Sunday, September 30, 2007

I Know That My Redeemer Lives, by Charles Wesley

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This year is the 300th anniversary of Charles Wesley 's birth. Wesley wrote many hymns. One that is still familiar is "I Know That ...
Saturday, September 29, 2007

Billy Graham on origins

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Billy Graham is not necessarily divinely inspired, of course, but his views have been widely respected, and rightly so. I was led to a passa...
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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Extraterrestrial Religion

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Are there planets where there is life? Is such life self-aware, and/or able to communicate ideas to others? Are there religions on other pla...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Sunspots 127

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Velociraptor, the predatory dinosaur, seems to have ha...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Sodom and homosexuality

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The story of the destruction of Sodom is told in Genesis 18:16 - 19:29 . It is not a pretty story. God sent two angels to the city. They spe...
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Monday, September 24, 2007

Article on social networks

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There's a thoughtful article in The New Atlantis about social networks, mostly MySpace and FaceBook. As the author concludes: "So...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Give Me a New, A Perfect Heart by Charles Wesley

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This is the 300th anniversary of the birth of Charles Wesley. The Cyberhymnal has posted over 100 hymns by him. I had never heard this one,...
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Saturday, September 22, 2007

DNA evidence in murder trials, but not in origins?

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DNA contains, therefore, the ultimate forensic record of evolution. This presents an interesting irony. Juries and judges are relying on DN...
Friday, September 21, 2007

Select your Candidate

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Someone sent me a link to a web site that takes your opinions and matches them to those of the Republican and Democratic candidates for Pre...
Thursday, September 20, 2007

C. S. Lewis on how to read as a literary critic

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To enjoy our full humanity we ought, so far as is possible, to contain within us potentially at all times, and on occasion to actualize, al...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Sunspots 126

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: (or something) See the latest in fancy fake eyelashes . ...
Monday, September 17, 2007

Is calling a Bible translation a "Perversion" blasphemy?

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I have previously posted on Kent Hovind, here and here . I have been mostly critical of him, and I'm not alone in this. Some of the cri...
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Congratulations, Phoenix Mercury

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The Phoenix Mercury handily defeated the Detroit Shock yesterday, the first Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team ever to ...
Sunday, September 16, 2007

Forth in Thy Name, O Lord by Charles Wesley

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This year is the 300th anniversary of Charles Wesley 's birth. Here is a hymn, which I have never heard, but with good words, from over ...
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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Marriage and divorce at Hogwarts

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In an earlier post , I commented briefly that no one at Hogwarts, the school where Harry Potter was trained as a wizard, seemed to be marrie...
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Friday, September 14, 2007

Are the Harry Potter books Christian?

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Are the Harry Potter books Christian novels? I'd like to muse about that. This post isn't exactly about the plot of Harry Potter and...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Sunspots 125

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: A video from The Onion on training disadvantaged high...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Musings about September 11th

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Some musing about September 11th, 2001, posted on September 11, 2007. 1) The attacks were a disaster for the US, certainly. However, althoug...
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Monday, September 10, 2007

Some Questions about Noah's flood

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The great flood in the time of Noah was God's flood, not Noah's, but it has often been given Noah's name. I am well aware tha...
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Sunday, September 09, 2007

Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee, by Charles Wesley

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This year is the 300th anniversary of Charles Wesley 's birth. Here is a hymn, which I haven't heard lately, from over 100 posted by...