http://www.jinseikouro.com/blog Age 23, in the Navy, in Japan, following Jesus wherever he leads. This is an undetailed chronicle of the journey. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:24:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...to Wordpress.com because I'm sick of having to upgrade WordPress every ten seconds. http://chtpump.wordpress.com/ http://www.jinseikouro.com/blog/2008/09/im-moving/ I recently got a personal thank-you email from Craig Gross of XXXChurch due to my accidental suspension of monthly donations to the organization.  Those are back up now, but I have to admit now I took some ungodly pride in doing so. In short, the organization is moving to Las Vegas ... http://www.jinseikouro.com/blog/2008/06/humbling-by-numbers/ If you're subscribing to Americable out here in Japan (or wherever), you'll definitely want to hit up Fewl's latest post, where Jim investigates exactly who owns the company and what they've been up to.  For one, they're not owned by the government.  Second, they're ripping you off. http://www.jinseikouro.com/blog/2008/04/fewlnet-investigates-americable/ Now that I've read this, where would I really want to acquire an ecclesiastical endorsement? http://www.jinseikouro.com/blog/2008/04/suppose-i-went-chaplain-corps/ You've got to be kidding me. Public overreaction to drills with fake rifles are nothing new on college campuses. In my four years of college, I saw enough incidents ranging from temporary confiscation by police officers who didn't know the policy all the way to a Gunnery Sergeant having his ... http://www.jinseikouro.com/blog/2008/04/political-correctness-takes-down-rifle-drills-at-ohio-state/ I only changed the address of this blog like...two days ago?...and already I have a link from a major blog. Interesting. The more major news on that blog, however, is the ESV Study Bible, which is said to be scheduled for an October 2008 release. Their blog has a ... http://www.jinseikouro.com/blog/2008/04/esv-study-bible-thoughts/ PurityPeople has announced that the full site will be up and running May 1st. This is very good news. Being an "insider" and author on the site, I've been given a sneak preview of what it's going to look like. They created a completely unique Joomla template ... http://www.jinseikouro.com/blog/2008/04/coming-may-1st/ I'm hearing words across numerous sources that American Idol had some sort of event when the contestants sung "Shout to the Lord."  Something made mention of a Dolly Parton relation or something. Do I sound like I never watch television?  Good, I'm not putting forward any false fronts. Worship Matters and Josh ... http://www.jinseikouro.com/blog/2008/04/shout-to-the-lord-on-american-idol/ Here's a confession. I've been following Christ for over ten years now, and I've never read the entire Bible. Earlier this year, I started off determined to read the Bible in a year. I had become a fan of the English Standard Version after having done much reading comparing ... http://www.jinseikouro.com/blog/2008/03/when-picking-a-bible-reading-plan-dont-trust-yourself/ The news is out that five Indian (dot, not feather) sailors aboard the INS Jalashwa, formerly the USS Trenton (LPD-14), were killed because of H2S leakage.  Perhaps journalists might start hyping up the fact that we own older Austin-class LPD's, but none of this would have happened if the sailors ... http://www.jinseikouro.com/blog/2008/02/hydrogen-sulfide-kills-five-indian-sailors-aboard-ex-uss-trenton/