The Next 100
I gathered every Billboard Top40 chart for every week from 1980 -1989. That’s a lot of data. I cross-referenced those charts with the Billboard Hot 100 for every year…Read More →
I gathered every Billboard Top40 chart for every week from 1980 -1989. That’s a lot of data. I cross-referenced those charts with the Billboard Hot 100 for every year…Read More →
I was asked to preach this week at the North Hills Community Baptist Church as our Pastor was away for the weekend. The topic selected was atonement and repentance. Why is it that Christians, in our modern society, are still talking about sacrifice? Why are we still talking about blood? Take a listen… Sermon content credit goes to Dr. Ergun Caner from whom I borrowed a great inspiration for this sermon. Dr. Caner is the former President of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary and Brewton-Parker College in Georgia.Read More →
Ever had one of those times when you don’t know how we survived without cell phones and GPS systems? When the open road really mean that you were on your own and that if your car broke down, dad had to walk to the nearest “service station?” Remember those days? Me either… those days are long past. Now we have 24-hour roadside assistance, emergency call boxes and companies that will come “pick you up” if you have a problem…well, almost. That’s where the story of the Mother’s Day Odyssey begins…actually no, it begins on Friday. The wife and I were headed over to Sandusky, OhioRead More →
There is a story out of Port Orange, Florida this morning where an elderly man was assaulted in Applebees by a 26-year-old patron. What did he do to earn that beating? He asked the young man to stop yelling profanities in a family restaurant. Two weeks ago, Florida State University quarterback Jameis Winston stood on a table in the student union and repeated an obscenity. The phrase is part of an internet meme (which I will not repeat or link to here), started as a prank but rapidly spread because people apparently think it is funny to recite profanity on live television. So this is a thing now…Read More →
This thread of comments from over at Deadspin is absolutely fantastic! It was posted in response to Bill Murray’s speech at some random guy’s bachelor party in Charleston, SC. …enjoy Yesterday 9:13am VeryWell VeryWell> Drew Magary Yesterday 9:13am He’s correct about the traveling together bit- totally revealing. Paddling a two person canoe is a cheaper way to stress test a budding romance, though. Woodhouse Woodhouse>VeryWell Yesterday 9:18am There’s a reason why residents of Kauai, Hawaii refer to two-person kayaks as “divorce canoes” VeryWell VeryWell>Woodhouse Yesterday 9:26am Wouldn’t that be something- if there was less divorce amongst Hawaiians because of outriggers. YoHendri YoHendri>VeryWell YesterdayRead More →
The New York Times… A Star Player Accused, and a Flawed Rape Investigation By WALT BOGDANICH Tallahassee, Fla. — Early on the morning of Dec. 7, 2012, a freshman at Florida State University reported that she had been raped by a stranger somewhere off campus after a night of drinking at a popular Tallahassee bar called Potbelly’s. As she gave her account to the police, several bruises began to appear, indicating recent trauma. Tests would later find semen on her underwear. For nearly a year, the events of that evening remained a well-kept secret until the woman’s allegations burst into the open, roiling the university andRead More →
This week it was announced that the New York Mets’ second baseman, Daniel Murphy would be taking a “few days off” in Paternity Leave. Murphy’s wife, Victoria, gave birth to their first child on March 31st. This time off coincided with the Mets’ opening day, and predictably the knucklehead fans took to Twitter to voice their displeasure. Yes, we get it, you think “Paternity Leave” is a joke. Mike Francesa, WFAN sports radio talk show host took to the airwaves to fan the flames and called-out Murphy: I don’t know why you need three days off, I’m going to be honest. You see the birthRead More →
Within the context of the Old Testament covenants and New Testament understandings, there comes a conflict when Gentiles and Christian Jews attempt to discern whether the Levitical and Deuteronical laws apply in the new faith and new covenant through Jesus Christ. It is this conflict that J. Daniel Hays attempts to resolve in his essay “Applying the Old Testament Law Today.” Hays points out (correctly) that the inter-weaving of ceremonial, civil, and moral laws prohibit an outright categorization based on locale of the scripture. Hays puts forth a suggested new approach, which he calls “principlism” to help Christians ascertain which elements of the Law pertainRead More →
Forum paper from Church History on John Calvin’s Geneva and the rules by which the city was run… Question: Describe Calvin’s Geneva. Could you conceive of such a society today? Why or why not? Upon his return to Geneva (1541) until his death in 1563, John Calvin sought to institute social and moral reforms within the city. Calvin worked with city officials to pass a series of laws called the Ecclesiastical Ordinances, which established the Consistory, a court of sorts that would oversee these moral and social reforms. Some forms of punishment for breaking the moral code included a public repentance, attending religious services, receivingRead More →
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