grace and truth church

My parents have been attending a small “start-up” church in the Albany area for about two years now, and I just recently updated the church’s website: http://graceandtruthchurch.us.

chronology

I have been working on chronologies of the Old Testament recently – which is turning into both an exceptionally enlightening project, and a complicated one! My first draft of chronologizing Genesis is complete. All entries are done using whole years. I have also completed the first draft of the chronology of Exodus through Joshua. My …
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church hunted

Following-up with last week’s post, my wife and I have joined Porter Memorial Baptist Church in Lexington KY. She has already engaged in their Awana program on Wednesday evenings, and has started working with their women’s ministry – so much so that she was asked to setup a facebook group for them (which she has!) …
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Bible study cross-reference service

It’s been several years in the making, and will be a continually-added-to tool (I hope!), but I am finally nearing the releasability of a Bible study cross-referencing tool to see what books on your shelf (or on Amazon’s ;)) cover a passage you are interested in learning more about for personal, group, or church settings. …
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57 and 38

Today was my aunt’s birthday. If she were still here, she would be 57. Just under two years ago, she passed away. I know she’s in a much better place now, but it doesn’t make it hurt any less that she’s not here any more. In 38 days, I will be marrying the most amazing …
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Wolf2 reprogressing

As is often the case with a first attempt, improvements need to be made. My Wolf1 (reference) one-way hashing algorithm, while operational, does not avalanche as well as it should: one-bit changes to the source being hashed are not creating vastly different outcomes. I’m reworking the Wolf1 process into a new version, and will post …
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The Wild Rover

I’ve been a wild rover for many’s the year, I’ve spent all my money on whiskey and beer. But now I’m returning with gold in great store And I never will play the wild rover no more. Chorus: And it’s No, Nay, never, No, nay never no more, Will I play the wild rover, No …
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Joseph coins

From AiG: The Jerusalem Post: “Archeologists Find ‘Joseph-Era’ Coins in Egypt” Archaeologists may have found evidence for the Joseph of Genesis in Egypt, a news agency has reported. Researchers in Egypt have discovered a cache of coins “bearing the name and image of the biblical Joseph,” the Jerusalem Post reports. The news was originally reported …
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Warnings – to both the messenger and the recipients

Ezekiel 3:5-7 “For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel, nor to many peoples of unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. But I have sent you to them who should listen to you; yet the house of Israel …
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Why was Sodom punished?

I came across this post by Dan Edelen yesterday, and want to share it with you. How quick we are to presume we know the whole story! I never noticed the passage in Ezekiel before, either! How many of the things in that list – arrogance, gluttony, apathy, uncaringness/unlovingness, haughtiness – are you and I …
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