Sunday, April 28, 2013

Prayer Born of Compassion, part 8

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Jesus Christ was altogether man. While He was the Divine Son of God yet at the same time, He was the human Son of God. Christ had a pre-emin...
Friday, April 26, 2013

C. S. Lewis on the goodness of creation

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C. S. Lewis, in his Reflections on the Psalms , notes that the goodness of God's creation should not be understoo d solely for what it ...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Were religious beliefs/was Islam responsible for the bombings in Boston?

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In case you didn't realize it, some people would answer both of the questions above with a resounding "yes!" They would claim ...
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Sunspots 415

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: A most interesting descripti...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Prayer Born of Compassion, part 7

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What a comfort and what hope there is to fill our breasts when we think of one in Heaven who ever liveth to intercede for us, because “His c...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Sunspots 414

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: Ken Schenck continues his readable and con...
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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Prayer Born of Compassion, part 6

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The ingathering of the harvests of earth for the granaries of heaven is dependent on the prayers of God’s people. Prayer secures the laboure...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Sunspots 413

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: ". . . if we think we have truly und...
Monday, April 08, 2013

How things started, and the first and second laws of thermodynamics

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The laws of thermodynamics rank as among the most important, perhaps the most important scientific laws. There are four such laws, but I w...
Sunday, April 07, 2013

Prayer Born of Compassion, part 5

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We have an interesting case in Matthew which gives us an account of what excited so largely the compassion of our Lord at one time: “But wh...
Thursday, April 04, 2013

The moral universe of Game of Thrones, as seen by Elizabeth Moon and Christianity Today.

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George R. R. Martin is perhaps the best-selling author of fantastic literature of the last 25 years. His most popular work is a series, sti...
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Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Sunspots 412

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: R. C. Sproul's The Truth of the ...
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Tuesday, April 02, 2013

An atheist philosopher concludes that materialism or naturalism doesn't explain everything, and can't

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A splendid article (i. e., one that agrees with many of my biases), by one Andrew Ferguson , has been published in The Weekly Standard . Th...
Monday, April 01, 2013

The Resurrection, Superstition, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

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Death and the Second Law of Thermodynamics (The photo above is of a maple leaf. This post is not an April Fool joke!) Ephesians 1 :18b ....
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Sunday, March 31, 2013

It is impossible to overemphasize the importance of the Resurrection!

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"The resurrection isn't just a surprise happy ending for one person; it is instead the turning point for everything else. " ...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Sunspots 411

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: The Arts: (Sort of) From Wired : the preview ...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

Prayer Born of Compassion, part 4

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Paul was wonderfully interested in the religious welfare of his Jewish brethren, was concerned over them, and his heart was strangely warmed...
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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall

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I recently heard , on Performance Today, the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony , performed near the Berlin Wall , on Christ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Sunspots 410

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: (or something) A truly amazing card trick . (A ...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Does God control the weather, or is it due to natural causes?

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The answer, of course, is both. The BioLogos forum has a most interesting discussion of that question , which relates to origins. It ’ s w...
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