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, March 30, 2009

Faith masquerading as science

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The Cosmos series, starring Carl Sagan , originally a 1980 PBS series, is now available on Hulu . (I believe that a free Hulu membership is...
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Sunday, March 29, 2009

God can, even when we doubt

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Numbers 11 : 18 And say to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat, for you have wept in the hearing of the ...
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Homosexuality and illegal aliens

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This is not original with me. I'm taking off on a post by Henry Neufeld. One of the anti-homosexuality arguments often used is Leviticu...
Friday, March 27, 2009

The Westmark trilogy, by Lloyd Alexander

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The late Lloyd Alexander was notable for a goodly number of books, with his first offering, the Prydain books, probably being the best know...
Thursday, March 26, 2009

I guess this applies to texting, e-mailing, social networking, and blogging

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Proverbs 10: 19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. ( ESV ) Enough said.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Sunspots 204

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: (This doesn't effect me . . .) NPR reports that some pe...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The Last Juror by John Grisham

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I recently read The Last Juror , by John Grisham . It's a good read, hardly a surprise, considering the author. I won't give away m...
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Monday, March 23, 2009

You aren't the same as you were yesterday . . .

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. . . but you think you are. Cells are dying all the time in your body -- and most of them are being replaced at a tremendous clip. (Even b...
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Sunday, March 22, 2009

. . . right away

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I'm sure that I am not the first to notice how often Mark uses the word, immediately . But I thought I would document his uses. I believ...
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Friday, March 20, 2009

AIG and me

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Let's see, now. What's everybody so mad at? They're mad at a company that risked its future on unreliable and ephemeral investm...
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Why worry about origins?

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With the anniversary of Darwin's publication of Origin of Species . . . the topic of evolution is again being pushed to the forefront ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Sunspots 203

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: The Onion reports that a man cannot quote properly from ...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Medical report

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Thank you for your prayers, and concern, expressed or not. My surgery seems to have been successful, thank God. I remain on limited blogging...
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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Memorial stones

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There are several examples of stones used as memorials of God's work, or as promises to follow God, in the Old Testament. Here are some ...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Hiatus

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God willing, I shall be undergoing surgery in a few days. God willing, I shall recover, but, if not, it's in His hands. I will be postin...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Sunspots 202

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: NPR reports on the most recently discovered of Saturn...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Stem Cells, again

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Yesterday, March 9, 2009, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order that would expand federally-funded embryonic stem cell research i...
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Monday, March 09, 2009

Corporate prayer in Acts

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One of the reasons that the early church grew, in spite of persecution, of having to learn to communicate across cultures, and of other obst...
Sunday, March 08, 2009

Blood in the New Testament

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I a post a few years ago, I mused on why the Bible demands a blood sacrifice for sin. I don't know all the answers, but speculated abou...
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Saturday, March 07, 2009

The First Fourteen Days of Human Life

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An article , of the same title as this post, by Patrick Lee and Robert P. George, was published in the Summer, 2006 issue of The New Atlanti...
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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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