Frames of Reference

I’d like to thank my loyal subscribers for staying with me. I had planned to continue with my series “Physics and the Bible” but sometimes life intervenes and things don’t go as planned; our series will continue next week.

My dog died Sunday, and I just don’t feel much like writing.

Sure, she was 16 years old, frankly longer than a Dachshund should live, and we all knew everyday she woke up was another gift from God, but still, the loss of a dog is #2 on the when is it okay for a man to cry list (and well, I didn’t sleep much either, and neither did my other dog).

But as I’ve always said, we’re not much for news around here, we’re more interested in what we can learn from it. I’m fairly confident most people aren’t really interested in my dog, but they might be interested in a new emphasis on an old idea.

I’ve said many times to understand your Bible you must understand Physics. Yes, you don’t necessarily have to, but many times some basic understanding of Physics clears up controversy or provides insight. Don’t worry, we won’t be delving too much into long technical discussions as we’re interested in application of the Bible, not science for science sake.

I’ve said many times (tongue-in-cheek) to understand your Bible you must understand Physics. Yet the longer I study the Bible, the less tongue-in-cheek I believe that is. To explore this a bit we’re starting a three-part series where we’ll discuss several Biblical ideas, and how modern Physics assists understanding the Bible.

If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve heard of the … ahem … improprieties … of the Secret Service. We’re not usually interested in what current news is, but what we can learn from it. What caused this problem?

I read a lot of blogs of all types, but one thing catching me by surprise was a number of people on a liberal Christian blog saying they didn’t like Easter, were depressed, didn’t celebrate it, didn’t understand it, had doubts, or something similar.

Not much ever changes — human behavior remains basically the same over thousands of years. Sure we give it different names and labels, but underlying behavior doesn’t change much. Thus, when Jesus walked the earth we’d expect to see Him encounter groups similar to groups today.

It's easy to confuse the law, Law, and LAW. Worse, not everyone uses the same capitalization, so when you see someone talking about law, you must think — which law are they talking about? Normally the context makes clear, but Law and LAW frequently are used interchangeably, and that's not correct.