It's time to get back to my "Web Site of the Week." I'll start with one of my favorites, Google Earth. Google Earth is software that you can download for free, which can be used for viewing imagery of virtually all of the Earth's land areas. Resolution tends to be better over the United States …
Fighting Dinosaurs
Yes, that is me, face to face with a Tyrranasaurus rex, in front of the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. I must have won, for I am still alive. And here, someone along I-90 in South Dakota has trained a T. rex and is taking it for a walk: Grace and Peace Images …
Still on the road
I've not been posting much, and that won't change until sometime in mid-August. We have been in 17 states in the past eight weeks (all by automobile), visiting supporters, supporting churches, family, and friends. Most of the time we have had dial-up internet access, or no access at all. We have plane tickets to return …
The Periodic Table of Desserts
Next time you are in Big Timber, Montana, stop at the Country Skillet Restaurant, where the back side of the dessert menu has a "Periodic Table of Desserts." Click on image to see details Grace and Peace
Bird Droppings Update
As I reported earlier, bird droppings survived the July 4th launch of the space shuttle Discovery. It turns out that they survived the fiery re-entry as well! My oldest son suggests that perhaps NASA should start making their heat-resistant tiles out of bird droppings instead. Grace and Peace
Life Goals
I was blessed today by being stranded while our minivan was in the repair shop. Being that we have only one car, I had no easy way to get "home" (we are staying with a family until we return to Romania and don't really have a home) so I spent the day at the public …
Evolution on the Galapagos Islands
From livescience.com: For the first time scientists have observed in real-time evolutionary changes in one species driven by competition for resources from another. In a mere two decades, one of Charles Darwin's finch species, Geospiza fortis, reduced its beak size to better equip itself to consume small sized seeds, scientists report in the July 14 …
Space Shuttle Discovery Videos
NASA has videos of the July 4th launch of the space shuttle Discovery. Links can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html An interesting note: bird droppings survived the launch (but are unlikely to survive the fiery reentry). An interesting astrobiological investigation would be to take a sample of those in space, and to see if any bacteria …
EFCA Leadership Conference
Shirley and I recently attended the Evangelical Free Church of America Leadership Conference in Denver, and were greatly encouraged. The teaching was excellent, with a focus on the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. If we ever lose this focus on what Christ has done for us by his life, death, and resurrection, we will …
Rock Creek, Beartooth Mountains, Montana
We have been able to relax some while on our working vacation in Montana. This photo is of the glacial valley of Rock Creek, near Red Lodge in the Beartooth Mountains. This is a classic U-shaped glacial valley, featured in many introductory Earth Science textbooks (though usually from a different location). Note the hanging valley …
Noah’s Ark Found… Again?
I noticed posts on several Christian sites today regarding a group that claims they have discovered Noah's Ark in Iran. For example, World Magazine Blog had a post that said: A group of Christian archaeologists have discovered what they believe could be the remains of Noah's Ark. Climbing 13,000 feet up a mountain in Iran's …
Father’s Day #2
One thing I do to "tell the story" to my children is send an email to my family several times per week, with insights I have had from the Word, often with a quote or two from my reading. I started this just a few months ago, and they comment to me when I start …
Father’s Day #1
In my wide margin Bible, I mark an "F" in the margin to denote verses about the family. As I have done this, I have seen more clearly my responsibilities as a father. The most common command or exhortation in the Scriptures in regards to parenting is to teach our children about the wonders of …
On the Road Again…
The reason I haven't been posting much on The Earth is Not Flat! lately is because we have been traveling. We drove from Missouri to Utah for a few days of camping and exploration, and are now in Montana to visit family and supporting churches. We have spoken in ten of our twelve supporting churches, …
Abortion Simplified
I got this from World Magazine Blog (they were quoting columnist Nat Hentoff): A longtime friend of mine is married to a doctor who also performs abortions. At the dinner table one recent evening, their 9-year-old son — having heard a word whose meaning he didn't know — asked, "What is an abortion?" His mother, …
The Earth Has a Future
We usually think of the science of geology as being about the past: geologists often reconstruct events that happened thousands, millions, or even billions of years in the past. Sometimes geologists are called upon to project into the future as well. Examples of this include earthquake prediction and finding sites for long-term (>10,000 years) storage …
Bonhoeffer Quotes #2
Some more quotes to ponder, from The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer: No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is consciously resisting or disobeying the commandment of Jesus. To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more …
Submarine Volcano in Action
Most of the earth's volcanoes are underwater. For the first time, using the submersible remotely operated vehicle Jason II, scientists have observed an actual eruption. They were able to move close to the vent, mainly because the physical conditions are so different than on land: If we were observing this type of eruptive activity on …
My Favorite Study Bible
Is it the Ryrie Study Bible? Scofield Study Bible? NIV Study Bible? Reformation Study Bible? No, right now it is the NIV Wide Margin Edition—lots of white space on all four sides of the page for notes. I've had this for about four years, and I estimate that I have about 3000-4000 comments, underlines, color-coded …
Bears in Germany — Found
Bears are common in some parts of Europe—Romania for example—but had not been seen in Germany since 1835. The news article is Bear Reported in Germany, First for 170 Years. BERLIN (AFP) - A bear has been reported in Germany for the first time since 1835, police at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Bavarian Alps said, following …
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