Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
Those of you who attended the 2010 Church of God General Assembly in Orlando remember that it was, for some departments of the church, the last time of existence, as as result of the sweeping reorganisation first promulgated the previous January. One of those was Laity Ministries, where I was the Ministries Coordinator. Our department …
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Chris Mathews protesteth too much: "This is not a funny thing. There is a weird thing about your political party [Republican]. It's nativist. It is weird. Obama -- you still have a big bloc of Republicans that say he wasn't born in this country, in Africa or somewhere," Chris Matthews said on his show. Chris …
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Fruit of the Spirit He Loves You and Me (Holiday 12101, 1976) A great deal of the "Jesus Music" of the 1960's and 1970's was performed in coffee-houses. An innovative form of ministry, it broke with the "church" tradition (a breaking churches struggle with perpetuating until this day) and placed the gospel in a laid …
It's so bad that the leader of Miami's largest Hispanic gay group unloads in the Miami Herald: It shows our city as nothing short of a warzone - Filthy streets, a drive by shooting, multiple cars crashed in the process, and total chaos on the streets. This is unacceptable and must be controlled before we …
Is the LORD as delighted with burnt offerings and sacrifices as he would be with your obedience? To follow instructions is better than to sacrifice. To obey is better than sacrificing the fat of rams. (1 Samuel 15:22) Management gurus frequently cite the work of Sun Tzu, the Chinese author most famous for his book …
Oasis was the touring group for Youth for Christ. As a result of that, their line-up was subject to frequent change, but in the course of that change they put out some pretty interesting music. The best known member of the group was the Scottish vocalist (and later co-hostess of the 700 Club) Shelia Walsh, …
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Recently twenty-one religious organisations sent a letter to the three Chiefs of Chaplains voicing their concerns about the impact of the repeal of "don't ask/don't tell" (DADT) relative to homosexuals in the military, and specifically with chaplains being required to perform same sex civil marriages. Some of the letter is as follows: Thank you for …
This video documents several Mormons who found a new life beyond what they had in the LDS church. It's about an hour, but worth every minute. http://blip.tv/play/hY00gqjkRQI HT to Stand Firm in Faith.
One feature of Christian life that has either disappeared or morphed (depending upon how you look at it) is the debate. It wasn't that long ago (50-100 years) that debates were fairly common between proponents of different types of Christianity (and sometimes they'd get someone from the outside to really make things interesting.) From an …
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall find mercy. (Matthew 5:7) It was an especially difficult Analytic Geometry problem. I knew what I was doing wasn’t going to pan out. But my professor was an ex-seminarian; perhaps there was another way to rescue this situation. So I took the verse at the top, found it …
Positive Infinity 