tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58134652011-04-21T20:35:04.247-05:00David ZieglerDavid ZieglerDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comBlogger2591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-61101117917646845142007-02-14T10:40:00.000-06:002007-02-14T10:49:14.224-06:00For the remaining two or three people (if I count myself) who read the stray, monthly or bi-monthly updates: This blog will be on hold while I work on a book about wilderness, which is consuming all of my time. Please check back in two months (mid-April), at which time I will decide whether to go back to more frequent updates or stop altogether (I hope the former). In the meantime, here's an Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1169747965758998252007-01-25T11:51:00.000-06:002007-01-25T11:59:25.770-06:00Not a UFO anymore, unless you want to believe...I had been following this UFO story from Drudge links. (If you read Drudge, you already have a link. If you don't, you're not going to go there because I add a hyperlink.) I found it curious, if ultimately unconvincing, that there was finally a credible report of lights with no known source. The solution gives me a clue of just how many different Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1168395590713536142007-01-09T20:09:00.000-06:002007-01-09T20:51:46.603-06:00The movie, by the way was Children of Men. I’m not sure quite what to make of it, but being biblically literate, I can say it was at least a unique, post-modern take on the Apocalypse, the Madonna and Christ child. If you’re tempted to accuse me of reading too much symbolism into it, you might recall (or go see it) that when the mother was asked who the father was, she said, “I’m a virgin.” She Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1168393562606696642007-01-09T19:42:00.000-06:002007-01-09T19:46:02.620-06:00Ever had an expensive haircut? I felt like my longer hair experiment was going a little awry, didn't look like the right length in places, so I figured I'd let an expert even it up where needed. Went to this place called Panopolous Salons after catching a movie. I didn't really know what they'd charge but wasn't much concerned as long as it came in under $50. I've saved a lot more than that in Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1164769856970933292006-11-28T21:08:00.000-06:002006-11-28T21:10:56.973-06:00Love You, Dude, but I Need Myspace. Stumbled across this article about egotism on the internet, which I found fascinating. I probably can’t nod my head too much in knowing agreement, since I have a blog with my name emblazoned in huge capital letters, across the top. But I can at least try to pass the blame. I don’t know how to customize the page layout I chose. So it’s not so much that I’m an Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1163172351217007182006-11-10T09:25:00.000-06:002006-11-28T21:07:19.236-06:00Lyrics I like: "Samson"You are my sweetest downfall.I loved you first, I loved you first.Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth.I have to go, I have to go.Your hair was long when we first met.Samson went back to bed,Not much hair left on his head.He ate a slice of Wonder Bread and went right back to bed.And history books forgot about us and the Bible didn't mention us.And the Bible didn't Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1163170952202027382006-11-10T08:58:00.000-06:002006-11-10T09:19:44.276-06:00Working at the speed of rudeness.At muy job, the pace of work has led me to taking lots of available shortcuts in communication. Perhaps the best example is that I rarely take the trouble to send an e-mail when the only purpose is to say thank you for something small. If the deserving party is someone I work with on a daily basis, that is. And I'd really rather not get those e-mail either. Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1160441192691946702006-10-09T19:44:00.000-05:002006-10-13T11:51:38.163-05:00My pastor gave one of the greatest object lessons I’ve ever seen in church on Sunday. Before he got far into the message, he began handing out money to every man, woman and child present in the service. I thought he was handing out 20-dollar bills, which surprised me a bit, and I immediately began to wonder how he would bring the object lesson back around to everyone returning the money. When he Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1159990882284859622006-10-04T14:21:00.000-05:002006-10-04T15:31:32.423-05:00What's the going rate on a one-week wedding ring rental? My wife was going through the mail, browsing a rent-to-own company's flyer. She pointed out to me that among the merchandise they were featuring was rent-to-own wedding rings.How impressive would that be? That's about as classy as, I don't know, rent-to-own lingerie or something. Is that the non-commitment route? "Don't scratch it honey, Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1158189766536606652006-09-13T18:14:00.000-05:002006-09-13T18:24:15.880-05:00Ever taken a spore print of a mushroom? It's pretty easy. You just cut the stem off and put it on a piece of paper for an hour or more. The first time you move it, it becomes readily apparent if you waited long enough for a good print. Waiting too long, you don't get any definition from the ribs. I remember the first time I had a mushroom with white spores. I put it down on regular paper, and Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1157135004023096172006-09-01T13:20:00.000-05:002006-09-01T13:23:24.036-05:00Cursed be the tie that binds us. You would think that Christians from different denominations and churches would be like Americans from different states running into each other overseas. That if circumstances turned them into acquaintances, they would