Sunday, January 29, 2012

Prayer requires our whole selves

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In one word, the entire man without reservation must love God. So it takes the same entire man to do the praying which God requires of men....
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Do different roads lead to the same end?

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People often say that there are different ways to God. Anne has posted some simple, but important arguments against that view, here . (I k...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Sunspots 350

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Perhaps more than you want to know ab...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

A good, but short, look at the brain: Edge question

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Every year, Edge publishes responses to what it calls a "World Question." This year's question is "2012 : WHAT IS YOUR F...
Monday, January 23, 2012

The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle

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I recently re-read The Last Unicorn , by Peter S. Beagle . According to the Wikipedia article on the book, it has been translated into twen...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Prayer requires concentration

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It is man’s business to pray; and it takes manly men to do it. It is godly business to pray and it takes godly men to do it. And it is godl...
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Friday, January 20, 2012

Race, science and medical ethics - Henrietta Lacks and HeLa cells

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I was recently privileged to read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks , by Rebecca Skloot. (See here for a New York Times book review of ...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Christians react to an order to remove a Christian banner from a public high school

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There have been legal demands that a Christian student remove a Christian banner from a public high school in Rhode Island. Henry Neufeld de...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Sunspots 349

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Wired reports on a black hole that w...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

James F. Crow, rest in peace

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James F. Crow was a good man and a scientist. He passed away a few days ago. ( Here is the obituary.) It was my privilege to have taken a...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Prayer involves the mind

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Necessarily the mind enters into the praying. First of all, it takes thought to pray. The intellect teaches us we ought to pray. By serious...
Friday, January 13, 2012

How do you understand a tree?

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How to you understand a tree? There are many ways of doing so. The above photo, of Bradford pear trees in morning sunlight, is from my F...
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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Did animals eat meat before the flood?

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Young-earth creationist Todd Wood thinks so , and he cites a paper in a young-earth creationism journal to back up his claim. I found the cl...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Sunspots 348

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Fox News reports that hybrid ...
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Monday, January 09, 2012

Christians, Women, and Leadership, by Ken Schenck

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If you are one of the few people reading this, but have never read Ken Schenk's arguments in favor of allowing women in leadership in th...
Sunday, January 08, 2012

How to really accomplish something through prayer

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The men of olden times who wrought well in prayer, who brought the largest things to pass, who moved God to do great things, were those who ...
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Friday, January 06, 2012

Intelligent Design and the Multiverse

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Jack Scanlan, who is by no means a fan of Intelligent Design, discusses the matter of the multiverse . At least some Intelligent Design advo...
Thursday, January 05, 2012

Will fiction last forever? A series by E. Stephen Burnett

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I have subscribed to the "Speculative Faith" blog for several years. One of the reasons is the writing of frequent contributor E. ...
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Sunspots 347

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Wired reports on ideas to keep Venice...
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Monday, January 02, 2012

A New (at least to me) definition of evangelism

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Anne, alias Weekend Fisher, posts regularly, and well. Recently, she posted on the Name above all Names, which is Christ's. OK, fine. Bu...
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