Monthly Archives: May 2008

lunes linkage – 5/19/08

Organizations of the week (a list of sites) ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Robert Morey – Truth About Black Liberal Theology All racist theologies have the same basic core ideas and methodology. Thus it does not really matter if we are talking … Continue reading

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Movie Review – Nim’s Island

I liked it…I really liked it. It really got panned by some of the critics…who seem to think it’s a movie aimed at an adult crowd. Get a grip – it’s a kids’ movie! In a time when even kids’ … Continue reading

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Fit Friday – some food reviews

I know…I haven’t done one of these in a while but…here we go. This is NOT what most people think of as “oatmeal” today; rolled oats, quick oats, or instant oats is NOT steel cut oats. McCann’s Steel Cut Oats … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday

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“T”…”U”…”unconditional election”

The “T” matters because all have sinned and there are none that seek the face of the Lord. If there are none that seek the face of the Lord, how do we find Him? The answer is a hard one … Continue reading

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lunes linkage

Organization of the Week: Snowflakes Adoption: When a family has been successful in having a child through in vitro fertilization, remaining embryos are often cryo-preserved. This results in the question of what to do with the remaining embryos. These frozen … Continue reading

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Class Update…

I failed my Spanish final (first “F” ever) C- for the class

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Mother’s Day…

Seven years ago, on Mother’s Day, my daughter was baptized. Part of my “Ancient History” – we were still in the Nazarene church and it was part of my “former life”.

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A Shiny Gold Star for ME! (5/10/08)

I rarely have a “perfect” diet and fitness day… I drank all my water I had all my dairy I remembered by vitamins I got in my walk I ate the right number of calories I ate all my fruits … Continue reading

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Who is Ali Jawad?

Who is Ali Jawad? As presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain touches down in Michigan today for a fund-raiser and town hall meeting in Oakland County, some leaders in metro Detroit’s Arab- and Muslim-American community are demanding an apology from … Continue reading

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Photo Hunt: any photo…

Oh! the possibilities… (the above is a merged panorama of three photos.)

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Why Does the “T” Matter?

“Total Depravity” matters. It matters because if there is some little bit of good in us, then we can somehow try to earn our salvation. Mormons say, “For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our … Continue reading

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17 18…

The Dugger family is expecting their 18th child – due New Years Day. This family was the object of (I’ll say) “rage” when #17 came along. Ironically, the (I’ll also say) “scorn” came from the “pro-choice” camp. That was when … Continue reading

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The Heart of Rebellion – the “T”

We all have one – a heart that is steeped in rebellion. Reformed theology calls is “the total depravity of man“. We see in in children; for many of them “mine” and “no” are among the first words they use. … Continue reading

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Polygamy

I am (constantly it seems) reorganizing categories, or posts into categories. Anyway, I ran into a couple of posts on polygamy (and there might be more, but I’m starting early and working this way). At first, it was in the … Continue reading

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Let the Voice of Michigan Be Heard! (yeah right)

From Marc Ambinder: 1. Florida and Michigan. Clinton, not Obama, is identified with the cause of seating those delegations. Since FL and MI won’t decide the nomination now, Clinton has every reason to push for a negotiated settlement. It way … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday

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Christ and the church

A wife is compared to the bride of Christ – the church. A wife is instructed in Ephesians 5 to submit to her husband as the church submits to Christ. In that same parallel, the husband is to model the … Continue reading

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Okay…This is just wrong.

(Or…let’s play “which of these items doesn’t belong?”) I was cruising around Amazon.com…checking out the radioactive uranium samples.(Thank you Tom McMahon) What is weird (other than Amazon carrying radioactive uranium ore) is the part that says, “Customers Who Viewed This … Continue reading

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Christless Christianity

From GetReligion: “God does not answer our prayers. Jesus is not the saviour who saved the world by dying for our sins. Simply put, Christianity is “love one another.” Gretta Vosper, founder of the Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity and … Continue reading

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