The human eye is pretty amazing. Each of your eyes has about 120 million rods and 7 million cones. The rods are more sensitive, but can only detect shades of gray and so are used for night vision. The cones are used for color detection and daylight vision. With them you can perceive depth and size as well as see …
Monthly Archives: October 2017
In the Old Testament, the people of Judah were eventually defeated by the Babylonians and carried off into captivity. They were taken from the land of Judah and the city of Jerusalem to exile in Babylon. This happened in 586 BC. Later, in 539 BC, Cyrus the Great of Persia conquered the Babylonians, taking the city of Babylon and expanding …
The Lord had promised Abraham (formerly known as Abram, until he was renamed by the Lord) that he would one day have a son of his own with his wife Sarah. Finally, in their old age, Sarah, as promised, gives birth to a son, Abraham’s long-promised heir. Abraham names his son Isaac and has him circumcised on the eighth day as a sign …
I’ve been to a number of weddings over years. It’s always exciting to get the invitation in the mail, because it’s great to be able to celebrate as a man and woman join together in marriage. And after the wedding ceremony at the reception there is always a large amount of food – a feast of things like meat, corn, …
In the Old Testament, Lot – the nephew of Abram (later renamed “Abraham” by God) – lived in the city of Sodom. Genesis 14 records that the city was captured in war by other kingdoms and Lot was taken captive. So, Abram took men to go rescue Lot, defeating the captors and taking back Lot and his possessions and the others …
In Matthew 21:33-46, Jesus tells a parable about a vineyard. Vineyards were very important in the ancient world. Wine was mixed with water in order to make the water safe to drink; the alcoholic content of the wine served to kill little critters that might be living in the water. And in areas were grapes wouldn’t grow, people grew wheat, …
The central question in Matthew 21:23 and following centers around the issue of authority. The chief priests and elders of the people want to know by what authority Jesus is teaching and performing miracles and who gave him this authority. So, as Jesus is teaching in the temple in Jerusalem, they interrupt him to ask: “By what authority are you …