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The Real Reason Steve Jobs Hates Flash – Don’t be fooled by the title–this is a very important and interesting article about the future of computing. “I’ve got a theory, and it’s this: Steve Jobs believes he’s gambling Apple’s future — the future of a corporation with a market cap well over US $200Bn — on an all-or-nothing push into a new market.”

Why You Need a Technology Basket – John Dyer wants you to put a technology basket in your home. And it sounds like he’s on to something.

Testify! – Thabiti links to quite an amazing testimony of God’s saving grace.

The Biblical Languages in Life and Ministry – Bill Mounce sounds some warnings about the original languages but also an encouragement that they are worth knowing.

Denial – The Post has printed an article about denial. There are some rather intereresting spiritual implications to that particular discussion.


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    What I Use (and Don’t Use) To Make this Site

    A friend recently said something that disquieted me. He said that he assumes I make use of AI in creating the articles I post to this site or in selecting the articles I link to on other sites. I suppose it’s a fair assumption since so many people across so many fields are now relying…

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  • Church

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    Though every child at times wishes it were otherwise, we do not get to choose our brothers and sisters. Rather, through the miracle of conception, God chooses who will join our families.

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