Things I have recently spotted that may
be of interest to someone else:
Christianity: (and health) A post on the BioLogos Forum considers the question of whether
cancer is part of God's good creation.
Ken Schenck on what
the Bible does, and doesn't say, about capital punishment.
Relevant has posted some pertinent quotes
from Jim Elliot, a missionary who, at 28, was murdered by South
American tribal people, 60 years ago. (That tribe later became mostly
Christian, partly because Elliot's wife was a missionary to them.)
Education: (sort of) The History Blog reports that a skeleton unearthed in Scotland may be that
of a 16th Century pirate.
National Public Radio reports that children
learn better in school if they have more recess time than most schools
give them.
Finance: National Public Radio discusses the lottery: The odds of winning, whether winning would make you happy, how much you'd get if you won, and a lot more interesting stuff.
Health: The New York Times reports
on the financial reasons why
hospital stay lengths are shrinking.
Philosophy: (and science) Physicists wonder about how
real the "real" world really is, according to NPR. (I have taught
college physics, and this conversation is about a century old, by the way.)
A post on Speculative Faith considers whether
the droids of Star Wars are
slaves or not.
Science: Time, and many other news
organizations, report
on the discovery of four new elements in the Periodic Table. Wired
also reports, indicating that discovering
even more elements will be even more difficult.
Wired has selected the volcanic
(as in real volcanoes) event of the year 2015.
Wired also tells us about a wasp with an amazing ovipositor. (There are a couple of videos in this post.)
Image
source (public domain)
Musings on science, the Bible, and fantastic literature (and sometimes basketball and other stuff).
God speaks to us through the Bible and the findings of science, and we should listen to both types of revelation.
The title is from Psalm 84:11.
The Wikipedia is usually a pretty good reference. I mostly use the World English Bible (WEB), because it is public domain. I am grateful.
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2 comments:
Interesting essay on cancer. I think that Satan can twist into ugliness and destruction what God has created that was originally good and beautiful. Satan's power is limited but he does have some.
Thanks. Satan does have power, unfortunately. But he's not all-powerful.
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