The World Tomorrow with Jeff Patton - Latest Comments

Re: About

Pat2012 — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:58:35 -0000

hi, I wanted to share a website with you that I think you will find particularly informative and necessary. It was created to share with the world the messages given by Jesus, God the Father and the Holy Spirit along with the Blessed Virgin Mary warning all people of the Second Coming of Christ. The world is in dire straits now, we all know, and it would be just like our Wonderful God to send us messages to prepare us for Jesus' return. First a warning, from His prophets, in this instance, a woman known only as Maria Divine Mercy, who is the writer but not the author, GOD is the Author of these messages. God is giving us a short time to repent and return to Him and to the Truth of the Word of God. the website is:
www.warningsecondcoming.com . I have read the messages and find nothing contrary to His Holy Word or the teaching of the Church. God bless you all and May these messages help to prepare all people and please pray for all souls on earth because Jesus wants to save everyone!

Re: Canada’s great new business opportunity: prostitution!

Josh — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:32:22 -0000

I read a few of the articles on the National Post about this. We really are turning down a dark road, not one of freedom but one of many oppressions. Father's lock up your daughters unless you want them selling their trade at their local House of the Rising Sun. I for one hope that my child will be a boy, but even that is no reassurance these days.

Re: Canada’s great new business opportunity: prostitution!

Jim — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:31:28 -0000

Insightful comments Jeff. Some parts of this are so ridiculous - as to be humorous - but you balanced this with clear statements of anger & outrage. Your word choices (as compared with the "politically correct" word choices) are effective to take the sugar coating off of the topic.

"
Of the hundreds of girls that worked for her, she says, “not a single one ever said that she did not regret it.
" -- A very powerful insight

Re: An inconvenient truth about the origin of AIDS

Chris_craigslist — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:02:32 -0000

Because bush hospitals in Africa didn't sterilize their syringes from an unknown disease we're supposed to be sceptical of your own doctor's advice? Give me a break.

Re: Remembering Evil’s Threat—a lesson for 9/11’s 10th anniversary

Jfrench — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:55:18 -0000

Hi Jeff
I understand your comments on "not forgiving" the unrepentant, but I am reminded of the case of people who are wronged who go through life hating those who wronged them -- and it consumes their thoughts and attitude. Often the offender, goes through life without giving the offence a second thought. In cases such as this - eg an unfaithful spouse who breaks up a marriage, or a victim of violence, etc -- is not the act of forgiveness something to "set them free" from the hurt or bitterness or desire for vengeance? It is certainly nicer to forgive someone "repentant", but is forgiveness - even of the unrepentant - not a healing force for those who are wronged?
JF

Re: Remembering Evil’s Threat—a lesson for 9/11’s 10th anniversary

Carolanne Patton — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:33:52 -0000

On the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, I'm sure most of us remember where we were when we first heard about the attack. I certainly do! Once our friend phoned us we could not pull ourselves away from the TV until well after the second tower fell. It was a devastating moment. Ten years later some news comments started us thinking about the issue of forgiveness in relationship to the perpetrators of this crime. Here are our thoughts:

Re: About

COG Webcast — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:24:55 -0000

Hi Steve,
I will Jeff himself respond more directly to your questions, but there is some more information about his background, and I surmise you can guess his age from some of the video on the other site. Jeff's bio on COGWebcast is available here: http://cogwebcast.com/authors/...

Josh

Re: About

Steve Goodall — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:10:56 -0000

From: Goodall, Steve A Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 9:33 AMSaturday, July 16, 2011 9:33 AMTo: 'tellimarc@yahoo.com''tellimarc@yahoo.com'Subject: Goodall, Steve A Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 9:33 AMSaturday, July 16, 2011 9:33 AMTo: 'tellimarc@yahoo.com''tellimarc@yahoo.com'Subject: Dear Mr. Patton, I just discovered your email address after a fair amount of on-line searching. I am a 54 year old man who was saved in Christ 6 just years ago. I live and work in TX with my wife and four children. We all six know Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior. I am reading your piece on Charles Stanley this morning. I found it on the web site titled "Biblical Theology". One of the things that strikes me as I read is your emphasis on certain words. For example you seem to hate the word punishment to be used in any association with the death of Christ, favoring suffering. Actually, punishment is a narrower definition of suffering, as a suffering which exacts a payment. Also, the word payment seems to cause you angst. What exactly is a ransom then? What is a bond-servant? Do you believe that I have been purchased with the blood of Christ and that I am now His bond-servant? Anyway, I am on page ten and will read thru to the end. At this point in your essay I am wondering whether or not you believe that Jesus died for the forgiveness of my sins. I am wondering what you believe happened to Jesus for the three days between the cross and the resurrection. Most people who write and publish as much as you do are usually quite public. Do you mind if I ask who you are and what your credentials are...age, church, education, employment, kingdom ministry? I just like to know a little about a person who I learn from. God bless, steve goodall

Re: Suffering coming to millions—soon! Don’t you be one!

