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One more step toward a PhD…
Posted by: | CommentsIn other news… Today I passed my preliminary oral examination/presentation for my PhD at UT-Austin. I’ve been so busy working on the presentation for this auspicious event that I haven’t even written my recap of the SFL Conference in DC (not to mention I was also writing the Joe Stack article that was posted at LRC yesterday morning).
Sooooooo, one more milestone down, about 250 experiments more to go. Better get cracking. Anyway, yay for me, blah blah blah. I’m excited. 
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How a Government Gets a Job Done
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Courtesy GraphJam.com. And another…
Again, courtesty GraphJam.com. I’m totally loving their site. It’s hilarious even when the graphs are mathematically nonsensical or just plain silly.
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Tags: charts, economics, government, humor, police
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Seminarians of the World, Unite!
Posted by: | CommentsOne of the things I do on a regular basis is take courses at the Austin Graduate School of Theology. I am very fortunate that they are allowing me to participate in their program and enjoy the benefits of great teaching of the Scriptures consistently.
But the truth is that anybody can do it if a local seminary is available to you. It isn’t too hard to walk in and sign up to audit a course in Biblical Theology or New Testament Studies. Austin Grad is really great about this, and I’ve been in some classes where auditors outnumbered the students taking the course for credit!
The value of seminary training can’t be underestimated. Look, we all know that the Christian message is ultimately easy to understand, but that doesn’t mean that all theology is easy as pie. In truth, it’s hard. Real hard. Actually, hard is putting it mildly. It takes serious work and dedication to learn what you need in order to be an excellent student of Scripture and the church. I’m so thankful for my professors and for their commitment to teaching the community of faith in Austin. Seminary isn’t just for seminarians anymore – if you want it bad enough you can do it.
But for some people, going to seminary is the next big step to entering full-time ministry, and this requires an even greater commitment on their part. Scholarship is tough.
I hope you might consider attending a class at a local seminary at some point in your life; you won’t regret it. I highly recommend taking either Greek, a New Testament Introductory course, or a course in Biblical Exegesis as a great way to start out. And for those of you looking towards seminary (or attending) right now, there’s a cool $1000 scholarship opportunity out there with basically no strings attached (no denominational/demographic requirements, etc.) at www.SeminaryScholarship.com. Check it out if you’re interested (application deadline is Oct. 15)…
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Tags: AGST, fun, seminary, theology
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A Quote from Rand to Consider
Posted by: | CommentsI ran across this quote in an email on the Christian Libertarian Yahoo Group, and it struck me in a particularly poignant way. It is sad, but so true, that Western civilization is spiraling. No one knows how long it can last as is. But one thing is for sure – it will not last. Something must give.
“Do you wish to know whether that day is coming? Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion–when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing–when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors–when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you–when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice–you may know that your society is doomed. Money is so noble a medium that is does not compete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It will not permit a country to survive as half-property, half-loot.”– Ayn Rand
I think Rand is spot on. This is why we need to End the Fed and stop the spending spree.
I highly recommend reading Francisco d’Anconia’s Money Speech from Atlas Shrugged in entirety. Great stuff…
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What is man, that you are mindful of him?
Posted by: | CommentsI saw this video on YouTube today and it made me stop and reflect on how incredible God’s creation is, how small we truly are in this universe, and yet how important we are to the God who created it all. We are not the center of the universe, and our time is indeed short — a good reminder.
When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?
You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and honor.You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:
all flocks and herds,
and the beasts of the field,
the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!Psalm 8:3-9
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