Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Sunspots 407

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: (or something) The BBC reports that many Swed...
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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Prayer and a Definite Religious Standard, part 6

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A Scriptural standard of religion includes a clear religious experience. Religion is nothing if not experimental. Religion appeals to the in...
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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Morning-after pills may not cause abortion (in any sense)

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Morning-after contraceptive pills may prevent pregnancy after intercourse, from rape or other circumstances. Some people claim that these...
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Friday, February 22, 2013

Letting private insurance companies run Medicaid and Medicare: Arizona's good experience

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I confess that I have had grave doubts about turning our nation's healthcare "system" completely over to private companies. My...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

Among Others by Jo Walton

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You can almost always find chains of coincidence to disprove magic. That's because it doesn't happen the way it does in books. I...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Sunspots 406

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:  Humor: Some Japanese men announce their love for thei...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

What is a Christian Novel?

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A few years ago, during an attack of hubris, I attempted to define Christian novels . It’s a difficult thing to do, to say the least. I now...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Prayer and a Definite Religious Standard, part 5

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The Scriptures ever set before us the one standard of full consecration to God. This is the Divine rule. This is the human side of this stan...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

A gene change and racial differences

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The New York Times reports that a change in a single gene seems to be responsible for some of the characteristics of East Asian people. T...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Spiritual Gifts: Chart

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The above is a chart of the spiritual gifts, listed by Paul. The lists are in Ephesians 4:11, Romans 12:6-8, and 1 Corinthians 12:8-10. ...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Sunspots 405

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Education: The New York Times reports o...
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Monday, February 11, 2013

Intimacy with God

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The Free Dictionary has this as one definition of intimacy : “a close, familiar, and usually affectionate or loving personal relationsh...
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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Prayer and a Definite Religious Standard, part 4

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The vague, indefinite, popular view of religion has no prayer in it. In its programme, prayer is entirely left out or put so low down and ma...
Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Sunspots 404

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science:   NPR reports that sweet potatoes ...
Tuesday, February 05, 2013

The best science of 2012, from Nature

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One can make a good argument that Nature is the most important science periodical in the world. Among the articles published in it was the ...
Monday, February 04, 2013

Scriptural Principles that Relate to Science

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Here are some scriptural principles that relate to science: 1. God is creator . There is no unassailable proof of this statement. The Bib...
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