OmegaLetter.com Commentary

Paradise Lost

Wendy Wippel — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Did you know there are hundreds of websites featuring jokes about the Garden of Eden? (''Why Eve? Like Adam was going to buy his own fig leaves or ask for directions?'') But the Garden was an unspeakable tragedy, not a joke. And at a magnitude that hit me fully only this week.

It Is Well

Pete Garcia — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

''Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.'' - Gilbert K. Chesterton

Mob Rule

Jack Kinsella — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

House Democrats say they plan to offer an amendment that would overturn stand-your-ground laws like the one that Democrats blame for the Trayvon Martin shooting case.

So Much For 2012?

Jack Kinsella — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

I used to get emails all the time from New Agers and so-called Mayan 'scholars' castigating me as a 'cultural bigot' for not giving credence to extra-biblical 'prophecies' from sources like the Maya.

These Guys Mean Business

Alf Cengia — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Last Monday Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia’s President for another six years, his second run at the job. In his speech he affirmed that Russia would achieve its goals. He said that Russia would be ''a single, united people, if we hold our fatherland dear, strengthen Russian democracy, constitutional rights and freedoms.''

On the Testimony of Three Witnesses. . .

Jack Kinsella — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

There are at least five distinct views within the Church concerning when (or whether) the Lord will return for His Church in an event commonly called ''The Rapture.''

Coming Ice Age

J.L. Robb — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

And if you believe that, I would like to sell you the London Bridge. But just 35 years ago, the coming ice age was the big concern. I was taking an oceanography course at N.C. State in 1973, and the ice age theory was getting government-granted all over the country. Environmental scientists at major and non-major universities received tax paid funding to “prove” this new theory to be correct. It’s amazing what scientists can “prove” if they are funded to do so. Free money for the researchers, at our expense.

Nitpicking THE END THE BOOK: Part One

Kari Velemirovich — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Have you heard the end is near? Well of course you have, or you wouldn’t be at the Omega Letter trying to figure out what in the world is going on?

Some Sweet Day

Wendy Wippel — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The wedding season is upon us, and you know what that means. Pass the hankies. But why do we cry at weddings? What is it exactly that unleashes those sentimental tears? Their wedded bliss? People who (according to the Dixie Cups) will ''never be lonely anymore?'' All those ''happily ever afters?''

Living Stones

Pete Garcia — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Do you feel like your life is unfair? Do you feel like it is just one problem after another, and that no matter what, you can’t seem to get your head above the water? Do you have those imperfect relationships, maybe at work or at home, where certain people just rub you the wrong way all the time? Do you ever stop and ask God “Why Me?” Well, if the answer to any of these questions is yes, then this article is for you!