Articles in "Thinker’s Corner"
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By Molly Brennan
Several years ago, I wrote a paper on the historicity of the Biblical Exodus. It was one of the best papers I had ever written; I put a lot of effort into my research and genuinely enjoyed the work because it was a subject I had long been interested in. Biblical archeology is a field that was first developed in the nineteenth century to use scientific procedures to prove the Bible’s historical accuracy. Today the field is much more secular …
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By Rey Soriano
John 2 – Jesus performs his first miracle at a wedding in Canaan – turning water into wine. I catch myself thinking about how awesomely delicious that wine must have been.
Why do we stress the story of Jonah to kids in Sunday school? I’m not sure if it was thought out, because He’s the worst, most insubordinate prophet who refused to listen to God.
Gen 1:28 “And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth…” Sex was God’s …
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By Chrissie Chua
Here’s what my typical Monday schedule looks like- I wake up at 8:45am and get ready for a 9:30am class. After class, I have ten minutes to rush over to Kimmel, grab a take-out and then head over to take the subway to work at a middle school in Chinatown.
After work, I walk all the way from Chinatown to 1stAvenue and 12thStreet for another one of my classes. After this two-hour class, I then walk back to my dorm to drop off all my books and change into …
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By Elaine Tsui
The cars in front of me slowed suddenly, almost as if to a complete stop on the expressway. Glancing to my far right, I saw the reason for the sudden deceleration to about 25 miles per hour. A white NYC police cruiser was wedged on the side of the highway between a large bunch of pines and the highway fence.
Even though we had all been cruising along steadily only moments before in broad daylight, going approximately at or slightly above the normal posted speed limit of 55 miles …
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By William Shin
Nature reflects reality. Look at a tree carefully for three minutes. Where was the tree born? In a grave. The seed was planted in the ground. It died and disappeared. Then, later, life grew out of it. Where is the tree standing? In its grave. The tree reflects the resurrected life from the grave. Jesus, as a seed, fell to the ground and died. He was buried and disappeared. Then, after three days, He, like a bud, rose from the grave. …
