By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 We are firmly embedded between the “bookends of time.” The “books” between the bookends contain a record of events in our temporal sphere–earth history from the…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Many people who lived five decades or more ago remember the popular hymn “When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder.” This title was requested more frequently…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 A popular current scientific buzz is an imaginative concept called the “multiverse” which posits that at the Big Bang multiple universes may have been generated. Perhaps,…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 How does the physical operation of Planet Earth’s systems and our cosmos fulfill God’s higher purpose? Do Earth’s physical systems and Earth’s life forms operate according…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 “It’s a wonder more things don’t go wrong; It’s amazing anyone stays healthy five minutes!” This was the observation of my brother, my only sibling, who…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 The brother of Jesus Christ wrote a one-chapter epistle in which he urges believers to “contend earnestly for the faith” (Jude 1:3 NASB). My personal preference…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Hymn time during a recent Sunday morning worship service featured “By Faith,” a popular new song by Keith and Kristin Getty. Verse 1 begins “By faith…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 “But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; and the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.” (Job 12:7 NASB) This unusual…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 A favorite question often asked is, “What is your favorite…?” Many deflect such a query with, “I like them all,” perhaps using the qualifier “for different…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Blaise Pascal wrote “People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.” William…