The “settlements” are often in the news, but rarely do you get a perspective or the other side of the story (surprise!). This article is extracted from “Myths and Facts” and presents realities that reporters (and politicians) forget. Must reading if you’ve ever thought that Israel is provoking the Arabs with the settlements and should… Read More »
For Christmas my brother and sister-in-law gave me Worldly Saints: The Puritans As They Really Were, by Leland Ryken. I finished reading that earlier this summer and today took a few notes from it. Here are some quotes I found helpful: Cotton Mather: “Is your business here clogged with any difficulties and inconveniences? Contentment under… Read More »
This article in the Jerusalem Post is revealing, not for what it says about the particular group in discussion (JAMM; I’ve never heard of them before), but for what it says about the attitudes of others towards Jewish believers, including the attitude of the writer of the article (by the way she selects and arranges… Read More »
Some people (maybe only 2 or 3 of the 4 or 5 friends I have) have expressed an interest in what kind of email I get. Well, just for example, in the last 24 hours I have received 8 emails from former IBEX students. One was replying to my blog below about being a spammer. … Read More »
The Biblical Archaeology Society is now advertising an update for its BAR Archive (2 years of the newest magazines). What gets me is this line: “All you pay is a shipping and handling fee of $15.95!” Now I happen to know a little about the costs of such, and I know that you can make,… Read More »
“A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to Him, crying out, ‘Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon possession!’” (Matthew 15:22). “We see here, that affliction sometimes proves a blessing to a person’s soul. This Caananitish mother no doubt had been severely tried. She had seen her… Read More »
Read this article (Iran threatens to wipe Israel off map, again) and then ask how the US/Israel can possibly not destroy Iran’s nuclear reactors now. This threat is an empty one, until Iran gets atomic weapons. Then, they can attempt it at any time. Krauthammer has a good recent editorial on the subject.
So here’s one for the spam books. I replied today to a girl at the college who had written (me and others). Her subject line was “living by Future Grace.” My reply to her at her college address was rejected by the spam blocker. So I tried again. And then again from a different email… Read More »
Dangerous Place to Live I see the news and it’s just crazy – so dangerous and life-threatening. Why would anyone want to go there, let alone live there! There should definitely be a State Department warning issued, advising that all travel be deferred. Yes, I’m talking about Southern California – with all those fires. ;-)
Policemen, Heat, and more This report by the UN (reported in WorldTribune.com) is not true. I saw Palestinian policemen on duty yesterday in Ramallah. Today was 99 degrees here. This evening in the book I was reading written by a traveler here in 1855 said this: “July 15th was a very sultry day: we all… Read More »