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The Iliad And The Avengers: Will The Real Spiderman Please Stand Up? The Illiad and The Avengers may have more in common than you think. With Stan Less’s recent death, I started thinking about his work and Homer’s work. Especially and specifically, The Iliad and The Avengers. There are some interesting comparisons here and perhaps some observations of value. I ...

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” – Genesis 1:1 From the very first moment of time, God set the example for us to be creative. God has made each one of us with unimaginable creative potential, and each of us has our own unique perspective and thoughts on things. He wants us and our children to ...

Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, / It is well, it is well with my soul. —Horatio Spafford, “It Is Well With My Soul” (1873) This is God’s universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in self and the world. —John Piper, Desiring God (1996) So Much Stuff A family of ...

Admiral Gaspard de Coligny was one of the leaders of the Protestant forces within France during the civil wars. He recognized that no victory the Huguenots might gain over their Catholic adversaries would ensure the protection of the Protestant Faith within the coming generations. Any concession that the Catholic royalty of the kingdom gave them would only provide a temporary ...

If you asked my grandmother what she remembers about Christmas when she was a little girl she would say not much.  Why?  Because they didn’t have anything.  There weren’t piles of presents under the tree for the children when they came down on Christmas morning.   There were no new bikes or dolls.  What does she remember getting?  A simple orange ...

In the late 1800’s, Horatio Spafford planned to travel to Europe with his wife and four daughters.  Having just endured great financial loss because of the Great Chicago Fire, he was delayed in his ability to leave at the same time as his family.  Not wanting to deter their original plans, he sent his wife and four daughters ahead of ...

You may have already heard that cutting back on screen time in kids can actually make them smarter. But new studies reveal just how much excessive screen time can affect your child’s academic performance, and in particular, their cognitive skills. According to a recent study in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal, the effects of screen time on academic ...

As a parent, you can’t do everything for your kids all of the time. Even if you could, that wouldn’t be what’s best for them. Kids need to know that they can do things all by themselves. It’s important that they have confidence in their abilities to, one day, manage their own lives. Kids also need to know that they ...

In the spring of 1536, a young French refugee arrived at the court of the duke of Ferrara, an Italian prince. Though the duke was a staunch Roman Catholic, the young Frenchman who entered his gates was seeking refuge. He sought refuge from the storms of religious persecution driving him from his homeland. Would he find it in the Catholic ...

On October 31, 1517, a young German monk nailed 95 theses to the church door in Wittenburg. The monk’s theses mostly dealt with the issue of indulgences and aspects of Roman Catholic worship. Furthermore, they called for a return to the authority of Scripture in determining the proper means of worshiping and serving God. Martin Luther (for that was the young monk’s name) ...