http://www.lakeinfoworks.com/blog Memories, Opinions, Ideas and Some computer code Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:19:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of my Digg friends sent me an email with a prophecy from a pastor in Berlin, Germany.  I'm sharing it with you, but I want to give you my take on it first.  I'm a bit skeptical of modern day "prophecies" because so many of them are private opinion ... http://www.lakeinfoworks.com/blog/faith/vision-from-a-pastor-in-germany/ The people of California, through a direct vote made a law.  Judges of the California Supreme Court decided that the law violated the rights of a small minority.  (It is supposed that the California Constitution spells out what rights the people have, but I don't know which of those rights ... http://www.lakeinfoworks.com/blog/politics/constitution-unconstitutional/ There has been the suggestion that it may become necessary for Constitutional Americans to form a new government.  (See Joseph Farah's column and my earlier post.) With this in mind, I have updated the preamble to the Declaration of Independence.  I have brought the language up to date from 18th century ... http://www.lakeinfoworks.com/blog/politics/declaration-of-independence/ I'm reading a lot of columns that tell us how badly things would go for a lover of American style freedom under an Obama administration. It is a good thing to try to frighten people about what an Obama administration would bring. The fact is that the possibility of a ... http://www.lakeinfoworks.com/blog/politics/kwitchurbellyachin/ I have prayed many prayers in my sixty plus years' walk with my Lord Jesus.  Some of them stand out in my memory because the answers to them have been more important than I realized at the time that I first prayed them.  Additionally, I have had greater understanding of ... http://www.lakeinfoworks.com/blog/faith/prayers-for-living/ I went public, very public, with a speculation that didn't turn out as I thought that it might. Now, I'm asking myself (and you) whether I should have published a speculation where I was not sure of the outcome? In my publication, I said that I was not ... http://www.lakeinfoworks.com/blog/faith/it-didnt-happen/ Suomeksi My wife and I believe in the soon return of Christ for His church.  We believe that His return might be this week.  We have prepared an explanation for our family and friends here in Finland, so that, if it does happen this soon, they will understand what has happened ... http://www.lakeinfoworks.com/blog/faith/worlds-greatest-crisis-this-week/ Michael Farris wrote in a column on World Net Daily: There are only two meaningful ways to interpret the Constitution. The originalist theory is that the words mean the same thing today as they meant when they were written and ratified. This is an approach that is necessary if we believe ... http://www.lakeinfoworks.com/blog/politics/constitution-what-constitution/ A while ago I wrote a blog post that posited that it was sinful for a Christian couple to decline to deliberately include God and His will into the fabric of their marriage. In the responses to an article in World Net Daily, California bans 'brides,' 'grooms', about the fallout of ... http://www.lakeinfoworks.com/blog/faith/186/ In January, 2006, I moved from America, my home for over six decades, to Finland.  The reason was to marry the woman I love.  I link to that story here, but this story is to describe my impression of Finland's economic system.  I think of it as "socialist", but a ... http://www.lakeinfoworks.com/blog/politics/the-finnish-economic-experience/