Society and Culture
Happy Labor Day
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the Labor Day holiday “is rooted in the late nineteenth century, when labor activists pushed for a federal holiday to recognize the many contributions workers have made to America’s strength, prosperity, and well-being.”[1] It’s certainly not a religious holiday by any stretch of the imagination. But the Bible…
Read MoreCelebrating Father’s Day in the Book of Proverbs
Father’s Day is a special day to honor and celebrate the fathers in our lives for their love, support, and guidance. It is a time to appreciate the sacrifices they have made and the lessons they have taught us. This year, I have been reflecting on how the book of Proverbs highlights the important role…
Read MoreOnce and For All
In His first advent, Jesus came as a newborn to His creation. Yet His first breath on earth was not His beginning, for He is eternal and has always been. Fully God and fully man, He came to be the much-anticipated Great Mediator. Redemption’s story did not begin in Matthew but instead began in Genesis.…
Read MoreAre UFOs Mentioned in the Bible? – Part 1
On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled. Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. Mount Sinai was…
Read MoreUFOs and the Occult Connection
Many UFO sightings can be easily dismissed as mistakenly identified planets, rocket launchings, weather balloons, and various atmospheric phenomena. Sometimes, however, sightings cannot be so easily explained. Indeed, the Air Force’s Project Blue Book could not provide a rationale for 700 out of 12,600 cases of sightings between 1947 and 1969, when the project was…
Read MoreUFOs and Hard Evidence
UFOs are reported to appear seemingly out of nowhere, travel at phenomenal speeds across the sky, turn at impossible angles, and disappear without a trace. Given this, UFOs are scientifically very hard to explain. One researcher commented that “it is literally impossible to understand them within the space-time framework we use to interpret ordinary events.”[1]…
Read MoreUFOs and the Possibility of Life on Other Planets – Part 2
SETI: The Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence SETI stands for “Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence.” This organization seeks to detect evidence of technological civilizations that may exist on planets orbiting other stars. Potentially, it is suggested, there are billions of locations outside our solar system that may contain life. It is SETI’s purpose to find some of…
Read MoreUFOs and the Possibility of Life on Other Planets – Part 1
The question as to whether there is extraterrestrial life in the universe has been debated from the beginning of recorded history. There are even records from the fifth century before Christ indicating man’s interest in the subject.[1] Democritus (460-370 BC), Epicurus (341-270 BC), and Lucretius (98-54 BC), for example, believed there were other worlds inhabited…
Read MoreAre UFOs Mentioned in the Bible? – Part 2
Are UFOs Really in the Bible? The suggestion that UFOs are in the Bible is preposterous. In every case discussed above [see Part 1], UFOlogists are reading their own meanings into the biblical text (eisegesis) rather than drawing their meanings from the biblical text (exegesis). Here is an interpretive principle you can bank on: When…
Read MoreIn Everything Give Thanks
hessalonians 5:18 is a challenge to all of us. How do we give thanks “in everything”? Some situations just don’t seem to lend themselves to a thankful spirit. Still, if God has told us to do it, He must have provided us something for which to be thankful. Right?
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