At the writing of this blog, there’s a TED Talk on YouTube about a couple of capuchin monkeys being paid for performing a work. If, for some reason, this video no longer exists, here’s the gist of it: A scientist performs an experiment with two capuchin monkeys (apparently, this is an experiment which yields similar […]
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Have you ever had someone say to you, “Oh, the Bible is written by man, so then the truth must be left up to one’s own interpretation”? In my experience, this comes from a person who’s looking for an excuse to dismiss the sovereignty of God’s Word altogether. Coupled with that is a fleshly desire
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Why do most people set out to read the Book of Job? In my experience, it’s to find encouragement during times of suffering. However, while this end goal may be obtainable, I’d argue that venturing into this beautiful book or pigeonholing it as a treatise on suffering alone does great injury to its other major theme,
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How does a perfectly righteous and just God sentence one of His creatures to eternity in Hell when they proclaim they are an atheist? Might said atheist, once burning in Hell, blame God for not adequately revealing Himself to them during their lifetime? Is this a legitimate gripe, or is there something awry in their
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“What have you got if you don’t have your health?” I’ve heard many people ask this over the years. The frequency seems to be increasing, as well, as the company I keep increases in age. Our fleshly bodies are falling apart the older we get, each new illness a harbinger of worse ailments to come!
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If you could ask Jesus one question right now, what would it be? That’s a pretty neat question to ponder, isn’t it? I don’t ask it for entertainment purposes; rather, I ask it so you might gain insight into yourself. How so? Well, think about it…the question you ask will likely be regarding something you’re
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Two wives meet in the woods. It’s an unremarkable day, like any other. It is, for the first wife, a day filled with sadness, anxiety, and insecurity. She goes on walks like this to try to find peace and relief from the constant, soulish agony of feeling unloved. For the second wife, it is a
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“My condolences.” This seems to be the go-to statement that most people offer to those who’ve recently suffered a death in the family. We say this because it’s “safe” during what is, for many of us, an uncomfortable situation. I mean, death has such a ripple effect in the lives of loved ones that any
I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to come up with one redeeming value of labels; I mean, other than the obvious utility of being able to communicate using nouns during proper speech (it is, after all, convenient to refer to an object, place, or person by name rather than point to it and grunt like a baby).
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A man comes to your front door. He looks terrible and smells even worse than he looks. You can tell he’s a door-to-door salesman and business looks a little slow, so you begrudgingly let him in. You figure if what he’s selling is something remotely useful to you, you’ll place an order to help the