Christian Carnival CCLXXVIII
Welcome to the CLXXVIII edition of the Christian Carnival. Whoa, CLXXVIII. That’s a lot of Roman letters just to say it’s the 278th edition. My apologies for the late edition. Real life, as always, got in the way. No excuses, I’m just late. This week’s best Christian writing is presented for your intellectual perusement and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Almost Persuaded
Image via Wikipedia I almost made coffee last week. I’m a cheerful riser. Happy to talk and visit, happy to greet the new day. I’m almost always in a good mood first thing in the morning. But my brain isn’t exactly working at full speed. I need a routine to follow in the morning or [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Facing Questions
Fred took us through Acts 15 last week; we’re going to cover from the latter part of Acts 15 through Acts 18 today, Paul’s second missionary journey. In Acts 15, Paul and Barnabas have spread the gospel of Christ among many churches. Now, they want to revisit those same churches and see how the new [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Rising Property Taxes Again
The taxman cometh and the taxman taketh away. Property taxes have risen statewide in Texas 41% in 4 years. And compared to other state, Texas has no income tax, so property taxes are very high. On a $100,000 home, property taxes are $3,000 – $4,000 a year. And they’re about to go up yet again. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Appraisal Cap Progress, HB 1984
Dwayne Bohac, Texas state representative and Appraisalcap.com supporter is making progress in capping appraisals. He introduced Texas House Bill HB 1984 that will show each homeowner how their property taxes have risen in the last 5 years. It’s the first step to making this “taxation creep” apparent to taxpayers. It’s a good first step. By [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Easter Sunrise
Matthew 28: 1-7 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Limited Government
I’m waiting for the major media to catch up on the Swift Boat Veteran stories. It’s all over the conservative blogs, and just now starting to reach the liberal blogs. The left needed some time to catch up, and they’re researching the background of the swift boat veterans. That’s a good thing, by the way [...]
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