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Comment on on complexity of creation by ox

ox — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:56:14 +0000

Hi Dave

That is true, I think it is possible that some mutations might be beneficial. But are they passed on from generation to generation?

In any case, I think the whole complexity of human life where a loss of one molecule throws everything out of whack speaks loudly about creation and the Creator.

Thanks for the comment.

Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jerimiah 33.3

Comment on on complexity of creation by David Barnhart

David Barnhart — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:30:27 +0000

Although I agree with you in large measure, I think you are not taking one thing into account (or at least dealing with it here) — life as we know it now is affected by the fall. I’m sure that compared to what life was when God declared it good, there are no good mutations. However, what we are now is NOT what God declared good, and with our cursed bodies, it has been shown that there are some mutations that are at least good for something specific. Reference this article for one such:

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/322/5908/1702

Of course, I don’t believe such mutations lead to better or different forms of life. For all we know the referenced mutation is actually closer to what humans were like pre-fall. There’s no way for us to know that. However, in our current fallen condition, I do believe that occasionally some mutations may be discovered that have the possibility to be an improvement over the condition of the general population post fall.

Comment on 2.28.10 gbcvic sermons by ox

ox — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:30:05 +0000

Thanks Jerry, I’ll send you an e-mail. We really enjoyed our Christmas series. I always try to do something for the whole month at least (sometimes I steal from November too).

BTW, I have a plug-in that is supposed to somehow scramble any email addresses posted on the site but still allows them to be useable. I have no idea if it actually works! But it is there anyway.

Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3

Comment on 2.28.10 gbcvic sermons by Jerry Bouey

Jerry Bouey — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:10:50 +0000

Due to problems with my computer and accessing the Internet, I had not read your Christmas messages until yesterday. Those messages on Psalm 19, and Jesus being the Word are such a blessing!

Bro. Don, I am reprinting up my second poetry book, with some added content, and I would love to send you one or several when I get them back from the printers (sometime in the later half of this month). Please email me your mailing address, and how many copies you may be interested in passing on to friends or family.

jbouey – at – hotmail.com (to break it up so those spambots don’t catch on)

Comment on uh, oh, now we are getting older faster by Jerry Bouey

Jerry Bouey — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:11:27 +0000

Do you now feel 6.8 microseconds older?

Comment on uh, oh, now we are getting older faster by David Barnhart

David Barnhart — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:41:26 +0000

I missed part of the game because of choir practice, but I was able to catch the end of the third period and overtime using my iPhone and computer before our evening service. I have saved a copy of it, however, for later perusal.

The silver lining for us Carolina fans is that all of our players in the Olympics got medals (US, Canada, Finland).

Comment on uh, oh, now we are getting older faster by ox

ox — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:45:11 +0000

Hi Matt, good catch. Shows I didn’t read the article closely enough. Or else it shows you that I am really getting older faster than I thought. Pretty soon I’ll be getting older at the speed of light… just think how much I’ll miss then.

Dave, I can appreciate the devastation. I was thinking writing an article about it. In Canada, the reports are that 80 % of the population tuned in to some part of the game while it was live. That shows how NUTS we are about hockey. The game was on during our afternoon service and I had to head up-island to preach for my brother’s evening service (he was on his way home from Israel) so I missed the last period and overtime. I am one of the 20% who didn’t see any of it live. I’m always in the minority, it seems.

Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3

Comment on uh, oh, now we are getting older faster by matt

matt — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:09:11 +0000

“(I am not exactly sure what a microsecond is.)”

Not sure if that was a joke. The article says a microsecond is one millionth of a second.

Comment on uh, oh, now we are getting older faster by David Barnhart

David Barnhart — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:52:22 +0000

A microsecond is that moment of time when a U.S. hockey fan goes from elation to devastation upon the scoring of the winning goal by the opposition.

Comment on there was a time when we had personalities too by ox

ox — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:13:44 +0000

Hi Jerry,

The blog format is fairly versatile. A very interesting site is Macleans.ca, Canada’s news magazine. It is run using Wordpress, which really boggles my mind, given the complexity of the site. They must have some real geniuses in their tech department.

Chris,

A further thought on this… Jerry brings up David Cloud, who has had an online presence for a long time. David is one who has embraced technology as a way of publishing his views. I think he is fairly successful at it. Of course, he isn’t really a “name” in certain parts of Fundamentalism.

Also, I think what you are talking about when it comes to evangelicals and their online presence is the sites like Desiring God, MacArthur’s various ministries, 9Marks, etc. One thing these ministries have that fundamentalists don’t have is ca$h to throw at the technical side of the projects. This likely comes from book sales and such like. Fundamentalists generally don’t have the same kind of resources.

Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3