Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Sunspots 192

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: The Vatican is honoring Galileo as a pioneer of integra...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

More on torture

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I don't like to think about torture, and I don't want anyone torturing me, but I believe that I have a responsibility, as a Christia...
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Monday, December 29, 2008

J. K. Rowling's Tales of Beedle the Bard

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The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of five short fables, supposedly part of the children's literature of the wizards created ...
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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Hosea on Ephraim

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Hosea was one of the so-called minor prophets, known for being directed (by God) to marry a prostitute, and then redeem her from slavery, or...
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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Lloyd Alexander interviewed

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Q: Why do you write fantasy? A: Because, paradoxically, fantasy is a good way to show the world as it is. Fantasy can show us the truth abou...
Friday, December 26, 2008

Announcing a great new device for next Christmas

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In case you haven't heard, there's a device that might be useful for gardeners . You can stick it in the ground for 24 hours, then p...
Thursday, December 25, 2008

Biblical references to light

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Genesis 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light ...
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Science and the Bible

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Some Christians reject science, in general, as anti-God. Although the charge is not without some foundation, it is an oversimplification, at...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Sunspots 191

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: (also Art ) An amazing 15-second video of melting color...
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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Some of my Bible study posts: Four years of blogging

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This week, God willing, is my fourth blogiversary. In this post, I am linking to some of my most important Bible study posts from that perio...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

We don't have time for eternity

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. . .the mismatch between our modern lives and ancient brains is most evident in the problems of working memory and attention, but another c...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Sunspots 190

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: The Hubble Space Telescope has been able to detect Car...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Happy Birthday, Beethoven

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It's too late to send Beethoven a card, I guess, but his God-given talent produced works that remain worthy of honor over 175 years sin...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

John, on supporting missionaries

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3 John 1 : 5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, 6 who testified to your...
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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Bonnie, of Intellectuelle, on sin and the conscience

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Bonnie, at Intellectuelle, should be required reading. (She's not the only poster on that blog, and, perhaps, the others are just as goo...
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Friday, December 12, 2008

The Dwarves of The Last Battle and unbelief in The Princess and the Goblin

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In The Last Battle , by C. S. Lewis, some dwarves have an interesting role. They refuse to believe in a false Aslan, and also refuse to beli...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Update 3 on prayer request

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I had a pain shot yesterday, and am grateful to report that I haven't taken any pain medicine for 24 hours, so far. I will be going into...
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Sunspots 189

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Science: Elevation is an emotion , and the vagus nerve mediates it, according to Slate . Wired has posted photos of 12 " living fos...
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Ravi Zacharias on Past, Present and Future

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Some time ago, I read Can Man Live Without God , by Ravi Zacharias . (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1994) Zacharias is a Christian apologist, who...
Monday, December 08, 2008

George MacDonald on eucatastrophes in literature

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Every tragedy of higher order, constructed in Christian times, will correspond more or less to the grand drama of the Bible; wherein the fir...
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