Saturday, April 11, 2026

Sunspots 998

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   Notices (2) **Try our New Beta Features**: Create a more engaging reading experience with the help of Google Google Search links:  Based...
Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Sunspots 997

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  Joel Duff has posted a thorough examination of the use of "design" by Christians, and argues, successfully, I believe, that ther...
Monday, March 30, 2026

"There are no accidents." How I found Tolkien and C. S. Lewis

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 Over six decades ago, I was a student worker in the library of Wisconsin State University at Superior. Student workers had access to the bo...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Sunspots 996

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  Gizmodo reports on betting on Christ's return . NPR points out two simple tests to tell us if food is ultra-processed , The Naturalis ...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Sunspots 995

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  Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others. Discover Wildlife reports on a fish with a hole in its head , and what that hole...
Sunday, January 18, 2026

What did New Testament Christians pray for?

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 I've been blogging for quite a while, perhaps too long. This link leads to my most important post, which considers prayer in the New T...
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Tuesday, January 06, 2026

The Magi disobeyed the government

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The Bible indicates that we should generally respect and obey governmental authority:  Romans 13:1 Let every soul be in subjection to the hi...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Sunspots 994

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  The BBC reports that there were some significant gains in environmental and endangered species protection in 2025. Duke law school has po...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Sunspots 993

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  Gizmodo discusses the history of the domestication (sort of) of cats . NPR (and other outlets) discuss the evolution of kissing. Gizmodo ...
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Friday, November 28, 2025

Sunspots 992

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  Gizmodo reports on a woman who married an artificially intelligent entity that she created in cyberspace. Really. Gizmodo also reports th...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Sunspots 991

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  Ken Schenck has been writing an up-to-date version of C. S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters . Here is the 23rd chapter. A Conversation writ...
Saturday, October 11, 2025

Grumbling about food is about as bad as idolatry

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1 Corinthians 10:1 Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2...
Friday, October 03, 2025

Sunspots 990

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  Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others. Graphic from NASA. Bible Scholar Ken Schenck on the different interpretations of ...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Erika Kirk: forgiveness in the New Testament

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Charlie Kirk was assassinated. At his funeral, his widow, Erika, the mother of their two small children, said that she forgave the assassin....