The process of translation revision is a grueling one, not least because English is a living language and the use and meaning of words keeps changing, and the finding of ancient texts with rare Greek usage keeps happening.    I remember once when a young girl who was reading the KJV came up to me…

I am happy to report that things have finally firmed up when it comes to filming the Hobbit (in two parts and in glorious 3-D).   The filming itself will begin in Feb. 2011 with the first film out in November 2012, and the second one thereafter.  The casting is also complete and includes  Martin Freeman…

The above is a picture of a Christian veteran in Lexington One of the truisms of history is that those who refuse to learn from the past, learn from the lessons of history, are doomed to repeat that past.   History never precisely repeats itself,  it is not cyclical, but nonetheless there is much to learn…

  There was a time when America had a love affair with trains, before the age when American families thought it was their birth-rite to own 2.5 cars. And so, for most of America, the passenger train went the way of the Edsel, and about at the same time as well. I remember in early…

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