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.

Monday, October 31, 2005

The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, pt. 7

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I continue a series of excerpts from The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith. The book, which is public domain, ...
Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Sunspots 28

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: I continue to be amazed at the Botany Photo of the Day . (Thi...
Sunday, October 23, 2005

Did/does Baal exist? More on Elijah at Mt. Carmel

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A person, choosing to remain anonymous, commented on my recent post about Elijah and the encounter at Mt. Carmel as follows: You stated tha...

The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, pt. 6

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I continue a series of excerpts from The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith. The book, which is public domain, ...
Friday, October 21, 2005

Musings on Elijah at Mt. Carmel

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At our church's mid-week service on the 19th, our associate pastor read us I Kings 17-18. Here are some thoughts that came to me during ...
Thursday, October 20, 2005

Ethical ways (?) to produce embryonic stem cells, 2

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blog.bioethics.net has a post condemning Nature for its publication of two articles on alternative methods for producing embryonic st...
Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Travel Hiatus & prayer request

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I referred to our daughter's military status earlier . She has now been deployed, not to Iraq, but to a base about six hours away. Her h...
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Sunspots 27

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Katy McKenna Raymond, Christian writer, has gorgeous graphics ...
Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Ethical ways (?) to produce embryonic stem cells

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I have already posted for the day, but this was too hot to pass up, and, besides, the main link may expire. That link is to an article in N...
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The Case for a Creator, by Lee Strobel, part 3

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I continue commenting on Lee Strobel's book, The Case for a Creator , mostly commenting on ideas in the order Strobel has presented them...
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Monday, October 17, 2005

The Panda's Thumb

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Anyone who wants to seriously consider the claims of the Intelligent Design movement with anything resembling an open mind, must, in my opin...
Sunday, October 16, 2005

The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, pt. 5

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I continue a series of excerpts from The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith. The book, which is public domain, ...
Saturday, October 15, 2005

How much global warming is due to human activity?

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In a recent comment, I was asked how much global warming was due to human activity, as opposed to natural climate fluctuations, errors in me...
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Friday, October 14, 2005

The Case for a Creator, by Lee Strobel, part 2

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I am continuing a series on Lee Strobel's The Case for a Creator . My comments, for the first few posts, anyway, will take the same ord...
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Thursday, October 13, 2005

Does a fetus feel pain?

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My answer is, simply, "I don't know." I don't think anyone else does, either. A recent article in the Journal of the Ameri...
Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Sunspots 26

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Wired has a blog on autos. (There is subscription information...
Tuesday, October 11, 2005

The Case for a Creator, by Lee Strobel, part 1

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A student gave me a copy of Lee Strobel's The Case for a Creator (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004) upon her graduation from Univers...
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Monday, October 10, 2005

Happy Birthday, grandson!

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Today is our grandson's birthday. We weren't there for his birthday party, yesterday, at which the above picture was taken, but his ...
Sunday, October 09, 2005

The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, pt. 4

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I continue a series on The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life , by Hannah Whitall Smith. The previous post, October 2nd, is here . The f...
Saturday, October 08, 2005

Biodiesel

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By e-mail, I was asked what I think of biodiesel as a fuel source. I appreciated the comment, as I had never really thought of, perhaps neve...
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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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