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 |
May 30, 2021
“Can it happen here? Of course it can.” — Rod Dreher, socio-political commentator, author, editor Forgive me for stating the obvious, but there is a lot of scary stuff goin’ on out there. Our government “leadership” and the many ideological influencers they are in league with (e.g., academia, media, ‘progressive’ corporations and organizations, etc.) are […]
Tags: anti-Christian persecution, Critical Race Theory, illiberal ideology, leftist agenda, Leftward push, Rod Dreher, social atomization, social credit system, social justice, soft totalitarianism, Solzhenitsyn quote, surrender privacy for convenience, surveillance capitalism, wokeness
Posted in Politics, Politics / Science / Religion, Religion, Science |
May 23, 2021
“Thankfully, we don’t have those mean tweets, all caps. Look out, they were really hurting us.” — Pete Hegseth, co-host of “Fox & Friends” Fans of 1970s TV and cinema may be familiar with writer/director/producer Irwin Allen who earned the nickname “Master of Disaster” due to his work in the disaster film genre (e.g., The […]
Tags: border crisis, emboldened Hamas, falling consumer confidence, hiring slowdown, moratorium on deportations, President Joe Biden, rising gas prices, rising inflation, rising unemployment, stagflation, unforced errors, war on fossil fuels
Posted in Politics |
May 16, 2021
“[L]et us contemplate the message Republican leadership is about to send by rushing to coronate a spokesperson whose voting record embodies much of what led to the 2018 @$$-kicking we received by Democrats.” — Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) Earlier this week, neocon Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) was removed from her position as Chair of the […]
Tags: Chair of the House Republican Conference, Chip Roy, conservative vs establishment, election fraud claims, Elise Stefanik, Liz Cheney, loyalty to Trump, Matt Schlapp, moderate, ousted from position, party message, Republican leadership, RINO, TDS, Trump Derangement Syndrome, Trump support
Posted in Politics |
May 9, 2021
“Extreme climate events are intensifying due to climate change and may represent overlooked drivers of biogeographic and large-scale biodiversity patterns.” — Colin Donihue et al. When I first moved from New Jersey to Florida several years ago, one of the things I found hardest to get used to — moreso even than palm trees and […]
Tags: anoles, Anolis species, Colin Donihue, enduring evolutionary impacts, evolutionary theory, extreme climatic events, Florida, grip strength, hurricanes, Intelligent Design, limits to evolutionary change, long-term effects, maximum size limit, microevolution, natural selection, optimal design, PNAS, small-scale changes, toepads
Posted in Science |
May 2, 2021
“If HR 1 passes, it will destroy every action states are taking to fight for election integrity. We cannot allow this to happen!” — Mat Staver of LC Action I had intended on covering a very different topic this week, but I got a couple more emails from Liberty Counsel Action. Chairman Mat Staver reminds […]
Tags: Democrat power grab, election integrity, For the People Act, HR 1, Leftist takeover, Liberty Counsel Action, Mat Staver, save our elections, SR 1, voter fraud
Posted in Politics |
April 25, 2021
“It’s called infrastructure, but inside the Trojan horse it’s going to be more borrowed money, and massive tax increases on all the productive parts of our economy.” — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell As I am sure you are aware, the Biden administration working with the Democrats in Congress have proposed a huge “infrastructure” bill […]
Tags: Biden infrastructure plan, big government, David Ditch, Democrat infrastructure proposal, Democrat power grab, fake infrastructure, federal funding, heavy taxation, Heritage Foundation, increase public debt, Keith Olbermann, Kirsten Gillibrand, Leftist lurch, redefining infrastructure, Townhall, Veronique de Rugy, What is public infrastructure?
Posted in Politics |