Things to do in Iowa

1. Lewis and Clark monument by Council Bluffs, Iowa. There is not much there, but it is in Loess Hills overlooking the Missouri River valley. Epley airport is off in the distance.

2. The Norwegian American Museum in Decorah. Decorah is a very nice to visit and the museum has boats and lots of cool junk.

3. The Natural History Museum in Iowa City. It is free and on the campus. It is the best free museum I have ever been to. Think twelve-foot tall, prehistoric, orange sloth.

4. Desoto Bend Wildlife Refuge. It is by Missouri Valley. A river boat museum resides near by, which is cool. It has wild life exhibits. In the winter, you can see all sorts of wildlife on the Missouri river. When the geese are there, it is an impressive site. Hundreds of thousand of living things flying in one place is amazing.

5. Quad City Swing baseball game in the Quad Cities. Think baseball and on the river. You can watch the game and when you get bored, you can watch the river. Very nice.

6. It is not as good as Wrigley, but the Iowa Cubs in Des Moines is probably the best place in Iowa for baseball. The food is good. The stadium is good. The view of the capitol building is very nice.

Martin Luther on Memory Verses

I've been reading Table Talk by Martin Luther. In section # 261, Luther was quoted

A Christian must be well armed, grounded, and furnished with sentences out of God's Word, that so he may stand and defend religion and himself against the devil, in case he should be asked to embrace another doctrine.

A better definition of how Christians should prepare themselves for apologetics I have never seen.