Mother’s Day 7 Days of Prayer: Day 3
DAY 3 – A WOMAN OF PEACE You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. (Isaiah 26:3) For Mom: Father, I pray today that my mother will keep her thoughts fixed on You. Thank you that you have promised her that you will keep her in…
Read MoreA World Working Well
Published 5-4-2017 Our current focus on the wonders of air pressure directs us to some deeper questions. It is appropriate to backtrack somewhat to discuss a few questions about constantly moving sub-microscopic atoms and molecules. Children and adults fascinated by air pressure will profit from a discussion of the structure and characteristics of atoms and…
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We are dedicating the week of Mother’s Day to pray for our Mothers, Grandmothers and Children. Will you join us for a week of prayer to honor those we celebrate on Mother’s Day?
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DAY 1 – PRAYER FOR OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S WORD AND WILL Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. (Colossians 3:16) For Mom: Father, I pray for my…
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DAY 2 – GRACE FOR THE DAY But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. (2 Corinthians 12:9) For Mom: Father, thank you for your…
Read MoreForces of Air Pressure
Published 4-30-2017 During my tenure as an earth science teacher weather was one of my favorite units of study. I hoped it would become a student favorite as well. Many of the experiments we assembled to teach weather concepts possessed an element of the “wow factor.” My reticence about over-stressing the pure entertainment value of…
Read MoreInto Thin Air
Published 4-28-2017 The popular idiom “Vanish into thin air” has acquired meaning in our modern experience. It refers to a mysterious disappearance of something which is no longer visible but may still be present and real. Not always does the expression apply to a literal physical substance. It could indicate, for example, the peculiar disappearance…
Read More“The Bible Answer Man” Turns East: An Unlikely Conversion
It seems somewhat ironic that in the year that we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, a leading Protestant would reject the central tenet of the Reformation, Sola Scriptura, and join the Eastern Orthodox Church. Hank Hanegraaff, known to millions through his radio program, The Bible Answer Man, converted to Eastern Orthodoxy on…
Read MoreWhat is Apologetics?
Apologetics is the discipline that deals with a rational defense of Christian faith. It comes from a Greek word apologia which means to give a reason or defense. In spite of the objections to doing apologetics, there are important reasons to participate in the work of apologetics. (From Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics, Baker, 1999, used…
Read MoreVisions of God
Published 4-21-2017 In a metaphorical sense we may have heard the term “seeing God.” Recently I have encountered several parents who have been challenged by questions from their children concerning the reality of God’s existence. Adults are also challenged by questions from their friends concerning the reality of God. This is a hot discussion topic—one…
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