The Greek word for father, pater, is the same word as English “father” – and Ephesians 3:15 reveals that every family on earth is named after God’s fatherhood, not the other way round.
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Learning a Language as an Adult: Train Your Ear First
Learning a language as an adult? A new brain-scan study found that hearing tiny sound differences predicts who picks up new words. How to train your ear.
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Joshua 1:9 Meaning: God Said It Three Times in a Row
Joshua 1:9 meaning: God gives the charge three times in one short speech, and the only one marked “very” is about keeping a book, not about the battle.
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Brewers vs Dodgers Payroll: Who Actually Won More Games?
The Brewers vs Dodgers payroll gap is more than two to one. But one of those teams won 103 games this season, and it is not the one spending the most.
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Prayer for a Grieving Friend When Words Feel Too Small
A prayer for a grieving friend, the Hebrew behind Psalm 34:18, and what Jesus asked of his own friends in Gethsemane: not to fix it, but to stay.
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New Believer Devotional: Nobody Read It Silently
A new believer devotional that actually sticks: Philip heard the Ethiopian reading from outside the chariot. Scripture was built for ears, and that changes your ten minutes.
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Why Am I Turning Into My Parents? (And What Helps)
Why am I turning into my parents? It is not genes and it is not fate. It is rehearsal – and it only fires in one narrow window. How to find yours and widen it.
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Who Really Said “The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled”?
“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled” is not first from The Usual Suspects. Baudelaire printed it in 1864 – and in his story the Devil quotes a preacher.
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Shogun Ending Explained: Why Mariko Was Already Free
Shogun ending explained: the finale has no battle because the battle already happened, in a storehouse doorway in Osaka. Why Mariko could not be threatened.
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Psalm 91:1 Meaning: The Promise Is About Nightfall
Psalm 91:1 meaning: the Hebrew uses two different verbs. One means to settle in for good, the other means to spend the night. The promise lands after dark.