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I have been a contributor at Conservapedia since February 22, 2007. I was made a Conservapedia administrator shortly after becoming an editor at the website. A short bio of me is given HERE.
I hope you find the information on this page helpful and interesting.
If you wish to read some of my essays on Christianity/religion/irreligion; life in general; cultural/societal issues; and politics - along with some humor pieces, please go to User:Conservative's essays. Template:Userbox Template:Clear
Want to go to heaven?
"...if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation". - Romans 10:9-10 (NASB)
"‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with Me.'" - Revelation 3:20 (NASB)
"But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus." - Romans 3:21-25 (NASB)
"...bear fruits in keeping with repentance." - Luke 3:8 (NASB)
"And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “Let us do evil that good may come”? Their condemnation is just." Romans 3:8 (NASB)
"Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them." - Hebrews 7:25 (NASB)
"When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, “Then who can be saved?” And looking at them Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” - Matthew 19:25-26 (NASB)
Contents
- 1 Want to go to heaven?
- 2 Two Christianity resources pages
- 3 Christianity and its beneficial effects on society and on individuals
- 4 Future of Christianity
- 5 A few of my favorite quotes
- 6 My favorite version of the Bible and a related resource
- 7 My favorite historians
- 8 Some of my favorite films
- 9 Some of my favorite songs
- 10 One of my favorite videos related to personal/team achievement improvement
- 11 Thou shall think clearly and creatively. Thou shall not commit logical fallacies.
- 12 User:Conservative's essays
- 13 Notes
Two Christianity resources pages
"Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 4:6-7
"You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you." - Isaiah 26:3
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." - Matthew 5:9
"If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all." - Romans 12:18
Christianity and its beneficial effects on society and on individuals
See also: Christianity and social stability
In his article The Triumph of the Gospel of Love, Monk Themistocles (Adamopoulo) wrote: Template:Cquote
Philippians 2:1-2 declares, “If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.”
1 John 1:6-7 says, “If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.”[2]
In December 2003, the University of Warwick reported: "Dr. Stephen Joseph, from the University of Warwick, said: "Religious people seem to have a greater purpose in life, which is why they are happier. Looking at the research evidence, it seems that those who celebrate the Christian meaning of Christmas are on the whole likely to be happier."[3]
The ex-atheist C.S. Lewis became a Christian and wrote a book entitled Surprised by Joy.[4]
St. Basil of Caesarea founded the first hospital. Christian hospitals subsequently spread quickly throughout both the East and the West.[6]
The First Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. ordered the construction of a hospital for every cathedral town in the Roman Empire to care for the poor, sick, widows, and strangers. They were staffed and funded by religious orders and volunteers.[7]
The article "The Surprising Discovery About Those Colonialist, Proselytizing Missionaries" published in Christianity Today notes: Template:Cquote
David Beidel wrote in his article The Bloodless Revolution: What We Need to Learn from John Wesley and the Great Awakening Template:Cquote
The Harvard University historian Niall Ferguson declared: "Through a mixture of hard work and thrift the Protestant societies of the North and West Atlantic achieved the most rapid economic growth in history."[8]
Future of Christianity
See also: Future of Christianity
According to MacCulloch, "Christianity, the world's largest religion, is rapidly expanding – by all indications, its future is very bright."[10]
Template:Clear The prominent historian Sir Diarmaid MacCulloch, professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University, indicates that he believes Christianity faces a "bright future" worldwide (See also: Global Christianity).
According to MacCulloch, "Christianity, the world's largest religion, is rapidly expanding – by all indications, its future is very bright."[11]
In 2012, the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS) reported that every day there are 83,000 more people professing to be Christians per day, 800 less atheists per day, 1,100 less non-religious (agnostic) people per day.[12][13]
Phillip Jenkins published the book The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity.
