Entries from October 2007

October 31, 2007

Help Me Here

Paul makes this argument in Romans 2:
25Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. 26If those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised? 27The one who is not [...]

October 31, 2007

Harding University Volleyball Clinches Sixth Straight GSC West Title

In front of the largest crowd of the season at Rhodes Field House, the Harding Lady Bisons earned the top seed in the Gulf South Conference volleyball tournament Tuesday night with an impressive three-game sweep of the Henderson State Lady Reddies. Game scores were 30-12, 30-24 and 30-22.
Harding (24-8, 10-1) will host the conference tournament [...]

October 24, 2007

Florida City Tries to Ban Chinese Products

Upset Over Recalls and Political Issues, One City Weighs a Ban on Chinese Goods

I could live with that!!! But is it even possible to avoid buying products from China?
Of all worldwide imports to the United States, 16.1 percent are from China, according to the Census Bureau. That makes China the second-largest trading partner for the [...]

October 17, 2007

What is the dividing line between caring for the earth and earth worship?

Over the years many Christians have grown so suspicious of the more radical environmentalists and their “science” that they (the Christians) have nothing to do with trying to care for and clean up the earth. I think that’s sad. I wouldn’t join Greenpeace if they offered me a free whale, but I recycle my papers, [...]

October 15, 2007

One of my heroes goes home.

Henry Eugene (Gene) Marcum, 80, of Lake Jackson, Texas, passed away Saturday, October 13, 2007, at Brazosport Regional Health System. Gene was born May 19, 1927, to Henry Leslie and Bennie Olive Marcum in Bogata, Texas. Gene served in the U.S. Navy during World War ll. He obtained his degrees at East Texas State [...]

October 12, 2007

James Carville advocates killing BCS commissioners.

James Carville, a political consultant and commentator and LSU fan, has a unique take on the Bowl Championship Series.
“The BCS is like the electoral college — a convoluted way to pick a winner,” Carville told Sports Illustrated. “The electoral college was a bad idea thought up by great men trying to do a noble thing. [...]

October 12, 2007

I was against the genocide before I was for the genocide.

Today, President Bush announced his opposition to a new congressional resolution labeling the Ottoman massacres of Armenians a “genocide.” Between 1915 and 1923, as many as 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Turks. From Bush’s press briefing today:
I urge members to oppose the Armenian genocide resolution now being considered by the House Foreign [...]