For dinner time edification, our family is going through Knowing God by J.I. Packer. This was one of the first Christian books I read, and it laid a firm foundation for much of what I believe today as a Christian. Here are some quotes from Chapter One, "The Study of God." If we pursue theological …
Month: November 2006
Living forever through technology?
Glenn Brooke at Be Bold, Be Gentle writes about the possibility of greatly extending the human life span through technology: Ray Kurzweil is a very smart man, and has written extensively about his confidence that computers and medical technology (e.g., nanobots that will repair human tissue) will effectively allow humans to live forever. See this …
Bonhoeffer Quotes #3
Nothing that we despise in the other man is entirely absent from ourselves. If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction. Grace and Peace
Satellite images in real time
Most satellite and aerial imagery that is available on the internet (such as at Google Earth) is several years old. That is fine for most purposes. The USGS now has a site with live, real-time imagery from the LANDSAT satellites at earthnow.usgs.gov. It won't be useful for finding your house or planning a hike, but …
Viewing Mercury
The next few days are an opportunity to view Mercury in the eastern sky, up to an hour before sunrise. Click here for the story. Most people have never seen this elusive planet, but it isn't all that difficult if you just know when and where to look. Grace and Peace
PETA strikes again, again
Headline: PETA mistakenly targets Alaska church. PETA was targeting this church for having a living nativity, but it turns out that the "animals" will all be played by living humans. So I guess it is acceptable to have humans crawling around in the dirt, but not cows and sheep. Grace and Peace
PETA strikes again
Welcome to The GeoChristian. Out of over 600 posts on my blog, this one on frog dissection is in the top five in terms of how many people view it. The purpose of The GeoChristian is twofold: 1. To enhance science literacy within the Evangelical Christian community. 2. To present a Biblical Christianity that is …
Giant excavator
This 200 meter (600 foot) long excavator looks like something out of Star Wars. I got the image from Astronomy Picture of the Day, November 22, 2006. Here's the description from APOD: The machine pictured above is a bucket-wheel excavator used in modern surface mining. Machines like this have given humanity the ability to mine …
Unicorns, the Bible, and education
What do you make of a statement like this comment by a person who calls themself "kwatson?" It is from a discussion on World Magazine Blog regarding extraterrestrial life: [I]n the case of aliens and extraterrestrial life, far less crazy than talking about a mythical being who looks like us, who created the universe in …
Stem Cells and Muscular Dystrophy
The headline is "Stem cells help dogs with dystrophy." Someone who sees this headline but doesn't read the article might think, "Oh, isn't it wonderful what can be done with those embryonic stem cells?" Wrong. Reading the article, the researchers did not use embryonic stem cells, but stem cells derived from adult dogs. Here's a …
Stop that lava flow!
Perhaps the sign should have been facing the other way: Photo by J.D. Griggs, US Geological Survey Grace and Peace
A Good Quote
People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of …
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