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Egyptian mummies are strange and mysterious and intriguing.
[And BTW, we have one here in Louisville, in the Boyce Library of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, that dates back to 700 BC (the mummy, not the seminary). More about that another time.]
A few weeks ago, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that two ancient mummies, one male, one female—unearthed at a site in Mimya, Egypt, as part of an excavation under the auspices of the University
Generous!
If you are a kid reading this, spoiler alert!
They think they’ve found the tomb of the original Santa Claus!
“They,” meaning Turkish archaeologists. And they found it—nope, not at the North Pole. But, appropriately enough the remains of that portly, jolly, white-bearded, bespectacled, red-and-white-clad seasonal character is believed to be underneath Saint Nicholas Church, a 1,500-year-old edifice in the Demre district of Turkey’s southwest province, Antalya (on
Enemies!
The other day, a 60-year-old Australian guy went fishing on his property in Cape York Peninsula, far north of the continent. He found a nice spot by a river, a bull was grazing there. He shooed it away. He began casting.
That was when the crocodile struck!
The good news first, from Matt Brien of the Queensland state environment department:
There was a struggle and he fortunately escaped the grip of a four to four-and-a-half-metre [almost 15-foot] crocodile. The odds of doing
Ephesians 5:1–20
The imitation of God and Christ’s selfless love call for abandonment of sexual immorality, and the adoption of a wise and worshipful lifestyle.
Here we are explicitly told what the walk of believers entails: the walk “in love,” the imitation of God and of Christ, who loved with a love beyond compare. Having Jesus Christ as both the ground and model of love (Eph 5:2), such self-sacrificial love is to be the mark of believers, the “beloved” children of God (5:1).
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Weight!
Herbalife Nutrition commissioned OnePoll to conduct a study recently.
Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. is a global multi-level marketing corporation selling dietary supplements. Accused a few years ago of operating a “sophisticated pyramid scheme,” Herbalife agreed to “fundamentally restructure” its business (but only in the US) and pay a $200 million fine to the US Federal Trade Commission as a result of complaints received by them. In any case …
This was the fourth such
Abe Kuruvilla is the Carl E. Bates Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), and a dermatologist in private practice. His passion is to explore, explain, and exemplify preaching.