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, January 31, 2016

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton, 58

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All Christianity concentrates on the man at the crossroads. The vast and shallow philosophies, the huge syntheses of humbug, all talk ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Sunspots 558

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: An article in Relevant...
Monday, January 25, 2016

What the New Testament says about paying taxes

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Matthew 22:17 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, a...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

Excerpts from Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton, 57

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Again, the same is true of that difficult matter of the danger of the soul, which has unsettled so many just minds. To hope for all so...
Friday, January 22, 2016

Vengeance - some of what the Bible says about it

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The Webster ’ s Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 public domain edition, defines vengeance in this way: “ Punishment inflicted in return f...
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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Sunspots 557

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: The Arts: Stephen Burnett has some advice ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Sunspots 556

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: Benjamin L. Corey on h...
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Sunday, January 17, 2016

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton, 56

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Unitarians (a sect never to be mentioned without a special respect for their distinguished intellectual dignity and high intellectual ...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Sunspots 555

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: (and health) A post on the BioLogo...
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Sunday, January 10, 2016

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton, 55

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I want to love my neighbour not because he is I, but precisely because he is not I. I want to adore the world, not as one likes ...
Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Sunspots 554

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: (And the Arts) A fine essay , ...
Tuesday, January 05, 2016

How to treat strangers, foreigners and aliens

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(This brief study is in response to the prophet Jonah, who did not want to go to preach repentance to the people of Ninevah, because he was ...
Sunday, January 03, 2016

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton, 54

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That Buddhism approves of mercy or of self-restraint is not to say that it is specially like Christianity; it is only to say that it i...
Thursday, December 31, 2015

Christ and Creation

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I have created a 20-slide PowerPoint 2013 presentation, "Christ and Creation," which attempts to set forth the essential scripture...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Sunspots 553

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: An article in Christianity ...
Sunday, December 27, 2015

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton, 53

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There is a phrase of facile liberality uttered again and again at ethical societies and parliaments of religion: “the religions of the...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

2015 in Biology and Medicine, according to Wired

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Wired has published a list of the most important developments in biology and medicine. Here it is . Some very interesting stuff.
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Sunspots 552

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: Some interesting research on church...
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Sunday, December 20, 2015

Excerpts from Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton, 52

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Of the fact and evidence of the supernatural I will speak afterwards. Here we are only concerned with this clear point; that in so far...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Sunspots 551

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Christianity: Christianity Today rep...
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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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