find their commonality the most significant thing between them. Sadly, it doesn’t seem to happen that way. The Christians I meet in my job and Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1156975793933778182006-08-30T16:59:00.000-05:002006-08-30T17:09:53.946-05:00Ebert has been recuperating now for what, four or five weeks? I think the truth behind this clever PR stunt is that Ebert is actually dying or already died, and initiated a plan to transfer all writing responsibilities and the Answer Man title to his brother, Raul Ebert. But seriously, I hope he is doing okay. He has done a lot for movies. At least in part due to his influence, some movie store Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1156428841910335512006-08-24T09:06:00.000-05:002006-08-24T09:14:01.923-05:00Nearly five years after Sept. 11, 2001, US airport security remains obstinately focused on intercepting bad things -- guns, knives, explosives. It is a reactive policy, aimed at preventing the last terrorist plot from being repeated....Of course the Israelis check for bombs and weapons too, but always with the understanding that things don't hijack planes, terrorists do -- and that the best way Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1156279111180086042006-08-22T15:35:00.000-05:002006-08-22T18:22:57.350-05:00Want to visit a castle? This site lists castles in 47 states, plus D.C.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1155676930753708462006-08-15T16:20:00.000-05:002006-08-15T16:22:10.770-05:00Pretty cool concept. The site Pandora lets you type in an artist, and the site then creates a customized playlist based around the sound of that particular artist.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1155233874702394222006-08-10T13:04:00.000-05:002006-08-10T13:17:54.810-05:00A Reluctant, Involuntary Education on Evil. This week's foiled terrorist plans to blow up outgoing British flights in air taught me something. I think that the next time a terrorist attack occurs, it is going to be harder to go through than 9/11.Last time, the event was totally unforeseen for most people. The immediate reaction for most, I'm guessing, was shock, which is an invaluable defense Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1154386701534681312006-07-31T17:15:00.000-05:002006-07-31T17:58:21.656-05:00I'm reading various pieces (example here) about Colin Farrell having a mullet hairdo in Michael Mann's Miami Vice. I give credit to AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire for at least leaving the question open for debate: "The most striking style statement is Farrell's hair: You'll sit there mentally debating, is that a mullet or not?" It's funny—I found myself doing exactly that at various times during Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1153942744946980192006-07-26T14:36:00.000-05:002006-07-26T14:39:38.033-05:00When I was younger, I had a great get rich scheme. I suddenly realized that almost nobody in the country would miss a penny, or mind giving one up. So why, I figured, couldn't everyone just send me a single penny? The only hitch was getting every person in America to send me one. But I still think it's a good idea, or at least an intriguing one. Please send one to the following address...Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1153427296024785872006-07-20T15:25:00.000-05:002006-07-20T15:28:16.036-05:00The Good Samaritan goes to jail. It is now against the law to feed the homeless in Las Vegas city parks. I wonder if this will lead to civil disobedience with anyone. storyDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1153164290490252012006-07-17T14:18:00.000-05:002006-07-17T14:24:50.536-05:00No more. "Citizens of Israel, there are moments in the life of a nation, when it is compelled to look directly into the face of reality and say: no more. And I say to everyone: no more. Israel will not be held hostage—not by terror gangs or by a terrorist authority or by any sovereign state."Israeli Prime Minister Ehud OlmertDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1152845135429040752006-07-13T21:08:00.000-05:002006-07-13T21:57:51.343-05:00If I could have been a fly on the wall... Speculation may be useless. Unless it takes the form of a speculative prediction that will eventually be proven one way or the other, it normally goes no farther than a guess. Still, I've been compelled to imagine what seems to have taken place in Israel after the election of Hamas to govern Palestine. Here's what strongly seems like it may have been saidDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1152393828928989372006-07-08T16:01:00.000-05:002006-07-13T22:08:11.093-05:00Pagan Bias.For me, the larger issue with media bias is not that the news is relayed to us by journalists with predominantly Democratic rather than Republican perspectives, but that journalists are predominantly secular rather than Christian.Imagine that a murder takes place, and only one person saw the crime, and that person has to tell the rest of the world what happened. Would you want that Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1152113854088105882006-07-05T10:32:00.000-05:002006-07-05T10:41:04.486-05:00Christians are hedgehogs. I once heard a friend talk about an essay on hedgehogs and foxes, which he said explained how hedgehogs are people who approach research with depth, and foxes are those who are more after breadth. He attributed the essay to Aristotle, I think.Well, not exactly. My friend's mention of this had long intrigued me, and I finally tracked it down. The original source of the Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1151513452214003162006-06-28T11:50:00.000-05:002006-06-28T12:17:47.260-05:00 New York Times vs. America and itself. "The New York Times and other news organizations ought to think long and hard about whether a public's right to know in some cases might override somebody's right to live."