Assessment!
By 2020, all 1.39 billion people in China will be assessed, graded, weighed, and measured, according to “Planning Outline for the Construction of a Social Credit System (2014-2020).”
It’s a lifelong points program that assesses individuals and gives them personal ratings. A humongous, all-encompassing evaluation system that will gauge and assess the behavior and reputations of the denizens of China, and rank them all based on their “social credit.”
The
Standard!
For close to 250 years, Le Grand K has ruled the standard, the absolute despot of “1 kilogram of mass.”
It’s a cylinder of platinum-iridium stored safe in an underground vault in Paris, at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, with copies sent to various nations. Every measure of weight is compared to that dictatorial standard.
Because, as Robert Vocke, of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), declares:
The mother ship is never wrong.”
Well,
Resigned!
An odd thing happened here in Texas, ye olde Lonestar State, last month.
Democrat William “Bill” McLeod is a judge in Harris County Civil Court at Law Number Four, the jurisdiction of which court includes ye olde city of Houston. Most, if not all, of the courts in Texas and its counties are run by elected judges. Evidently thinking of the future, McLeod—who’d only been elected to his current post last November—posted online his plans to run for the state’s
Hermeneutics & Celibacy
A couple of months ago, I was at Beeson Divinity School (of Samford University) in Birmingham, AL, to deliver their William E. Conger, Jr., Lectures in Preaching.
Part of my engagements at Beeson also included an interview with the Dean of the School, Dr. Timothy George, for a podcast that he hosts.
Here is a snippet of our conversation:
Timothy George: This word, you use this word, we use it all the time here at Benson, hermeneutic, which
Feet!
I found this on Nordstrom.com. Made by Gucci. “Flashtrek” Sneakers.
Wrapped in eye-catching crystals, this bold Italian fashion sneaker offers up a grand splash of color and light that is sure to turn heads.”
It has a lace-up closure, is made of leather, mesh, suede and synthetic upper, has those crystal accents, and is equipped with textile lining, and a rubber sole.
Item #5667973. Made in Italy. Only $1,590.00.
(Unfortunately only size 11 (men’s) is available, in
Abe Kuruvilla is the Carl E. Bates Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), and a dermatologist in private practice. His passion is to explore, explain, and exemplify preaching.