One Gospel One Truth

  by Ray C. Stedman It was the summer of 1787. The heat in Philadelphia was oppressive and the delegates to the Constitutional Convention fanned themselves languidly and longed for adjournment. Debate had dragged on for days over the issue of how the States would be represented in Congress. Luther Martin of Maryland had held the floor for the best part of two days in a long-winded speech on States Rights that left everyone weary and querulous. The Convention faced an impasse. At this point aged Dr. Benjamin Franklin rose and addressed himself to General Washington in the Chair.     In this situation of this Assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings? He went on to remind the Convention that at the beginning of the war with England the...

Religion was the causes of Great Wars in the past. Why should it be different now? What is motivating the Muslims around the world and particularly in Iran and Iraq to cause violence, death, and destruction? A simple five-word explanation: The return of the Mahdi. He is the Muslim messiah who is supposed to return to earth. Iran's Ahmadinejad is obsessed with the Mahdi. Iraq's cleric al-Sadr, having fled to Iran to avoid the surge, says, "America's primary purpose for the war is preventing the return of the Mahdi." (Jan Markell, www.olivetreeviews.org) What about Canada? Are Canadians involved in the prevention of the return of the Mahdi? Are Canadians aware of such event? Does Canadians take it seriously? I don’t think so, after all most Canadians don’t take the return of Jesus Christ seriously. So why take Mahdi seriously? Because it is important to know what motivate your enemies. Enemies? Yes, we are at war in Afghanistan, and the Taliban are our enemies s...