Chuck Colson, citing the work of Jenkins, writes: Template:Cquote
A few of my favorite quotes
"Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified." - Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (NASB)
"Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them - though it was not I but the grace of God that is with me." - Apostle Paul, the hardest working apostle of Jesus Christ, 1 Corinthians 15: 8-10 (NRSV)
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” - Michelangelo
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” ― Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Molière), French playwright, actor, and poet
“You show me your friends, and I’ll show you your future.” - John Wooden, American basketball coach
"The better you are at surrounding yourself with people of high potential, the greater your chance for success." - John Maxwell, Author
“Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.” - Les Brown, Motivational speaker
"They had to reinvent themselves a lot...They had to have a great personal attitude. They were well rounded players that could adapt to a whole new style of play...They're really tough psychologically. They were hard bitten tough people and that could be pulled and at times pushed, but mostly pulled. And understood that great do it again. They had tremendous resiliency. They were tough, tough young people. - Coach Herb Brooks U.S. Olympic team that beat the Soviets
"You can't be common, the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon." - Coach Herb Brooks
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Peter Drucker, Austrian-American management consultant, educator, and author
"Drucker taught that if you continue to do what made you successful in the past, you will eventually fail. This has been true in all times and in every field— including not only business, but war, politics and even in your personal life. Companies, industries, countries and even individuals that fail to understand this single principle litter history." - William A. Cohen, Retired Major General and author
"In war there is no substitute for victory." - General Douglas MacArthur (One of the great military strategists in World War II, and responsible for governing and rebuilding Japan during the Allied occupation).
"There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity." - General Douglas MacArthur
"Champions are famous for concentrating their energy and efforts on what they want and blocking out anything or anyone who threatens that focus. While average people haphazardly pursue loosely defined goals, champions concentrate on the attainment of a singular purpose with an intensity that borders on obsession. World-class performers invest an inordinate amount of time and energy in selecting their major goals . While the masses consider making changes every New Year’s Eve, the goal setting and planning process is an everyday habit of champions. When the goals are set, champions put mental blinders on and move forward with dogged persistence and ferocious tenacity. World-class performers create such an intense level of concentration to overcome challenges and achieve goals that it is the last thing they think about before they fall asleep, and the first thing that hits them when they wake up. The great ones dream about their goals so frequently that they often keep pen and paper on the nightstand so they can quickly record any ideas or solutions that come to them in the middle of the night. While average people see world - class performers’ successes as a matter of intelligence or luck, champions know sustained concentration of thought and action is usually the true key to their success." - Steve Siebold, 177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class.
"If you want it like you want to breathe. If you want it like you say you want it, you can have it. If you are willing to persevere, if you are willing to fight for it, there is nothing you can't have if you are willing to work for it. You might be smarter. You might come from privilege. But you will not outwork me! If you want to be successful in life, you have to understand that there is a sense of urgency. You have to do things faster than your competitors. There are some guys who are at a whole different level. You have to separate yourself. I dare you to leave everything on the field. Get tired of losing. There is greatness in you. You can reach your full potential. Be what you were called to be. Do what you were called to do. Listen to me. Do not fear. I need you to understand. that you can have it, but it is going to be a fight. But if you are willing to fight, there is going to come victory." - Eric Thomas, Author, speaker, educator and pastor[14]
"Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier; wish you were better." - Jim Rohn
"Because the legs feed the wolf, gentlemen. I can't promise you we'll be the best team at Lake Placid next February, but we will be the best conditioned. That I can promise you." - 2004 movie Miracle, Coach Herb Brooks (Coach Brooks was as famous for his colorful command of language as he was for his coaching style. These are a few "Brooksisms" as remembered by his players. They were compiled on the Herb Brooks Foundation website).[15][16]
"I'm really amazed how well-conditioned this team is. I've never seen the Soviets outskated this late in the game. And that is exactly what the U.S. team is doing right now." - Former Montreal Canadiens goaltender Ken Dryden at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Games serving as a sports announcer for ABC News
"Indeed, if thou hurteth in thy efforts and thou suffer painful dings, then thou art doing it right." - Richard Marcinko, Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior[17][18][19]
"Thou hast not to like it-thou hast just to do it." - Richard Marcinko, Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior
“Time = life; therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.” - Alan Lakein
I need to go faster - Tribute song to Usain Bolt
"Speed is the essence of war. Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where he has taken no precautions." - Sun Tzu
"Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances." - Sun Tzu
"The less you respond to negative people, the more powerful your life will become.” – Robert E. Baine, American pastor and businessman
"Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl." - Benjamin Jowett, English tutor and administrative reformer at the University of Oxford, a theologian, and Anglican cleric
"I'd like to say to all my fans out there, thanks for the support. And to all my doubters, thank you very much because you guys have also pushed me." - Usain Bolt, the greatest sprinter of all time[20]
"I don't think limits." - Usain Bolt
"It's always a wake-up call to get beaten." - Usain Bolt
"I don't put myself under pressure." - Usain Bolt
"You can get beat any day." - Usain Bolt
"My hunger is always there." - Usain Bolt
"Though the mills of God grind slowly; Yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, With exactness grinds He all." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Memorizing the Bible
- How to Memorize the Bible: (Illustrated) by William Evans (Free versions of How to Memorize the Bible by William Evans)
My favorite historians
Fernand Braudel and the Annals school of history:
- Annales school of history: "Annales school, School of history. Established by Lucien Febvre (1878–1956) and Marc Bloch (1886–1944), its roots were in the journal Annales: économies, sociétés, civilisations, Febvre’s reconstituted version of a journal he had earlier formed with Marc Bloch. Under Fernand Braudel’s direction the Annales school promoted a new form of history, replacing the study of leaders with the lives of ordinary people and replacing examination of politics, diplomacy, and wars with inquiries into climate, demography, agriculture, commerce, technology, transportation, and communication, as well as social groups and mentalities. While aiming at a “total history,” it also yielded dazzling microstudies of villages and regions. Its international influence on historiography has been enormous."
