...many of whose parents voted for and support Trump.

Since we haven't experienced that sort of thing since Vietnam in the 60s and early 70s, Americans have long since lost their taste for real, full-blown, ground-pounding war—the kind that kills our sons. We've grown accustomed to slick, clean-cut air strikes that get the job done from umpteen thousand feet, with flight crews returning with smiles and high-fives. Regime change in Iran is a very different kettle of fish, so forgive me for stating the obvious:

If you think Trump's support is waning now, oh baby...wait till the body bags start flowing in.

Of course, Trump knows this better than anyone—it's a basic fact of life. But one simple truth remains: The current regime in Iran cannot simply be removed, it must be destroyed. The current regime will never allow their nuclear ambitions to be snuffed out, regardless of the cost, and that leaves us with no choice but to go in get our hands bloody.

And it is becoming clear that Trump is doing his utmost to put that out of his mind with a deal that essentially leaves the nuclear question dangling.

The good news, and frankly the only good news I can think of in this regard, is that the failure to destroy the current regime in Iran leaves the green light for Gog-Magog burning brightly.

Which leaves the green light for our departure burning even more brightly.

» View all Commentary entries...

 If you like this website, 
 share it with someone! 

Fishers of Men divider

Top of the page

Credits for Graphics (in order of appearance):
Header
1. Adapted from Sunset Over Grass Field © AOosthuizen at Can Stock Photo
Feature Article
2. Adapted from 2a–2c:
    2a. Replica of Noah's Ark in Holland © erikdegraaf via Depositphotos
    2b. Unidentified Flying Object © ktsdesign via Depositphotos
    2c. Thought Cloud © ocal via clker.com
Articles Over the Past Year (3–14)
3. Adapted from 3a–3b:
    3a. Hands Open Worshiping at Sunset © paulshuang via Depositphotos
    3b. Vintage UFO © sdecoret via Depositphotos
4. Kings © cookelma via Depositphotos
5. Man and Child Holding Hands © NewAfrica via Depositphotos
6. Samson Standing Between the Pillars © tujuh17belas via Depositphotos
7. Mountain Landscape Along Road in Italy © clodio at Depositphotos
8. Adapted from Dc One 1 © Ntrno (resized, background and text added), [CC BY-SA 3.0]
9. Earthquake Fissure Line © jarous at Depositphotos
10. Adapted from Ultraviolet Light Shield © VectorMan2017 at Depositphotos
11. Silhouette of Jesus in the Clouds © NewAfrica at Depositphotos
12. Synergies of the Mind © agsandrew at Depositphotos
13. Adapted from 13a–13b:
    13a. Diverse People Around Word 'Welcome' © Rawpixel at Depositphotos
    13b. Blue Sky With Fluffy Clouds © Gap at Depositphotos
14. Simple Icon of Treble Key © fokas.pokas at Depositphotos
A Blast From the Past
15. Fashion Mannequins © PaulMatthew at Can Stock Photo
Sidebar (16–21)
16. Adapted from Hand Holding Placard © byemoke at Depositphotos
17. Adapted from Hand Holding Placard © byemoke at Depositphotos
18. Wherever I Stand by Greg Lauer (own work)
19. Flag of Israel © badboo01 at Can Stock Photo
20. I Stand With Israel by Greg Lauer (own work)

Scripture Quotations:
All Scripture is taken from the World English Bible, unless specifically annotated as the King James Version (KJV) or the American King James Version (AKJV).

» Note that for reasons beyond my control, links in the attributions of some of the pics on this website are no longer operative. See this notice for details.