Friday, April 29, 2011

Soul Surfer, the movie

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My wife and I recently saw the movie, Soul Surfer . It's not the greatest movie ever made, but it was good. Much of the photography, inv...
Thursday, April 28, 2011

Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip

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Ombria in Shadow (New York: Ace Books, 2003) by Patricia A. McKillip, is a good book. As the Wikipedia article on the book says, it won th...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Sunspots 311

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: (Sort of, but it's for serious) If you are looking fo...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

John Calvin on Genesis 1 as a book of science -- not

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The material not in black is a quotation from Calvin. (From John Calvin , Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 1, Part 3 ) [Genesis 1:] 16. "...
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Prayers in the Bible: Jesus forgives His crucifiers

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Luke 23:34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” (WEB) Jesus, again, our perfect example, prayed th...
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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Good Friday/Easter poster

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This poster is an Easter offering for this year. It uses 1 Peter 3:18, "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the...
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Earth Day poster

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Earth Day poster The above poster is my Earth Day post for 2011. It is based on a quotation from A Wrinkle in Time , the Newbery Award-...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Sunspots 310

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Computing: A robot sportswriter has done a good job of reporting ...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy -- Christian?

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Great literature will be important long after today's news is forgotten. I have recently posted on the three books of J. R. R. Tolkien...
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Monday, April 18, 2011

May 21, the end of the world? I don't think so.

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In the spring of 2011, I discovered that there is an enthusiastic, but misguided, group of Christians (I hope they are such) led by one Haro...
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Prayers in the Bible: Jesus, forsaken?

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Matthew 27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have y...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis

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I recently posted on Doomsday Book , by Connie Willis. That book, which won both the Nebula and Hugo awards, was a serious work, in tone, a...
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Friday, April 15, 2011

The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien

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The Return of the King is the third book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, by J. R. R. Tolkien . I am so grateful for the impulse, and the ...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien

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I have re-read The Hobbit , and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, by J. R. R. Tolkien , once again, and, this time, am blogging about the books...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Sunspots 309

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: (or The Arts) Wired reports, with video, on a woman...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The Fellowship of the Ring, by J. R. R. Tolkien

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I have read Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings novels several times, the first being over five decades ago. (The Wikipedia page on Tolkien ...
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Monday, April 11, 2011

The Cost of Discipleship, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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I recently read The Cost of Discipleship , by Dietrich Bonhoeffer . It is the most challenging book I have ever read. Why so? Well, first, I...
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Prayers in the Bible: Jesus, praying that God's will be done

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Matthew 26:39 He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me;...
Saturday, April 09, 2011

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Discipleship, quotation

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This is a quotation from The Cost of Discipleship , by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995. See here for Wikipedia...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Sunspots 308

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: You probably don't really want to know what's ...
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