If you live in the Long Island area, and especially if you Attend Smithtown Gospel Tabernacle and don’t have a regular discipleship class I am teaching from my book Life in the Middle every Sunday morning at 10:30 in the… Read More ›
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Cultural Appropriation
The Spring Institute defines cultural appropriation as: another culture entails taking from a marginalized group without permission, and usually with little respect for or knowledge about the culture. The picture above is meant to demonstrate this “offensive” behavior. Here’s my question: What is the… Read More ›
Cisgender? (Turn off your brain and watch this video!)
The video below is an example of what happens when a culture decides to answer a question but intentionally refuses to consider the correct answer because it doesn’t fit with what it wants the answer to be. Our persistence in… Read More ›
Beware Drunken ‘Hodlers’!
The guy who accidentally introduced the irritating word ‘hodl’ into the crypto dictionary was drunk. Some of the sentiments I have read on Twitter and Reddit from some of the ‘hodlers’ causes me to wonder if they, too, are not… Read More ›
Big Business Will Come to Crypto
Last week in an article, Vision or Panic, I said, 3. We will begin to see some high-powered financial institutions and play makers adopt an “If you can’t beat them, join them” approach and figure out an entry into the… Read More ›
Vision or Panic? Crypto Update: #8
[This article was posted on Feb 5 this year. However, it is relevant (again) today.] Yes crypto is in crash mode right now. Here’s why I am not concerned. 1. I have not invested more than what I am prepared… Read More ›
Bitcoin>Crypto Update: #6
Wow! If you have been thinking about entering into the crypto market NOW IS THE TIME! Everything is tanking, in part due to South Korea’s resistance to the market because of it’s desire to regulate it. That’s good news for… Read More ›
Bitcoin Update #5
It’s been a while since my last Bitcoin (BTC) update. I suppose the first thing to say is that, for me, it has expanded into cryptocurrency exploits. That is, I still hold some BTC, but I have learned a few… Read More ›
Bitcoin Down to $14,629.54! Time to Panic?
Bitcoin has dropped almost $6000 since it’s rise to nearly $20,000. Time to panic? No. I don’t think so. Time to be patient, maybe strengthen your holdings, and watch it climb back. Just my opinion. I’m no expert. The financial… Read More ›
Bitcoin Update#4
Ah! Cryptocurrency madness! There are still plenty of mysteries to me when it comes to cryptocurrency. Not only the internal workings of it (how it is mined, etc.), but also what to make of the now 1,482 cryptocurrencies available to… Read More ›
Is Bitcoin A Stock?
Disclaimer I am definitely not a financial expert, nor would I ever give you advise about investing. What I share about Bitcoin comes from my own gleaning of information. As I do my own research I will share what I… Read More ›
God Came By
These are the notes for the word I will be delivering today at the Smithtown Gospel Tabernacle. I place them here primarily for the use of my church family as we consider these things together. Do you know Who God… Read More ›
American Sea Change
ARIEL (sings) Full fathom five thy father lies. Of his bones are coral made. Those are pearls that were his eyes. Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring… Read More ›
What’s Going to Happen on September 23, 2017?
So, I have had several people ask what I think about the so-called apocalyptic signs that are to be seen in the heavens on September 23. Here is where I stand: FIRST, let’s be clear: the claim that Saturday’s alignment… Read More ›
Fighting Fascism with Fascism?
So the word ‘antifa’ apparently is what we are calling the people who have committed themselves to going around the country and physically resisting all fascist activists and their activities. Now, the definition of fascism (from the Oxford English Dictionary)… Read More ›
The End of Cash and RFID Technology
Here are reputable links concerning those who are calling for the end of cash and who are using RFID (think Chip Implant) technology. The End of Cash Bring On the Cashless Future (Bloomberg.com) Norway’s Biggest Bank Calls for Country to Stop… Read More ›
Principled Conservatives Voting for Hillary?
Oddly enough, there are still some Conservatives who are mystified at the claim that a choice to vote for a third party candidate or not to vote at all is, in the end, a vote for Hillary. So here is one… Read More ›
Even Conservative FOX Doesn’t Get Trump!
I was disappointed in several of the Fox News team last evening (Hume, Megyn Kelly, Dana Perrino) when they made a big deal about Trump’s unwillingness to accept the results if the election. Are they paying attention? With the Veritas… Read More ›