Recent content by Joel V

The Canaanite people had completely and permanently turned away from God a long time before Moses. God was using them, allowing them to construct cities in the promised land so that the Israelites could settle there when the time came. With their purpose over, there was nothing left to do but...

True; even Paul had to ask who it was that was talking to him on the road to Damascus. Though when we see Jesus face-to-face in His full glory--not just in a vision--we will not be able to deny who He is, let alone wonder who He is.

Something is scientific if it is both testable and falsifiable. Is evolution testable? If so, how do we test it? Is it falsifiable? If so, what kind of evidence would hypothetically prove it false? Due to the great periods of unobservable time involved in evolution, it is impossible to prove...

Unfortunately the real perfect world and what you would like a perfect world to be like are two different things. In the perfect world, sin will still be sin; it just would not be committed.

You don't spread the gospel by hiding in a bubble. School is one more place that Christians can spread the word of God, if nothing else by being an example, like Jesus was. You don't have to be a preacher to do the Lord's work, you can do that with (almost) any job.

Women in those days did the same thing in churches that they still do today--they gossip. It's very easy for women to get together during church and have gossip sessions instead of prayer sessions. It can, and repeatedly has been a serious problem in many churches. Paul is simply trying to do...

If the creation account is false, then the entire Bible, which itself claims to be inerrant, can not be trusted. If so, how are we to trust the outrageous claims of eternal salvation through Jesus Christ? Even worse, what is the point in salvation in the first place? If death, cancer, thorns...

Normally I think the kicker would be where you put in another $1,000 and you get a big bonus on your GI bill when you use it. There isn't a kicker in the new post-9/11 GI bill because you don't put money into it in the first place.

You deal with it. Being on your period isn't an excuse to not do you job in the military. You'll have access to whatever feminine hygiene products you need, but you still will need to do your job.

CIA office janitor? FBI office janitor?

Here's how I'm pretty sure it goes: Your husband gets to Pendleton on his own. Once he gets to his command he sees about getting housing; if base housing is available he could get that, or he might need to get housing off base. He fills out whatever paperwork and the military pays to have all...

By all means, I have no problem whatsoever with people being against the war. That's what freedom is all about, having the right to speak against a government's decision. What I do have a problem with is people who attack service men and women who fight that war. There is no good that can be...

The reason that there's a bond between marines that doesn't exist between, say, a marine and an airman, is that they have gone through the same training, and a marine knows that any other marine will be when he needs him. It's about pride in the organization.

I believe it's roughly 20%(give or take) taken out of military pay for taxes.

You are probably just seeing the base pay. A married sailor will also get food allowance(I'm not sure of the amount, probably several hundred dollars a month) and a housing allowance(probably around $900 or more per month). The housing allowance goes up or down depending on the duty station...