Archive for June, 2005
Intelligent Design: Just the Facts Ma’am
Well friends, I write to you from the woods of Northern Wisconsin as I am attending a week-long conference here. Today I heard a stimulating lecture on the Intelligent Design movement (ID) by Dr. Angus Menuge, professor of philosophy at Concordia University, WI. If you’ve ever heard Dr. Menuge then you know that he is [...]
Researching Embryonic Stem Cells Unnecessary
Scientists from Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh announced in a press release last Thursday that adult or post-natal stem cells have the same ability to multiply as embryonic stem cells. This is highly significant because of the moral problems associated with using stem cells from human embryos. Basically, this means that there are no advantages to [...]
Amazing Footage
I knew it!! Tom Cruise is the Sith Lord!! Check this out.
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Is Death a Natural Part of Life?
No. It’s not. Not if by natural one means that death is the design of the Creator or that it’s what is “supposed” to happen to us and thus OK. Every mourner knows that death is not OK. When God created Adam and Eve in the Garden, it was not His purpose for them to [...]
Chronicles of Narnia Movie
I’m so looking forward to this movie. Anyone have an inside line on whether the film is loyal to the book?
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Major Blog Milestone
Yesterday, I crossed the 10 thousand point in blog visits. More than 10 thousand in almost exactly three months. According to my stat counter, I currently get an average of around 100 unique visitors each day. That has been slowly on the increase. The only other pattern I have noticed is [...]
Different Versions of the Ten Commandments??
For the past two weeks, I have been teaching a Bible class on the Ten Commandments at my congregation. And naturally, one of the first things I wanted to do was address the fact that different groups enumerate the commandments differently. Did you know that Roman Catholics and Lutherans number them one way, [...]
Playing Book Tag: 5 to 10 I’d Recommend to Youth
Here’s something clever floating around the blogosphere. Book tag. Bob Waters over at Watersblogged tagged me.
The game is this:
Imagine that a local philanthropist is hosting an event for local high school students and has asked you to pick out five to ten books to hand out as door prizes. At least one book [...]
Run Lola Run
So, last night I watched a German movie called Run Lola Run from 1999 starring Franka Potente (who was with Matt Damon in the Bourne movies). It’s a clever film about how the outcome of one’s life can often depend on the minor details.
The plot is simple. Lola gets a panicked phone call from her [...]
Dads and Church
Something quick for Father’s Day. Check out these two posts from Pr. Paul McCain:
Post 1 Why Dad is So Important
Post 2 The Truth About Men and Church
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