The exhortation to remember and to forget not is a constant theme throughout the Scriptures. Israel were frequently reminded to remember the works of God along with His commandments and statutes (Deut 8:11). They were instructed to teach their children about God’s power so that “they might set t…
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Like humans, most bony fish experience the world around them using the classic senses of sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. However, fish have an additional sixth sense, something that is more sophisticated than touch, and it is called the lateral line. This line runs around the eyes and gills …
There are two different references to “Moreh” mentioned in the Scriptures.
The first occurs in Genesis 12:6. It was the first recorded halting-place of Abram after his entrance into the land of Canaan and whilst the AV has “plain of Moreh”, the Hebrew should more accurately be rendered, o…
Since 1982, the Pinetown Ecclesia has been involved in the organising and running of a Summer Bible School in South Africa, which is held at the end of December each year. We have been fortunate to secure speakers from oversees on many occasions, which has added tremendous value to those attending, …
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A recent study in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface reports on “A feedback control principle common to several biological and engineered systems”. The researchers, Jonathan Y. Suen and Saket Navlakha, show how harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) use a feedback control algor…
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Tabor is situated in Lower Galilee at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley in the Northern District of Israel, 17 kilometres west of the Sea of Galilee. Its elevation at the summit measures 575 metres above sea level and it is geologically called ‘a horst’ which is a non-volcanic fault block bo…
With war at its doorstep following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union has demonstrated unity and resolve in its response. The war is also accelerating transformations in the EU’s foreign policy as Brussels is forced to adjust to new geopolitical realities. It is hard to overstate t…
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A two-month truce that began April 2 is holding so far and giving rare hope to Yemenis who have suffered through a now six-year war.
“I am encouraged”, said US Special Envoy for Yemen, Tim Lenderking, in an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor. The “parties have taken some significant steps he…
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Israel celebrated 74 years of independence on 5 May this year. The passage of time and the solemn black-and-white photos of the period lend a feeling that the historic events and the nascent country’s first footsteps were orderly, well thought-out affairs.
But in reality, things couldn’t be mor…
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These extracts are taken from Dr Jonathan Sarfati’s book: By Design – Evidence of Nature’s Intelligent Designer – the God of the Bible.
Spiders
Antonia Kesel at the Institute for Technical Zoology and Bionics in Bremen, and colleagues at the University of Zurich analysed the feet of a ju…
