Growing numbers of people gathered on the fertile plain watered by the two great rivers. There, in the sunny warm climate, they could easily harvest multiple crops per year. And they could easily mold bricks and set them with tar and asphalt from the abun...
Continue ReadingRight away an argument broke out. Since they had sailed north of their destination, the original governing arrangement did not apply, the troublemakers argued. They threatened to do as they pleased. But nobody wanted to chance still more days sailing sout...
Continue ReadingAs this unforgettable year winds to a close, and as the great Christmas hymn reminds us, in spite of all else, God so loved the world that He gave us Himself! Joy to the world! The Lord is come: Let earth receive her King! Christmas is truly a time wh...
Continue ReadingDid God create, and is the Bible credible, or do time and chance account for all we see? The Creation vs. Evolution debate is a crucial struggle for the hearts and minds of young and old, with far-reaching consequences. Evolution undergirds the anti-God h...
Continue ReadingImagine you are watching a movie with a car chase scene. The driver of one car rolls out just before his automobile plunges headlong over a cliff, and the car smashes against rocks as it tumbles down, breaking into pieces and finally exploding. Now, if yo...
Continue Reading“He loved Big Brother.” This closing line of George Orwell’s classic nightmarish-utopian vision of the future, 1984, summarizes the novel’s triumph of global tyranny over liberty, justice and truth. In the novel, Orwell traces: Winston Smith’...
Continue ReadingFor many people, “science” seems to have replaced Zeus as the head of the pantheon of gods! In the last year alone, how many times have you heard the phrase “follow the science”? What I find most interesting is how fast “science” keeps chan...
Continue Reading“…darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light” (Genesis 1:2-3). What the Bible says in its first verses is simple but incredibly profoun...
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