May 17, 2020
“Out of every 100 Americans who pulled a Bible off a shelf today, 55 of them pulled down a King James Version. I feel fairly safe in saying that the King James is the only 1611 release still on any bestseller lists.” — Mark Ward, author, blogger, software trainer A lot of people have some […]
Tags: Alister McGrath, Authorized, cultural context, David Norton, historical background, In the beginning, James R. White, Kevin T. Bauder, King James Version Onlyism, KJV, Mark Ward, One Bible Only?, political context, Roy E. Beacham, textual criticism, The King James Bible, The King James Only Controversy
Posted in Religion |
May 10, 2020
Have you seen the “Plandemic” video? I haven’t, yet, but I kept seeing posts about it on Facebook and was wondering if it was worth my time. From the mixed comments I read/heard, it sounded questionable, but I couldn’t be sure. Then, a family-member forwarded some comments on “Plandemic” from an acquaintance of hers, Jeff […]
Tags: agenda-driven, Big Pharma, Careful Thinking, collusion, conspiracy theory, coronavirus, COVID-19, false claims, getting to the truth, inflammatory language, Judy Mikovits, misleading, Plandemic, rampant bias
Posted in Politics, Politics & Science, Science |
May 3, 2020
“What happened to General Michael Flynn, a war hero, should never be allowed to happen to a citizen of the United States again!” — President Trump You may recall that Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn was forced into early retirement by President Obama in 2014. He joined the Trump presidential campaign in early 2016 and […]
Tags: attempt to discredit Trump, conflict of interest, corruption in U.S. intelligence community, Crossfire Razor, Deep State, Dept of Justice, entrapment, false allegations, FBI, intimidation, James Comey, Logan Act, manufactured crime, Marina Medvin, Michael Flynn, misconduct, Mueller investigation, National Security Advisor, perjury trap, Peter Strzok, railroaded, Russia collusion, travesty of justice, unacceptable practices
Posted in Politics |
April 26, 2020
“I just don’t think that we really need to make a projection when it’s such a moving target that you could so easily be wrong and mislead people.” — Dr. Anthony Fauci in New York Magazine‘s Intelligencer Today, I present to you three articles I thought were pretty good reads regarding the COVID-19 situation. First […]
Tags: “Life above profits”, Ben Peterson, case fatality rate, Christian Research Journal, coronavirus, COVID-19, danger of certainty in science, death rates, decision-making, Dr. Anthony Fauci, economic impact, epidemic models, interconnectedness, lockdown, pandemic, Public Discourse, quarantine, risks to the economy, roundup, Scott Klusendorf, Uncommon Descent, vulnerability of the obese, WHO
Posted in Politics |
April 19, 2020
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” — John Adams, 2nd President of the United States Over the past several weeks, I have shared portions of Dennis Prager’s Still the Best Hope — twice from the section on Leftism and once […]
Tags: American Trinity, American values, Americanism, beliefs of the Founders, Creator God, Dennis Prager, ethical monotheism, founding of American universities, George Washington, God who is involved, In God We Trust, John Adams quote, Judeo-Christian scripture, moral imperatives, not Deism, source of Liberty, source of morality, Still the Best Hope, Thomas Paine, unalienable rights
Posted in Politics, Politics & Religion, Religion |
April 12, 2020
“Whether you are a person of faith or of none, you cannot escape the fact that the last six days of this man’s life, and his death, changed the world.” — Hugh Bonneville, actor A couple years ago, I came across this article about actor Hugh Bonneville (“Downton Abbey”) and the documentary he had completed: […]
Tags: Amos Oz, assumed late dates for Gospels, Calvary, crucifixion, documentary, Easter, economic factors, execution of Jesus, historical factors, historicity of biblical accounts, Hugh Bonneville, Jerusalem, Judas Iscariot, Passover Week, Pontius Pilate, radical theories, religious unrest, Resurrection Day, sociological factors, who killed Jesus
Posted in Religion |
April 5, 2020
“Only science gives reliable truth.” — believers in scientism Have you ever heard of a self-refuting view or idea? This is an idea that, when examined, actually defeats itself. It commits suicide. There are different types of self-refuting ideas, and some are easier to recognize than others. For example, if someone says, “All English sentences […]
Tags: contradictions, Greg Koukl, logical infanticide, logical suicide, Science, scientific method, scientism, self-destructive view, self-refuting idea, truth, Truth Box
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
March 29, 2020
Honestly, I’ve never been a big fan of practical jokes — at least, not when played on me. Don’t like the attention or appreciate the embarrassment, and it’s all the worse when things get damaged or need to be cleaned afterward. But, some people enjoy them. With April Fools’ Day (April 1) fast approaching, I […]
Tags: April 1, April Fish, April Fool, April Fool's Day, BBC, Bing, Burger King, Cute Cloud, fairy mummy, flying penguin, hoaxes, Hunt-the-Gowk Day, left-handed whopper, lung-powered flight, New York Times, origin shrouded in mystery, practical jokes, pranks, spaghetti crop, Sports Illustrated, Taco Liberty Bell, whistling carrot
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March 22, 2020
From Dennis Prager’s Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph, this week’s post is from the section on Islam and Islamism. Prager examines the Palestinian refugee problem and its real function within the Muslim obsession with destroying the Jewish State of Israel. You may be surprised… “Much of the Islamic […]
Tags: Arab world, Bangladesh, Dennis Prager, India, Judea Pearl, Muslim goal to destroy Israel, Muslim refugees, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestinian refugees, refugee camps, State of Israel, Still the Best Hope
Posted in Politics, Politics & Religion, Religion |
March 15, 2020
“People commit crimes all the time without knowing it. It’s impossible to know what sort of behavior is criminal.” — Rafael Mangual, Manhattan Institute (a conservative think tank) Let’s play a game. Have you ever… walked a dog on a leash longer than 6 feet while on federal property? lied to your boss over the […]
Tags: anti-competition, criminal intent, everyone is a criminal, ignorance of the law, John Stossel, Manhattan Institute, outmoded laws, overcriminalization, overregulation, prosecutable offenses, Rafael Mangual, stupid laws, unelected bureaucrats, unknown laws
Posted in Politics |