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UACFSF: Mark Tapscott on working on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC

"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example..." (1 Timothy 4:12)Find online: #UACFSF, https://www.hillfaith.org/Mark Tapscott of HillFaith dropped in on us via Zoom on 2/25 to tell us about his ministry to Capitol Hill staff. Among other things, he leads a...

UACFSF: God’s intervention in life and history

"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example..." (1 Timothy 4:12)Find online: #UACFSFAt our 2/18 meeting, we learned how Daniel, in Daniel 2:19-23, acknowledged God's intervention in life and history. Some points to ponder: God alone possesses wisdom and...

UACFSF: Breaking out of closed systems

"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example..." (1 Timothy 4:12)Find online: #UACFSFHere are notes from our meeting on 2/4 about Daniel 2: Speaking of divine inputs, we might not have the vision Daniel had, but we still receive divine inputs for our...

Progress, decline, and the gospelVia Arts and Letters Daily, a review of Stephen B. Smith's Modernity and Its Discontents: Making and Unmaking the Bourgeois from Machiavelli to Bellow(hardcover, Kindle) that makes for an interesting read. Does modernity really afflict...

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Progress, decline, and the gospelVia Arts and Letters Daily, a review of Stephen B. Smith's Modernity and Its Discontents: Making and Unmaking the Bourgeois from Machiavelli to Bellow(hardcover, Kindle) that makes for an interesting read. Does modernity really afflict...

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The Steely, Headless King of Texas Hold ’Em – NYTimes.com

Via NY Times: The machines, called Texas Hold ‘Em Heads Up Poker, play the limit version of the popular game so well that they can be counted on to beat poker-playing customers of most any skill level. Gamblers might win a given hand out of sheer luck, but over an...

The Steely, Headless King of Texas Hold ’Em – NYTimes.com

Via NY Times: The machines, called Texas Hold ‘Em Heads Up Poker, play the limit version of the popular game so well that they can be counted on to beat poker-playing customers of most any skill level. Gamblers might win a given hand out of sheer luck, but over an...

Paving the way to self-driving vehicles

Via Auto News: Self-driving vehicles have the potential to make immobility among elderly people and those with disabilities a thing of the past, experts say. Declining vision and other physical impairments will no longer inhibit people from going out to eat or...

Paving the way to self-driving vehicles

Via Auto News: Self-driving vehicles have the potential to make immobility among elderly people and those with disabilities a thing of the past, experts say. Declining vision and other physical impairments will no longer inhibit people from going out to eat or...

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