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…
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…
Let’s start today with an A.W. Tozer quote: “The smaller your God, the bigger your problems.” I’ve always found that to be true. When I minimize God, I maximize everything else. The smallest pebbles become boulders. My propensity for worry explodes. When I first entered recovery, it was a daunting proposition. Make major life changes…
Before you were conceived, you existed in an egg cell in your mother’s ovaries. That ovum measured one-tenth of one millimeter – a microscopic miracle-in-waiting. The average woman carries more than a million eggs in her ovaries, which makes you one in a million. Of course, that’s only half the equation. The average ejaculation contains…
Do you remember Gunsmoke, the greatest Western television show in history? (No, that honor does not go to Bananza.) In the opening scene, Marshal Matt Dillon shoots a guy on the streets of Dodge City, Kansas. The guy who is shot never says a word, and he is not shown up close. But he was…