Posts from July 2023

I looked at my newsfeed and saw a shocking headline. “Asteroid danger looms! 170-foot space rock heading for Earth today.” Immediately I wondered, “Why I am just now hearing about this? Shouldn’t we have a little bit more of a heads-up before we are obliterated by space debris? Something isn’t adding up.” Upon opening the article, I breathe a sigh of relief. The title is another example of “clickbait.” As opposed to what I was led to believe, the asteroid…

When I was growing up, there was a Lay’s Potato Chips ad campaign that ran several times. It had an extremely catchy slogan: “Betcha can’t eat just one!” As a child, I would think, “Duh! Of course, I could!” However, every time I found a Lay’s Original bag in my lunch, I never seemed to find the willpower to give it a try. We tend to overestimate our ability to resist temptation, don’t we? Especially when we are sitting in…

Anyone who has lost a loved one is interested in knowing the answer to this question. Every person will one day face death and needs assurance of heaven. All of us hope to be reunited with loved ones who have gone on before, but if we will not know each other in heaven, then the bonds made on earth are forever severed in death. The idea that we will know each other in heaven is sometimes called the doctrine of…

Far too many people have the attitude that asks, “How can a book more than 1,900 years old have any relevance in my life?” It is true that parts of the Bible are more than 3,000 years old, but it is equally true that the nature of man has not changed. Our God is eternal, and the truth that His holiness is the standard for our holiness is found in both the Old and New Testaments (Lev. 11:44: 1 Pet.…