Mars?
We all know it: Astrology has no scientific foundation. Planets and moons may move and sway but your life and mine do not, at least not because of the aforementioned entities moving and swaying.
But, switching for a moment to the domain of astronomy and astrophysics, planets do influence other bodies in space. By ye olde Newton’s laws, the larger the planet, the greater their gravitational influence.
It appears, now, that Mars may “literally be stirring tides within
Hands!
They say the human hand is a marvel of nature. No other creature on earth, not even our closest primate relatives, has hands structured quite like ours, capable of such precise grasping and manipulation.
But there’s not a whole lot of precise grasping and manipulation going on with our hands these days. It’s all mostly tapping screens, swiping phones, thumbing alphabets, and pushing buttons. And, said The New York Times the other day, some experts believe our
Voice?
Recently the British tabloid, The Sun, ran a report on voice clones created by artificial intelligence (AI).
Say you have audio uploaded on social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. Or YouTube. (Oh, dear, my sermons!) Well, it’s no difficult matter for AI tools to rip off your voice and clone it.
(The one doing this devious deed need have hardly any technical prowess. It is simply and automatically accomplished by advanced tools easily available.)
What
1 Timothy 5:1–16
God’s people care for the needy both personally within their own households, and also corporately within the divine household, focusing upon those deserving ones who are believers, who have lived godly lives with a reputation for good works, and who are engaging in the community’s worship.
That God’s people shout treat one another as family members, as befitting their joint membership in the divine household, is established at the start (5:1–2).
The discourse on
PBJ!
One of my good friends (and a former student) commented to me recently:
Most, if not all of your RaMbLeS, deal with legit scientific journals and studies. Can you find something legit to write about PB&J sandwiches? I’d like to see you make a Biblical connection there.”
Well, seeing that both he and I were avid fans of aforementioned food item, I agreed.
In fact, while living in Scotland almost two decades ago, the very first day I landed there, I went hunting for
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.