The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord. – Proverbs 21:31 The horse charges into battle. His hooves drum against the ground, vibrating the earth and filling the air with the thunder of hoofbeats. The horse’s nostrils flare wide as he heaves deep breaths. His neck muscles […]
Four Little Things Upon the Earth (3): The Locusts Tricia Mingerink There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands. — Proverbs 30:24, 27 The littlest locust buzzed along with his swarm of […]
Four Little Things Upon the Earth (2): The Conies Tricia Mingerink There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks. – Prov. 30:24,26 The littlest coney was covered with brown fur, with […]
“The Richest Hill on Earth,” a sign proudly proclaims on the city outskirts of Butte, Montana. This is a bold claim, but the town could back it up for decades. Mining has been the lifeblood for the entirety of Butte’s existence and is the proof behind the claim. The center for Butte’s success is the […]
This article is an adaptation of a speech given on August 17, 2016, at the Young Adults Retreat held at Lake Okoboji, IA. Psalm 8:3–4: “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the […]
Our fingers are amazing tools that make man capable of performing skills such as intricate eye surgery or playing music, constructing everything from the tiny parts of a watch to massive ocean-going liners, airplanes and skyscrapers. It took not only man’s intellect to enable these achievements, but also his hands and fingers. Man’s hand has […]
When you take away the literal historical meaning of Genesis 1-11, much more is lost than only the truth of God’s creating in six days and his destroying the wicked world that then was with a flood. One of the most important things that has been lost along the way or is in the process […]
The first time we come across a word in Scripture is important and seminal. In this case it is in Psalm 19:5 where the sun coming up to move across the sky is likened to a bridegroom coming out of his changing room in anticipation of his imminent marriage and a runner who has trained […]
The whale and dolphin families have always fascinated me. Why? Because some are so large, most are very intelligent, and they are so graceful in their aquatic environment. But many are very shy and live out in the vast ocean, so that we may never see one in our lifetime. Television, DVDs and the internet […]
In this article we step back in time and analyze Darwin’s basic theory of evolution by means of natural selection. Before we do this, we need to recall some terms we defined in the second article of this series. Evolution is descent with modification. Evolutionism is a world view using evolution to explain the origin […]