{"id":31,"date":"2008-09-10T10:15:08","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T09:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/?p=31"},"modified":"2008-09-10T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2008-09-10T09:15:08","slug":"signs-and-wonders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/archives\/31","title":{"rendered":"Signs and Wonders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, after looking at the meltdown in the U.S. stock market following the actions of the U.S. Treasury, I became aware of the gravity of the situation. \u00a0The Fed is out of cash. \u00a0Ben Bernanke has been out of sight during the latest round of restructurings, this time with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. \u00a0The volatility and huge moves can only be generated by the actions of hedge funds. \u00a0Who is going bust next? \u00a0Where will it end?<\/p>\n<p>I read today from Luke chapter 21:8.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><em>&#8220;Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, &#8220;I am he,&#8221; and &#8220;The time is near.&#8221; \u00a0Do not follow them.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>All we hear in the media from the government is that times are bad. \u00a0All we hear from the U.S. media is doom. \u00a0When I look out my window, the mountains are still there in their exquisite God given glory. \u00a0Everyone still comes to work just like usual. \u00a0Folks are coming over on the launch at this very minute. \u00a0The water is rippling, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, the land is lovely. \u00a0So much for doom and gloom.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever God has ordained, the time for living is now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, after looking at the meltdown in the U.S. stock market following the actions of the U.S. Treasury, I became aware of the gravity of the situation. \u00a0The Fed is out of cash. \u00a0Ben Bernanke has been out of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/archives\/31\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-signs-and-wonders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}