10 Brief Reflections, and other links

The posting of links does not constitute an endorsement of the sites linked, and not necessarily even agreement with the specific posts linked.

• 10 Brief Reflections on an Elder’s Character -- “An elder’s character is a perpetual qualification.”
• Bibles in the American Colonies -- “After the colonies declared their independence from Britain, American printers felt they were no longer bound by restrictions of royal privilege on publishing the Bible in English.”
• Caddo Monuments -- “The Caddo Nation once stretched from Northeast Texas to Missouri. Roughly 25 miles west of Nacogdoches, the Pineywoods open onto a grassy field marked by three earthen mounds.”
• Cornmeal Sprinkle Cake -- “Add some fun to the cold and dreary winter months with this colorful cake.”
• Did Hitler rewrite the Bible? -- “In 1930s’ Germany, the ‘German Christians’ (Deutsche Christen) movement arose. These were theologically liberal Protestant churches and theologians who were enthusiastically pro-Nazi...”
• Every Day Is Hump Day -- “Doug Baum strides through the prickly Chihuahuan Desert of West Texas, a straw cowboy hat shading his face from the sun and a string of five camels sauntering behind him.”
• Jewish references erased in newly found Nazi Bible -- “Hitler admired the ceremony and majesty of the church – he admitted as much in Mein Kampf – but hated its teachings which had no place in his vision of Germanic supermen ruling lesser races devoid of 'outdated' concepts such as mercy and love.”
• NYT report: FBI and Capitol Police were aware of violent threats days before Capitol riots, were warned about ‘looming war’ -- “The Federal Bureau of Investigation took the threats seriously enough to establish a ‘24-hour command posts at both the local Washington field office and its headquarters, not far from the Capitol.’”
• Recovered COVID patients likely protected for at least six months, study finds -- “Almost all people previously infected with COVID-19 have high levels of antibodies for at least six months that are likely to protect them from reinfection with the disease.”
• Rock Springs CME, Elbert County, Org. 1868 -- “In 1868, in the community of Nickville, there were no black churches. The Webb (white) family gave two brothers 2 acres of land for a church.”
• The dark side of ‘green energy’ and its threat to the nation’s environment -- “The paper points out that the growth of solar waste is already straining recycling and disposal capabilities, with some panels improperly ending up in municipal landfills...”
• The Kamala Harris-Joe Manchin dust-up explained - and why it matters to the Biden administration -- “Manchin, whose moderate vote is enough to sink President Joe Biden’s agenda in a Senate split 50-50, chided the administration for not giving him a heads up on the interviews, contending ‘That’s not a way of working together.’”
• The KJV, Ben Franklin, and Noah Webster -- “...in 1775, when British imports were banned, Americans began printing bibles on their own.”
• Until 1950s, the King James Version was ‘the Bible’ -- “There’s a massive amount of translation activity going on between the 1520s and 1611, and the King James Bible is the crowning achievement of this long period of 80 years of translation into English.”
• Which Version: Does It Really Matter -- “We believe that in our Authorised Version God’s Word is to be found ‘safe and uncorrupted’.”