Monday, November 25, 2024

Uzza, or Uzzah

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2 Samuel 6:1 David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 David arose, and went with all the people who we...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Sunspots 974

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  Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others: Gizmodo reports on Pando, perhaps the oldest and largest organism on the planet ....
Saturday, November 16, 2024

Sunspots 973

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Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others:       Earth.com reports on amazing mental ability in a butterfly. Gizmodo reports t...
Monday, October 21, 2024

Sunspots 972

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Some things that I have spotted that may be of interest to others: Joel Duff is perhaps the most articulate anti-Young-earth creationist blo...
Saturday, August 31, 2024

God's creativity

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Let us be thankful for God's wisdom, creativity and imagination. He thought of many things: information, beauty of form, sound, color, s...
Friday, August 30, 2024

Sunspots 971

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  Some things that I have spotted that may be of interest to others: Newsweek reports that humpback whales appear to use tools . Really. Po...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Sunspots 970

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Some things I have spotted that may be of interest to others: The Guardian  discusses  Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and what it has symbo...
Monday, August 19, 2024

Sunspots 969

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 Some things I have spotted, that may be of interest to others: An article in the Wikipedia tells about small satellites that are in orbit a...
Friday, July 19, 2024

Sunspots 968

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Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others: Project 2025 is an extensive document, proposing many changes in government. The 20...
Thursday, July 11, 2024

Anti-pornography (and slander, and more) in the Bible

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A Psalm by David. 101:1 I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises. 101:2 I will be careful to live a b...
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Sunspots 967

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 Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others: A discussion of the perils of Christian Nationalism, in Baptist News Global .  Cro...
Monday, July 01, 2024

Sunspots 966

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Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others: A  discussion, in Naturalist Historia, pointing to more discussions, on how the im...
Monday, June 24, 2024

Hymns and church songs with stones, rocks, or related ideas

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 Rocks in songs and hymns A previous post listed important Bible passages about stones or rocks, chosen from a few hundred occurrences in th...
Saturday, June 22, 2024

rocks and stones in the Bible

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My Bible search tool tells me that there are about 140 occurrences of the word "rock" in the Bible, and about 330 occurrences of ...
Friday, June 21, 2024

Sunspots 965

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Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others: Scientific American  discusses tattoo ink . We don't really know what's in ...
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Ten Commandments in classrooms?

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A state legislature has required that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public school classrooms. Leaving aside questions of separa...
Sunday, June 16, 2024

With Christ in the school of prayer, by Andrew Murray, excerpt 219

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  T his post continues a series of excerpts from  With Christ in the School of Prayer , by  Andrew Murray . This is posted, not because I...
Thursday, June 13, 2024

Rivers in songs and hymns

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I recently posted on the word "river," in the Bible. In this post, I'll remind readers that the word, "river," or a ...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Sunspots 964

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  Things I have spotted that may be of interest to others: Politics: S. E. Cupp analyzes  the effect of spending lots of money , your own, o...
Tuesday, June 11, 2024

rivers in the Bible

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Rivers are mentioned often in the Bible. The Bible search tool I use says that there are 188 uses of the word, "river" in the Bibl...