One of the most beautiful songs in Handel’s masterpiece “The Messiah” is a song called “For Unto Us.” The song is based on this proclamation from the ninth chapter of the book of Isaiah: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder,…
The Bible is a big book. Lots of people have trouble reading and understanding it. In this series, “One-Liners From the Bible,” I take a look at a series of memorable quotes from the Bible that manage to distill down some important truths in just a few words. In this post we actually look at…
An exhibit at the Creation Museum in Kentucky explores the connection between ancient dragon legends and dinosaurs. Here’s why this is a big deal. If the dragons depicted throughout the world are actually dinosaurs it deals a crushing blow to the theory of evolution, which insists that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago and went…
They say among musicians that the hardest instrument to play is second fiddle. John the Baptist was a gifted and courageous prophet yet he had no problem playing second fiddle to Jesus, the one for whom he was sent to prepare the way. He is also the source of the second one-liner we have chosen…
November is the time of year that Christians focus on the End Times. One thing that is clear from the Bible about the End Times is that it will involve the end of the world as we know it: “Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens…
One of the shortest books of the Bible is a book called Philemon. This brief, one-chapter book is a letter the Apostle Paul wrote to his friend Philemon about a slave that had run away from Philemon, his master. While on the run, Onesimus had met Paul who was in prison. Onesimus had not just…
Sea-life themed porcelain and stoneware created by the artist Glynnis Lessing was recently featured at the Owatonna Arts Center. In her artist’s statement Lessing speaks of her love for water and the many animals that live in it. Creatures that live in the water are curved and flexible, making them perfect for stretching them onto…
