http://www-stu.calvin.edu/chimes/article.php?id=2920
“The firm is based out of North Carolina but was founded in Holland, MI in 1997 by Erik Prince, son of Elsa Prince, the namesake of Calvin College’s Prince Conference Center.”
Crazy! Erik Prince is the son of the founder of my school’s conference center!
Archive for September, 2007
blackwater’s connection with calvin college
Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
kingship in deuteronomy
Posted in Deuteronomy, Scripture on September 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Flip to Deuteronomy 17 (starting at verse 14).
Interesting little thing about what God expects of the king. It seems God doesn’t want the Israelite king to:
“acquire great numbers of horses for himself”
“take many wives”
“accumulate large amounts of silver and gold”
It seems pretty self-explanatory. But there is more behind these three things … read on if [...]
tear gas fired at monks
Posted in Burma, Southeast Asia on September 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Burma, Burma, Burma. Is there any hope for the country? Monks are so incredibly revered in Buddhist countries, yet the Burmese military government dares to physically and violently stymie their peaceful protest. The representative of Burma hardly ever attends ASEAN meetings, and the Red Cross pulled out of the country after their continuously failed efforts [...]
