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.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Excerpts from Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton, 47

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It is one of the hundred answers to the fugitive perversion of modern “force” that the promptest and boldest agencies are also the mos...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Sunspots 546

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: (in action, maybe in name) ...
Sunday, November 08, 2015

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton, 46

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Aristocracy is not an institution: aristocracy is a sin; generally a very venial one. It is merely the drift or slide of men into a so...
Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Sunspots 545

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: Christianity Today say...
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Sunday, November 01, 2015

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton, 45

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Much vague and sentimental journalism has been poured out to the effect that Christianity is akin to democracy, and most of it is scar...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

Why isn't the Bible easier to understand?

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Let ’ s begin by saying that I don't know the answer to the question of the title, anymore than I know why Christ didn ’ t come into the...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Sunspots 544

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: The Arts: (I am not making this up) The Americ...
Sunday, October 25, 2015

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton, 44

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Is there any answer to the proposition that those who have had the best opportunities will probably be our best guides? Is there ...
Friday, October 23, 2015

"We don't have a single example of a mutation resulting in a net gain of information. Not one" (But we do)

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The title of this post quotes Eric Metaxas , and is part of a post, by him, on BreakPoint : "We don't have a single example of a mu...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Sunspots 543

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: The Arts: An article in Relevant that say...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton, 43

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This startling swiftness with which popular systems turn oppressive is the third fact for which we shall ask our perfect theory of pro...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

A century of General Relativity, proposed by Einstein

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November, 2015, is the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's presentation of his General Theory of Relativity. This theory gave impetus...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

Tenses in the book of Revelation

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Revelation 1:4 John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from God, who is and who was and who is to come ; and...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Sunspots 542

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:    Christianity: Ken Schenck says that the Bible...
Sunday, October 11, 2015

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton, 42

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This, then, is our second requirement for the ideal of progress. First, it must be fixed; second, it must be composite. It must not (i...
Wednesday, October 07, 2015

Sunspots 541

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: The Arts: (or maybe humor) National Public Rad...
Monday, October 05, 2015

When does human life begin?

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Even if abortion had never existed, the question of when human life begins would be interesting. We are humans, after all. I submit that the...
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Sunday, October 04, 2015

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton, 41

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Is it not quite clear that what we really hope for is one particular management and proposition of these two things; a certain amount ...
Saturday, October 03, 2015

Augustine on God's goodness

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  The graphic above is my attempt to illustrate a simple, but profound truth from Augustine , in his Confessions , Book VII. His state...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Sunspots 540

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: Benjamin L. Corey on how ...
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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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