Labor share of income fell to its lowest level since 1947 while profits hit a record. Here is what the economist who flagged the gap says is really behind it.
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What Does the Fear of the Lord Actually Mean?
The fear of the Lord meaning is not just respect. Proverbs uses a Hebrew word that also means firstfruits — and 1 John names an entirely different fear.
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Take Up Your Cross Meaning: What Jesus’ Crowd Heard
The take up your cross meaning is not ordinary hardship. Jesus said it to a crowd in a land where Rome had crucified thousands. Here is what they really heard.
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Who Wrote the Bible? And Who Chose Which Books?
Who wrote the Bible? Not one author, and not a secret committee. The real record is messier than either answer, and the messiness is the convincing part.
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Greek Word for Kingdom: What Does “Basileia” Really Mean?
Basileia (G932) is the Greek word for kingdom — and “the kingdom of heaven” was never the name of a place you go when you die. A word study on Matthew’s substituted word, the two rare Greek words in Luke 17:21, and why “at hand” is in the perfect tense.
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Living Transistors: MIT’s Bacteria Compute in 8 Hours
MIT built living transistors from bacteria that really compute — but each calculation takes eight hours. Here is what that slowness quietly reveals about life.
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Puerto Rico Drought: Half the Water Never Arrives
Puerto Rico drought now covers three quarters of the island, but the number that explains the empty taps is not rainfall: nearly half the water leaks away.
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Why Slow Breathing Makes You Bolder, Not Calmer
Slow breathing is meant to calm you down. But in a brain scanner, a long exhale made people bolder instead – and it moved just one side of the scale, not both.
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Why Am I So Bored All the Time? Monks Knew 1,600 Years Ago
Why am I so bored all the time, even with endless entertainment? Desert monks named this exact feeling 1,600 years ago, and their cure inverts every list.
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Why Doesn’t God Answer My Prayers? Psalm 88 Never Resolves
Why doesn’t God answer my prayers? Psalm 88 ends in darkness with no answer — and its own heading hands that song to the worship leader to be sung in public.