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Comment on Health Update: Blood Clot May Have Killed Jesus by Gordon Gaboury

Gordon Gaboury — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:06:22 +0000

The process of blood clotting is triggered whenever flowing blood is exposed to certain substances. There are many different such substances, which are called thrombogenic because they promote formation of thrombus (another name for a clot). Many thrombogenic substances are located in the skin or in blood vessel walls. Normally safely separated from flowing blood, their contact with blood usually means the blood vessel wall is ruptured and bleeding. Examples of these thrombogenic substances are tissue factor, collagen, and von Willebrand factor.-

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Comment on Why I Did Not Attend The Courthouse Prayer Rally On Thursday Night by Joshua Rogers

Joshua Rogers — Tue, 01 May 2012 03:06:20 +0000

I just came across this article. Well articulates! I agree that many evangelical religionists spend more time fighting for their political rights than for the Truth of God to be know. Thanks! Keep fighting the right fight!

Comment on Encouragement For Perseverers by Mark Pierson

Mark Pierson — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:39:44 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement

Comment on Encouragement For Perseverers by Jeremy Weaver

Jeremy Weaver — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:34:35 +0000

Thank you, Rhonda. I’m thinking about it.

Comment on Encouragement For Perseverers by Rhonda

Rhonda — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:36:40 +0000

Thanks Jeremy, I hope you blog more often.

Comment on Maybe I will start blogging again… by Jeremy Weaver

Jeremy Weaver — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:57:29 +0000

Calvin’s third use of the law says that the law “excites us to good works.” No, it doesn’t. The law is didactic, but is only operational through the Spirit. That’s the point of the New Covenant. Jeremiah 31:31ff.

Comment on Maybe I will start blogging again… by Russ

Russ — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:08:18 +0000

Per your 2006 entry…

Calvin’s third use of the law is biblical: 2 Tim.3:16-17.

“Scripture” = OT = ‘the Law’ (NT shorthand) = “equips us for good works.” Paul is verbatim proving Calvin’s point. The law is didactic.

Maybe that’s the excuse you needed to blog again…

Comment on Maybe I will start blogging again… by DJ

DJ — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:07:54 +0000

you should!

Comment on What’s So ‘Merry’ About Christmas? Part One by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:18:43 +0000

I don't know where you are going with this, but I am glad you got the whole stable-feeding trough thing right. Maybe my life and service on the bloospere is not totally wasted after all. 633

Comment on What’s So ‘Merry’ About Christmas? Part One by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:18:13 +0000

Let's see I went to the online etymology dictionary and here is what it has to say for merry. O.E. myrige “pleasing, agreeable,” from P.Gmc. *murgijaz, which probably originally meant “short-lasting” (cf. O.H.G. murg “short,” Goth. gamaurgjan “to shorten”), from PIE *mrghu- (cf. Gk. brakhys, L. brevis “short,” see brief (adj.)). Connection to “pleasure” is likely via notion of “making time fly” (cf. Ger. Kurzweil “pastime,” lit. “a short time;” O.N. skemta “to amuse,” from skamt, neut. of skammr “short”). The only exact cognate for meaning outside Eng. was in M.Du. (cf. M.Du. mergelijc “joyful”). For vowel evolution, see bury. “Bot vchon enle we wolde were fyf, þe mo þe myryer.” [c.1300]The word had much wider senses in M.E., e.g. “pleasant-sounding” (of animal voices), “fine” (of weather), “handsome” (of dress), “pleasant-tasting” (of herbs). Merry-making is attested from 1714; merry-man “companion or follower of a knight, outlaw, etc.” is attested from c.1386. The first record of merry-go-round is from 1729. Merry-bout “an incident of sexual intercourse” was low slang from 1780. Merry-begot “illegitimate” (adj.), “bastard” (n.) is from 1785. Merrie England (now frequently satirical or ironic) is 14c. meri ingland, originally in a broader sense of “bountiful, prosperous.” Merry Monday was 16c. term for “the Monday before Shrove Tuesday” (Mardi Gras).From the dictionary:1. full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit: a merry little man. 2. laughingly happy; mirthful; festively joyous; hilarious: a merry time at the party. 3. Archaic. causing happiness; pleasant; delightful. —Idiom4. make merry, a. to be happy or festive: The New Year's revelers were making merry in the ballroom. b. to make fun of; ridicule: The unthinking children made merry of the boy who had no shoes. ——————————————————————————–[Origin: bef. 900; ME meri(e), myrie, murie, OE myr(i)ge, mer(i)ge pleasant, delightful] Now considering that the last book of the prophets in the Tanach ends with:”Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” (Mal 4:5-6 ESV)Perhaps its a Merry (joyful in the archaic sense) because instead of destroying the land and its inhabitants God is sending the saviour. 0