--Tony Snow, White House Press Secretary"If America is going to wage a new kind of war against terrorism, it must act on all fronts, including the financial one."--New York Times, 24 Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1149636142178462672006-06-06T18:10:00.000-05:002006-06-06T18:32:50.363-05:00Death By Song.Paris Hilton's first song, "Stars Are Blind," is now out. I think that somewhere this event created a time/space rift in the cultural fabric of the planet, and whole communities could get sucked in. The end of Western civilization edges closer. The tune was obviously designed to be catchy in a fluff pop way, but the drumbeat sounds like a cheap Casio keyboard, the lyrics are Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1148523907563720592006-05-24T21:09:00.000-05:002006-07-13T22:00:25.706-05:00Mary Roche. I don't really watch television, so I often learn of TV moments at the back end, through conversation. I just learned about Mary Roche's audition on American Idol, and then located a clip. The whole thing was getting weirder every second. When she went on to the voices part, she starts to sound like a sound clip from an old classic movie: "You don’t want to know…They're saying…It's Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1148001075931374912006-05-18T20:07:00.000-05:002006-07-13T22:00:42.746-05:00Peggy Noonan on The Da Vinci Code. I do not understand the thinking of a studio that would make, for the amusement of a nation 85% to 90% of whose people identify themselves as Christian, a major movie aimed at attacking the central tenets of that faith, and insulting as poor fools its gulled adherents. Why would Tom Hanks lend his prestige to such a film? Why would Ron Howard? They're both Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1147964788042882642006-05-18T10:05:00.000-05:002006-07-13T22:00:59.106-05:00Pagan Proselytizing. People who have read the novel by Dan Brown are twice as likely to believe its central theme - that Jesus Christ had children by Mary Magdalene, the research found. The book has been hugely popular in Britain, with 22 per cent of adults having read it, the survey of 1,000 people by Opinion Research Business found. articleDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1147885415010324252006-05-17T11:34:00.000-05:002006-07-13T22:05:17.560-05:00------- The Da Vinci Code: Fiction or Fact? ------ "Jesus' establishment as 'the Son of God' was officially proposed and voted on by the Council of Nicaea.""Hold on. You're saying Jesus' divinity was the result of a vote?""A relatively close vote at that," Teabing added.The Da Vinci Code (2003) p. 232-3"What I mean," Teabing countered, "is that almost everything our fathers taught us about Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1147561483694136152006-05-13T18:01:00.000-05:002006-05-13T18:42:39.856-05:00New design hopefully solves old problem. No more text getting pushed down by the sidebar. Drawback: No photo or profile until I write them in.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1147560092007117062006-05-13T17:30:00.000-05:002006-07-14T11:09:12.843-05:00Da Vinci Code editorial. ...Witness the coming of the movie version of "The DaVinci Code." Think of it as the anti-"Passion." In one film, Jesus was Lord; in the other, Jesus was not only merely mortal, he was the center of an elaborate fraud. In one film, Jesus founded his Church at the Last Supper; in the other, the Catholic Church unfolds as a secretive, murderous, thoroughly evil conspiracy. Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1147557572094344842006-05-13T16:43:00.000-05:002006-07-14T11:07:46.696-05:00Stray thought on Duke rape allegations. Experts say that the absence of conclusive DNA evidence would not necessarily be a fatal blow to the prosecution's case. They cite a figure stating that 75 percent to 80 percent of rape prosecutions do not involve forensic evidence such as DNA. "The truth is if you speak to crime lab directors, they will tell you that in only a relatively small number of Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1147477427769143062006-05-12T18:40:00.000-05:002006-05-13T18:38:05.066-05:00Crazy sport, that 100-meters. You cross the finish line in 9.77, you're the fastest man alive. You cross the finish line in 9.84, you're merely second place. I had to look at the picture a long time to figure out how Justin Gatlin (left) won. His foot is farther across the finish line, which means that he would have crossed it before the center guy. Incidentally, the Associated Press account saysDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1146251155536509692006-04-28T13:57:00.000-05:002006-04-28T14:41:51.326-05:00Nate Bouknight, a real estate developer from East Norriton, Pa., said it now costs him about $60 to fill his Ford Explorer SUV, up about $17 from last month. The vehicle gets about 12 miles to the gallon.Bouknight said President Bush should do more to ease the high prices, adding he thought the call for an investigation into price gouging was just a sham.sourceApparently it never occurred to NateDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1145972828623191952006-04-25T08:46:00.000-05:002006-04-25T08:47:08.636-05:00Looking for a platform for evangelism, the Rev. Mark Evans paid a visit last year to Susie's Pub, which advertises itself as the "Cleanest Pub in Lockhart." The bar is not far from Evans' congregation, Northwest Community Church.Evans, 50, asked owner Susan Duncan what her slowest night was. Duncan said Monday, and the result was "Two-Beer Bible Study -- All Welcome," in which the minister pays Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1145398574682951512006-04-18T17:12:00.000-05:002006-04-18T17:19:46.936-05:00Totally useless piece of trivia for the day: Giuseppe Cerri, the man the Bolognese credit with the happy invention of the tortellino, claimed to have been inspired by a vision of Venus’s navel.source I will have to remember this the next time I order tortellini. If I owned a restaurant, I'd make a giant one so that people could say, "I'll have the tortellino, please."Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1144455956910802912006-04-07T19:17:00.000-05:002006-04-07T19:31:44.110-05:00My last semester of college was spent at Oxford University. It was a summer semester, and I was enrolled there for six very enjoyable weeks. For all of its benefits, and I must say I found myself wishing that all of my bachelor's degree had been earned there, I did not find Oxford a place given to convenience. To prove the point nicely, I will now give you the process by which photocopies can be Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1143690216579805732006-03-29T21:38:00.000-06:002006-07-14T11:23:30.083-05:00A parable I wrote awhile back after reading an online essay about decadence in the culture: The Fam. Several years ago, there lived a Family so out of touch with reality that even the slightest cultural rough edges bothered them and made them nervous. We'll call them The Fam. Although The Fam's neighbors could all agree that things had gotten pretty bad, and that each had suffered personally as aDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1143155575550229712006-03-23T17:10:00.000-06:002006-03-23T17:12:55.560-06:00How long does it take Phil Spector to do his hair? Just out of passing curiosity. Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1143051988328388222006-03-22T12:22:00.000-06:002006-03-22T12:35:03.033-06:00Scientology quotes:"Happiness and strength endure only in the absence of hate. To hate alone is the road to disaster. To love is the road to strength. To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe."--L. Ron Hubbard, A New Slant on Life "there is no war not based on lies..."There Is No Compromise With Truth (1954) "A truly SuppressiveDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1141000948340099432006-02-26T18:42:00.001-06:002006-02-26T18:48:49.810-06:00[This was actually written a couple of weeks ago.] I was at an honor camp on Sunday to talk to interested inmates about Christianity, minister to them and talk with them. Sometimes a picture is given of convicts all having a jaded outlook (e.g., Shawshank Redemption: "Everyone in here is innocent."). Yet that's a graceless picture. When we were closing in prayer, one of the inmates prayed also, Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1140549696985633572006-02-21T13:21:00.000-06:002006-02-21T13:29:43.106-06:00Google Earth application icon, AT&T logo. If we get a few more, we'll have a nice set of marbles. Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1140103874312029952006-02-16T09:23:00.000-06:002006-02-26T18:40:11.806-06:00Kurt Vonnegut has been on my mind this week, and I ran across the following, somewhat amusing e-mail exchange from 1997, describing an incident with a friend of mine named Steve. For anyone familiar with Vonnegut's bizarre fiction worlds, I think it is somewhat fitting. Although it will probably prove short-lived, Steve and I have been involved in an e-mail war (maybe it's actually just a "Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1139928978453537912006-02-14T08:53:00.000-06:002006-02-14T08:56:18.456-06:00Reader's Digest isn't.At least, it isn't for readers, and it doesn't digest. It just sits in the bottom of the stomach, a solid and fibrous lump of factual material. The presumption, or irresponsibility of its editors is that the words of storytellers and article-writers can be pared and peeled until we only have what is most essential. It's a life-worsening premise, and the refusal of writers Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1139928491801020792006-02-14T08:47:00.000-06:002006-02-14T08:48:11.800-06:00Don't give up on me. Just check back less often.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1136474794429421482006-01-05T09:24:00.000-06:002006-01-05T09:26:34.443-06:00Man soars through the air with balloons, lawnchair, and a pellet gun.I've heard of this story for years, but just now looked it up. It brings me a great deal of satisfaction to learn that it's true.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1136473644306518322006-01-05T09:02:00.000-06:002006-01-05T09:09:57.303-06:00Digital Television"To avoid a consumer revolt, Congress has set aside about $1.5 billion to smooth the transition. Owners of outmoded TV sets will be eligible for two vouchers, worth $40 each, to help buy converter boxes that will enable today's analog TV sets to receive digital signals."I think it's bad stewardship of federal funds that the government is going to consider paying everyone so theyDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1134066645804814042005-12-08T12:21:00.000-06:002005-12-08T12:30:45.833-06:00I don't think Americans ever fully got over Prohibition. You still have lots of pastors who think that the Bible outright condemns alcohol. In addition to the dozens of other passages that make the view untenable, I just came across another pro-wine passage the other night. One of the required sacrifices the Israelites had to make to God included "wine or other fermented beverage." Isn't it a Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1134047741250213342005-12-08T07:15:00.000-06:002005-12-08T07:15:41.260-06:00It was so cold out this morning it almost felt like an insult.