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Powerful Earthquakes Hit Turkey and Syria: Making Sense of the Tragedy

Powerful Earthquakes Hit Turkey and Syria: Making Sense of the Tragedy

Tim Groves by Tim Groves
February 8, 2023 • 5 minute read

Thousands have died in the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Life in this region will be impacted for years to come. Why do such tragedies occur?

What Can We Learn From the Surfside Condominium Collapse?

What Can We Learn From the Surfside Condominium Collapse?

Tom Clark by Tom Clark
June 30, 2021 • 5 minute read

Tragedy struck Florida last week when a large condo building unexpectedly collapsed in the middle of the night. What lessons should we learn from this disaster?

Will Natural Disasters End Civilization?

Isaac Khalil by Isaac Khalil
March 22, 2019 • 6 minute read

Can Western societies learn the lessons of past civilizations and avoid collapse? Are we heading to certain disaster? What are the drastic changes that we need to make?

The Nepal Earthquake: 3 Lessons to Make Sense of the Tragedy

Nepal Earthquake: Making Sense of the Tragedy

Tim Groves by Tim Groves
April 29, 2015 • 5 minute read

Thousands have died in the recent earthquakes in Nepal. Life in Nepal will not be the same for years to come. How should this calamity affect your future? As of this writing, over 4,400...

What Should We Learn From This Year’s Winter Storms?

What Should We Learn From This Year’s Winter Storms?

Tim Groves by Tim Groves
April 30, 2014 • 4 minute read

This past winter has pummeled much of the United States. Is there an important lesson we should learn from this kind of crippling weather and its effects? It has been a bad winter for...

Has Someone Upset “Mother Nature”?

Has Someone Upset “Mother Nature”?

by Graemme Marshall
January 7, 2014 • 4 minute read

Wild weather is affecting many parts of the globe. Instead of wondering what’s wrong with “Mother Nature,” should we be looking to the Bible for insight? Two weeks ago I...

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When Will Disasters End?

Tim Groves by Tim Groves
July 12, 2013 • 5 minute read

In the past two years catastrophic U.S. natural disasters have cost more than twice as much as the previous five years combined. How can we find protection? Wildfires in the American West...

Deadly Tornadoes (NOAA photo from Wikimedia Commons)

Deadly Tornadoes Hit Oklahoma: Searching for Hope

Erik Jones by Erik Jones
May 21, 2013 • 4 minute read

Another natural disaster has struck an American city. As we deal with the loss and devastation in central Oklahoma, what hope can we find in the Bible? The devastating results of a natural...

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Is God Getting Our Attention?

Tim Groves by Tim Groves
September 24, 2012 • 4 minute read

It seems natural disasters are constantly in the news around the world. Is there a reason such disasters seem to be increasing in frequency and intensity? Today in the United States, one...