The scripture tonight from the book of James is one of my favorite parts of the Bible. It’s one that you don’t hear about very often, because it makes people nervous.
You see, we like to hear statements more like that at Ephesians 2:8-9:
Sex Laws and Inconsistent Conservatives
You might not have heard, but on June 26, 2003, the United States Supreme Court struck down a sodomy law in Texas (read about that here). For those with a more limited vocabulary, sodomy is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as “Any of various forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural or abnormal, especially anal intercourse or bestiality.” If you need help with any other words, visit Dictionary.com.
COFUMC—’03 Annual Conference Report
Good morning.
I had the honor of representing Community of Faith as a lay-delegate to the Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, which was held this past week at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke. I remember at the orientation that was held several weeks before the conference itself, I met a gentleman who asked if I was going to conference. I said “Yes”, and he responded, “You’re a brave man.”
Nine Letters Killed in French Language Implosion
Nine letters were killed and as many as thirty injured—some in languages as far away as Russian and the central African dialects—in a massive implosion of the French language on Friday, according to the European Union Commission on Language Studies.
A Few “Lynes” About the Real World
I have had the supreme displeasure in recent days of running across a “gentleman” by the name of Mr. William Lyne. Mr. Lyne—”Willie” for these purposes—demonstrates for us how belligerent stupidity can sometimes emerge victorious over reasoned argument and thought, and how a man with shameless ignorance of law and reason can force a clear-thinking individual to succumb to his delusions.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.