I’ve alwyas wanted to be an inventor. But I’m usually the guy who says, “hey, wouldn’t be cool if so and so did such and such” and then I turn the channel and a better looking, actually functioning version of my so and so is being sold in an informerical....
Have you ever heard a story that seems so incredible you actually wonder how true it actually is? I was told once about a pastor who stood outside his house with his wife and daughter watching their house burn to the ground. He wept not because his valuables were being...
Have you ever known someone to change direction with the change of the wind? You know, someone who acts one way one day because it bests suits his or her purpose in that circumstance and then completely changes when the circumstance changes. The best example of that may be the...
There are some interesting detail I am purposely skipping over in regards to Samuel’s parents and their relationship to each other. You should read it for yourself, since the topic and questions that come up are not really related to what I am discussing. It is mentioned that Elkanah, Samuel’s...
This is a tribute to my dad and sons who loves this thing. It is called Animusic. Basically, a group of people wanted to put together a software program that animated music that was inputed into it. This is one of their works....
Turns out the automatic shut-off of our iron does not work. Of course, we don’t realize this until it falls off the iron into our dirty clothes bin and starts a fire. Normally, people are upset when their houses burn down, and don’t get me wrong – we are upset...
One of the most popular Bible stories is that of Gideon and his 300-man army that defeated the Midianites. The verse in particular I want to look at is Judges 7:15. God instructs Gideon to sneak down to the Midianite camp before they “strike” with their trumpets and broken jars....
For the LORD has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, you people of Reuben and people of Gad. You have no portion in the LORD.’ So your children might make our children cease to worship the LORD. – Joshua 22:25 The Israelites heard about an alter built...
I used to always lead worship barefooted until a lot of more conservative places began to protest. It was not one of those issues I would go to my grave fighting for, so I would always ask and comply if the leader of the event felt it was a little...
I just finished reading a book on the history and rapid growth of the Pentecostal movement. We had to do a book review for my History of Christianity class and I chose the one that seemed the most interesting. One specific comment stuck out more than any other part of...
