Love Never Fails

God is love, love never fails. So if Jesus fails to save anyone, is that failure? Infernalists say no, it’s not failure because the unsaved have rejected Jesus so it’s their choice. But Jesus came to seek and save the lost, so how could anyone remain lost and unsaved while saying Jesus succeeded? If anyone… Read More »

Tracking risk

A common response to tracking is “so what, they aren’t going to do anything bad with that data”. Somehow, people think that since they don’t understand, or even know, what Microsoft would do with the tracking data that there’s no risk in letting them track us. Many people are that trusting. I have personally been… Read More »

Fixing Sound Problems With Behringer UMC204HD On Linux

Background Linux Distro: Kubuntu Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:    Ubuntu 24.10 Release:        24.10 Codename:       oracular PlasmaShell Version: plasmashell 6.1.5 This is a bit of an edge-case, I imagine, but I can’t be the only one so here’s how to handle this. The Problem When using a Behringer UMC204HD USB interface with Kubuntu (specifics above), the USB… Read More »

Faith, Biblically Speaking

I’m reconsidering what the Bible means when it talks about “faith”. I used to think that it meant that you have to believe that God exists, and I do believe that is included, but that’s not really the crux of it. (no pun intended) It seems silly to imagine someone arriving before God, after a… Read More »

Major Federal Budget Cuts – do the math

When you hear of these massive wastes that DOGE is finding, it’s important to boil it down to the individual level. For example, the Biden EPA tossed $20 billion of “gold bars off the Titanic”, according to Lee Zeldin. What does 20 billion wasted dollars mean? Type into a calculator: 20,000,000,000 / 330,000,000 (people) That’s… Read More »