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.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

The importance of belief

John 3 : 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may ...

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Phlox, aka thrift, with morning dew

This is a photo of Phlox , known locally as thrift, growing in our lawn, with dew on the flower parts. The actual flowers are about an inch,...

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Sunspots 212

Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: (or art) Wired says that a Swedish artist has been sendin...

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Coraline, by Neil Gaiman

I recently read Coraline , by Neil Gaiman . The book was aimed at older children, and is quite good. I won't give away the plot, which i...

Monday, May 25, 2009

Visual models of the various views on origins

Steve Martin has proposed a visual model of the relationship between various views of origins. You can see that model, and discussion, here ...

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Some thoughts on the eye

The human eye is a splendid apparatus. We use it to see. In the Bible, the eye is used to mean not just physical sight, but spiritual visio...

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Neil Gaiman on the geography of Faerie

But Faerie is bigger than England, as it is bigger than the world (for, since the dawn of time, each land has been forced off the map by exp...

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Predestination and Intelligent Design

The Free Dictionary begins its definition of predestination thus: "The doctrine that God has foreordained all things, especially that...

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Sunspots 211

Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Slate gives us a lesson on biodegradability of househol...

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

On Reductionism: Quote from The New Atlantis

Those who would use science to solve real human problems often must first translate those human problems into narrowly technical problems, ...

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Some thoughts on the tongue

The Wikipedia has a fine article on the human tongue . Among other things, it tells me that we have 16 muscles in our tongues. It also remin...

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Sunspots 210

Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: (Sort of) Wired reports that there are scientists, so...

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

(8-second video) The flags at Southern Wesleyan University

Here's a very brief video, taken at my former employer, Southern Wesleyan University, on the afternoon of the funeral of Professor Howar...

Monday, May 11, 2009

Young-earth creationism is a matter of faith, not science

I have previously posted about the RATE project, wherein the leading young-earth creationist organizations did a thorough study of the evid...

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Motherhood: Do you know anyone named Peninnah?

I didn't think so. Most of you probably have no clue as to who Penninah was. Who was she? She was one of Elkanah's two wives. The ot...

Saturday, May 09, 2009

The Appeal, by John Grisham

I recently read The Appeal , by John Grisham . (See the first link in the previous sentence for the Wikipedia article on the book, which giv...

Friday, May 08, 2009

The Hunting of the Last Dragon

I recently read The Hunting of the Last Dragon , by Sherryl Jordan . I discovered it because it won a South Carolina Junior Book Award for 2...

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Voices from a Medieval Village

I try to read all of the Newbery Medal -winning books. I recently finished reading the 2008 winner, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from ...

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

The Little Prince, by de Saint-Exupéry

I recently read The Little Prince , by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , for the first time in a few decades. It's a great book, short, with il...

Monday, May 04, 2009

Moral Agency and Moral Considerability: Do Animals have these?

I have done a Google search, and found that I can't find a good summary of two academically-oriented papers on crucial questions for eth...

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Martin LaBar: I have retired from teaching science at Southern Wesleyan University. That's my wife with me in the picture.

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