Christ came to set us free from the bondage of our sin: The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison…
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Astros Spring Training Countdown – 2 Days
Five Astros homered in Game 5 to bring the Astros back from the dead after trailing 4-0 and 7-4 with Clayton Kershaw on the mound. Except perhaps for the fact that this was only the fifth game, it equaled the drama of the 1960 World Series Game 7 that ended on Bill Mazeroski’s walk-off home run…
Astros Spring Training Countdown – 3 Days
Dodgers’ center fielder Chris Taylor couldn’t leap high enough to catch Marwin Gonzalez’s 9th inning home run that sent Game 2 of the World Series into extra innings. Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and George Springer would all go deep in extra innings to lead the Astros to their first ever win in the World Series….
Good Reads 02/10/18
What I’ve Been Reading, Listening to, and Watching this Week–Special Swamp Edition Un-Candid in Camera What Mark Steyn says: “As I said to Tucker the other night, there’s no evidence of Russian government interference with the 2016 election, but there’s plenty of evidence of US government interference with the 2016 election. The latter ought to…
Astros Spring Training Countdown – 4 Days
Lance McCullers threw the Yankees 24 straight curve balls to clinch the Astros’ second World Series birth in 56 years. Only four days to Spring Training!
Astros Spring Training Countdown – 5 Days
He may not have won a World Series game, but the August 31 midnight trade for Justin Verlander was what put the Astros over the top on their way to their first World Series title. In Game 2 of the ALCS, Verlander gave up one run in a complete game outing to beat the Yankees…
Identity Politics: Who are We?
Wherever we look, identity politics seems to have taken over the political debate. Barak Obama was a master at it: Want to shut down the government and let everyone fend for themselves? That’s not who we are. Oppose health care for the needy? That’s not who we are. Shut down colleges with differing views? That’s…
Astros Spring Training Countdown – 6 Days
Jose Altuve got the Astros’ playoffs off to a great start with three home runs in Game 1 against Boston. They’d go on to win the ALDS 3-1. Only six days to Spring Training!
A World at War: Retreat or Reconciliation?
We live in a world at war. A war that has been raging (Psalm 2) since Adam defied God and abandoned Eve to Satan’s deceit to get a taste of some forbidden fruit. From the beginning of this war, God’s enemies (Satan’s offspring) have waged war against God by attacking His subjects (the woman’s offspring),…
Astros Spring Training Countdown – 7 Days
I have watched baseball all of my life, and until last season had never seen a 7-6-3 tag out at first base to end a game. Amazing. And so was Yuli Gurriel, who applied the game ending tag on the Yankees’ Brett Gardner to cap his 3-hit, 4-RBI night. Only seven days until Spring Training!