Thursday, October 29, 2009

Fantasy and reality: George MacDonald's views

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Some thinkers would feel sorely hampered if at liberty to use no forms but such as existed in nature, or to invent nothing save in accordanc...
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Monday, October 26, 2009

Helen Mathews LaBar, 1910-2009

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Helen LaBar was born in Fulton County, Indiana, May 4, 1910, to the late Arthur and Minnie Mathews, and passed away on October 26, 2009. Th...
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Colossians 1:16-17 poster

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(For ESV copyright and usage information, see here .) The passage speaks for itself. However, I have previously posted about the implica...
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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Blackberry leaves with Virginia mountains in the distance

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This photo was taken from just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, between Buena Vista and Montebello, Virginia, three years ago today. The leaves...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Sunspots 232

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Science Daily reports that a large, but faint new ...
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Sunday, October 11, 2009

What was Solomon singing about?

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My daily Bible reading (see here ) goes through the entire Protestant scripture in a year. So, it goes through the Song of Solomon . (Also k...
Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Sunspots 231

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Maybe some of you don't want to know, but Wired has an article on the chemicals found in a cup of coffee , and their significance to th...
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Monday, October 05, 2009

Two Bible study tools

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I have recently discovered what looks to be a fine Bible resource , namely a compilation of what are said to be all the places where the New...
Sunday, October 04, 2009

Sun and Shield: Where it comes from

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You are looking at my blog, Sun and Shield. What is the source of that title? Here you see it, in poster form. The background of this ch...
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Thursday, October 01, 2009

Have you been spanked lately? Discipline of Christians

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I misplaced my car keys this morning. How should I react? Hebrews 12: 5 b “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor ...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Sunspots 230

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: Jan tells us why women go to the bathroom/restroom/lava...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Sorry, NCIS: Los Angeles

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We taped the first episode of the new CBS series, NCIS: Los Angeles , last Tuesday. (This program is a spin-off from the long-running NCIS ,...
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Monday, September 28, 2009

The Last Safe Place on Earth, by Richard Peck

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Richard Peck is an award-winning author, mostly writing for young people (which means that I can understand what he writes). My wife and I ...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Blessings on the righteous in the Old Testament: musings

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Psalm 1 and Jeremiah 17:5-8 say about the same thing, namely that those who trust in God will flourish like a tree planted by a stream, wh...
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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Kudzu

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Kudzu has been discovered growing in Canada, according to the Toronto Globe and Mail . As you can see from the photo above, kudzu is a ...
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Orson Scott Card's Ender books

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Orson Scott Card is one of the giants of present-day fantastic literature. The Wikipedia article on him says that he is the only author to ...
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Friday, September 25, 2009

Was Psalm 51 performed in public?

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Psalm 51 sets forth David's confession of sin, related to his actions concerning Bathsheba . He committed adultery with her, with or wi...
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Matter, by Iain Banks

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Matter , by Iain M. Banks , was published in 2008. Apparently, Banks is an important writer, but this is the first time I have read his wo...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Sunspots 229

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:     Science: Wired tells us that a 48 pound trout has been c...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

A little about Intelligent Design astronomy

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The He Lives blog is written by a physicist. Like me, he has some problems with one of the central ideas of the Intelligent Design (ID) mov...
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