Archive for October, 2006

Compatibilism

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006 | Posted in Kingdom Bits

…for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. — Acts 4:27,28
What is compatibilism? It’s kind of like the chicken [...]

Rich Mullins Interviews

Monday, October 23rd, 2006 | Posted in Kingdom Bits, The Arts

“You’re going to get burned. Always choose to be burned by that fire that refines - the fire of obedience rather than the fire of sin.” — Rich Mullins
I stumbled across KidBrothers.net today. It has a collection of interviews with the late Rich Mullins. I’ve always respected Rich because he was a Christian musician that [...]

Baby Steps In The Kitchen

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006 | Posted in Cooking

Last night Regina and I made Apple Chicken Quesadillas (Regina prepared the chicken before I got home). They are easy to make and have simple ingredients. I think that is what intimidates me as I look at other recipes — there are too many not so common ingredients that only require 1/4th of a teaspoon [...]

How Not To Get Anything Done

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 | Posted in Web Design

The Client’s Requirement: “The database will allow room to capture every functioning operation that a Coordinator is required to maintain, such as (operation 1), (operation 2), etc.”
The Developer’s Response: “Please define every ‘functioning operation that a Coordinator is required to maintain…’”
The Client’s Response: “To define it would place a limit on it.”

God Money

Monday, October 16th, 2006 | Posted in Kingdom Bits

Some fun quotes from an article in Time Magazine about the prosperity gospel.
“Who would want to get in on something where you’re miserable, poor, broke and ugly and you just have to muddle through until you get to heaven?” asks Joyce Meyer, a popular television preacher and author often lumped in the Prosperity Lite camp. “I believe [...]

WordPress UGA Smilie Logo

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006 | Posted in Football, Web Design

I recently created a little 15×15 pixel University of Georgia football logo for WordPress users.
Go to the following file: /wp-includes/vars.php
Once there, add the following code to the top of the smilie array:
‘:uga:’  => ‘icon_uga.gif’,
Next right click on the smilie, save it to your hard drive, and upload it to the following folder:
wp-includes/images/smilies/
So now whenever you mention college [...]

Reinventing

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006 | Posted in Family, Football, Web Design

Have you ever felt like your world has been so rocked that you knew things could never go back to being the same? Maybe it’s usually marked by a new hair style, getting a tattoo, or some sort of proverbial stake in the ground. Well the forces of this world — directed by a sovereign [...]

Darkened Hearts And Clogged Arteries

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006 | Posted in Family, Kingdom Bits

“Mommy, why would someone shoot children while they are at school?”
This morning Camryn heard a news report on the radio talking about the man that went into the Amish school and shot some children. Wow, what a story for a young mind to ponder as she begins her career in school.
We answered her question, “because [...]