This is an important enough topic that I am going to risk it being rejected. In some respects, this may be the hardest Helium article I have written to date. I originally pondered this topic when reading another article in a place I regularly read. It made me think because,…
This post is for the bloggers and would-be bloggers out there. Release your inner blogger, I say! It was with some amusement that I picked up a copy of The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging. Why did I pick it up? It’s written by the staff of the Huffington…
I’m a packrat. I collect web links. I found a COG site called Blow the Trumpet. They are not a church, so I guess I’ll put it under “Bible Studies” when I get a chance. I’ve only taken a cursory look at the site, but they do have some material…
The Telegraph reports that “Two girls die in stampede to see Pope“. This caught my eye because after Pope John Paul II passed away, many remarked on how Pope Benedict XVI wasn’t as charismatic as his predecessor. By all appearances, however, it seems that the Catholic Church is gaining power…
I really enjoy J.D.’s blog, “Get Rich Slowly” (GRS). I used to visit there every day, but things have been a little crazy lately. GRS is a top-notch blog, and I recommend it to anyone trying to get a handle on their finances. Whenever I think of “professional blog”, I…
The headlines are oddly mixed. The Bangkok Post writes, “Iran welcomes Obama’s olive branch”, yet even within it we read: “We welcome the wish of the president of the United States to put away past differences,” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s press adviser Ali Akbar Javanfekr said in reaction to Obama’s message…
Answers In Genesis has an article on “Johan Huibers and His Ark” that is rather fascinating. Mr Huibers built a replica of Noah’s Ark in the Netherlands. It is quite huge, but the surprising thing is that it is only half the size of the one depicted in the Bible!…
The AP reports that a record number of babies were born in the US in 2007. Furthermore, “births to unwed mothers reached an all-time high of about 40 percent, continuing a trend begun years ago.” According to a leading fertility researcher at Duke, S. Philip Morgan, it has become more…
Daniel 11 gives an account of 2 political powers that struggle with each other down through history. It starts with the Empire of Alexander the Great, whose empire was split into 4 powers after his death (vv3-4). Eventually, 2 of these powers dominate. One was called the “King of the…
I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh…