Dave Doran makes a powerful point in his recent sermon from Galatians 5. In the context of explaining that the Pharisees crucified Jesus for confronting their self-righteousness, he says:You can squeeze from the outside and get an appearance of good that actually has not penetrated the heart. And of...

[You're reading http://BenMartinCAE.com. Actually, right now you're just reading the RSS post header.] This might come as some surprise to those who know me well, but it had to be done. Ever since December (and maybe longer), I’ve been having a really hard time keeping up with it all. You̵...

A carbon fiber-bodied, Corvette-inspired biodiesel hybrid that opens like a clam has to be one of the coolest cars ever entered in the Progressive Automotive X-Prize competition....

According to a new report from Rider Research, the number of U.S. pay-TV subscribers grew by 362,000 in the fourth quarter of 2008. These numbers show a flight by traditional cable subscribers to new fiber offerings from Verizon FiOS and AT&T. From the release: As a group, the telephone companie...

BikePortland's Jonathan Maus is down in D.C. today for the National Bike Summit, where Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood gave the opening address this morning. From Maus's recap: Photo: Jonathan Maus At the outset of his remarks, he said, “I want all of you to know you have a full partner at the...

Anduin is knocking on the door of 71 with a total /played time of around six and a half days.  Playing a Warlock is insanely fun, but much more complicated than playing a Paladin (at least for me).  As a Paladin you have three trees to choose from, and each individual tree will designate you to a ...

I generally don’t introduce myself as “Ben Gray, Southern Baptist Minister.”  I consider it a fairly wise practice on my part because when folks do (inevitably) find out that I’m not only a minster, but a minister in a Southern Baptist church, the way in which they relate to...

The Progressive Automotive X Prize has drawn a lot of impressive cars, but one of the coolest has to be a carbon fiber-bodied, Corvette-inspired biodiesel hybrid that opens like a clam. Lightning Hybrids says the LH4 will achieve 100 mpg and do zero to 60 in 5.9 seconds. Power comes from a 90-horsep...

As it happens, I need to buy a copy of Office 2007, or more specifically, Outlook 2007.  Having read Ed Brill's comments about the process of buying Lotus Notes from the IBM website not being as bad, I decided to compare the processes - live.  I don't know how hard either will be...

Here’s a fun piece I did with Nick Wallis for ITV London on Monday. Bad hair, ridiculous venue changes, and tiggerish over-excitablility aside, I think it’s actually quite good, and the wholesome outro at the end made me want to give Alastair Stewart a great big cuddle. So there you go. They too...