Who should administer, and other links

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• Who Should Administer the Ordinances? -- “Just as your church (hopefully) does not allow just anyone to preach the Word, so also should your church think carefully about who administers the ordinances.”
• What Is the Jezebel Spirit and What Are It’s Characteristics? -- “In my estimation, it is far better to view this “spirit of Jezebel” as a sketch of specific character traits which can be deadly to a local body.”
• Voltaire’s Prediction, Home, and the Bible Society: Truth or Myth? Further Evidence of Verification -- “For years there have been those who dispute this story as to its validity.”
• The Subtle Art of Sentence Structure: How to Write Like a Pro -- “While varied sentence structures can enhance your writing, clarity and conciseness should always be your primary goals.”
• The Septuagint (LXX): A Scurrilous Imposter Set Against the Hebrew Old Testament -- “The LXX continues to be treated with a mystical reverence wholly out of proportion to its origins.”
• Spice—And Everything Nice -- “After the final tastings, the pavilion overflows with competitors, their supporters and curious onlookers.”
• Should I Stay or Should I Go? T.T. Shields, Benjamin Beddome, and Pastoral Transitions -- “The glory of God, not the influence of gifted men, governs the priorities for calling and appointing pastors.”
• Roasted Pecan Bark Syrup -- “Focus on gathering the loose, thinner strips, spreading the harvest across multiple trees to minimize any risk of damage.”
• Op-Ed: Leftists Hailing Recent ‘Victories’ Are Delusional -- “...it is New York City that will serve as the center point on the East Coast for the continuing failure of leftism.”
• La Tamalada: A Christmas Tamale Tradition -- “The old part of our tradition is sitting around a big table, spreading masa on the corn husks with the back of a spoon.”
• Is Phone Addiction Really That Bad? -- “Our addiction to dopamine media is training us to love much what ought to be loved little.”
• Immutability and Identity, Part Two -- “...let me briefly state that the AV never translates tam as ‘blameless,’ whereas all of the modern translations which I checked do translate it as ‘blameless.’”
• Immutability and Identity, Part One -- “Families change. Your family could change. Churches change. Your church could change. Nations change. Your nation could change. ”
• How to Survive a Cultural Crisis -- “It’s ironic that Christians are told not to impose their views on others, even as the threat of job loss or other penalties loom over Christians for not toeing the new party line.”
• How to Maintain Your Language Skills When You’re Not Using Them Regularly -- “...there are numerous strategies you can employ to keep your language skills sharp, even in the absence of consistent use.”
• How to Defuse Hostile Members Meetings -- “Hopefully this isn’t controversial advice, but members meetings are for . . . church members. And church members should be men and women who have made a credible profession of faith...”
• Five Misrepresentations of the Confessional Text position by Mark Ward in ‘The Septuagint and Confessional Bibliology’ in The Authority of the Septuagint -- “Mark Ward makes no serious reference to or any interaction with perhaps the key emphasis of the Confessional Bibliology movement.”
• Drawing the Line on Masculinity: Getting a Male Role Back -- “Men won’t get any role until they decide that there is a male role.”
• Doctoring Reality -- “Frontier physicians relied on confidence more than credentials.”
• Catechism by William Gadsby -- “Jesus Christ is the only refuge from the storm and the only foundation for a poor sinner to build his hopes upon.”
• A Tip of the Hat to Paris -- “France’s Eiffel Tower is taller and older, sure, but it’s rather bare.”
• Altered, Not Antique: The Latinized Greek Text of 1 Corinthians in GA 629 -- “...little has been written about the manuscript beyond scattered remarks that its text often conforms to Latin conventions.”
• An Historical Survey of Church Discipline -- “Decline in the practice of church discipline can also be directly tied to a lax attitude in the realm of regenerate church membership.”
• A Dandy Debut -- “Don Meredith, the first and perhaps most beloved Dallas Cowboy, found his second calling in the booth.”