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restoration takes time

by an odj community member on June 14th, 2011 | one response
Joel 2:25: The Lord says, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you.” In Genesis chapter one, God is restoring what was previously destroyed by Satan... read more »

protecting life

by tom felten on May 19th, 2011 | 13 responses
Russell Turnbull was riding a bus one night when a fight broke out. He tried to intervene, but in the process someone sprayed ammonia into his right eye. The powerful liquid scarred his cornea, causing him to lose sight and experience chronic pain. A doctor was able to cut away a tiny portion of... read more »

rest

by marvin williams on April 3rd, 2011 | 6 responses
We live in an action-oriented world, and it seems that simplifying our lives has never been more complicated. Answer the following questions as honestly as you can to determine if you need to rest: Do I feel stressed when functioning in my normal day-to-day activities? Is it difficult to find joy in... read more »

every living thing

by an odj community member on March 8th, 2011 | no responses
“The life of every living thing is in [God's] hand, and the breath of every human being” (Job 12:10). Tiny Turtle at Bali, Indonesia —submitted by Ruth Tobing, Indonesia ... read more »

unplanned

by tom felten on November 24th, 2010 | 15 responses
At 17, she was in the midst of a brief season of rebellion. One night, instead of staying at a friend’s house, as she had told her parents, she went to a party thrown by a guy in his twenties. Although drinking and drug use took place, she abstained and eventually fell asleep. Later, she awoke... read more »

micro, not macro

by tom felten on November 4th, 2010 | 12 responses
Dr. Fazale Rana, a Christian biochemist, believes in evolution. He notes that there are undeniably at least three types of evolution taking place today: Microevolution within a species; speciation, species giving rise to closely related sister species; microbial evolution, changes in viruses and... read more »

five mysteries

by sheridan voysey on September 9th, 2010 | 2 responses
In his book Why Us? James Le Fanu lists five mysteries that a naturalistic view of human origins fails to explain: Subjective awareness. No scientific theory accounts for how the electrical activity of our brains results in our experiencing so richly and coherently the greenness of grass, the... read more »

human hybrids?

by tom felten on August 8th, 2010 | 12 responses
The idea of creatures half-human half-animal has been reserved for fables, folk tales, and fantasy literature. But now, as addressed in a recent Probe Ministries article by Heather Zeiger, human hybrids are getting dangerously close to reality. Fortunately, although scientists have tried, no attempt... read more »

sock puppet and frenemy

by K. T. Sim on June 25th, 2010 | 10 responses
Do you use a sock puppet to secretly keep track of your frenemies? Plan to spend your staycation watching vlogs and webisodes?” If you’re not sure what all that means, turn to the latest edition of the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. The book of words has just added more... read more »

oscar ewolo’s transformation

by tim gustafson on May 30th, 2010 | 2 responses
Born in the Congo and raised in France, Oscar Ewolo dreamed of playing in the World Cup. Today, as captain of Congo’s football team, he has a chance of realizing that dream. But when Oscar was 14, his father died, and his life had begun to disintegrate. “It was as if my whole family was... read more »
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