Sun and Shield

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.

Friday, June 06, 2025

Trump vs. Musk, or the other way around, in light of Matthew 18

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Matthew 18:15 “If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained bac...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Sunspots 983

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  Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others: The BBC has fact-checked President Trump's meeting with the President of Sout...
Sunday, May 25, 2025

Bears in the Bible

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Image from Pixabay. A search for the topic, bears (animals) in the Bible, is complicated by the abundance of occurrences of the word "b...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Sunspots 982

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  Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others: Gizmodo reports on a study that found that all of the largest US cities are sinki...
Monday, May 19, 2025

Important Lesson: don't complain

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A lesson I hope I've learned, which may be of value to others. Paul wrote two epistles to the Corinthian church. One small section of th...
Sunday, May 04, 2025

Sunsppts 981

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Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others: The Trump administration wants to change the Endangered Species Act so that destruc...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Sunspots 980

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  Some things I have spotted that may be of interest: Earth.com reports on the estimated number of ants living on earth . Lots and lots of t...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Sunspots 979

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  Gizmodo reports that a 3-D printer has been used to repair abnormal penis tissue . -- in rabbits and pigs, not in people, NPR reports on w...
Friday, March 07, 2025

Sunspots 978

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Things that I have spotted that may be of interest to others:  SciTech Daily reports that f ish can recognize and react to human divers. Nat...
Friday, February 28, 2025

Cereal grains in the Bible

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                                     Wheat field, North Carolina Cereal grains include corn (maize), rice, wheat, spelt, rye, oats, barley, ...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Sunspots 977

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Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others.     ZDNet reports that a study, by the BBC, about how good artificial intelligence ...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Blogging: Posts that have received over 500 views

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I blog mostly because I want to say something, whether anyone reads it or not. I hope that I am also blogging for God's glory. Sometimes...
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Sunday, February 09, 2025

Sunspots 976

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Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others:  The BBC reports on the discovery of very large squid . (or is it squids?) A-z anim...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Salt-Bible study

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There are about 40 occurrences of the word, salt, in the Bible. Here are some of them: Salt was part of the offerings to Yahweh: Leviticus ...
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Immigration: What the Bible says about it

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See this post  for a discussion of what the Bible says about immigration. (It says quite a bit!)
Saturday, January 11, 2025

Sunspots 975

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  Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others:  Gizmodo reports on diamond batteries, which would hold a charge for hundreds of ...
Monday, December 02, 2024

What is man? A question asked in the Bible

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 From the Bible Gateway, World English Bible: Job 7:17 What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him, Job...
Monday, November 25, 2024

Uzza, or Uzzah

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2 Samuel 6:1 David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 David arose, and went with all the people who we...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Sunspots 974

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  Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others: Gizmodo reports on Pando, perhaps the oldest and largest organism on the planet ....
Saturday, November 16, 2024

Sunspots 973

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Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others:       Earth.com reports on amazing mental ability in a butterfly. Gizmodo reports t...
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I have retired from teaching science at Southern Wesleyan University. That's my wife with me in the picture.
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