A Tabular Comparison, A Texas barbecue chain, 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.

• A Tabular Comparison of the 1646 WCF and the 1689 LBCF -- “The line between ‘major’ and ‘minor’ differences is a fine one and in some cases I’ve had to make a somewhat subjective judgement about the significance of certain points of divergence.”
• A Texas barbecue chain was ordered to pay $230,000 to workers after their tips were shared with managers -- “Food service industry employers must know that tips are the property of tipped employees who earn them, plain and simple.”
• Abner Kneeland, Forgotten American Translator (and Apostate) -- “Kneeland led congregations in New Hampshire, Massaachusetts, New York, and Philadelphia, before breaking away from Christianity altogether in 1829. By 1830 he was openly advocating pantheism.”
• Blogging Through Acts: Duties of Elders -- “A true shepherd will guard the flock against wolves, not bring them into the sheepfold.”
• Contrary to Popular Opinion, College or Seminary Education is not Beneficial for Pastors -- “It is amazing that with a college or seminary degree being a requirement for the position of pastor in most churches, there is no Scriptural basis for it, even though we claim to be living according to the Bible and following the example of Jesus.”
• East Texas Autumn -- “In the fall at Martin Dies Jr. State Park, visitors can take to the water on B.A. Steinhagen lake or one of the three hiking trails (totaling 16 miles) to enjoy the golden hues of beech trees, the red shades of gums and oaks, and the evergreen pines.”
• Historic Doubts Relative to Napoleon Buonaparte by Richard Whately & Skepticism -- “Whately’s book is a short and humorous demonstration that Hume’s hyper-skepticism would not only ‘prove’ that Christ did not do any miracles or rise from the dead, but that Napoleon, who was still alive at the time, did not exist or engage in the Napoleonic wars.”
• Old General Baptists, 1811 - 1915 -- “W. T. Whitley concluded his magisterial edition of the minutes of the General Assembly of General Baptists in the year 1811, for the very good reason that that was the date when the second minute book of the Assembly was completed, and a third begun.”
• One Hot Thing Today in Evangelical Hermeneutics Is Now To See Social Justice All Over the Minor Prophets -- “Today the social justice warriors are championed by the rich, who get off the hook for their injustice.”
• Rare 1616 King James Bible found in cupboard of 57-year-old New Zealand church -- “The inscription says that the Bible was donated by congregation member Thomas Pattinson, who emigrated from England to New Zealand between 1874 and 1881.”
• Superlative Guide to All 15 Elder Qualifications -- “I’ve found again and again that essentially all the relevant practical issues in preparing for eldership pair with one or more of the traits Paul lists in 1 Timothy 3 or Titus 1.”
• The Doctrinal Various Readings of the New Testament Greek -- “If the maxim were true that the most ancient codices are the most trustworthy, then the most ancient ought to differ least inter se. As we approach so nearly to the common fountain-head, the streams ought to approach more and more to unity. Is this so?”
• The Greek Text of the English Bible between 1611 and 1881 -- “Because of their historical significance, it is worth asking how different the Greek text is behind these two translations.”
• To the Devil with Your Glorious History: The Life of Peggy McCormick -- “Today, nothing remains from Peggy’s time at San Jacinto. The State of Texas erected a marker in her honor in 1936, but it has been moved several times, and the exact spot of her cabin is unknown.”
• Turin Baptist - Organized in 1890, Coweta County, Georgia -- “Henry Smith Rees and Martha Jane Leavell Rees were among the 33 charter members in 1890.”
• What is the Earliest Complete List of the Canon of the New Testament? -- “...there are reasons to think that Athanasius’ list is not the earliest complete list we possess.”
• Whose Quotes Litter Your Conversations? -- “What comes to our minds and lips most readily reveals what is on our hearts. Whose quotes litter your conversations? What do they reveal about you?”
• Why seminary can never qualify anyone for ministry -- “Since the seminary is an academic institution and not a church, it cannot really observe the student adequately to know if he demonstrates a true sense of calling...”