You ain’t broken over sin yet

That would be the modern-day, Arkansas version of what John Newton (former slave owner and author of the hymn Amazing Grace) wrote to a young pastor. Cavman excerpts some of the letter in an entry on his blog. It’s a…

It’s no Secret

Faster than any recent self-help book, The Secret has quietly sold millions of copies, currently ranked #8 on Amazon’s book list. Without wanting to tell you to save your money and avoid this tome, let me steer you to a…

Oh drool! Apple’s ’07 WWDC delivers

Apple’s World Wide Developers’ Conference began today, and Steve Jobs unveiled more details and previews of Apple’s new operating system, Leopard! Aaaaah. Check out the indepth synopsis over at MacZealots. In addition, you can watch demo videos of all kinds…

Have you died yet?

“For one who had died has been set free from sin.” (Romans 6.7) In chapters 5-7 of Romans, the apostle Paul engages the Jewish mind in some heady debate, taking them to task for elevating the law to their master…

More strange body part experiences

I hesitate to recount all the strange body part experiences we’ve had here at the Noble’s household. Ranging from butt boils, ear hair, and broken arms to vitiligo, shingles, and biscuit boogers, we’ve had them all. (The biscuit boogers were…

Stopping WordPress spam, part 2

I had posted about WordPress spam earlier, but I wanted to update you. I’ve found that Spam Karma 2 works GREAT, but it was also preventing legitimate comments from being posted over at MonticelloLive, so I’ve deactivated it for the…

Bloggers’ Choice Awards

The Bloggers’ Choice Awards are beginning nominations, and whether you vote for my blog or not is irrelevant. Go make yourself heard! It would be awesome to have a fine representation of local blogs on the nominations list. I’d appreciate…