History Channel’s “What’s the Earth Worth?”

This week the History Channel aired a special episode about the value of our planet.  They examined aspects such as diamonds, gold, lumber, water, and nearly everything on earth and came up with a price tag.  From their calculation, our earth is worth $6,873,951,620,979,800, or to put it in words, nearly seven quadrillion dollars. It…

Are You Listening?

Lately, my 3-year-old has decided not to listen to my wife and I, especially when we are getting on to her.  Strangely, I’ve been having flashbacks of my mom’s stern, motherly voice saying, “You’re not listening to me!”  I just can’t seem to remember her exact words though.  I wasn’t really paying attention at the…

2012 Presidential Election

You and I will determine the next President of the United States not long from now.  With our nation’s debt piled up, the high unemployment rate, and a variety of other issues, this year’s election is incredibly significant.  Though important, these details are trivial compared to other issues at hand.  As Christians, the single most…

Not Your Typical Leader

I came across an author who made an interesting contrast between who Christ was as opposed to how others thought He would be. “A Roman leader would have ridden in a chariot pulled by magnificent white stallions–Jesus entered the city on a donkey, and a borrowed one! A political leader would have been surrounded by…

Don’t You Judge Me!

Matthew 7:1 says, “Do not judge so that you will not be judged.”  Ever since Jesus uttered these words, people have been misapplying and misunderstanding them.  Often people get very defensive of their lives and yell, “Don’t you judge me!  God says not to judge people!”  Are they right?  What did Jesus really mean when…

Treasure Hunt

“One of the better known treasure hunts in modern times is the quest to find the rumored wealth known as the “Beale treasure.”  The hunt began when an eccentric man, who left the East for the gold and silver mines of the West, returned home, supposedly hid a vast amount of wealth, then disappeared forever. …

Gone Fishing

I have always loved fishing.  Every year my family would go up in the mountains to a beautiful lake and we would fish.  I remember one time we were all fishing off a peninsula when we noticed a fish swimming and splashing on the surface of the water about 5 feet from us.  When it…