Puzzling Times, 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.

• 6 Ways to Find (and Protect) the Time You Need to Read Books -- “The point is that we can find the time necessary to read books. But this requires thought on a number of related topics.”
• What Gen Z Gets Right and Wrong in the Abortion Debate -- “...empathy alone can’t sustain hurting women, lead them with truth, or offer the fullness of life that the Savior can. The Christian gospel provides more than empathy alone.”
• Puzzling Times -- “In Texas, two small companies have cut out their own niches with special touches that make their puzzles stand out from the ordinary.”
• Publishers of King James Material -- “This is not an endorsement of every publisher listed, but is nevertheless a good resource gathered in one place.”
• Nacogdoches: We Have a Nac for That -- “Nacogdoches has just the right amount of relaxing, small-town charm, mixed with plenty of activities for those who enjoy being on the go.”
• McGough Family Documents -- “Shown below are two portions of John McGough’s son-in-law’s (Perry Nelson) 1818 song book. It appears that it contains some poetry by a William Parker (probably the William who was Perry’s brother-in-law).”
• Later, Gators? -- “This is our second visit to the Mineola Nature Preserve, and we’ve just learned that some of the ponds are home to alligators.”
• King James Bible Onlyism & No Pre-Christian LXX Ruckmanism -- “Before the time of Ruckman, I am not aware of any serious advocate of King James Onlyism, the Textus Receptus, or the perfect preservation of Scripture who denied that the LXX existed before the times of Christ.”
• Is surrogacy pro-life? -- “Surrogacy is fundamentally wrong...it enables people to act as if they are entitled to another's reproductive abilities...It also treats children like property that can be bought, sold, or killed at will.”
• Chocolate Tres Leches -- “...when one of the tres leches—three milks—poured over the warm cake is chocolate, you know you’re in for sinfully sweet goodness.”
• Biography of Silas Mercer -- “His mother died while he was an infant; his father was a zealous member of the Church of England...”
• Beaverdam Baptist Church- Org. 1836, Wilkes County, Ga. -- “As was most often the case, a small crowd of close neighbors, seven men, and seven women, wanted to start a church.”
• An evaluation of Ruckman’s denials of a pre-Christian Septuagint -- “...literature in defense of the KJV before the Ruckman era [did not] deny the Septuagint existed before Christ...”
• Andrew Willet (1562-1621): Reformed Interpretation of Scripture -- “Medieval in his use of argument but Reformational in his exegesis, Willet presents the modern reader with comprehensive, critical research.”
• Academic Symposium on the Septuagint -- “Those who arrive a day early for the conference are invited to meet at the Rawlings Scriptorium on the campus of Liberty University on Friday, August 2, 2024 at 4 pm for a guided tour.”