July 17, 2016
“That languages change over time is one of the strongest arguments either for the revision of older Bible translations or for completely new translations.” — Dr. James White, The King James Only Controversy I am sure that some who love the King James Version (KJV) will immediately be defensive. (Especially if they are KJV Onlyist, […]
Tags: archaic language, awkward phrasing, Byzantine Text, critical text, early manuscripts, Edwin Palmer, Essential Guide to Bible Versions, inferior texts, James White, King James Version, KJV, late manuscripts, Majority Text, modern Bible translations, Nestle-Aland, New Testament, Old Testament, outdated language, Philip Comfort, Textus Receptus, TR, UBS
Posted in Religion |
July 10, 2016
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The past few days have been terrible for us all to witness, but especially for those close to the events or who otherwise feel a strong connection to the victims. First, there were the […]
Tags: 2nd Amendment, Adam Painchaud, Alton Sterling, are cops racist?, Black Lives Matter, concealed carry, Dallas cop shootings, Heather MacDonald, Kellon Nixon, Philando Castile, police encounter, police shoot unarmed, racial tensions in America, Ryan Bomberger, Sen. Tim Scott
Posted in Politics |
July 3, 2016
President Calvin ‘Silent Cal’ Coolidge was known as a “quiet and somber man whose sour expression masked a dry wit.” He was a small-government conservative Republican who fought for racial equality and “embodied the spirit and hopes of the middle class.” He could also give one heckuva good speech, as exemplified here. (Fwiw, this is […]
Tags: 1776, 2nd Continental Congress, 4th of July, America's forefathers, American Revolution, birth of United States, Calvin Coolidge, Declaration of Independence, establishment of a new nation, fight for independence, foundation of American government, freedom, George Washington, historical influence on America's beginnings, Independence Day speech 1926, John Adams, liberation, liberty, moral and religious underpinnings of America, Rev. John Wise, Rev. Thomas Hooker, right of the people to rule, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, unalienable rights
Posted in Politics, Politics & Religion, Religion |
June 26, 2016
“Once we step outside the moral universe of the [post-national, post-democratic] elites, there is no case whatever for Britain to surrender its self-governing democracy to Brussels.” — the Editors of the National Review “The vote for Brexit is a vote for sovereignty and self-determination.” — Nile Gardiner, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center […]
Tags: Brexit, European Union, foreign trade policy, free movement, Great Britain, immigration, leave or remain, Margaret Thatcher, Matthew Dunn, National Review, Nile Gardiner, Norway option, security, should UK stay in EU, Switzerland option, trade policies, UK, United Kingdom
Posted in Politics |
June 19, 2016
“With an enemy committed to terrorism, the advocacy of terrorism — the threats, the words — are not mere dogma, or even calls to ‘action.’ They are themselves weapons — weapons of incitement and intimidation, often as effective in achieving their ends as would be firearms and explosives brandished openly.” — Andrew C. McCarthy, columnist, […]
Tags: Andrew C. McCarthy, fighting Islamic supremacism, First Amendments, free speech limitations, freedom of speech, ISIS recruitment, Newt Gingrich, Orlando shooting, terrorism, terrorist attacks, terrorist speech, the Long War, wartime exceptions, Washington Times, weapons of incitement and intimidation
Posted in Politics |
June 13, 2016
“God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.” — Numbers 23:22 (KJV) This week, I decided to do a fun (but, it turned out, rather laborious) study on an issue that some Bible skeptics have used to mock or dismiss the reliability of God’s Word. You see, […]
Tags: aurochs, Bible, biblical Hebrew, Deuteronomy, elasmotherium, extinct beast, Greek translation, Isaiah, Job, Latin translation, mythical creatures, Numbers, Psalms, rhinoceros, unicorn, wild bull, wild ox
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
June 5, 2016
“Almighty God is Creator, World Ground, and Omnipotent Sustainer. In his mind the entire plan of creation was formed with man as the climax. Over the millions of years of geologic history the earth is prepared for man’s dwelling, or as it has been put by others, the cosmos was pregnant with man…. From time […]
Tags: American Scientific Affiliation, ASA, Bernard Ramm, Biology, Christian apologist, Christian approach to the sciences, Christian theologian, concordism, creation, creation vs evolution, design, evidentialism, evolution, geologico-biological work days, geology, Hugh Ross, interpretative principle, reconciling Bible and nature, RTB, scientific interpretation, The Christian View of Science and Scripture, The Scientifico-Logical Structure of the Theory of Evolution
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
May 29, 2016
“By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead: Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment-day; Under the one, the Blue, Under the other, the Gray.” — first stanza of “The Blue and the […]
Tags: 1866, 1868, 1966, 1971, American flag, Americans killed in war, Arlington National Cemetery, Carbondale, Civil War, commemorating American military who died in war, decorating gravesites, Decoration Day, federal holiday, flowers and flags, Francis Miles Finch, General Order No. 11, Grand Army of the Republic, honoring fallen warriors, John a. Logan, May 30, Memorial Day, National Moment of Remembrance Act, North and South, red poppies, The Blue and the Gray, Uniform Monday Holiday Act, Waterloo
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May 22, 2016
“Though prosecutors and judges may well make discriminatory judgments, such decisions do not account for more than a small fraction of the overrepresentation of blacks in prison.” — James Q. Wilson and Richard Herrnstein, Crime and Human Nature Once again (as I did here, here, and here), I would like to cite from Jason L. […]
Tags: black behavior, black crime rates, black criminality, black cultural attitudes, black free will, black leaders, blacks in prison, breaking the victim mindset, criminal justice system, discrimination in the courts, Education, ghetto attitudes, gun control, high black incarceration rates, Jason Riley, liberal policies make it harder for blacks to succeed, liberal progressive policies, Michelle Alexander, overrepresentation, personal responsibility, Please Stop Helping Us, poverty, racial profiling, racial stereotypes, racism, The New Jim Crow, unemployment
Posted in Politics |
May 15, 2016
“Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.” — Prov. 11:14 (ESV) A couple weeks ago, I presented my picks — suggestions and preferences, not predictions — for President, Vice President, and Executive Cabinet. Unfortunately, Cruz and Kasich have now suspended their campaigns and Trump is […]
Tags: Administrator of the EPA, Administrator of the SBA, Ambassador to the United Nations, Arthur B. Laffer, assistant to the president for Science and Technology, Ben Carson, Cabinet-level officers, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, Chairman of Council of Economic Advisers, Chief of Staff, Christopher C. Horner, Condoleezza Rice, Cornelius Hunter, Dinesh D'Souza, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Branch, Executive Office of the President, Frank Gaffney, Herman Cain, Linnet F. Deily, Mike Enzi, National Security Advisor, potential Cruz administration, Rand Paul, Republican administration, Rita Hayes, Roy Spencer, Rudy Giuliani, Stephen Moore, Surgeon General, Thomas Sowell, Tom Price, Trade Representative, Vern Poythress, Walter E. Williams, White House
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