Today's USA TODAY has an interesting article on p. 3 entitled "The USA Is Getting Its Goats." It's about people and various entities in the U.S. increasingly using goats and sheep to keep the brush, weeds, and grass clipped. They're using them to replace lawnmowers. It's better for the environment and cheaper. No more spraying chemicals. This article compares the costs in detail.Sheep eat grass, and goats eat everything else but grass. Both of them eat all day, only laying down to take a … [Read more...]
The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process Is Revived
August 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday, after five years of dormancy of the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, the U.S. revived it thanks mostly to the shuttle diplomacy of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Two weeks ago in Washington, D.C., Kerry reportedly told Jewish leaders the U.S. would guarantee Israel's security in a two-state peace agreement by stationing U.S. troops in critical areas throughout the region. Bad idea! The borderlines between the proposed two states that they are talking about is a … [Read more...]
John One Eighteen Calls Christ “God Begotten;” But that Translation Smells Kinda Rotten
August 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Bible versions are based on a Hebrew and Greek text which textual critics compile from extant, ancient manuscripts (MSS) that were hand-copied by professional scribes. Many modern Bible versions occasionally provide alternate readings in footnotes which show that a word or phrase in the Hebrew or Greek text can be translated differently than what translators have put in their versions. Sometimes, these alternate readings concern textual variants because the MSS disagree. This is the case with … [Read more...]
Israel Does It Again: Torpedoes the Peace Process
August 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Israel has a long, repeated history of doing something that ends its peace process with the Palestinians right when important negotiations with them are about to begin. Now they’ve done it again. It often involves Israel announcing plans to construct housing units in some Jewish settlement in the West Bank or East Jerusalem. Guess what! That’s what it is this time, too.On Sunday, Israel announced that it will build 1,200 more settlement homes: 2/3s in the West Bank and 1/3 in East Jerusalem. … [Read more...]
If Jesus Is God That’s Really Quite Odd, Since God the Father He Would Call “My God”
August 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Most Christians believe Jesus is God because that is what the institutional church has taught. And it has asserted that if anyone does not believe Jesus is God, that person is not a genuine Christian. But the Bible never supports this assertion.For example, the Bible states repeatedly that Jesus had a God, he prayed to his God, and he worshiped his God. Since the Bible constantly proclaims there is numerically only one God, which Jesus affirms, Jesus having a God is prime proof he wasn’t G … [Read more...]
Karsten Solheim (Part 2)
August 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Karsten Solheim first introduced his PING EYE irons in 1979. They were stainless steel, made with the investment cast process, and had the usual cavity in the back which enabled perimeter weighting. In 1981, Karsten substantially improved them and named these PING EYE2 irons. I then started playing PING irons for the first time in my PGA TOUR career. Karsten had finally made irons I believed were superior to other iron clubs made by equipment manufacturers for pro golfers, that is, except for one … [Read more...]
Christ’s Enemies Claimed He Said He Was God. But He Only Said, “I’m the Son of God.”
August 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Most Christians think Jesus claimed to be God. Ask most of them who know their Bible, “Where does the Bible say Jesus claimed to be God?” and they’ll likely answer, “He said it in John 10.30, ‘I and the Father are one.’” But that is a far cry from saying, “I am God,” or the like. One is struck with the thought, “Is that the best evidence Christians have for Jesus claiming to be God? If so, maybe he never made such a claim.”This is a very important issue for Christians. Most assert that a pers … [Read more...]
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