Posts from September 2022

Fidelity

Somebody recently asked me if I knew what “Hi-Fi” stood for. I quickly answered, “high fidelity.” If you haven’t heard the term, it relates to the pursuit of “purer sound” in audio recording and playback – something with less noise and interference, something closer to what it is like to being in the same room…

Bible Study – Church and Ministry

This Bible study looks at the Biblical foundations and the operations of Christian churches, including those who serve the church as pastors and other church workers. Week 1 – Foundations – 1 Church and Ministry Foundations Week 2 – Pastors – 2 Church and Ministry Pastors Week 3 – Pastors Redux – 3 Church and…

Winning the Lottery

LaQuedra Edwards gave herself a $40 “lottery allowance” that she could spend on lottery tickets. When she went to the grocery store to spend her allowance, “some rude person” bumped into her, causing her to hit a different button than what she meant to. The result was purchasing a $30 lottery ticket instead of the…

The Speed of the World

Is the world speeding up? In some ways, we would say that the question is preposterous. The Earth continues to spin on its axis at the speed of 460 meters per second (at the equator). But perhaps the speed of the earth is a bigger question than how fast we are spinning or going around…

Grace

“Grace” like “Faith” can be a difficult word for understand. When you look up the definition of the word, you come up with “simple elegance or refinement of movement,” as the first definition. Even the second definition is only “courteous goodwill”. Only in looking at subsequent definitions do you find something more like the theological…