Spirituality

Why would God create dinosaurs? Some Christians claim that dinosaurs could not have existed because God would not create such creatures that could wreak havoc on human civilization. Huge quantities of archaeological evidence dissuade this argument, but we must also note the Bible mentions God created several other fierce animals. For example, he created a fish big enough to swallow the prophet Jonah. While no one wants...

No one can go through the Scriptures without encountering a prophet in the Ancient and the New Testament. From Ezekiel to John Baptistethese messengers of God appear in just about every part of the Bible. Why do they play such an important role? What role do they play exactly? And do they still exist in the world today or did they cease to play a role...

Cannabidiol (CBD) is a chemical derived from cannabis plants and found in marijuana. Those who use it have noted various benefits, such as a reduction in seizures, a reduction in anxiety, increased pain relief, and help to stop addictive behaviors. as a smoker – maybe even opioid dependence disorders. Until recently, CBD oil contained tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the most active ingredient in marijuana, which creates a “high” in its users. Now, CBD...

What does the horn of salvation mean? In his "Exposition of the Bible", John Gill illustrated the horn as the force used to drive, scatter and destroy Israel's enemies and save them from evil. In Psalms 18:2, the power of the horn is described as “the Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and...

JD Trout says we must be our brother's keeper. The Loyola University philosopher is leading charges that “empathetic politics” will narrow the gap between rich and poor. Trout agrees with the current sentiment that the United States government has an "empathy deficit" and he wrote a book called The empathy gap calling us to a new era of empathy. He writes a blog called “The greatest...

Nearly Half of American Students Will Abandon Their Faith, Research Finds Christian during their undergraduate studies. Half. The reason why? This seems to be more than just rebellion against an education, or honest intellectual exploration. It seems that the school environment itself is the culprit. The Fuller Youth Institute found that nearly a third of students say their institution of higher education is of no help to them in maintaining or developing their...

Reinhold Niebuhr is universally credited as the author of what we call “the Serenity Prayer.” Its broadcast was probably taken from an excerpt from the journal of Winnifred Crane Wygal, Niebuhr's student and collaborator. Wygal placed the prayer in newspaper articles as early as the 1930s and then, in somewhat modified form, in a worship book in 1940. Over the years, different versions of the prayer have been published. The Serenity Prayer...

A lot Bible Versions of many manuscripts One of the reasons we see different versions of the Bible is because of the number of manuscripts available. To date, there are more than 5,800 Greek manuscripts from New Testament, more than 10,000 manuscripts of the Old Testament in Hebrew and more than 19,000 copies in Syriac, Coptic, Latin and Aramaic languages. The oldest fragment of papyrus...