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Mongolia! Part 2 Mongolia! Part 2 Once we had the right cards it was convenient to ride the bus to see the Ulaanbaatar. The only down side was that they were often very crowded. The next two or three articles are of the various discoveries we made in and around the city.

https://thirteenmonthsinchina.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/mongolia/ Mongolia! For many years now I had wanted to visit this land of yurts, yaks, and yoghurt, wedged between the two overbearing giants of China and Russia. Finally, we made it to this country over a month ago, August 2026. This is...

https://asterisktom.wordpress.com/2026/09/13/painless-and-painful-birth/ Painless and Painful Birth In this life it cannot be denied that pain is sometimes our lot. May God always give us the grace to see and yearn for that city that is only fully realized on the other side of this pain.

Now, more than ever, this issue must be correctly understood. Christians discredit their faith when they demonstrate their cognitive dissonance when it comes to Israel.

And they Sing the Song of Moses: Revelation 15:3 and Deuteronomy 32 Your study Bible for Rev. 15:1-3 will most likely offer Ex. 15 as a cross-reference, not Deut. 32. The majority of commentaries likewise follow suit. What is the reasoning? Unwarranted Futurism. Article here

We did our own "dirty work" like the Dresden firestorm bombing and Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The truth is complicated and messy. There are no totally white hats in that war. I totally understand your view. I taught it when I taught history. But then I did some further research and had to change...

BTW, that includes my uncle Erich. We assume he died in Stalingrad. It was a weird sensation, when we were in Ukraine, to actually go to some of the sites where he traveled and fought. The last letters, I think, were from Stalingrad.

I am not discrediting the accomplishments of our forces, but whenever I read someone writing only about America defeating the Nazis I know that that person has not really read any good history book on the subject. Our forces had 135,576 military deaths in Europe compared to 8.7 million Russian...

At last, some common sense.

Welcome, Gabriel. What city are you in? I have an Indian Christian pastor friend that may be interested in getting in touch.