Atheists' Two Principles

From http://www.geneveith.com/:

In Bidding Goodbye to the Decade of the New Atheists?, Touchstone’s James Kushiner quotes Doug Wilson from the DVD of his debate with Christopher Hitchens:
“Atheists have two basic principles: First, there is no god. Second, I hate him.”

Timothy Keller--The Reason for God

Long, but powerful! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxup3OS5ZhQ

Timothy Keller speaking about "The Reason for God" at Google in Silicon Valley.  His book by the same title is powerful, also!

Comfort

“…whenever our sins press hard against us, whenever Satan would drive us to despair, we must hold up this shield, that God does not want us to be overwhelmed in everlasting destruction, for He has ordained His Son to be the salvation of the world.”

- John Calvin, NT Commentary on John p. 75
(HT: Dan Morse)

"For there is no calm haven where our minds can rest until we come to God’s free love.”
- John Calvin, NT Commentary on John p75
(HT: Dan Morse)

Brit Hume Evangelizes Tiger Woods

From Gene Veith's blog http://www.geneveith.com/:

On Fox News Sunday, Brit Hume had a message for Tiger Woods:

Whether he can recover as a person depends on "his faith. He's said to be a Buddhist. I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith. So my message to Tiger would be, "Tiger, turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world.

Hume, of course, is getting criticized, not only for evangelizing on air but for dissing Buddhism. Still, I salute him. A private TV network airing private opinions should have room for this, shouldn’t it?

Christmas Snowstorm, December, 2008

We missed the December 28, 2009 snowstorm because we were at the beach.  So here's a picture of the snowstorm during Christmas, 2008.  This is a view out our back door, looking at the shop and backyard.

Home Again

We arrived back home this afternoon after an uneventful trip.  We had some rain but no wind.  We noticed that the Oregon Highway Department is working on a bypass road for Highway 20.  Looks like it will not be done for quite some time but it when it's done it will be a nice road and drivers will be able to avoid most of the dangerous curves between Philomath and Newport, OR. 

Today would have been my dad's 94th birthday.  He died of colon cancer January 26, 1983.  He was a farmer and lived in Osage, Iowa his entire life. 

Happy 2010!

This morning we were able to put our living room slide back out.  And we put our satellite dish back up just in time to watch the Parade of Roses.  We don't get our Direct TV local channels here, so Dave is watching the Rose Bowl on cable TV.  During the football game, I watched a Netflix DVD of Julie and Julia on the bedroom TV. 

Tomorrow morning we head for home.  It's been a wonderful eight days here at Sea Perch RV Park!

Dave took the following pictures on his cell phone.  This is Jonathan on Thanksgiving Day at Bellingham RV Park:

And the Christmas lights at Point Defiance Zoo: