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Mathematics in the Secular Textbook

Posted 03-08-2008 at 10:19 AM by jaybird0827
Updated 03-21-2008 at 11:10 AM by jaybird0827

In order to prepare for possible re-entry to the classroom, I have begun by reviewing Algebra 2 in order to revitalize skills I haven't practiced for years.

In one of the lessons I came across this item.

Quote:

“The first mathematics in the western world was that of the Egyptians and the Babylonians. Compared with the mathematics of their successors, the Greeks, the mathematics of the Egyptians and Babylonians was primitive at best."

Saxon, John H.,

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Bible Translation

Posted 03-08-2008 at 10:06 AM by jaybird0827

The following message was posted by the Rev. Matthew Winzer, Minister, Australian Free Church, in the thread, What text is the NKJ based on?

Quote:

The LXX is a complex subject to go into, but certainly Heb. 3:7-11 is pertinent to this discussion. Here the reader's attention is drawn to the words of the Holy Spirit which were originally written in Hebrew and were being quoted in Greek. For these to be the words of the Holy Spirit in Greek or English, it must be a received principle

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Puritanboard Members Met

Posted 02-11-2008 at 08:36 AM by jaybird0827
Updated 07-22-2008 at 03:34 PM by jaybird0827

Met in Person -

1. Beth Sulzmann ... Homemaker (my wife)
2. Rick Taron ... RTaron
3. Andrew Myers ... VirginiaHuguenot
4. Jessica Myers ... HuguenotHelpMeet
5. Greg Fox ... PresReformed
6 Jeff George ... providenceboard
7. Kevin Barrow ... Catechist
8. Chris Mangum ... mangum
9. Joe Mangum ... Layman Joe
10. Matt Vaughan ... Bondman
11. Grace Knox ... lv1nothr
12. Christopher Blum ... Me Died Blue
13. Tom McArdle...

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Solution to Man-Trestle-Train

Posted 02-09-2008 at 12:23 PM by jaybird0827
Updated 03-08-2008 at 10:25 AM by jaybird0827

PROBLEM:

A man is 3/8 of the way walking across a railroad trestle when he hears a train approaching at 60 mi/hr. If he runs to either end of the bridge, he can just make it to safety as the train passes. How fast does he have to run?

SOLUTION:

If he runs back to the near end, he runs 3/8 of a bridge and gets out of the way as the train begins crossing the trestle.

If he runs to the far end, he runs an additional 3/8 of the bridge and is 6/8...

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Psalter

Posted 02-08-2008 at 11:38 AM by jaybird0827
Updated 03-08-2008 at 10:26 AM by jaybird0827

I always understood a Psalter to be some kind of compilation of Psalms, biblical or metrical.

How can the Trinity Hymnal, blue, red, green, or whatever color it comes in, in any sense be termed a "Psalter"?

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