Climate change isn’t the sort of thing we normally cover here at Think-Biblically.com, but when the President declares it is a greater threat than terrorism its time to have a look at the issue.
What is the issue exactly? According the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado the temperature of the earth has risen 1.8 degrees over the last 100 years.
Christmas is coming, have you started your shopping yet? The day after Thanksgiving marks the largest shopping day of the year, known as Black Friday. Second is the Monday after, known across the land as Cyber Monday due to sales being largely on-line purchases. The focus on gift giving can put a large stress on one’s personal finances. As such, there may be no better time of the year to re-think our money matters; no better time than to think-Biblically about finances.
Today is Thanksgiving, a holiday with a short history as holiday’s go (it started in 1863). As a national holiday it is intended to bring us back to the center of what our nation is all about: freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Most of us don’t limit our thankfulness to what we appreciate about our country alone, nor should we. Today we all should take a time out and think of all that we are truly thankful for. Perhaps even write them down so you can review the list when times get tough, because during the holidays times do have a tendency to become difficult, frustrating and stressful.
Ask anyone to compare the gospels and two facts will almost always be mentioned: (1) that John is the Gospel of Love, and (2) that Luke is the Historical Gospel. While it is true that John gives us a look into Jesus’ personal struggles and relates stories not contained in any other gospel account, it is not true that Luke is purely a historical account.
What is our responsibility when laws and leaders run contrary to Biblical teaching?
Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide, for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.
– Acts 4.19
Space. The final frontier. Nothing has intrigued the imagination of man more than outer space. The ancients observed the stars and followed their movements, mapping them, trying to understand all that surrounds us and our blue planet. For some lay answers to one’s personal fate and even the future of world events. For others it was a way of finding one’s place in the world, a form of navigation. Other’s believed in a religious phenomenon, believing the stars were closely associated with spiritual beings, perhaps even angels themselves.
What is our responsibility in voting social policy?
Watch over your liberties and privileges - civil and religious - with a careful eye.
– Matthias Burnett Tallmadge
