From Amazing Facts
April16
Beyond the Fable
From the article:
Maewyn Succat’s spiritual legacy is both ironic and inspirational. Born to a faithful Christian family around A.D. 385 in Scotland, as a young man he was kidnapped, smuggled to Ireland, and sold as a slave to a cattle and swine herder.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/news-and-features/news/item/id/10881/t/beyond-the-fable
From Amazing Facts
March19
Compromise Conformity and Courage
Doug Batchelor
From the book:
An Amazing Fact
Because of its unusual growth habits, the tropical Banyan tree is known as a “strangler fig.” These large trees usually start life when their seed is deposited by a bird high in the foliage of another tree. The Banyan’s roots descend over the trunk of the host tree seeking out the soil below. Once they have rooted themselves, the roots of the strangler fig rapidly thicken and lengthen. Where the fig roots cross each other they fuse, thus creating a lattice around the host tree’s trunk. Gradually they starve the host tree and prevent it from growing by robbing all its light, water, and nutrients. Eventually the Banyan tree chokes the host until it dies and rots away, leaving the strangler fig standing in its place.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/19/t/compromise-conformity-and-courage
From Amazing Facts
February27
The Trinity
by Doug Batchelor
From the book:
An Amazing Fact
Science tells us that light is constituted of three primary rays, or groups of wavelengths. Clearly distinct from each other, none of them without the others could be light. Each ray has its own separate function. The first originates, the second illuminates, and the third consummates. The first ray, often called invisible light, is neither seen nor felt. The second is both seen and felt. The third is not seen but is felt as heat.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/77/t/the-trinity
From Amazing Facts:
February20
The Christian and Alcohol
by Doug Batchelor
From the book:
An Amazing Fact
Tests show that after drinking three bottles of beer, there is an average of 13 percent net memory loss. After taking only small quantities of alcohol, trained typists were tested and their errors increased 40 percent. Only one ounce of alcohol increases the time required to make a decision by nearly 10 percent; hinders muscular reaction by 17 percent; increases errors due to lack of attention by 35 percent. —Paul Harvey
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/63/t/the-christian-and-alcohol
From Amazing Facts:
January2
Compromise Conformity and Courage
by Doug Batchelor
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/19/t/compromise-conformity-and-courage
From Amazing Facts
December26
The Sign of Jonah
by Doug Batchelor
From the book:
An Amazing Fact
It has been estimated that 10 billion birds engage in migratory flights every year. For example, one species of shrike wings its way 3,500 miles from Central Asia to the Equator of Africa. The longest recorded flight made by a homing pigeon took place in 1931, when the resolute bird flew from Arras, France, to its home in Saigon, Vietnam.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/75/t/the-sign-of-jonah
From Amazing Facts
December19
The Trinity
By Doug Batchelor
From the book:
An Amazing Fact
Science tells us that light is constituted of three primary rays, or groups of wavelengths. Clearly distinct from each other, none of them without the others could be light. Each ray has its own separate function. The first originates, the second illuminates, and the third consummates. The first ray, often called invisible light, is neither seen nor felt. The second is both seen and felt. The third is not seen but is felt as heat.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/77/t/the-trinity
From Amazing Facts
December12
Spiritual Israel
By Doug Batchelor & Steve Wohlberg
An Amazing Fact
The European cuckoo is known as a “brood parasite.” The females lay their eggs in the nests of smaller bird species—like the reed warbler. In turn, these unsuspecting mothers unwittingly incubate, feed, and raise the young impostors, typically at the expense of their very own offspring.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/49/t/spiritual-israel
From Amazing Facts
December5
Holy Spirit – The Need
From the book:
An Amazing Fact
Every day approximately 44,000 lightning storms occur throughout the world, with lightning striking the earth 6,000 times a minute. The average lightning stroke is six miles long and travels about 30,000 times faster than a bullet.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/7488/t/holy-spirit–the-need
From Amazing Facts
November14
Who Is Michael The Archangel?
by Doug Batchelor
From the book:
AN AMAZING FACT
When King Humbert of Italy inherited the throne, Naples teetered on the verge of insurrection against the monarchy. Politicians urged violent measures to force the people into submission, but the king did not allow this. Then cholera suddenly broke out in the city, and the dreaded disease raged with fury. The young king, ignoring the warnings of his advisers, left the palace and went alone through Naples’ crowded hospitals.
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/85/t/who-is-michael-the-archangel
A Strong Foundation
October24
Teach Us to Pray
From the book:
During the Battle of Valley Forge, revolutionary troops were entrenched on the battlefield, freezing and starving. One day, a farmer who lived nearby brought much-needed provisions to the troops, and on his way back through the woods, he heard someone speaking. He tracked the voice until he came to a clearing, where he saw a man on his knees, praying in the snow…
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/50/t/teach-us-to-pray
The Holy Bible
October10
The Ultimate Resource
From the book:
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” —2 Timothy 3:16, 17
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/79/t/the-ultimate-resource
From Amazing Facts
September12
Assurance: Justification Made Simple
By Doug Batchelor
From the book:
Introduction
“Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.”
—Romans 3:28
An Amazing Fact: Abraham Lincoln didn’t live long enough to witness the official end of the Civil War, but he was able to give the famous Emancipation Proclamation—freeing every slave in America
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/13/t/assurance-justification-made-simple
God’s Will for Your Life
February21
Determining the Will of God
by Doug Batchelor
From the article:
In 1692, the city of Port Royal, Jamaica, literally slid into the sea when it was struck by a massive earthquake. Many had predicted that this corrupt city of pirates and cutthroats would one day suffer God’s judgment. Therefore, the disaster surprised no one, least of all the handful of religious men who were swept to their doom along with the wicked. One such man was Lewis Galdy….