September 2010

Monthly Archive

Thu 30 Sep 2010

On being serious

Posted by mike under Bible Wisdom
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God is serious.
Christ is serious.
The Holy Spirit is serious.
Scriptures are serious.
Creation is serious.
All in heaven and hell are serious.

From Dr. Garnes Notebook

 

Sat 25 Sep 2010

Is It Right?

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Is It Right? – Answers from 1 Corinthians

  • Will it profit the believer? (1 Cor 6:12)
  • Will it gain power over the believer? (1 Cor 6:12)
  • Will it harm others? (1 Cor 8:5)
  • Will it hinder the Gospel? (1 Cor 9:12)
  • Will it profit others? (1 Cor 10:23)
  • Will it edify others? (1 Cor 10:23)
  • Will it glorify God? (1 Cor 10:31)

From Dr. Garnes Notes

 

Fri 24 Sep 2010

Philosophies and Vain Deceit

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Philosophies and Vain Deceit – Colossians 2:8

Evolution and its offspring:

  • Naturalism – no supernatural
  • Secularism – no spiritual
  • Scientism – science is god
  • Humanism – man is god
  • Relativism – no absolutes
  • Animalism – just another animal
  • Anarchism – no order
  • Totalitarianism – state is god
  • Pantheism – nature is god
  • Temporalism – time is god
  • Fatalism – chance is god
  • Existentialism –
  • Hedonism – pleasure is chief good
  • Annihilism –
  • Libertism – free thinking re: religion, licentious re: sexes
  • Fascism –
  • Nazism –
  • Communism –
  • Deweyism –

From Dr. Garnes Notebook

 

Fri 24 Sep 2010

In Him

Posted by mike under Bible Wisdom
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In Him dwelleth – complete in Him
— Colossians 2:9-10

FULLNESS OF:

  • ACCEPTANCE – do not doubt Him
  • PEACE – trust Him
  • LIFE – abide in Him
  • POWER – wait on Him
  • GRACE – receive from Him
  • LOVE – be taken up with Him
  • TEACHING – learn of (from) Him
  • STRENGTH – lean on Him
  • RICHES – count on Him
  • LIGHT – walk in Him

From Dr. Garnes Notes

 

Sat 11 Sep 2010

Protecting your home network

Posted by mike under Family
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Have kids? You should think about protecting them from the internet. it really doesn’t matter if you are a mac, a pc or a penguin. Here are some key concepts and things to think about

  • Give each person an account, do not share logins and passwords
  • Use the parental control software built into Mac OS X — it is quite good
  • Block outbound port 80 (http) on your firewall and set up Dans Guardian + Squid on a dmz box
    • Read about Dans Guardian
    • Purchase a block list subscription from UrlBlacklist
    • All browsers should set their proxy as the dmz host port 8080
  • You can set up custom groups for age appropriate filtering and white listing
  • Please get OpenDNS Parental Control DNS Service. The default settings are great and if all hosts are DHCP on your network just set up the DHCP server with new nameservers
  • Block outbound port 53 on your firewall except to OpenDNS nameservers
  • Make your wireless network WPA2, not WEP
  • Give your wireless network a nice long passphrase, not a password
  • If you have to use WIndows on your network, fork over the cash for Norton/Kasperski/Symantec/WhateverItTakes.
  • Limit time the computers are out of circulation (i.e. in bedrooms, etc).

Defense in depth. It’s not just for the office.