Sunday, February 26, 2006

Goodbye (headed back)

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Psalm 20:1 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! 2 May he send you help from the san...
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George MacDonald's Diary of an Old Soul, F21-26

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21. 'Tis--shall thy will be done for me?--or mine, And I be made a thing not after thine-- My own, and dear in paltriest details? Shall ...
Saturday, February 25, 2006

C. S. Lewis and biology, scooped

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Back in November, I posted some criticisms of the biology in the Narnia books, by C. S. Lewis. To put it concisely, where did Tumnus shop? ...
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Friday, February 24, 2006

Why animal predators, parasites, and death?

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The question of animal suffering and death may not seem important, but it is. If God's creation was good, then how do we explain predato...
Thursday, February 23, 2006

Race and Basketball

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Slate recently posted a good article on replacing Larry Bird as the great white basketball player. Rather, it's about the seeming ne...
Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Sunspots 45

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: The Great Separation says that there are victims of pornography ...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Cadfael, medieval detective

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A Morbid Taste for Bones is the first novel about Brother Cadfael , a 12th century monk who solves murders. The series, or at least part of...
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Monday, February 20, 2006

Manna: a few thoughts

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Exodus 16 is the biblical passage that introduces manna, the food that sustained the million or so Israelites in the desert for nearly fort...
Sunday, February 19, 2006

George MacDonald's Diary of an Old Soul, F17-20

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17. Lord, I have fallen again--a human clod! Selfish I was, and heedless to offend; Stood on my rights. Thy own child would not send Away hi...
Saturday, February 18, 2006

Neglected occupation

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Most of the characters on TV programs have jobs only because these jobs put them in humorous or romantic situations. They never really do an...
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Friday, February 17, 2006

George MacDonald, fantastic author, and more

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I just discovered that Michael Phillips , who authored the latest Christian fiction book my wife has read, also edited a number of the wor...
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Thursday, February 16, 2006

Almond flowers in the Bible: Do you know what they look like?

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petals forward Originally uploaded by curiouskiwi . Exodus 37 :17 He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand o...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Sunspots 44

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Joe Carter doesn't think global warming is as serious as some...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Altruism and happy marriage

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A recent report finds that altruistic marriages tend to be happier. (Or, possibly, happy marriages lead to altruism.) This paragraph was ad...
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Monday, February 13, 2006

The Case for a Creator, by Lee Strobel, part 4

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It's been a while since I posted on The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel. (Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investi...
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Sunday, February 12, 2006

California Condor

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This is not a good photo, but the subject is important. This is as close as I am likely to get to a California condor . The photo was taken ...
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Saturday, February 11, 2006

What do you want to do before you die?

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Genesis 45 :25 So they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob. 26 And they told him, “Joseph is still al...
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Friday, February 10, 2006

Some noise about bark

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I recently discovered that there is not much on the Internet about tree bark. I think there should be more. See the Wikipedia article , whic...
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Thursday, February 09, 2006

Daniel C. Dennett on studying religion scientifically

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The New York Times interviewed Daniel C. Dennett, an important philosopher, and author of Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phen...
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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Sunspots 43

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Sara muses about the fig tree story in the Bible. National Pu...