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.

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Sunspots 966

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Previous Sunspots posts have included a photo of spots on the sun, from NASA. I haven't been able to do that for this edition. The previ...
Sunday, February 25, 2024

With Christ in the School of Prayer, by Andrew Murray, excerpt 212

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T his post continues a series of excerpts from  With Christ in the School of Prayer , by  Andrew Murray . I do this, not because I'm a p...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Do bacteria mutate randomly, and acquire antibiotic resistance, or do they mutate when exposed to antibiotics?

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A post from The Conversation reminds us of the classic experiments conducted by Salvador Luria and Max Delbrück, who showed, in 1943, that ...
Saturday, February 17, 2024

Sunspots 965

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A Conversation article discusses dietary supplements , with some warnings.  Another Conversation article tells us about synthetic human embr...
Friday, February 16, 2024

Immigration and migration, what the Bible says (repost)

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This was a fairly long post on what the Bible says about how to treat immigrants. Thanks for reading, or re-reading.
Sunday, February 11, 2024

With Christ in the school of prayer, by Andrew Murray, excerpt 211

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T his post continues a series of excerpts from  With Christ in the School of Prayer , by  Andrew Murray . I do this, not because I'm a p...
Thursday, February 08, 2024

Sunspots 964

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Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others: A splendid essay on eight principles of sound Christian thinking . A Conversation w...
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Sunday, February 04, 2024

With Christ in the School of prayer, by Andrew Murray, excerpt 210

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T his post continues a series of excerpts from  With Christ in the School of Prayer , by  Andrew Murray . I do this, not because I'm a p...
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Sunspots 963

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Things of interest that I have recently spotted: Grammarphobia tells us about the history of the exclamation point/mark . Gizmodo reports on...
Monday, January 29, 2024

Women singers in the Old Testament choir?

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1 Chronicles  25:4 Of Heman; the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, an...
Sunday, January 28, 2024

With Christ in the School of Prayer, by Andrew Murray, excerpt 209

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T his post continues a series of excerpts from  With Christ in the School of Prayer , by  Andrew Murray . I do this, not because I'm a p...
Saturday, January 27, 2024

I've been gone. Sorry.

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Approximately a month ago, our computer died. During the replacement process, I discovered that somehow I hadn't backed up the file with...
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Friday, January 26, 2024

Sunspots 962

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According to Gizmodo, drivers with electric vehicles are wearing out their tires rapidly . This doesn’t affect me – the article says that so...
Sunday, December 24, 2023

With Christ in the school of prayer, by Andrew Murray, excerpt 209

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T his post continues a series of excerpts from  With Christ in the School of Prayer , by  Andrew Murray . I do this, not because I'm a p...
Sunday, December 17, 2023

With Christ in the school of prayer, by Andrew Murray, excerpt 208

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T his post continues a series of excerpts from  With Christ in the School of Prayer , by  Andrew Murray . I do this, not because I'm a ...
Sunday, December 10, 2023

With Christ in the school of prayer, by Andrew Murray, excerpt 207

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T his post continues a series of excerpts from  With Christ in the School of Prayer , by  Andrew Murray . I do this, not because I'm a p...
Friday, December 08, 2023

Christ didn't come as a baby

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  We don't seem to know what day, or even what year, Christ was born, but he was born. Christ didn't come as a baby.  He came as an ...
Thursday, December 07, 2023

Sunspots 961

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to others* Christianity: (and embryonic development) Christianit...
Monday, December 04, 2023

The problem of good

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Christians are often asked to defend God, from attacks using the problem of evil: If God is good, and all-powerful, why are there things suc...
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Sunday, December 03, 2023

With Christ in the school of prayer, by Andrew Murray, excerpt 206

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T his post continues a series of excerpts from  With Christ in the School of Prayer , by  Andrew Murray . I do this, not because I'm a ...
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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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