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2023-09-11 22:51
A sobering assessment by @seanmdav of post-9/11 actions by the US government in response to that fateful day. https://thefederalist.com/2023/09/11/was-9-11-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-am… Read More
2022-01-18 13:50
To Love is to Expose Yourself to Pain. (Banner photo credit: Dark Winter Days by Inge Bovens) “Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not k… Read More
Log4J Examples In The Wild
2021-12-20 15:57
Using my honeypot server, I’ve been able to capture some examples of Log4J attempts against my test server. What this is showing is that the ModSecurity rules in place, at least in thi… Read More
2021-12-18 21:58
(I’ll be updating this post as more rules are available to stop new vulnerabilities.) Credit to Christian Folini at coreruleset.org for providing the rule. A major vulnerability… Read More
2021-12-17 20:07
A major vulnerability has been discovered in Java web apps basic logging function called Log4J/Log4Shell. The best remedy for this is to update Log4j itself, or update the web app platform r… Read More
2021-06-27 14:15
Father, some of us come here from a place of real joy and closeness with You. Many if not most of us are a mixed bag of closeness to You as well as internal and external struggles that weigh… Read More
2021-06-26 17:16
I was considering recently, what do I really need more than anything right now in terms of my internal, personal devotional life with Jesus? I simply need to see Him. Some of this stemmed fr… Read More
2021-04-11 17:00
You are the God who gives food to the hungry and in Jesus you miraculously fed the five thousand from very little. You LORD set the prisoners free and in Jesus You freed the man from the leg… Read More
2021-03-25 19:54
In my last post, I explained how to go about utilizing IPv6 prefix delegation using a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter 4, connected to an AT&T internet router that has IPv6 enabled on both the WAN an… Read More
2021-03-14 17:00
Lord Jesus, just as You healed the daughter of Jairus right after healing a woman with an incurable medical condition, you Lord are demonstrated to be the God of healing not just physical co… Read More
Enabling IPv6 On AT&T Internet
2021-03-12 23:55
*Disclaimer: If you enable this and mess with it in such a way as to make your network insecure, I’m not responsible for what may or may not happen due to your lack of security impleme… Read More
2021-01-31 15:21
Only those with a pure, clean heart, will ascend the hill of the Lord and stand in righteousness with Him, which on our own is none of us. Psalm 24 makes clear that the only one’s to a… Read More
2021-01-24 18:48
A prayer based on themes from this article at the Gospel Coalition. Father for all the ways we fall short of Your glory, we pray for forgiveness and know that You are always ready and wil… Read More
2021-01-19 15:01
Thoughts from this morning’s Daily Office readings: “For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.” | Psalm 26:3 “For with you is… Read More
2020-11-11 20:47
Your kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, one that has already been inaugurated by Your entrance into the world and Your ascension into heaven after suffering death, throwing the old order int… Read More
2020-06-23 12:30
Documenting settings to get IPv6 setup within the configuration for OpenVPN, plus forwarding all IPv6 traffic through the VPN. This has no explanation of how you obtain IPv6 address prefixes… Read More
2020-06-17 19:58
I’m archiving this information for future reference because I (or others) may need it. This was extremely helpful in getting AT&T’s allotted IPv6 subnet(?) (properly called:… Read More
2020-05-17 13:42
We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. (Psalm 75:1)  Father as one of your churches that makes up the larger body of Your people, we come and simply lay… Read More
2020-01-28 17:01
Father we praise You for Your work in creation, in bringing about all that exists from nothing. We praise You for creating men and women in Your image, to reflect Your glory in the world. An… Read More
2020-01-12 14:57
Father, after many years of waiting for Your promises to be fulfilled, You brought Christ into the world and made His coming known to the Gentiles, and specifically during this time of Epiph… Read More
2019-12-06 17:43
Posting these articles for reference regarding Epstein’s intelligence connections. WARNING: “some” (all) content may not be suitable for younger audience reading. Writt… Read More
2019-12-04 14:16
After having undiagnosed depression and some level of anxiety for years (I knew I had at least a mild depression, but didn’t know the depth until later in life), and having that culmin… Read More
2019-11-30 18:20
Adoration Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning is now and will be for ever.  Amen. Alleluia. [Silent praise and worship of… Read More
2019-11-14 18:44
