Recently there was a life altering event in my home town of Craven Co., NC... A small child wandered away from his great-grandmother's home and no one could find him. The relative called the local sheriff once they realized they could not find him. Shortly after a deputy arrived and the search began. That first night of the little boy's disappearance the temperatures dropped into the low 20s and upper teens. For ten hours, the temperature stayed below freezing and for most people survival would be improbable. The following day was better but still cold and for a three year old, impossible to remain calm. The day he was found (the third day) the morning began with torrential downpours, high winds, flash flooding, and it was dark and dismal. Water in ditches, canals, and in fields started to rise quickly and my guess is any marks (foot prints) left by this little boy were all washed away. Finally on the third day in the evening @ 9pm someone heard the little boy crying in the woo...
Introduction The Bible; for some the Bible is a place of solitude, a healing book, a book with answers, a reason for hope, for some the Bible is a weapon, and for others the Bible is simply a book with no significant value. Regardless of how the Bible is used or revered, it is still a book and is considered a culmination of separate writings and remembrances of spoken traditions that span hundreds, even thousands of years. In fact, the finished version of what was later known as the Bible – to include the Old Testament and the New Testament – took over four-hundred years to be completed. Prior to the finalization and approval of the Christian Bible, the Old Testament was used for worship. According to a time-line released by editor Harold Attridge et al, the beginning of biblical history pre-dates the Chalcolithic period of 4500 B.C.E. (Attridge, 2006, pp. xxxiv - xxxv) . Nevertheless, wh...