Category Archives: history

(XXX) 555-1212

Posted on May 1, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Directory Assistance While watching the return of Elementary last night I was reminded of the way we used to make directory enquiries. The specific sequence in the show involved a list of telephone numbers that a mobile had received before … Continue reading →

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Revenge of an “Incel”?

Posted on April 24, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Involuntary Celibate Yesterday, a young man decided to drive a rented Ryder van down the sidewalk on Yonge Street in Toronto. Was this a terrorist attack? No. It was one person’s way to ‘punish’ the world. Last night, the CBC … Continue reading →

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Revelation: Cosmic Timeline?

Posted on April 19, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Scripture as Guideline There are several books of the Bible which are focused on future events: in the Old Testament, they are Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Isaiah and Daniel; in the New Testament, Revelation. Together they tell a story about what will … Continue reading →

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Revelation: Some Beastly Speculation

Posted on April 18, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Number of the Beast There is probably no other sequence of numbers in the whole (Christian) world that is more recognized than these three digits. There are several ways to look at the numbers, but to do them proper justice … Continue reading →

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Revelation: A Divine Document?

Posted on April 18, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Proof: The Number Seven I think by now, readers of my posts have seen that seven is considered a sacred number. Well, Revelation is full of examples of that number in relationship with the symbolic language used by St John … Continue reading →

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Revelation: Seven Churches Equal 7 Eras?

Posted on April 17, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Letters to the Seven Churches Years ago, I read that each of the seven churches of Asia Minor represented an era of the Christian Church. In other words, Jesus’s message to them, through St John the Divine, was meant to … Continue reading →

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Revelation: Nightmare or Vision?

Posted on April 16, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Out-of-Body Experience (OBE) 9 I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 On … Continue reading →

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Who is King Arthur, Really?

Posted on April 15, 2018 by cdsmiller17

The Once and Future King When T H White captured this legend in print form, the story of King Arthur had been around in written form for nine hundred years. And the oral history may have gone back another six … Continue reading →

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Did James Earl Ray Kill MLK Jr?

Posted on April 4, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Or Was He Just the Patsy? We always breathe a collective sigh of relief when the ‘bad guys’ are caught after some atrocious event, such as the assassination of a prominent person. Such was the effect of James Earl Ray … Continue reading →

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Spy vs Spy: Tit for Tat

Posted on March 30, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Ex-Spy Poisoned in Salisbury This seems like a plot straight out of the mind of John le Carré. It was even set in Salisbury, where his last book had a ‘safe house’. Has someone been reading his mail? Sergei Skripal … Continue reading →

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