Christianity Today has an article entitled Christian Colleges' Green Revolution. Here are a few quotes: "When I was exposed firsthand to the impact that poor environmental care can cause, I was shocked," Semenyuk says, recalling a protest he witnessed in Nicaragua. "The people were field workers on banana plantations where extremely powerful chemicals are used …
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This was yesterday's Wikipedia picture of the day, with a description from the article on Limburger Cheese: The description of limburger cheese (which truly does smell awful): Limburger cheese originated in Limburg, Belgium. It is also made in the United States and Germany. Limburger is especially known for its pungent odor. The bacteria used to …
A good map is a work of art. This graphic shows a computer generated map of population density, with the tall spikes representing the large cities of the world. The map is from the National Geographic Atlas of the World, and can be viewed at the ESRI Map Book Gallery Volume 20. Grace and Peace
At the risk of getting myself in trouble... Today is the grand opening of the Creation Museum in northern Kentucky. For the record, I think this is a bad idea. I could write a rather long critique of the philosophy and "science" behind this museum, but I'll save that for some other time. Here's my …
This isolated volcano (Klyuchevskoy) on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia looks like it is blowing a smoke ring! Here's a few more images of the eruption: More great images of the eruption can be found here. I got the link from Geology.com News. Grace and Peace
Fresh water is a limited resource. It is constantly renewed, but it is not unlimited. This is especially an issue in arid and semiarid areas, such as in the area of Israel and its neighbors. One of the concerns that triggered the 1967 Six Day War, in which Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria, …
Chapter 6 of Knowing God by J.I. Packer is called "He Shall Testify", and is about the Holy Spirit. It is the sovereign prerogative of Christ's Spirit to convince men's consciences of the truth of Christ's gospel; and Christ's human witnesses must learn to ground their hopes of success, not on clever presentation of the …
Albert Mohler has written an article called "The Army We Have" -- Young Men, Responsibility, and Leadership for the Twenty-First Century. He writes about the difficulty of recruiting soldiers for today's volunteer army. It seems the problem isn't just that the Iraq war is scaring off recruits, but that it is awfully difficult to find …
Here's a nice, simple graphic showing the motion of particles in a gas. Some are moving faster, some slower; the average velocity is a function of the temperature. Here's the caption from the Wikipedia article on temperature: The temperature of a gas is a measure of the average kinetic energy of its atoms or molecules …
This item was originally posted in May 2006. It is one of the best quotes I have come across in my reading, and is certainly worth repeating Here's a quote from The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges: Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And …
A skilled artist or craftsman creates things that are not only functional, but beautiful. Here is a geologic map of the lower Mississippi River published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1944, and it is a work of art. The map depicts changes in the meandering course of the Mississippi River over time. …
This image is from the 1896 edition of the Rand McNally Universal Atlas of the World, and shows the 50 tallest manmade structures of that time: From the University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, click here for a larger (613 kb) version. It is interesting that in 1896, many of the world's tallest structures …
In Biology (9th/10th grades) we just finished the unit on the circulatory and respiratory systems. Here are a couple of short anti-smoking videos from YouTube: Smoking Through a Hole in Her Throat Cigarettes and Arteries Grace and Peace
PBS has made some of its NOVA and Frontline programs available online: NOVA Online Frontline Online I watched "Life's Greatest Miracle" last night, which is about human sexual reproduction (It is a remake of the older "Miracle of Life" video). It was excellent; though I wouldn't want to show the extended bikini-babes-on-the-beach scene in class. …
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