Last Bastion of Love

Saga of John's daughter's 1999 Subaru Outback. Anti-scientism, to John, equals pro-logic. Is the universe we live in both participatory and anticipatory? John thinks yes. The 1972 movie "Thief in the Night". The Elephant in the room of scientific investigation... the CREATOR? Are we more "Chumlee-like" today because of science? See the writings of Phillip E. Johnson! Is...

On the comparative simplicity of the 1970s and its Jesus Movement era music. John's struggle with solipsism and his appreciation of Bishop Berkeley. On a universe knowing it is (and in the past that it would be) observed. The multiverse and Boltzmann Brains. Why not simply design? We see what we are predisposed (by language? as per Vygotsky?) to see.

Alarmist weather reporting. The treasure trove of Jesus Movement era music to be found on youtube. On an editorial written in the current Oberlin Review and John's dream of having a "No Fear" dialogue platform. On passing out tracts and on Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island. Going out in Oberlin to ask "Where is the church?" The profundity (in amount) of Christian Musi...

John's being out of sorts and being brought back to his joy in Christ. On books he "scored" at the Wellington Library Books Sale, including a recent biography of Erwin Schrodinger!!! On meeting Jimmy Saville (yikes!). On the cult of the Church of the Risen Christ Farm and the All Saved Freak Band, and John's own experience of a group (church!) when he became a Christian. Glenn Sc...

With Dora! On Dora's Christian experience, and John gives his testimony. On not celebrating holidays (Easter, for instance). On John's research into the All Saved Freak Band and relating some of Joe Markko's tragic life experience. Some of Dora's experiences while caring for her husband in the nursing home. John sings a song! [sorry for technical difficulty with Dora's mic bein...

Remembering a brother, Tom McNaughton, who had recently passed. On the Greek New Testament. John's appreciation of the many kinds of music, including reggae, that he had discovered doing the show. On the KJV term "settled on his lees." Rez Band and All Saved Freak Band. On "Joe the Turk" of the Salvation Army. On hymns. John's recent readings on the double-slit experime...

With Dora! Suffering in the world and Corrie Ten Boom's testimony when meeting the prison guard after many years. On God's grace as a tremendous resource. God's expectation/requirement that we trust in Him. The gift of God's Son. God's standard being as high as it ever was, for else our salvation would not result in such a level. God's struggle is to bring us into His full...

Morgellons Disease and chemtrails, the movie "Boyhood," on newspaper article on how fathers want their daughters to be independent, but not their wives. Feminism and motherhood. A tongue-in-cheek (?) consideration that mothers should have say in whether their children live or not both after AND before birth. On a workshop at WOBC on the pillars of white male supremacy. Female characters...

Richard Rothstein on NPR on how unfair housing practices blocked African-Americans from the wealth-building of owning a home in the suburbs. The Maccabean revolt. The Christian and social justice. Paul on remaining in our circumstances "with God" (1 Cor 7). Joseph's statement "You meant it for evil, but God used it for good." What does it mean, "God's will be done&...

With Dave and Olvin. The Tabernacle in the wilderness and Christ being Emanuel. The Israelites in the wilderness. Presenting our members (Romans 6). Identifying with what culture? Malcolm X and Marcus Garvey. The blending in the church life.

How does one work love into the materialistic worldview science asks us to work from? On Hollywood's common mischaracterization of those from rural areas.

"Crossing over" a la Sam Cooke. Phillip E Johnson and claims of apologists who state experts themselves don't really understand macroevolution. Scientists preference for naturalistic explanations over all else giving appearance that truth must be naturalistic... to John a kind of "Animal Farm" logic. John waking from a dream he thought he had woken up in and Bishop Berkeley...

The acceptance or nonacceptance of different kinds of music for use in the congregation. The Original Gospel Gangstaz. Paul becoming all things to all men for the sake of the gospel. Romans 14 instruction on how to get along. Black metal's attack on Christian buildings in Norway, and John's own antipathy to Christianity.

Features of end-time prophecies of Matthew 24, Daniel 9 and Revelation. Science's tragic attempt to reason away design and purpose. On being a mystic at war with the scientists. Identifying with other's concerns. CS Lewis' debate with Elizabeth Anscombe. On Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island.

Friction between evangelical Christians and the culture of "inclusion," Tufts University finding flatworms don't retain memories in their brains, resurgence of interest in deBroglie/Bohm pilot wave interpretation of quantum mechanics, black vs. unblack metal bands.

Interview with a friend who is a high-energy particle physicist.

Interview with someone who grew up knowing Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan.

Multiculturalism and the possibility of coexistence. Are all cultures of equal value (truthwise)? Chang Kai-Shek and Mao Tze-Dong. Constantine, Athanasius and the Arians. Forrest Mims III. On the purpose of suffering.

Liberal vs. Conservative Christians. "Who do men say that I am?" and Peter's answer. An opposing entity whom we should be aware of. The claim of the Receiver of Christ.

Our citizenship is... of the heavens! Wellington being the capital of the cheese industry. The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue. Luther vs. Erasmus on the will.

Groups awaiting the Lord's return, the Jesus Movement, pioneers of Contemporary Christian Music, how John became a believer.

On elders and deacons, and the rise of the clergy. On Antioch, Paul's "home church." On John the apostle. On Jerusalem as a type of oneness, James (the brother of Jesus), and how God is trying to fit all his people together.

Uniqueness of microbes in our gut vs. the neurons in our brain... which has more meaning? How scientific materialism attempts to strip away meaning from our existence. The double-slit experiment. On quantum loop gravity's attempt to get "behind" the Big Bang. Is consciousness to be explained by quantum mechanics?

Seek and you shall find, and the need for a recovery of the oneness today.

Living in a dream? Quantum weirdness.