What Christmas Can't Do 　　“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10 nkjv). 　　As the Christmas season descends, we’re seeing countless commercials of things we’re supposed to buy. 　　The implied promise is that if you give...

　　Cosmology is a subject that is far too difficult for me. For example, I find it impossible to understand the idea of the Big Bang, let alone the idea that there might be two or more universes. The nearest I can come to understanding the latter is the commentary I see on the Internet regarding the American election. There, people...

　　Engineers in the service of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, who gave his name to what we now call “China,” built an artificial island in 256 BCE to divide the Ming River near the city of Chengdu, and cut a 66-meter channel through Mount Yulei using heated stones and cold water to crack the living rock. In place of deadly floods,...

　　Wisdom of the Aged (Job 12:12) 　　By Jennifer Waddle 　　Today’s Bible Verse -Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?(Job 12:12) 　　There’s great value in the lessons that can be learned between generations. Just as Paul encouraged Timothy in the Bible not to let anyone look down on him for his youth, but to be...

　　American institutions of higher learning, perhaps especially the most selective of them, are failing to help students become tolerant, reflective, and respectful of different viewpoints.Intolerance and dogmatism are common, resulting in censorship, cancel culture, unreasonable limits on free speech, unlawful protests, and violence. Student dogmatism is enabled by faculty orthodoxies, of this, there is little doubt. As Jonathan Haidt and...

　　It’s rapidly becoming the received wisdom that an important reason President Trump won the 2024 election was because inflation matters. Too many hard-working families had seen their household budgets shrink, even as the federal government continued to engage in record levels of spending. In doing so, the Biden administration ignored the wisdom of the late Milton Friedman that central bankers...

　　3 Spiritual Obstacles to a Healthy Marriage 　　By: Jennifer Waddle 　　“I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.” (Romans 16:17) 　　Have you ever taken a marked detour that led you far from your intended destination?...

　　Weekly Overview: 　　To know God is to experience God. Just as we experience aspects of one another as we grow in friendship, we experience the wonders of God as we seek to simply know him. God is calling us to a life of seeking him with all we are. He is calling us to value relationship with him above all...

　　An Unhurried Holiday 　　By: Karen Ehman 　　So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.Luke 2:16(NIV) 　　Hurry up! We're going to be late to the choir concert! 　　Come on kids. Help me unload these groceries right now. I've got to get these cookies baked before bedtime. 　　Is it 6 a.m. already?...

　　A Prayer for Patience for the Good God Promises 　　By Keri Eichberger 　　Bible Reading 　　“I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him.” - Lamentations 3:24-25 　　Listen or Read Below: 　　It’s been a really hard year. One...

　　Mention “bimetallism” today—the coining of both gold and silver as legal tender—and the eyes glaze over immediately. However, in late 19th century U.S. politics, along with the tariff, bimetallism was the major political obsession of the era. Everyone talked about the subject. It featured as the foremost political issue in the presidential election of 1896. William Jennings Bryan won the...

　　“This is my story, my giving of thanks.” So begins Wendell Berry’s 2004 novel Hannah Coulter, narrated by the titular character, a 79-year-old woman recounting her life’s story. It is a work of thanksgiving, and it is a work about thanksgiving—how it is practiced, how it is learned, and what happens when it gives way to restless longing for “a...