https://www.ligonier.org/blog/what-does-it-mean-abide-christ/ “The exhortation to “abide” has been frequently misunderstood, as though it were a special, mystical, and i… Read More
2019-07-12 15:45
Father, we know that no good thing can come from us in our flesh, but only that which is wrought in our hearts by Your Holy Spirit. Lord we are weak and frail apart from You, and even dead i… Read More
2019-06-09 13:24
Lord God, we worship You as the God who isn’t distant from us, but One who made Yourself near and accessible and known to us. In the very beginning, by Your Spirit You hovered over the… Read More
Easy, Delicious Summer Sangria
2019-06-03 15:58
Each year I find improvements to make my Sangria easier to make and more delicious. So far, this is the best of both. And it all changed once I started using Riunite’s Lambrusco sparkl… Read More
2019-04-23 16:32
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding.” | Psalm 111:10 What does it mean to “practice” the “f… Read More
2019-04-22 15:19
Lord this is the day! The day in which all the hopes of the saints from ages past were waiting for, the first fruits of resurrection life coming to pass. And yet this was the moment that peo… Read More
2019-04-01 03:48
Lord Your glory is so obviously displayed and reflected in the power exhibited within creation. The floods lift up their roaring, the sea cries out Your name, the hills bear prosperity for a… Read More
2019-03-02 22:23
The following commands enable, follow in real-time and disable the querylog entries for when you’re trying to troubleshoot or watch the connection. 1. Enable: sudo rndc querylog2. F… Read More
2019-02-18 04:35
Father you are a God who delights in revealing the beauty of your salvation to those who least deserve it. You are a God who delights in making Your name known and shining your face on those… Read More
2019-01-21 03:45
Father in Your wisdom and knowledge You formed us and shaped us into Your image and likeness, to reflect Your glory within the world. You knit us together in our mother’s wombs and we… Read More
2018-12-23 17:17
O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens and when we gaze upon them, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which yo… Read More
2018-11-25 14:39
“…with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a king… Read More
2018-09-02 14:27
Father, by Your unfathomable great love, You have counted our sins to Christ and counted His righteousness to us, and covered us as with a royal robe. You have marked us out in our baptism… Read More
2018-08-30 04:27
This was a question I’ve had for some time now since the heyday of the Emerging Church came and went, but I haven’t put a whole lot of thought or research (read, Google search) i… Read More
2018-08-12 14:32
Father, in the beginning through Your Son, You spoke into the void of darkness and created all that exists. Jesus You are the radiance of the glory of the Father and the exact imprint of His… Read More
2018-06-06 21:19
I’ve had many people ask why I left the church that I did for a PCA church. Usually the question comes out of confusion as to why someone would leave such a great place… Read More
2018-06-05 02:00
Calvinism is natively experiential. Before it is a theological system, Calvinism is deeply affectional, God-centered, cross-magnifying religion. A man may loudly trumpet his adherence to the… Read More
2018-06-04 21:14
In studying Hosea this past spring at Trinity, it was hard for many of us. The constant language of judgment seems to take on a life of its own, and as gospel people, on this side of the cro… Read More
2018-01-10 15:47
“The average American teenager who uses a smart phone receives her first phone at age 10 and spends over 4.5 hours a day on it (excluding texting and talking). 78% of teens check their… Read More
2018-01-03 16:23
“While some of our habits are acquired by choosing to engage in certain practices (e.g., signing up for drivers’ ed. or registering for piano lessons), many are acquired without… Read More
2017-11-21 22:25
I recently had a good discussion with a friend about some of the reasons I left a Dispensational church. I previously documented a number of reasons here in my journey from Dispensationalism… Read More
2017-10-19 17:51
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. In these words is contained an entire volume that could be written on slander, lying, gossip, shaming others, and so on. Do… Read More
2017-07-14 19:51
“The covenant of grace, with respect to us, consists of the absolute promises of God, in which the mediator, the life to be obtained by him, the faith by which we may be made partakers… Read More
2017-01-17 16:52
From the Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter VII, Sections V & VI: V. This covenant was differently administered in the time of the law, and in the time of the Gospel: under the law… Read More
2016-12-24 03:54
From the Preface to the Presbyterian Church in America‘s Book of Church Order (2016) Jesus Christ, upon whose shoulders the government rests, whose name is called Wonderful, Couns… Read More

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