By: Obed Pineda The Shepherd who searches for his lost sheep and upon finding it, places it upon his shoulders to bring it back to the fold. The woman who lit a lamp to sweep and diligently search her entire house until she finally found her lost coin, and the…
By: Obed Pineda Induction into the Hall of Fame is considered to be the crown of achievement of a person’s illustrious career. It is, without a doubt, the ultimate show of respect and acknowledgment to a being’s arduous commitment to their respective field. Some selections are abundantly clear since their…
By: Obed Pineda Assigning monikers to inspired amanuenses is a rather common practice among Bible pundits. For example, John is frequently referred to as “the Beloved Disciple,” because in his Gospel account he refers to himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved…who also had leaned on His breast at the…
By: Obed Pineda Imagine you are outside on a hot summer day when the humidity level is unbearable and stifling, around noontime. Because of the sweltering weather, it is very unlikely that you would choose to wear a heavy winter coat meant to keep a person warm in a cold…
By: Obed Pineda There is a phenomenon that frequently transpires when a person is looking through the annals of history and is reading about the downfall of mighty civilizations upon the realization that it could have been prevented. Typically, the common reaction to this kind of information is one of…
By: Obed Pineda “For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?” (Romans 11:24) Horticulture is defined…
By: Obed Pineda In the year 315 B.C., the Macedonian ruler Cassander founded a city near the ancient city of Therma which would become a great and prosperous city due to its ideal geographical location, named in honor of his wife. This Macedonian city would serve as a catalyst of…
By: Obed Pineda Any good scout can tell you about the value of learning how to properly tie a knot. It begins with the simple logic of understanding what function the knot is going to serve. For example, if a person is going on a camping trip and will be…
By: Obed Pineda There he laid, alone and resigned, inside a cave at Mount Horeb. The mighty “prophet of fire” (as he is known by some today) had been victorious in a contest of dueling prayers against all the false of prophets of Baal and Asherah, thoroughly proving to all…
By: Obed Pineda Hercules did it by crushing him in a bear hug, Odysseus used quick clever planning to defeat his, and Jack chopped the beanstalk down as his was already climbing down. Each one of these fabled stories have transcended the sands of time because their charm has always…