Saturday, June 30, 2012

The purpose of Genesis 1

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A scholar has written a four-part essay (each part perhaps a page in length) on Genesis 1. This was published by the BioLogos Forum. In what...
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Prayer, praise and song, 2, by E. M. Bounds

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When God is in the heart, heaven is present and melody is there, and the lips overflow out of the abundance of the heart. This is as true i...
Friday, June 29, 2012

Systems engineers on how to fix the US healthcare "system"

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This is not a political post, or it's not meant to be. Wired has published an article, giving eight proposals, from systems engineers...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Sunspots 372

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:   Science:   National Public Radio reports that som...
Monday, June 25, 2012

Belief in God among scientists vs. the general public: a graphic

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The Biologos Forum has published a graphic, comparing belief in God, and related matters, between scientists and the general public. The pos...
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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Prayer and Trouble by E. M. Bounds, part 1

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Trouble and prayer are closely related to each other. Prayer is of great value to trouble. Trouble often drives men to God in prayer, while...
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Friday, June 22, 2012

The Black Prism by Brent Weeks

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I recently read The Black Prism by Brent Weeks . The book has a Wikipedia article , which goes into considerable detail about the setting ...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Christ's submission: to both Mary and Joseph

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Luke 2 :48 When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Sunspots 371

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science:   USA Today tells us that recycling cigarett...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Some important equations

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In the graphic above, there are ten important equations, some apparently simple, some not so simple. Equal: Agreeing in quantity, size,...
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Monday, June 18, 2012

Submission: a few thoughts

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A graphical representation of the idea of submission. Submission is hard for me, and, I think, for all of us. I want to be in charge!...
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Prayer and requests by E. M. Bounds

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In Philippians, prayer is called “requests.” “Let your requests be made known unto God,” which describes prayer as an asking for a gift, gi...
Saturday, June 16, 2012

A definition of Christian speculative fiction

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E. Stephen Burnett, of the excellent Speculative Faith blog (there are a few other authors of this blog) has written a post entitled " ...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Sunspots 370

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor:   One of National Public Radio's best shows, ...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

C. S. Lewis and the arts -- a good post

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I have just seen a good post about how C. S. Lewis felt about the arts . The post is really good -- it's got footnotes to its sources! ...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

BIG pearls: Revelation 21:21

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Some time ago, I heard a devotional. The speaker said that Revelation 21:21 says that the holy city, after the end of things, will have twel...
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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Prayer, praise and song, by E. M. Bounds

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Praise is so distinctly and definitely wedded to prayer, so inseparably joined, that they cannot be divorced. Praise is dependent on prayer...
Saturday, June 09, 2012

Deadheading flowers: musings

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I'm going to muse about the topic of deadheading. Read on, if you wish. My wife has a flower garden. She has a number of flowering pla...
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Friday, June 08, 2012

Is evolution true? Well, first, what is it?

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Is evolution true? That depends. One thing it surely depends on is what evolution is. Unfortunately, there are several meanings of the wor...
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Thursday, June 07, 2012

How to keep up with blogs, news, etc.

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There is more than one way to do this. Some people check the blog site every so often. Some blogs send an e-mail when a new post is availabl...
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