Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Sunspots 234

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: In case you didn't know it, many human DNA ...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Heartbeat at 18 days?

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While on a recent trip to Florida, I saw a number of billboards, saying that an embryo had a heart at 18 days of age. I could not find thi...
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Monday, November 09, 2009

Did it rain before the Flood?

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These passages are the first mention of rain in the Bible: Genesis 2:5   When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant o...
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Jesus Lives, and So Shall I

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Jesus lives, and so shall I Jesus lives, and so shall I. Death! thy sting is gone forever: He, who deigned for me to die, Lives, the ba...
Friday, November 06, 2009

God does not like human death

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The Bible makes it pretty clear that God is not pleased by death. As Ezekiel 18:23 puts it: Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicke...
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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Connie Willis on how we feel about death

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“Death is a subject Americans don’t like to talk about. I guess nobody does, but our American culture is especially in denial about death. I...
Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Sunspots 233

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Wired reports on some of the best photomicrography ...
Monday, November 02, 2009

Life is short

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James 4:14   yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then van...
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Sunday, November 01, 2009

Is Christ in bodily form now?

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Many people think that, once he was incarnated as a human, Christ has remained in a human body, even after His resurrection. I didn't re...
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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...