Preparedness Notes for Sunday — June 25, 2023

June 25, 1530, the Augsburg Confession, 28 articles that constitute the basic confession of the Lutheran churches, was presented at the Diet of Augsburg to the emperor Charles V. — And on June 25th, 1876, Native American forces led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeated the U.S. Army troops of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in a bloody battle near southern Montana’s Little Bighorn River. The Battle of Little Bighorn – also called Custer’s Last Stand – marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War. While complicated, …




Bardin & Marsee Waterproof Bible, by Thomas Christianson

Field gear is often subject to a wide variety of weather conditions. Like the Persian mounted couriers made famous by Herodotus, field gear may face snow, rain, heat, and gloom of night among other challenges. Wildly varying weather conditions can be a special challenge to books in general, and Bibles in particular. That is what makes the Bardin & Marsee Waterproof Bible so interesting for outdoors-folk who carry a Bible as a part of their gear. The Waterproof Bible is printed on a synthetic paper made from plastic resins and inorganic fillers. You can read it in a rainstorm or …




JWR’s Meme Of The Week:

The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: Hunter Biden Gets Three Little Slaps on the Wrist for “Misdemeanors”… But Matthew Hoover Could Get Up to 45 Years in Prison for Selling Drawings of a Lightning Link? News Links: Hunter Biden expected to plead guilty to tax-related misdemeanor crimes as part of a plea agreement. Hunter Biden’s Plea Reveals DOJ Has Double Standard On Gun Charges. Two men, one from Clay County, convicted for transferring machinegun conversion devices. Note From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if …




The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. For, when we were come into Macedonia, …