Josh Patton — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:29:22 -0000

I think we are just entering a new age where running down to the drug store or your doctor for a quick cure will no longer be an option. Listening to God seems to be the best course of action, it always has been, and it always will be.

Re: When compromise becomes the language of the Devil

COG Webcast — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:13:35 -0000

You are right that we as physical beings cannot keep the Law without the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the gift of the Holy Spirit. We do not receive salvation through the law but through the free gift of God's grace, through the down-payment of the Holy Spirit we are being saved.However just because Jesus came to fulfill all the requirements of the law, does not mean that the law (the teaching) which is the Old Testament or Old Covenant is not longer in effect. - Galatians 3, Matt 5:17

Ignorance of the law is no defense, the punishment may be less, but still sin is evident because the law. Still the Law is holy and good. Romans 7:4-14
What is Sin? Sin is the transgression of the law - 1 John 3:4.

The wages of Sin are death, not physical but Spiritual death. - Romans 6:23
One cannot be Godly while sinning, for sin separates us from God. We must not sin by transgressing the law of God for only those who overcome will see God.

It can be concluded that neither OT or NT writers believed the law was unnecessary from a complete examination of scripture.
Instead we see that the Law is essential for Christians in obtaining Godliness, yet it was through the mercy of God the Father through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ that we are set free from the wages of sin, which are death. We are not set free from the law, for we aspire to higher things than the law, we aspire to the spirit of the law. Just as Christ did not do away with the Law but magnified it making it even greater, so we too should live our lives not sinning by transgressing the law, but by living to a higher spiritual standard. The same spiritual standard that Jesus Christ set for us.

http://cogwebcast.com/webcast-...

Re: When compromise becomes the language of the Devil

Telson7 — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:29:40 -0000

God’s law, or His perfect will, is connected with one huge problem, and it is that ”and yet none of you keeps the law” (John 7:19). Nobody can ever meet the standards of God.
For the fact is that we are all sinners and do not come even close to God's standards. There can be great and small sinners in the world, but there is still such a huge gap between God and men that no one can cross it by himself.

Even though there is a huge gap between God and us, the Bible teaches that Jesus came down from Heaven and bridged this gap. He came to live under the law (Gal 4:4,5) But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.) He fulfilled the Law and always acted in accordance with His Father’s will (John 6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.). He came down from Heaven and did everything that was impossible for us sinners to do.

http://www.jariiivanainen.net/...

Re: Looking out for Wisconsin’s and Nanaimo’s best interest

Nancy Spaller — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:24:24 -0000

Let's hope that all the states follow the lead of the Governor from Wisconsin. I feel that it's time for these "fat cats" to go on the same diet as the "average joe" (as Jeff put it)! In my recent experience with the school system, the MAJORITY of those employed are interested in only one thing....their next paycheck; forgetting that they are helping to mold the minds of our country's future.

Re: When the Land of the Rising Sun coveted the Sun’s power

Jeff — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:51:17 -0000

Different energy sources have different problems. Large scale hydro energy projects may require a massive valley to be filled with water. Dams can disrupt various migratory fish. Oil production can result in massive toxic spills like what happened recently in the BP Gulf of Mexico spill. Coal-fired power plants create particulate and green house gas emissions. These commonly used sources of energy each have their drawbacks.

But generally speaking, we humans can mitigate the harmful effects if we chose, and if all goes wrong, a regional disaster occurs that may take months or a few years or a few decades to resolve.

When something goes wrong with nuclear energy, however, the potential for a persistent, long-lasting nightmare with a wide regional or even global impact clearly outclasses our other common energy sources in their potential for disaster. We can live and adapt to the global warming caused by excess production of CO2. But can we and most of the rest of the living creatures in this world live if our water and our air and our food is contaminated with radioactivity?

I do not think it is shameful to point out this danger. The Japanese people do have first hand experience with massive exposure to dangerous levels of radiation. Not all Japanese are content to rely on nuclear power for this reason. Humanity needs clean, de-centralized sources for energy production that do not have the potential to massively poison us for thousands of years if, or perhaps more realistically, when something goes wrong due to human error. Yours truly. JP

Re: When the Land of the Rising Sun coveted the Sun’s power

COG Webcast — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:06:35 -0000

Just saw this news as of today:
http://www.nationalpost.com/ne...

"TEPCO officials said the tunnels did not flow into the sea but the possibility of radioactive water seeping into the ground could not be ruled out."

and a little further on in the story

"About a quarter of a million people are living in shelters and damage could top $300-billion, making it the world’s costliest natural disaster.

The suffering may not be over."

