Spirit of Truth/The Bible on Trial

Take Stock~ Even as I write this morning I am cooking down the turkey carcas (and other parts) in order to make a stock with which I will later today make a turkey soup. And since my daughter purchased the turkey I am making enough stock to share with her. The smell in the house is becoming redolent with that sweet and savory smell of turkey, with fresh onion, celery, basil, thyme, and rosemary. I...

Turkey~ There is turkey, and then there is TURKEY! And for the first time ever in my life, yesterday I experienced a close encounter with a turkey that was so heavenly that it must be the likes of which is served for dinner in Heaven. This year for Thanksgiving my daughter Emily decised she was not going to participate in the traditional serving of a farm raised Broad Brested White turkey produced...

Unexpected~ We have all at one time or another thought that a situation would turn out one way and it turns out another. When this happens it is often (sadly) that what we expected was much better than what actually happened. This is because most of us are optimistic about outcomes, rather than pessimistic. In school we would go into a test thinking we 'had it down', and when the grade comes out i...

Filing a Claim~ Tuesday night was the start of an adventure here at the old homestead. After three bright flashes outside of the bedroom window, our electical systme in the house went from everything working perfectly to just barely able to function. The central heat doesn't work, the lights in half the house are off. and it was COLD these last two nights. We had an electircian come over Wednesday...

Self-deception~ In the writing The Art of War, Sun Tzu speaks of how an enemy can be defeated using their own perception that they are stronger, better prepared, and more cunning than their enemy. It is the arrogance of the enemy that will defeat him. "All warfare is based upon deception." Sun Tzu. Make the enemy believe that they are superior in every way to you. Use their hubris to entrap them....

Vote Count~ In the fallout of this past election comes the question that has been asked by 72.3 million people that now feel disenfranchised by the apparent results, and that is "Did my vote count?" We have been told that the vote of everyone counts, but it turns out that this probably not true given the current circumstance. Lou Dobbs (Fox News) said that what we are seeing is the end game of a D...

STING~ The greatest Sting Operation in political history is in the process of unfolding right now, in real time. The Left thinks it has won a great election victory, when in fact they have participated in the demise of their party such that it will never be able to come back as currently constituted. The Left tried to rig the Presidential election by not only 'adjusting' the voting machines to cha...

Watermark~ Well, it's 3 days past the Presidential Election in the USA, and there are stil no results as to who will be the POTUS. That is because there are not only physical issues with the counting process in several States, but there is significant evidence of FRAUD, not only in the counting but in the casting of ballots. Without going into excruciating detail there is verified evidence that fr...

Two Roads Diverged~ Robert Frost was a great American poet. His most famous poem is the Road Not Taken, with it's iconic opening, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood." As we near the 2020 election my thoughts have been on the decisions that will be made in choosing the road that will bring America, and indeed the world, the greatest blessing. The election in 2016 has set the stage for this electi...

Even the Elected~ "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect". Matt.24:24. We are coming up on the second most significant election in the hisory of the USA this next Tuesday, November 3, 2020. It is Election Day, and although it is the official day for this event voting has been taking place for a number of...

High Flying~ On Saturday (Sabbath) October 24, 2020 my daughter Emily, her husband Arin, and my 12 week old grand-son Logan are flying to North Carolina for a visit that will be the first time that Arin's parent will see Logan. It is going to be a very special time. The worry (of course) will be how well or poorly Logan handles being on an airplane for 6-7 hours. They are heavily laden with all th...

Debate~ Just FYI-Debate is NOT what you use to catch 'defish'! The purpose of debate is not what most people think it is; that is, to reveal the truth about a particular subject in a back and forth verbal interaction between opponents that represent different sides. Classical debate is based upon a five part system of Argument, using rhetoric in persuasion of a specific viewpoint, when the audienc...

Tired~ There are days, and then there are DAZE! There are days when I wake up ready and raring to go, to get out into the world and take it head on, no hold barred, and the only rule is to win! As I age (hopefully gracefully) those days are more few and far between. Today is not one of those days. Today is the Sabbath, which for me used to be the day I would go to church with my young family (mom...

Walk Off~ On this day, Oct. 16, 1988, Kirk Gibson made Dodger history with his bottom of the ninth, 2 out, 3-2 count walk-off home fun againt Dennis Eckersly and the Oakland A's ,in game 1 of the World Series. The Dodgers went on to win the World series 5-2. This was a do-or-die moment where the Dodgers, down to their last out, and 1 run down to the A's had to have that home run, or go home. Tommy...

Fear~ Being scared is a funny thing! Not funny in the way of humor, but of being odd! There are lots of things in this world that are truly scary, and we should rightly be wary of them. Things like our car suddenly running out of gas on a fast moving freeway, or being in a bank when a bank robber enters the lobby where we are standing, or not being able to get ahold of a loved one on the phone aft...

Opinion vs. Fact! One of the great quotes in any political debate occured Wednesday night during the Vice Presidential Debate. The Democrat candidate, Kamala Harris, had been 'stretching' the truth about the record of both President Trump and Joe Biden, and at one point Mike Pence, the V-POTUS, had enough. His comment will go down as one of the best used and most salient quotes in history of polit...

Fall~ This morning my wife and I got up early in order to take our little dog Maggy out for a walk at Wildwood park, that is about a six minute drive from our house. Every time start to get ready to go on a walk Maggy gets REALLY excited, going from one of us to the other, whinning, and urging us on to get ready faster. She also loves the car ride both too and from the park.  It has been inordinat...

Stupid~ Today, in spite of the great temptation to do so, I am NOT going to comment on the recent 'debate' between POTUS and the challenger. Enough Already! However, that event and the responses by the opposition to the President in general have pointed out to me that there is a condition that exists in certain members of the 'body politic', and indeed in the population in general, that is so prev...

We will be continuing our program from yesterday on today's program.  

Supreme Court~ Today RBG (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) lies in state in the Capitol building rotunda, ther first woman to do so in the history of our country. It is certain that RBG had a huge impact on the American consciousness regarding equal rights and opportunities for women in the profession of the Law. Few women were allowed to attend law school when RBG did, and certainly fewer women were allowed...

Distraction~ We all have been distracted from time to time. Personally, it seems the older I get the more easily distracted I get. Being easily distracted, however, does lead one to contemplate the meaning of life; I will walk into a room, stop and say to myself - "Why am I here?" If we separate out the two components of the word we get 'dis-' and 'traction'; that is, the loss of mental traction....

Frustration~ It is apparent by the language used by both sides in the debate of ideas in public discourse in media and social media that there is a great deal of frustration in that one side does not 'see' what the other sees as the truth as to which directon the country or the world shoud take in dealing with our common societal problems. This frustration is being dramatically expressed in violen...

Liar, Liar~ What do you do when someone claims that you are lying in a situation, but they are lying about exactly the same thing and blaming you? Most people would call this a 'double standard'. but it is really called 'projection'! Projection is being blamed for doing something bad that someone else is doing in order to get people to look at you, in order to keep them from looking at them. This...

Patriot~ Today is Patriots Day - a day upon which we remember the lives and innocence lost on this date 19 years ago, when the Twin Towers and building #7 in New York were destroyed by the actions of "Enemies of the State". The bravery and heroism demonstrated by the people that were directly affected by these events have gone down into the history of the United States of America as some of the mo...

Benign Evil~ It is a fact of life that when we get into a routine we tend to ignore things that are outside of our routine. The protests and riots, for example. It has become a daily occurance that we hear about another protest, or worse another riot on the news. After a while this becomes normalized in our consciousness. We see it, but we don't. It's there, but it isn't. Another example; we hear...