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Author Archives: John M. DeMassa
Brothers to the End
Identical twins Julian and Adrian Riester, born seconds apart in 1919, died hours apart earlier in the week. The two Buffalo-born brothers were co-workers in the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor who worked at St. Bonaventure University in Buffalo … Continue reading
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Judgment Day: The Third Day After
We thought it was over on Saturday. Not the world but perhaps Harold Camping’s date setting obsession. It’s not over and he’s back at it again. Yes you read that correctly. After the colossal forecasting flop, costing millions of dollars … Continue reading
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Putting it All Together: Engineering Judgment Day Part III
Judgement Day is now days away…according to Harold Camping with Family Radio. Perhaps you have followed our short series evaluating Mr. Camping’s claim. In this final installment of Harold Camping’s Judgment Day calculation, I will take up several additional claims … Continue reading
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Special Series: Engineering Judgment Day-May 21, 2011 Part II
Harold Camping with Family Radio has announced that Judgment Day is days away. A national campaign is underway featuring radio programming, TV broadcasts, and billboard adds to proclaim the news to the world. NEST is continuing to look at both … Continue reading
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Special Series: Engineering Judgment Day-May 21, 2011 Part I
At one of the local roadside electronic bill boards in Bridgeport (off of Interstate 95), a flashing display came up reading “Judgment Day, May 21, 2011”. Certainly a shocking advertisement! A number of vans and cars equipped with trailers featuring the … Continue reading
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Japan’s Chernobyl: Christians Responding
The Japanese (earthquake-tsunami-nuclear) disaster continues to worsen according to reports last week. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster rating was upgraded to 7.0 on the International Atomic Energy Agency scale – the same level as the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986.
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Deeper Into the Word: Reflections on 100 Words from the New Testament: A Book Review
A helpful but limited new volume is available to those wanting to deepen their knowledge of New Testament words while enhancing their personal devotionals. Keri Wyatt Kent a well published author adds Deeper Into the Word: Reflections on 100 Words … Continue reading
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Local Pastor Yields to Cancer
Our office at the school just learned that Pastor Dave McIntyre (59) of Calvary Church in Trumbull passed away Tuesday morning (22 March).
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Disaster in Japan Yes but Panic No
Japan’s problems have escalated in the aftermath of an 8.9 – magnitude earth quake that hit at 2:46 local time on Friday (10 March 2011) followed by a 23-foot (seven-meter) tsunami slamming the northeastern coast in the coastal city of … Continue reading
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March Madness? A Verse Never Sung In America
The American Minute reports… On MARCH 3, 1931, Congress adopted The Star-Spangled Banner as the National Anthem.
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