- April 30, 2023 at 01:43PM
Resources on believers' baptism
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A rain-filled mikveh (ritual immersion pool) at Korazim National Park, Israel. Photo © 2023 by Michael D. Bates, all rights reserved. Here are a couple of useful resources that I recently encountered, one very old, one new, in support of the view that Christian baptism is for those only...
- April 30, 2023 at 01:43PM Resources on believers' baptism Click the headline to read the full story.
Some thoughts on the April 4, 2023, school board and municipal results, from my live-tweet thread. (ThreadReaderApp unroll here.) At 7:36 pm, early results in the Tulsa school board election came from 4 of the 18 precincts in District 1, all east of the river (and thus incumbent Stacey Woolley's...
- April 13, 2023 at 05:17PM 2023 School Board election recap Click the headline to read the full story.
April 4, 2023, is general election day across Oklahoma for school board races and for municipalities that use the default forms of municipal government established by state statute. Many cities with city charters that define a customized government structure still use the default dates for city elections. As is...
- April 03, 2023 at 04:49PM 2023 Oklahoma school & municipal elections Click the headline to read the full story.
The incumbent and challenger in the Tulsa School Board District 1 race have each raised over $50,000 according to campaign contribution and expenditures reports filed with the Tulsa Public Schools district clerk. As of the March 20, 2023, close of the pre-election reporting period, Democrat incumbent Stacey Woolley had raised...
- April 02, 2023 at 12:58PM 2023 Tulsa School Board campaign finances Click the headline to read the full story.
More warnings from professionals who work with teenagers about the dangers of legalizing recreational marijuana by passing Oklahoma State Question 820 and the damage already caused by the dysfunctional medical marijuana regime approved through SQ 788 in 2018. School Administrators Urge NO Vote on SQ 820 OKCPS Superintendent Sean McDaniel:...
- March 06, 2023 at 12:30PM Oklahoma school administrators oppose SQ 820 marijuana legalization Click the headline to read the full story.
More commentary opposed to SQ 820, on the ballot this Tuesday, March 7, 2023: Twitter user Chels (@ChesterTweet) has a link-rich thread "explaining why every Oklahoman should vote NO on SQ820." Chels is a returned Oklahoma who lived in Colorado during the vote on marijuana legalization there and its...
- March 04, 2023 at 09:59PM No on SQ 820 marijuana: More voices Click the headline to read the full story.
Augustine Christian Academy, Tulsa's pioneering classical Christian college preparatory school, is holding an open house for grades K-12 tomorrow, Friday, March 3, 2023, from 4 pm to 7 pm. The school is located at 6310 E. 30th Street, just west of Sheridan. ACA was founded as St. Augustine Academy in...
- March 02, 2023 at 02:53PM Augustine Christian Academy open house Click the headline to read the full story.
Tulsa Classical Academy, Oklahoma's first classical charter school, will open its doors to students from kindergarten to 8th grade this August for the 2023-2024 school year. TCA will add a grade a year in subsequent school years, becoming a full K-12 school with our first graduating class in 2028. Tulsa...
- February 28, 2023 at 10:03PM Tulsa Classical Academy hiring teachers Click the headline to read the full story.
All of Oklahoma's voters have an election on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The only thing on the ballot is State Question 820, which would enact a law to legalize marijuana for any purpose, over and above the "medical" marijuana law, SQ 788, approved by voters in June 2018. I will...
- February 27, 2023 at 02:37PM NO on Oklahoma SQ 820 recreational marijuana legalization Click the headline to read the full story.
Pilots and boom operators are sad to contemplate the September 2024 retirement of the KC-10, the aerial refueling tanker based on the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airframe. Though the Air Force operates only 59 KC-10s compared to 396 KC-135s and a planned 128 KC-46s, each of the Extenders packs a punch....
- February 18, 2023 at 08:39PM Farewell KC-10 Click the headline to read the full story. |
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