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.

Saturday, April 30, 2005

What is teaching?

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I like to cut the grass. It's a good thing, because ours has looked better after cutting for a month or so already this year. Straig...
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Friday, April 29, 2005

Teaching off the subject

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My theology, and my calendar, tell me that I'm not going to get another shot at teaching at a Christian college for 41 years. I've h...
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Thursday, April 28, 2005

Christian Carnival

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Even this brief post is probably in violation of Guideline 2 . This week's Christian Carnival (about 60 posts, selected from their week...
Tuesday, April 26, 2005

RSS Feeds that may be of interest

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Picture from The Tale of Peter Rabbit , by Beatrix Potter. Public Domain, obtained through Project Gutenberg . You may have wandered here...
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Index to some previous posts

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This is an index to most of my previous posts. Posts on trees and leaves are indicated by green . Posts on Blogging Why this title? J...
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Monday, April 25, 2005

Sunspots 6

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"Blogs are like personal telephone calls crossed with newspapers." You may be interested in the article where I found this quot...
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Sunday, April 24, 2005

Guidelines for this blog

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personal guidelines for this blog 1) I hope to glorify God with this blog. After that, my main purpose is my own enjoyment. I enjoy findin...
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Friday, April 22, 2005

The Green Reunion

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J. R. and Ethel McCall Green 50th Anniversary I never knew these people. They were my wife's maternal grandparents, and both of them had...

Earth Day, part 2

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Earth Day was first celebrated on April 22nd, in 1970 . In yesterday's post , I showed that the Bible teaches that God is creator and...
Thursday, April 21, 2005

Earth Day, part 1

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(I know, Earth Day is April 22nd, not 21st, but let's get ahead of things, for once.) The word, "earth," occurs in scripture...
Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Women in the Old Testament, 1

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In case you haven't thought of it before, you read it here first. Women were apparently not considered to be as important as men in the...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Sunspots 5

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That great philosopher, Ted Forth: "There is no downside to hope, Sal," in Sally Forth , syndicated cartoon, April 17th, 2005, w...
Monday, April 18, 2005

Frodo, Ged and Hazel: Movies & Gender

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This is the second installment of a series on three works of fantastic literature. The first is here . I was going to say something like...
Sunday, April 17, 2005

Maple seeds everywhere

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Maples have lots of seeds. Each year, I have asked my botany students to guess how many of the thousands of seeds produced by an average si...
Saturday, April 16, 2005

Einstein and Christ's Sacrifice

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This is the centennial of the year in which Albert Einstein began to publish a handful of articles that changed the way we look at the wo...
Friday, April 15, 2005

Exalted, not flattered

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My University, Southern Wesleyan , has found a number of ways to honor me, as my full-time employment there draws to a close. Ravi Zachar...
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Thursday, April 14, 2005

That's Odd!

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In a previous post , I asked "Would we really consider any book great if someone didn't strive against great odds? I doubt it....
Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Sunspots 4

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The Washington Post has an article listing various free or inexpensive resources for preparing advanced directives and/or living wills. ...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Scriptural Principles that Relate to Science

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In a previous post , I list some scientific principles that tell us about God. Here are some scriptural principles that relate to science: ...
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Monday, April 11, 2005

Frodo, Ged and Hazel, Introduction

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For a couple of days, I have been mulling over posting on the 3 greatest works of fantastic literature. Greatest by what criterion, you may ...
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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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