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The Age of Accountability

Because of some recent conversations with various people, I have been re-studying the theory of “The Age of Accountability”.  I was intrigued to discover that in its various forms, it is indeed a theory and not a hard and fast Biblical doctrine.  However, the results of which version of the theory you believe in can [...]

The Kingdom

I have always been fascinated by the well-developed and thoroughly thought-through ideas taught by John D. Martin on the Kingdom of God. His teachings and the teachings of others like him are what first drew me to Anabaptism in general and to conservative Mennonites and the “Charity Movement” in particular. Of course, as with any [...]

God’s Time

I have been really challenged in the last two weeks after returning from the Middle East in how I invest my God’s time. Here’s a quote from an excellent message (worth the time investment) that God used to kick-start some changes I’ve had to make in my schedule for the things that really matter.  Full [...]

Pitch Pipe Alternative

I was with a group of young people on Tuesday trying to learn a new song and no one happened to have a pitch pipe along. That steel cookie just doesn’t always make it into our pockets along side the requisite wallet, mobile phone and keys. So we stumbled along and made do [...]

The Internet and the Christian Family

Working in IT and being in conservative Christian circles has allowed me to have some great discussions on how to implement (or not implement in some cases) the use of the internet by Christian families seeking to follow the Biblical mandate to be “in the world,  not of it”. I want to share some [...]

Trouble in Amish Paradise – BBC Documentary

Trouble in Amish Paradise is an amazing true story about Ephraim and Jesse Stoltzfus and and their respective families who go through the process of leaving the Amish community after reading and studying the Bible for themselves (something which is forbidden in many Amish circles).  The clarity of the gospel message and the theme of [...]

I Won… after Discovering a Great Christian Finance Blog

So in my search for the best savings interest rate, I tripped across the Christian Finance Blog’s review of Dollar Savings Direct (which by the way has a 4% interest rate on their savings accounts).  One of the posts on the blog was asking people to comment for the chance to win $35 worth of [...]

Flash Slideshow Header

After months of putting it off, I finally got around to changing my header graphic to a nice dynamic slideshow of some of my photos utilizing Flash and a little PHP magic.  I went and downloaded the Flashfader Plugin and then had to find the magic spot in my header.php file to place the code.  [...]

Video Games

Video games have always fascinated me, not because of the games themeselves, but because of their effect on the individual playing.  Here’s a video from TED that covers the topic illustrated by a video clip of someone who was born the same year I was.  (A side note: I rarely play video games because I [...]

Tower of Babel – Still a Goal?

It looks like mankind has not given up on building a tower that reaches to “heaven”.  CNN has an interesting story.
‘Space elevator’ would take humans into orbit
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/02/space.elevator/index.html