Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Sunspots 267

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: (and religion) The Institute for Creation Research h...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Gulf Oil Spill: Southern Baptist reaction

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I was pleased to discover that the Southern Baptist Convention, which met this month in Orlando, had passed a resolution condemning the Gulf...
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Monday, June 28, 2010

Science and religion: my principles/assumptions

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I believe in four principles, relating to the interaction of science and Christianity. 1) The universe is here because of purpose, or plan...
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Sunday, June 27, 2010

John Wesley on the redemption of animals

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John Wesley apparently believed that animals would be redeemed, when the effects of the Fall are overthrown by God: May it not answer anoth...
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Friday, June 25, 2010

Books on science and religion

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I have been blogging here since December, 2004, and I've tried to cover a lot of ground. One topic that continually interests me, whet...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Freedom of the press

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I'm grateful for freedom of the press. Always? Definitely not. When, for example, "mainstream" TV news devoted hour upon hour ...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Sunspots 266

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: (or maybe politics) The Google Crisis Team's map o...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Manute Bol, rest in peace

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Manute Bol, Sudan-born NBA basketball player, recently passed away in a US hospital. Bol was seven feet, seven inches tall, one of only two...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

Redemption in basketball: Ron Artest

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Ron Artest has not been a model citizen, or a model NBA basketball player, throughout his career. Most notoriously, he was a major contri...
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Fathers in the Bible: Some failings

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There are a lot of fathers mentioned in the Bible. About all we know about a lot of them is, in the words of the King James Version, that ...
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Saturday, June 19, 2010

Resurrection: Re-assembling the body. John Wesley's thoughts

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From John Wesley's sermon 137, " On the Resurrection of the Dead ." (1872, Public Domain): God can distinguish and keep unmi...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Sunspots 265

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: (or dead serious) Wired reports on how to catch a wed...
Monday, June 14, 2010

Shameless Self-promotion

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I received my copies of Care of Creation: Christian Voices on God, Humanity, and the Environment , a book published by the Wesleyan Publishi...
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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Tests and Temptations

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Last Sunday, my pastor cleared up something for me. I have long wondered why the Bible distinguishes between being tested and being tempted,...
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Judgment on Louisiana?

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The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may be the worst man-caused environmental disaster in human history. Coming just a few years after Hurri...
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Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Sunspots 264

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: NPR reports that Einstein's brain , which was re...
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Sunday, June 06, 2010

Three different kinds of Old Testament Law

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I confess. I have a Facebook account, and most days, I post a verse or two from my daily Bible reading. Recently, I posted Proverbs 16:8 ...
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Saturday, June 05, 2010

John Wooden, great college basketball coach, has died

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The media are reporting that John Wooden, retired coach of the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, which won 10 national championships, h...
Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Sunspots 263

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: National Public Radio reports (with a picture compar...
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Thanks for a good camera

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  A couple of days ago, our latest digital camera recorded its 10,000th photo (or video). It's not the greatest camera in the world, n...