on the heels of the neighborhood vole infestation

I'm proud to announce a new Discovery Channel television series: Verminators. And, if you haven't already been completely grossed out by my recent posts concerning the critters, you just might have to check it out. It's so good, it will make you itch.

In addition sharing great television, I thought I'd post a few of recent questions, along with the answers. A Q&A of sorts. If you have a question to add, please feel free to drop me an email or post it here as a comment.

Could you give me the names of some good Christian artists?

I know that Christian music is a new thing for many of you. Music is (and always has been) important to me - unfortunately, much of what I used to listen to would bring me down. (Being a melancholy-sort, it doesn't take a whole lot to make that happen.) I was first introduced to contemporary Christian music at my church and then realized there was even a local Christian radio station. Much of what I share with you, I hear on KTIS first. I have found the radio station (just like the music) to be extremely uplifting. If you're looking for some specifics, just click on the "music" link to the right.

What's with the different Bible versions?

First of all, I'd like to address the historical accuracy of the Bible by directing you HERE. Secondly, I'd like to direct you to this helpful resource featuring over 50 versions of the Bible. Though they may differ slightly in wording, the intent remains the same. Take John 3:16 for example:

• For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. ~Amplified Bible (AMP)
• For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. ~New Living Translation (NLT)
• This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person's failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him. ~The Message (MSG)
• For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. ~New International Version (NIV)
• For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ~New King James Version (NKJV)
• For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. ~New American Study Bible (NASB)

As you can see, the versions are very similar but when you put them alongside one another, it adds depth to the verse. Despite popular belief, the different versions do not contradict each another.

Is there really room for another blogger?

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