[5] For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. [6] It has been testified somewhere, “What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you care for him? [7] You made him for a little while lower than the [...]
[2:1] Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. [2] For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, [3] how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared [...]
To those of us who aren’t often tempted to worship angels, or place them above Jesus in the spiritual hierarchy, verses 5 to 14 may seem like a bit of over-kill. There is no lack of biblical evidence that Jesus comes first in God’s pecking order. [5] For to which of the angels did God [...]
Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2012. This is an invigorating time of year for me. Bummer is fading and will be replaced by glorious summer. Spring training in Jupiter, Florida, is getting underway. The spring equinox isn’t far off. The Lake of the Ozarks beckons. I’ve recovered from my ritual winter head cold. Life is good. [...]
No, not that kind! I mean galaxies and nebulae in God’s cosmos. Lately I have been getting a bit tired of trying to coax image data out of a 17″ aperture telescope in southern France by remote control. The weather in that part of the world has been just terrible. So, having too much time [...]
This shot is too good not to pass along. Son Larry is spending a few months in Bisbee, Arizona, this winter and doing a little sight-seeing. Here we have in one view 50 million-year-old rocks, 100 year-old trees, a 57 year-old man, and perhaps a bunch of 20-year-old microwave and cellular towers, all happily coexisting. [...]
From today’s Wall Street Journal: Eastman Kodak Co. is preparing to seek bankruptcy protection in the coming weeks, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would cap a stunning comedown for a company that once ranked among America’s corporate titans. It is interesting how certain events seem to mark the ending of an [...]
Since mankind (I refuse to say humankind) has always sliced the inexorable passage of time into four-season packages, and since package #2011 is drawing to a merciful end, and since I now find myself at our Lake of the Ozarks hideaway with time to ponder, please humor me by reading a few public ponderings. When [...]
As I was browsing through the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this morning, an article about the 1961 Plymouth Fury caught my eye. What was I doing in 1961, I thought? Oh, yes, I had been working at Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids for several years. And before that, I was selling and repairing TVs. What kind [...]
You absolutely must carve out 11 minutes and 20 seconds of your time to see this animation of the voyage of Curiosity Rover to Mars. View the beautiful lift-off for the mission. I can’t help but ponder the theological implications of this unbelievable NASA mission. Why would God enable some of his creatures the ability [...]
