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HB, Mark!

Yes, to Stravinsk you listen. Here are the steps: 1. Burn the .iso file to a USB stick or DVD disc. If you're doing a USB stick, I recommend the little LinuxLive USB Creator app. It works really well. 2. Turn the computer off into which you wish to boot Linux. 3. Insert the now-bootable USB...

Ubuntu is pretty good, but I prefer Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop. It's a bit faster, and you still get the terrific package-manager from Ubuntu. I don't know about you, but I do NOT like spending a lot of time figuring out different versions of packages, and making sure everything works...

In the ESV, Is. 45:7 reads "I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the Lord, who does all these things."

Yes. Isaiah 45:7.

But not with pure motives. Dead people cannot please God. There are many passages showing that. Might need to define "better" here, but unbelievers can undeniably behave better than believers outwardly. This goes back to the C. S. Lewis quotes about Christianity and its nature. If you work...

Here's a more recent example of the kind of slipshod thinking rampant in this field. The Institute for Responsible Technology has a post on a paper that came out recently. Incidentally, Sèralini is one of the authors, and he has had a paper retracted recently. In any case, the IRT links to the...

I think Romans 9:10-24 and Ephesians 1:4-12 pretty much nail down predestination and election as biblical concepts. My favorite analogy is Shakespeare and Macbeth. In the story, Macbeth kills the king in order to usurp the throne. In the context of the story, is Macbeth guilty of killing the...

My current objection to GMO's has to do with the incredibly bad and overly politicized science surrounding the whole issue. Definitions: Establishment medicine consists of mainstream medical thought. Examples: regular hospitals, vaccines, US government medical agencies such as the CDC and the...

I'd want my whole family and I to be completely fluent in biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian, Icelandic, and ASL.

The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings for me. The Narnia Chronicles have also been books I have read many times.

Reformed theology does not fail when we read James. It is no stretch at all to see how Paul in Ephesians 2 and James in James 2 are using the word "justify" differently. Paul means justify before God - be made righteous before God. James means justify your faith before other men; that is, show...

Sure, finding what is correct would be the goal. But what if it isn't possible? We are, after all, finite human beings who make mistakes. There are limits to our knowledge, and even to what we can know. Yes and no. Biologically, as I understand it, once a human sperm meets a human egg, the DNA...

And, as many have labored to show, James uses that word "justify" differently from Paul. He has to be, or there would be a contradiction in Scripture (but there are none whatever). As the context shows, James is talking about justifying your faith to other men. Not to God. Since men can't see...

So, concerning when a person is a person: shouldn't we err on the side of caution? I don't think anyone thinks that a sperm by itself, or an egg by itself, is a person. That doesn't make biological sense. But if you consider the spectrum, as you put it, from fertilization to any point further...

How about this argument? Definition 1: A person becomes a person at conception: when a human sperm meets a human egg. NB, this is the crux of the entire debate. Premise 2: The law of God as given to us in the Scriptures is the ultimate standard to which we must appeal in matters of ethics...

It winds up being the same thing. Because of the golden chain of salvation (ordo salutis), all those who are justified will be adopted, sanctified, and glorified (finally saved). God is a just God. If someone is justified, he will be glorified. On the other hand, if someone is never justified...

Paul is (of course) correct in Ephesians 2 when he writes that we are justified (declared righteous) before God by grace through faith, and not by works. James is (of course) also correct in James 2:24 when he writes that "You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone."...

I prefer the Clementine Vulgate, because it has punctuation, and is thus more readable to me, at least. I would recommend the 6" x 9" version, as it's a little more portable, despite having smaller print. I had an edition very similar to yours for a long time, until I lost it to mold. I like the...

I go for original language helps, whenever I can get them. I am also studying the Latin Vulgate a bit as I am able, to help me learn Latin. Hebrew OT Hebrew OT helps are rather rare, unfortunately. You can buy BibleWorks (390 USD), or get the BHS with Westminster Morphology on Olive Tree (80...