Volume 31, No.3, Aug. 2020
Science supports the Bible: The Mother of Us All – Mitochondrial Eve
“And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living” (Genesis 3:20). “DNA” is our shorthand for the complex set of inherited instructions used by every living organism on earth. No living cell is without its own unique DNA. For each one of us, our mother and father both contribute DNA that provides instructions for the color of our [...]
Saul and the Witch of Endor
“Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor” (1 Samuel 28:7). Some religious people refer to the account known as “Saul and the witch of Endor” to support their [...]
The Flinty Rock
“Out of the flinty rock” (Deuteronomy 32:13). Twice in the wandering of Israel through the wilderness, Moses provided water by striking a rock. The rock in each case is widely considered to be a picture of Jesus, and striking the rock a picture of his death. The first case was soon after the Israelites entered the wilderness, and the second case was near the [...]
A Psalm for Solomon
“Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son” (Psalms 72:1). Psalm 72 is unique. Apparently it was one of the last psalms composed by David, near the end of his long reign of 40 years, for this Psalm expresses a prayer to God by David for the blessing of the new king Solomon, who was appointed by David [...]
Our House from Above
“If our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens ... in this [present house] we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven” (2 Corinthians 5:1, 2). Paul discusses the “house” from above in the first eight verses of 2 Corinthians 5. [...]