Wonder on the Web

Links to amazing stuff

Desktop Tourism

One of the seven wonders of the world can now be enjoyed from the comfort of your desktop. Check out the Google maps photo tour of the great pyramids. To gather the images, Google had team members wear "Trekkers" instead of backpacks during hikes. After ten days, Google compiled the images into panoramas.

We don’t know which is more amazing: the pyramids or the fact that we can view them like this.

How Do Flocks of Birds Stick Together?

It is a wondrous thing to behold, from the leisurely flight of geese to the mad, darting movement of starlings. If you haven’t the time to read this article in full, do look at the pictures.

When Cars Drive in the Cloud

It has been said that the Internet connects people like never before. Apparently it will likewise connect cars.

Unconditional Means Unconditional

As we close this edition, we listen in on a conversation that took place in prison, when an inmate finally got what it means to be a Christian—and the man ministering to him did as well.

—The Editors

Also in this issue

The Trinity as an ecosystem and tapestry; a Kierkegaard excerpt; thoughts on grace; the glory of cathedrals.

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The Bulletin

Venezuelan Oil, LA Fires Aftermath, and Revival In America

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

The global aftershock of military action in Venezuela, California churches rebuild one year after LA fires, and the possibility of revival in America.

What Christian Parents Should Know About Roblox

Isaac Wood

The gaming platform poses both content concerns and safety risks that put minors in “the Devil’s crosshairs.” The company says tighter restrictions are coming.

How Artificial Intelligence Is Rewiring Democracy

Three books on politics and public life to read this month.

Analysis

The Dangerous Ambition of Regime Change

The Bulletin

Is America’s appetite for power in Venezuela bigger than its ability to handle it?

News

Kenyan Christians Wrestle with the Costs of Working Abroad

Pius Sawa

Working in the Gulf States promises better pay, but pastors say the distance harm marriages and children.

Happy 80th Birthday, John Piper

Justin Taylor

Fame didn’t change how the Reformed theologian lives.

So What If the Bible Doesn’t Mention Embryo Screening?

Silence from Scripture on new technologies and the ethical questions they raise is no excuse for silence from the church.

The Chinese Evangelicals Turning to Orthodoxy

Yinxuan Huang

More believers from China and Taiwan are finding Eastern Christianity appealing. I sought to uncover why.

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