What is the will of God for my life? This is a common question that is often asked in contemporary Christian settings and on occasion, within the secular realm. Many times this question is a form of code language that is really begging the question[s]: “What kind of job am I going to have?” Or …
Enrich[ing]: (1) To make rich or richer especially by the addition or increase of some desirable quality, attribute, or ingredient (2) To add beauty to (3) To enhance the taste of (4) To make (a soil) more fertile (5) To process so as to add or increase the proportion of a desirable ingredient Grace: (1a) …
Have you ever had to speak publicly and did not say exactly what you wanted to say? Scratch that. Have you ever spoken to your crush, friend, or loved ones and when the words come out… Well, they cause less than favorable reactions. I know how it goes. We as humans are prone to mess …
“To the Fahaeans, the rain them, both implausible and prehistoric in that valley where the fields were in love with the river, was a thing largely ignored.” In the novel, This is Happiness by Niall Williams, there was a quaint village by the name of Faha. This was a village characterized by constant rain and …
Julia Ward Howe’s lyrics to the traditional American melody “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory” are fraught with error. Now before you get upset about changing an age-old song, you must know she indeed changed the words to this tune that was called “John Brown’s Body” herself. Howes lyrics spiritualizing prophetic references after prophetic reference …
In 2004, actors Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn starred in what soon became an instant classic. The comedy is “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.” In this movie, a successful gym owner aims to take over a failing gym named “Average Joes.” In an effort to save their gym, Average Joe’s owner gathers a team of …
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:6 There have been moments in my life that have provoked drastic change, usually for the better. One of those times was late one night while I was living in southern West Virginia. In high school, I …
William Shakespeare once wrote in the comedy, As You Like It, that “all the world’s a stage.” Personally, I have never disagreed with this statement; however, I do relate this verse to an entirely context. Humanity notoriously holds this view that indeed the world is a stage. Different scenes hold focus on comedy while other …
Copernicus is a man characterized by persistence regarding ideas that went against the grain of his contemporaries’ thinking. He introduced the idea of a heliocentric solar system which states that the Sun, not Earth, is the center of the universe, and that the planets revolve around the Sun. This was contrary to the popular belief …
I once heard it preached, You’re saved! Stop trying to make sense of the Bible And let the Bible make sense of you! For the rational and logical intellectual this quote is a slap to the things they hold dear. For those who would not self-prescribe themselves into this category it seems like an impossible …