© Frank H. Jump
This attractive pair was gracious enough to let me take their picture while rushing out of Costco.
December, 2007:
The Battle Over Same-Sex Marriage & The Separation of Church & State Go Hand in Hand
What the Bible Says – And Doesn’t Say – About Homosexuality
by Rev. Mel White, co-founder of SoulforceA Biblical response to the question people often ask… “How can you consider yourself a Christian when you are also gay?”
In this 24-page booklet, Mel White puts forward these eight premises:
- Most people have not carefully and prayerfully researched the Biblical texts used by some people to condemn God’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender children.
- Historically, people’s misinterpretation of the Bible has left a trail of suffering, bloodshed, and death.
- We should be open to new truth from Scripture. Even heroes of the Christian faith have changed their minds about the meaning of various Biblical texts.
- The Bible is a book about God. The Bible is not a book about human sexuality.
- We miss what these passages say about God when we spend so much time debating what they say about sex.
- The Biblical authors are silent about homosexual orientation as we know it today. They neither approve it nor condemn it.
- The prophets, Jesus, and the Biblical authors say nothing about homosexual orientation as we understand it today. But, they are clear about this one thing. As we search for truth, we are to “Love one another.”
- Whatever some people believe the Bible seems to say about homosexuality, they must not use that belief to deny homosexuals their basic civil rights. To discriminate against sexual or gender minorities is unjust and un-American.
Free Download
You can download a PDF file of What the Bible Says, and Doesn’t Say, about Homosexuality.
Einhorn's Cut Rate – Fulton Street, NYC
© Frank H. Jump
Back in 1998, Einhorn’s Cut Rate almost made it into the original 24 Fading Ad Campaign images that exhibited at the N-Y Historical Society. It has since become a favorite shot for many a New York tourist. Myself included. This was taken today during holiday shopping with Vincenzo.
Mockridge & Sons Hardware – Newark, NJ
Coachmaker’s Rabbet Plane
Hollow Plane²
³ Mockridge & Francis Molding Planes –Lot 223. THREE CLEAN COMPLEX MOLDING PLANES including examples marked Austin, Auburn Tool Company and Mockridge and Francis.
² Crafts Spring Tool Auction
³ Indianapolis Fall International Catalogue Antique Tool Auction
Reflected Solar Radiation During Solstices
Two images showing the amount of reflected sunlight at southern and northern summer solstices respectively (watts / m²).¹
Solar energy is measured in “watts per square meters.”
Winter Solstice – Astronomically Speaking
Eric Weinstein’s World of Science is an excellent Internet resource for Mathematics & Science. Click on the globe for a Quicktime Movie of the Earth as its axis shifts through the seasons with relationship to the Sun.
