Advent 2012
Published December 2, 2012Today is the first Sunday in Advent. Many Christian churches celebrate this time across the next four weeks as we get ready for Christmas. We light one candle each Sunday to remember the four centuries of waiting for the Savior’s coming (advent). The candles have other meanings too. This week’s candle means hope while the Jesus candle is lit on Christmas eve. It’s a yearly celebration of the “good news,” and the Lord knows that we need some good news today. That’s what the angel said to the shepherds out keeping their sheep in the fields, “Do not be afraid; [...]
read moreThe New Year 2012
Published December 29, 2011A new year is laid out in front of us. Should we be sad, or glad? Well, as always it depends on what press you listen to and who you trust. For many this coming year is filled with questions, even more so than previous years. For one thing, this is the infamous 2012…the year the Mayan Long Count calendar ends. One school of thought says that the Maya prophesied the end of the world; another school of thought says that it’s merely the end of one age and the beginning of another. I’m with the latter group. Why? Because [...]
read moreThe Astrophysics of 2012
Published August 10, 2009What makes 2012 so interesting is that there’s evidence for what’s taking place. Our solar system with the sun and it’s nine planets (I include Pluto) is orbiting the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Our galaxy is 100,000 light years across, and our system is about 25,000 light years out. It takes us millions of years to complete our orbit. While we follow that orbit, our solar system is oscillating up and down through what’s called the galactic equator. It’s just like the equator on our earth, and like the equator, it’s hot. The energy coming from the giant black hole at [...]
read more2012?
Published August 2, 2009I wrote a novel around the Mayan end date of December 21, 2012. You can purchase it from our NHCF store via our online shopping cart here. Look. Like any other human speculation, we can swing to an extreme. Do you remember Y2K? We didn’t crash. Well, it could be the same thing with 2012. One extreme says it’ll be the end of everything; another extreme says it’ll be the bright new age of man. I feel more inclined to the latter. After all, when I read the Bible I don’t find a 2012 kind of cataclysm. Oh yeah, there’s [...]
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