soli deo gloria

Thoughts on theology, science, and culture

Saturday, February 22, 2014

To the barricades!

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My wife and I really enjoyed watching the Indian movie Rang de Basanti. It chronicles how a group of lazy and cynical students at Delhi Uni...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

On books clubs, politicians, and money

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For the past few years I was in a really nice theological "book club" that read and discussed a wide range of meaty works by autho...
Sunday, February 9, 2014

Was Cain just a murderer?

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I used to have a pretty simple reading of the Cain and Abel story in Genesis 4. Sin had entered the world and its devastating effects were ...
Saturday, February 8, 2014

How old is the earth?

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4.566 billion years, plus or minus a few million years. A nice accessible article on the issue is by Bob White , Professor of Earth Scien...
Friday, February 7, 2014

Am I a good person?

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I enjoyed reading the novel, Revolution 2020 by Chetan Bhagat. It chronicles the story of three Indian youth as they struggle with exams, ...
Monday, January 27, 2014

Did King David understand economics?

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I have always found the following Old Testament story rather obscure and confusing 17  And David said longingly, “Oh that someone would gi...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Bill Gates on three myths about poverty that affluent Westerners promote

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When you are one of the wealthiest couples in the world, what do you put in your annual Christmas letter? In their annual letter Bill and ...
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Ross H. McKenzie
ST LUCIA, QLD, Australia
I am now happily retired. I used to be paid to have fun at work trying to use quantum many-body theory to understand electronic properties of complex materials.I am married to the lovely Robin and have two adult children and a dog, Priya (in the photo). I also write an even more personal blog Soli Deo Gloria [thoughts on theology, science, and culture]
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