Other Articles on Bible, Science and Technology
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Computers & Technology
Science
- Evolutionary Data
- What happens when a simple inquiry for experimental data on evolution appears in the newspaper? Does anyone respond with scientific data?
- Is Evolution Scientific?
- What is the scientific method, and does evolution follow it? The scientific method involves making observations and predictions, and then use experiments to prove or disprove the hypothesis. How does evolution use the scientific method? Is evolution (by definition) scientific?
- Frames of Reference
- A brief study of Einstein’s theory of relativity and it’s relation to the Bible. Also available for download in Adobe PDF format as FramesOfReference.pdf (57k).
- The Armor of God (The Physics of Reality)
- Multi-dimensional spaces from the Bible’s point of view and what occurs in those dimensions. How to pick up and use the armor God provides us (Ephesians 6)
Trials and Tribulations
- A Tale of Two Paths
- A fictional story about choices in life, and where they might lead.
- Joy in Trials?
- James says we should count it all joy when we have trials. Is he crazy? If not, how do we do that?
- Who’s in your boat?
- Analyzing a story in the Gospels about the disciples to help learn how to handle storms in life.
- Back To Egypt?
- Just like the Israelites wanted to return to Egypt sometimes we get pulled back to our pre-Christian lifestyle. Why does this happen? What does the promised land really represent? Why return to the old failed life?
- Combat Faith
- What kind of faith does the Bible speak of? A summary how the Bible defines faith — Christians are called to an active faith based on reason and logic, not blind faith.
- That’s not what I meant!
- Why don’t my plans work out the way I want? I pray for weeks or months yet it seems God isn’t listening. Why doesn’t He do something?
- Solving an age-old question
- If there is a God, why do bad things happen? Doesn’t He care? Why is there evil in the world?
- Turn One-Eight
- Making a U-Turn in the road of life. An example of God’s grace and a message for anyone who thinks some people will never come to Christ.
Current Events / Culture
- The Patriots
- A comparison between the patriots of the revolutionary war and the early apostles (from the movie of the same name).
- Final Exam
- The tragic death of Dale Earnhardt and thoughts about the driver — the greatest stock car driver of all time.
- Role Models
- What Role Models do we have? Are current role models useful for the Christian? A surprising look at a Biblical role model you might not have thought of.
- Saved?
- Roger Ebert’s review of the movie “Saved”.
Commentary / Theology
- Which Bible Translation?
- Which Bible Translation is best? Should we stick with the King James Version or use a more modern translation? Compares modern translations and the King James version. Also available for download in Adobe PDF format as WhichTranslation.pdf (115k).
- Lord, Liar or Lunatic?
- Examining C.S. Lewis’ argument against Jesus being a good moral teacher — but not God. Lewis believed only three possibilities exist for Jesus given His claim to be God. The popular option of Jesus being a good teacher, but not God is illogical in light of the claims of Jesus. Also available for download in Adobe PDF format as LordLiarLunatic.pdf (48k).
- Be a Penguin
- Jesus says to take up your cross and follow Him. How do we do that? A look at the disposable society of today and an examination of agape and commitment in light of Jesus’ words. And what does any of this have to do with penguins?
- The Sin of Sodom
- What the sin of Sodom was and why it was destroyed. The answer may suprise you.
- The End is Near!
- When will Jesus Christ return to the earth? Is His coming soon? Will it be in our lifetime?
- Call me J.B.
- Lessons to be learned from John the Baptist and his presentation of Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
- A Whale of a Tale — Life lessons from Jonah
- A commentary on the complete book of Jonah. How many miracles can you count in the book? Jonah was a stubborn, stiff-necked prophet needing special tutoring from God on an important lesson for life (and it's not what you think).
- Two Deadly Diseases
- Two errors frequently made in the Christian life. Both end in the same disastrous results; avoiding these mistakes is critical.
- Can you lose your salvation?
- Is it possible for a Christian (once saved) to lose their salvation and perish in hell?
Computers & Technology
- PHP, XHTML MIME type and Caching
- Optimizing web sites for client and proxy caching when using PHP for dynamic web pages. Also how to serve XHTML pages with the correct MIME type (application/xhtml+xml instead of text/html). Easy to implement method with only a few lines of code required at the top of PHP pages.
- PHP, XHTML and Caching - Part II
- Builds on the previous script to improve flexibility in use.
- Site Search using MSN API and PHP
- PHP class and template for using the MSN Search API while handling UTF-8 encodings correctly. Complete PHP class presented for easy use on your own site. Full example provided.
- Using Google Search API with PHP
- Builds upon the previous article Site Search using MSN API and replaces the MSN API with Google’s API. A complete PHP class for using Google’s API is available for use on your own site. As of December 2006, Google no longer issues SOAP API keys. If you're looking for a search API, you might want to try MSN's API.