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1133991131278076542005-12-07T15:28:00.001-06:002005-12-07T15:32:11.283-06:00More teaching notes.Courage, Part 2: Moral courage 1/3I wanted to start our study with physical courage, because I don’t think you can cover the topic of courage without addressing it. But if you’re like me and you measure the times that you’re truly scared in spans of weeks or months, not days, then the moral aspect of courage is probably where the rubber meets the road to greater extent. You Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1133991118166420192005-12-07T15:28:00.000-06:002005-12-07T15:31:58.170-06:00More teaching notes.Courage, Part 2: Moral courage 1/3I wanted to start our study with physical courage, because I don’t think you can cover the topic of courage without addressing it. But if you’re like me and you measure the times that you’re truly scared in spans of weeks or months, not days, then the moral aspect of courage is probably where the rubber meets the road to greater extent. You Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1133990916040923632005-12-07T15:27:00.000-06:002005-12-07T15:28:36.050-06:00I have to find a way to fix the wrapping on my page before readers have to scroll three screens down to get to the most recent post.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1132760158125372352005-11-23T09:35:00.000-06:002005-11-23T09:35:58.140-06:00To children, snow is like having a giant sandbox. --Jenny ZieglerDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1132680873716866892005-11-22T11:24:00.000-06:002006-02-26T18:52:06.866-06:00Hate evil or inequality? An interesting analysis of the values behind political positions. My own position can at least be inferred by my selection of this column, but I will post and think about any decent counter perspectives, published or otherwise. I learn more from those I disagree with, and I would be afraid of the results to stop listening to others. Perhaps there is a middle position, Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1132669956166402222005-11-22T08:30:00.000-06:002005-11-22T08:32:36.176-06:00“Everyone loved the Turducken. It was a big hit. Even my wife, who had previously called the idea of a turducken 'an abomination,' was excited about it and enjoyed the flavor.”http://www.cruftbox.com/cruft/docs/turduckhen.htmlWhat is a turducken? A chicken stuffed into a duck stuffed into a turkey, baked with alternating layers of sausage and shellfish.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1132202206621092792005-11-16T22:27:00.000-06:002005-12-10T21:00:08.390-06:00In its cool, objective portrayal, Capote didn’t leave me much to come away with on a personal level; I didn’t feel like I could relate to the characters. But it was as coherent a telling of the story of Truman Capote’s research and writing of In Cold Blood as I could imagine. And so by setting this unflinching look at that true story in a non-documentary movie, it becomes a beautiful mirror for Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1132090678771407322005-11-15T15:31:00.000-06:002005-11-15T15:37:58.790-06:00Courage, Part 1: Physical Courage3/33. Courage and fear are contagious. I want you to listen to the very end of a speech given by Winston Churchill. This was delivered in the House of Commons after Germany had just rolled virtually unchecked through Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland and France. And if you were a betting man in the fight between Germany and Britain, you’d have to put your money on Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1131984617697506872005-11-14T10:04:00.000-06:002005-11-14T10:10:17.713-06:00Courage, Part 1: Physical Courage2/3We might not face the demand for physical courage all that often. Maybe once in awhile. A couple of times when we’ve come home from a vacation, my wife will say, “Shhhhh. Something looks different in here, like someone has been in here. You go check it out.” And I kind of feel like saying, “No, how about let’s re-assess the division of roles for a few minutes Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1131722993676347272005-11-11T09:09:00.000-06:002005-11-11T12:31:45.750-06:00For the next little while, I am going to post the notes from some teaching I did at my church. For each lesson, I wrote out what I wanted to say, and then used that as a springboard for being a little more improvisational, so I wasn't just reading text. ********************************************************** Courage, Part 1: Physical courage 1/3In every age, there are some things that are Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1131247693295252752005-11-05T21:27:00.000-06:002005-11-05T21:28:13.296-06:00My friend Matt credited me with having the idea for coffee beer before it arrived. Actually, he’s being far too kind. It wasn’t one of those cases where you have an idea that you actually think is marketable. Instead, it was the odd and perhaps pitiable case of once having had both coffee and beer in front of me, wanting to drink them both, and mixing them together in one convenient beverage.It Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1131247206371212612005-11-05T21:19:00.000-06:002005-11-05T21:26:38.793-06:00An alternate opinion.Don't Fear GoogleDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1131117761982338142005-11-04T09:18:00.000-06:002005-11-04T09:22:41.993-06:00Does a copyright mean anything? And should it matter who is asking? Reining in GoogleDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1130954821708393972005-11-02T12:06:00.000-06:002006-05-13T18:23:14.370-05:00Autumn is an excellent time in which to observe God's basic goodness to us. We understand that God not only desired that trees should be given a beautiful color, He also wanted variety. Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1130882932535210602005-11-01T16:00:00.000-06:002005-11-01T16:08:52.546-06:00In losing a woman, the court with Alito would feature seven white men, one white woman and a black man, who deserves an asterisk because he arguably does not represent the views of mainstream black America.Milwaukee Journal Sentinel My response: -----Original Message-----From: Ziegler, David Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 4:59 PMTo: jsedit@journalsentinel.comSubject: People now come with Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1130338252751862522005-10-26T09:48:00.000-05:002005-10-26T09:50:52.756-05:00"Sixteen percent of all the building cranes in the world are in Dubai right now," Thompson said. "Sixteen percent. That's absolutely amazing for a city to have that kind of economic development."The Hippest City in the WorldDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1130333364449181142005-10-26T08:21:00.000-05:002005-11-23T09:07:05.100-06:00 miscellany At work we’re supposed to wear the company quality policy on our employee badges. I don’t do that—it just seems too Orwellian to me. If it is exaggeration to describe it that way, I could also explain it by saying that everyone has to draw a line between where their job stops and they start. For me, that’s where the line goes. I’ve been meaning to memorize Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1130152295684276702005-10-24T06:08:00.000-05:002005-10-24T06:11:35.690-05:00Heard of this about Anne Rice yet?I've always felt that a lot of the horror writers (e.g., Stephen King) understand spiritual warfare better than others. Their problem is, they play it for entertainment rather than let it change the way they live. "But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1128993771350021832005-10-10T20:21:00.000-05:002006-02-26T19:06:58.760-06:00Neil Postman quotes: Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared that the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance...Orwell feared we would become a captive culture...Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture...Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us...Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us. This book [Amusing Ourselves to Death] is about the Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1128536449006626932005-10-05T13:18:00.000-05:002005-10-05T17:33:52.923-05:00The Ku tribe have a tradition that a convicted murderer will be bound and thrown into the lake to drown. The victims family have two choices: they can either swim out to save him or they can let him drown. If they let him drown, they will have their vengeance, but their grief will haunt them the rest of their lives. If they swim out to save him, their grief will be easier, for they will have Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1128457619164637532005-10-04T14:58:00.000-05:002005-10-05T14:21:36.010-05:00I know that I have done many things to give you reason not to listen to me. --Sinéad O'ConnorThat kind of statement is so rare to come across. It was refreshing to read. Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1128441531683342302005-10-04T10:55:00.000-05:002005-10-04T11:23:21.340-05:00A Proposal for a New Order of Church Business MeetingsEvery once in awhile an idea comes along that revolutionizes the accepted way of doing things. Most of these ideas, while fresh and innovative, have also a certain feel of inevitability, as in, Why didn’t we think of this before, or, This makes much more sense.Just the other day one of these ideas came to me in a flash of inspiration. After Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1128368104836294232005-10-03T14:30:00.000-05:002005-10-03T14:35:04.843-05:00Jury of their peersMs Martin says jurors in post-verdict interviews said "we needed a fingerprint on one of the documents or we needed him [Mr Scrushy] to say the word 'fraud' on the audiotape" that was secretly recorded by a former HealthSouth finance chief."They said, 'they always do fingerprints on TV'," Ms Martin said.--ABC News, AustraliaDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1127493921478998912005-09-23T11:42:00.000-05:002005-09-23T11:45:21.486-05:00"Perhaps they should write their Social Security numbers on their arms with indelible ink."--Governor Kathleen Blanco on those refusing to leave New OrleansDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1126283294173398152005-09-09T11:20:00.000-05:002006-02-26T18:57:05.333-06:00"Put simply, Dawkins is absolutely convinced that the theory of evolution spells the doom of all belief in God."Darwin's Rottweiler--Richard Dawkins Speaks His Mind When it's not simply a case of convenient over-simplification, I appreciate those who clearly see what is at stake on an issue. Dawkins understands the philsophical impetus behind evolution. I'd make the crass assertion that everyone Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1126105801620690292005-09-07T10:05:00.000-05:002005-09-07T10:10:01.626-05:00I am not reciting these facts for the purpose of recrimination. That I judge to be utterly futile and even harmful. We cannot afford it. I recite them in order to explain why it was we did not have, as we could have had, between twelve and fourteen British divisions fighting in the line in this great battle instead of only three. Now I put all this aside. I put it on the shelf, from which the Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1125669152117002252005-09-02T08:50:00.000-05:002005-09-02T08:52:32.123-05:00As we walked past the Windsor Court hotel, we were stopped by a female state trooper. "Y'all came over here without guns? Don't go there. Don't go there unless you have a machine gun around your neck. We pulled our troops out because the civilians have