Monthly Archives: October 2012

31
Oct

St. Louisans interested in Tolkien

I’ll be giving a talk on Tolkien at Urban Eats Cafe at 7pm tonight as part of Resurrection’s Speaking of Faith series.

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28
Oct

My Thesis on Romans as a Narrated Slideshow

In my videos I started putting out some stuff on Romans, unsure of how much or in what order I would do it. My first “topic” ended up being a series. And in Part 2 I stumbled onto the thesis … Continue reading →

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22
Oct

People can’t handle how great they are.

Does the vainest person on earth really overvalue himself? Imagine a man who insists that a leather seat is flawless when you can plainly see it has a crack. The fact remains that he thinks the seat’s entire value rests … Continue reading →

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22
Oct

How Joseph’s brother’s foreshadow Israel in Paul’s letter to the Romans

One of the great things about teaching is how much you learn.While doing my Romans videos I happened to use a passage from Genesis about Joseph’s initial fulfillment of the Promise made to Abraham that blessing would come through his … Continue reading →

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20
Oct

China as currency manipulator: Romney is lying or promising economic catastrophe

Does China manipulate its currency? Yes. How? Chinese firms manufacture goods and sell them in the US. This means they get dollars for these goods. To use this revenue in China they must trade the dollars for Yuan. If the … Continue reading →

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19
Oct

Drug progams are only “counterproductive” if you assume they are supposed to suppress drug use

Virtually everyone loves the Drug Abuse Resistance Education or DARE program. That is, except scientific researchers who consistently find that that it is completely ineffective. In fact not a single published report has ever found DARE to be effective and … Continue reading →

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15
Oct

EPA = Mengele and courts are trying not to see it

Judge Rules EPA Can Test on Americans Like Lab Rats – YouTube.

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15
Oct

Law as rationalizer of the unthinkable

‘UFO hacker’ McKinnon left in limbo as US extradition looms – YouTube. Once, I remember, I ran across the case of a boy who had been sentenced to prison, a poor, scared little brat, who had intended something no worse … Continue reading →

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15
Oct

In case you haven’t noticed what I’m doing elsewhere in cyberspace

BindHandsEyes – YouTube. I’ve been kind of busy with Hands & Eyes.

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13
Oct

Salmon Khan on Currency Exchange

Currency Exchange Introduction – YouTube.   I think of myself as having some knowledge of economics, but this video was really helpful!

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