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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Behind the Story

Why We Retracted a Report About Violence in Afghanistan

Andy Olsen

A note from CT’s editorial director for news about our reporting on an attack on a house church.

Public Theology Project

What Social Media Addiction Tells Us About Heaven and Hell

The infinite scroll is a counterfeit paradise, a parody of the coming world beyond “all that we ask or think.”

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Amy Grant on New Music After a Decade

 What holds a life together when it feels fragmented?

News

Floods Scatter Christian Communities in Africa

Pius Sawa

A pastor in Kenya struggles to rebuild a church destroyed by erratic weather.

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Good Lungs and Lung Cancer

A tribute to Karl Zinsmeister, a Bush administration adviser who was a faithful Christian and the most interesting man I knew.

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Anxious Chinese Young People are Turning to Fortunetelling

Kelly Ng

Even in churches, youth group members are asking about star signs. Pastors are pushing back and seeking openings.

Join a Church Before It’s an Emergency

Benjamin Vrbicek

With health care, we understand the need to plan for pain, even while we’re well. Spiritual care requires planning too.

Public Theology Project

Why I Don’t Debate Atheists

We need apologetics, but what we need more is genuine confidence in the Word we carry.

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