Sunday, October 31, 2010

How to deal with temptation

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How to deal with temptation? Here are a few thoughts on that subject. What is temptation? I checked a few definitions, and didn't find...
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Affirmation can be misdirected

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In a previous post , I argued that modern society does not affirm people and things as much as it should. I also quoted from the Bible, two ...
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Friday, October 29, 2010

Thanks to my wife

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My wife and I have been married for a good many years -- long enough that both our children are employed at least a full day's travel fr...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Affirmation is important!

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Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their co...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Sunspots 285

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: (or something) NPR reports that drug companies have...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Super-nerds and Halloween

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Forget whether celebrating Halloween is giving credence to various kinds of superstition, or not. Forget whether kiddies should be encourage...
Monday, October 25, 2010

More on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq

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Wired reports that the recent leak of documents related to the war in Iraq shows that the Iraqi capacity to use weapons of mass destructio...
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Sunday, October 24, 2010

James 1:5-6 poster: doubt and instability

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An attempt to illustrate James 1:5-6. That was an actual wave, but not a very large one. If you want to see a larger size, the photo is ...
Friday, October 22, 2010

William Dembski, Young-Earth Creationist?

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The Panda's Thumb Blog is no friend to the Intelligent Design (ID) movement, but it seems to usually get its facts right, quoting orig...
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Thursday, October 21, 2010

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, by Patricia A. McKillip

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I have suddenly realized that I have never blogged about one of my all-time favorite books, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld , by Patricia A. McK...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Sunspots 284

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Wired reports that bonobo females are better with too...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Marriage ceremonies not religious in Bible times: musings

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In a recent post , I concluded that marriage ceremonies, in Bible times, were not religious in nature, but were civil, social, and secular. ...
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Sunday, October 17, 2010

"Once Brothers": Vlade Divac and Dražen Petrović

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I was privileged to see most of the documentary, "Once Brothers," on ESPN on October 12th. (I was channel surfing -- I haven't...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Sunspots 283

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Wired reports that a survey of part of New Guinea, in...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Female headship - musings

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In May of this year, I posted on the topic of Biblical examples of female spiritual heads of families. I got no comments, which may be wha...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Is a designer for genetic information necessary or proved?

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In a recent post to the Biologos Forum, Randy Isaac, who is currently Executive Director of the American Scientific Affiliation , an organi...
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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Alive when the sun has cease to provide energy

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The fires of the sun shall be quenched at last, And the steadfast stars be gone; But souls of the ransomed shall live in strength, And th...
Thursday, October 07, 2010

The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Visual Representation

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An attempt to show order and disorder. Order, above, means that entities are not randomly distributed, but that they are concentrated. Tha...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Sunspots 282

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Wired reports on a fossil penguin , which stood about 5...
Sunday, October 03, 2010

Was marriage religious in New Testament times?

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Most churches treat the marriage ceremony as a sacrament . That is, the marriage ceremony should be religious, as well as secular, and can b...
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