Educate For Life Blog
Work Wholeheartedly
Who loves to work? Work is considered by many as a necessary evil, a curse, something to be avoided at all costs. Yet, work was given to mankind before people rebelled against their maker, and God allowed death, disease, and hard toil to enter into all of creation....
Lincoln vs. Darwin
Whose legacy will last: Lincoln’s or Darwin’s? These two men had many similar upbringings but journeyed down to different paths. Both were born on February 12, 1809, they had religious family influences, they both lost their mothers at a young age, they encountered...
Aliens & UFOs
Do aliens and UFOs exist? The notion of life on other planets has intrigued people for years and has sparked current interest with the latest UFO news. Hollywood has often depicted weird creatures from far-away planets. Unfortunately these ideas are not confined to...
God is Love
How can we continue to extend God’s love throughout the year? God created us to love, to express that love to others and to receive love. He set the greatest example of love, giving up his only son for us. As a parent, I can’t imagine doing that. In Romans 5:8, we...
Starfish or Sea Star?
Did you know that a starfish is really not a fish? Many may call a sea star a starfish, however the sea stars do not have scales or swim so they are not technically a fish and the proper name is sea star. There are more than 2,000 different types of sea stars in the...
He Stretches out the Heavens
How does one choose between the most popular ideas concerning the formation of the universe? Ideas such as the Big Bang Expansion, the Steady State Universe, the Forever Expanding Universe or the Cyclic Universe. Some current evidence indicates that the universe is...
Precipitation
Do you know where the least rainy place on earth is? You might think it's desert, but it's not. It's actually Antarctica, which is one of the driest places on earth, getting about two inches of rain or snow each year. On the other hand, the most rainy area in the...
The Heart is Deceitful
Did you know it is within the nature of mankind to lie? The problem with lying to ourselves is that we actually know we are lying, so we must pile layer after layer of more absurd lies in a futile attempt to suppress the original lie. Debating moral topics on an...
Integral Inventions
Have you considered how barbed wired came to be? As the settlers moved out West, there was the need to keep their animals from wandering too far. Throughout time people have used stone or wood to contain animals, but the plains were in short supply of both. East...
The Human Genome Project
Did you know that science confirms the biblical record, that all humans originated from two people? In 2003 the human genome project was completed and the three billion letters on the human genome DNA code were mapped in a massive, coordinated effort by genetic...
One Family Different Shades of Brown
Did you know we are all different shades of brown, due to a pigment called melanin? If you have lots of melanin, you’ll have darker brown skin and if you have a little melanin you’ll have lighter skin. So, we’re all shades of brown, not black and white. Monday is...
Uniquely Designed Giraffe
The giraffe is a unique creature! Did you know the giraffe has one of the highest blood pressures in the animal kingdom? It’s necessary to pump blood way up to its brain. It would seem that the blood would naturally pool down in his skinny legs. However, the reason it...
No Bones About It
Did you know that sadness, uncontentment or anxiety can negatively affect your bones? A recent medical discovery revealed risk factors for an onset of osteoporosis which included smoking, not drinking enough water, or consuming alcohol. Scientists have also found...
New Year
Happy New Year! Congratulations for another successful trip around the Sun! Over the past year you’ve been traveling at 67,000 miles per hour while rotating on the Earth's surface at 1,000 miles per hour covering a distance of 584 million miles around the Sun. ...
The Nativity
Merry Christmas! Did you know during the Middle Ages many people did not know how to read? The church held plays to teach biblical truths and the plays performed at the Christmas time included Adam and Eve. So, what did Adam and Eve have to do with Christmas? Many...