The following photos were taken on Expedition 41 to the International Space Station as Barry Wilmore, a decorated commander and NASA astronaut, was passing 431kms over the Middle East.
These amazing images were posted to the International Space Station’s Facebook page and are reproduced with ac…
When developing modern systems, mankind is very adept at putting in place contingency plans. They are there to anticipate events rolling out of control or to prevent significant loss or damage. Sometimes they are effective, many times, however, they prove to be totally inadequate. The point, though,…
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Gilead is a mountainous region east of Jordan and means ‘the hill of testimony’ (Gen 31:21,48). In biblical terms it was the high plateau stretching north and south of the Jabbok river up as far as the southern tip of the sea of Galilee. In modern day geographical terms, it would equat…
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In Numbers 14 we have a description of the children of Israel murmuring before God. This incident is quoted in the New Testament in the context of the memorial emblems and therefore becomes an important exhortation for us as we remember the work of our Lord.
The Hebrew word for “murmur” in Nu…
Even at a superficial reading, it is evident that the first epistle of John contains many wonderful and encouraging themes. For example:
“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God…Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not…
When George Gershwin was a struggling musician, he applied for a job at the office of the famous and well established composer, Irving Berlin.
Berlin looked over the qualifications of his young applicant and said to him, I’ll pay you double the salary that you are now making if you come and wor…
In one of many remarkable stories of Jewish emigration to Palestine following World War II, Jewish members of British Intelligence worked with the Romanian authorities to bring Jews to Palestine and later to the new state of Israel. The story begins in 1944, when Shaike Dan, a Romanian born Jew who …
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The Epicurians
In the previous article we considered some of the overlap of the Bible with the Stoick doctrines. In this article we will briefly consider the Epicurean doctrines. The Epicureans, like other philosophers, liked to discuss different ideas about how the world worked to find the true pu…
The Victorian Parliament recently passed legislation which prohibits attempts to suppress individuals who identify with a gender other than (transgender) their assigned gender at birth (cisgender) and/or who identify as homosexual (gay). The legislation has implications not only for brothers and sis…
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