Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Intelligent Design and Common Descent

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The Panda's Thumb is an important anti-Intelligent Design blog. In a post, dated January 31st, they present evidence that some leading...
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Greg Keyes: The Briar King

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This book reminded me somewhat of George R. R. Martin's recent massive series, including A Storm of Swords and A Feast for Crows . I st...
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Monday, January 30, 2006

Joseph's cup and divination

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Joseph claimed, to his brothers, to use divination (finding out things by magic): Genesis 44 :3 As soon as the morning was light, the men ...
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Sunday, January 29, 2006

Looking for something

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8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until sh...
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Saturday, January 28, 2006

Science in the Bible and the Culture of the Times

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The June, 2003 issue of Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith is available on-line. There are several articles that may be of intere...
Friday, January 27, 2006

Happy Birthday, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!

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Mozart's 250th birthday is on Jan 27th. Thanks to the Librarian's Internet Index for pointing that out to me. Also thanks to them ...
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Thursday, January 26, 2006

Henrietta Swan Leavitt and the size of the universe

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Talk about a big subject! How do we know how large the universe is, or how far away a particular extra-terrestrial body, such as another sta...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Sunspots 41

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Thanks to a Google alert e-mail, I found a blog post on Psalm...
Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Joseph and Temptation

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In a previous post , I discussed Joseph's first dreams. I'd like to say a little about Joseph's temptations in this post. Joseph...
Monday, January 23, 2006

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

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Robin McKinley hasn't written many books, but the books she has written have been good. She won the Newbery Medal for her The Hero and ...
Sunday, January 22, 2006

Never be moved

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Psa 15:1 A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? Psa 15:2 He that walketh uprightl...
Saturday, January 21, 2006

Heart in the Bible

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According to a Blue Letter Bible search, the word, "heart," occurs in the KJV Bible 830 times in 762 verses. I didn't read th...
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Friday, January 20, 2006

Question on the meaning of Genesis 2, especially on the meaning of "day"

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This is the first part of Genesis 2 ( ESV ) (I'm reading the ESV through this year, I hope, using one of their plans to do so): 2:1 Th...
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Thursday, January 19, 2006

Question on Joseph's dream

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While reading my daily Bible reading , including Genesis 37:5-11, it suddenly occurred to me that there is something strange about one of Jo...
Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Sunspots 40

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: FindSounds is a specialized search engine, for finding (surpr...
Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Milestone in Science: The Asilomar Conference, 1975

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It was my privilege, recently, to travel to Pacific Grove, California. I noted, on maps of the area, the name Asilomar, which I remembered. ...
Monday, January 16, 2006

Photo illustrating Psalm 104:24-25

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24 O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 25 Here is the sea, great and...
Sunday, January 15, 2006

The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, pt. 17

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I conclude a series of excerpts from The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith, posted on Sundays (and occasi...
Saturday, January 14, 2006

Paganism and Christianity in Juliet Marillier's fiction

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Juliet Marillier , author of fiction set centuries ago, in Europe, claims to be a pagan. She states that she belongs to a Druid order . I ...
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Friday, January 13, 2006

R. A. Salvatore interview: What makes a hero

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I have never read a book by R. A. Salvatore , author, as I understand it, of what is sometimes known as sword and sorcery fantasy. His lates...
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