Monday, July 30, 2012

Some quotations on fear

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Genesis 3:9 Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was af...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

Prayer and Trouble, Part 3, by E. M. Bounds

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Trouble belongs to the disciplinary part of the moral government of God. This is a life of probation, where the human race is on probation....
Friday, July 27, 2012

The Amazing Spiderman - comic book science

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My wife and I recently saw The Amazing Spiderman . (Wikipedia article here , official website here .) The film stars Andrew Garfield as hi...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Ursula K. Le Guin interview

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Wired has published an interview with Ursula K. Le Guin, arguably the most important writer of fantastic literature in the last six decade...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Sunspots 376

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor:   (sort of) In case you wondered, 15th century ...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Is there evidence of conversion?

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Is there evidence of conversion? I believe so. It's not up to me to judge, and the person I need to be most concerned about is me, not ...
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Monday, July 23, 2012

Christ's commands -- what are they?

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What are Christ’s commandments? There are a lot of them, and I'm not going to list them all, but this post is an attempt to present...
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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Prayer and Trouble, Part 2, by E. M. Bounds

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What an infinite variety there is in the troubles of life! How diversified the experiences of men in the school of trouble! No two people h...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

iGoogle is going away: alternatives that may work

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iGoogle has been our home page for perhaps 5 years -- the default web page shown when a browser cranks up. It may be yours, too. Favorite ...
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Sunspots 375

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science:   Wired reports that long-entrenched ...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

This blog is available through twitterfeed

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This blog is now available through twitterfeed, as "Sun and Shield blog." Someone asked for this. I hope it works.
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Sunday, July 15, 2012

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

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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 ...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Sunspots 374

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: (or something) Fox News on why Taco Bell flew ...
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Sunday, July 08, 2012

Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving, by E. M. Bounds: Conclusion

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God does much for us in answer to prayer, but we need from Him many gifts, and for them we are to make special prayer. According to our spe...
Saturday, July 07, 2012

Christianity Today article on Todd Wood and Darrel Falk

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Christianity Today has published an article on Darrel Falk, an evolutionary creationist who is part of the BioLogos Foundation, and on Tod...
Friday, July 06, 2012

The Higgs boson -- what it is, etc.

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I'm not a nuclear physicist, but this week's landmark discovery (apparently) of the Higgs boson deserves some mention by me. So does...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Sunspots 373

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:   Science: (or medicine) Some surgeons in tra...
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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...