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According to a recent social media post from workers of Israel’s Temple Institute, efforts continue unabated to find what Jewish authorities might consider an “unblemished” red heifer, indicating the failure of a batch of specimens brought to Israel from Texas in 2022 to pass examination. The recent disqualification of the last of these five red heifers...
When we make choices, there are always results and consequences. These can be good, neutral, or bad. Choosing to buy a red or a blue pen may have insignificant consequences. The difference between choosing to wear a long-sleeved shirt or a t-shirt could be large or small, depending on what it’s like outdoors—the choice of what kind of new car to purchase may not...
Over the past century, the United States has replenished more than 818 miles of coastline with new sand—a staggering effort to combat the natural erosion that threatens both property and prosperity. According to the National Beach Nourishment Database, this process has involved the placement of roughly 1.5 billion cubic yards of sand, costing billions of dollars.
Have you ever had a time in your life where things just seemed to be going wrong, no matter how hard you worked to keep them going right? Those can be some of the hardest situations to stop and even take the time to find the solution—even when you know your relationship with God is on the line.
What did you learn today? I don't know about you, but any day I learn something new is a very good day! And the best part is, you're never too old to learn new things.
In childhood, we “discovered” many exciting wonders of creation, like flowers, frogs, ants, worms, butterflies, clouds, and snowflakes. Our formal education may have included general science and then branches of science where we discovered intriguing complexity, amazing organization, physical laws, and underlying principles—all of which demand unparalleled...
Wickedness and its synonyms, such as evil, perverse, immoral, sinful, and abominable, are intense words that don’t usually appear in the daily news or everyday conversation. However, the Bible uses them hundreds of times to describe thoughts, attitudes, words, and behaviors that God forbids. What will come of these things increasing—and even being accepted and...
What is your “raison d’être,” your “reason or justification for being or existence”? What is the meaning and purpose of life? These are very important questions to ponder. Since civilization began, humans have contemplated questions about life’s meaning. If you search the Internet for “why we exist” you will get answers like the following:
Time! Who can explain it? “Use it or lose it,” the experts say. All of us have the same amount of it, and it is never enough. There are many sayings about time, such as “Time marches on”, “Time waits for no man”, “Time is money”, and “Time is fleeting.” Especially in today’s stressful, fast paced, high-pressure world, time is at a premium. People are constantly...
I will never forget the privilege of serving on the softball staff one summer at the Living Church of God teen camp. A major theme we teach at our youth camps is the importance of doing all things decently, in order, without confusion, and in peace (1 Corinthians 14:33, 40).