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Malachi 3:3 says: 'He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.' This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their…

Scientists are beginning to debate the necessity of giving robots rights. Denying the existence of a God in whose image man is made requires scientists to admit that consciousness is a result of completely material processes. Therefore, just as humans have rights because they are conscious beings, so…

A small study conducted by Johns Hopkins Medicine suggests that waking up several times during the night may be worse for your mood the next day than sleeping less than usual. Researchers found that the group whose sleep was interrupted had a 31 percent reduction in positive mood the following day, when…

Jerry Coyne, author of Why Evolution Is True, made a startling admission in a 2006 review of several evolution-promoting books. He acknowledged that belief in evolution “hasn’t yielded many practical or commercial benefits.” Janie B. Cheaney cites that admission and then states, “Nobody ever explains…

It just looked like a mutt wandering the streets. Further research found that it was a rare South African Mastiff stolen from his yard in Beaverdam, Virginia. What looked like a lonely mutt was actually a pure bred dog worth over $10,000. His owner was ecstatic to get him back. —Jim L. Wilson and Rodger…

A study published in the journal, Computers in Human Behavior says watching videos of cats on the Internet has a positive effect on people. The researchers studied 7,000 people via social media about viewing the videos and how it affects their mood. 36% of participants described themselves as a “cat…

Toxic workers may be tolerated by their managers if they are high-performers, but they tend to make life difficult for everyone. One study showed that they create larger than normal turnover when their fellow employees leave, which generates increased training costs for the company. --Jim L. Wilson and…

In 2014, the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline received reports of 5,042 potential human trafficking cases. Almost one-third of the cases involved minors. The department of justice believes about 300,000 children in the United States are trafficking victims. Shannon Forsythe is the founder…

An 81-year-old Michigan man recently discovered a son he didn’t know he had. In 1959 Tony Trapani’s ex-lover sent him a letter to inform him he had a son in Pennsylvania, but he never received the letter. His wife intercepted the letter and hid it from him for more than 50 years. When she died in 2014,…

Audrey Hepburn said, “You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.” We should work to continually hold one another in honor. -- Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/11580796/Audrey-Hepburn-19-of-her-most-inspirational-quotes.html?frame=3290425…

Iceland’s Down’s syndrome population is decreasing and headed toward 100% elimination. Good news? Not exactly. Through medical advancement and prenatal screening, doctors are able to detect the likelihood of a fetus being born with Down’s. When faced with the decision as to whether keep the child or…

Researcher published a report suggesting that a person’s “likes” on Facebook may provide an accurate glimpse at someone’s personality. Researchers from the University of Cambridge’s Psychometrics Center administered an online survey and used a computer to analyze a person’s “likes.” The results were…

A European Parliament committee has approved a resolution granting legal status to advance robots as “electronic persons,” with specific rights and obligations. The purpose of the resolution is aimed at protecting humans by keeping robots from achieving too much power as the science of artificial intelligence…

One of the greatest trusts in the world is the gift of Children. God entrusts mothers and Fathers both with innocent human life. It is more than tragic when we fail to keep that trust. Megan Huntsman faces six counts of murder after admitting to strangling or suffocating at least that many of her own…

In speaking of the need for salvation, award winning author Steven James makes an interesting statement. “If I believe our world is a pretty good place and we are pretty good people, then we just need a Savior to get us over the hump. But we believe and confess that we are desperately fallen people in…

“Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating.” Ben Stein, quoted in FoxBusiness.com While Mr. Stein may be correct about it being a part of our animal nature, the Word of God calls us to rise above the animal nature to the image of God in which we…

In his book, Shaped by God, Max Lucado writes ”When God sets out to shape us in His image, he often uses the heat and pressure of our daily lives to temper us and craft us into beautiful instruments He can use.” Shaped by God, 175 James 1:2 (HCSB) “Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience…

Michael B. Jordon shares a name with one of the most famous basketball players of all time. Living with a famous name is not easy. “I hated my name. I wanted to change it,” Jordan, who is an accomplished actor says. “But it gave me a healthy chip on my shoulder. One of my goals is when people hear ‘Michael…

In the book, Forgiveness and Health: Scientific Evidence and Theories Relating Forgiveness to Better Health, the authors write, “Research indicates forgiveness can promote resilience (Worthington, 2005) as well as physical and mental health (Thorensen, Harris, & Luskin, 2000) and, thus, forgiveness can…

In the book, Forgiveness and Health: Scientific Evidence and Theories Relating Forgiveness to Better Health, the authors write, “Findings indicate that state forgiveness (i.e., forgiveness of a specific offense and offender) and trait forgivingness (i.e., a general disposition to forgive) are both inversely…

A young woman entered Heartbeat of Miami Pregnancy Help Medical Clinic seeking help with an unwanted pregnancy. She was having an ultrasound done when she saw the little flutter of the heartbeat and then she heard it. She asked, “Is that, like, my heartbeat?” Lourdes McMinns, the Clinic supervisor said,…

In the movie The Help, Aibileen was one of “the help” herself. She says she raised 17 children amidst the racial injustices of the early 1960s and absentee moms of the day. She was those children’s caregiver--she changed their diapers, nursed their hurts and taught them important life lessons. In a few…

Author G. K. Chesterson wrote, “All theology has two simple principles: that we matter and that everyone else matters.” That restates the Apostle Paul’s instruction that we are to regard others as more important than ourselves. In this day of Black Lives Matter, white lives matter, or all lives matter,…

According to Janie B. Cheaney, writing in World Magazine, atheism is more than rejecting God, it usually means despising people. The late Christopher Hitchens for example said, “My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilization, to…

Published November 06, 2013 FoxNews.com The human knee has more components than previously thought. Two Belgian knee surgeons have discovered a previously unknown ligament located in the muscles and tendons of the human knee – a part they have named the anterolateral ligament (ALL). According to the…