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Say Goodbye To Stubborn Sin: A surgeon explains the physiological factors that trigger it Author: Clark Gerhart A semi-recent decision to have always one book in my “currently reading” stack that enhanced and continued my relationship with God, I’ve sussed out everything from C.S. Lewis to St. Augustine to ancient, dusty history books depicting the origins of the early church. Inspired by all, yet feeling in the mood for something a little more contemporary at times, I ran across this book in my library, purchased back in 2005 and gathering dust on my shelf since then. I didn’t come to [...]

Miner Miracle... Author:  Héctor Tobar  I don’t believe in miracles.  But, despite my skepticism, I can’t think of a better piece of evidence for their existence than the survival of all 33 men trapped by the 2010 San José Mine disaster in Copiapó, Chile.  Although, if God really did have a hand in saving the miners from almost certain death, one has to wonder why he didn’t bother to keep the mine from collapsing on them in the first place.  But whatever your view on miracles, there’s no denying that the miners’ saga of 69 days spent under half a [...]

Scalpels ready? Author:  Sam Kean A smile can reveal so many things:  pure joy, utter malevolence or complete indifference.  But no matter why someone is smiling, people are particularly good at deciphering the truth behind a smile.  It’s actually how we’re wired.  A genuine smile calls on the coordination of particular brain centers, while smiles that are generated by other emotions don’t use the same neurologic pathways, resulting in subtle differences.  That’s why it’s so hard to fake an honest smile of happiness and so easy to detect a phony one.  If pondering such neurologic minutiae stimulates your pleasure centers, [...]