Things I have recently spotted that may
be of interest to someone else:
Christianity: Christianity Today says that a Chinese pastor, of
an unregistered church, has been arrested,
with some of her family, for publicly proclaiming the gospel.
A Relevant writer has some good
advice for those attracted, or hooked on, pornography, and other
sexual sins.
Relevant discusses martyrdom,
which is all too real for hundreds of Christians (almost all in
other countries than the US) every year.
A Relevant writer explains the benefits
of not agreeing with everything your pastor believes.
And another Relevant writer says that
US Christians are NOT under attack.
(And Politics) Michael Gerson, himself
a political conservative and a Christian, blasts those who sympathize with the Family Research Council's Values Voter Summit, for straying
from Christian values. Writes Gerson: "Now, according to [Steve]
Bannon, 'economic nationalism' is the 'centerpiece of value voters.' I had thought the centerpiece was a vision of human dignity rooted in faith."
Bannon spoke at the Summit, and was apparently acclaimed.
Computing: Gizmo's Freeware mentions a
program that converts Office files to .PDF. It apparently also converts Word files to epub files, too.
Health: National Public Radio reports that medical
eye drops are bigger than they need to be, or than you actually absorb, and users are paying more because of their size.
History: (or something) Sojourners reports on the Samaritans
of today. A tiny group, less than 1,000.
Politics: Scientific American documents how several appointees
in the Trump administration are working to set aside scientific findings which show how industries of various kinds are hurting the public.
(and gender) A Pew Research poll finds that Democrats
and Republicans have different views of how hard men have it.
Science: According to Scientific American, dodder, a parasitic plant -- you may have seen it, it looks like skinny spaghetti -- passes warning signals between plant hosts, allowing plants that may soon be attacked by insect pests to be better prepared.
Listverse shows us, and describes, 10 newly discovered species of animals.
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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Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Sunspots 649
Labels:
animals,
Christianity,
dodder,
eye drops,
links,
martyrdom,
persecution,
pornography,
signalling,
Steve Bannon,
women's roles
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