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The Importance of Genealogy
Many of us thoroughly enjoy researching our family history. Numerous websites exist to help in this endeavor. People from all over the world can collaborate and compile their information, getting them further and further back in time to more distant relatives The Bible uses genealogies for several important circumstances and situations. Often a genealogy is …
The Word of God
The Bible is the book. It is the only book for a dying man. It is the only book for a living man. As the very word of God, the Bible is the book that speaks to any and all situations for a person’s life. It is the only book that informs us about how …
The Necessity of Water
The human body must have water to survive. I’m told that the average human can go without food for about three weeks, but water is a different story. The maximum time an individual can go without water seems to be less than one week (more like three or four days, an estimated time that is …
Heavenly Humility
It has been suggested that this time of year—the Christmas season—brings out the best in people. We are inundated with numerous stories and reports of the rich and famous helping the less fortunate. Most of the stories I see are about professional athletes. During the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays many of them will volunteer at …
More Encouragement for the Weary
Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his …
Encouragement For The Weary
The Gospel, the good news that God has intervened (via the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ) on behalf of people who have rebelled against him, breathes new life into weary men and women. Paul wrote that Christ Jesus was “our hope” (1 Timothy 1:1). In this first letter to Timothy, he goes on …
The Real Danger
We live in a dangerous world. It is beyond heartbreaking and sad to see and read about what has happened in Paris at the hands of terrorists. At the time of this writing, we are told that there are 129 dead. The Islamic terrorist group, ISIS, is taking credit. Their holy book, the Koran, calls …
Wonderfully Made
For years, scientists have been fascinated by the amount of information that can be found at the molecular level. For example, it has been discovered that a single-celled organism contains the same amount of information as approximately one thousand volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica. This is astounding and actually hard to comprehend. If one were …
Petting A Tiger
This weekend, a 33-year-old woman from Omaha, Nebraska was hospitalized with a severe injury to her left hand. That alone is not unusual or noteworthy. What makes the story unique is the way she received her injury. She broke into her local zoo after hours and tried to pet a tiger. Can we say the …
Selfie Absorbed
Reports of shark attacks make national headlines. We read about and even can watch videos of people heroically fighting off these powerfully amazing and frightening creatures. I recently heard brother David Lipe say something to the effect of: “You’ll never hear about me getting eaten by a shark because I’m not going near the water! …
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