Quick! How many towers can you name? There’s the Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the CN Tower in Toronto, the Twin Towers of the original World Trade Center, the Himalayan Towers in Tibet, and the integrated towers of the Great Wall of China...
Read MoreWritten by Robert Burns in 1788, “Auld Lang Syne” is a Scots poem set to the tune of a folk song. Well known in many countries, it is traditionally sung to celebrate the start of the New Year at the stroke of midnight...
Read MoreHave you ever given up on God because you thought He had given up on you? Have you prayed for years about your heart’s desire, searching the horizon for the faintest sign that God had heard your prayers, yet seeing no outward confirmation that He had even taken notice?
Read More“All that glitters is not gold” is a saying that has become well-known to mean that not every person or place or thing that appears to be precious or true is actually so. That which glitters may capture our attention, but may not be able to deliver the goods...
Read MoreA fraction (from Latin: fractus, "broken") represents a part of a whole. Mathematically, a common fraction, such as ½, consists of a numerator and a non-zero denominator—the numerator representing a number of equal parts and the denominator indicating how many of those parts make up a whole...
Read MoreThe endearing—and enduring—aspects of our Thanksgiving holiday are easily identified as: 1) A public celebration specifically to acknowledge the goodness of God, whether in deliverance from calamities or in the daily dispensation of His bounties; and 2) A time when family and friends can rejoice together over the faithfulness of Providence...
Read More“Coming soon…” is a well-used phrase of marketers, whether it’s to promote an upcoming movie, or announce the release of a new book, or describe the future home of a new business on a property sign. But one day this phrase will forever and only be associated with one event: the soon return of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Read MoreThis is the time of year when the common mindset is that of an overflowing cornucopia. Yet I am reminded of the Lord’s command after He had miraculously fed the multitude with nothing more than five small barley loaves and two small fish: “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted...”
Read MoreThe things that the world cherishes most—riches, beauty and life—are fleeting. The Bible uses word pictures to aptly describe their transitory nature: the swift wings of the eagle, dreams and shadows, flowers that wither, vapors that vanish, a breath that is exhaled...
Read MoreIn Isaiah 6:3 and Revelation 4:8, the nature of God is proclaimed in threefold repetition by angelic beings and heavenly creatures that surround His throne: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty…” If holiness is the heart of God, then it stands to reason that it also represents the will of God...
Read MoreRegardless of how careful the attempt, no one is able to draw a perfectly straight line without using the straight edge of a ruler. The ruler—also called a rule or line gauge—not only measures distances, but also “rules” straight lines...
Read MoreDerived from a quote referring to the courier service of the ancient Persian Empire, an inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City reads: “Neither rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
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