Today's verse

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord.

Psalm 116:17 (KJV)

Update on Asia Bibi

This Thanksgiving please remember Asia Bibi.

The online petition calling for mercy for Asia Bibi can still be found here.

For those who do not know who she is, here is the story about Asia Bibi's unjust imprisonment and death sentence for "blasphemy" against the Prophet Muhammad.

Please pray for Asia Bibi and her family.

Today's verse

Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

Psalm 65:1 (KJV)

Reading list

God and Stephen Hawking: Whose Design Is It Anyway?, by John Lennox.

Today's verse

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

Psalm 86:12 (KJV)

Today's verse

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 (KJV)

Today's verse

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

Psalm 16:5 (KJV)

Today's verse

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matthew 6:14-15 (KJV)

Movie night

Gray Lady Down (1978).

Today's verse

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

Psalm 19:1-2 (KJV)

Gig 'em!

Texas A&M knocks off #1 Alabama 29-24.

Bible study: Why series

Written by Jud Wilhite, this series asks five questions:

Why am I here?

Why should I believe in God?

Why should I trust the Bible?

Why is the world so messed up?

Why is there conflict between science and the Bible?

Why Jesus?

Reading list

Infinity and the Mind, by Rudy Rucker.

Today's verse

And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

Mark 2:1-12 (KJV)

Update on Asia Bibi

Christians in the United Kingdom and Ireland will stay silent to call attention to the plight of their brothers and sisters in Christ who are being persecuted. Asia Bibi is one of our sisters being tormented for their faith.

The online petition calling for mercy for Asia Bibi can still be found here.

For those who do not know who she is, here is the story about Asia Bibi's unjust imprisonment and death sentence for "blasphemy" against the Prophet Muhammad.

Please pray for Asia Bibi and her families.

Today' verse

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Psalm 51:7 (KJV)

Today's verse

O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

Psalm 92:5 (KJV)

More online education

The University of Texas plans to join edX.

Like it or not, online courses seem to be a growing component of education.

Today's verse

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

1 Peter 3:8-9 (KJV)

Today's verse

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

Amos 3:3 (KJV)

SpaceX returns to space

SpaceX has sent the first commercial flight to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft, launched Sunday, will resupply the ISS.

Reading list

The Elements, by Euclid.

Today's verse

I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Habakkuk 3:18 (KJV)

Today's verse

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 27:1 (KJV)

Today's verse

Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

Haggai 1:3-6 (KJV)

Today's verse

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Isaiah 40:3-5 (KJV)

Today's verse

For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Hebrews 10:30-31 (KJV)

Today's verse

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

1 Chronicles 28:9 (KJV)

Today's verse

And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.

Exodus 14:31 (KJV)

Update on Asia Bibi

Another Christian woman in Pakistan, Saira Khokhar, has been accused of blasphemy by a mob.

Key quote:

After Asia Bibi, another Christian woman has been targeted by Muslim fundamentalists because of allegations of blasphemy. Saira Khokhar, who teaches at the City Foundation School in Lahore, is accused of burning a copy of the Qur'an. However, the case is still shrouded in mystery.

Police took Ms Khokhar into custody and launched an informal investigation. No First Information Report (FIR) has been filed yet, but Christian activists and organisation along with the special adviser to the prime minister on minority affairs, Paul Bhatti, are closely monitoring developments to ensure her safety and rights.

This is the real war on women - not the phony, make-believe one the bigots in the secular media shriek about.

The online petition calling for mercy for Asia Bibi can still be found here.

For those who do not know who she is, here is the story about Asia Bibi's unjust imprisonment and death sentence for "blasphemy" against the Prophet Muhammad.

Please pray for Asia Bibi, Saira Khokhar, and their families.

Today's verse

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

1 John 4:16 (KJV)

Reading list

Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula: Cures Many Mathematical Ills, by Paul J. Nahin.

Today's verse

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Psalm 42:2 (KJV)

"Anti-blasphemy" insanity Part III

Rimsha Masih has been granted bail. But her life is still in grave danger.

Today's verse

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

Psalm 139:17-18 (KJV)

Today's verse

I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 17:10 (KJV)

Today's verse

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

Lamentations 3:40 (KJV)

Today's verse

For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

Psalm 86:10 (KJV)

Reading list

A History of Mathematics (Third Edition), by Uta C. Merzbach and Carl B. Boyer.

Today's verse

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil.

Ephesians 4:26-27 (KJV)