This Week In The News
Current Events
We begin with escalating disagreements and strongly worded accusations between the USA and the EU. Please view our new StandingWatch program, titled, “The War Between America and Europe Has Begun.”
We continue with troublesome events in Germany and Europe’s frightening rearmament. We also point out problems and blatant differences between European and American viewpoints in regard to Ukraine.
We speak on America’s highly controversial and possibly illegal attacks on boats and the extermination of their occupants on the high seas and contradictory “explanations” and “justifications” by the Trump Administration; and the US Supreme Court’s published intention to finally rule on the birthright citizenship question.
We address the “shameless” and embarrassing performance of FIFA boss Gianni Infantino in relation to Donald Trump; and we conclude with the warning that the United Kingdom is heading to “a very dark place.” Throughout this section, we have underlined pertinent statements in the quoted articles, for the convenience and quick overview of the reader.
Editorial
Not War, But Gratitude Brings True Peace!
Recently, on November 28, a Q&A written by Mr. Norbert Link was published on our website, eternalgod.org. The second question, “What do we read in general about true thankfulness to God for His physical blessings, even in difficult times, and how can Thanksgiving Day contribute to this attitude of thankfulness?” led me to the following reflection: “What do we really know about genuine gratitude for God – precisely for the peace He wants to give us, especially in difficult times?”
Currently, we are all living in a deeply stressful and depressing time, in which political decisions often show that citizens are being restricted by ongoing new regulations. At the same time, people around the world are feeling increasingly disappointed by a lack of transparency, dubious priorities and enormous spending on ideological projects. In addition, international decisions are leading to people being drawn into conflicts that are causing a high number of human casualties.
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Isn’t Acts 2:44-45 a biblical example of socialism?
First of all, let us review this passage of Scripture and see what it says and get a rounded view of what the context is. The Cambridge Dictionary explains what context means, as follows: “… the text or speech that comes immediately before and after a particular phrase or piece of text and helps to explain its meaning.”
Context is a vital piece of biblical understanding, eliminating the use of a particular word or passage of Scripture which, on its own, may give a misunderstanding of what is meant.
Acts 2:44-45 reads as follows:
“Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need.”
This was written at a time following the birth of the New Testament Church after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. We read in Acts 2:41-42: “Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.”
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