Recollections on the Colloquium on Predestination
Some images from the recent Colloquim on Predestination.
Category: blogs
A Lecture on Predestination
I’m going to speak tonight on the Reformed doctrine of Predestination at the Presbyterian Seminary. If you are around Asunción, you’re invited to at...
My Keychron K4 review
Last year I was on the market for a new mechanical keyboard. What I purchased was the Keychron K4, a nice model indeed. I wrote a review which was published by ...
Merry Christmas and Happy 2022
Merry Christmas! Hope you had a great Christmas Day with your loved ones and family. We spent Christmas Eve in a nice dinner with Mom, my sister at my cousins&#...
Spanish section added
You may remember that I wondered about adding a Spanish language section to this. Well, no more wondering: I just added a Spanish section to this site. Now you ...
Journal Article: “The Dordrecht Synod at 400: A Guide for the Church in Times of Crysis”
The end of the year is nearing, and if it was hectic before, now we are reaching “core meltdown” status. However, in moments of rare respite within this race, I...
Making this blog bilingual…?
As you might know, I’m a native Spanish speaker, and this is an English-language blog. It has served me well for over 15 years and counting, and still doe...
Lifesaver tools: Rule converter
Hi again! It’s been a long time. I know… and there’s lot of things to share and get to speed. But that can wait for now. Today I would like to...
A Mystery and Then, a Frantic Search
I finished writing my previous post and dutifully clicked the big, yellow “Publish” button. I then clicked on the “View Post” link, wish...
Horrific News at the Southern Baptist Convention
Over 700 victims. At least 380 perpetrators. A devastaing investigation published in two of Texas’ highest respected newspapers, the Houston Chronicle and...
Back from Rio
This Friday we arrived safely and sound to Asunción after a small trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio is a beautiful city indeed.
Off to Rio
I’m off to Rio de Janeiro with my wife for a much needed vacation. I plan to return, God willing, after a week. Stay tuned!
New year, projects new and old
We had a nice New Year celebration with my in-laws and then a much needed day of rest.
One case where Twitter is awful
This article in The Atlantic definitely struck a chord here. This morning I was checking Twitter and I found in my timeline a gross, gruesome image. I won’...
Updated to 4.9
A new WordPress update went smoothly.
Happy Reformation Day
Yesterday marked the 500th anniversary of the occassion where Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on indulgences at the door of the castle church of Wittenberg. ...
A Useless Polemic
Lucía Caram sparks anger in Spain after appearing to contradict Catholic teaching on perpetual virginity of mother of Jesus Source: Nun receives death threats f...
Merry Christmas and a Happy 2017
I would like to wish all my readers a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. I hope you all had a great time of festivities and a good time with your family and ...
Windows 10 Anniversary Update: Kindle Issue Seemingly Fixed
After I installed Windows 10 Anniversary Update (see my report) I recommended holding the update until showstopping bugs could be fixed. I specifically noted a ...
Report: Windows 10 Anniversary Update
One of my boxes has Windows 10 installed in a drive where it coexists with Slackware 64-current, which is installed in a different partition. Over the last week...
Article on Borges and the Protestant Bible (In Spanish)
Today an article I wrote about the influence of the Protestant Bible on Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges was published (in Spanish) at the Paraguayan newspape...
A False Dichotomy
Today is Father’s Day so first things first: Happy Father’s Day! I hope you can spend this day with your loved ones and your family. So far, here in...
New Theme Version
For some time ago I’ve been using the gorgeous Graphy theme. Themegraphy, the theme creators, now released version 2.0, and therefore I upgraded. If I can...
My Only Comfort: The Modesty Debate
Sam Powell is pastor of First Reformed Church in Yuba City, CA, (USA), and the face behind the blog My Only Comfort. Browsing over Tim Challies‘ A la Cart...
Dare to be different!
I found this inflorescence at Mom’s garden and immediately struck me because of the odd flower there. Seemed to me like a living illustration of the truth...
Treacherous SiteMeter
Yesterday, while I was adding the previous update, I noticed something funny. Like many other Web surfers, I have an ad blocker installed. Well, while updating ...
Merry Christmas!
I hope you have a merry Christmas. My sincere wish is that you all spend these days in God’s presence, with much joy and surrounded of the affection of yo...
Jason Franklin: Stepping Forward after Getting Knocked Back…Again
Our strength fails, but God never does. We grow weary, but God is never tired. We become discouraged, but God is Sovereign… Not that all things are good o...
30 Little-Known Features of Facebook, Twitter, and More
Here are some social media knowledge gems I am sure will be useful to anyone: 30 Little-Known Features of Facebook, Twitter, and More.