Wonder on the Web

Links to amazing stuff

The Poetry of Swimming

Who would have thought there was so much to appreciate about swimming in water? This is not exactly the season to celebrate swimming, but this web page does that in a fresh and extraordinary way. Be sure to stop scrolling when you get to a new set of images, and listen to each voice over.

Small Really Is Beautiful

Extraordinary events occur in the smallest of spheres—such as the molecule. Check out these videos of chemical reactions at a website appropriately called BeautifulChemistry.net. We were impressed, even though we didn’t exactly understand the chemical reaction itself.

Tall Is Beautiful Too

Giraffes are sometimes called the “forgotten megafauna.” Apparently they haven’t been studied as much as many other mammals, and we’re only beginning to understand how they work. What was God thinking when he made the tallest animal on earth? Who knows? But it’s another wonder.

The Unmoved Mover

Just when you think that Thomas Aquinas’s rational arguments for God’s existence are dated, along comes a piece like this, suggesting that (a) such arguments are still relevant to today’s conversations, and (b) they are pretty compelling.

Also in this issue

Mark Galli on grace, legalism, and loving our neighbor; a look at some amazing cell biology; Donald Fairibairn on the Trinitarian theology of Christ's death; a supernova poem.

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The Bulletin

Sunday Afternoon Reads: Lord of the Night

Finding God in the darkness and isolation of Antarctica.

The Russell Moore Show

Why Do Faithful Christians Defend Harmful Things?

Russell answers a listener question about how we should perceive seemingly harmful political beliefs in our church congregations.

The Complicated Legacy of Jesse Jackson

Six Christian leaders reflect on the civil rights giant’s triumphs and tragedies.

News

The Churches That Fought for Due Process

An Ecuadorian immigrant with legal status fell into a detention “black hole.” Church leaders across the country tried to pull him out.

The Bulletin

AI Predictions, Climate Policy Rollback, and Obama’s Belief in Aliens

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

The future of artificial intelligence, Trump repeals landmark climate finding, and the existence of aliens.

Troubling Moral Issues in 1973

CT condemned the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade and questioned the seriousness of Watergate.

Ben Sasse and a Dying Breed of Politician

The former senator is battling cancer. Losing him would be one more sign that a certain kind of conservatism—and a certain kind of politics—is disappearing.

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