June 27, 2021
As happens occasionally, I came across a “blast from the past” and thought some of my readers might appreciate it. Several years ago, I posted about David Snoke’s book, A Biblical Case for an Old Earth, and a reader commented with some follow-up questions. His name was Jason, and his questions touched on several topics […]
Tags: age of the Earth, built-in obsolescence, creation groans, David Snoke, death before the Fall, effects of the Fall, eisegesis, Fall of Adam, harmony of nature and Bible, long lifespans, Mark S. Whorton, millions of years, nuances of Greek, plain reading, pre-Flood vs. post-Flood lifespans, Romans 8, scientific investigation, the Curse, YEC vs. OEC
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
June 20, 2021
“Before the foundation of the world, by sheer grace, according to the free good pleasure of his will, [God] chose in Christ to salvation a definite number of particular people out of the entire human race which had fallen by its own fault from its original innocence into sin and ruin.” — Canons of Dordt, […]
Tags: Amyraldism, Calvinist, creation, decretal theology, divine election, divine sovereignty, Fall of Man, God's decrees, human free will, infralapsarianism, lapsarian views, logical order, Molinism, redemption, Reformed, reprobation, salvation in Christ, Sam Storms, supralapsarianism, the case for soft infralapsarianism, theological terms, Tom Barnes
Posted in Religion |
June 13, 2021
“Big business, this is supposed to be the one area of culture that conservatives have some lever of power, but we were losing it at a rapid pace.” — Justin Danhof, National Center for Public Policy Research With the ever-growing frequency of American corporations adopting and pushing “woke” Left agendas, it becomes increasingly frustrating for […]
Tags: BLM, boycotts, corporate stakeholders, corporate wokeness, CRT, culture wars, engage businesses, Free Enterprise Project, identity politics, Justin Danhof, LGBTQ+, racism, SJW, social justice, The Daily Signal Podcast, woke capitalism
Posted in Politics |
June 6, 2021
Have you ever gotten into a conversation about doomsday scenarios and someone (maybe you) brings up the dangers of electromagnetic pulses (EMPs)? Maybe it came up during discussions of the recent Infrastructure bill? Did you wonder how much of what was claimed about EMPs was accurate versus based on hearsay or movie lore? For example, […]
Tags: amplifiers, data networks, E1, E3, electrical grid, electronic systems, EMP, fast pulse, fiber-optic, major vulnerability, multiple interdependencies, nuclear explosion, power grid, protection costs, SCADA, slow pulse, transformers
Posted in Science |