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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Reformation Sunday

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On this day in 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg. Jojo tells the story of Luther...
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

The Assemblies of God want you ... to build LEGO

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I was contacted by Gina Copeland of the Assemblies of God. They are looking to hire someone to create a large interactive LEGO display at a...
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Friday, October 29, 2010

Arctic Cathedral

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The Tromsdalen Kirke is more commonly known as the Arctic Cathedral. Built in 1965 in the extreme north, Tromsø, Norway, this church celebr...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Greeted by angels

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Angyalok visznek Őhozzá was built by Orangyal007 in memory of a friend who recently passed away. This translates, roughly, into "ange...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Genesis

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I've been very remiss in covering recent additions to The Brick Testament . Brendan has been systematically going back and rebuilding o...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Stonehenge

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There is no clear picture of the original use of Stonehenge. It certainly wasn't built by the Druids, as it pre-dated them. Constructe...
Saturday, October 23, 2010

Sint Maarten

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Sint Maarten, or Martin of Tours, lived in the Roman Empire during the fourth century, where he served in the cavalry as a young man. In a ...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Hallgrímskirkja

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The sixth tallest structure and the largest place of worship in Iceland is the Lutheran church Hallgrímskirkja. Built between 1945 and 1986...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Borgund Stave Church

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Stave churches were once common in northern Europe, particularly in Norway. These wooden churches were characterized by walls made of verti...
Sunday, October 17, 2010

Abu Simbel

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The Great Temple at Abu Simbel in southern Egypt was built by Ramesses II in the 13th century BC. It was dedicated to Amun Ra, Ra-Horakhty ...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Il papa!

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Rakoua built a model of the Pope . For more building at this scale, check out MinilandBricks .
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Parthenon

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Overlooking modern Athens, the Parthenon is a reminder of days long gone. This icon of ancient Greece was a temple to the goddess Athena, p...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Welcome back, Nathan

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In 1974, Spencer Kimball, prophet of the LDS church, called for young men to take up a mission to spread the word of Christ and the continui...
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Floating Torii

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Along the same lines as the previous post, Matija Grguric just posted a great recreation of the Miyajima Torii , one of the most famous sigh...
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Monday, October 4, 2010

Torii

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At Shinto shrines, and also some Buddhist temples, Torii gates mark the division between to ordinary world and the sacred space. At the Bri...
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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Did God create evil?

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From Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica: "But evil has no formal cause, rather is it a privation of form; likewise, neither has it a ...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Etemenanki Ziggurat

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Built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley, ziggurats were great stepped pyramids that dominated the landscape. At the tops (closer to the sk...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Back to the Ark

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A couple of days ago I mentioned the Harvest Bible Chapel construction of a giant Noah's Ark last year as part of their Vacation Bible S...
Sunday, September 26, 2010

More Temple

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You may remember from last year that kids attending Vacation Bible School at the Harvest Bible Chapel in Illinois built a giant Noah's A...
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Friday, September 24, 2010

Yom Kippur

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I've been really busy lately and haven't been blogging, so I missed Yom Kippur. This day, the 'Day of Atonement', closes ou...
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