What the Gap Theory Gets From Genesis, and What It Adds A popular reading of Genesis says the Bible describes two creations. In the first, God made a perfect world. Satan rebelled, God judged the world, and the earth was left ruined. Genesis 1:2 describes the wreckage. Genesis 1:3 and the six days that follow describe the repair. The reading is called the gap theory, or the ruin-restoration reading, and it has one great attraction: it lets a reader keep a six-day week and still place millions of years, fossils, and animal death in a world before Adam. The question is not whether the reading can be built. It can. The question is how much of it Genesis states, how much Genesis merely permits, and how much Genesis requires. Those are three different things, and the gap theory depends on running them together.

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A look at the earliest testimony, the empty tomb, and six questions for anyone who denies the resurrection. Here is the claim. Jesus of Nazareth was crucified under Pontius Pilate. He was buried. On the third day he rose from the dead. I believe that, and I think the evidence supports it. I also think the people who say no owe us something: evidence, not just the idea that another explanation is possible.

Tim Curry passed away and I am going to miss him terribly. He will also remain as one of my favorite actors beyond space and time. Some of my favorite movies that Tim had done are first of all he was the butler in the Clue movie released in the 80’s.

The King of all NFL Super Bowl Half Time shows and that is Prince when he performed at the NFL Superbowl show

What We Can Prove and What We Can't Few numbers scare people like 666. It shows up in movies, songs, and jokes. But what does the Bible say, and what do we actually know about it? The honest answer has two parts: what the evidence proves, and what people have added to it over the centuries.

An out of this world moment at the MTV Music Video Awards 1996 Everybody always talks about extraordinary moments that happened at the MTV music video awards well one that really sticks out in my mind is one that’s never talked about. It happened at the 1996 MTV video music awards or music video award depending on how you slice it.

Recently, I had gone with my uncle to Unadilla Motorcross and it was great! It was fantastic to be there to see his love and passion and actually my uncle could have and almost did go pro. At Unadilla was the first time in my life that I ever rode on a bike or at least to ride it as an actual ride. We had gone to the autograph tent where there had been a couple of riders and my uncle was talking to the riders and getting the autographs, while there I had talked him up because my uncle one was helluva rider and I had said as much he is too humble and modest to do it himself.

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Some legends are already legends when we discover them. Others become legends right before our eyes. For more than four decades, I watched Sir Patrick Stewart's extraordinary career unfold, from *Excalibur* and *Dune* to Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Professor Charles Xavier. Along the way, he became part of my own story, including one unforgettable encounter at a science fiction convention. As we say goodbye to this remarkable actor, I find myself reflecting on what it means to grow up alongside someone who becomes a legend in your lifetime, the memories they leave behind, and why this particular farewell hurts so much. **Sir Patrick Stewart: I Watched a Legend Being Made.**

Man, it's hard being Gen X right now. One by one, the musicians who gave us the soundtrack of our youth are leaving us, taking a little piece of our memories with them. After the passing of Donnie Iris, an unexpected journey through his musical history and a heartbreaking video of his final performance sparked a deeper reflection on the legends we're losing, the songs that carried us through life's best and worst moments, and the strange sadness of watching an era fade into history. This isn't just about saying goodbye to our musical heroes. It's about remembering who we were when their music was new, celebrating what they gave us, and realizing just how much of our lives lives on in their songs.

For 45 years, Donnie Iris gave me two songs I never stopped loving: “Ah! Leah!” and “Love Is Like a Rock.” But somehow, despite a lifetime spent exploring rock ’n’ roll, I never discovered the remarkable musician behind them. Now, with the news of his passing, I’m taking a long-overdue musical journey through the Jaggerz, Wild Cherry, and the Cruisers. Along the way, I’m revisiting a treasured teenage memory, uncovering some wonderful rock history, and paying tribute to a man who deserved far more of my curiosity. Because Donnie Iris wasn't just worth listening to. He was worth discovering.

