I’m a little upset right now. This is the second day in a row that I’ve been getting comment spam from the same spammer. Everything is loan related, so “loan” went into the blacklist. The problem is that any word with the letters l-o-a-n in them, in that order, will trip the filter and the [...]

I haven’t been keeping up on Ann Coulter’s columns lately, but I am please to see that she isn’t drinking the Republican Party Kool-Aid. Why is it that Republicans love George Bush again?

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for His body’s sake. – Colossians 1:24 We make calls out of our own spiritual consecration, but when we get right with God [...]

Israel, after decades of terrorist attacks on it’s soil, has been building a security wall around its territories for the past few years. It has been very successful at keeping those who would murder Israelis from entering Israel. Much of the world has condemned Israel for such a basic move of national security. One country [...]

I just added some code to my .htaccess file on my Apache server in an attempt to fight comment spam, in addition to the measures I’ve already taken so far. When I tried a similar measure just a few days ago, I cut off all access to the blog entirely. Seemed like overkill, so I [...]

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. For necessity is laid upon me: yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! – I Corinthians 9:16 We are apt to forget the mystical, supernatural touch of God. If you can tell where you got the call of God and all about [...]

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. One thing thou lackest. . . . come, take up the cross, and follow Me. – Mark 10:21 The rich young ruler had the master passion to be perfect. When he saw Jesus Christ, he wanted to be like Him. Our Lord never puts personal holiness [...]

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Lord, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest. – Luke 9:57 Our Lord’s attitude to this man is one of severe discouragement because He knew what was in man. We would have said-‘Fancy losing the opportunity of winning that man!’ ‘Fancy bringing about a north wind [...]

After work today, I stopped by McDonalds to treat myself to a chocolate shake. As I did, I noticed their new movie rental machine. Pretty cool, $1/movie/night, all new releases. My wife and I had to run an errand or two, and I mentioned to her that I saw this machine. She thought it was [...]

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. If. . . thou rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee . . . – Mat_5:23 If when you come to the altar, there you remember that your brother has anything against you, not-If you rake up something by a morbid sensitiveness, but-“If thou rememberest,â€? [...]