Check out this test video footage of the Army’s Active Protection System, which is part of Future Combat Systems. I don’t have a whole lot of information on it other than that it is designed to intercept and defeat incoming rounds (like RPGs). Saying it is amazingly fast doesn’t begin to describe the insane reaction speed this thing has.
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Excessive packaging
July 29, 2008 – 10:12 am
It’s painful enough trying to unwrap a printer cartridge that’s surrounded in 37 layers of cardboard and plastic, but this packaging feat from HP really takes the cake. Seventeen boxes to protect a stack of paper? WOW.
B-2 crash photos
July 29, 2008 – 10:10 am
As some of you may remember, a B-2 bomber crashed a while back. Gizmodo has some of the awful looking photos. Apparently all that composite stuff is really nasty when it burns, thus the respirators on the firemen. The full story is here.
Brain magic
July 29, 2008 – 9:51 am
I saw this presentation by Keith Barry on TED. It looks pretty bizarre (and scary at the end!). Does anybody have any idea how he’s doing this? The car could have been rigged any number of ways, but some of the other stuff he does really is perplexing.
2008-07-20 - Jimmy Stevens - Wonderful Grace of God
July 28, 2008 – 8:16 pm
Wonderful Grace of God
By Jimmy Stevens
Benchley, July 20, 2008
2008-07-20 - David Watson - Humility
July 28, 2008 – 8:08 pm
Humility
By David Watson
Benchley, July 20, 2008
2008-07-13 - David Watson - Frequently Asked Questions in Religion
July 28, 2008 – 8:01 pm
2008-07-13 - David Watson - Frequently Asked Questions in Religion: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6)Frequently Asked Questions in Religion
By David Watson
Benchley, July 13, 2008
Proverbs 18:15, “The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.”
- Don’t all roads lead to Heaven?
- No (Galatians 5:19-21, I Corinthians 6:9, Ephesians 5:5).
- But don’t all religious roads lead to Heaven? No (Matthew 15:1, 7-9, 23:13-15, Acts 26:9).
- Many religions were condemned (Acts 17:22-30, Acts 19, I Cor. 1:12-13, Galatians 1:6-7).
- All religions are not equal. All do not get us into Heaven.
- Some churches were wrong and were told to repent (Revelation 2-3).
- We are forced into the conclusion that not all roads lead to Heaven.
- Which religion is right?
- We must follow Jesus’ Word to know the truth (John 8:31-32). We must read the Bible!
- So which religion is right? Ephesians 4:5 says there is only “one faith.”
- The one true religion recognizes the sole authority of the Bible.
- Inspired men wrote the Bible (I Corinthians 2:13, 14:37-38).
- No need for creeds; God gave us everything we need in the Bible “once for all” (Jude 3).
- Paul warned about people who would offer something different (Galatians 1:8-9).
- The one true religion will use the Bible as the only standard for measuring truth.
- The one true religion recognizes only one true church.
- Jesus said, “I will build My church”—singular (Matthew 16:18).
- When people tried to divide Christ’s church Paul condemned it (I Corinthians 1:12-13).
- “There is one body” (Ephesians 4:4, body = church, Ephesians 1:22-23).
- Why are there different churches today all claiming to be followers of Christ?
- Jesus demanded that people listen to His word (John 8:31).
- Jesus is only the Savior of that one body (Ephesians 5:23).
- We need to find the religion that believes what the Bible says about the singularity of the church, and we need to be a member of that church.
- The one true religion condemns sin and demands righteousness.
- Sin is wrong, we should stop (I John 3:4, 8); Righteousness is good, do it! (3:18, 23-24).
- The one true religion is not just talk and show, but deed (James 1:25, Romans 2:21-22).
- It will not cater to political correctness or social fads.
- What really happens at the Judgment?
- A great division, based on deeds, resulting in eternal life or punishment (Matthew 25:31-46).
- Our secrets will be exposed (I Corinthians 4:5, Hebrews 4:13).
- Judgment will follow the standard of God’s Word (John 12:48, Romans 2:16).
- So what will we do?
- We can try to hide from reality.
- We can face the facts and do our best to prepare.
Wedding photos
July 28, 2008 – 1:43 pm
Congratulations to Richard and Lacy! They had a beautiful wedding on Saturday and should be having fun on their honeymoon as I write this. I posted some of the photos we took in the image gallery. Click on any of the thumbnails below to go directly to the galleries.
Well, that’s one way to do it…
July 28, 2008 – 9:41 am
2008-07-13 - Jesse Jenkins - What Kind of Worshiper Am I?
July 15, 2008 – 7:45 pm
What Kind of Worshiper Am I?
By Jesse Jenkins
Benchley, July 13, 2008
By Jesse Jenkins
Benchley, July 13, 2008
- The Bible speaks of different kinds of worshipers.
- Vain - Matthew 15:8-9
- Will - Colossians 2:22-23
- Ignorant - Acts 17:23
- In spirit and in truth - John 4:23-24
- Possible kinds of worshipers
- The spasmodic worshiper
- Matthew 6:33 - the spasmodic worshiper is not seeking God first!
- The tardy worshiper
- The irreverent worshiper
- The worldly worshiper (Galatians 5:19-20)
- The complaining worshiper
- The roving mind worshiper (I Corinthians 14:15-16)
- The devoted worshipper
- The spasmodic worshiper
- What kind of worshiper am I? If any of the first seven, my worship is vain.
- There are two necessary ingredients of acceptable worship:
- Right information
- Right disposition
- Let us be sure that our worship is in spirit and in truth.