Friday, July 31, 2015

It is impossible to overemphasize the importance of the resurrection!

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  It is impossible to overemphasize the importance of the resurrection! The poster above is a graphic portrayal of the slogan used in...
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Thursday, July 30, 2015

Death, Life, and 1 Corinthians 15

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  The graphic above should is an attempt to portray 1 Corinthians 15:53, which says "For this perishable body must become imperishabl...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Sunspots 532

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: An essay in Relevant on " What ...
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Sunday, July 26, 2015

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 33

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Charity is a paradox, like modesty and courage. Stated baldly, charity certainly means one of two things—pardoning unpardonable acts, ...
Friday, July 24, 2015

Revolutions in genetics - again, part two

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A previous post considered new techniques in genetic engineering, and pointed to some discussions of these techniques. This one considers a...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Revolutions in genetics - again, part one

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In 1975, an important conference , called by a scientist, and attended by scientists in a particular research field, and some key non-scient...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Sunspots 531

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:   Christianity: Relevant warns us against...
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Monday, July 20, 2015

The purpose of learning

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  The graphic above is, as you can see, based on Isaiah 50:4a The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may ...
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Sunday, July 19, 2015

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 32

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When one came to think of one’s self, there was vista and void enough for any amount of bleak abnegation and bitter truth. There the r...
Friday, July 17, 2015

Genetically Modified foods are safe to eat

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Slate has published a thorough study of the opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food, and found that such foods are saf...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Sunspots 530

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: Relevant asks whether...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

"Christians shouldn't be culture's morality police"

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There's a fine article from Relevant , by a Cara Joyner, with the title of this post, which is worth reading. Here's a small part o...
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Sunday, July 12, 2015

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 31

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But granted that we have all to keep a balance, the real interest comes in with the question of how that balance can be kept. That was ...
Thursday, July 09, 2015

Why participate in Communion (or the Eucharist, or the Lord's Supper)?

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  The graphic above is an attempt to summarize the reasons for participating in the Lord's Supper, also known as the Eucharist, and Co...
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Wednesday, July 08, 2015

Sunspots 529

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: Ken Schenck tells us that ...
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Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Elizabeth Moon's The Deed of Paksenarrion, re-visited.

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I recently re-read Elizabeth Moon's The Deed of Paksenarrion . The book is a trilogy, published as a single volume, which volume is ove...
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Sunday, July 05, 2015

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 30

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It is my only purpose in this chapter to point this out; to show that whenever we feel there is something odd in Christian theolo...
Friday, July 03, 2015

Honor the King

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  Honor the King I’ve done it myself. I’ve ridiculed a person in authority. Based on these verses, and the Golden Rule of Matthew...
Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Sunspots 528

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: A list of virtues ...
Sunday, June 28, 2015

Excerpts from Orthodoxy by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 29

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The fancy that the cosmos was not vast and void, but small and cozy, had a fulfilled significance now, for anything that is a work of ...