John Calvin Quiz

More about John Calvin at Calvin 500In celebrating the 500th birthday of John Calvin, one of the greatest theologians ever, there is a website I learned about from James White's blog called called Calvin 500. Dr White I think scored a perfect score. I however, only got 5 out of 10. I have to give them credit, it was not an easy quiz. In order to do well you have had to spent time digging into Calvin's life and background and I haven't.  My Score is on the left. Click on it to try it yourself!




However I did 100% at SaveOptimus!

Barack Obama's Anti-Christian Dream for the US

 I wrote a post about Obama's speech concerning gay rights last night and mentioned  James White's podcast from yesterday. Dr. White has posted about that podcast and even posts links to them. Here is what he had to say:

I went through Barack Obama's speech/sermon to a radical homosexual organization on Saturday on the DL today, demonstrating that Obama's dream for the US is for a nation without Christian morals or guidance. I didn't bother leaving my seat when it was over, for I then did the next hour on Iron Sharpens Iron with Chris Arnzen on the same subject. Here's the DL program. See here for the ISI program.

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Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: Was Moses a Bigamist?

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 In three words: I don't think so. I found this post on Dr. Mariotini's blog extremely interesting for several reasons. I had no idea that people questioned if Moses had more than one wife. I just always thought that the woman mention in Numbers 12 as an Ethiopian (Cushite) was Zipporah. It never dwaned on me that it could be another woman. I also found interesting the extended quote from Josephus about Moses fighting a war, leading an Egyptian army, in Ethiopia. This story is used in the Ten Commandments movie staring Charleton Heston. I had always wondered where that idea came from.I've never read all of Josephus because the translation is relaly hard to wade through....kind of like chewing glass - at least the translation I own. In point of fact if Moses was married to more than one woman, while multiple of them was still living it doesn't mean than polygamy is okay nor that Moses is any less a friend and servant of God. (Moses, David, and Jacob had multiple wives). I'm sure they would tell you, if you could ask them in Heaven, they'd tell you not to do it.

Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: Was Moses a Bigamist?