During Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount,[1] he makes this startling statement: “Therefore you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”[2] Is he serious? Didn’t Paul tell us that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”[3] Read more…
A famous saying—said to be an ancient Chinese curse, but more likely the product of British diplomats—is, “May you live in interesting times.” Joseph and Mary certainly lived in interesting times. Both were visited by angels (although Joseph’s visitation was Read more…
In the story of Esther, an evil man name Haman, the Persian king’s right-hand man, planned the destruction of the Jewish people in Persia (modern Iran), and got the king to issue a royal decree to make that happen. Esther, Read more…
God gave Jonah the prophet a task: “Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out against it, because their wickedness has come up before Me.”[1] Jonah was a prophet during the early part of the 8th century, B.C. Read more…
There are many examples in the Bible of God giving people no real choice in what they do. For example, when God sent Moses to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, God said he would “harden Pharaoh’s heart Read more…
When Pontius Pilate questioned Jesus, they talked about truth: Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose I have been born, and for this I Read more…
Concrete is everywhere in our modern society—roads, bridges, buildings, dams, sewers, parking lots, etc. The foundation of your home or apartment building is probably made of concrete. But producing all of that concrete requires a lot of fossil fuels, generating Read more…
One of the many ways climate change is making our world more dangerous is through the spreading of diseases by mosquitoes. They are responsible for expanding the reach of a variety of diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, Read more…
We recently witnessed the death, destruction, and devastation caused by two hurricanes, Helene and Milton. Before that we had Hurricane Beryl, the earliest Category 5 hurricane in history with winds of 165 mph. The five years from 2017 to 2021 Read more…
Every week I receive an email from Christian author Lee Strobel called “Investigating Faith.” In last week’s email, he talked about the hopelessness he felt when he believed that death was the end of life. I felt that same hopelessness Read more…