Things would get worse for the serpent. In Genesis 3:15 we have the protoevangelium, or the first piece of the “good news,” which has come to be known as the gospel. God told the serpent, although ultimately speaking to Satan, that he “will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and…
Quite a list with national days today. It’s the anniversary of victory in the 1979 revolution in Iran, commemoration of the coronation of the first emperor in Japan, and of the Lateran Treaty establishing Vatican City. Iran Japan Vatican City
Spectrum Magazine, an independent Seventh-day Adventist publication, has published a list of articles and interviews celebrating black voices in the Seventh-day Adventist traidtion. Energion Publications publishes a number of Seventh-day Adventist authors, and as part of our celebration of Black History Month we want to celebrate these historical figures. For more on SDA authors at…
Today is Grenada’s independence day. They became independence from the United Kingdom in 1974. Featured image: A view over St Georges from the Fort above the town in Grenada By Nicola. Licensed from Adobe Stock. Not public domain.
Unfortunately I missed posting this yesterday. Yesterday was Waitangi Day in New Zealand, the commemoration of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. I’ll leave it to the Wikipedia article to explain. Featured image: Mirror lake Mount Taranaki New Zealand By M. Licensed from Adobe Stock. Not public domain.
Today is Sri Lanka’s national day, commemorating independence from the British in 1948. The following infographic gives a broad view of this country, located just southeast of India.
Note: Today I begin a series of posts identifying national days of various countries around the world. Today we start with one you may not be acquainted with. You can learn more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru For reference, Nauru circled in red.
Who’s Afraid of the Old Testament God? in Slovenian One of our bestselling books, and the book with which we launched Energion Publications 20 years ago has been translated into Slovenian and published there by Založba Logos. This translation was produced with the permission and support of the author and of Energion Publications. We’re delighted…
The Christmas season is about encountering God in ways that transform our lives. The angels of Christmas remind us that inspiration can come to anyone at any time. The Christmas stories are global and universal. They are equally personal, intimately addressing the simple as well as the sophisticated and the poor as well as the…
Energion co-owner Jody Neufeld asks the question “What am I doing to make a difference?” The questions, in my title & in Marlatt’s 1926 verse, have been a part of my prayers & contemplation for the last month or more. I was very worried and stressed about the condition of our government leaders. I watched the 2024 Summer Olympics…