Who Should Govern AI in Criminal Justice? Artificial intelligence can improve prediction, reduce administrative burdens, and help government allocate resources. It cannot, by itself, acquire the authority to decide how the state exercises its power. In a July 2026 interview with The Economist, Elon Musk predicted that money would no longer matter by 2036. His vision rests on a powerful possibility: artificial intelligence and robotics could eventually produce so much material abundance that traditional employment and economic scarcity lose much of their present importance. Whether Musk gets the timeline right is beside the point.

Before anything else, three disclaimers. First, I am not claiming that every geological formation on Earth was produced by Noah's Flood. The young-earth model allows pre-Flood and post-Flood geological activity. Second, I am not claiming that every volcanic feature within Flood-related sediments must be explained as a dike. Intrusive bodies, extrusive lava flows, and ash beds are distinct categories, and they must be addressed separately.

Why does everyone still love 80s music? From the doo-wop harmonies and rock ’n’ roll rebels of the 1950s to the bold individuality of the MTV generation, every era has had its own soundtrack of change. As a Gen Xer who grew up loving the oldies before witnessing the explosion of Prince, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Billy Idol, and heavy metal, I've come to realize something: we're watching a new generation discover our music just as we discovered the music of our parents. But what makes those songs resonate decades later? Maybe it's more than nostalgia. Maybe it's the freedom, individuality, and rebellious spirit that never really go out of style. Because the music gets older. The rebellion doesn't.

What happens when a California girl looks back at the music of her youth and discovers she's been an Eagles fan all along? In *A Peaceful Easy Confession: OMG, I'm an Eagles Fan!*, Dr. AY Heath revisits the songs that shaped her voice, the performances that built her confidence, and the unforgettable memories woven through decades of music. From her first standing ovation to Marine Corps boot camp, bluesy Christmas favorites, misunderstood lyrics, and an unexpected connection to a zombie movie, the evidence keeps piling up. Now the Superior Court of Rock ’n’ Roll is in session, and the verdict may be unavoidable: sometimes the music that shapes us most is the music that has always felt like home.

Some bands become part of your life because you discover them. Others have been there all along. For me, Creedence Clearwater Revival was woven into the soundtrack of growing up Gen X in the San Francisco Bay Area—from my parents' stories about war and the civil rights movement to my brother David introducing me to the wonderfully strange “Lookin' Out My Back Door.” CCR was a hit-making machine whose music became part of America's cultural identity, yet remarkably, they never scored a No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100. Then the band broke up, John Fogerty went quiet, and the songs kept playing. When Fogerty returned with *Centerfield* in 1985, MTV helped bring that familiar voice into a new era. This is a story about family, music, memories, and the extraordinary power of songs that never stopped connecting generations. Even when the man behind them stepped away.

In the early days of MTV, we weren't just watching music videos—we were discovering music, artists, and entire musical worlds. For me, one of those discoveries was Golden Earring, a veteran Dutch rock band whose cinematic video for “Twilight Zone” captured my imagination and sent me searching through their history, where I fell in love with “Radar Love.” What I didn't realize then was that the band had been considering calling it quits before taking one more chance on a changing music industry. Looking back, their story is about more than a remarkable MTV-era success. It's about creativity, experience, reinvention, and the courage to go all in when the rules of the game are changing. And it raises a question that's just as relevant today: when an older artist suddenly finds a new audience, is it really a comeback—or simply a new generation discovering that great music never had an expiration date?

Some albums give us great music. Others become part of our lives. For me, Foreigner’s *4* was both. Released in 1981, its ten unforgettable songs became intertwined with some of my most defining memories—from losing my brother and navigating the awkwardness of growing up to discovering first crushes, finding courage, and learning to use my voice as a singer. What began with one incredible song and a trip to the neighborhood record store became a musical journey that followed me for more than four decades. This is the story of an extraordinary rock album, the memories it carries, and why I’m still singing along today.