I covered the downside and the upside of a commencement ceremony I attended over the weekend. So, what else is there to talk about? I spoke vaguely of the festive atmosphere, with many of the graduates decorating their caps, only to be outdone by the colorful hoods and such of…
The Christian Institute reported last week that "Trial begins of Christians who criticised Islam". They are charged with a public order offense for debating with a Muslim woman whether or not Jesus was the Son of God or just a prophet. The couple own a hotel, and the woman was…
Apologetics Index is not exactly my favorite website. Indeed, its article on “Why are there so many different churches?” is just so much talking around the real issues. However, even there, one statement really jumped off of the page at me: Sometimes people mistake differences in church personality as differences…
Last weekend, I attended a commencement, at which I was shocked at the bland PC “benediction”. However, not all was bad about the affair. The keynote speaker was a history professor from the university. At first, I really had no idea where he was headed with his address. As a…
People graduating from school often partake in a commencement ceremony. It is both a celebration of an accomplishment and a rite of passage. It is about endings and beginnings. It’s been a while since I’ve attended a college commencement. Things have changed, and not all for the better. There were…
They’ve found water on the moon. If you are in the camp, now out of fashion, that believes the moon broke off from the earth during the earth’s formation, then that actually shouldn’t be a big surprise. If you are not in that camp, then it would be a bigger…
Since I seem to be the last one in the universe to get the Journal, I just finished the last edition. It was sort of a doubled up edition. A “two fer” you might call it. I’ve been wondering what I would write based upon what was in it. There…
Can you take it with you when you die? Certainly, you cannot take money with you when you die, but Anthony Horvath argues in “Convert your temporal money into eternal blessings” that you can take something with you when you die. While obviously from a mainstream Christian perspective, it isn’t…
I grew up in a mostly dry county, and I remember the Sunday “blue laws” that restricted certain activities on Sunday. Certainly, no alcohol was to be sold on Sunday. Well, it seems that Germany is now enforcing their own Sunday laws. Der Spiegel Online reported that the German Constitutional…
I forgot to mention that the Christmas shopping season is officially here. No, it wasn’t the Thanksgiving Day Parade. No, it didn’t start on Black Friday. No, it wasn’t the lighting of the White House Christmas tree. No, it wasn’t any of those things. It was the first Chia Pet…