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Its Later Than You Think
Scott was kind enough to allow me to do a blog on a recent church experience I had.
I had been to Atlantic Shores Baptist for several years, went through the membership classes and became a member. I found a great ladies class with Pam Ainsley being the teacher. Great lady, she was a studier of the Word and did an excellent job of relating it to this day and age, how to be a Christian and what we’re supposed to look for in how we live our lives. Fortunately for some Californians, she ended up marrying a gentleman who got a church in California, and went there to minister with him. After that, there wasn’t a lot of reason to stay at the church. I missed the solid teaching and the sermons became gimmicks. The last one had to do with Fishers of Men. The stage was decorated with nets, boats, etc. For me, I got tired of the props, I felt like I was in play rather than the focus being what was taught. It was Christianity Lite, rather than trying to teach me to grow more in the Word. So I left.
I ended up at Harvest Assembly. I found out that they’re an Assemblies of God church. However, in a couple of years attending, I had one case of someone speaking in tongues, one person who was “slain in the spirit”. The teaching was a lot better than at ASBC, at least for me. The adults pastor, Pastor Brad, introduced me to E-Sword, this wonderful free Bible software on the net. Man! This tool has Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Spanish, and various versions of the Bible, including Strong’ and Thayers’ concordances. Even a prayer list organizer! This really made a huge difference in my life, I started to grow more often. Mercedes’ Bible class, where we started at the beginning of the Bible and read and discussed what happened, was outstanding. I was really happy.
Then … “it” started.
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WordPress 2.5 is out (and installed!)
From the WordPress Development Blog:
WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code, concurrent post editing protection, full-screen writing, and search that covers posts and pages. WordPress › Blog » WordPress 2.5
I installed 2.5 on three sites this morning in a matter of minutes. Yes MINUTES!!! It was a piece of cake!
The new admin interface is incredible, I was able to get rid of two different plugins that I use to make the admin panel more user friendly.
And speaking of plugins…
If a particular plugin that you are using is hosted on the WordPress site in the repository (maybe elsewhere too), you can do a 2 Click upgrade of that plugin right from the control panel! AWESOME!!!
Great job guys! Absolutely stunning!
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New Look for Scott’s Thoughts
I always look forward to new releases of WordPress themes and I use Weblog Tools Collection as my source. Generally, my only source.
Today’s selection came out and I found a great new free them called Uncrufty by Azmeen at HTNet.
I have been looking for a theme that was plain, minimalistic but had a header image I could change quickly and on a whim. Uncrufty meets that need PERFECTLY!!!
I had installed the theme earlier today but hadn’t had much of a chance to play with it. This evening when I came home I started tweaking it a little bit and found that when you went to a specific post, the right hand sidebar went away.
While I understand the functionality of this set up, I don’t particularly care for it. So I dropped a quick note into the author’s blog about the theme and the idea of releasing a version with the sidebars remaining in place throughout.
Exactly 40 minutes later, Uncrufty2sb was released!!!
Thank you Azmeen!!! That’s incredible service for a FREE WordPress Theme and I appreciate it!!!
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Welcome "The King Is Coming" To the CBA
Mr. Charlie Fugate and his blog "The King Is Coming" has been added to the Christian Blogging Alliance rolls. Welcome Charlie!!!
Welcome to The King Is Coming. This blog will be separate from my other blog project, Good Sense. The purpose of this blog is to conduct expository bible study through a selected book of the Bible. We will be beginning with the Gospel of John. This happens to be my favorite Gospel and it is with high anticipation that I look to this study.
Visit The King Is Coming here.
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CatHouse Chat will host the Carnival of Christmas!
Head on over to CatHouse Chat and take a look at the submission information for the Carnival of Christmas!!!
So, to let you all know how we work this… Submissions will be accepted up through the 23rd of December, and I will get the Carnival posted right here at CatHouse Chat on the 24th, just in time for Christmas Eve. You can submit posts via the Blog Carnival page (recommended), or by sending them directly to my e-mail, which is over there ——–> in the right column. *IF* you send your submissions to my e-mail, PLEASE put “Carnival of Christmas” in the subject line, and include your name, your blog’s name and URL, and the links to your post and trackback (if you have trackbacks).
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