This Week in the News

by Norbert Link

We begin with reports on the election of Ursula von der Leyen as the new president of the European Commission and Angela Merkel’s appointment of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (AKK) as Germany’s new Defense Minister, as well as British and German reactions; speak on a proposed law to make measles vaccinations mandatory in Germany; the rift between Turkey and the USA and Europe; heightened tensions with Iran; US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell; the military celebrations and their meaning during Bastille Day; and Russia’s alleged thirst for regional wars in Europe. We also speak on the find of a missile and other sophisticated weapons in the hands of Italian extremists.

We report on recent developments and their consequences pertaining to President Trump’s tweets on “progressive Democratic congresswomen” (in this regard, please view our new StandingWatch program, “Trump’s Reelection Is Assured!”);  and we point at Trump’s unwelcome and highly controversial criticism of Bitcoin.

We address the ever-increasing abnormal frequency of major earthquakes around the world; and we quote from articles about Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister; an alleged movement to destroy the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque to prepare for the Third Temple; and rabbinic condemnation of all dogs and their owners.

Mankind’s vision of the universe is built upon an ever-changing landscape of understanding. The pursuit of scientific discovery, in what has become religion to many, causes foundations of knowledge to often shift.  What is understood today often replaces the understanding of our past. This fluidity of fact is considered part and parcel in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. No truth is unshakable if discovery proves it false.

In a recent web article entitled, “New Hubble Data Breaks Scientists’ Understanding of the Universe,” the author, talking about the Hubble Constant, states, “The value was first calculated by astronomer Edwin Hubble in the 1920s. But since then, astronomers observing and measuring the universe’s expansion have arrived at different values of the Hubble Constant, none of which seem to agree with one another. The discrepancy calls into question not only our idea of how old the universe is, but also our ability to fundamentally understand the physics that drive its behavior.”

The Hubble telescope, named in honor of Edwin Hubble, has called into question one of his fundamental truths. But for the scientific community, this is part of the process in gaining understanding. The earth was once flat until discovery proved it to be round. Today’s…

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In the first chapter of the first book in the Bible, we read that God created man in His own image (Genesis 1:26-27). Man was created for a purpose, and that ultimate purpose is to become an immortal member of the God Family.

In John 10, Jesus talks about Himself as being the good Shepherd and that He had “come that they have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (verse 10).  In this day and age, God has only called very few people for salvation, but everyone will receive their opportunity to inherit eternal life when God deems that the time is right.  Why would anyone who has received this marvelous calling today want to commit suicide? There are many “reasons” and “justifications” why even true Christians might erroneously think that this is the best course of action in their particular circumstances.

What circumstances would give rise to such a thought? Perhaps someone has an incurable disease (by man’s reckoning) and is in such severe pain that it seems to be the only way out of a terrible situation? Or someone doesn’t think him- or herself worthy of God’s calling and cannot reconcile the fact that he or she…

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