Dr. Chuck Missler is the founder of Koinonia House ministries, or K-House as it is affectionately called.  K-House is dedicated to the development and distribution of materials for encouraging and facilitating serious study of the Bible as the inerrant Word of God.  K-House reaches tens of thousands through its monthly newsletter, radio shows, cassette tapes, and conferences. More than eight million study tapes have been distributed in the U.S. and in over 35 countries around the world.

 Houdini is known for his magic and fantastic stunts. As a side note, he also attended hundreds of seances, where he tried to discern the tricks of mediums and debunk them as frauds. Houdini died on October 31st, and in a bit of irony, Houdini fans still try to conjure up the man's spirit on Halloween every year. 

Jesus told his disciples, "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid."(Matthew 5:14) That applies first and foremost to the Spirit of God in us, shining out in our everyday lives.   Living for Jesus Christ and putting him first in our lives is the most vital thing we can do, whatever our political positions.   

 Jewish communities throughout the world will celebrate Rosh Hashanah as the sun sets today. Rosh Hashanah literally means "head of the year" and commemorates the anniversary of the creation of the world. It is celebrated on the first day of the month of Tishri, which this year starts at sundown on September 28th and ends on the 30th. 

Religion is a convenient scapegoat for the atheist, who wants to justify himself in a world of believers. The atheist has a serious problem in blaming the evils of the world on religion, though. For every complaint against religious people, there are plenty of complaints to be made against the faithless.  

When the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation threatened DeSoto County schools with legal action unless they stopped leading prayer before high school sports games, the parents and students of DeSoto County took over. Prayer may no longer be offered from the PA system before football games, but fans in the stands have started saying the Lord's Prayer themselves.  

When the Irish Christian band Bluetree sneaked into Burma (Myanmar) to play music to the Karen Christians there, the band members believed they were doing something dangerous. They did not appreciate until they got back into Thailand that they had come very close to being slaughtered.  

Galileo's trial before the Roman Inquisition in 1632-33 has long been used as an example of a scientist persecuted by religious zealotry. Those who promote the idea that science and religion are at enmity like to bring up Galileo's unfortunate treatment at the hands of the Roman Catholic Church. However, there is much more to the story than the neat and tidy picture of Galileo as a martyr for science and reason. 

Why do the righteous suffer? The Book of Job wrestles with this question, and yet, Job is never given the precise answer. He's not told. Instead, God makes it seriously clear that He knows what is going on even if Job does not. The ultimate lesson for Job is not really why the righteous suffer. The message is that God is God.

All public transportation will be silenced, all restaurants closed in Jerusalem next Monday evening as the sun sets. The Hebrew day of great tragedies, Tisha b'Av, will begin at sundown August 8. In remembrance, tens of thousands of Jews will gather at the Western Wall to pray and petition the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel.

When Anders Behring Breivik shot and killed 68 people at a Labour Party summer youth camp on Norway's Utoeya island and killed another eight in a bombing in Oslo on July 22, the media immediately began bellowing that a right-wing Christian fundamentalist had just committed the most deadly attack in Norway since WWII.

Archeology in the Middle East consistently confirms the history of the Jews in Israel, for better or for worse. The following archeological sites are offering more information about the history of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas, including more confirmations of the history found in the Bible.

In our civilized, scientific culture, we tend to think of paganism as something distant, lost in the world of developing nations. In those places, ignorant medicine men seek to chase off disease through spiritual rituals when they would find better results with a tub of bleach water and penicillin. The word "pagan" often brings to mind half-clothed natives dancing around the missionary in the pot, human sacrifice, and barbarism in general.

As often as human beings like to focus on misery, there are a multitude of blessings to be found on every side. In celebration of freedom and the manifold grace of God, we're going to take a look at some recent news items over which we can rejoice!

The Bible is not alone. Around the world, legends can be found of a global flood. Many of the details are different, but the essential elements tend to be there; a massive flood wiped out everybody but a particular righteous man. Often boats and animals are involved. The use of animals and birds to check the receding of the waters, and the violence of the flood are common themes.

An original diatribe against the Jews written by Adolph Hitler himself is due to be unveiled at New York's Simon Wiesenthal Center in July. The Gemlich letter, named for the man to whom it was sent in 1919, is considered Hitler's first known anti-Semitic writing. The document's revelation comes at a time when anti-Semitism is once again sliding through Europe, hissing in ways that are hardly harmless.

The White House is pressuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to go to the bargaining table with Israel's enemies, as they are, to keep the UN from declaring a Palestinian state in the fall. And yes, Obama still wants Netanyahu to agree to use the 1967 borders as a starting point.

Jack Kevorkian famously helped folks kill themselves. He set up the suicides of at least 130 people and was finally sent to jail when he administered the lethal dose for two individuals too weak to do it themselves. Kevorkian served 8 years of his 10-25 sentence and was released in 2007.

A billboard popped up near Interstate 40 in Greensboro, North Carolina on Sunday, May 22. "That was awkward" it said, and it included the verse from Matthew 24:36 that said, "No one knows the day or the hour..." The poignant billboard has started its voyage through Facebook and around the web, offering a lighthearted response to the fact that Jesus did not return on Saturday.

Two churches were firebombed and an apartment building was attacked in the Imbaba suburb of Cairo May 7 in a round of violence that ended with twelve people dead and more than 200 wounded. By Friday, May 13, thousands of protestors filled Tahrir Square in Cairo to protest the violence and cry for unity. The attacks demonstrate the rising struggle between Coptic Christians and Muslims in Egypt, fomented by a group of hardliners called Salafists who have been linked with Al Qaida and who have now joined arms with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Thirty years ago, paleoanthropologists Donald C. Johanson and Richard Leakey got into a heated quarrel - on television - over human origins at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Johanson had discovered the famous australopithecine Lucy, and he contended that Lucy represented a human ancestor. Leakey, who grew up on fossil digs in Africa and whose team discovered Turkana Boy in 1984, argued that humans dated back before the australopithecines, and therefore Lucy did not fit into the lineage of humans.