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Hi Everyone, I felt impressed to focus on Revelation for our next batch of devotional blogs. Since I’ve presented on the Seven Churches in Revelation 1-3 in previous posts and sermons, I’ll start with Revelation 4 and 5. God bless! Revelation 4:1-5: “After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven.…

Antonio felt the gentle buzz of the plane’s engine on his seat as he soared over the trees. He was a delivery pilot for a mining operation deep in the Amazon rain forest and this flight was a routine he knew well. He had woken up with a start as the alarm sounded, showered, changed,…

Our hearts were pounding as we swung around each bend of the dusty road. My parents, siblings, and I were on our very first backpacking trip and we had high hopes for this trek. We were going to a place called Elk Flats. It sounded like a promising spot for beginner backpackers. We expected spacious…

“And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ” Then the serpent said to…

I’m not especially knowledgeable about astronomy, aeronautics, or engineering. But I have to admit that hearing the latest news about space exploration often sends a ripple of excitement through my heart. Stories about lunar landings and spacecraft never fail to grab my attention. But even though I enjoy reading about space tech, I wasn’t prepared…

  Getting stranded on icy slopes is a frightening prospect, but it’s even more terrifying when you’re stranded alone. That’s the unfortunate case that Lincoln Hall found himself in on May 25, 2006. He had suddenly contracted a case of altitude sickness while climbing the world highest peak, Everest. His teammates had worked frantically for…

In November 2010, Ingrid Betancourt described her harrowing 6-year-long ordeal as a guerilla warcaptive in the jungles of Colombia. She had been captured during a trip with government aides to aremote town and now was wasting away in a jungle camp while being viciously abused by her captors.She talked about how she barely kept her…

Now that we have so much more quiet time on our hands, this is a golden opportunity to reflect on how we get through each day. I’m not talking about revamping our schedule for greater efficiency or retooling our to do lists. I’m talking about digging a little deeper into experiencing the passage of time…

Sleep is a powerful mood-booster and health-enhancer. It also helps us concentrate on the things that really matter, in this case, staying healthy. A tired brain often sees everyday helps like nutritious eating, plenty of water, vigorous exercise, positive thinking, remembering promises, and reaching out to friends as insurmountable chores. A tired brain also urges…

I’m sure you’ve had this experience recently. Your computer screen flashes on, you click the news link, and there it pops up, front-and-center amid the headlines, “CORONAVIRUS.” Every news page seems to be giving special coverage to this latest, nearly global, virus. A scare this big hasn’t hit our planet since Ebola, SARS, and Swine…

Our world is changing. The powerhouse of human advancement in the last century has brought us plenty of modern conveniences and safeguards. Travel that takes hours instead of days, medical care that has increased the average human lifespan by decades, digital connections that have made reams of information accessible with a few keystrokes. But in…

Rome was the superpower of the first and second centuries. But by the third century, this mightiest of empires was starting to crumble. The fall of this superpower wasn’t the result of an all-out invasion, a disease, disaster, or internal uprising. Many different factors took their toll as Rome declined. But one of the biggest…

I’m sure you’ve had the same experience recently. The screen flashes up, you click on the news link, and there it pops up, front-and-center amid the headlines, “CORONAVIRUS.” Every news page seems to be giving special coverage to this latest viral illness that has been popping up all around the globe. A scare this big…

The smoke was saturating the chamber. Each of the desperate astronauts were working to isolate the source of the flames and squelch the fire. But that’s when the once speedily synced team hit a roadblock. The fire in the international space station had been identified, but one set of astronauts wanted to retreat into an…

The fiery redness surrounding the hunched silhouette could almost be felt. The infernal glow was so intense that the only other visible objects were black, like they had already been charred by the flames. I was overwhelmed. How could such intensity be captured with just a camera lens? This photo was spellbinding. But the story…

Radiation doesn’t wait to be invited. It’s influence can seem negligible or highly dangerous depending on the type of radiation and the amount. But the radiation that this article talked about was definitely the dangerous variety. That’s obvious enough based on the location, since the site was bathed in left over radiation from the disastrous…

Who hasn’t felt the exhilaration of a looking up into a bough of graceful red autumn leaves? I’ve enjoyed this sight several times this Fall season already. There are few sights that bring a sense of refreshing seasonality like Autumn leaves do. But just recently I learned that this feeling of abundance at Fall has…

Wind is definitely a fickle, yet powerful thing. Anyone who has watched a kite whipping back and forth violently on a blustery day can see that. But despite the fickle, disturbing power of wind, there are still some hardy souls who willingly surrender their course to the wind each year as part of a harrowing…

There he was, a heavily suited man with two jet engines strapped to his feet, soaring gracefully over the water. You may think that this scene must come from a science fiction flick, but it actually was a real new story reporting a real-life event—the first man to fly across the English Channel wearing a…