From a couple of weeks ago, a brief article in the New York Times on the importance of the King James Bible. This year is the 400th anniversary of its printing. I’ve been writing short articles about the King James Bible, and I suppose I should upload them here.
New Years Resolutions: What Should We Work On?
The Bible describes a series of mass deportations after the empire of Babylon conquered Israel’s southern kingdom of Judah. Great numbers of Israelites were taken to Babylon from about 600 BC and especially after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC. But Babylon had its own problems, and when it was conquered in 538, the … Continue reading »
Pat Robertson for Ending Marijuana Prohibition
After his very public, and I believe very mistaken, remarks about the Haiti earthquake, I’m startled but pleased to find common ground with Pat Robertson on the subject of marijuana prohibition. “I’m … I’m not exactly for the use of drugs, don’t get me wrong, but I just believe that criminalizing marijuana, criminalizing the possession … Continue reading »
More Stars, Types of Life, Than Previously Thought
Today’s New York Times had not one but two interesting science articles. The first is the discovery of a new type of bacteria in Mono Lake not far from here in California. What makes it unique (compared to every other type of life on earth) is that it has DNA, but the “ladder” structure of … Continue reading »
Purposeful Worship
Have you ever stopped to wonder why we worship? What’s it for? It’s the most salient feature of church life; in fact, people often use “church” as shorthand for “worship.” If someone says, “Let’s go to church this Sunday,” for example, it’s shorthand for, “Let’s assemble at the customary place for gathered worship.” But why … Continue reading »
No Podcast of 11/21
Some kind of technology problem in the sound booth this weekend means no podcast for 11/22. That’s a shame.
Scheduled Downtime Monday 11/22
Hey, if you don’t go there a lot you probably won’t notice, but the church website will be down Monday 11/22 for some maintenance. We’ll be migrating from an offline system called iWeb to a CMS called WordPress.
Overheard Chuckle
I just had a conversation with someone, and laughed when I heard this: Another factor, perhaps overlooked, in understanding why Presbyterianism thrived in Scotland, is, of course, whiskey. “And all God’s people said, ‘Amen.’”
Early Christmas Present
I got this because it was almost as cheap as Dogmatics in Outline. We’ll see how much of it I actually read. With advances in medicine, I figure I have at least 40 years, which would be only 16 pages a month: a veritable walk in the park. Darrell Guder says this is the older … Continue reading »
Thankfulness
Thanksgiving’s coming! Thanksgiving is a weird holiday, isn’t it? There’s the food: too much of it, usually, and things you don’t see the rest of the year, like cranberry relish and yams. There’s the spectacle on TV, starting with parades and ending with as many football games as you can fit into 24 hours and … Continue reading »