A West Texas pump jack in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Photo by the U.S. Federal Government's National Park Service and in the public domain. An Amish Farmer in Pennsylvania had a shallow but working oil well on a corner of his farm. The windmill took weeks, sometimes months to pump enough crude to make … Continue reading It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. A Tale of Two Tax Rates
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At approximately 5:30 AM Mountain Standard Time on Thursday, September 13, 2012 my wife Mary and I were traveling Westbound on I-40 about 15 miles West of Kingman, AZ. I looked to my left at a brightly lit contrail in the sky. While there was a touch of the coming dawn, the stars were still … Continue reading What Was It?
"For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me (Jesus): for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?" John 6:46, 47 "Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he (the rich man) said, Nay, father Abraham: … Continue reading Chronological Order
The serpent, like this one at the Garden of Eden truckstop in Eden Idaho, is still tempting us to trade truth for error. "How much of God's Word can you deliberately reject and still be a believer?" The majority of people in heaven will know very little of the Bible. There are thousands, … Continue reading “It was given up, handed over, bit by bit until there was nothing left.”
I heard a message on Communion this morning. In it, the speaker got me confused, or, rather, I got myself confused. The passage in 1 Corinthians 11 says, "This is my body, which is broken for you ... " But the speaker pointed out that Jesus Christ's body was not broken. "Not a bone of … Continue reading Well, Was His Body Broken, or Wasn’t It?
Movies about heroes and superheroes abound. Recently we've had Spiderman, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, new Superman and Batman series, X-Men, and numerous animated offerings like The Incredibles, Megamind, and the live action Avengers. Apparently there is (or was) a TV series about a family that gains superpowers, "No Ordinary Family." There was a TV series called "Heroes," about people who had some kind of mutation giving them strange powers. There are … Continue reading Heroes and Superheroes
If you look up the phrase "Going to the Dogs" at http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings you will find this interesting entry: Of course, what originally went to the dogs was ... anything decayed and worthless that wasn't fit for humans, particularly food. This usage was well enough established by the late 18th century for it to have become … Continue reading Going to the Dogs: Where Are We Headed if We Ignore the Conflict?
We attended a service where we discussed getting rid of much of the Bible Study material people use today, and focusing on the Bible itself. Our daughter attended a Sunday school where she was very disappointed by the lesson. "A lot of what he said was loosely based on Scriptures (few biblical references) but when … Continue reading There Are Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing — But Fear Not, Little Flock!
This is an excerpt from Chapter Five of Antidisestablishmentarianism. Benjamin Franklin might have remained his friend, yet he said concerning the publication of works like The Age of Reason, “I have read your manuscript with some attention. By the argument it contains against a particular Providence, though you allow a general Providence, you strike at the foundation … Continue reading Was Thomas Paine the Founding Father of Secular Humanism in America?
In 1971 the world was introduced to the Tasaday, a group living in the rainforests of Mindanau in the Philippines. At the time the small group was presented as a stone-age tribe, subsisting nearly naked in caves in a hunter-gatherer style and possessing a unique language. Subsequent studies have caused some to doubt whether these … Continue reading The Prime Directive
Not all knowledge is true science. Paul wrote to Timothy in I Timothy 6:20 that he should be on guard against and stay away from those who used "oppositions of science falsely so called. " This is one of the more interesting references in the Bible to false science. He was telling Timothy to stay … Continue reading Christianity, Science and True Knowledge
“He [Whitefield] ... preach’d one evening from the top of the Court-house steps, which are in the middle of Market-street, ... I had the curiosity to learn how far he could be heard, ... I found his voice distinct till I came near Front-street... Imagining then a semi-circle, ... fill’d with auditors, to each of … Continue reading The Scientific Method According to Ben Franklin: George Whitefield’s Preaching and the Exodus
The quote "Nature red in tooth and claw" comes from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's very long series of poems "In Memoriam A.H.H," completed in 1849. Many evolutionists quote this phrase in support of their ideas of natural selection. When he began to write this poem, Tennyson questioned God's love and sovereignty over nature because of the … Continue reading Nature Red in Tooth and Claw
Some time ago I was told the best way to handle people who call themselves Atheists is to simply ask, "so who is she?" He means that Atheists are Atheists because they want to commit fornication with someone. I have learned that that the desire is not always for a woman, it isn't even always … Continue reading So, Who Is She?
"Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics because the stakes are so low." "Sayre's Law" -- this version found in the December 20, 1973 Wall Street Journal. "The stakes are so low" seems off, but all of us who ever taught at the college level are intimately acquainted with the bitterness … Continue reading Science, Falsely So Called
"'As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.' In other words, Godwin observed that, given enough time, in any online discussion-regardless of topic or scope-someone inevitably makes a comparison to Hitler and the Nazis." Wikipedia I have not bothered to check this out. It is not … Continue reading Godwin’s Law
Shakespeare put these words in Mercutio's mouth after he was stabbed in a swordfight: "No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve: ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man." (Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 1.) Though Mercutio could … Continue reading Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
Refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce quarrels. The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to … Continue reading What Is “Progressive Creation” ?
"Never Let Schooling Interfere With Your Education," by Grant Allen and popularized by Mark Twain. "One year in Italy with their eyes open would be worth more than three at Oxford." "What a misfortune it is that we should thus be compelled to let our boys' schooling interfere with their education!" In the early days … Continue reading Information, Please?
Just out for one more plunge into summer reading, or homeschool literature with history, mystery and adventure, check out the third book in the Benny and the Bank Robber series. Ben Carlisle's longtime dream has been to travel west with his family. When he is offered a newspaper job in Detroit, he is forced to question … Continue reading The Benny and the Bank Robber Historical Adventure Series has new members in the family!
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