July 2008 « ma.juii.net

How can I combine two PDF files so that they are “overlayed” one to the other?

This might become necessary if you want to add content to an already existing PDF file, e.g. when doing pre-press work for flyers etc.. For example, you might resize one PDF file to have additional place on the page, and put other content into that free space.

Get yourself two PDF files to overlay on [...]

How can I place a PDF file on a bigger, custom-sized page, with free choice of placement?

You might open the PDF file in Adobe Reader and print it there to a Postscript file (setting page size to “Custom…” and choosing a bigger than current), but this does not allow free placement, instead Adobe Reader always centers the output on the paper.

Instead, use xpdf. Start it and set the desired print [...]

Multiple Pentecosts

There is this ever-ongoing discussion about when and how the baptism in the Holy Spirit happens, and / or being filled with the Holy Spirit, etc.. I’m going to present here in short my own model for that, which will probably be integrated in an anthropological model in later articles (brain / spirit discussion). First [...]

How can I print a StampIt! stamp directly in my document though my word processor does not integrate with StampIt?

This problem arises e.g. when you use StampIt! in a Windows virtual machine with Linux, because Linux is not supported natively yet. Then you might want to print the stamp in OpenOffice.org (or whatever) documents, but how?

Solution:

In your Windows virtual machine, create a PDF pseudo printer (PrimoPDF or other, there are some free [...]

Changing church

Ummh … what’s that? How to change a church, about a church in change, a church that changes churchgoers, or all three? I dunno yet, but at the end of this article both of us will

Imagine a little church of 10-20 people, with a culture of intensive mutual education: cheering each other up, [...]

Lowering the bar for true miracles

On what Hume destroyed

The modern secular approach to miracles is deeply influenced by the writings of David Hume. He hold the opinion that, in order to accept something as true, one has to acquire full confidence of it, and thought about the conditions that need to be in place for that [Hume, David: Über [...]

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