Valentine’s Day began as Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine. The feast was first established by Pope Gelasius I to honor one or two saints named Valentinus for being martyred on February 14.
This was a very common feature of the ancient Near East in the way nations governed their relationships with each other, and God in his kindness and his condescension so that we can understand what He's doing, kind of picked up that form and used it to describe our relationship with Him...
"Liber Abaci" first introduced the sequence to the Western world. But after a few scant paragraphs on breeding rabbits, Leonardo of Pisa never mentioned the sequence again. In fact, it was mostly forgotten until the 19th century, when mathematicians worked out more about the sequence's mathemati...
Notice that God called this leprosy an uncleanness, not a disease. It was not the same disease we refer to today as leprosy (Hansen’s Disease). It is said that Pharaoh (of Moses’ fame) was infected with it and may have died from it. So it may have been associated with the plague...
That’s what Pilate asked Jesus (John 18:38), and people are still asking today. The Greek word used in Scripture for truth is alétheia [Strongs 225]. In ancient Greek culture, alḗtheia was synonymous for “reality” as the opposite of illusion, i.e. fact. ...
Robert Plant has not always been complimentary of the way this album was recorded and mixed in various locations, but it is masked well by the versatility of the songwriting on what is the band’s most complete collection. Get the What Hi-Fi? Newsletter The latest hi-fi, home cinema and...
Christmas is a time to open our hearts to God and his gifts. Just like the rest of the year. My special wishes to you and to all those who are close to you. May you have a Christmas that is more special than it has ever been. May Baby Jesus bless you abundantly. As we rejoice...
First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work. —James McBride 4 Hitchcock makes it very clear to us. There's an objective and a subjective camera, like there's a third- and a first-person narrator in literature. —Manuel Puig ...
Another example could be your partner telling you “I spent all morning scrubbing the kitchen – 3 hours non-stop. Now my fingers are swelled up.” In response to this, you could acknowledge or agree, e.g. “Yes, I noticed that it was really dirty. I would have liked to help” or...
Walking, or living, by faith, is also about our relationship with Christ Jesus calls us “friend,” and we are called to live our lives close to him, confident and worshipful. This is personal and real — other people cannot fill in for Jesus, whether pastors or mentors. Such ind...