Some of my favorite films
- The Jesus Film, 1979
- Moses: The Lawgiver, 1974, 6-hour Italian/British television miniseries filmed in 1973/74 and starring Burt Lancaster as Moses.
- China Cry, 1990
- Miracle, 2004
- Coming Out of the Ice, 1982
- It's a Wonderful Life, 1946
Some of my favorite songs
- I need to go faster, Tribute to Usain Bolt
Music from around the world
- Charles A. Garfield and Peak Performance (1985) by Charles A. Garfield (Related to insights gathered from the Apollo 11 mission)
Thou shall think clearly and creatively. Thou shall not commit logical fallacies.
See also: Increasing cognitive performance
Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind."
A mind is a terrible thing to waste!
Favorite book on critical thinking
- The Thinker's Way by John Chaffee, Ph.D., Little, Brown and Company; First Edition (October 1, 1998)
Favorite website dealing with thinking, critical thinking and logical fallacies
Logical fallacies
Creativity
- Creativity and innovation websites
- Creative thinking tools
- Creativity articles/resources
- Books on creativity
Cognitive distortions/biases
- The Santa Problem by Seth Godin
User:Conservative's essays
User: Conservative's Christianity essays
- Christianity and its margin of victory over atheism
- Why the future of Christianity in the USA is bright
- Jesus compared to Niccolò Machiavelli
- Predictions on the Future of Christianity/religion in the USA: Eric Kaufmann vs. Pew Research
- The Dakotas, the USA states with the highest percentage of Lutherans, are the most pro-life states in the USA
- Why Russia's religious persecution of Russian Protestants is not good for Russia
- Dark Triad personality, toxic personality or demon possessed?
User: Conservative's general essays about life
- Grit, the key to outstanding achievements
- Cut toxic people out of your life and replace them with edifying achievers who inspire you
- Toxic gamma males. Keep them out of your life and organizations
- Ultimately, losers never win
- Don't pine for a problem-free life or for "problem child" people to be gone from your life
- The problem with leaders or managers following the advice of Niccolò Machiavelli
- Don't believe all the political news "facts" and predictions you read on the internet and see on the news
User: Conservative's political essays
User: Conservative's essays on cultural and societal issues
User: Conservative's international politics essays
General international politics essays
- The myth of multipolarity. What do the terms unipolar, bipolar and multipolar mean as far as international relations?
- Why did so many self-declared international relations experts miserably fail concerning their multipolar fantasy?
- What drives Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin?
- Why has the West been so successful?
- The 2023 BRICS Summit was a bunch of hoopla. We still don't live in a multipolar world.
- The wreck of the HMS Multipolar World Fantasy - Humor
- The anti-Christianity Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Joseph Stalin and Xi Jinping have opposed homosexuality so this isn't a very high moral bar for China and Russia to clear
The United States
- The United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future
- Is the USA an economic powerhouse and juggernaut?
- The USA can reduce its national debt. It has done it before
- The citizens of the United States are happier than the citizens of Russia and China. USA! USA! USA!
- The U.S. Navy is the most powerful navy in the world
- The USA will become bigger, better and stronger than ever before! Russia and China will not! USA! USA! USA! - Humor
China
Russia
War in Ukraine
Give me liberty, or give me death!
Humor pieces
Notes
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