Wonder on the Web

Issue 23: Links to amazing stuff

When Whites Were Not White

We of pale skin assume that our skin color is natural—or maybe has just always been that way. According to recent research, however, Europeans were not always as white as we are today.

Seeing Is Sometimes Skin Deep

Speaking of skin, it's a good thing that we don't use it to see. Because of both modesty and climate, we cover our skin with garments, so we'd be in the dark most of the time. That's not the case with octopi, apparently; we've recently determined that they can see with their skin.

A God Strong to Save

One of the great paradoxes of theology is this: God does not change, and yet he responds to prayer. He is perfect, so does not suffer any type of grief or loss, and yet he is described as one who empathizes with us in our pain. Theologians have been wrestling with this mystery for 2,000 years. In the last few decades, they've tried to abandon one half of this paradox, but that has created more questions than it has answered. The main one is this: do we have a God who merely suffers with us, or one who has power to deliver us from suffering?

The Beginning of Dogs

When did the version of the wolf that we call a dog first emerge? A discovery in the Arctic suggests man's best friend has a long history.

The Largest Galaxy in the Universe

We don’t really need to say anything more to get you to watch this five-minute video, do we?

Also in this issue

When the heart stops, poetry by Luci Shaw, the glory of an orchestra, and Harriet Tubman.

Our Latest

The Bulletin

Kidnappings in Nigeria, Rep. Greene Resigns, Mamdani Meets Trump

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Persecution in Nigeria, Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns, Mamdani and Trump have a friendly meeting, and listeners give thanks.

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You Know Them As Fantasy Writers. They Were Soldiers Too. 

Joseph Loconte

An excerpt from ‘The War for Middle-Earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Confront the Gathering Storm, 1933–1945.’

Our Prayers Don’t Disappear into Thin Air

Bohye Kim

Why Scripture talks of our entreaties to God as rising like incense.

From Outer Space to Rome

In 1962, CT engaged friends and enemies in the Cold War and the Second Vatican Council.

May Cause a Spontaneous Outburst of Festive Joy

8 new Christmas albums for holiday parties, praise, and playlists.

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Meet CT’s New President

The Bulletin with Nicole Martin and Walter Kim

Nicole Martin seeks to mend evangelical divides and uphold biblical truth.

The Christmas Cloud

Dave Harvey

Christmas feels decidedly unmerry when our emotions don’t align with truth.

Night Skies and Dark Paths

Scott James

God is our unwavering guide through incomprehensible darkness.

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