taken over. We don't have the manpower to deal with them," she said.New York Daily NewsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1125455520799640442005-08-30T21:29:00.000-05:002005-08-30T21:32:00.806-05:00lootingInteresting thought process: If you have to grab something, get a 6' high stack of liquor. I also like today's entry in the ethics department: “It must be legal,” she said. “The police are here taking stuff, too.”And then there's the worried lady who couldn't find her kids, but sure found beer in a hurry. Just one of those human stories where laughing is a fitting response, and weeping is Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1125438691226021132005-08-30T16:45:00.000-05:002005-08-30T16:51:31.233-05:00This poor bastard has become the pinata of the day. … My guess is that by Monday Mr. Yost will be too busy standing in line outside the St. Paul unemployment office to engage in leisurely Internet debates. Which, frankly, is as it should be.That’s right, a man charged with reviewing journalism thinks Yost should be fired for suggesting news coverage could be better. This type of reaction rather Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1124976387167812502005-08-25T08:20:00.000-05:002005-08-25T08:26:27.173-05:00Tried to post the following on Cindy Sheehan's corner of the Huffington Post. All kinds of snide remarks are made here about Bush, but all of a sudden when someone disagrees with the Huffington/Sheehan agenda, they’re rightwingers, chickenhawks, and idiots. And that honors Casey exactly how? The whole deal is politicized to the point that Casey’s part is swallowed up. The grief of Casey’s death Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1124457654550332252005-08-19T08:08:00.000-05:002005-08-19T08:20:54.556-05:00"Sort of" is the intellectual "um." Even more so, it's a way of subtly hedging bets. It's a way of saying, "If my point isn't true, it might be slightly true." In our day when every voice is just another angle, another way of looking at an issue, it's right at home. Listen for it. Tune in to NPR for awhile if there isn't another avenue for you to hear academics speak. Some do it a lot. On the Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1124287094453069262005-08-17T08:48:00.000-05:002005-08-17T16:28:37.996-05:00If Sue Foley had been alive and playing juke joints when Alan Lomax traveled South to record for the Smithsonian, her songs would've been pressed onto 78's and would be among the blues standards today. I watched the tour dates on her website for about three years, waiting for a concert close enough to attend, and was not disappointed. She played at the Cowpie Blues Festival, an annual event heldDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1123865243994104672005-08-12T11:45:00.000-05:002005-08-12T12:44:48.263-05:00Grizzly documentary (or is it a grizzly-lover documentary?) by Werner Herzog. Don't want to wait to see a good Herzog film? Then rent Fitzcarraldo. Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1123770722901105992005-08-11T09:20:00.000-05:002005-08-11T09:32:02.926-05:00 This morning I checked to see what Doug Kenline is up to. He is the man who created this blog. He does not believe in paying income taxes, and all of his efforts are dedicated to that cause. Last I read his blog, he was legally employed at a company and not paying taxes. He is among those who claim that if you research the history of the IRS, you will discover that they have no legal right to Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1123080196343882262005-08-03T09:40:00.000-05:002005-08-03T09:43:16.350-05:00Worst opening lines.While the winning entry might be the worst literarily speaking, I was more amused by this one:Because of her mysterious ways I was fascinated with Dorothy and I wondered if she would ever consider having a relationship with a lion, but I have to admit that most of my attention was directed at her little dog Toto because, after all, he was a source of meat protein and I had hadDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1122664088114058852005-07-29T14:03:00.000-05:002005-07-29T14:08:08.123-05:00Jim Jarmusch, one of my two favorite directors, has a new movie coming out, called Broken Flowers.It's getting good reviews, it's got a fantastic cast, and I'm very eager to see it. Maybe I'll see it in Rochester, New York.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1122057339704233772005-07-22T13:33:00.000-05:002005-07-22T13:35:39.710-05:00 Not your everyday water-cooler chat.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1121873641785555592005-07-20T10:32:00.000-05:002005-07-20T10:34:01.793-05:00It makes me nervous when the oil change guys make you pull up so close to their legs.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1121555729669349732005-07-16T16:16:00.000-05:002005-07-16T18:18:46.446-05:00War of the Worlds is the most psychologically realistic movie of its type I've seen. If one wanted to play the art-must-imitate-reality-perfectly game, it could be argued that the initial bystanders to the appearance of the aliens lingered too long before fear set in, but this plot convention gives us a better look, and is better for building the drama of needing to flee. I notice the movie got aDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1120770894563586312005-07-07T16:02:00.000-05:002005-07-07T16:52:52.960-05:00Very smart people have been trying really, really hard to make poverty history for a long time. Heck, they've been working very hard to make Africa just ever-so-slightly less hellish for a very long time. Debt relief is probably part of a potential solution, but without ending Africa's tendency to produce horrible, greedy dictatorships, debt relief is more akin to paying off a drug addict's Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1119970016218288232005-06-28T09:43:00.000-05:002005-06-28T09:46:56.223-05:00Zombie Dogs Off the top of my head: 1) If humans have a soul and animals do not. 2) If the soul departs the body at death. 