March 31, 2024
Due to a mild case of procrastination, exacerbated by multiple distractions of varying importance, I almost didn’t get a blogpost prepared for this week. First, I wasn’t sure whether or not I wanted to do something Easter-related this year. I did have a potential source article to draw from regarding pagan origins. But, once I […]
Tags: Apologetics, archaeological evidence, astronomical evidence, biblical context, Easter, extrabiblical sources, historical crucifixion, Holy Week, Ligonier Ministries, Maundy Thursday, Reasons to Believe, Resurrection Day, resurrection of Jesus, Stand to Reason
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
March 24, 2024
“That’s not the resume of a ‘uniter in chief.’” — Jarrett Stepman, columnist for The Daily Signal and author of The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past What do you consider to be the biggest failures of the Biden administration (or, as some prefer, “Biden regime”), so far? Earlier this month, in […]
Tags: Biden presidency, Bidenomics, border crisis, DEI, global instability, illegal immigration, inflation, Jarrett Stepman, military, normalcy, The Daily Signal, weaponized DoJ
Posted in Politics |
March 17, 2024
Last week, we looked at what the ESV Study Bible and the Baker Illustrated Study Bible (CSB) study notes said about the incident involving Noah’s drunkenness and nakedness, Ham’s transgression regarding it, and the resultant curse against Canaan. This week, we continue the investigation by looking at the NIV Faithlife Illustrated Study Bible and the […]
Tags: Curse of Canaan, difficult Bible passages, disrespect, drunk and naked Noah, Genesis 9, Ham, NET Full Notes Edition, NIV Faithlife Illustrated Study Bible, possible sexual perversion, sin of Ham
Posted in Religion |
March 10, 2024
If you read my posts from 2/4/2024 & 2/11/2024, you can guess what I’m going to do this week and next. I have chosen a particularly baffling passage from the Old Testament which many commentators gloss over, and I will cite what four of the top study Bibles have to say about it. This time, […]
Tags: Baker Illustrated Study Bible, Curse of Canaan, difficult Bible passages, disrespect, drunk and naked Noah, ESV Study Bible, Genesis 9, Ham's sin, possible sexual perversion
Posted in Religion |
March 3, 2024
This is the last citation from Hugh Ross’s Improbable Planet, I promise. In this excerpt, Ross discusses the impact (in both senses of the term) of the Chicxulub asteroid, which struck the Yucatán Peninsula and caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction. In short, it was much worse than originally thought. — — — The decisive blow that […]
Tags: asteroid impact, blocked sunlight, Chicxulub, Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction Event, earthquakes, ecological consequences, evidence for design in nature, Hugh Ross, impact crater in Mexico, Improbable Planet, mass extinction, nitric oxide, ocean surface temperature drop, photosynthesis shutdown, sulphur aerosols, supervolcanoes, tsunamis
Posted in Science |