Lincoln, Luther, and King

Subclassing and instantiation are features of modern object-oriented computer programming languages. The efficiency of this methodology allows the programmer to reuse common code to define new objects. When defining a new object, instead of reinventing the wheel, the new object can inherit properties from an existing object, leaving the programmer only to define the new object's unique aspects. For example: Basic Object: House Its properties: Square feet # of bedrooms House style (ranch/bungalow/colonial) Address Year built Detailed Object: Rental House Its properties: Inherit all the properties of a house (sq ft, # of bedrooms, etc) Monthly rent Lease start date Lease expire date Instantiation is the act of taking one of these definitions and applying it to a specific instance (such as describing a specific rental house). Subclassing and instantiations are truly the brainchild of God. These ingenious features are...

I recently ran across a blog written by a person who had lost their faith. They were talking about prayer and stated, "It became obvious to me that I was talking to the air- no answers, no response of any kind...Being a scientist, I dug into the literature for any studies on the efficacy of prayer. Lo and behold, there were actual, controlled studies that had been done. And the result? Drum roll, please….. nada, nil, zip, zilch, zero… no efficacy at all." Below was my response.

I hate Santa Claus. Every year when Christmas comes around, I can't help but think that Santa is next to the devil. Before you flame me, please realize I'm not saying that Santa is bad, or that "Saint" Nicholas was not a good, godly man.

"If God didn't want us to eat cows, why'd he make them out of beef?" - Michael Tobias Vegetarian and Vegan are all the rage today. It's considered politically correct to eat no meat, since we now seem to care about animal's feelings more than we care about unborn humans. This, despite the fact that God specifically stated after Noah's flood that he has given us animal meat for food. Ironically, Mister Rogers, a vegetarian, died of stomach cancer at age 75.

Want to evangelize during "Halloween"? Need a Christian Pumpkin idea? Here's how to carve your own Jesus Defeats Death pumpkin. I made this pumpkin in 2002 using the 3-shade method of pumpkin carving. You can actually do this with any picture by using a picture editor to convert your picture to 3-tone (white/gray/black). When you actually carve your pumpkin, you carve just the outer skin off for the gray areas, and carve all the way through to the inside of the pumpkin for the white areas. Tip: As you expose pumpkin flesh, it immediately starts to dehydrate and shrink. I'd suggest after carving your pumpkin, to lightly coat exposed areas with some clear coating like petroleum jelly to preserve your pumpkin (AS LONG AS WHATEVER YOU USE IS NOT FLAMMABLE!)

Check out this resource on logically defending the faith . The great thing about this resource is in how it utilizes questions to get to the heart of the issue. (See the "Toolbox of questions" section) Another equally good resource is an article entitled "Back to School Toolbox" by Dr. Dan Karow.

I personally don't celebrate Halloween. Since Jesus came to give us life and light (guidance) in this world, I can no longer in good conscience participate in a holiday that celebrates death and darkness (and every evil thing conceivable). Here in Detroit folks use it as an excuse for vandalism the night before Halloween, calling it "Devil's night", despite the fact that the night belongs to (and exists because of) God. So on October 31, I encourage people to celebrate something better - "Reformation Day."