3) If the soul cannot go back in... ...then this wouldn't work on humans. I'd be curious to get a theologian's opinion on this. Also: what does the chosen image say about the author's view of bringing creatures back to life? Rhetorically, at the end of the article this Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1119730449872528442005-06-25T15:07:00.000-05:002005-06-25T15:14:09.880-05:00Since we're on Tom, can someone please ask him to comment on this quote in five minutes or less? Those that reach the higher levels (Operating Thetan III) within the Church of Scientology will learn all about Xenu, the evil intergalactic ruler who implanted "thetans" or alien spirits, in earth's volcanoes 75 million years ago, after which they escaped and invaded human bodies. The ultimate beliefDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1119372521056843312005-06-21T11:46:00.000-05:002005-06-21T11:48:41.063-05:00Why do we all hate Tom Cruise?Reminds me indirectly of two movies that peer behind that proverbial curtain: Sunset Boulevard (called by EW "Wilder's blackest joke), and Woody Allen's Purple Rose of Cairo, which examines celebrity worship.Also indirectly, it makes me curious (and even a little nervous) about where the culture of entertainment is headed. Reality TV was one new chapter -- what's theDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1113410859670446272005-04-13T11:39:00.000-05:002005-04-13T12:07:15.503-05:00Awhile back, when Heist was still a recent movie, there was a discussion about a joke from the movie on Ebert’s Answer Man Page. The joke is below, and Danny Devito’s great deliverance of the line is at least half of what makes it funny.“Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money.”After Ebert wrote favorably of the joke, he had a lot of people writing him, frustrated, complaining that Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1111619626224768952005-03-23T16:46:00.000-06:002005-04-12T11:18:29.140-05:00A heartbreaking picture (with caption). . And how credible is Michael Schiavo's claims about Terri's wishes, when he has taken up with another woman and refuses to file a divorce with Terri and let her parents take care of her?People should at least be aware that the firestorm on this particular issue is not because people want the government to intrude in every case, but simply that Michael Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1107524730851824402005-02-04T07:42:00.000-06:002005-03-05T18:30:42.316-06:00Here’s an offer that anyone interested can utilize. It could be a fun little diversion:I will take a topic that someone suggests, and study it for one month to see if I can learn anything of value. After the month is over, I will write about what I’ve learned. Any topic will be considered, but if I get more than one response, I will pick the one I like the most, and announce what the study will Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1107303656696408482005-02-01T18:09:00.000-06:002005-02-02T06:12:06.376-06:00
The Aviator was full of distractions for me at the beginning. For one thing, I didn’t like the colors of the early portion of the movie, which seemed limited to green and orange hues. Then I left the theatre for a couple of minutes, and when I got back, the colors for the arrival at the Hepburn’s estate were worse: oversaturated green, blue, and pink. I've seen effective use of altered colorsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1106916314819524582005-01-28T06:39:00.000-06:002005-01-28T06:48:23.523-06:00
My blog and I aren’t getting along.
It devours all of my thoughts and quickly relegates them to the obscurity of Archives. It is demanding and needy, and is jealous of all the time I spend doing other things. It nags me about how many days it has been since my last post. It forces me to think of self in the light of a different medium.
Sometimes we fight. I have threatened to killDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1106696422208799352005-01-25T17:35:00.000-06:002005-01-25T17:54:06.676-06:00
24 January 2004
My daughter's birthday was today; she turned three.
She didn't even want a birthday at first. She doesn't like change and so she did not like the idea of her age changing, and dismissed any discussion of it with a firm, "No." Sometimes I try to reason things out as the only way to solve a problem, and so I listed for my daughter all of the benefits of having a birthday. It Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1106234490160701672005-01-20T09:12:00.000-06:002005-01-20T09:21:30.160-06:00
They fired this guy for a typo, and yet the reporters (people paid to avoid typos) telling us about it couldn't avoid mistakes either.
"The data that the employee was the ground water and the surface water mixture. He took the two numbers and flipped them and was putting too much of the well water into the system," Veolia Water spokesman David Gadis said.That's just sic and wrong.
AlthoughDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813465.post-1105964479615139762005-01-17T06:19:00.000-06:002005-01-17T07:19:45.083-06:00 Jonathan Edwards: A Defensive Analysis 3/3
But what about that beastly, hopeless sermon of Edwards? Even when reread it still stands as a sadistic picture of God, overly sensational, and manipulative. Or does it?
To understand this sermon, and others like it, we first have to understand his motive. Jonathan Edwards' purpose was not to somehowDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16455656583947320433noreply@blogger.com