God has created each of us with the capacity to make bad choices. The Bible says, “In the past, he let all nations go their own way” (Acts 14:16). C.S. Lewis explained, “If a thing is free to be good it is also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil…
In May of 2024, a bird photographer named Phoo Chan captured a once-in-a-lifetime photo of a crow landing on an eagle in mid-air. The amazing thing is that the eagle seemed unfazed. As some of the largest birds of prey, eagles are harassed and heckled by small birds all the time. How do they deal…
Almost anything you can do, some type of animal can do better. Owls hear better. Eagles see better. Kangaroos jump better. Cheetahs run better. Cats fall better. Dogs smell better. God deserves all the credit. He said, “I commanded the earth to give life to all kinds of animals” (Genesis 1:24). So here’s my suggestion,…
We are walking on Someone else’s planet. We would do well to understand this is God’s world, and every opportunity that is before us should be seen as an undeserved blessing. The Talmud says, “A man embezzles from God when he makes use of this world without uttering thanks.” Robert Brault added, “Enjoy the little…
We live in a crazy universe. You are on a giant merry-go-round that is spinning on its axis at 1,000 miles per hour and speeding through space at 67,000 miles per hour. So even on a day when you didn’t get much done, you did travel 1.6 million miles through space. And you did this…
I was reading through the Book of Acts recently, and I came upon a familiar verse. But for the first time, something really jumped out at me. “About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them” (Acts 16:25). It’s the last part of that…
On November 11, 1572, a Danish astronomer named Tycho Brahe was staying at his uncle’s castle in Denmark. That castle, Herrevad Abbey, functioned as both a religious monastery and a scientific laboratory. Upon studying the heavens, Brahe said, “Those who study the stars have God for a teacher.” Isaiah 40:26 “Lift up your eyes on…
A little boy was drawing a picture. When his father asked him what he was sketching, he replied, “I’m drawing a picture of God.” The father said with a smile, “Son, no one knows what God looks like.” The little boy declared, “They will when I’m done!” Somehow, children are able to draw a picture…
Depending on the translation you use, “love” is found anywhere from 442 to 759 times in the Bible. Let’s split the difference – 600. That’s nearly ten times for every book in the Bible. On this Valentine’s Day, let me give you one of those verses on love. “Love others as you love yourself” (Mark…
Every now and then, we read a verse from the Bible that just jumps out. One of those verses is Genesis 28:16. It was there that Jacob, prior to his encounter with God at Bethel, said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it” (Genesis 28:16). Let that sink…