The relatively recent discovery of ocean currents is attributed to Matthew Maury (1806-1873) who was an American naval officer and oceanographer.
Maury entered the US Navy in 1825, but an accident in 1839 partially disabled him, so he left active sea duty. Three years later, still with the …
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The science of animal self-medication is called zoopharmacognosy, derived from the roots, zoo (“animal”), pharma(“drug”), and gnosy (“knowing”). It’s not clear how much knowing or learning is involved, but many animals seem to have an innate ability to detect t…
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Who do you think you are? It sounds simple, but it’s a question that you might not have carefully considered before. How do you define yourself? Who do you identify as? What do you say when someone asks you, “Tell me a bit about yourself?”
The answers to those questions are really significant…
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The wisdom of Edom – (v8 cont)
We might wonder: what is the wisdom of Edom all about? How was this one of the characteristics seen in Esau, Edom, and Doeg? The wisdom here is not the wisdom of God. It is the wisdom that is described elsewhere as “fleshly wisdom” (2 Cor 1:12), “the wisdom …
Questions
Paul states in 1 Corinthians 11:14 that it is shameful/degrading/dishonourable for a man to have long hair. What was the exception under the Law of Moses?
Who was born covered with red hair?
How many locks of hair did Delilah cause to be shaved off Samson’s head?
Which proph…
Reuters published a report dated 1 November 2023 in which they summarised how the surge in antisemitism is affecting countries around the world.
“Authorities and civil society groups in many countries have reported a surge in antisemitism since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on southern Israel…
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From a prophetic perspective we know from Ezekiel that when Russia and her allies invade Isael, “Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silve…
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The Joseph syndrome
When you scour the Bible to examine the lives of men who ‘made it’ in terms of this life, what you find is that those who did, never intended to. Take, for example, the young man Joseph, who shot up to the heights of the Egyptian society (Gen 41:40-45).
If you contempla…
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The third seal
“When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.” (Rev 6:5 ESV1)
The black horse
In the black horse epoch of the third seal we see the natural c…
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1Situated in the Indian Ocean, Madagascar is the fourth-largest island in the world. Annexed by France in 1897, it gained its independence in 1960. But very few people know that the Nazis had a plan for the resettlement in Madagascar of Jews.
The Nazis’ aim was to make all of Europe free of Jew…
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