Author: JJSJ

By God's redemptive grace I am a Christian birdwatcher, and a lifelong student of both God's creation and His written Word, the Holy Bible. Academically and professionally, I enjoy learning and teaching a variety of subjects, including law, history (including family history), ornithology, ecology, geography, and/or Genesis-based apologetics, which subjects I have taught at 4 Christian colleges and/or aboard 9 international cruise ships.

Fulfillment of Genesis 49 Prophecy is Accidently Corroborated by King Mesha’s Bragging on the Moabite Stone

Fulfillment of Genesis 49 Prophecy is Accidently Corroborated by King Mesha's Bragging on the Moabite Stone Dr. James J. S. Johnson And Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheepmaster [ נֹקֵ֑ד  i.e., sheep-breeder, sheep rancher], and he rendered unto the king of Israel 100,000 lambs, and 100,000 rams, with the wool.  (2nd Kings 3:4) Recently a … Continue reading Fulfillment of Genesis 49 Prophecy is Accidently Corroborated by King Mesha’s Bragging on the Moabite Stone →

Competing, in Plain View, for a Ball of Dung

Competing, in Plain View, for a Ball of Dung Dr. James J. S. Johnson Yea, doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.  … Continue reading Competing, in Plain View, for a Ball of Dung →

HOT DESERTS: Lethal to Some, Yet Home to Others

HOT DESERTS:  LETHAL TO SOME, YET HOME TO OTHERS Dr. James J. S. Johnson The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.  (ISAIAH 35:1) In deserts the temps climb quite high, With scarce rain, those lands get quite dry; Such climes can … Continue reading HOT DESERTS: Lethal to Some, Yet Home to Others →

Laird Bill, God’s True Scholar

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.  (Proverbs 17:17) DR.  WILLIAM  R.  COOPER,  a/k/a  LAIRD  BILL  O’ LOCHABER Scholars once showed merit, wielding a quill, Inkjet text on paper, printers now fill; As Somerled’s F-25,* Bill was nobly born alive; God’s true scholar, he is: my friend, Laird Bill … Continue reading Laird Bill, God’s True Scholar →

Doomsday at the Beach for Nordic Dinosaurs !

Doomsday  at  the  Beach  for  Nordic  Dinosaurs ! Tracking Clues  at  Svalbard,  Linked  to  Plateosaurus Bone  Buried  Deep  in  the  Norwegian  North  Sea Dr. James J. S. Johnson They that go down to the sea [yâm] in ships, who do business in great waters [mayîm rabbîm]; these see the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the … Continue reading Doomsday at the Beach for Nordic Dinosaurs ! →

Which Helps More, for Understanding the Meaning of Isaiah 40:22, ‘Consensus Astronomy’ or Biblical Hebrew ?

Which Helps More, for Understanding the Meaning of Isaiah 40:22, 'Consensus Astronomy' or Biblical Hebrew? Dr. James J. S. Johnson It is He Who sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; He Who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and He spreads them out as a tent … Continue reading Which Helps More, for Understanding the Meaning of Isaiah 40:22, ‘Consensus Astronomy’ or Biblical Hebrew ? →

September 25th, AD1066: Someone Needs to Guard the Boats!

September 25th, AD1066:  Someone Needs to Guard the Boats! Dr. James J. S. Johnson This shall be written for the generation to come; and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.   (Psalm 102:18) Is "parking lot" duty important?  What if the "parking lot" is a coastal shoreline, and what is being "parked" there … Continue reading September 25th, AD1066: Someone Needs to Guard the Boats! →