It is amazing that due to poor engineering decisions, using plutonium in old reactors that were about 1 year from being shut down that such a disaster has occurred. But it was not just random chance that lead to this catastrophe. It was either disdain for the general public or complete ignorance and willful blindness on the part of the officials running these nuclear plants in Japan that the reactors have failed to contain their hazardous process materials. In this case the people there have suffered, and will probably continue to suffer due to the mistakes, of a few.

I think it is fair to say that there is a real danger of radioactive water getting out in to the ecosystem or groundwater and significantly harming the general population, not only in Japan, but possibly around the world. The Bible says in Rev 8:11 something about this too, that the people became sick because of the water, whether this Wormwood has to do with nuclear radiation or not is not defined, it just says the waters are made bitter.

Clearly in the case of nuclear energy we are creating our own trap, and falling in it, devastating one of the worlds largest economies, hurting hundreds of thousands of people in the short term, with long term consequences still unknown, and the disaster still unfolding.

No wonder the Bible says in Revelation 22:1-9 and Rev 7:17 that when Christ returns to set up a new system that he will send out living waters from his throne for the healing of the nations. Maybe we are just starting to get a taste of how bad things can get due to our own ignorance, or in this case a bit of complacency with a dash of playing with things we do not fully have control over. After all some of the first scientists (Marie Curie) who discovered radiation, died horrible deaths from the very thing they loved to study, and based their lives work on.

Something to think about, who do you trust? The officials that say it is all ok, everything is under control, do not panic, until it is too late? Or do you put your trust in God? I vote for the latter.

A previous reference on the Fukushima disaster:
http://www.newscientist.com/ar...

Re: When the Land of the Rising Sun coveted the Sun’s power

Robert Little — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:32:38 -0000

The article is worth sharing either way. It's an important stat to include in the equation of energy costs, but one people don't talk about. There are unknown costs, and known costs. Oil and coal have massive known costs, that we need to move away from. Speaking of nuclear power being under regulated, and overly subsidized by taxes, need we mention that the oil industry has the same benefits. So this is a problem we need to work on across the board.

Nuclear is far from perfect. The main point I want made, is that it's shortsighted to think nuclear power exists due to greed. Or that it's not worth investigating the promise of nuclear power. Or that we are just trying 'to be like gods.'

The good news is, that methods are coming about that can deal with the nuclear waste, and even use it to generate more clean energy. The same goes for the massive nuclear stock piles we've got sitting in dormancy. Lets hope someone creates a business plan around it, so they can profit off it, and benefit the rest of us. Globally, our biggest problem is that we haven't defined the goal well enough. We've got plenty of original thinking happening. Perhaps more than ever. But little of it gains traction due to political and economic sluggishness and road blocks.

Another great article and vid I'm sure you've all seen. Hard to say it this will or should go anywhere, but it's promising creating thinking about the problems either way.

http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_...

http://www.boingboing.net/2010...

http://www.utexas.edu/news/200...

Re: When the Land of the Rising Sun coveted the Sun’s power

COG Webcast — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:29:52 -0000

In response to that above article (http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663489/infographic-of-the-day-just-how-deadly-is-nuclear-energy), I think someone else already said pretty much what I would say about that particular article in the comments, here is the comment below:

Rami Schandall 03/25/2011 10:09 AM
This article is astoundingly naive.

You suggest opponents of nuclear energy are "environmentalists," quotation marks for "sarcasm". Is it not a responsible stance to be extremely concerned about future generations, regardless of the scale of deaths to date?

Godin's point that the drama of big accidents is much easier to grasp is true. We as humans are hopeless at recognizing the scale of long-term, impending global disaster. But that is exactly the trap that this article falls into: short-sightedness (and arrogance) leading to a faulty, generalized conclusion.

Fear of nuclear power is perfectly rational, and comes from EXPERIENCE: accidents in the 1970s, 1980s, as well as the current situation in Fukishima, not to mention innumerable smaller accidents that are rarely reported. (One of my friendly neighbourhood nuclear power plants just last week dumped 73 000 litres of radiologically tainteded water into the Lake Ontario, barely a blip in the mainstream news.)

The nuclear industry is improperly regulated, outrageously over-funded by tax dollars, and involves risk that is catastrophic beyond imagining. (see references below)

Chernobyl, 25 years on, is still spewing toxic radiation from under its lid of concrete. People born in the region since the accident are still experiencing unmitigated, elevated rates of thyroid cancer, a known effect of irradiated cesium and iodine in the environment, from the accident. Does Seth Godin count all the future generations, for the next 10 000 years, who will die from nuclear accidents already past, let alone potential accidents in the future?

