Sun and Shield

Musings on science, the Bible, and fantastic literature (and sometimes basketball and other stuff).
God speaks to us through the Bible and the findings of science, and we should listen to both types of revelation.
The title is from Psalm 84:11.
The Wikipedia is usually a pretty good reference. I mostly use the World English Bible (WEB), because it is public domain. I am grateful.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Sunspots 390

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: An astronomical object, 20 million ...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Isn't God a great artist?

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I don't think it's original with me, but I sometimes place, in the description of a photo I post, such as those on Flickr, the ques...
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Monday, October 29, 2012

Scripture that indicates that humans can choose salvation

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This is a thorny topic, and one that I'm not expecting to settle. There are intelligent, Bible-believing people who disagree with the ti...
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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Prayer and God's Work, part 2, by E. M. Bounds

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The work of God in the world is the implantation, the growth and the perfection of holiness in His people. Keep this ever in mind. But we mi...
Saturday, October 27, 2012

Beauty in the Bible

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The word, "beauty" occurs in the Bible a number of times. The Hebrew word,  תִּפְאָרָה , which is rendered as tiph'arah in En...
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Friday, October 26, 2012

Warning passages in Hebrews: Table

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Warning Passages in Hebrews (All Scripture quoted from the World English Bible, public domain.) Persons warned Punishme...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Genetic engineering may be used to change DNA in a human egg

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National Public Radio reports that some scientists are considering changing some of the DNA in a human egg, so that the resulting offspring...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Sunspots 389

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Thekidshouldseethis.com is a blog of cool ...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Mole Day today!

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I just found out that today is Mole Day, which, according to the Wikipedia , is "celebrated among chemists on October 23, between 6:02 ...
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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Prayer and God's Work, part 1, by E. M. Bounds

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God has a great work on hand in this world. This work is involved in the plan of salvation. It embraces redemption and providence. God is go...
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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Two Covenants, contrasted

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The graphic above is a link to the same picture, on my Flickr photostream. If you are interested, you may be able to see this picture at a ...
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Thursday, October 18, 2012

John Wesley on elections

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From The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M. , Volume IV, 3rd edition, London: John Mason, 1829, entry from Thursday, October 6, 1774: ...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Sunspots 388

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor:   An academic journal which rejects all materia...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

An argument (theological, actually) against Intelligent Design

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keiths has recently posted an article challenging Intelligent Design. In particular it challenges the idea that the similarities between or...
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Monday, October 15, 2012

The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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I recently read The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. This is the publisher's web site for the book. Here's the Amazon ...
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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Prayer and Trouble, part 14, by E. M. Bounds

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Just as prayer is wide in its range, taking in everything, so trouble is infinitely varied in its uses and designs. It takes trouble sometim...
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Friday, October 12, 2012

The US Presidential campaigns on Global Climate Change

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I have examined the "Issues" pages of the Obama and Romney campaign web sites, to see what they say about global climate change. ...
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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Debt versus Deficit

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This post is not meant to take sides, but to inform. There's plenty of blame to go around, of course. That blame includes you and me, wh...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Sunspots 387

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor:   ( dark humor) Pippa the Weathergirl on global ...
Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs

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I recently read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children , by Ransom Riggs. ( Here's his blog.) It's published by Quirk Pr...
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I have retired from teaching science at Southern Wesleyan University. That's my wife with me in the picture.
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