"Then the LORD GOD MADE a WOMAN from the rib HE had taken out of the man , and HE brought her to the man" (Genesis 2:22). The word MADE literally is bana, which implies BEAUTY, DURABILITY, and STABILITY. The woman was never an afterthought. She was created as part of...
The headmaster of New College in Edinburgh, Scotland used to ask the blessing at the noon meal by praying, "O Thou who has endowed us with so many gifts, now grant to us just one more—a grateful heart." If there is one universal human failure, it is our habit of...
In the inaugural conference of the International Center for Self-Care Research held in Rome, Italy, they concluded that people with chronic conditions need to assume responsibility for their own health and be actively involved in self-care. Many other similar research...
Truthfully, I don’t exactly know. I don’t pay much attention to the stories of “out-of-body” experiences or near-death encounters. Those experiences may be real — it’s just that everyone seems to have a slightly different experience. My faith in heaven is not based on...
Fond of pressuring and seeing others bow to your point of view? Are you in the habit of dictating others on stuff they're quite capable of doing, or giving advice even if they're not asking for it? Do you catch yourself doing all the talking and cut others off if they...
“As long as the Arabs hate us more than they love their children,” said Golda Meir, “there will be war.” The schoolteacher-turned-politician was a tough lady who saw plenty of hatred-driven conflict in her life. But could not an Arab living on the east bank of the...
Living our lives freed from our past can be refreshing. We can embrace an identity liberated from any cynicism, pride, fear, distrust, self-doubt, anxieties, etc. While self-reflection is necessary, reliving our past can be disturbing. Dwelling and magnifying our past...
Dr. Charles Ryrie, an authority of Bible prophecy, says, "Someone has calculated that actually there are more than 300 prophecies concerning various aspects of the first coming of Christ. We can assuredly say that no one could possibly have made this number of...
Balikan natin ang example patungkol sa batang nagpapabili sa mall at ginamitan ng magulang ng “7 Strategies of Parents." After a few weeks, pagbalik ninyo sa mall, malamang susubok ulit ang anak ninyo at magpapabili na naman. Gagamitin na naman niya ang strategies 1...
"If you know anyone who is colorblind," said the late psychologist John Money, "then you have a good idea of what it means to be love-blind." What Professor Money is talking about isn't the starry-eyed young person who falls in love, but the individual who seems...