“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Desperately dodging the blindingly obvious

Desperately dodging the blindingly obvious

LRFotS Robert W passed on a video to me via a comment to this week’s Great Mondaydact Browser Slayer that is both deeply engaging and very thought-provoking. It concerns attempts by physicists to find a new and tractable approach to that hoary old chestnut,...
Sunday Scripture: The Jerusalem Council

Sunday Scripture: The Jerusalem Council

15 But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the...
Sunday Scripture: The Jerusalem Council

Sunday Scripture: That You May Know

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us...
Sunday Scripture: The Jerusalem Council

Sunday Scripture: The Sun Stands Still

10 As soon as Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction,[a] doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among...
Sunday Scripture: The Jerusalem Council

Sunday Scripture: Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers

37 While Jesus[e] was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table. 38 The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner. 39 And the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup...
Sunday Scripture: The Jerusalem Council

Sunday Scripture: Paul Addresses the Areopagus

22 So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What...
Sunday Scripture: The Jerusalem Council

Sunday Scripture: Love and Serve the Lord

This week’s Scripture selection comes to us courtesy of our good friend, The Male Brain, who sent over this classic passage from Deuteronomy and provides us with clear instructions as to our primary focus in life: 11 “You shall therefore love the Lord your God...
Sunday Scripture: The Jerusalem Council

Sunday Scripture: Daniel’s Faithfulness

8 But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. 9 And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of...
Home truths about the daemonic realm

Home truths about the daemonic realm

I am not a fan of horror films in general, and I am especially not a fan of horror films involving daemons, possession, and exorcism. In fact, before I became a Christian, I remember listening to my 6th-grade homeroom teacher – this was approximately 300 years...