How to deal with spent fuel has never been resolved in 40 years of technological development. Nuclear is "safe" only as long as natural disasters don't happen, human error is not made, and terrorists lack originality. But natural disasters DO happen, human error IS made, maliciousness knows no limit in deviousness. People in positions of power also LIE on a regular basis if it will save their ass, short-term. Tepco itself was forced to shut down all its reactors in 2007 because they "misrepresented" facts in their self-reporting, an issue that came to light only when an American engineer blew the whistle. Clearly safety is not enough of a priority if we just keep stacking up spent fuel rods in cooling pools all over the world. The US has approximately 72 000 tonnes of spent fuel.

Gas and coal are no question killing us and our planet. But does that mean we should embrace an alternative that produces waste no-one knows how to deal with? There are other alternatives, many of them. We do not need a single replacement for gas and coal, we need many, each considered to specific geographies and their inherent qualities, and risks. And more than anything we need a long term vision that allows our children and grandchildren to flourish, unpoisoned by our greed and lack of imagination.

Josh

Re: When the Land of the Rising Sun coveted the Sun’s power

Robert Little — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:50:40 -0000

http://www.fastcodesign.com/16...

Re: When the Land of the Rising Sun coveted the Sun’s power

Robert Little — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 10:38:41 -0000

A few things that someone ought point out...

1. Nuclear energy is the result of a need for cleaner energy. Is it perfect? Well obviously not, and quite far from it as we all can see. But to extrapolate that it's merely the disastrous result of pure human greed is nonsense.

2. The reactions inside today's nuclear reactors are only tangentially related to the kind of nuclear reactions inside our sun. IF we ever succeed in reproducing (and sustaining) the fusion reactions in the sun, it promises to be one of the biggest leaps forward in clean energy we have ever seen or expect to see. More progress here is being made as we speak.

3. To say, that the japanese people's enduring of a deadly nuclear attack killing 150,000 - 250,000 people should relate to whether or not they invest in nuclear energy is shameful.

The earthquake is a tragic event. Don't try to capitalize on it.
Our energy problems? What do you think is powering the server housing your blog?

Re: When the Land of the Rising Sun coveted the Sun’s power

CrisisMaven — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:05:36 -0000

Your readers might also be interested in how to treat their radioactively contaminated drinking water:
http://crisismaven.wordpress.c...
Maybe someone wants to help with Japanese and other languages?

Re: Will we be the “Dumbest Generation?”

Josh — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:12:16 -0000

HD archive of the live message is here: http://cogwebcast.com/archives...

Re: Is ignorance bliss?

Joshua — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:50:09 -0000

I got 14/15 missed the last one about "The First Great Awakening" I said Charles Finney but the correct answer was Jonathan Edwards. I never heard of this term so not bad considering. Again like the writer I too have studied the Bible, and learned general knowledge of the other religions. It really makes me think if Christians were asked in a survey about the real questions such as eternal life, the nature of God (Father and Son), heaven, the New Jerusalem, the Sabbath, Holy Days and many other biblical concepts, how many would be disappointed in their knowledge and comprehension?

Re: Is ignorance bliss?

Jennifer — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:48:53 -0000

I got a 13/15 on the quiz and I'm a Christian. Most of my knowledge from the bible comes from online bible tools like BibleStudyTools.com. I love the bible dictionary, it really saves time!

Re: Since the Bible has no standing in our courts…

Joshua — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:19:43 -0000

Speaking of no Justice in the courts look at the recent revelation of all the evidence that did not come to light in the Robert Pickton trial, and how the second trial was thrown out! See these two links: http://fullcomment.nationalpos...
http://www.nationalpost.com/WH...

Thinking about debt (pledges) and debt to God (sin) Habbakuk 2 comes to mind:
2 And the LORD answered me:
Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it.
3 For still the vision awaits its appointed time;
it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it;
it will surely come; it will not delay.
4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but the righteous shall live by his faith.
5 “Moreover, wine is a traitor,
an arrogant man who is never at rest.
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like death he has never enough.
He gathers for himself all nations
and collects as his own all peoples.

6 Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,
Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own—
for how long?—
and loads himself with pledges!
7 Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
and those awake who will make you tremble?
Then you will be spoil for them.
8 Because you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
9 Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
to set his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
10 You have devised shame for your house
by cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
11 For the stone will cry out from the wall,
and the beam from the woodwork respond.
12 “Woe to him who builds a town with blood
and founds a city on iniquity!

It seems to me we have built our cities on the blood of iniquity, and we have loaded ourselves with pledges to the tune of 13Trillion Dollars thats (13 x 10^12)

Re: About

maclisa — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:54:24 -0000

i like the way how you are giving chance peaple to know more about world's greatest news easily through this wepsite...keep it up its great...

Re: Objecting to a culture of sexual meaninglessness

anil — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:15:17 -0000

Thats so true!
But sex is so luring , that it blinds one and all!